Here's the date…FINALLY!
He Kissed Me
Kate woke up the morning to some yelling.
"I called the shower first though!" Tori whined.
"But I reached it first!" Lily pointed out.
"I still called it!"
"I got to it!"
"I called it!"
"I got to it FIR— HEY!" Lily said making a dash for Tori but missed.
Tori flew into the bathroom and slammed the door shut.
"Great now there won't be any hot water left. Thanks a lot Lily." Alice said teasingly.
"We have breakfast in an hour and we all have to shower! And Tori takes more than an hour for her shower!" Lily complained.
All of a sudden you heard this shriek.
Followed by some loud THUMPS.
An "Ow…"
Some footsteps.
Unlocking of the door.
And when the girls turned to look at the door, they saw Tori standing there, soaked from head to toe in her towel, with horror written all over her face.
She opened her mouth to say something but her friends interrupted her.
"Spider." Lily, Kate and Alice said simultaneously.
"How did you know?" She asked.
"You have that 'Oh-My-Gosh-There's-A-Spider-And-It's-Gonna-Attack-Me-And-Kill-Me' look on your face." Kate said.
It took Tori a second for that to sink in.
5 minutes later Lily came out of the bathroom.
"Did you kill it?" Tori asked nervously.
"Not yet." Lily replied.
"It keeps running away whenever we get near it." Kate said coming out of the bathroom followed by Alice.
"Why?"
"I wonder why…" Alice said sarcastically.
"We've tried squashing it but it keeps escaping." Lily said.
"It's immortal. I knew it!"
"Tori you're just gonna have to live through it!" Kate said pushing Tori into the bathroom.
"Okay hopefully James is done with the Heads bathroom cause I'm going to use it now." Lily said picking up her stuff and leaving.
Kate slammed the bathroom door ignoring Tori's yells.
"You do know you've left Tori and a spider locked up in one tiny room with plenty of heavy and sharp objects." Alice pointed out.
"It's like locking up Dumbledore and Voldemort together." Kate said grinning.
"Which one's Voldemort? The spider or Tori?"
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"Rise and shine sleepyhead!" Sirius said cheerfully.
Okay fine, Sirius yelled cheerfully.
And right into Remus's ear.
Remus said something through his pillow.
"Huh?"
"He said if you get within 50 feet from him, don't expect any children in your life." Peter said.
Sirius laughed.
Remus shot up and glared at him.
Sirius ran.
Remus got up and chased him.
Sirius ran some more.
Down the stairs.
Around the couch a couple times.
Up the stairs.
Back down the stairs.
Around the couch.
Up the stairs.
Until he finally tripped over that same rubber ducky Tori has stepped on during FAPF. He fell, bringing Peter down with him. Peter yelped and hit the ground with a loud THUD.
Remus jumped on him and attacked him.
Sirius had the same face Tori did with the spider.
The 'Oh-My-Gosh-There's-A-Spider-And-It's-Gonna-Attack-Me-And-Kill-Me' look.
Except instead of a spider, it was a werewolf.
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Lily entered the Heads common room, hearing some humming come from the bathroom.
She walked over to the bathroom door and started banging on it.
"James I need to take a shower!" Lily yelled.
"And…?"
"I need to use a shower."
"Well I'm already using this one." James answered.
"Then get out!" Lily yelled. She was getting frustrated. As Head she couldn't afford to be late for classes and here she was sitting in her pajamas 15 minutes before breakfast ended.
"Well I would…but…you might not like it. Well it's not like it's a bad sight or anything…actually I think it's a pretty sight…but knowing you…"
"James Harold Potter get out of the shower NOW!" Lily yelled, now 10 minutes left.
"Alright. But you can't get mad at me for wearing noth—"
"I swear to god I'll hex you into oblivion if you don't get out THIS INSTANT!" Lily yelled again…7 minutes.
The shower turned off.
Lily watched as the doorknob rattled and soon opened up exposing a James in a towel.
"I hate to say this but…I told you so." James said grinning.
Lily didn't hear what he said. Instead she ran into the bathroom almost knocking him over and then slammed the door shut in his face.
"Feisty…" James muttered and continued back to his humming.
James pulled out a green shirt with the words "A Witch's Wizard" printed on it. He put on some blue jeans and walked back down to the common room. He decided to wait for Lily so they could walk together.
Lily walked out of the bathroom fully dressed, drying her hair with her towel.
James stared at her.
He liked her hair when it was wet. It made her look even more beautiful, if that was possible.
She wore a plain blue shirt with a black skirt that came up to her knees.
The boy smiled.
