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Chapter Sixteen: Rags, Cocoa and rain
Disclaimer: I own nothing at all in the slightest except for the plot. Oh yeah and I cleared up the mess with the lawyers apparently my parent were right I don't actually own the house, go figure.
"Okay then, as long as you know what you're doing" replied Lily skeptically as James took her hand and began dragging her out of the common room. " Wait, don't I need a cloak or something?" Lily asked stopping James.
James glanced over his shoulder outside the window looking over the quidditch pitch as the rain pelted across the grass and tore at the pains of glass tempting them to join it.
"No not really" was all he said as he and Lily left the common room Lily looking back trying to ask Remus what was going on. Remus just shrugged his shoulders before they dissapered.
"So" said Jenny looking up at Remus "what was that all about?"
"I honestly don't know" he replied kissing the top of her head as she settled back into his embrace. "So what are you planning to do today?" She asked not moving her head from his shoulder "not planning on dragging me through the rain too are you?"
"No" replied Remus as he ran his fingers across her arm in a rhythmic motion, the contact sending shivers through her body. "I think I can do a little better then drowning my girlfriend in the middle of the quidditch pitch" he finished as he lifted his wand and brought a blanket to their feet. Gently he wrapped it around Jenny, watching her smile settle against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her protectively and lit the Gryffindor fire, watching as the glow of the embers danced across her skin making her appear if it were even possible more angelic. His gaze remained on her as his eyes traveled from her chestnut hair to her eyes to her mouth until he reached her feet. He memorized every part of her, and tried imprint the image of that moment in his mind forever. For he knew that some day it would have to end especially after she knew. He knew that she would never be able to return his feelings after she saw, some part of him still held the hope that she would understand but the larger part of his mind knew it was pointless. But for right now he would make the most of the time he had with her. He would show her the depth of his love and would do everything in his power to stop the moment from coming when he would have to tell her. But he shook those thoughts from his mind and turned his focus back to her relaxed figure and smiled as he kissed her cheek and glanced out the darkening sky's and the intent fall of the rain. He began to loose himself in the moment when he heard it. A lowed and mourning howl from the forbidden forest the anguished howl echoed throughout the grounds and reverberated in the Gryffindor common room. His figure went rigid when he felt Jenny's body shudder and cling closer to his body, Remus clenched his fists and fought back a tear that threatened to escape from his eyes, he looked at her figure and tightened his grasp around her body.
Jenny felt his gaze on her and she lifted her head.
"Something wrong?" She asked concern written across her face as she sat up and looked into his eyes.
"Nothings wrong" he replied as he leaned in closer to her his gaze never once leaving hers. He shook away thoughts of the inevitable and decided that nothing was going to ruin the remaining time he had with her at his side. "While you're here nothing ever could be." And with that he cupped her face and drew her closer to him and kissed her slow and sweet as he allowed his hands to roam through her hair drawing her closer as her arms wrapped around his neck. Slowly he trailed his tongue along her jawline and she opened up to him. There he lost himself in her taste, her smell and her love, and for that moment he knew he would do it all over again.
"James calm down it's not like the grounds are going to disappear" called Lily as she was being pulled through the corridors.
"No but I need to show you something" James said over his shoulder Lily's hand clutched tightly in his own.
"Okay but can we at least slow down a bit, you may be in shape from quidditch but I don't think I can run another step" said Lily as she clutched a cramp in her chest.
"Sure" replied James "I think I can make it a bit easier for you."
"Thanks" said Lily "sorry I had to make you slow JAMES!"
James wasn't one for slowing down when he was excited so as Lily was thanking him for his help he picked her up and flung her over her shoulder. He carried her down the stairs to the many anguished yells of "James put me down, you idiot you're going to drop me!"
"Don't worry Lily I'd never let anything happen to you, you know that" James said as he carried her struggling body all the way down the stairs to the Greta Hall where he stopped and put her down in front of the great oak doors.
"Thanks for that James" Lily said sarcastically "you couldn't just stop for two seconds and let me catch my breath."
