A/N: Hokay… This chapter takes place the next day, and we are back to Lily's point of view. Oh yeah, a big thankyou to my new reviewers, PremzaWitchOfWeirdos, EboniteEvans and xEngulfedInDarknessx. I love reviews! You guys rock.

Disclaimer: You think J.K.Rowling would spend her precious time writing fanfics? She'd be too busy writing the actual books! At least I hope so…

Lily woke up extremely happy. It took her a moment to remember why she was feeling so good, and then she remembered all about the books, the mistletoe and the kiss…

What would James say at breakfast? A smile came to her face when she remembered her discussion with James during breakfast the day before.

Lily had a shower, brushed her teeth, got dressed (quite carefully, so as to impress a certain someone) and walked down to the Great Hall. She settled herself, once again, opposite the boys. With a glance at the four of them she realised James had told them about what had happened last night. She didn't mind, they would have found out anyway, and the boys were nice, even with all the mischief they got themselves into.

"Morning, James. Morning, Remus. Morning, Sirius. Morning, Peter." She greeted them all.

"Morning, Lily." They chorused. Lily laughed at being addressed by them as though a teacher.

Breakfast was a fairly comfortable affair. It felt so nice to be able to take off the 'I hate you, pothead' pretence and be at peace with the four of them.

"What are you going to do today then, Lily?" asked Remus. "Go to the library again?"

"Yep."

"You can hang out with us if you like." Said James.

"Prongs!" Said Sirius indignantly. "I thought we were going to… uh" he glanced at Lily nervously "Do what we discussed yesterday!"

"Yeah, but if Lily wants to-"

"It's OK, Guys. Do your prank thing, I don't mind. Really, I don't." added Lily, as James opened his mouth to speak. She was telling the truth, she didn't mind going to the library.

"Are you sure?"

"Positive, James. I've been doing the same thing every other day of the holidays, anyway. I'll be in the library if you need me."

She smiled at James across the table so he knew she wasn't annoyed at them. James grinned back at her and ruffled his hair automatically. Lily sighed and shook her head. Some people never changed.

"We'll see you later then." Said Peter, and they left her sitting alone.

Lily had a very similar time in the library to the one she had yesterday. The only difference was that her thoughts kept drifting back to James. She started by reading the Arithmancy text book he had asked her about, but found it hard to concentrate as the words "I love it when you laugh." kept finding their way into her head.

It was insane! Yesterday he was Pothead-who-she-liked-but-hated-at-the-same-time. Today he was James-who-kissed-her-under-the-mistletoe-last-night. Amazing what one little kiss could do, really.

After a long while it was, once again, time for dinner. She made her way to the Great Hall slowly, due to the many books weighing her down.

"Lily! To what do we owe the pleasure?" asked Remus when she came in, dragging her bag behind her.

"Library… Books… Heavy…" she puffed, collapsing onto a chair. On cue, the golden plates and goblets filled and Lily began to help herself to roast chicken.

Dinner wasn't very interesting that night. It wasmuch the same as breakfast, Lily was on good terms with James, Sirius, Remus and Peter, and they chatted as though best friends. When the last of the food disappeared, Lily remembered the books she had checked out and groaned.

"What's up?" asked Peter.

"The ceiling." Said Lily. "But that's not what I'm annoyed at. I have to carry all these books up to Gryffindor tower!"

Hint hint, nudge nudge, James!

"I'll help you." Said James cheerfully.

"Thanks, James." Lily was happy James had taken the hint, and was also glad that the other boys had caught on, too.

"We'll see you in the Common Room. Good luck with those books." Said Sirius, eyeing the bulging bag.

James grabbed the bag and Lily felt distinctly awkward. They were both silent as they walked up to Gryffindor Tower, unsure what to expect.

"So… how was the library?"

"Fine, fine…" Lily felt even more embarrassed now.

"Cool."

After a couple of minutes, they reached the marble staircase. Lily was about to begin walking up when she saw James fall forwards out of the corner of her eye.

Laughing, Lily looked down to see James lying spread-eagled on the stairs, her heavy bag resting on his chest. He had obviously not realised they had reached the marble staircase, and tripped up on the first step.

"Are – you – OK?" she managed to gasp out between laughs.

"Not really. Thanks for your sympathy."

"Here, let me help you." She pulled the bag off his chest and held out her hand to him to help him up.

"Thanks." Said James.

"I'll carry these the rest of the way if you like." Offered Lily.

"Nah, it's OK. Your books have given me amazing luck lately."

"Really?" asked Lily, confused.

"Yeah. I mean, I was helping you with them last night before I kissed you, wasn't I?" Lily refrained from giggling. It was the lamest pick up line she had ever heard!

"Well, thankyou. It was a, erm, wonderful night for me, too."

For the first time in Lily's living memory, James flushed. Lily couldn't help it this time, she giggled, ruining the romantic atmosphere.

James chose to ignore her. "And I was just wondering… well, do you want to go out with me sometime?" It was amazing that, despite how many times James had asked Lily this question lazily, how hard it seemed for him to pluck up the courage and asked her seriously.

"Sure. When did you have in mind?"

"Oh, um… how about Saturday?" It really was cute, Lily decided, how relieved James looked.

"This Saturday?"

"Er, yeah." James looked worried now.

"Sure, Saturday's fine." She told James, and he breathed a sigh of what Lily interpreted to be relief.

Then he kissed her again. Lily was caught by surprise, with no time to protest that they were in the middle of a corridor where anyone could find them. It was a proper kiss this time, with both James arms pressing her into him. It was a much shorter kiss, however, than the one under the mistletoe, and they broke apart in what seemed like no time.

After about another minute they reached the portrait hole. The Fat Lady looked flabbergasted at the site of them walking together without yells of "Pothead" and "Evans" ringing down the hall.

"Jellylegs." Said James, and the Fat Lady, still dumbstruck, swung forwards.

"Night, James." She kissed him on the cheek. There were wolf-whistles from the small amount of Gryffindors, including Sirius, Remus and Peter.

"G'night, Lily." Said James dreamily, as he touched the spot she had kissed him. After a few moments he jolted back to life.

"Up to bed already? It's only eight thirty!"

"Yeah, well. I couldn't get to sleep last night." Cause I was thinking about you the whole night.

"Want me to come up and tuck you in?" More wolf whistles.

Lily rolled her eyes. How could this be the man she loved?

Oh… who was she kidding?

A/N: This chapter was difficult to write, I had aboutfour goes at a third chapter before I came up with the ideas for this version (During my Tae-kwon Do class, I might add). I guess it was harder because this chapter was pretty important. I've got plans for this story… BIG plans…

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