"Well? What are you waiting for? We can just grab a toast and head off to class." Lily said climbing through the portrait hole.
James followed behind her, his hand messing his hair up.
Lily rolled her eyes.
"Come on!" She said grabbing his arm and dragging him out of their common room.
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Tori was laying in the grass reading her textbook.
It was free period and a boy named Will asked if they could study together.
"I don't get this." Will complained staring blankly at the book with his brown eyes.
"What part do you not get?" Tori asked. They were doing History of Magic, which Tori thought had to be the easiest and most boring class ever.
"Why was there a war between goblins? I mean now we don't even a have much of a problem with them." He said shaking his head in attempt to move his light brown hair out of his eyes.
"Well maybe there was some sort of conflict back then. I don't know why. How about you read to find out?" Tori asked frustrated.
Apparently Will didn't seem to notice the frustration since he kept asking more questions.
"Look I don't know all this stuff. I'm just as dumb as you…sorta." Tori said trying to explain that she's not a genius.
"Your hair looks browner when it's in the sun." Will said randomly.
"Um thanks." Tori said a little shocked.
"No really. It looks beautiful."
"Thanks." Tori said again blushing a little.
Will smiled to himself. He would have this girl in no time.
About 20 feet away from them sat two young boys. One, the boy shaggy hair, was glaring furiously at Will. The other one, with a more straighter and messier hair, just rolled his eyes.
Will sat up. He looked up to a pretty red head walking up to Tori.
He smirked. Two hot girls…not bad.
This time it was the other boy's turn to glare.
"I can't believe him!" James yelled in outrage.
"Can't believe what?" Kate asked looking up from her book with her boyfriend.
"He…He's doing that smile towards Tori and Lily!" Sirius said standing.
"What smile?" Kate asked still confused.
"That smile!" James said pointing to his smile.
"I see that smile. But what about that smile? He's just smiling. Can't everyone smile?"
"That's not a normal smile." Sirius said shaking his head.
"That's a 'I-Think-She's-Hot' smile!" James said.
"Oh well he's also giving that smile to your girlfriend Sirius." Kate said.
"How dare he look at Megan over Tori! Tori doesn't deserve that!" Sirius yelled.
"Well…I was thinking more along the lines of 'How dare he look at my girlfriend.' But I guess that could work too." Remus chuckled.
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"…And then Professor Flitwick takes 20 points off Slytherin! Each!" Lily said smiling as she was talking to the two teens on the grass.
Will gave her a high five.
"Hey Will." Sirius said standing behind him.
"Hey." Will said not looking back at him.
"Hey! You should have heard what Lily did! She totally got Malfoy BUSTED!" Tori said laughing.
"Nice job Lily!" James said.
"So are you two going out?" Sirius asked pointing to Tori and Will.
Tori looked confused.
"No why—"
"Really? Cause I'm sure he wouldn't mind. But then again he also wouldn't mind Lily or Megan." Sirius said harshly.
"What the—"
"Isn't it? I saw that look you gave her."
"Sirius what is the matter with you? I'm helping him study. There is nothing going on between us!" Tori said standing up with Will.
"Look Sirius, all I wanted was for her to help me because I was confused and she is pretty good at History of Magic. Let's continue this at…The Broomsticks at seven this Saturday?" Will said.
"Sure." Tori said watching him leave.
She turned back to glare at the two.
James was look down at his feet, his hands behind his back.
"You are so overprotective! The poor kid needs help…and I mean literally needs help in History of Magic and you for some odd reason think he likes me? And I really don't care if he likes me either cause I, like every other person in this school, knows he's a player! You'd think by now I have some control over whom I hang out with!" Tori said turning around to leave but bumping into Peter causing him to fall down. She glared at him too and kept walking.
Sirius took a step forward to go catch up with her but then decided not to.
Tori stopped. Everyone knows Will is a player. And he did make her blush. So was it really Sirius's fault to be so overly protective?
She turned around to look at them. For a second, she and Sirius locked eyes.
She turned back around and headed to Hogwarts.
She'll apologize to him later.
After he apologizes.
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The closer the days got to Saturday, the more nervous Lily would get.
The last time she had been this nervous for a silly little date was when she went for her first one ever. She can't remember who she had gone with but she remembers the nervous feeling she had.
Lily hadn't really been much of a dating person.
In her first through fourth year no one had really asked her out on a date. In her fifth year she had probably been on a total of two dates. One of them hadn't really been an "official" date.
Unlike Tori, who has probably been to Hogsmeade twice without a date in her whole lifetime, Lily has always been a nervous wreck before her date.
