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Lily stared at herself in the mirror, puckering her lips, then taking a tissue and smacking them against it. She looked at herself again, perfect. Her make-up was complete.

"Lily, are you almost ready?" Jason asked as he entered the bathroom. He was looking great that night. Lily didn't' know why, but something about him looked different, looked better than usual.

"Yeah," she responded. Her almond eyes looked straight into his, as if taking in his soul. A faint smile played at her lips.

"What is it?" he asked.

Lily snapped out of her gaze, replying, "Nothing…it's just, you look very dashing tonight."

"As opposed to usual?" he teased.

She rolled her eyes, but wrapped her arms around his neck anyways. She hated it when he would make those stupid remarks. But then again, she couldn't control her temptation. She leaned forward, and gently placed a warm, passionate kiss upon his lips. She could tell that the kiss aroused him just as much as her. She loved the feeling of his lips on hers, fiercely swelling her lips as each second went on.

"Mmm," she murmured as his lips traced her jaw line, down to her neck. He placed gentle kisses on her delicate skin, knowing that she hated seeing "love bites" any place visible to the human eye.

It was pure pleasure, a tender, sweet love. 'James, you are amazing,' she told herself.

Her entire body froze. She had just said James. This was Jason, not James. Not James.

"Lily, what's wrong?" Jason questioned, a concerned look on his face. It wasn't like her to stop while the two of them were just starting to get intimate.

"Nothing, nothing at all," she said, shaking off her previous thoughts. "But, we should get going; we don't want to be late."

"Yeah, I guess your right," Jason replied, but Lily could instantly tell that he wasn't pleased at all.

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It was a nice restaurant, nothing too fancy, nothing too cheap. She relaxed a bit, knowing that her outfit would be fine for the occasion. She slipped on a cute sundress; pastel green with small white flowers embroidered in it. It had small straps, no thicker than an ordinary sized pasta. So, to cover her shoulders she wore a white sweater, and on her feet were casual flats.

As they were waiting to be seated, Lily noticed James and Emmy sitting at a table on the left side of the restaurant. They were in what appeared to be a deep conversation, on what topic, Lily couldn't sense. She could tell, however, that Emmy had an extraordinary large smile on her face. And James, on the other hand, looked a bit nervous. She was curious to know what was happening between them, but having to sit close enough to overhear their conversation would be dreadful. Lily only prayed that the waiter would seat them on the other side of the restaurant.

To Lily's disappointment, the waiter led them in the same direction as James was sitting. And she started panicking as he led them toward James's table, thinking that it couldn't get much worse than sitting at the table next to him. She knew that he would be distracting, with his perfect grin and eyes that could make her feel weak in the knees.

However, it did get worse. They stopped at James's table, and to Lily's horror, Jason pulled out a chair at that table for her to sit in. Lily felt her heart speed up tremendously as she realized what was happening, James Potter was Jason's new partner.

"Hello, it's so nice to see you again Jason, and you must be Lily, it's so nice to meet you," Emmy said, flashing a big white smile at them.

"Hello," Lily responded, she was still in a state of shock about James being Jason's new partner.

"Oh, how silly of me, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Emmy, and this is James," Emmy said, pointing to James as she said his name.

"Hi," was all Lily managed to say.

After Jason had sat down and the waiter took their orders, Lily was settling down, thinking that maybe this wouldn't be too bad. Of course, she had to try her hardest not to steal too many glances at James, which was very hard because he looked very sexy that night.

Then Lily felt it, James's leg had brushed up against her. She looked over at him, and he grinned at her. Lily tried to hold her blush back, but she wasn't sure if she could.

"Excuse me for a second, I forgot to wash my hands before I came, and my mother always told me to wash my hands before eating, so I'm going to go do that," Lily rapidly said, needing an excuse for getting away from the table. She needed air. She needed space. But most of all, she needed to get away from James.

She quickly made her way into the ladies' room, just thinking how she really couldn't handle the night. Then she heard someone enter the room and say, "Lils, you in here?"

"James, what are you doing in here?" Lily hissed.

"Relax, I told them I was going to check on the waiter, see where the food was," he told her.

Lily let out a sigh, and then added, "James, what are we going to do? And did you know that you and Jason were going to be partners?"

"I found out today, and I don't know what we are going to do. I guess, just act natural," he responded.

