Disclaimer: All the characters you recognise belong to J.K. Rowling. Oh, and I don't own "You Drive Me Crazy", either.
A/N: I decided to make this chappie a mini-songfic (well, sort of), coz I wanted to try something a bit new. Originally, I wasn't going to get Lily and James together until the very end of the story, but I came up with a new storyline.
KcluvsMl: I guess you're right about chapter 9. That chapter was just supposed to make James a bit more canon, coz he was very OOC before.
You drive me crazy
I just can't sleep
I'm so excited, I'm in too deep
Oh, crazy
But it feels all right
Baby, thinking of you keeps me up all night.
This wasn't the first sleepless night James had spent thinking about Lily. But there was one small detail that separated this particular night from the hundreds of others- he was actually going out with her. He, James Potter, had finally kissed the girl of his dreams, and this time she knew it was him. I guess I won't be needing that letter now, he thought smugly. Just that morning he had written her what was to be the last of his anonymous love letters. It said:
Dear Lily,
The time has nearly come for me to tell you who I am. Would you do me the honour of being my date for the Halloween Ball? If your answer is yes, meet me by the entrance to the Great Hall at 7:00.
See you there (I hope),
From your Secret Admirer.
Fortunately, he hadn't given Lily the letter. He had meant to slip it in her bag during Transfiguration, but he had been a bit preoccupied with Snape's hair. The letter was lost, now anyway. It was probably under his bed, or at the bottom of his trunk, like many of the things he had forgotten about (such as detention slips). It wasn't as bad as Sirius', though.
James grinned when he remembered the time he and Remus had gone through Sirius' trunk and found a boxful of old love letters from Sirius' many former girlfriends. The funniest by far had been Morgana's, especially the one that ended with, see you tonight, Sugar Mouse-Love your Honey Bunny. They spent a good two weeks calling Sirius "Sugar Mouse" , and didn't stop until Sirius threatened to turn their hair pink-permanently.
Come to think of it, Morgana had probably been the only girl Sirius had ever really cared about, despite the fact that they got on each others nerves even when they were dating. A plan started hatching in James' head, but before it had time to grow, James was fast asleep.
James grabbed the Quaffle and raced towards the goalposts. He looked down to make sure he still had the Quaffle, but it wasn't a Quaffle anymore. It was a watermelon! James shrugged and threw it as hard as he could at the middle goalpost. The Keeper dived frantically, but he missed. "GRYFFINDOR WIN!" yelled the mysterious, disembodied voice of the commentator. James grinned as the crowd started chanting his name, "James! James!". It was music to his ears.
"James! James! the voices were getting louder, only now they were saying things like "Padfoot, go get my wand", and " This should wake him up" . James groaned as he felt a warm hand on his shoulder. " Five more minutes , Mum" he said, curling up underneath his blankets. Suddenly, a stream of water hit him right on the nose, rudely interrupting his beauty sleep. "I'LL GET YOU, MOONY!" James yelled, as he reached for his own wand and ran after Remus, who was trying very hard not to laugh. Sirius looked on in amusement. It seemed that he was the only one who had remembered the Hogsmeade trip today.
" So, Prongs, what shall we do today?" asked Sirius. " We can go scare the third-years at the Shrieking Shack, or we could sneak into the Hog's Head and have some Firewhisky…" he trailed off when he saw Remus' face. " Sorry , Padfoot, I can't." Sirius' jaw dropped. "Why not? We always spend Hogsmeade weekends together! Three best friends together."( A/N: Peter's parents didn't let him go to Hogsmeade-plus, I don't like him so I'm leaving him out of this story)
" Well, I'm sorry Prongs, but I have to go meet Lily. I promised I'd take her to Madam Puddifoot's today" replied James apologetically. He looked at his watch, and then ran off. " TRAITOR!" yelled Remus, after James' retreating back. " It starts" said Sirius. "You think you know a guy" He sighed exasperatedly.
I can see what's happening
And they don't have a clue
They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line- our trio's down to two
The sweet caress of twilight
There's magic everywhere
But with all this romantic atmosphere
Disaster's in the air.
Meanwhile, James was running as fast as his feet could carry him, hoping he wasn't late for his very first date with Lily. He sprinted through the door of the coffee shop- and groaned when he saw Lily sitting at a table for two, looking at her watch. James took a deep breath and walked over to her. He put his hands over her eyes. "Guess who?" he said, in the "mature" voice that he only ever used around Lily. Lily rolled her eyes. " Hmmm, let me think… is it Morgana?" she said. " No, silly, it's me" said James, as he took his hands off her eyes and swept her into a passionate embrace. There was nothing that even came close to the feeling he got when he had Lily in his arms. She looked up at him with those big green eyes of hers, and James completely forgot that he was in the middle of a coffee shop, surrounded by people he knew. He pulled her towards him and kissed her, in front of a very shocked Madam Puddifoot. " Sorry I'm late, Lily" he said, and with that, he walked out of Madam Puddifoot's, still holding Lily in his arms, completely unaware of the jealous stares he had attracted from just about every female student he passed.
