The Potter Charm Works Wonders

A moment of uncomfortable silence hung over the room. Lily was staring at the floor and had an annoyed expression on her face; Remus, Ariel, Autumn, and Sirius were shooting nervous glances at each other as they waited for someone to speak; and James was suddenly interested in a bird outside the window.

"Are you guys gonna tell us what happened or are we gonna have to force it out of you?" Remus asked.

Lily shot James a glare as if daring him to speak.

After taking a deep breath, James plunged on with the story.

"Well," James started, "after you guys left Lily and I continued sight seeing. Then after a little while we got a little hungry so we stopped at this pub for dinner."

James stole a glance at Lily, who was still glaring at him. He gulped and continued on. "We had one too many drinks and uhh umm uh..."

Lily gave James a few seconds to complete his sentence. When he didn't she decided to finished it for him."We got married!" she screamed.

"Married?" Autumn asked surprised.

"Yea," James said quietly.

"I'm sure it wasn't a real marriage," Remus said reassuringly. "Most priests around here are just over paid actors."

"It was real," Lily said bitterly. "How could you do this!" she screamed out of frustration.

"Me? I do believe you played a part in this too!" James yelled.

"But it's your fault!" Lily exclaimed.

"How in the world is it my fault?" James asked.

"Well, it's not as if I would actually marry you willingly," Lily said matter a factly.

Lily clamped a hand over her mouth. Realizing that her thoughts had already been spoken out loud, Lily inwardly cursed herself. She began to apologize, but James had already got up and left the room, slamming the door behind him.

"Ugh!" Lily exclaimed. "He can be such a jerk sometimes!"

"Lily, you're not getting this at all are you?" Autumn asked.

"Getting what?" Lily asked confused.

"You're blind if you can't see how much that boy cares for you," Ariel said.

"And blaming all this on him isn't exactly fair," Remus added.

"I know. It's just that I normally don't do outrageous stuff like this," Lily said plopping down onto her bed.

"Well," Sirius said. "There's only one thing you can do now."

"What's that?" Lily asked.

"Have his baby," Sirius answered simply.

Lily hurled a pillow at Sirius. "I swear..." she said smiling.

Since the day was pretty much over, (Lily and James had slept until three) the crew spent the rest of the day lounging around the hotel. They had a long drive ahead of them tomorrow, so they welcomed the extra rest.

"I'm gonna head to the vending machines," Lily said getting up from her chair. "You guys want anything?"

Her four friends all replied with a, "Shh!" They were in the middle of a horror movie and the killer was just about to be unmasked.

Since the four were too busy to be bothered, Lily decided to go ahead and make her way to the vending machines. She was walking along the sidewalk, softly humming a song to herself, when she ran into someone.

"I'm sorry," Lily apologized. "I wasn't paying any attention."

"It's ok," he said.

Lily looked up and realized that she had ran into none other than James.

"Hi," Lily said, giving him a small smile.

"Hey," James replied.

"Look," Lily started, "I'm really sorry about what happened this morning. I didn't mean to blame it all on you."

"I know," James said. "So, this is what married life is like?" he asked with a grin.

Lily rolled her eyes. James wasn't mad at her anymore, that was for sure.

"Where did you go after you left?" Lily asked.

"No where," James answered. "I just walked around the hotel."

"Oh," Lily said. "Did I mention that I was sorry?"

"Yes, I do believe you did," James replied.

"It's just that I don't normally do stuff like that," Lily said.

"Yea, well I don't exactly marry girls for the fun of it either," James said smiling.

"And I didn't mean the last part about not wanting to marry you willingly," Lily said. "You're a great guy and any girl would be lucky to have you."

James stared at Lily like she had sprouted antlers. Did she just call me a great guy? James thought. Oh, what a day.

"Do you really mean that?" James asked, running a hand through his already messy hair.

Lily nodded her head. Why is James staring at me like I'm a mad woman? Lily wondered. It's not like I can't give a compliment.

James took a step closer to Lily and did the only thing he could think of; he kissed her. It was a gentle, sweet, quick kiss. Though simple, it seemed as if it had spoken a thousand words.

When they pulled away, Lily suddenly felt as if she was a shy junior high girl that was talking to her crush. She felt James staring at her; a blush started to creep up her cheeks.

"Lily," James said, "I...we can't keep doing this. Everytime we kiss you just throw it away like it doesn't mean anything."

"But..." Lily started, but was cut off by James. "I know you don't care about me as I do you, so maybe we should just end whatever it is we started now," he said.

"But I do care about you," Lily blurted out.

James gaped at her with a look of surprise on his face. Even Lily seemed a little shocked at her bluntness.

"So, what does this make us?" James asked.

"Well, after asking me out all those years you'd think you would have asked me by now," Lily said.

James got down on one knee and took a hold of Lily's hand. "Lily Evans, will you go out with me?" he asked.

"Yes, I will," Lily replied smiling.

James stood up and was now grinning like a mad man. After all those years of pursuing her finally paid off. James intertwined his hand with Lily's. Their hands fit perfectly together; like pieces of a puzzle. The two stood there in silence for a while, each just enjoying the moment.

"Lily?" James asked.

"Hmm?" Lily replied.

"How long have you liked me? And what are we going to do about this marriage thing?" James asked.

"That's for me to know, and for you to never find out," Lily answered smiling sweetly. "I suppose we just stay married. I mean what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...right?"

"I don't know Lilykins. I think we need to just skip right to the honeymoon," James said grinning.

Lily hit James across the head. "I swear Potter, you're about as perverted as a...well, a guy." Lily said the last word as if it was considered an insult.

"Maybe because I am a guy," James said. "I thought you were smart."

Lily went to swat James again, but he dodged her. "You gotta be quicker than that to get me," James said sticking his tongue out at her.

"That's real mature," Lily said rolling her eyes. "And we both know that I could whoop your butt any day."

"But I'm too quick for you," James insisted.

"If I wanted to catch you I could," Lily said.

"Could not," James replied.

"Hey James, you have a bug on your shirt," Lily said pointing.

"Get it off! Get it off!" James shrieked.

Lily went over to James and whacked his head. "Told you," Lily said sticking her tongue at him.

"Well, now that's real mature," James said. "I think I'm becoming a bad influence on you."

"Yeah, I think so," Lily said smiling; locking her hand back together with his.

Since it was starting to get dark, the two decided to head back to their hotel room. They both were walking slow, neither in any hurry to explain their new relationship to their friends.

"You never answered my question," James said, breaking the silence.

"What question?" Lily asked.

"How long have you liked me?" James asked.

Lily smiled. That was a pretty hard question to answer. She had always felt a little something for James, but he didn't need to know that; it would only boost his ego more. So, Lily only partly answered his question.

"I think when we kissed in the Magic Kingdom," Lily replied.

And that wasn't a lie. Ever since that kiss, Lily caught herself continuously thinking about James. It was almost as if he was an unwanted addiction. Unwanted because she had spend most of her life convincing everyone that she despised James Potter, and an addiction because she couldn't help but thinking about him.

James grinned. "I knew you would eventually fall for the famous Potter charm," he said.

Lily didn't even bother to respond.

Finally reaching their hotel room, Lily and James braced themselves for their friend's questions. James gave Lily a smile, and together they entered the hotel room.

A/N- When we last updated we had 171 reviews, and now we have 231. That's sixty reviews! Sorry for the very long wait. Chapters should start being posted more quickly since both of us are home now. And thanks to everyone who has been reading this and reviewing. YOU GUYS ROCK!