"No that would waste time" he replied with a lop-sided grin, he walked up to great oak doors and looking over his shoulder to make sure Lily hadn't decided he was crazy and left. With a mighty heave he opened the door. They were both hit with a giant gust of wind as droplets of rain poured in almost drenching them in a matter of seconds. Lily instinctively raised her hands to shield her face put James lowered her arms and took her out into the middle of he grounds despite her many anguished protests.
Lily was almost drenched through to the skin before James took out his wand and clutching her hand muttered a series of complex spells. Lily was about to ask what he was doing when she felt and instant relief, she turned to James her gaze questioning. James merely smiled and gestured for here to look around. As Lily lifted her gaze she was shocked when she saw that the rain had stopped falling, well around them anyway. She could still see the heavy barade of rain coming in contact with some kind of shield. She felt her body instantly dry and she looked into James's eyes for the first time, his wand still in his hand having muttered a drying charm.
"What is this?" She asked staring around amazed at the complex spell.
"Just something I use sometimes" he replied casually, obviously not very keen on the subject.
"Well, how does it work?" Lily asked intrigued by the fact that she had not yet heard of the spell.
"Well" said James as he sat down on the dry grass, taking her with him "it acts as a shield, it keeps you protected from intruding things, like the rain, and unforeseen snowball attacks from Sirius.
Lily laughed at the last comment. "It sounds really useful"
"Yeah it is, especially when you just want to be alone or go for a walk you know." He said his eyes wandering to the falling rain as his had reached for Lily's and finding it he clasped it in his hand. "There's something else" and there he paused a mischievous grin growing on his face, "nobody can see us."
"Really?" asked Lily amazed.
"Yeah" replied James smiling at how cute she looked when she gathered new knowledge. He stretched out and placed his arm around her waist, she happily obliged.
"Now don't tell me I'm not romantic," he said smiling down at her.
"You've earned yourself some points," she said as she leant her head across his shoulder.
"What?"
"What?" Sirius asked Pretending as though he hadn't said anything.
"No" said Nikki "I said what."
"What?" Asked Sirius now genuinely confused, as he tried to cast the conversation onto a different subject. But there was no need, Nikki concluding that she must have heard him wrong, although some part of her was disappointed when he had not acknowledged it dropped the subject and made her way over to the dirt encrusted bucket, by now filled with brown water. She hesitantly placed her hand in with a look of utter revulsion and drew out a rag that looked as though it would add to the mess on the filth encrusted tables.
Sirius glanced up from his fourth table that seemed if anything to be getting more dirt then it was hours before, and asked "what are you doing?"
"What does it look like?" Nikki snapped a little to harshly mounting frustration beginning to rise "I'm trying to pry off years of filth from these disgusting desks without actually touching it!"
"I know what you're doing!" Sirius snapped just as harshly, not exactly sure what had got him so upset "I meant what are you doing here?"
"I have detention Black!" Nikki spat "Or did you just think that I had a passion for muggle cleaning." She finished sarcastically.
"Okay sorry," shouted Sirius "I don't remember you getting a detention with Frawley!"
"I didn't!" Yelled Nikki "it was with Binns, but he wasn't there so now I'm here, sorry if my existence is such a pain!"
"Wait what?" Asked Sirius "I never even said…You were the one who started yelling at me! I don-" but Sirius never got to finish what he was going to say because right then he got hit squarely in the face with a soaking rag dripping in sludge covered dirt splattering his face in a foul smelling substance. "What the Hell Nikki!" He yelled wiping his face with the back of his hand, his face wrinkled up in disgust. She didn't say anything she turned on her heel and began walking away but she too didn't get very far before Sirius bent down and through his sponge at her back. She didn't say anything she just took out her wand and muttered a cleaning spell.
As Remus drew away he smiled. God he loved her so much she was perfects he embodied everything that he had ever wanted and more as she sat up she drew her legs in closer into her body looking at Remus with mild interest. "Why are you smiling like that?" She asked looking him up and down "is my hair a mess or something?"
"No replied Remus as he transfigured two pencils into two cups of hot –cocoa and handed one over to her you're hair is perfect."
"Somehow I sincerely doubt that" she answered running her hand through her hair coming across one or more knots.
