With All My Heart

To the pool we go

After about a half hour Lily and Natalie came out to the pool in matching two-piece suits, they were red with blue hearts. Remus and James' mouth's dropped open when they saw the girls. Lily had a pair of goggles in her hands, and was blushing profusely at the boy's reactions.

"Lily Evans, don't you ever say you don't look good in a two-piece suit, you look… you look… amazing…" James was in aw and was surprised when he started stuttering. As was Lily, Natalie, Sirius, and Remus, they knew this wasn't like James at all.

"Th…Thanks…" Lily was stuttering too, it was her turn to have all eyes on her.

"Wow, I understand why Remus is looking at Natalie, but James, I'm surprised, I didn't know you liked Lily, why ever didn't you tell me?" Sirius said in a mock sad voice.

"Shut up Sirius!" Lily and James said together.

"Oh, I see, they are in denial! Remus! Natalie! Let's leave these two…" But Sirius never got to finish that sentence. At that moment Lily and James had both lunged at him.

In the pool the three went, and after them came Remus and Natalie.

"You guys want to race?" Lily asked with a smirk. They would never know what hit them.

"Sure Lil, I'll take you on!" James said.

They went to the wall and when Sirius shouted, "GO" Lily took off.

Remus, Sirius, and Natalia looked on in awe as James got his ass handed to him.

"Lily, when did you learn to swim like that, and why didn't you tell me?" Natalia asked her still in awe.

"I swam on a team for five years before I came to Hogwarts and I continued swimming during the summer till fifth year." Lily said as if it was nothing.

Her friends just stared at her; James had already finished and couldn't believe what had just happened. It wasn't like she was out of shape, but he never thought she was so good in water.

Sirius had a sudden idea. He thought it could work well enough, leaving them alone for a bit, neither would pick up on it till they were out of the room.

"James, I think we're going to go get some food, you guys want us to bring you back some?" Sirius asked giving Natalie and Remus a knowing look. Luckily James and Lily did not notice this.

"Okay, bye guys, see you later!" Lily said. This surprised James and all their friends. Lily was surprised by what she said. She had shocked herself for the second time that day.

Before she knew it her friends had left and it was just she and James. She wouldn't have admitted it if anyone ever asked, but she was actually happy to be with him.

While Lily was in her little trance James snuck up behind her and tickled her then put his around her waist. To his surprise she just put her hands on his. They stood there in the water for what seemed like hours. Lily leaned back into James and rested her head on his bare chest.

Lily loved the feeling James was giving her. He slowly started running his hands over her bare stomach. Up and down slowly. Lily was neck high in water that was warm enough for her liking. She had James there who was making her feel extremely comfortable and there was no one around to see what happened.

She turned her head side ways to look at James. His chocolate brown eyes were mesmerizing. All of a sudden James picked her up in a cradle and brought her onto one of the lawn chairs to relax. She was on his lap and turned to face him.

"James, why are you doing this?" Lily whispered even know no one was in the room expect them.

"I don't know Lily," James replied in an equally quiet whisper. "But I'm glad we are here together. I'm glad that we aren't arguing, I'm glad…" Lily never found out what else he was glad about, at that moment their friends walked in laughing and when they saw the angry looks on James and Lily's faces they immediately stopped.

"Oops, did we just walk in on a James and Lily moment?" Sirius asked slightly amused.

"Yes Padfoot, you did." James replied and Lily noticed that if looks could have killed, James would have killed his best friend.

"Sorry to ruin your fun, but Lily, what in Merlin's name are you doing sitting on James' lap?" Natalie asked with a hint of laughter in her voice.

To everyone's surprise Lily didn't move, and James wasn't about to try and move her.

"Nat, what is the problem with me sitting on a guys lap?" Lily asked she was rather amused herself.

"Well Lily, you half naked and it is James Potter's lap you're sitting on, so you tell me." Natalie said smirking.

Lily turned a deep red almost darker than her hair. Yet still she didn't move. James put his arms around her waist and she leaned back into him.

"Wow, okay, we're leaving, apparently you two want some alone time, and we see when we're not wanted." Sirius said in a mock sad voice.

Sirius, Remus, and Natalie walked out of the room and down to the kitchens.

"Okay, seriously, this is going to be so incredibly easy, setting these two up. Do you see the way they look at each other? It's a little scary!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Sirius, that's because they're in love. I've never seen Lily's face light up like that, it's not like her." Natalie replied.

"Yeah, I know, James is usually a one night stand guy," Remus chipped in. "While we're on that subject Sirius, do you think this is one of those? Do you think he'll do that to Lily?" Remus asked. He looked between his girlfriend and one of his best friends.

"James wouldn't dare. He cares too much about her. You know that Remus. She means the world to him." Sirius replied in an off hand voice.

"I don't think we have to worry about James hurting Lily, I think we should worry about her hurting him." Remus and Sirius looked at her funny.

"Explain please." Remus said.

"Well, Lily is always afraid to get hurt. She still hasn't told me why, but she doesn't trust many guys. The reputation James has won't help him much. She needs to trust him before he tries anything. So you might want to inform him of that." Natalie said quietly.

"Wow, I never knew Lily was so… Preconscious. She usually tells me about stuff, but she has never told me about any of her past boy friends." Sirius said innocently.

With all this in mind they left the kitchen to go back to their rooms and wait for Lily and James to join them.

Sirius waited behind, he wasn't about to wait around all night for his best friend to come back to the real world.

Meanwhile

"James, I have something I should tell you before we get into anything… serious." Lily looked nervous and James saw it in her eyes. She went on though. "I've been… hurt before… I couldn't handle it if it happened again. So if you want to be with me, it can't just be another one of your 'one-night-stands'." Lily said looking deep into his eyes.

"Lily, please tell me what it was." James whispered in her ear.

"Well James you see… I dated this guy… and…"

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A/N: Cliffy! Okay, yeah I know, I know, I kind of jumped into things, but I've got plans, big plans, I just have to make them unfold…

Okay… first thing first... THANK YOU! I went to bed last night with 3reviews and woke up this morning with 14e-mials, all saying the same thing! Thanks for all the positive review!

OKay, the reason for the 'only two piece' stasya is becasue James is lying and there are one-pieces, just not there, but Lily can't know that, so...

On the Sirius issue firefly4u, he will have 'fluff' with Lily, it's been the plan all along :)

Okay I'm on it; I'll have the next chapter up by midnight on the tenth, probably earlier! I PROMISE!