Lily smiled, her eyes fluttering open. She looked around in alarm, not realizing where she was. Suddenly she felt an arm around her shoulders. She turned around and screamed. James Potter was sleeping. In her bed.

"POTTER! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?"

James groaned, rolling over on his side. "Five more minutes."

Lily started pacing frantically. "We must have fallen asleep together after last nights…erm…incident. This is not good, Potter! NOT GOOD!" She shouted, flailing her arms about frantically.

James sat up and grinned at her anxiousness. "Relax, Evans. No big deal. We just fell asleep, is all," he ruffled his hair sleepily.

"No big deal? NO BIG DEAL? We could get expelled for this, Potter! EXPELLED, DAMN IT!"

James raised his eyebrows, causing Lily to blush and collapse carelessly back onto the bed anxiously. It just so happened she had fallen right on top of James, her head resting on his chest. He laughed as she gasped and sat on the other side of the bed quickly, nervously tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

"So…what do we do now, then?" She asked nervously.

James smiled. "Well, if I were Sirius, I would say that we should fall back asleep again. Luckily for you, I, unlike Sirius, keep these thoughts to myself." Lily blushed, looking away from James. James looked at her hesitantly. "So…er…does this mean…you and Gates are over?" He asked gently.

Lily sighed, biting her lip subconsciously. "I don't know. I suppose so. I mean, I definitely don't want him after what he tried to…erm…" she cleared her throat awkwardly. "do."

James nodded sheepishly. "Right. Well, we should get to the Head Common Room, you know. Change our clothes, otherwise people will be suspicious," he winked. Lily laughed, and followed James out of the doorway.

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It was after classes, and Lily was in her old dormitory with Whitney and Paige, talking over recent events (however, Lily was careful to not mention the falling asleep with James bit).

"He tried to WHAT?" Paige shrieked in awe.

Lily nodded grimly. "It's true. And then he said…he said he's going to tell everyone that we did do…erm…it."

Whitney gaped at her in alarm. "That slimy little bast-"

"WHITNEY! LANGUAGE!" Lily shouted. Whitney rolled her eyes. "Anyway," Lily went on. "Right about when he was going to force me down into the bed, Potter flew through the door and pinned him down on the ground."

"He's your hero, isn't he Lily?" Whitney smirked.

Paige hit her with a pillow. "Shut up, Whit! We do want them to get together, you know!" she mumbled.

Lily looked at them suspiciously. "Sorry? I didn't catch that."

Paige's eyed widened as she frantically searched for a cover. "What? Oh. Nothing, really. Just…er…suggesting we…play truth or dare!" she said suddenly, her eyes brightening with excitement.

Lily groaned. "Why? Every time we play, I end up making a fool of myself somehow or another."

Whitney rolled her eyes, and crossed her arms over her chest. "You're afraid."

Lily raised her eyebrows. "Afraid of what, exactly?"

"You're hiding something from us you don't want us to know," Whitney nodded knowingly.

Lily gasped. "I am not!"

"Then play the damn game already!"

"Fine," Lily scowled, narrowing her eyes at Whitney.

Paige decided to intervene. She coughed loudly. "Right. Well, Lily, truth or dare?"

Lily frowned in concentration, deciding which would make her seem less foolish. "Er…truth."

Paige beamed maliciously. "Do you like James?"

Lily's eyes widened in astonishment, her pupils ten times larger than normal. "WHAT? NO! NO! DEFINITELY NOT!" Lily shouted hastily, wringing her hands.

Whitney smirked. "Right."

Lily glared. "I don't! How could I like Potter? I mean, sure, he's saved my life, and he's protected me, what…two or three times now? But that doesn't mean anything! Really! He's just…Potter, plain and simple."

Paige rolled her eyes. "Alright then."

"Ok, Paige. Truth or dare?" Lily asked challengingly.

"Dare."

"I dare you to eat five fizzing whizbees at once," Lily declared smugly.

Paige did so, seemingly enjoying the process. "Truth or dare, Whit?" Paige asked eagerly.

"Truth."

"Do you ever intentionally stalk guys you like?"

Whitney blushed. "No…well…not most of the time, anyway. That's only happened a few times," she grinned sheepishly. "Anyway, Lily's turn now. Truth or Dare, Lily?"

"Er…truth again."

"Tell us all about your first kiss. You know, who it was with, where, what happened, that sort of thing," Whitney said eagerly.

Lily went pale. "Er…can't I get a new question?"

"NO!" Paige and Whitney shouted in unison.

