Attempt twelve

Lily was ready to go, but she couldn't find James, finally she spotted Remus absorbed in a book titled, 'Cross Breeding: Why it's a No-No'. Wasn't he reading a different book at breakfast? Must be a fast reader...Lily thought as she walked up to him,

"Remus? Where's James?"

Remus tore his eyes away from his book,

"Last I heard he was taking a bath in aftershave."

"Aftershave! Wouldn't that sting!"

"I'm not sure, it smells like it..."

"Well, if you see him, could you tell him-"

"Tell me what?" James asked from behind her. Remus smiled and went back to reading as Lily turned around. She gave a gasp of surprise, not because James smelt strongly of aftershave, (Which he did) but because he was clean shaven, hair ruffled, and for once looked modest. It was a huge leap for James Potter to leap over his enormasly large ego, and it looked as though he had - though unfortunately it wasn't likely to be permanent. And thats when Lily relised, he wasn't just good-looking now, he was hot! Lily let out an uncharacteristic giggle,

"Nothing, nothing at all."

"Well, then, Lily where are you taking me?" James asked putting an arm around her and was pleased when she didn't try to shrug him off. This is toogood... he thought.

"Well, James...I'd thought we'd go to Hogsmeade."

"Hogsmeade?" James repeated.

"Yea, I've got something to show you..." Lily grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the portrait hole.

"Can I open my eyes?" James asked, trying to resist the temptation to look at how he was getting to Hogsmeade.

"Yep!"

James opened them and found himself standing in front of the one eyed witch,

"Lily...Sirius, Peter, Remus and I tried to break Trible's charm and even with Re-"

"Dissendium!" Lily interupted tapping the witch lightly with her wand, the witch opened as it had done before Trible's charm.

"Lily! You, You- Wow!" James was speechless, "I knew you were good at charms, but-"

"C'mon, James! I'm craving a butterbeer!" Lily stepped into the passage.

"You don't want to go to Madam Puddyfoots?"

"Bet I'll beat you there James!" Lily began runnning down the stairs, with her lighted wand.

"Hey, cheater! You had a headstart!" James jumped into the passage and ran after her.

Halfway down the passage Lily lost her footing and fell over,

"James! Stop running! You'll fall on me!" She half expect him to say she was bluffing and keep running but instead there was complete silence. She sat on the stone floor shining her wand in all directions, trying to see him in the darkness, "James? Where did you go?" Still she couldn't find James, then suddenly she felt a pair of hands on her shoulders, she did what any girl would do. She screamed. She then relised it was James when she shone her wand at him, who looked slightly surprised at her reaction. As though his plan hadn't gone as plan. Infact his expression was amusing, Lily began to laugh,

"James! You scared me!"

"I'm sorry! That wasn't the plan!"

"What was the plan?"

"Nothing...Nothing, it was nothing," James held out his hand and helped Lily to her feet, "You okay?"

"I'm fine, my ankles a little-"

James lifted Lily off her feet and began to walk with her in his arms,

"If you walk on even a slightly sore ankle, it'll get worse."

"James you really don't hav-"

"I do," he said.

They walked in silence, but is was comfortable silence. Lily felt warm and safe in James arms, but was worried about how sore his arms were getting,

"James, your arms must hurt like hell and we must be only a few feet from the steps and they'll friggen kill you...You can put me down"

"You sure?"

"I'm sure."

"Okay..." James gently put her down and allowed her to walk.

"This must be the worse date you've ever been on," Lily said with a laugh, "Had to carry your date on an uneven stone passage that was extremly long. And the date was exactly light..."

James smiled,

"You kidding? I had the girl of my dreams in my arms! Who incidently, punched the biggest git in the school, making her even more perfect and showed me how to get into a secret passage. I'd say this date was the best!"

Lily laughed and kissed him lightly on the lips,

"Well, my date is hot, funny, caring and can sing!"

They began to climb the stairs to Honeydukes cellar.

James smiled,

"Really? Who's your date? I'm not any of those things, except," he ruffled his hair at the back, "I am hot..."

They looked at each other and cracked up.

"We should nearly be there, right?" Lily asked.

"Yea...few steps left..." James hand found Lily's and held it, Lily smiled and squeezed his hand. He suddenly stopped and turned to face her. Before she knew it, he was leaning in, his face looked even more dazzling in the wandlight. She instinctly wrapped her arms around his neck as they kissed. His hands dropped to her waist, she half expected them to go further as most guys did, but they didn't. James Potter wasn't bad at all...

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