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Chapter Thirty-Two: Quidditch Kisses and Fist Fights

"Potter is back and looking better than ever!" boomed the announcer's voice through the entire Quidditch Pitch. "After a severe head injury, Potter seems to be recovering just fine! Thirty point lead, GRYFFINDOR!"

The Gryffindor stands erupted as James Potter sent the quaffle yet again through one of the three tall hoops.

Lily beamed at her friends as she applauded. That was her boyfriend out there.

"Ravenclaw really is no match for us." stated Allison, grinning broadly, without Jacob. It was understood that they would sit separately when their houses played each other.

"Don't let Jacob in on it." Lily replied, laughing.

"Oh I'm sure he already knows." laughed Allison as Gryffindor scored yet again.

"So what are you doing for James tonight, Lily?" asked Sirius from behind her, grinning like a maniac.

Lily turned around and stared at Sirius. "What do you mean?"

Sirius shrugged. "I just thought he had some incentive for playing this well." He winked before Lily glared at him and quickly sent a tickling charm his way. Sirius immediately bowled over, unable to stop laughing.

"Take—take—take it off!" Sirius shrieked through fits of uncontrollable laughter. After being nudged by Remus she flicked her wand and Sirius calmed down.

"Well I won't bring that up again." huffed Sirius, acting clearly perturbed. "She's a nasty one, Evans is."

Lily made to flick her wand and Sirius regained an innocent composure and continued to watch the game.

"The first goal for Ravenclaw! Thirty to ten, Gryffindor!"

"Come on James!" whispered Lily under her breath as she clutched her cloak and watched the game. Ellie and Allison grinned at one another before turning back to the match.

"That's the fourth goal for Potter tonight! He's unstoppable! And, what's that? Morris has the Snitch! GRYFFINDOR WINS! One ninety to ten!"

The Gryffindor stands exploded with cheers, before everyone collected their belongings.

"Are you going to meet James by the locker room?" asked Allison.

Lily shrugged. "I don't know, we didn't agree on any place."

"Go meet him by the stands and give him a big kiss!" Sirius suggested excitedly from a safe distance behind Remus, who had been apart from the group in order to be as far away from Ellie as possible. They still weren't talking.

Lily rolled her emerald eyes and Ellie nudged her. "You know you want to."

A giant smile played on Lily's mouth and she laughed. "Okay, I'll see you guys back at the tower."

"For the victory party!" Sirius yelled, as fellow Gryffindors cheered behind him. Allison and Ellie grinned at Lily and waved.

Lily made her way down the stands and across the Pitch to the locker rooms. She took a breath and watched the white steam from her mouth frolic in the colder, February air. It was freezing outside, Lily noticed, once you weren't surrounded by jittery, screaming fans drinking hot tea and chocolate. She held her cloak tighter and pulled her burgundy and gold scarf tighter, not caring if it clashed horribly with her hair.

Fifteen minutes later of waiting, and after making heating charms surround her body, James, followed by the rest of the smiling Gryffindor team. Lily smiled, James hadn't seen her yet.

"There's still practice Monday." he stated. A few brave people groaned.

"Come on, Potter, this victory was beautiful." stated Clive Owens, a sixth year beater.

"Yeah." agreed another voice Lily couldn't find the owner of.

James shook his head. "No, we have Slytherin next, and they're going to be no easy win. We need to see the Cup, guys…and girls."

"Yes, see the cup, be the cup, drink from the cup." continued Clive, causing several people to laugh. Lily could see James smile and shake his head.

"Come on all of you, we have a party to crash." he stated, causing the team to jump and cheer as they made their way up the grounds.

"You better wait for me, POTTER!" Lily exclaimed, grinning as she saw James turn around quickly, startled by her presence then smiling as he walked over to her.

"Hey, you." James greeted grabbing Lily's hands and swinging them playfully as they stood in the snow-laden ground.

"Hello." Lily replied, grinning. "Nice moves there, Potter."

James smiled. "Well I thought so."

Lily stood on her tiptoes and gave him a deep kiss as she brought her arms around his neck and let him kiss her back. It began to snow around them, but neither realized it. They broke away after awhile and James looked into Lily's eyes as her long eye-lashes began to catch snow flakes. He smiled down at her and knew this was the best victory of his entire life.

It was four in the morning when a tired but ever stern McGonagall barged into the Gryffindor common room, successfully breaking up the party.

James and Lily had hid in the corner to avoid the lecture McGonagall could give them, as being Heads, they should have stopped the celebration long before now.

Giggling, Lily emerged from the corner, holding James's hand as he followed behind her once McGonagall had disappeared.

"We better get back to the Quarters." Lily stated, smiling. "McGonagall might kill us if she finds out we were here the entire time."

James chuckled. "Bye, Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot." he waved as they walked out of their former common room.

"How do you think Ellie and Remus managed being apart tonight?" Lily asked once they were on their way.

James shrugged as he held onto Lily's hand. "Remus and Peter seemed to be having a fine time."

"Remus was lurking the entire evening." Lily replied.

James sighed. "He has his way of dealing with things, if lurking is his way; I'm not going to stop it. Ellie looked like she was having an alright time, though."

"She was alright, I think. She laughed with Allison a bit. She even danced twice." Lily remarked. "Still not speaking to him, though. I guess that's her way with dealing."

"I suppose so." James replied as they reached the Heads Quarters.

Lily yawned and smiled at James who was fighting back a yawn as well.

"We better get to bed." James suggested as he let Lily walk through the portrait hole first.

"We better." Lily agreed as the portrait swung closed behind James.

After a moment, a figure with blonde hair and caramel brown eyes turned back around the corner.