And this time, it had to be with James Potter. Out of all the guys in this world, James Potter had to like her.
I mean seriously. There's got to be at least an infinite amount of the male population on Earth.
Lily kept telling herself not to be nervous. Why is she so nervous? This is James Potter. The guy she's loathed forever!
But what if she does something wrong.
What if she sits on the wrong side of the table.
What if she orders the wrong food.
What if she talks about something you're not supposed to talk about during a date?
He would tell the whole school and humiliate her.
Wouldn't he?
Where was Tori when you needed her.
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James paced through his room fully aware of his friends sitting on the bed watching him.
Saturday was tomorrow and he had no idea where to take Lily.
Of course with all his other dates he'd take them to Three Broomsticks and the next thing he'd know, they're in a closet snogging.
But he couldn't do that with Lily.
She wasn't like all the other girls he had taken out on dates.
She was different.
Besides she wouldn't even have let that happen anyways.
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James went to the library to think. His friends kept making fun of him and he really need some time to think.
Who knows Lily more than anyone in the world? He asked himself.
James looked around
Alice!"Hey Alice." He said taking a seat in a chair next to her.
"Oh hey James. If you're looking for Frank he's outside with a friend." She said.
"Oh actually I came to speak to you."
"Oh well…go on." Alice said looking back up from a thick book she was reading.
"Well…you're best friends with Lily. And…she probably told you this but…I have to take her out on a date." James said nervously.
"Yeah I know."
"Well I'm not really sure what to do. I mean I don't know what type of food she likes. I don't know what places she likes to go to or well anything."
"James you know a lot. Like for example, you know she loves to eat. What she loves to eat…well I'm not sure what her favorite one is but I can list food she likes." Alice suggested.
"Like…?"
"Chicken, pies, lobster, and basically anything spicy."
"Thanks." James said getting up from his chair.
"Anytime!" Alice waved as he walked out of the library.
James was strolling down the hallway when he saw Kate.
"Hey James have you seen Remus? He's supposed to meet me here in a couple minutes. Oh and Sirius is looking for you." She said quickly.
"No I haven't seen Remus. Kate, do you know what Lily would like to do for a date? I'm not sure where to take her." The raven hair boy said.
"On all her past dates she's just gone to a place to eat but if I were you I'd also take her to a bookstore. She LOVES books. You should know that."
"Oh yeah! Why didn't I think of that! Thanks a lot!" James eyes lightened up. Of course she loves books! This is Lily Evans we're talking about.
James entered the common room and ran to the bottom of the stairs leading to the girl's room.
"Tori! Tori! I need your help!" James yelled. He was too lazy to get his broomstick so he need Tori to come down.
"Coming!" Tori yelled running out of the room, trying to put her belt on.
James looked at her oddly.
"Is there a guy in there?" He asked wonder why she was putting on her belt at this time.
"Ew no! God James! I was changing my jeans! I thought this one went better with my shirt." Tori said sitting on a sofa.
"They look the same."
"No they don't."
"Yes they do."
"No they don't."
"Yes they— Tori they are both blue!"
"Well this one is a more 'richer' blue!" Tori exclaimed.
"Sure. Okay do you know what Lily's favorite food is?" James asked.
"She loves peaches. And pies." Tori said thinking.
"So a peach pie…?"
"Yeah she likes that too. But her favorite pie is blueberry. If you don't give her one of those she'll attack you, trust me."
"Okay blueberry pie. Got it. Anything else? Like the actual meal part?"
"Mash potatoes. Chicken. But her favorite is lobster. Loves lobster. But I don't think she'd want you to get that."
"Why not?"
"James! It's so freakin' expensive!" Tori said.
"Come on. If she wants it, I'll get it."
"Aw that's so sweet!" Tori said smiling.
James smiled back.
"Oh and jewelry. She's been dying for this diamond bracelet since fifth year! If you can get her a lobster…you better get her this diamond bracelet. She's been trying to save up galleons for it but it's way too expensive. "
"Gee thanks." James said in a sarcastic tone.
Tori threw a pillow at him.
James ducked and the pillow went right past him.
Hitting poor old Peter, causing him to fall down…again.
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Tori was brushing her teeth and getting ready to go to bed.
"Tori I need your help." Lily said sitting on her bed.
"Hob on." Tori said, her mouth full of toothpaste.
She spit it out, washed her face and came to sit on Lily's bed.
"Talk."
"You have been on a lot of dates. You go on a date to Hogsmeade almost each time!" Lily said jealous of her friend.
"Well yeah but not like the date you and James are going to go on." Tori said.
