PLEASE READ EVERYONE! Heyy guys! Thank u soooo much for the reviews! I really appreciate them! I'm in a really good mood rite now cuz I'm gonna have 2 new stories lined up! They won't be up till I finish this novel though which won't be for another couple of months! Or should I start them now anyways? Please review and tell me what u think! Thanks!

First: Harry, Hermione, and Ginny: romance and will have sex at the end. It will have R rated dreams as well. Not very many though.

Second: Harry, Ginny, Draco, Hermione and Ron: slight AU. Very different Harry and Ginny and Draco. There will be sex in there but most will action.

Now on with the story!

Chapter 5: A New Relationship

Wide-eyed and heart thumping at a mile a minute, Lily jerked her head back crinkling her neck in the process. She shared behind her and the face of James Potter came into view. James was sprawled on her bed legs wide-open, hair tousled, and without a shirt. ' Hm. Impressive abs.' Thought Lily. ' They rival Michael Phelps' She shook her head angry with herself for letting a though like that enter her mind. Suddenly, the full impact of a man in her bed without a shirt on hit her. She opened her red lips wide and screamed as though her life depended on it. Her mind frantically whirred at a million miles a minute hoping NOTHING had happened between them. She looked at the mirror and saw Orlando's lust marks but mistook them for James'.

James groaned as the sheets crinkled next to him. He mumbled for the unknown annoyer to be quiet. He was close to slipping into dreamland of him and Lily making out when a woman's piercing stream awoke him. He scrambled up and blearily opened his eyes to see a wide-eyed, frantic looking Lily Evans crouching on the foot of the bed. Her flaming hair was tousled, and her neck bore the marks of Orlando's desire. Her black strap of her shirt was pushed off her shoulder exposing her smooth shoulder. James' fleetingly thought about running his finger and lips down the slender curve. His vision shattered when he heard her yelling at him.

" AHHH! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM IN MY BED POTTER! WHY ARE U IN HERE! WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM! I NEVER THOUGHT U WOULD SINK SO LOW AT TO SNEAK INTO A GIRL'S BED TO SHAG HER! DID U EVEN THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ME! DID U! NOW I'VE LOST EVEYRTHING! MI PARENTS WILL KILL ME! YOU HAVE NO MORALS POTTER! NONE AT ALL! U ARE A FREAKING BAST----" screamed Lily who was cut off in the middle of her speech. By the middle of her rant, her beautiful face was shiny with tears.

At the beginning of her rant, James had an angry look plastered on his handsome features. 'How could she think that I would sneak into her room and take advantage of her?' thought James. The thought of her thinking that low made him made tears come to his eyes. But being James Potter, he could not cry in front of anyone, let alone the girl he loved. On the outside, it appeared as if the words of Lily just washed over him having no impact but on the inside he was dying. He must have made a horrible impression on Lily if she thinks he's capable of rape.

However, during her explosion her emerald green teardrop shaped eyes slowly started to fill with crystal tears. They slowly accumulated until there was one-tear too much and it slowly tipped over her left eyes and trickled down her cheek and dripped onto her black shirt. James' heart shattered into a million fragments. He wanted to take her into his arms, smooth her hair, kiss away her sorrows, and murmur how much he loved her but her body language was telling him to stay far away.

The flow proceeded rapidly and soon her dry white cheeks were wet, shiny, blotchy and red. Once the first tear fell, they fell rapidly. Lily angrily wiped her face with the rough sleeve of her wet shirt not wanting to give James the satisfaction that she was crying in front of him. To Lily's frustration the tears kept rolling. She whimpered in frustration and wiped her whole face with James' bed sheet. She let out a yowl of frustration when the tears still didn't stop. She choked on the lumps that obscured her windpipe which were making her incapable of speaking.

