Hey where did all of the reviewers go? I miss you guys. Desperately.

Dancing in the Rain.

That night it started raining. It wasn't one of those regular storms where it rains for about 10 minutes and it was done. It wasn't lightening but the rain was coming down so hard that you couldn't see your hand in front of your face The two of them both hated this storm for different reasons. James hated it because it meant that he couldn't take Lily on the date that he had been planning since second year. Lily on the other loved the rain. All of the best things in her life had happened to her in the rain. It had been raining the day she was born. The day she got her Hogwarts letter, the day she met Sarah and Aimee, the day she had her sixteenth birthday, it was always raining. James was currently pacing back and forth in the family room. Lily was curled up on the couch watching him. "So what do you want to do now?" Lily asked. James stopped pacing and turned to look at Lily. There was an cocky grin on his face, like he was going to suggest something most people wouldn't even think of. "Let's go up to my old treehouse."

"Aren't clubhouses normally outside."

"I don't know about normally, but mine is."

Lily shook her head. "You're officially mental."

"Come on" James jumped onto the couch and sat next to Lily. "Haven't you ever danced in the rain."

Lily held up her hand, "Stop, you sound like a hallmark card." James looked at her with a question in his eyes. Lily tried to explain, "It's a company that makes greeting cards with really corny sayings." James still looked confused so she stopped trying to explain. James continued trying to convince her.

"It'll be fun."

"If I agree will you leave me alone." James started nodding his head vigorously. "Fine, just let me go change."

"Why do you need to change?

"Because this outfit isn't waterproof."

"That destroys the whole purpose of dancing in the rain."

"Okay, I guess." Lily looked hesitant but she got up and started walking towards the front door.

"Wait wrong door." Lily spun around and looked at James. "This way." James led the way to the back door. By the time they actually reached it the rain had lessened. Slightly. James stepped out into the rain. "Come on." he shouted to be heard over the roar of the rain. Lily stepped out into the rain. At first it felt bizarre to be standing in the rain. Her mom had always insisted that she stay dry at all times. But as they kept walking it felt more and more natural. By the time they reached the clearing containing the treehouse Lily felt as if walking in the rain was even ordinary than walking in the sunshine. She almost regretted getting in the treehouse because it meant getting out of the rain. She would've regretted it more but she saw the inside.

It had obviously been made with magic. The outside couldn't have been more than 8' by 6' but the inside was about 10' by 15'. It too was bigger then Lily's bedroom. Even though the inside was done by magic the accommodations were clearly Muggle. There was a love seat and a couch on one side of the room and on the other there was every board game imaginable. "My parents liked Muggle games so I knew a lot of them." James ruffled his hair, looking embarrassed. He stopped when he remembered how much Lily hated that particular habit. He was currently squatting on the floor since he was to tall to stand in a six-foot tree house. Lily was shaking her head trying to get all of the water out of her thick hair.

"I never imagined you playing muggle games, James."

"I know it's kinda weird since, after all, there are so many better magical games out there. But I don't know. I always just liked them."

"James I was born a muggle. I like these games." Lily reminded him, trying to put him at ease. She walked over to get a better look at the games. "Except Candy Land. I haven't played that since I was five."

"Well I haven't been up here since I was six." James said, trying to save face. "That was around the time that my older cousin Ben, the person I always came up here with, decided that playing with muggle games was stupid and immature. I hero-worshipped him so after that I never came up here again. Actually the place looks exactly the same as when I came up here last." Now James started to look around. He stood up and hit his head. He immediately ducked walked over to where Lily was. "Chinese checkers?" he asked holding up the board. I answer Lily grabbed the board game out of his hand and sat down. She claimed all of the blue pieces and started setting them on the board. James plopped down next to her and grabbed the red pieces. "I take it you like this game." James assumed.

"I used to play it all the time when I was a little kid. I was the undefeated champion of my block."

"Oh yeah?"

"You sound surprised."

"I always thought that you would have spent most of your time reading as a little kid."

"And I thought that you spent most of your time playing pranks so we're even. Your move." James looked down at the board. Lily had moved her front right piece forward one space. He countered by jumping one of his own pieces. "I take it this wasn't your favourite game as a kid." Lily guessed.

"Not that it takes a genius like you to figure that out but how did you know?"

"You don't plan your moves out."

"Thanks."

"Don't be offended, most people play like you do. It is just that you started with a jump not a single move forward. That slows you down later."

"Thanks for the tip. I'll remember that next time we play." Twenty minutes later it was apparent who the better player was. Lily had won two games and was well on the way to winning the third. "Okay I give up." James leaned back. He pulled out his wand and the game packed itself up.

"What do we do now."

"We dance in the rain like I promised."

"Okay," Lily was actually enthusiastic about it know. She jumped up and James followed suit. Lily started spinning and laughing. James laughed at her then copied what she was doing. Finally they stopped and James turned to Lily. "Race you back to the house." "Your on," Lily shouted over her shoulder, already running. James overtook her and reached the house a full minute before her. He walked into the house hardly out of breath. He stopped when he saw who was waiting for him.

"Prongs, Moony needs our help." Sirius shouted. He looked stressed and nervous.

A/N

I know that Lily and James going out was kind of sudden and out of place but I had really bad writer's block and I couldn't think of anything else to write.