If this chapter seems short, I don't know, it's just short. And I'm tired of typing. lol

Chapter 12: I Suppose

While at the party, Lily stayed in the outskirts of the common room, munching on a few crackers. She yawned with lack of sleep and slid down so she was sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall.

She closed her eyes for a second, and her sleepiness caught up with her.

Lily stood up and walked over to where Alanna and Anya were talking.

"Guys, can we go to the common and talk now? Oh, and can I sleep in there tonight?"

Alanna nodded, and Anya said, "Sure!"

The three girls headed up the stairs, and Lily sat down heavily on Alanna's bed and yawned.

Alanna and Anya sat next to her and Alanna asked, "What's up?"

Lily looked at them, and said, "I kissed James Potter."

"Holy crap! No way!" Anya said. Alanna was in shock, basically, and stared at Lily.

Alanna finally croaked out, "Why?"

"Alanna, why are you so surprised?" Anya said. "We've known forever that Lily likes James!"

"I do not!" Lily said. "I just… I don't know what I did."

Alanna said, "Well, you kissed him."

Lily snapped back, "That's pretty obvious!"

Anya rolled her eyes. "Talk to him. You've got to explain to him what you did."

"Wait, how do you know that I kissed him, and he didn't kiss me first?" Lily asked.

"Because then you would blame it on him, not yourself." Alanna pointed out.

"True, true. Good point." Lily said, sinking onto Alanna's pillows.

Anya was about to say something, then noticed how tired Lily was. "Hey, Lily, why don't you go to sleep now? You obviously are way tired."

"What? Now? It's only noon!" Lily protested.

Alanna rolled her eyes. "You really can't tell how sleepy you are? You must have dragged yourself out of bed to come to the match." Lily nodded at those words, and without further prompting, fell asleep on Alanna's bed.

Alanna and Anya left and went down stairs to find someone.

James was talking to Sirius.

"No way in bloody hell did she kiss you!" Sirius was saying to James.

"Well, she did!" James said. Sirius rolled his eyes, and he spotted Anya and Alanna coming toward the two boys.

"James, we got to talk to you." Anya said, dragging him away from Sirius.

They brought him up to the 7th year boy's dorm, which was very, very messy.

"All right, what exactly happened last night?"

James looked at the girls, and said, "Lily kissed me."

"We know that!" Alanna said impatiently. Anya rolled her eyes.

"What made her kiss you?" Anya asked.

"Ummm… Well, I was about to ask her out when she interrupted me and then she kissed me."

"Nice. The 'perfect' kiss." Anya said sarcastically.

Alanna looked James dead in the eye, and said, "We know that Lily likes you. She just won't admit it. And if she doesn't, oh well. We tried. But, you have to try too. Stop playing pranks. Start paying attention in class. But still be yourself, okay?"

"Okay…" James said, confused. Alanna left, and Anya followed.

'That was strange.' James thought.

Anya's head popped into the room, and she said, "Don't forget to talk to her."

As Anya left, James thought, "Jesus. I'm confused."

The next morning was Sunday, and since Lily had slept from noon on Saturday until 5 a.m. Sunday, she was quite energized.

At 6 a.m. she went down to breakfast, to skip the crowds during late morning. Lily walked down the steps, concentrating on what to eat for breakfast rather than what she had to do today.

She came to the Great Hall, and no one was there except a random Hufflepuff or two.

Lily let out a breath and went to sit down on the far side of the Gryffindor table. She dug in and ate a ton. Lily hadn't realized how hungry she was!

After eating, Lily stood up, and looked at the watch she had on her wrist. It was almost 7, and some more people were coming into the Great Hall.

Lily wanted a minute to have some peace, so she went outside and sat under the big oak tree.

"So what if I'm close to him? So what if I kissed him? It doesn't mean anything."

But Lily knew it did mean something. And, the fact was, part of her liked it.

"Which isn't good at all." She thought, leaning back into the big tree trunk.

Staring up into the branches was how James found her. He sat down next to her, and she jumped.

"I-I didn't hear you coming." Lily stammered. James grinned.

"That's alright." He said, still smiling.

"Why do you want to talk to me?" Lily said. James rolled his eyes.

"As if you didn't know, Ms. Evans."

"Perhaps I don't." Lily said adamantly. James sighed, and decided to try something brash.

"Because of this…" he said, trailing off, and he kissed her square on the mouth.

It was just a small kiss, and Lily pulled away.

"What the bloody hell are you doing?" she said, angry.

"I wanted to return the favor." James said, smiling at her.

"I'm not going to win this one, am I?" Lily muttered.

"What was that?" James asked. Lily looked at him, grimacing.

"I'm not going to win this one, am I?" she said, louder this time.

"Well, you could if you tried." James said. He stood up, along with Lily.

"What if I don't want to try?" Lily whispered, and she leaned in and kissed him back.

James felt reluctant when Lily pulled away, then he thought of something.

"This is like bloody ping pong!" he said laughing. Lily gave him a confused looked. "No, think about it! You kiss me, I kiss you, and you kiss me!"

Lily laughed, and nodded. "And I guess the reality of what I've done is finally setting in." James nodded, and the two started walking up to the castle.

"Oh, and James?"

"Yeah?"

"Does this mean I'm going out with you?" Lily asked.

"Why, yes, I suppose it does." And James closed the deal with another sweet kiss.

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