Frustrated she paused for a few seconds to maintain her composure and then resumed her rant once again, her voice trembling slightly. James' looked broken to her and she felt a pang of remorse but she swept that aside and began to swear at him. Just as she was about to call James a 'bastard' a soft, warm hand was placed over her mouth and she was pushed onto the bed faster then she could say Quidditch. Her eyes fluttered in shock and terror but she was too surprised to comment.

James looked on helplessly as Lily struggled to swallow her tears and carry on. After a few seconds of quiet, James felt that maybe he could explain to her the true story of what happened the night before. But just as he opened his lips, a flow of swear words came his way. James couldn't bear it anymore. He was in front of Lily before she could blink and shoved his hand over her open mouth. He placed his hand tenderly on her smaller back and gently pressed on the bed. Lily looked at him with shock, confusion, and….fear. Suddenly, James became aware of the position he had Lily in. He was on top on Lily, covering her mouth with his right hand while his left was on the small of her back. He had her trapped on the edge of the bed.

James' cheeks turned a bright pink and slowly climbed off Lily pulling her up his hand still on her mouth. Lily's heartbeat slowed down as she realized that he didn't mean to hurt her.

" Look Lily." James said in a rush, wanting to get it all out before she bit his finger. " It's not like it seems. Look around you. You're in MY dorm. Not yours. Remember last night Lily. You went clubbing with Rachael yesterday. At Glowstick. Sirius and me went to the same club too. We were drinking fire whisky when we saw you dancing with 2 guys. We saw everything. We say them hand you vials brimming with concentrated alcoholic beverages. Believe me Lily. They exchanged looks of lust. They were planning to have sex with you. They freaking explored your entire body Lily. How could I sit and watch that? I punched Orlando and carried you here and Sirius did the same with Rachael. Thank god Sirius and I decided to go there otherwise…." James slowly drifted off.

At first through James' speech, Lily had pinned James' eyes with an ice-cold green glare. As he steadily progressed through his confession, Lily dropped her gaze when she heard his voice racking with emotion and anger at Orlando. Her eyes filled up with tears once more when she realized what Orlando might have done to her if James' hadn't saved her. She let her mind drift back to the club. Her mind skimmed over the beginning memories of drinking and fast forwarded to her and Orlando's first dance. ' He acted like a gentlemen at first' thought Lily. It slowly came to her that Orlando HAD called the bartenders over to them quite a lot for drink refills. It dawned on her that ONLY she and Rachael had swallowed vials of alcohol; the boy never touched a drop. Lily was becoming frantic now. Why didn't she see all this last night? Her eyes widened in shock when she vaguely remembered reaching up around Orlando's neck and paced her lips firmly on his. She remembered the heated kissing and then his hands groping her chest and stomach. Lily shakily looked at her stomach and saw long red scratches from his lust. He looked past James' shoulder into the mirror and stared at her reflection. Her neck was covered in blue-purple marks. Lily gasped and fingered the biggest with her forefinger. Her shirt was ripped in the middle exposing much more of her breasts than had originally been revealed. What if he had succeeded? What if he managed to use her? What if..

It was too much for poor Lily to bear. She burst into racking sobs that shook her back and legs. She collapsed and slid down to the floor. James' immediately knelt next to her and gathered her in his arms. He placed her head in the crook of his neck and rubbed her upper back and smoothed her hair comfortingly. He felt his own eyes fill with tears when he thought what would have happened to the love of his life. He whispered that he would never let anyone hurt her and whispered that everything was all right now.

(A few minutes ago) Lily fell to the floor shaking all over. The next thing she knew was that James knelt beside her and took her in his arms. Lily cried harder feeling horrible for her actions against James yet he was being so sweet and caring. She buried her face deeper into the crook of his neck and twisted around so her arms were pushing against James' chest. Oh, she felt so safe snuggled against James' warm chest and hearing the rhythmic beating of his heart. James rubbed her back and whispered to her that everything was going to turn out fine. She could feel him shaking in anger and the thought that he cared so much for her brought a new wave of tears.

