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"Wow, don't you look amazing," Carina commented as she walked into Lily's room.

Lily jumped at the voice of her friend, startled that Carina had spotted her.

"What's the big occasion? Going out with Jason tonight?" she asked.

"Um, no, actually. Well, we were going to go out tonight, but he had to cancel, so I decided to go out with a few friends form work," Lily replied, hoping that her lie was plausible.

"Jeez, where are going?" Carina asked as she looked up and down at Lily.

Lily's heart was racing- just where was a place that would explain such a sexy outfit. She was wearing a short, black dress, which just happened to show plenty of cleavage. Her hair was down tonight, looking as if she lazily brushed it that way. She wore her favorite perfume- a muggle kind that separated her form the rest of the witches in London, and her best makeup.

"Um, well, we're going out to a, a club," Lily told her.

"And Jason won't mind you dancing with guys looking like that?" Carina questioned.

Silently, Lily thought that he would prefer that to what she was really doing that night, but didn't dare say that to Carina. Instead, she said, "Since when do you care how I dress? Besides, I was planning on wearing this dress tonight, with him, but since he canceled he's the one missing out on it."

"Whatever you say, Lily, whatever you say."

"Anyways, what're you up to tonight?" Lily asked.

"Oh, I don't know. I might just hang out here tonight, maybe I'll go guy scoping," Carina sweetly responded.

"Have fun with that."

…

Lily's mind and heart were racing as she walked into the Leaky Caldron. She was nervous about what was going to happen; actually, she knew what was going to happen. She was just nervous that they would be caught in the act. She still couldn't believe that this was really happening; she never thought that she would ever be the type of person to have an affair.

"Hey Lils," James called out to her.

"Hello," she responded brightly, then whispered to him, "How are we going to do this without people realizing what we're up to?"

"That's easy, Lils. I already reserved a room, and soon you are going to go up there, they won't know that the room's not yours. Then, about ten, fifteen minutes later I'll head up and join you," he responded.

"Alright, I'm going now," she told him.

Lily walked up the stairs toward room number eight, she was so nervous of being caught. She kept her cloak up high, hiding her face from view. Her steps were large and quick, making her reach the room in no time at all. Once she got to the door, Lily pulled the key that James had given her out of her pocket, unlocked the door and went inside.

Lily felt a sudden feeling of relaxation as she entered the room. No one had spotted her, no one would tell Jason what she was doing. Everything was going to be just fine.

She took her cloak off and draped it over a chair, checking out her reflection in the mirror. She tossed her hair over her shoulder, making her neckline more revealing and smiled at herself, completely satisfied with what she saw.

…

James looked down at his watch, eager for the time to change. All he wanted was to go up to the room and get one glance at Lily, the beautiful redhead from his past.

Once the time had changed, he sighed and headed up the stairs.

"James?" came a voice from the top of the stairs. He knew his eyes were wide, his heart skipping a beat. Who could that be?

He slowly turned his head around and saw a man with sandy blonde hair standing there, he too, had a nervous look upon his face.

"Peter, what are you doing here?" James asked one of his very good friends.

Peter Pettigrew's blue eyes went wide, as if he was unsure about his answer. "Um, I'm just meeting a, a, a friend."

"Well, see you later then," James said before quickly making off the in opposite direction.

His heart was beating fast, nervous that Peter would suspect what he was up too. But then again, Peter too was meeting 'a friend.' He and his friend probably didn't' have the same relationship as James did with Lily, but that didn't matter. If anyone were to ask, James would just tell them he was meeting a friend.

Once he reached his room, he knocked lightly on the door, trying not to direct any attention toward himself.

"Who is it?" came Lily's sweet angelic voice.

"James, are you expecting anyone else?" he teasingly questioned.

She unlocked the door at once, revealing her in that short, sexy dress. James felt his heart skip a beat once more, she looked amazing. He eyed her up and down, taking in every aspect of her milky white skin.

"Aren't you going to come in?" she asked, her voice sounding very urgent.

"Right," he said as he took a step into the room. His eyes lingered to the large bed in the center of the room, then back to Lily. He could feel a smile emerging inside him, his stomach feeling surprisingly jittery.

They both stood in silence for a short period of time, wondering who should make the first move. James realized that it wasn't going to be Lily, so it was going to be him.

"You look beautiful," he told her. She blushed at the comment, even if it was just from James, her partner in crime. His eyes lingered over her body, taking in the curves that were in just the right places.

Lily's heart started to race as he came closer to her. His eyes looked adoring, but in a mischievous way. He closed the gap between them by placing his lips on hers. It was as if an electric shock ran through Lily's body the moment their lips touched. She had never felt that way when any other man had kissed her, not even when Jason had.

She felt the familiar feeling of James's tongue against her lips, which she opened her mouth for his pleasure. Their tongues were in a constant battle over who was going to take control, which was something that James wasn't used to; even when he and Lily had dated in seventh year, James had always been in control. This feeling was new to him, and it sparked pure bliss in his body.