"What do you mean?"
"Lily you aren't like all the other girls. The dates I go on…well we're snogging half the time. James knows you enough to know you'd never do that. Especially with him on your first date." Tori said.
"Tori this will be our only date. I'm doing this so…um…why am I doing this?" Lily asked. She was started to get doubtful.
"You're doing this so you don't have to keep saying what if. You won't have to ask yourself what if I did go on a date with him? Would my life have been better?"
"Yeah but after the date I'm also going to ask myself what if I hadn't gone on a date with him."
"You're right. But now it's up to you. Which one would you rather ask in your life? 'Night Lils." Tori said climbing into her own bed.
Lily stared at Tori for a second. Which one would she rather ask?
"Goodnight." Lily said leaving the room and walking to the Head's common room. She walked up the stairs and climbed onto her bed, pulling the covers on her. But Lily couldn't go to sleep. Her eyes were wide open and she kept hearing Tori's voice in her head.
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James woke up at six on Saturday morning.
The sun was shining through his window exposing his bare chest to the lake.
He yawned and stretched.
James looked at the time and smiled.
Everyone always said James only gets up early when he is excited about the day.
And that is so true.
He was excited.
Because he knew what he was going to do for his date.
He had thought it over at night and he had even dreamt about it! Now all he had to do was hope.
Lily opened one eye at a time. She was always a morning riser.
Lily had thought about what Tori said all through the night.
And she had finally come up with an answer.
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"Tori! Wait up!" Sirius yelled trying to catch up with a girl in the hallway.
Tori stopped and turned around.
"Listen. About yesterday, you were right. I was being too protective but I was scared. After what Chris did…well I didn't want that to happen again. And you've been through some bad break ups and well I thought u needed a longer break. And I'm…sorry." Sirius panted, out of breath.
The brunette smiled.
"I'm sorry, too, for yelling at you in front of everyone. I don't blame you Sirius." She said hugging him.
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Lily went to breakfast alone, eager to tell Tori her decision.
"Hey Tori!" She said grabbing a toast and taking a seat next to her best friend.
"Hey Lily. Do you know what you want?" Tori asked.
Lily nodded.
"I prefer asking what if I hadn't gone on a date with him." Lily said grinning.
"I'm so proud of you." Tori said laughing.
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Lily was in her room with her friends and over fifty outfits laid out on the bed and floor.
"What's his favorite color?" Lily asked anxiously.
"Lily, honestly, you're acting like you're gonna die!" Kate exclaimed.
"I am gonna die!" Lily yelled almost on the verge of tears.
"Red." Tori replied quickly hoping her best friend doesn't have an emotional breakdown.
"But Lily doesn't look good in red. It clashes too much with her hair." Alice said discarding all the red outfits.
"How can I not look good in his favorite color? Now he won't like anything I wear!" Lily said throwing her hands up in the air.
"Lily, don't speak like that. I'm sure there are other colors he may like. And don't worry. You are certainly NOT going to die." Kate said trying to be optimistic.
Lily put her hands on her hips and stared at the blonde.
"You need to chill. He's been chasing after you for so long, I highly doubt he's not going like you. Besides, green looks good on you. And he likes it when you wear green. That white skirt and green top would look perfect." Tori said picking up a pair of clothes on the ground.
Lily hesitated for a second. She doesn't usually wear that white skirt, but if Tori thinks he'll like it, then James probably will. Or at least he better like it.
"Alright fine. I'll be out in a second." Lily ran downstairs and into the Head's bathroom.
"What type of make up?" Alice asked.
"I like that peach pink one. It smells good and looks good." Kate said grinning.
"Dark brown eyeliner on top and bottom. Don't put too much make up. We don't want her looking like a slut or anything." Tori said.
"Got it. Can we give her just a little bit of white eye shadow? It looks good with sparkles." Alice begged.
Tori smiled.
"Alright fine. But hurry cause we don't have much time. We still have to do her hair." Tori said just as Lily came back in.
She looked outstanding.
She was wearing a white ruffled skirt that came just below her knees. The green top fit perfectly, the sleeves ending a little after her elbow.
"You look great. I swear." Kate said smiling.
"Thanks. But like Tori said, we need to hurry. I'll do my make up myself. But I don't know what I should do with my hair." Lily said applying the make up the girls left out for her.
"Leave it down." Alice said quickly.
"Are you sure Alice?" Lily asked while putting on the eye shadow. She usually prefers her hair tied in a messy bun or half pony tail.
"Lily, I have a fiancé. I know what guys like." Alice said.
"I say we make it wavy." Tori said looking at Lily's hair.
