A/N: I'm going away for three weeks, so I won't have anything else up for a while. I'm writing chapter three, but it's not going very well. I'm not reallly sure what to do about the story...this is only my second fic, and my first one with more than one chapter. Please r/r! Please?
"Why don't you just ask him out next Hogsmeade weekend? I think it's next week," suggested Lydia Thomas, one of Lily's friends.
"But what if he doesn't want to? I'd just be making a fool of myself," Lily reasoned.
"Why don't you tell him how you feel then?" asked Molly.
"He'd just laugh, you know what he and James are like..." protested Lily.
"Why don't I tell him for you?" Alice said with a twinkle in her eye.
"Don't you dare! If you do, I swear I will murder you Alice Fairview!" screamed Lily, forgetting that the dormitory walls were not very thick, "Oops, I think that may have been a little too loud."
"Just a little maybe" whispered Lydia sarcastically.
"Sorry," mumbled Lily, "but it was Alice's fault," she added, laughing.
"There's only one way to settle this..." decided Molly.
"And that is?" Lily looked at her friend suspiciously.
"Why don't you just tell her how you feel? I saw how she was looking at you. She's definitely into you," advised James.
"But what if you're wrong?" Sirius nearly wailed, "What if she thinks I'm a creep?"
"Fat chance!" snorted Remus, "did you see that smile? It practically screamed 'I really like you but I'm afraid I'm invisible to you. Do you really like me?'"
"Moony, are you sure you aren't a girl? You really do know exactly what they're thinking."
"I don't know what they're thinking, I'm just not blind to body language," Remus protested.
"But remember that time when Prongs was going to ask Alice to Hogsmeade and you said he shouldn't because it was obvious that she was really looking at Frank and he would look like a pig?" Sirius asked.
Remus smiled, remembering the incident, "Yeah, and then you tried moved closer. You really thought you had her, didn't you?"
"Until she punched me in the stomach and called me a pig! Just like you said she would," James remembered, "I only remember it because it was the only time I've ever been rejected."
All four friends laughed at that.
Lily and Molly chose that moment to descend the stairs into the common room. They set up a game of Exploding Snap and were soon giggling nervously, hoping their tower wouldn't fall. Sirius and Remus started a game of chess while James flipped through Quidditch Through the Ages and Peter went up to bed. Soon Sirius had captured Remus's Queen, both Rooks and one of his bishops. Remus had caught two of Sirius's pawns. Remus lost the game and Lily and Molly's game had been started again. James came over to play against Sirius and Remus buried his nose in a book (Hogwarts, A History, after all, he needed to know these things since he snuck out of the castle on a regular basis.)
With a loud BANG, Lily and Molly's game exploded. They went over to cheer Sirius and James on. Before long, the girls had pulled up two of the biggest, squishiest chairs and were giving the boys advice. The game seemed to last for hours, mostly because the boys were too proud to admit the girls' advice was any good. Remus left for the dormitories about half way through the game. Sirius and Lily won. James and Molly decided to go to bed, leaving Lily and Sirius to set up for another game. Lily chose black.
"I've never played against you before," remarked Sirius, opening with his king-side pawn forward two squares, "are you any good?"
"I've only ever played wizards' chess twice before, but I used to play muggle style with my dad all the time when I was younger," Lily answered, mirroring him.
Sirius moved his queen-side pawn forward two.
"With your attitude, I'm not surprised you opened with that," Lily commented, moving her king-side knight directly in front of her king.
"What attitude would that be?" asked Sirius, half-knowing the answer. He moved his Queen.
"Oh, you know, the flashy, confident, 'I don't care what you think of me cause I'm too cool to notice you'," Lily said, moving her knight to three spaces in front of her Queen. To reach, she had to bend slightly over the board. Sirius bent over too.
"Do you really think I'm like that?" Sirius whispered. He was so close to her, he could see down her shirt. He moved his eyes quickly back up to her face, not wanting to seem like a pig. He could smell her perfume: Vanilla and Cinnamon. He could count the stones in her earrings and necklace. Four stones in each ear, three on the pendant hung from a slender gold chain around her neck. Emeralds, to match her eyes, but not even the most clear, magnificent emeralds could compare to those eyes. For that moment, the only thing that mattered to Sirius was that he was with Lily, and she was talking to him.
Lily didn't know what to do. Here she was, playing chess alone with Sirius. She had dreamed of this for years.
"What attitude would that be?" asked Sirius, half-knowing the answer. He moved his Queen.
"Oh, you know, the flashy, confident, 'I don't care what you think of me cause I'm too cool to notice you'," Lily said, moving her knight to three spaces in front of her Queen. To reach, Lily bent over the board just a little. She knew her uniform shirt was unbuttoned farther than usual (Lydia's idea). She thanked Alice over and over in her head for the makeup help (no lipstick, just gloss; cause you never know...). She thanked Lydia over and over in her head for the perfume (Vanilla and Cinnamon, one of her favourites). She thanked Molly over and over in her head for the early birthday present: earrings and a necklace. Emerald stones, to match her eyes.
Lily saw Sirius's eyes dart down her shirt, but quickly up again. That confirmed it, he did realise she existed. Lily didn't know what to do, she was frozen. Sirius reached across tucked a few strands of fallen hair behind her ear. He walked around the coffee table and sat next to her in the chair. Lily was paralysed. "What do I do?" she panicked to herself. She could only think of one thing.
She closed her eyes and moved towards him. There was hardly an inch separating her lips and his. He eased his lips over hers gently. It was obvious he'd done this before. Lily had had a boyfriend before, of course, but his kisses were nothing compared to Sirius'. He quickened the pace, leaning into her. Neither of them was aware of their surroundings. In that room, at that moment, all that mattered was their passion. All thoughts of homework were banished, any creeping thoughts of friends or family shoved into a dark corner. For those minutes, Lily allowed herself to be lost in her passion.
A/N: Was it good? Was it? Well, next chapter won't be up for like, a month. I guess it doesn't matter that I'm writing this...no one's reading my story anyway...sigh...anyway, if you are reading this, please review so I know at least someone has read this...well, enough chitchat...just press the button...you know wich one I mean...NO not the "back" button! The REVIEW button...almost there...almost...