Chapter Six
Hits and Misses
And it's something that I must believe in.
Ands it's there when I reach out for you
Quoted from "Love is in the Air"
The Christmas holidays were drawing near. Only Lainie and James would be going home. They would be spending Christmas in their town houses by London. Lily, Sirius, Remus and Livvy would be all staying.
Now Livvy and Remus had been growing steadily closer since her injury. Maybe it was guilt or maybe he really liked her. They were now extremely good friends. Just good friends, right guys.....
Livvy and Remus were taking a walk in the snow. It was Christmas day and they had just finished their meal. All of a sudden, Remus felt his heart jolt. Now this had been happening for a while when ever he was around her. He wanted to be more than friends but wasn't quite sure. He had tried to tell her but he could never do it. Now, he felt would be the perfect time. But.....
"Livvy" he said
"Yes, Remus" He tried to look into her eyes, to get some indication, but then he began to move closer to her. He had no reason why, it just happened. Then her took a deep breath, leaned in and kissed her. Livvy pulled back first and said
"Remus, I never knew" He grinned and didn't reply but pulled her in. She placed her arms around her neck and kissed him again. From her window where she was contemplating, Lily saw the two sitting on a bench, kissing. She grinned and went back to her book.
Now Lainie was visiting Alex. The had been going out ever since that party. Now she had gotten used to the idea of kissing, she rather liked him. But now they were at his house, sitting in his room. He leaned over and kissed her and pulled her over onto him and slipped his tongue in. He pushed her down onto his bed and slowly leaned in onto her. Lainie wasn't really enjoying it, she really hadn't got really into the kissing thing. Not with him. She pushed him off him and got up.
"I'm sorry Alex, I don't want to do this with you. Not here. Not for a while"
He sighed, "God, Lainie, why the hell not. I feel more strongly about you than anyone. Why not"
"I'm sorry Alex. I think it would be best if I went." She hopped off his bed and left. He stuck his head in his hands and cursed.
When she arrived home, she didn't go to her house, she went to James. She arrived in his rooms and sat down on the bed, brushing out of her way the clothes. James brushed his hair out of his eyes and rearranged his glasses.
"Lain, what happened. You're as white as a ghost"
"Well, lets just say Alex was trying to......., uh, you know"
"You mean as in......., you know, that thing"
"Yep"
Lainie squirmed in embarrassment because of the situation. I mean, she knew all the details about James flings but this was different.
"He didn't, did he, right" James wasn't quite sure how to handle this. He was slightly protective of her and didn't like that Alex guy either. Too much of a pin up.
"He tried but I pushed him off"
"Good on you, never liked him anyway"
"Shut up James."
"Ahhh, my naïve, little girl is growing up."
And she spear tackled him onto his bed. They then watched "The princess diaries" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" much to James disgust. But as Lainie said, she should choose the movies after what happened. James only rolled his eyes and grabbed a handful of popcorn. He then tried to get all the details and after a bit of coaxing, she gave them James cat called and whistled in the appropriated places. Then they grabbed some ice cream and watched late night talk back shows and muggle soccer until late where they fell asleep in James's bed, Lainie wearing his "Paradise Hotel" tee shirt. They slept in his bed, with Lainie with her head in his chest and him breathing in her hair. When he parents came to check, they smiled to them selves and went to bed.