"That's a little hard; you really have to stop looking at me like that."

"Like what?" he questioned.

"Like that, you know, stop looking so damn sexy," she cried out.

"But Lils, it's so much fun," he teased, and then proceeded to take another step toward her. Lily felt her heart start to beat faster, she wanted to kiss him so badly, but she knew she couldn't, not now, it was too risky.

However, James apparently hadn't thought it risky at all, and he kissed her. Lily wrapped her arms around him, and she too forgot the dangers of someone spotting them. Instead, she felt relieved to have him hold her in his arms. It was as if he took all the bad out of everything, protected her from anything that might ever happen.

James pulled away from her when he heard someone coming closer to the door. He gave her a look that said, 'what the hell do we do now?' Lily responded by grabbing his hand and leading him into a stall, which luckily came down to cover their feet. They stood there, wrapped in each others arms, breathing deeply, wondering who came in the bathroom.

"Lily," came a voice that belonged to Emmy. "Are you in here?"

"Um, yes, I'm in one of the stalls," Lily told her. "I'll be out in a second, so you go along back to the table."

James looked at her, and his teeth were biting his lower lip. Lily could feel his heart pounding next to hers. His breathing was fast, and his eyes had never shown this much fear before, at least not that Lily had ever seen. Yet, she found him irresistible at that moment. There was something about the way a bead of sweat wandered down his hairline, and the priceless look on his face that made Lily want to be with even more.

"Oh, I can wait for you," Emmy replied.

"No, don't," Lily responded, her heart racing faster and faster, catching up to speed with James's.

"Really, I'd love to, and then we can talk on the way back to the table, it'll be lots of fun," Emmy told her. Lily's eyes went wide, there was no way of getting rid of this girl!

Suddenly, an idea came into Lily's mind. "When I flush the toilet, you apparate out of here," Lily silently mouthed to James. He nodded his head, understanding what she had said. They both knew it would be too conspicuous if the 'pop' sound had occurred.

Lily's hand went to flush the toilet, and she watched as James left the stall. Once he was gone, Lily stepped out of the stall and into view of Emmy. The two women then made their way back toward the table.

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"So, all three of you went to Hogwarts?" Emmy asked.

"Yes, and where did you go?" Jason responded.

"Oh, I off in a school in Ireland, where my parents live. But, once school had finished, I came back to England. You see, I was born here, and we lived here for several years, and I always loved being here," Emmy explained.

"Oh, that's fascinating," Lily told her, trying to think of something to say. Although, it was quite hard for her to concentrate on the conversation. Her mind kept on lingering back to James, back to their kiss, back to their frightful moment in the stall.

"So, do any of you remember each other from Hogwarts?" Emmy asked.

Lily gave James a stern look, and then responded, "No. Jason was two years ahead of me, and in a different house, so no, we didn't know each other."

"James, what about you?" Emmy questioned.

"Um, I somewhat remember Lily," James calmly said.

Lily was shooting death glares at him, wondering why he had brought up the fact that they had known each other.

"Really? How so?" Emmy asked.

"Well, we were in the same year and house," he replied, his eyes were trying to meet Lily's, but she wouldn't look at him. He wanted desperately to see her bright green eyes.

"Yes, well, Jamie, you were Head Boy, so I guess you would know everyone in your house," Emmy casually said.

Jason had a look of bewilderment on his face, "Wait, then you two must have known each other quite well, because Lily was Head Girl."

Lily now met James's eyes; there was alarm and worry present in her eyes. She didn't know what to say to that. But James was just grateful that she looked at him, and her delicate glow gave him everything he wanted.

"You don't say," James replied, "this is the Lily Evans that was my Head partner. Well, if I had realized that, then wow, I still can't believe it." His voice was calm, and anyone would have bought his little speech.

"Well, this must be quite a reunion between you guys, not having seen each other in so long," Emmy told them, a smile on her face.

"Yes, indeed," Lily replied politely.

"Wait, James, at work I thought you said you knew Lily, after I said her name," Jason told the group.

Lily's heart sank, what was going to happen to them? Why had James been idiotic enough to say he knew her?

"Oh, well, you see, I recognized her face. Sort of, I knew that I knew her from somewhere," James explained.

