Can you believe it? I'M BACK! I'll tell you the truth, I have gotten so caught up with other stories, I forgot about this one!
But I hope to keep with it.
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I am VERY proud to present…
CHAPTER THREE
"James!" A tall thin woman with long dirty blonde curly hair approached them as they came into the bar.
James smiled and the woman and embraced her in a hug. "How've you been Rosmerta?" he asked.
"Lonely without you here!" She joked. "You've got to stop by once in a while instead of ordering by post!" she said. "I'm getting kinda tired of Sirius." she whispered as an afterthought.
James laughed, "I've brought you some more company!" he said happily and stepped aside. "Lily Evans, meet the wonderful and beautiful Rosmerta." he said introducing them.
Lily went to shake her hand, but Rosmerta then embraced her in a hug. "Does Jamsie have a girlfriend?" she asked.
James blushed a scarlet color. "No Rosmerta we're…" he stopped and looked at Lily.
"Friends." she finished with a smile.
"We'll take 2 butterbeers. Deliver them to the usual." He said leading Lily by the hand to the very back to a big round table held in the air by a wooden platform.
Once Lily and James were settled sitting across from each other Rosmerta came with the butterbeers. Before disappearing to tend to the bar, she whispered into Lily's ear, "Don't loose him Lily. He's a keeper."
Lily turned to face her and smiled at the kind woman standing in front of her, "We're just..."
"Friends." she finished with a knowing smile and walked away. "For now." she muttered to herself.
"So Lily, do you mind if I call you Lily?" he asked. Lily shook her head no and he continued. "What's you life like?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" She asked taking a sip of her drink.
"Well, what's your family like? What's your favorite color? What gets you down? What makes you smile?" he asked.
Lily smiled, "Slow down tiger." she said.
"That's you." James said smirking.
Lily laughed and continued on. "My favorite color is green, what gets me down is when people miss judge people. What makes me smile? You should know that, you watch me enough." she said. James blushed a bit. "But I'll tell you anyways." she said. "Lily's, the flower of course. The smell of lavender." she thought a bit, "My friends, something funny, something romantic…anything really." she said. "Anymore questions?" she asked him.
"Yeah." he said rolling his now empty bottle from one hand to the other. "What's your perfect date?" he asked.
Lily smiled, "Now Mr. Potter, why would you ant to know that?" she asked back.
"To tell the lucky bloke who gets you on a date how to woo you." he smiled. "Or on the rare occasion that you would want to go out with me."
"Okay then." she sighed. "Oh gods, even I haven't thought about this!" she giggled. "Alright I think I have it." she said. "He would meet me in the common room, in muggle clothes and give me a single tiger lily and maybe a lavender candle. Then we would go outside and he's take me on a ride on his broom and then a walk around the lake talking about everything. He'd bid me a farewell with a nice kiss and that's it." she finished.
James smiled at her, "Alright, one last question." he said.
"Shoot." she said.
"What do you fear the most?" He said with intense eyes.
"The unknown." she replied instantly.
James smiled. "The unknown?" he asked. "Like what?"
"Like what's to come. I hate not knowing that we might not be here tomorrow, or it might rain and I can't go out or something." James looked at her in deep thought. "What?" she asked blushing a bit at the attention she was getting.
"Nothing." he said looking down at the table fiddling with his bottle.
"What?" she asked.
"Why must you know?" he asked.
"Because I'm afraid!" she said.
James chuckled, "Of the unknown." he said. "So you're afraid of not knowing what I'm thinking. It's stupid!" he said throwing his hands up.
"Why is it stupid? I just want to know what you're thinking!" she said.
"No, you don't want to know what I'm thinking, you're afraid of NOT knowing what I'm thinking." He said back.
"Why is that bad?" she asked.
"Because that's why you're so uptight!" He looked shocked. "I know why Lily Evans is so uptight! Not because you're a goody too shoes, but because you're paranoid and have to know everything! If you don't…you spaz out!" He shot his hands in the air smiling. "I've solved an unsolved mystery! Go me!"
"That's not true!" she complained.
"Lily Evans, if it is the last thing I do, I will get you to loosen up." He said pointing his finger at her.
"How will you do that?" She said leaning back smirking.
"A little time with the Marauders never hurt anyone." James said smirking back.
"The Marauders?" She asked. James smiled evilly. "What have I gotten myself into?" she asked.
James laughed. "Come on, look at Candice!" he said.
"Yeah, look at her." Lily said jokingly. "Alright, I now get to ask you questions."
James smiled, "It's only fair." he said.
"What's your favorite color?"
"Blue."
"Favorite book?"
He looked confused. "The Raven by Edgar Alan Poe." he said. "It's not a book, but let's face it, I haven't actually read a whole book.
Lily laughed. "It suites you." she said. "What's you favorite thing to do?" she asked.
James laughed. "I know the answer you're looking for and it's not flying." he said. "Laying back on the grass on a sunny warm summer day and looking at the clouds." he said. "Kinda sissy, I know, but it clears the mind." he said.
Lily smiled, "Not really." she said. "Okay, two more. What's your ultimate life goal?" she asked.
"To be a loving, caring husband and father." he said instantly.
"Really? Not a huge star or hero? Just a husband and father?" she said. "No mega rich guy?" she asked.
"Nope. Just living in a normal house with my wife and kids." he replied.
"Kids?" she said.
"Yeah, a boy and girl." he said.
"Why boy and girl? Why not two boys?" she asked.
"Cause, my boy will be the heartbreaker of the male population and the girl the other heartbreaker of the female population." he answered with a smirk.
"There's the James Potter I know."
"But I don't want them to have a flavor of the day, or week or two weeks. I've already made that mistake." he said sadly.
"Okay one more question." she said finally finishing her butterbeer. She inhaled and exhaled slowly, "Why do you like me so much?" she asked with all curiosity she had.
James looked deeply into her emerald eyes that had always captivated him. "Because you're Lily." he said.
"You have beautiful red hair that makes your emerald eyes shine with your happiness glowing through. And when you get mad, they flash violently. You don't need any make up because your natural beauty is enough to get you a second look form any straight guy. You have this itch to learn and explore new things. You're kind, hell you're even kind to the Slythern's! You love your friends and family with every inch of your heart. When you sit by the fire and draw your eyes dance through the flame of the fire. You bite your bottom lip when you're confused or working so hard. You laugh with your eyes too."
He took a deep breath and continued. "You're not conceded, but all the same love to get compliments. The guys look in your direction left and right, but it never goes to your head. You support your house and take pride in everything you do. When you're sad, you try not to show it but if you look close enough you can tell. Also when you're sad you don't want to ruin others fun and happy moods so you leave it be." he smiled and stopped to look at Lily.
He continued onto his last thought. "Because you love life and live it to the fullest, with the exception of when you don't know something. And because you don't care what others say and think, you're your own person and think nothing of it, or don't realize it." he finished.
Lily blushed a color unknown to people around the world and looked at the boy…no, man in front of her with the utmost respect and…caring? She smiled a pleasant smile mixed with the emotions of guilt from turning him down so harshly and sympathy because he held this in and she never bothered to hear it.
And then Lily Evans did something that she (nor the rest of the world) would ever expect she would do willingly.
She kissed her former enemy, prankster, doubed annoyance and immature little boy with messy black hair.
She kissed James Potter… and liked, no loved it.
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