"As long as I look nice, I'm fine with anything." Lily said.
"Oh my god! We forgot jewelry! How did we forget that?" Kate said reaching for the nearest jewelry box.
She pulled out a silver chain with a star hanging from it and gave it to Alice to put it on. Then she pulled out two large silver hoop earings for Lily's ears.
"Perfect."
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"James, I think you should just wear what you usually wear." Peter said watching as his friend tried on all these weird types of clothing.
"I agree with Peter. I don't think Lily will like you wearing a Scottish quilt to her date." Sirius said snickering.
"Look, how about you wear these khaki jeans and red shirt. You look the same no matter what." Remus suggested.
"Yeah quit acting girly." Sirius said petting Sirius Jr. They had managed to hide him from the teachers but Dumbledore did find out. He had taken the tiger for a while to make sure it can't hurt anyone and now he's planning on giving it to Mr. and Mrs. Potter so Sirius could play with him at home.
James wore his clothes Sirius Jr. ran over to him to lick his face.
"See! Even Sirius Jr. likes your clothes!" Peter said laughing.
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James waited impatiently in the Head's common room.
Sirius and Peter were teaching the baby tiger tricks and Remus was reading.
Kate came out of Lily's room.
"She looks adorable! Tori and Alice are trying to find out how to curl the hair." Kate said to James.
She ran over to Remus, sat on his lap and started reading with him. She didn't like to read much, but if it meant reading with him…
Alice came out smiling.
"She's not quite finished but you really owe us. BIG TIME." Alice said leaving to go find Frank.
Tori, grinning, was the last girl to come out.
"If you don't she looks good, you have got to be crazy." Tori said going over to Sirius Jr.
Lily walked down the stairs blushing. Curse Tori for making me come down last and so dramatically.
"Wow. You look great." James said, his eyes glued to her.
"Thanks." Lily said blushing some more, if possible.
"Okay we'll leave you two at it. Besides I need to get some sugar quills before they run out." Tori said trying to get everyone to leave.
"Yeah and me and Remus need to pick up some firewhiskey." Sirius said catching on.
"And Peter and I can go…um…watch them buy that." Kate said running off with the group.
Lily laughed. The friends she had.
"So are you ready?" James asked extending a hand.
"I wouldn't be down here if I wasn't ready." Lily said taking the hand.
The two walked in silence and got onto a carriage.
"Our last year." Lily thought out loud as she stared into the sky.
"Yeah and quidditch is going to start soon." James said.
"Will you watch me this year?" He asked.
Lily turned to him with a confused face.
"Well you've never really seen me play. Tori says you're always reading or catching up on homework. So I was just wondering if you'd at least go to one game just to see what it's like. Cause like you said, it's your last year here." James said nervously as his hand went up to his hair.
"Of course I'll watch you." Lily smiled.
They got off and headed to Three Broomsticks for some butterbeer.
"So…what do you do when you go back home in the summer?" James asked trying to get to know each other.
"I usually read the whole summer unless I'm at Tori's, Kate's, or Alice's. Sometimes I go swimming but I don't really have any muggle friends and my sister hates me." Lily said.
"Why?" James couldn't understand why someone would hate her or not want to be friends with a sweet girl like her.
"Well…since I was little, all the muggles thought I was weird. You know, with those magic things happening. Turning someone's hair purple, turning someone's son into a cockroach, and making things fly. That was pretty unusual to them. My sister and I used to be really good friends. But she always wanted to live a plain normal life, with no twists or anything. That's the problem with her. And then she finds out her baby sister is a witch…yeah that was kind of a shock. At first, I thought maybe I needed to give her some time to get used to it. But hey, it's been seven years and she still won't talk to me! I've pretty much figured out by now that she doesn't like me."
Lily was shocked at what all she said. She basically just opened up and let everything out! And to James Potter! She hadn't realized she felt so comfortable with him around. Lily liked the feeling she had when he was there.
James smiled. Lily wasn't really as perfect as she seemed. But she'd still be the most beautiful person.
"It's okay. You have us at Hogwarts. I'm sure if I had to hang out with muggles, I wouldn't exactly fit in." James said making Lily giggled.
She giggled! She ACTUALLY giggled! In front of me! James smiled inwardly.
"Enough about me. What do you do over the summer?" Lily asked.
"I go home to my parents and Sirius. We play quidditch a lot and play or annoy Tori, depending on our mood." James said making Lily laugh again.
"From what I've seen, it seems like you and your dad get along well." Lily said.
"Yeah we do. When I was little my mom wasn't around much so I basically hung out with my dad. Over the years we became friends."