"But, when I asked you if you knew Lily, you said you did," Jason responded.

Lily felt her heart sink, why was Jason so smart? And why did he remember so much?

"Well, when you asked, I meant to say that I recognized her face, so I must have known her," James replied. He only hoped that the group would buy his story. And he was pissed at himself for saying he knew Lily, but he was even more pissed at Jason. Why did that bastard keep on asking questions?

"Oh, but I told you her name, and you said you knew it," Jason stated.

"Yes, I did know the name. I just, well, I wasn't sure who it belonged to," James said, he was nodding to make his point seem realistic.

"Okay," Jason responded, although his voice clearly sated that he was quite skeptical of James's words.

Lily could sense the tension between the two men, and decided now would be a good time to change the subject, "So, Emmy, what do you do, for a job?"

Emmy gladly responded that her cousin and she owned a dress shop in Diagon Alley. And then she went on to elaborate on the job, making Lily bored as she could possibly be.

James couldn't help but feel that Jason was suspicious of him, he kept on looking at him, an uncertainty in his face. However, thankfully, as Emmy began a rapid discussion about coming back to England from Ireland every summer, Jason's attention had left James. And James couldn't help but think that maybe, just maybe, he and Lily were fine, not being suspected by anyone.

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"So, how was the dinner?" Carina asked.

"It was fine," Lily replied. She had just gotten back from the dinner, which in her opinion could not have gone any worse. The tension between Lily and James had been unbearable. All during dinner she had wanted nothing more than to lash out and kiss him. And James hadn't helped the matter either, he kept on sneaking glances at her, and would occasionally play a little game of footsies under the table with her.

"Well, I've got good news," Carina announced, pulling Lily's mind away from the dinner.

"Yeah?" Lily questioned.

"I got a job."

"Oh, good," Lily responded. She knew how badly Carina needed one, all day long she would have nothing to do, and was bored out of her mind.

"It's nothing compared to my old job, but it's something to do," Carina told her.

"What is it?" Lily asked.

"I'm the new bartender at the pub in Diagon Alley. Of course, it means that I'll be working from 6:00 until midnight, but, it's something."

"Carina, that's good for you," Lily told her, her voice full of encouragement. Of course, both Lily and Carina knew that Carina could do so much better, but at the moment, this was all that was available.

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"So, Jamie, how do you think dinner went?" Emmy asked. She and James were now back at James's apartment, and Emmy had decided that she would spend the night with James. Not that James was complaining about this, but he wished she would have asked first, or at least waited until he invited her in. Instead she had arrived at his apartment first, leaving James unaware of what Emmy's plans for the night were.

"It went well," he responded dully.

"Did you think that Lily was acting strange?" Emmy asked him.

James's heart sped up once more, why did Emmy want to talk about Lily? It was already hard enough for James to have been at that dinner.

"Um, what do you mean?" he asked.

"Oh, well, I don't know… I guess she just seemed a little preoccupied. And she kept on looking around the restaurant, as if she was looking for someone," Emmy explained.

"Really? Well, maybe that's just the way she is," James suggested.

"Maybe… But when I was in the bathroom, she was already there. And I swear, she wasn't alone," Emmy told him.

James was now freaking out about this, Emmy knew, Emmy knew!

"Yeah, I couldn't see anyone, but the way she acted, and I could have sworn I heard a moan from outside the door, right before I came in," Emmy told him.

James's heart calmed down a little; Emmy didn't know he had been there! He was still safe, he was still a secret. And Emmy couldn't really care about Jason, so everything was going to be fine.

"Wow," was all James mustered to say.

"Oh, Jamie, I really think you should tell Jason. I mean, if his girlfriend is cheating on him, he has the right to know."

"What? I can't do that," James exclaimed.

"Why not?" she asked.

"Well, he's my new partner, and I don't want it to be ruined and have him hate me," James told her. Although that was only part of the reason, the other being that he wanted his affair with Lily to last, to last for a long time.

"Jamie, he has to know," Emmy complained.

"Well, I'm certainly not going to be the one to tell him," James retorted.

"Fine," Emmy said.

Author's Note 2: Okay, so I'm really sorry that I haven't updated in forever. But I have an explanation, I promise: school is very stressful and very time consuming. So, now that I'm off for summer break, I promise to update more often! Enjoy, and please review!