"Fine!" Lily scowled, then gulped. "Well…it was in fifth year, by the lake."

"Did you like it? Be honest."

"Er…fine. Yes, I did, ok? Is that such a big deal? He was an incredible kisser…God, I was so naïve then. So stupid."

"Wait…who is 'he'? Who did you kiss, Lily?" Paige asked suspiciously.

"Does it matter?" Lily asked nervously.

"'Course it does, Lily! Just tell us! It can't be that bad. Hell, the first boy I kissed was Finnigan. He was horrible," Whitney declared, her eyes flashing with curiosity. "Go on, just tell us who it was!"

Lily frowned hopelessly. "It was Potter, ok? Are you happy now?"

"I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT WAS HIM!" Paige hooted in glee.

"So? What does it matter? It's all in the past," Lily said awkwardly.

"YOU LIKED IT! YOU LIKED IT!" Whitney chanted, doing some sort of dance.

"So did he just randomly come up to you and start kissing you?" Paige asked interestedly.

"Er…actually, it was more of a…mutual thing," Lily said uncomfortably. Paige and Whitney squealed in delight. "PAIGE! WHITNEY! On with the game, please! Paige, truth or dare?" Lily asked, turning crimson.

"Dare."

Whitney's eyes glinted mischievously. "I dare you to go into the boy's dormitory wearing a bikini."

Paige stared at her strangely. "Er…ok. Truth or dare, Whitney?"

"Dare?" Whitney asked uncertainly.

Paige's eyes sparkled excitedly. "I dare you to snog Peter Pettigrew for a full ten minutes."

Whitney's eyes widened in disgust. "You are downright cruel, Paige," she scowled. "Alright, then. I suppose we'd better get these dares over with," she shivered.

The threesome made their way across the common room, receiving many funny looks on account of Paige wearing a bathing suit. They made their way into the boy's dormitory. Lily was surprised to see James there, apparently trying to finish up some homework. He jumped back in surprise as he saw Lily enter the room, followed by Paige and Whitney. Sirius gazed at Paige longingly (in a rather disgusting way). Remus looked uncomfortable, and Peter looked dazed.

Paige grinned. "Stop drooling, Sirius. It's a bikini, not underwear."

"So? I'm allowed to look, aren't I?" he smiled slyly. Paige rolled her eyes and blushed, sitting down next to Sirius on his bed.

James quickly averted his eyes from Paige. "What's the occasion, Evans?" he asked.

Lily smiled. "Truth or dare. Speaking of which, Whit, you ought to do your dare now," she beamed.

Whitney groaned, then dragged her feet over to Peter. She jumped onto his bed, and kissed him with great force. Peter jumped, then wrapped his arms around her in what he thought was a "smooth" manner.

Lily tilted her head amusedly. "My God! Poor Whitney! Has he ever kissed a girl?" she asked.

James grimaced, a revolted look on his face. "Obviously not, if he's doing that."

Sirius laughed. "I guess practicing on toads didn't really help him much, eh?"

James turned to look at Lily. "So what's your dare?" he asked, obviously amused.

"I took truth," Lily said, blushing.

"Oh? And just what did you reveal about yourself, Miss Evans?" James asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Er…nothing important. Stupid stuff, really."

"Why the sudden nonchalance, Evans?" James asked, smiling charmingly.

Lily tried not to stare into his clear hazel eyes. "Er…I'm not being nonchalant! It's just it was nothing important."

Paige snorted. "She told us about your kiss, James." James' eyebrows shot above his hairline. "And the best part is, she told us she liked it," Paige continued with satisfaction, having to occasionally slap Sirius' hand when he attempted something.

James smirked. "Oh, really? You enjoyed it, Evans? Well maybe we'll just have to do that again sometime."

Lily rolled her eyes, but couldn't help but smile. "I seriously doubt that, Potter. Whit, you can stop now, you poor thing."

Whitney immediately surfaced, looking horrified. She groaned. "I'm going to the bathroom to brush my teeth – over and over again." She trudged off to the bathroom, scowling, to everyone's laughter.

"SHE LOVES ME!" Peter chirped gleefully.

"Shut up, you twit," Sirius laughed. "It was a dare!"

Peter frowned. "Oh. Right. I knew that."

Suddenly, Lily erupted into a fit of giggles, clutching her stomach, causing her to collapse into James' arms. He blushed, holding Lily upright as everyone gawked at them. However, Lily didn't seem to notice this. She continued to laugh hysterically in James' arms until they left.