"I'm serious, I'd love you even if you had no hair" He said toying with a loose strand of hers.
"I'll keep that in mind" Jenny said smiling as she brought her cocoa to her lips and sipped it smiling. "God I love this stuff" she whispered under her breath as she swallowed the liquid allowing the warmth to spread to all ends of her body.
"Mmmm" said Remus as he swallowed a particularly large gulp "me too."
As Remus lowered his cup Jenny began to giggle covering her face with her hand. "What?" he asked, but this only seemed to intensify her laughter, becoming unsure of himself he raised a hand to his hair, but she shook her head.
Stifling her laughter she brought her hand to his jawline and slid her finger along his lip taking off remnants of cocoa Remus took in a shuddering breath the contact making him quite. She brang her finger to her mouth, but with a sudden burst of courage Remus stopped her hand. Slowly he brought it to his own mouth his gaze never once leaving hers and gently he ran his tongue over it tasting the chocolate he began to place light kisses down her finger. His gaze still not leaving hers he stopped once to look at her questioningly but he was answered when Jenny grabbed a handful of his jumper and pulled him on to of her. She kissed him with a passion that he had yet to feel from her and he kissed back just as passionately trying to show her all the love he felt for her. Pouring every once of his emotion into the kiss trying to make her see the extent of his feelings for her, and she kissed back with as much intensity as he. Jenny's mind was realing, she had no idea what she was doing or what had possessed her to pull him down on top of her but all she knew was that she had to show him how she felt about him.
Remus slid his arm around her waist and drew her closer to him as his tongue slipped into her mouth deepening the kiss. Jenny's arms wrapped around his back and drew him (if it was even possible) more close. Her hands ran under his jumper and onto his shoulders she ran her fingers over his perfectly defined abs and into his hair. Remus began to inch his fingers onto her stomach when the door was thrown open and Jenny sat up toppling Remus off of her. They both turned to face the disgruntled figure of a crying Nikki as she ran up the stairs to the girl's dormitories. Jenny gave Remus an apologizing look and kissed him lightly before running up the stairs to comfort her distraught friend.
"Some points? I for one would have thought I had earned more then a few points" cried James indignantly.
"Why?" Asked Lily sitting up and eyeing him suspiciously "is there something of more importance you were expecting?"
"Well now that you mention it" started James raising his eyebrows suggestively "no one can really see us and it's raining. I was thinking it would be a shame to waste a perfectly good opportunity"
"A perfectly good opportunity?" Asked Lily teasing him "what do you mean?"
"I mean" said James toying with a strand of her fiery red hair "it's just like all of those romance novels you chicks read and I wouldn't dream of" James coughed and looked around sheepishly "denying you your fantasy."
"Oh you wouldn't would you" said Lily leaning closer to him running a finger along his chest, she could hear the pace of his breath quicken.
"Never" said James, "that's just the kind of guy I am."
"Well" replied Lily seductively as she got up to her knees and began placing kisses down his neck, "thank you for letting me live my fantasy Mr. Potter"
James nearly choked at her last words as she continued to place kisses on his shoulders. "Are you serious?" He asked as he bit his lip, fighting back certain urges.
Lily lifted her gaze and licked her lip seductively before breaking out into a smile and pushing him lightly against the chest and saying "no you perve!" And lowering her head back onto his shoulder. James looked at her incredulously before muttering "you shouldn't do that."
"Oh yeah, well I'm afraid you're just going to have to wait before I live out my fantasy with you James."
James responded by lowering his head and tilting her chin upwards. There he lightly brushed his lips against hers and whispered "I'd wait forever for you." There they stayed allowing themselves to be truly content in each other's arms as they watched the rain fall.
She made to leave but Sirius was having no part of it. "What the Bloody hell just happened here?" He asked not exactly sure how their conversation had escalated to this.
"What just happened here" said Nikki as she inched closer to Sirius her eyes burning with anger "was, you know what I shouldn't have to tell you, you should be able to figure that out on your own."
"How" started Sirius trying to keep his voice straight and calm "am I supposed to do that when you just come down here and start yelling at me for no apparent reason, and then top it all off by throwing a rag at me?"