"I love Defense Against the Dark Arts." Lily stated as she, James, Allison, Jacob, Remus, Peter, and Sirius made their way to the NEWT level class.

"As much as Charms?" James asked, smiling as they held hands.

Lily shook her head. "No, it's a different kind of love. I would die if I didn't have Charms class. I wouldn't know how to protect myself without Defense."

"Oh." replied James. "So what category did you put me in?"

Lily grinned playfully, before she could answer, however, a very angry looking Emerson greeted them.

Surprised, the group took a step backwards to keep from tripping, as Emerson had jumped entirely into their path.

"You filthy little slag!" he shouted, pointing to Lily, anger flashing in his eyes. James's face immediately became red with anger. No one talked to his Lily like that.

"What did you say to her?" James asked, bitterly and enraged. Emerson's eyes flashed with pure loathing.

"You've been shagging Potter!" he yelled, and to Lily's embarrassment, the students that had been in the hallway attempting to get to class had stopped to watch the show.

"No, I haven't." Lily replied, coldly and honestly in her defense, stepping forth between Emerson and James.

"And we're broken up!" she exclaimed. "So it wouldn't matter anyways!"

"Why you!" Emerson spat as he raised his arms. Lily backed away into James, who stepped protectively in front of her.

"That's it, Burton." James muttered, feeling Sirius join his side.

"You can't duel me, Potter. They'd take your precious badge away!" Emerson laughed.

Sirius glared. "He can't, but I can!" he raised his wand quickly, but was soon held back by James.

"This is between me and Burton, Padfoot." James stated, calmly as he watched Sirius getting ready to protest. He held him back. "If it gets out of hand you step in." He whispered. Sirius nodded and stepped back beside Lily.

"You still can't duel me!" Emerson replied menacingly.

"I don't need a wand to kick your arse!" James snapped holding up his fists.

"James don't!" he heard behind him, Lily. James ignored her. It had gone too far.

"You've cheated on Lily, you've broken her nose, you've spread rumors about her, you've attacked me, and you've insulted my girlfriend!" James continued, his voice getting louder and more threatening. "This is stopping, now."

Emerson grinned and threw the first punch, which James skillfully dodged. He came back and hit Emerson in the head, hard. James followed with another punch, and Emerson was out cold.

The hall was quiet around him, and James stepped back, half surprised at what he had done, have glad it wasn't him on the floor.

"We should get him to the hospital wing." James muttered as he bent down to pick him up. "Padfoot, help?"

Sirius nodded and came to his friend's side as they lifted an unconscious Emerson to the hospital wing.

"Can someone explain that we had an accident to Professor Latham? We'll be there as soon as possible." James remarked as he conjured a stretcher and guided Emerson into it.

"Sure." Remus replied.

"Everyone get to class!" Lily exclaimed to the frozen student body that remained in the corridor. Her voice was cold and demanding, startling James into looking back at her. She looked furious.

He glanced at her for a moment until she caught his eyes. James tried to smile, but she just shook her head and followed her own orders and continued to class.

James glimpsed at Sirius, he was in trouble with Lily, and he didn't know what to do.

After Defense of the Dark Arts was over, there was an hour before dinner. James took Lily's arm, as she had decidedly sat next to Allison during class, and hadn't said a word to him. She looked at him fiercely and he let go.

"We've got to talk." he stated, walking to the corner of the corridor, hoping Lily would follow him.

She did, but she still looked as cold as ever. "Ten points from Gryffindor for not listening to a Head!" Lily stated, dangerously. James blinked. Was she serious?

"What?" he asked, bewildered.

"You heard me!" Lily replied, although she seemed to be loosing her confidence.

"You can't take points from me!" James replied, flabbergasted.

"I sure can! You were told to stop fighting! You didn't!" Lily replied.

"Fine!" James retorted, loudly, his temper gaining on him. "Ten points from Gryffindor for not inflicting punishment when a fellow Head was being threatened!"

Lily shook her head. "That's not even a rule!"

"Well I took points, didn't I?" James shouted.

"Fifteen points from Gryffindor for yelling at an official!" Lily remarked, making sure to keep her voice calm and even.

"Twenty from Gryffindor for making a fellow Head feel horrible for what he did!" James yelled. "And another ten for not wanting him to defend his girlfriend, because he loves her so much!"

Lily stopped for a moment, letting silence into their "conversation" and oblivious to the fact that they were being watched by a quite amused audience, who had never seen a Head fight quite like this.

"Well twenty from Gryffindor because the Head Girl is stubborn and doesn't like being defended!" Lily shouted back.

"Well thirty from Gryffindor because the Head Boy thinks that some things need to be defended!" James yelled. "And another ten because he's sorry!"

Lily's eyes softened, and James's breathing, which had become heavy during the argument, slowed as he calmed down. After a few moments, they both burst into laughter, causing the large group that had been watching to erupt into mirth as well.

"I really am sorry." James replied. "But you've got to understand, that was the last straw with Emerson."

Lily nodded as she kissed his lips quickly and apologetically. "I'm sorry, but you know I don't like people standing up for me."

"Well, with me around, you're going to have to get used to it." James smiled his contagious grin, and soon Lily was smiling as well. They began to walk down the corridor together, hand in hand, as if nothing had happened, much to the amazement of the onlookers.

A few seconds later, a small Gryffindor approached James, tapping him on his elbow, as he couldn't quite reach James's tall shoulders.

James turned around quickly, surprising the small boy.

"Yes?" he asked, kindly.

The boy held out a quill, shakily. "You dropped this, sir."

James laughed and took it and ruffled the boy's hair. "A hundred and thirty points to Gryffindor."

James smiled again as the boy looked stunned, and he and Lily continued to walk, leaving the boy quite bemused.

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