Winning Miss Lily Evans Over

By: neen

Author's note: The sequel to Ways to Ask Out Miss Lily Evans is finally here!…what do you think?

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If you have not read Ways To Ask Out Miss Lily Evans, please do so, because I will refer to some of the events that happened in there in this sequel! Once again, this is the SEQUEL! Please go read Ways To Ask Out Miss Lily Evans if you have not already!

Chapter Six: Right Out of the Shower

Lily paused and stopped brushing her hair. She stared into her mirror, wondering why she was putting such an effort into this measly Hogsmeade trip. She had applied makeup and had been brushing her hair for the past ten minutes.

Lily shook her head. They were going as friends. Nothing special.

She sighed and placed the brush back on her bed.

She donned on golden dress robes and slipped into shoes.

Jacqueline was still putting on eyeliner when Lily finished.

"Aww, Lily, you look so pretty," Jacqueline commented, smiling.

"Thanks. You look lovely in that pink robe, Jackie," Lily complimented back, noticing the pink going well with Jacqueline's long brown hair and cinnamon colored eyes.

"You better go now; I'm meeting up with Remus later. Have fun, Lils, but don't get into any trouble behind rose bushes, now," Jacqueline said, winking. Lily blushed.

"Bye."

o.O.o.O.o

"Hi, Lily."

Lily turned around with a small smile on her face. "Hello, James."

"Where do you want to go first?" James asked.

"I need to pick up a couple of books, if you don't mind," Lily said.

"That's fine with me," James said cheerfully and the two walked to the nearby bookstore.

After Lily selected the books she wanted, they left and went to the Three Broomsticks.

"Two butterbeers, please," James requested and paid.

Lily and James sat down and talked.

"So, who's in your family?" James asked. Remus had said that it would be a good thing for James to get to know Lily and her family better.

"My mum and dad. They're both Muggles. I have a sister named Petunia…she—I—she doesn't like magic much," Lily said softly, a fleeting glance of sadness passing over her pretty face. "What about you?"

"Oh. Just my parents. My dad's an Auror," James replied.

As they downed their drinks, they talked about everything—their interests, dislikes (Arielle mostly), and dreams. Lily watched James talk excitedly about Quidditch and found that it was actually somewhat interesting to listen to James talk about scoring. She stared at James's bright smile when she talked and noticed his hazel eyes light up whenever she smiled at him.

Lily was falling for James.

o.O.o.O.o

Lily had watched the entire Quidditch game intently, noticing mostly how talented James was at flying and scoring. He soared effortlessly and seemed to score every few minutes or so.

She smiled to herself at the memory of how James asked her to come to the Quidditch game.

"There's a Quidditch game tomorrow…I was wondering—do you want to come?" James asked, slightly embarrassed, looking at the ground.

"I'll come."

James and the other Quidditch players had retreated to the back. Lily followed because she had a sudden urge to use the bathroom.

After she relieved herself, she came out. Lily turned left and saw that she was quite lost as she hadn'tever been in this part before. Lily saw in bold letters, 'BOY'S SHOWER ROOM' on a large door next to the bathroom. Suddenly, she heard water stopping in the shower room and saw the large, fluffy white towels outside sitting innocently on the towel rack. The handle turned. The door squeaked. She put two and two together and started panicking. Someone was coming to retrieve a towel after a shower…a boy was coming for a towel…

It was James.

Lily tried to say something—shout, even—but nothing came out, and she looked on, her eyes widened and mouth open. Run, Lily, run! But her feet stood frozen to the ground.

James stepped out.

Let's just say it's a good thing James had on a towel already, wrapped tightly around his waist.

He squinted at the person in front of him. The person had red hair, for sure—that, he couldn't miss. He thought it was a girl.

Where did he leave his glasses? He sighed.

"Hi, do you mind helping me look for my glasses, please?" James asked politely, not aware it was Lily. Why would Lily be at the boys' shower room?

The person gave a small squeak and nodded, pointing at the ground where James had just stood on. He stooped down and looked. His glasses. He had just stepped on them. He groaned as he saw the broken glass laying beside his frame.

The girl (he could tell this time by her voice) murmured, "Reparo," and the shards of glass flew back, neatly in place. James thanked her and put them on. He peered through his glasses and stared.

"Lily?"

Lily had turned so red that James could barely tell where her hair roots ended.

She nodded slowly and James finally realized why she was blushing.

"Oh—er, well, you know—rough Quidditch game," James offered awkwardly, tugging the towel at his waist even tighter. He could not risk such an embarrassment, especially in front of the girl he liked.

"Erm, sorry, but I have some Potions homework that I still need to finish up," Lily said hurriedly, prepared to flee once James acknowledged her departure.

"You do? I thought you finished—oh. Um, I need to ah, yeah. Get another towel. That's right—I need to get another towel. I'll see you around, Lily," James said stupidly and bumped into the towel rack situated next to him noisily. He turned around, praying that Lily had not seen that rather embarrassing moment. She hadn't. Lily had already left. Thank Merlin.