James and Lily finally broke apart from each other, both having run out of breath. But James soon regained himself and tilted her head upward to have better access of Lily's neck. She groaned as he kissed her neck, Jason had never kissed her like that before.

He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her body even closer than before. He could feel her heart beating strong in his embrace. Slowly and carefully, he led Lily over to the bed, laying fierce kisses all over her delicate skin.

Her fingers pressed hard against his back, as if holding on for dear life. She loved being this close to him, just having him in her arms. His hands slowly made their way up the skimpy dress, caressing her thighs.

"James," she whispered.

He knew exactly what that had meant, and he lifted the dress up and over her head, gazing down at her exposed body.

…

Carina sat at home that night, a big bowl of popcorn in her hands. She couldn't believe that she was spending another night by herself. She was truly sick of it, but she could do nothing about it. So, she sat there and watched Lily's muggle TV set. Surprisingly, the movie that she was watching was fairly good, a wonderful love story between an American southern belle, and a gentleman by the name of Rhett Butler.

Her movie was interrupted, however, by a knocking sound on the door. She sighed loudly, not wanting get off of her spot on the couch.

When she reached the door she was surprised to see Jason standing there, a huge grin on his face. "Jason, what are you doing here?"

"Nice to see you too," he joked.

"Yeah, yeah, but seriously," she added.

"I came to see Lily," he responded while looking into the apartment for his girlfriend.

"Um, she went out with some friends for her office," Carina told him.

"She did?" Jason asked, a look of hurt on his face. "I was going to surprise by getting off of my shift early."

"Sorry."

"Do you know when she'll be home?"

"Not a clue, lover boy…All I know is that she went to some club," Carina answered.

"Well, I guess I'll see her later then… When she comes home though, will you ask her to owl me about tomorrow?" he asked.

"Will do."

…

The next morning James woke up and saw Lily resting her head against his bare chest. He couldn't help but smile at how beautiful she looked, and how peaceful she was. He gently placed an arm around her back, not wanting Lily to ever leave his side. In fact, James hadn't been this content in a long time, just seeing her made him smile.

He saw Lily stir slightly, and then her bright green eyes looked up and met his own hazel ones. She smiled when she saw him, and to James's surprise, didn't move her head or arm from off of him.

"Morning," he told her, slowly running his hand through her long hair.

She smiled and replied, "Good morning."

They stayed in a comfortable silence for the next few moments, before James had the nerve to ask the question that had been bothering him since the night at the pub. "Lils, how come we broke up, back in seventh year?"

Lily moved a little, taking her head off of his chest. She moved so that she could get a better look at his face, wanting to know the sincerity of the question. When she did meet his gaze, she saw how genuine the question was to him and Lily responded, "I don't know, there were lots of different reasons."

"What were they?"

Lily shut her eyes for a second, remembering that day back in Hogwarts. It was one of the hardest decisions that she had ever made, and ended up crying herself to sleep for a few days after she had broken up with him.

"Because, well, because you took me away from my friends, as I did with you and your friends," she finally told him.

"Is that all?" he asked, a look in his eyes told Lily that he was hurt that friends got in the way of their relationship.

"No," she replied, not wanting to continue, but she saw an eager look in his eyes and told him the rest, "I was getting into trouble, getting detentions for being out late, and getting points taken off. I worked so hard too, all I ever wanted in school was to prove myself, prove myself by being the ideal student. And I was that, for a while, and then you came. And when you came, I had so much fun, but I couldn't throw my goal away."

"I'm sorry I got in the way," he said earnestly.

"Don't worry about it, there was no harm done. And lastly, you pressured me, and for a long time I could resist. But after awhile, I didn't think I could trust myself. I mean, I know if I told you no, then you wouldn't have done anything, but I didn't know how long I could say no," she told him, revealing information which she had kept inside of her, never even telling Carina.

"Oh," was all he said, obviously he had been expecting that he had gotten on her nerves or something like that.

"I'm sorry, you know. I didn't want to hurt you," she told him. In reality though, she never knew if she did hurt him, but she had certainly hurt herself. She had been an emotional wreck for weeks after breaking up with James. All she did was go to classes, do homework, occasionally eat, and then go to sleep. Lily's friends had become quite concerned, and even threatened her that they would take her to the hospital wing if she didn't recover soon. Thankfully, Lily put on a smile when she was around them, showing her normal side and keeping her despairs to herself. She eventually did move on, and let James flutter out of her mind.

After hearing Lily's words, James leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips, as if to say everything is alright. She smiled as he left her lips, and then snuggled closer to him, wanting him to herself, not wanting him to leave.

James felt Lily come closer to him, and he wrapped his arms around her, hugging her tightly. They rested like that for some time, not wanting to leave the comfortable silence that they cherished.

Author's Note 2: Hope you all liked chapter ten! Please review and tell me what you think!