"You look a lot like him."
"Is that a complement or an insult?" James asked.
Lily smiled and shrugged, taking a sip of her butterbeer.
"But I also enjoy reading. A little. Speaking of reading, it's getting late and I want to take you somewhere." James said getting up.
Lily got up and followed him out of the room and walked beside him as they headed over to another area.
James stopped in front of a bookstore.
"In here." He said gesturing his hand towards the door.
He opened the door for the redhead and walked in after her.
Lily breathed in the air and smiled, smelling that nice scent of books.
"Get whatever you want. It's all on me." James said sending her a warm smile.
"Oh James, you didn't—"
James put a finger to her lips.
"Just do it." He said and followed her as she picked up almost all the books on the bookshelf.
"I thought you'd have read all the books in the world by now." James said watching as she picked up every book.
"They come out with new ones all the time. Besides I like to reread books. Especially my favorite ones. And they're nice to keep." Lily said handing over a tower of books to her date.
James wobbled over to the counter and placed the books as nicely as he could on the counter.
"You have one nice lad there." The cashier said to Lily.
Lily blushed and muttered a thank you.
"Now what?" Lily asked as they exited the store. For every minute that passed with him, she got more comfortable.
James took her hand and walked across the street to a jewelry shop.
"Wow! This is wonderful!" Lily exclaimed walking in to the shop.
"Oh my gosh. This is so beautiful!" Lily said staring a gold bracelet with a gold heart. Carved into the heart was the word "forever".
"I'd like to buy that bracelet." Someone said behind Lily.
Lily turned around and her eyes widened.
"James this too much! Are you sure? I mean look at the price! I've spent forever trying to raise money for this and you can't possible have enough for this bracelet. That's impossible!" Lily said looking at him directly in the eyes.
"Watch me." James said smiling as he paid the girl, fully aware of Lily's shocked eyes on him.
James handed her the bracelet and said, "From me."
Lily stared at.
Then at James.
Then at it.
Then at James.
James was getting slightly nervous, having her eyes on him. His hand went to his hair just as she jumped on him and gave him a big hug, almost causing him to fall over.
"Thank you so much!" She yelled and got off him.
James returned to his normal status.
"Thank you."
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"I'm so scared." Tori said sitting with Frank and Alice.
"I know. But this had to happen someday." Alice said.
"If I know James, he'd be taking her to dinner right now. I doubt he'd want her to starve." Frank chuckled and paid for the drinks.
"Should I check on them?" Tori asked.
"If you want. Just…don't barge in on them snogging. They'd hate you forever." Alice said smiling.
"You didn't hate me forever." Tori said remembering the time she had accidentally opened up a broom closet to find Frank and Alice kissing.
"I'm too kind." Alice laughed.
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"Remus?" Kate asked taking a sip from her butterbeer. "What do you want to be when you grow up…err…actually that's next year." Kate said.
Remus smiled and shrugged.
"How many people want a werewolf working for them?" He asked.
"I would. Especially if it was you. I'd work all day long just to be near you." Kate said smiling.
"Of course you would." Remus said kissing his girlfriend.
Kate pulled back and frowned.
"I don't know what I want to be." She said.
"Why are you thinking about that? We have a whole year to go." Remus said trying to kiss her again.
"Because I am scared! Just like every other girl out there! I'm scared of losing you! I'm scared of being poor and having no place to stay! I mean I don't know what I would do without you Remus! And you're leaving me in a year!" Kate said looking almost as though she would cry.
"Oh, love, I would never leave you. You can stay with me as long as you want. Just because we'll be out of school doesn't mean we have to be apart! We can share an apartment." Remus said trying not to sound as scared as he truly was.
"I love you honey." Kate said and pulling him towards her.
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"We have to invite the marauders." Alice said making a list of who all they should invite to their wedding.
"Okay, Sirius, James, Peter, Remus…" Frank said writing the names.
"Oh and don't forget Lily, Kate, Tori, Megan, the twins, Michael, Molly and Arthur Weasley and their new son Bill, Chris, Will, all the teachers, us…" Alice said naming everyone she knew.
"Sweetheart chill out. It's okay I have them all. How could we forget Dumbledore?" Frank asked.
Alice shrugged.
"You never know."
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Tori walked out of Three Broomsticks and went to sit on a bench outside.
She looked around. In the window, she could see Kate laughing as Remus kissed her neck. Alice was being tickled by Frank.
Tori smiled. Why was she so sad? Everyone had somebody and was happy.
Everyone except for her.