He pushed up his glasses that had slipped some due to the moisture on his nose. It took him a minute to realize that it was not water from the shower, but his sweat that he had accumulated because he had panicked around Lily.

He was thankful that he had already got a towel before he went in. That, he thought firmly, was something he was going to do from now on.

o.O.o.O.o

"Lily—is that you?" Jacqueline asked, looking at Lily hard.

"Jacqueline! I'm so glad—I'm so glad I found you! I was lost—and oh my Merlin, you do not know what happened! Merlin, it was so embarrassing," Lily said, gasping for breath as she took a halt in front of her concerned best friend.

"Lily?"

"Yes?"

"Why are you so red?"

Lily turned even redder. "It's—well, erm—you see—ah, I saw—well, er, him—rightoutoftheshowerandhewashalfnakedohmymerlin." Lily finished in one breath.

"Does this have something to do with James?" Jacqueline asked, squinting at Lily with a knowing air around her.

Lily looked down, afraid that her face would become that shade forever if she blushed one more time. "Um—kind of."

"My Merlin! It does! Did you guys seriously get behind some clumps of rose bushes? I told you! But honestly, I don't want to hear about your wonderful snogging session yesterday behind that My Fair Lady rose bush behind the bench by the Three Broomsticks," Jacqueline blabbed, unaware that Lily was smiling.

"There's a My Fair Lady rose bush there?" Lily asked, looking somewhat amused.

Jacqueline stopped talking. "—but you couldn't have—Remus and I—we—yes."

"What's this about Remus and you now?" Lily asked doggedly, getting straight to the point.

Jacqueline turned pink. "Well, I got my first kiss…"

Lily smiled. "Aww. That's good. Behind the My Fair Lady rose bush, I daresay?" Lily asked, grinning mischievously.

Jacqueline nodded. "But how did it go with James yesterday? I can't believe I forgot to ask you!"

"I can. You came in looking all dazed and floaty," Lily snorted. "It's a wonder you didn't bump into someone."

"What happened with James?" Jacqueline asked eagerly. She was not one to change the subject, especially when it involved Lily's love life.

"It was nice. We got to know each other a bit more," Lily said nonchalantly, making it seem like she didn't think it was a big deal.

"A bit? Ah, I see. So your mouths got to know each other a lot more," Jacqueline said candidly, while Lily burned red.

"Jacqueline!"

"What, Lily dear?" Jacqueline asked, smiling cheekily.

"Don't push it," Lily warned, but broke into a smile soon. "Oh, it's just that you're making me embarrassed!"

"Embarrassed? Merlin! Some girls would kill you to have a teensy chance to go out with James Potter!" Jacqueline said, looking amazed at Lily.

"It's just that you keep reminding me something—I saw him walk out the shower a couple minutes ago!" Lily burst out finally, blushing furiously.

Jacqueline stood there a minute, not knowing exactly what to say. "Merlin's beard…"

"He had on a towel," Lily supplied.

Jacqueline shook his head. "You poor thing."

Lily just smiled to herself as they headed back to the castle.

o.O.o.O.o

That night, Lily could not stop thinking about how stunning James's body was. His wonderful muscles…she just wanted to lay a hand on James's nice shoulders. She kept tossing over in bed, but just could not sleep. James Potter always seemed to pop in her head right before she slept, making her unable to sleep.

Lily blushed in the dark at her longings.

She liked him, for sure.

Lily smiled, thinking how immature yet cute he was last year. She remembered every single time he had asked her out—she chuckled lightly to herself as she thought of the rather bad song James had serenaded her with and how she had nearly laughed when she saw James's knight costume. And then, this year…he was so much more mature…His arrogance was greatly diminished and Lily found him to be a great, funny, and smart guy that she always looked for but could not find at Hogwarts. Her knight in shining armor was there all along.

"Jackie? Are you asleep?" Lily asked of the silent night.

"Hmm? Lils?" Jacqueline murmured, still half-asleep.

"I like him. I like James Potter."

Author's Note:

Wahoo! Lily finally says it! Yess…I think one more chapter in this story and it's all going to be done…sad, yes, but it's necessary because school's about to start in 20 days…noo…

I'll write a lot more next summer though, don't worry! Maybe a short one during winter break if I can squeeze it in between my exams… wink It'll just all depend on how much you guys miss me! Reviews, please?

If you liked this story, you'll probably like my other stories: The Room of Requirement and Never Got Along. I don't like Never Got Along that much, but I'm pretty proud of this story and its prequel Ways to Ask Out Miss Lily Evans and The Room of Requirement!

If you like Harry & Co type stories, you might like The Chosen One's Battle which has all my thoughts and theories on what the seventh HP book will be like! Harry and Ginny and Ron and Hermione!

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