Meetings
At ten, Lily, crept out of bed and made her way to Professor McGonagall's office. After 10 minutes of waiting Lily decided to leave. "I knew it, he ditched me! He can't get any worse, can he?" she thought. She was just about to get back to the Gryffindor Tower when she heard voices. She looked around and saw Lucius Malfoy, a very handsome Slytherin in her year with Severus Snape.
"I hope you have talked to Peter." said Malfoy.
"Yes, but he's not sure he wants to join. I guess he's afraid of his friends." Snape replied. Before speaking again, Lucius looked around the room. Suddenly, Lily felt a warm hand go over her mouth and felt herself being dragged into a cloth. She tried to scream but wasn't able to; she turned around and saw James. He put his finger to his lips. Lucius, sensing someone was in the room reached his hand out into the air to see if someone was there. James and Lily being in that spot, slowly moved backwards. He held her; his arms felt so strong and the smell of cinnamon…
"Snap out of it!" she thought. But she just couldn't help thinking that she wanted to stay in his arms.
A few minutes later Malfoy and Snape left. Breathing sighs of relief, silently, James removed the cloak. He stared at her, in awe. He watched her brush herself off. She was wearing a simple but elegant, knee-length, black dress that complimented her slim body and soft curves.
"I'm glad to see you came," he told her.
"Well, I finished my homework early tonight." She said sweetly. He led the way to the 7th floor.
"What were they talking about? I mean it sounds like they're Death Eaters, can they be? We should tell Dumbledore."
"Yeah, actually either way we are supposed to be having another meeting sometime this week." She nodded and they continued walking in silence.
After a few minutes of walking back and forth seven times they spotted a door that Lily never saw before.
"Watch your step," he said. He took her hand and led her into a room that was dimly lit. Stepping closer into the light, Lily saw a beautiful room. It was all a cream colored marble with elegant pillars at the entrance of the room and by a balcony. The room had beautiful pictures on the ceilings and on the walls (A/N: Picture the hall that Belle and the Beast danced in Beauty and the Beast). In the middle of the room there was a table with two candles and a bouquet of lilies. The balcony overlooked the lake by the castle and was covered by lilies.
Her emerald-green eyes lit up. "Wow," she said softly. He pulled out a chair by the table at the center of the room, motioning her to sit. She sat down and he pushed her chair back into place.
"Sinif" James said with his wand pointing to a box. Soft music began playing.
She sipped her drink and asked, "Who told you that I'm a fan of Frank Sinatra."
"Why do you think I put that on? Lily dear, I know many things that you don't even know about yourself." He said. Why did I say that!? What type of stupid comment is that you completely spoiled your chances, nice job James! he thought.
Right, she thought. I'm going to pretend that I'm not sitting here with you, the most arrogant guy on the face of the planet. I wonder why I even fell for this whole 'make up to you' thing. I could be asleep now- catching up on all those hours of sleep I lost. She sighed.
"Look, I think that we should plan a ball for Christmas or Halloween." James said.
"Possibly," there was an awkward silence for a few moments. The salad on her plate disappeared and was replaced with a menu. "How does this work?" she asked.
"Just say what you want, and it will appear."
"Okay then, um…" she scanned through the menu. "Well, I'll take steak, with fried vegetables." Food immediately appeared on her plate. I'm glad she has an appetite, I won't have to feel uncomfortable eating next to her He thought.
"I'll take the same." They began eating.
After dessert they went out to the balcony. The night sky was drizzled with stars. Lily looked up into the night sky. A small breeze blew her hair slightly to the side. James looked at her, admiring her beauty. He longed to be with her, he dreamt of seeing her emerald eyes stare back at him with love.
She stared dreamily at the night sky. James watched her, the wind blew a lock of her hair on to her face. He carefully placed it behind her ear.
"Lily," he whispered, "you're beautiful," he moved his face closer to hers; their lips met.
A/N: Hee Hee! A cliffhanger!!!! Don't you just love and hate those. You MUST review or else I will not post the next chapter for another month. Don't you wish you had a guy that held you, smelled, looked, and loved you like James!!! About the contacts thing, I did not mean to offend anybody with glasses, in fact, I also have glasses. I just thought it would be better to see James's hazel eyes without anything covering it. Until next time!