"I don't know," said Nikki, still not sure exactly why she was mad, but she knew she wanted to stay that way, and he was making it damn harder. Standing there with his sleeves rolled up and his biceps showing with his scruffy hair sticking up in all directions and that sexy frown plastered on his face, not to mention those piercing gray eyes. Nikki absent-mindedly ran her tongue along her bottom lip.
"Well if you don't know how the hell am I supposed to?" He asked throwing his hand up in the air fed up with the mind guessing, and just about everything else that he was feeling at the moment.
"I don't care how or if you even do!" shouted Nikki "just blurting out the first thing that came to her mind.
"Well you know what I'm glad that what happened in Hogsmeade stayed there," shouted Sirius stepping up to Nikki his ash eyes flaming with anger "because I sure as hell wouldn't want anything to do, you're nuts!"
Nikki stumbled back as though she had just been slapped across her face, hell she wished that is what had just happened at least it wouldn't hurt as much as what he had just said. She didn't understand what was happen she couldn't even fathom why she even cared, wasn't it she who suggested it in the first place?
Sirius could she flashes of anger and confusion pass across her face, before he felt it. Five slender fingers slamming across the side of his cheek and her retreating back running from the classroom he made to stop her when he saw her stop as she turned at the door and muttered. "You bloody bastard!" the last thing he saw was a stream of tears falling down her face.
Sirius bent low and grabbed the bucket of water and hurled it at the wall with all of his strength. He watched it collide with the wall sand watched as it's contents slid down the wall staining it with filth as the hundreds of streams slid down the wall and onto the floor. Not wanting to be in the classroom any longer he whipped out his wand and muttered a cleaning charm on the room.
"Fuck!" he yelled turning to the door and slamming it behind himself as he made his way back to the Gryffindor Common room, he only hoped that nobody else would be there. As he made his way along the winding corridors he mentally kicked himself for saying what he had just said knowing that he had just ruined any chances that he would ever have with her. But did he even want a chance with her? He asked himself but he already knew the answer, of course he bloody well did! He always had, hadn't he? Yep and now he had nothing, why the fuck did he have to yell at her, no better yet why the fuck did he have to like her! He could have any girl in the God damned castle, if he wanted to.
But you don't want to
"I know that!" Sirius yelled as he barked the password at the portrait and wrenched it open.
"He stomped his way to the stairs at the bottom of the boys staircase, his feet carrying him without his knowledge lost in his own thought until an arm caught him and made him stop.
"What's wrong Padfoot?" Sirius looked up to glance into the questioning eyes of Remus.
"Nothing" he muttered wrenching his arm out of his friends grasp and continuing his way back up the staircase.
"Bullshit!" his friend called after him as his friend made his way up the stairs behind him. "Nikki just came in here two seconds before you bawling her eyes out. Now you wouldn't have anything to do with that would you?"
"No" Sirius mumbled under his breath.
"Okay" Remus said not completely convinced "well would you have any idea why she's so upset then?"
"No" Sirius said stubbornly as he pulled his shirt over his head and tossed it onto the carpet splattering it with dirt.
"You know what mate you've really got to get a few more words into your vocabulary then that!" Remus said his frustration beginning to surface at having the perfect night with Jenny ruined by his immature best mate, "are you at least going to tell me why you're covered in dirt or why so pissed off then?"
Sirius removed his trousers and made his way to the showers and before closing the door yelled "NO!"
"Well this night has just been bloody brilliant!" Remus yelled at the door sarcastically before stripping to his boxers and throwing himself on his bed, but as he drew his bed hangings closed he heard it. Sirius's anguished scream piercing the boy's dormitory. As Remus lied down he thought a lot more must have happened in detention then Sirius was letting on. Sirius never did come to bed that night and Remus doubted he even got into the shower.
Author's note: Okay wow this was actually a very lengthly chapter and I would really appreciate it if everybody who read this could review I would really like to know how you're finding it so far. Which couples are you most interested in. Or whatever any kind of feedback would be appreciated. Hope you guys liked this chapter it really is one of my favourites so far. Hugsnkisses jamesnlily4ever