Slowly, Lily's sobs subsided. She closed her eyes and placed her burning and blotchy cheek against James' cool shoulder. James' slowly picked her up and carried her to the bed. He felt that she needed to sleep off the shock of last night and this morning. He gently laid her on his bed amongst the wrinkled sheets and tucked her in. Lily slowly opened her eyes touched by James' concern. James' was turning around but she quickly grabbed her wrist and pulled his down so he was sitting at the end of her bed. James' eyes widened with shock and confusion for Lily had never asked him to sit on her bet let alone sit in the chair next to her. James' studied her face, which was filled with regret and pain.

Lily tried to talk but stuttered and then tried again. ' It's ok honey; you got a shock right now. We can can later. Don't tax yourself' James whispered gently. He massaged her forehead and brushed aside the flaming hair that was covering her eyes. He made to stand up but Lily said softly, " No….Pot- I mean James. Please stay.' Once again a look of shock crossed James' face when her say his first name.

" I was very rude to you today James. I called you a ton of bad words. I also implied that you were a rapist. That was very unacceptable of me." Lily's eyes filled with tears again. " I have to make it up to you James. Please let me. I couldn't live with myself thinking that I could get away with calling you that. Please James. Please. You didn't even lash back at me when I insulted you." Lily stared at James pleading to him with her eyes.

James stared at Lily as she made her request to make it up. He couldn't say no when she stared at him in that pitiful manner. He wanted her to be his friend. That's it. Friends who joked with one another, consoled each other if something went wrong, and helped each other with homework. He wanted her as an addition to his life even if she wouldn't be his girlfriend. Just seeing her and being able to talk to her and receive a civil response back meant a lot to James. He swallowed hard. He looked back and Lily and slowly opened his mouth. He could feel and see her tense under the sheets waiting for his response. James' could tell that she was worried that he would ask her out on a date.

"Pleasebefriendwithme." Rambled James nervously.

" What!" exclaimed Lily, smiling for the first time all morning.

James turned red. He slowly repeated his question this time enunciating each syllable clearly. He waited with bated breath to see Lily's reaction. Lily visibly relaxed and her face slowly broke into a soft smile. She smiled up at James with tenderness that he had never seen before.

" Thank you James. To tell you the truth, I am surprised that you chose this. I immediately thought that you would ask me on a date. But you didn't. You're changing James. And……I kind of like it. Look James, I am going to be extremely blunt with you. One incident of saving me does make up all the pranks and tricks and asking me out that you did. But don't get any hopes. I don't like you. " James' face fell. " OMG! PLEASE, listen James! That came out too blunt. Before I used to hate you. Now I am indifferent to you. But after what you've shown me today, I know that you are a responsible and caring person. And I would like to be civil with you. We'll become friends overtime if acting civilly works"

" On one condition" stated James. " If you are not comfortable acting civilly towards me feel free to insult me. Don't feel that your friendship is a reward. I need nothing in return for what I did. I don't wish to force you into a relationship with me if you don't want to."

" I'll keep it in mind" said Lily sleepily. She yawned and her eyes started to close. James stood up as she drifted off to sleep. He smoothed her hair and quickly kissed her forehead. He put on a pair of faded jeans and left the room. The first person he met was Sirius.

" Hey Padfoot. Where's Rachael? Why are you out so early? Where did u get that bruise?

" woah, woah, woah, prongsy. Hold ur antler..hahaha..get it." Snickered Sirius. ' ok,ok, " he muttered after seeing james' rolling his eyeballs. Sirius and James went to the nearest sofa and Sirius slowly began to tell his tale…

sorry to leave it at that! I have to think of a story abt Sirius and Rachael fighting. Don't want it to be same as lily's and James. Btw Rachael and Sirius left which is why they didn't butt into lily and James' argument.

Next chapter: Rachael and Sirius argument and James' vow to change himself and life with James and Lily acting civilly.

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