She saw Chris walk by with his new girlfriend, Kayla. He was putting his coat on her because she was cold.
Tori shivered, wishing she had still been with Chris. Then she would have been the girl with his coat. Not Kayla, but Tori.
It was all Chris's fault. He just HAD to dump her on her birthday. And after that everything went wrong. Her father died, her REAL father was Voldemort, that fight with her mom…
But for everyone else it was different. All her friends were occupied.
Lily was on her first date with James. And last time Tori checked, Lily and James were red from laughing so hard as they walked into a nice restaurant.
Alice and Frank were playing with each other while they were deciding who to invite to their wedding.
Remus and Kate were having fun, just spending time with each other.
Even Peter had a date!
And Sirius…well there he is now. Walking with his new girlfriend, Megan, his arm around her waist.
Tori smiled and waved at Sirius.
It wasn't Chris's fault. It was Sirius's fault. Had they not fought, she wouldn't be so…alone.
Or was it her own fault?
But did she really deserve all of this? And she thought the whole summer was revenge. Look at her now.
"Hey." She heard a familiar low voice say as he sat beside her on the bench.
"Hey Will." Tori said.
"You didn't come at seven." He said looking at his watch.
"Oh I'm so sorry. I forgot. But I can help you now." Tori said trying to be polite.
"Well I think it's too late for that. But I still wouldn't mind if you joined me for some butterbeer." He said.
Tori hesitated.
She was alone…so she may as well.
"I'd love to." Tori smiled as he took her hand, leading her to the same place she had just walked out of.
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Lily was the color of hair because she was laughing so much.
"I feel so sorry for you!" She said starting to eat her lobster he had ordered for her.
"Don't be. I deserved it." James said smiling.
"Was I really that mean? You should have told me it wasn't you who did it!" Lily said.
"I did! You didn't believe me!" James laughed.
"Oh." Lily said smiling sheepishly.
"The lobster was great James. I really liked it." Lily said putting down her fork after she had finished eating.
"Thanks. But there's more." James said smiling mischievously, reminding Lily of a fourteen year old James.
"Oh no." Lily said laughing.
And pie soon popped up at their table.
"Blueberry." James grinned.
Lily smiled.
"How did you—"
"Just dig in." He said as he did so himself.
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Tori laughed at what Will had just said.
Though, because of his reputation with girls, Tori tried hard not to giggle or do anything flirty.
"It's getting late Will. I have to go. But thanks so much for the drink. I had a great time." Tori said getting up.
"Wait Tori!" Will yelled after her as she was walking out.
"Would you…will you…go out with me?" He asked hopefully.
Tori smiled.
"You're a great person. But…I'm just not ready to start dating again after what happened. You know, I still need a while. Sorry." Tori said giving him a sympathetic smile.
"But that was almost a year ago! Tori you really should start again. I promise I won't hurt you like he did!" Will said, though both knew he was lying.
"Look I like you…but that's not enough to be your girlfriend. I'm sorry." Tori said trying to leave.
She turned around but Will grabbed her hand.
"You think I'm going to leave you after a couple days don't you? Because that's just what I do. I can't stick with one person Tori. But you, well you're different. I won't treat like I did to the other girls. Please be my girlfriend." Will begged.
Tori got out of his grasp.
"No. I told you! I'm sorry but I just don't think there's any…connection or whatever between us. Will you're just a friend. Goodbye!" Tori said and walked out quickly.
Will turned around.
"Damn!" He said hitting a nearby table with his fist causing a drink to go flying in the air and hit…the one and only…Peter Pettigrew.
"Sorry." He muttered and left to go look for another girl.
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"This date has been great." Lily said as James wrote the check.
They got up and started picking up their things.
"Lily." James said, his hand running through his hair.
"Yeah?" She asked picking up the bag of books.
James shifted from foot to foot. He was getting really nervous.
"Well I was wondering…if well you would like to go on another date. You know, as…err…girlfriend and…b-boyfriend?" James asked turning red.
Lily looked at the ground.
"I…I don't know. I mean I liked today but it's hard to just change. I've hated you for years." Lily said pausing as James cringed.
"And well you've changed. But I don't know for how long it will stay. I just don't want to get hurt."
"I understand." James said quietly. Though in his head he felt like yelling I would never hurt you! Or I've been chasing after you for years! Do you really think I'd give up so fast?
But he knew that it was no use. So instead he just headed towards the door.
Lily felt horrible. He had been chasing after her for a long time now. And he made this date the best she'd ever had in her life! Not that she'd been on many. But even if he just wanted to go on one date with her so he had finally dated every girl, would he really have done all of this for her?
