Disclaimer: I am not J. K. Rowling. If I was I would be on holiday in the Bahamas, before returning to my mansion. Sadly, it is only a fantasy.

Chapter 5: James Potter

Lily sat alone in the Prefects carriage and pondered the thing that kept coming into the head. James Potter. What was he? Prankster or Serious, Kind or Mean, Enemy, Friend or …more than that.

The day after her and Amos' break-up, she'd gone to see HIM. James. They'd been a bit awkward at first, but soon became completely at ease in each others company. They'd meet in the Room of Requirement at 7 every night to just chat. They thought it best to keep their new found friendship just between the two of them. No need to make it all any more complicated.

Then they'd had an idea. Sirius deserved to get together with the girl of his dreams. So they'd made a plan. She asked Jake out. James would go and do something to him and ask Sirius to help him. Sirius would do something extra and talk about it when she confronted James. Then James would get him to admit his feelings for her and they'd live happily ever after.

Well, at first she just wanted to see Sirius happy, but then she began to enjoy the time she spent with James more and more. She'd actually put off asking Jake out for a week so that she could spend more time with him. He was dreamy and cute and affectionate and kind and perfect boyfriend material. So she had a little crush, that wasn't actually that little.

They'd been owling each other all holiday. Her and James. Sirius and Amelia were dating. She and James were Head Students. There was a war. Petty Tuna Face was getting married to a walrus. And all she could think about was that James hadn't asked her out for 3 months. And she hated it. She wanted to be able to say yes and they'd date and then one day they'd say they loved each other. And then he'd propose and they'd get married and they'd go on a honeymoon. And then they'd have kids and teach them to walk and talk and play Quidditch.

The sound of the door opening stopped her daydream there. When she saw a flushed and windswept James enter the compartment she blushed. He looked at her bizarrely and she blushed even more.

"Hey" he started. "It's really great to see you again. Listen, there's something I've got to tell you after the meeting." He ran his hand through his hair nervously. Lily, at that moment, wanted nothing more than to stroke his hair too. Stupid hormones, she thought, so hard to resist. "It's kind of important."

"Why don't you just tell me now, the prefect meeting doesn't start for half an hour?"

"Oh yeah, silly me," James' voice was about two octaves higher than it had been a few seconds ago. "Well, you see, umm…" He didn't know what to say. He saw her face, her beautiful face, and all thought left his head. He needed her, he wanted her, and he … loved her. That was it. That was all he needed. Ever, forever, she was all he needed. He loved her.

He'd been planning this romantic speech for days. Your more than special, I'd do anything for you, those words didn't come close to describing what he felt for her. It was too strong. She was too … perfect, beautiful, kind, wonderful. There were no words to describe it.

He did the only thing he could think of. Their faces got closer and closer until their lips touched. Lily's hands ran through his hair as he gently ran his hands down her back, resting at her waist.

And the prefects chose that moment to enter. They looked so shocked to see the former enemies kissing like there was no tomorrow. One of the braver prefects cleared his throat. James and Lily stopped the kiss at the same moment and stepped away. Neither seemed to notice or care that their clothes were creased or their hair was messy or that they had just been caught kissing by a large group of students, who would like nothing more than to get them in trouble for a public display of affection.

"So everyone, please take a seat." Lily Evans suggested with a gigantic smile on her face.

"Now we're your heads this year" James Potter stared with a goofy grin on his face.

And at that moment, they both knew that whatever happened they would face it, together.

A/N And that's the end. I hope you enjoyed it cause I certainly enjoyed writing it. I hope you check out some of my other stories and review. Toodle-oo

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