Lily looked down at her wrist where the bracelet lay. He never bought anyone else such a beautiful and expensive bracelet. She looked down at the books. He bought her all those books because she had wanted them. He would have never done that to anyone else. He got her favorite food. He certainly spent time on trying to figure that one out.
Would he have done this to any other girl? No he wouldn't. So why Lily?
Because she was special.
She was special to him.
Lily looked up to see that James had gone. But where?
Lily used her wand to put the books away in her room and ran outside.
"James!" She called out looking for him.
She searched everywhere. Up and down. She asked all her friends where he was. But they said they hadn't seen him.
Lily decided to go back to Hogwarts.
She got onto a carriage when it came to her. When they reached her school, she got off and ran. She ran towards the Quidditch pitch.
"James!" She yelled searching for a broom flying in the sky.
"James please! I know you're up there! I can't fly! Please come down!" She yelled. Lily spotted the boy in the sky. But he showed no sign of landing.
"Please. Come down for me." Lily said softly.
Fortunately, James heard her and landing right in front of her. His eyes were full of anger.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry." Lily said quietly, hugging him.
James hesitated then hugged her back putting his head on her shoulder.
"I'd love to go on a date with you any day." She whispered in his ear.
James ran a hand through her hair for the first time. After all these years he had finally gotten to do that.
Lily closed her eyes.
The two just stood there, in each other's arms, enjoying the moment.
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"So did you find Lily and James?" Sarah asked on the ride back with Remus and Tori.
The brunette nodded and smiled.
"You didn't—"
"Of course not!" Tori said.
"Well you had that same smile when you found Alice and Frank in our third year." Sarah pointed out.
Tori shrugged and Remus chuckled, his arm on Sarah's shoulder.
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Lily and James entered their common room, hand in hand.
They both walked over to the big window they had and stared out into the night sky. The moon was shining on them, stars everywhere.
"I can't remember the last time it was this peaceful." James said.
"Yeah." Lily said yawning. "We better go to bed. I don't know about you but I've had a long day." She smirked.
"Without a goodnight kiss?" James pouted.
Lily smiled.
James took one step closer to her and leaned in.
Lily closed her eyes as he came closer and captured her lips in his.
His arms wrapped around her tiny waist, and, her arms automatically went around his neck and up into his hair.
They stayed there for a while when James finally pulled up for oxygen.
Lily frowned. She hadn't wanted to stop.
But then she smiled. And he smiled back. Lily went up her the stairs aware of James's eyes on her. But she was so happy.
James wanted to leap up in the air and scream as loud as possible. He felt like Christmas came early! He ran upstairs. He had been waiting for this kiss. And finally, after seven years with her, he had gotten it.
Lily changed into her pajamas and got into bed. A small torn up book caught her eye and she realized she hadn't read that book for a while now. Lily rolled over in bed and started reading. She read how the girl had a blast on her date and they fell in love. Lily turned the page and frowned. The last chapter of the book was torn out. And it was getting really good.
But Lily soon forgot about that. She closed her eyes and dreamt. Dreaming about a certain marauder while he was dreaming of a certain red head…
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Lily awoke the next morning and went to brush her teeth.
Everything was so quiet, so she thought maybe James was asleep. And maybe she could go wake him up.
Lily walked up his stairs and opened his door to find nobody in his bed.
The bed was made, for a change, but nobody was in it.
Lily turned around, screamed, and jumped back, holding her hand to her heart.
James was on his broomstick, outside, smiling through the window.
Lily ran over to it, opened the window, and sat on the windowsill.
"You scared me!" She said.
"I'm sorry." James said giving that puppy face.
He leaned down to give her a quick kiss.
"I have to go to quidditch practice. Sorry. But if you want…you can always watch me." James winked and flew off to instruct his team.
She could see Tori and Sirius playing tag on the broomsticks up in the air. Her eyes shifted toward James as he was talking to his teammates, telling them what to do.
Lily smiled.
He looked so handsome, even when he was floating in the air.
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After practice was over, before breakfast, Lily went over to the girl's dorm in the Gryffindor tower.
"Hey." She said popping her head in.
"Lily! How was it?" Alice asked brushing her hair.
"It was nice." Lily said.
"Did he kiss you?" Kate asked.
Lily smiled.
"Tongue?" Tori asked excited.
Lily smiled some more though her other friends looked at her oddly.
"I don't kiss and tell." She said and walked out, shutting the door behind her.
"She'll be back." Kate said.
"3." Tori counted.
"2."
"1."
"0."
The door burst open.
"HE KISSED ME!"
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