Lily's Date
"Sirius" shouted Lily coming through the door into the boys' living room
"What" Sirius shouted back
"Do you still have my black shoes?"
"Which ones?"
"The pointy ones with the heels" said Lily
"They're in my room"
"What are you doing with her shoes, Padfoot you're not a cross dresser are you?" said James who was lounging on the sofa.
"No I'm not" said Sirius
"He has a weird thing about pointy shoes" said Lily
"I can't help it, it's just so sexy" said Sirius, " a woman wearing nothing but..."
"Arghhh I don't want to know, just go and get my shoes and don't ever tell me what you do with them" said Lily
"Okay" said Sirius and then Lily and James could hear him grumbling all the way to his room.
"Here" said Sirius, handing Lily her shoes, "Where are you going? You three aren't going clubbing again, after the state Mari was in last night"
"No, I've got a date" said Lily casually
"A-a date. With who?" said Sirius, silently wondering how James would take this news especially after their conversation earlier
"Um Kyle Fredrickson" said Lily not looking at James even though she could feel his eyes on her
"From the Muggle worthy Excuse commitee?" asked Sirius, "How do you know that boring sod?"
"I met him this morning when I went to give him the time for his physical. He asked me out, I said yes. What's the problem?" said Lily.
"Nothing, just look after yourself, okay?" said Sirius
"Okay" said Lily, before going back through the door.
As soon as the door disappeared, James exploded, "A DATE, SHE'S GOING ON A DATE, MY WIFE"
"I didn't know" said Sirius, "she hasn't been on one since..."
"Who was I kidding anyway," said James bitterly, "she's over me, she's moved on"
"No she still loves you. I know it"
"Don't Siri, it's over" said James miserably then he got up and started to moved towards his bedroom.
"That's it, you're giving up again. That's how you lost her in the first place" said Sirius angrily, "If you can't see how much she's hurting then you don't deserve her"
"What the hell am I supposed to do then?" James shouted back, "Tell me what to do"
"Fight for her. If you really want her back, don't give up and don't be afraid to fight for her. Give her some time, she'll come back" said Remus coming into the room, having heard everything
"She's had a month" James argued
"And she has gotten better, she was...really fragile when she first moved in" said Sirius, "but today she was different, happier more content"
"So if you just give her a little longer" said Remus
"Yeah, you won her over once and she hated you then, at least this time she already loves you"
"Okay, alright" said James
10PM THAT NIGHT
"Ooooo Lily's back" said Mari looking out of the living room window of the Marauders flat
"Already" said Kelly untangling herself from Remus and going over to the window, "can't have been that good a date"
"Or maybe it was a great date and they're coming back for 'coffee'" said Mari forgetting that James was in the room.
"I uh need a drink" said James getting up and leaving the room.
"Oh shit I forgot he was here" said Mari
"It's okay, I'll go and make sure he's okay" said Sirius going after James
Sirius went into the hall and found James with his eye pressed against the peep hole.
"What the hell are you doing?" asked Sirius amused
"What does it look like?" said James, "oh here they come. If she kisses him I'm going to kill myself"
"Calm down mate it's a first date"
"He touched her arm, I'm gonna tear him apart limb from limb" said James clenching his fists, "She's opening the door, I think he's goin in I'm gonna kill him, no wait she's stopping him. I don't believe it he's leaning in, Yessss she turned and gave him the cheek. That's my girl. And the bastard is gone"
James and Sirius went back into the living room and they hadn't even sat down when they heard Lily in the kitchen. A few seconds later Lily came into the living room.
'Wow that little black dress looks amazing on her, I remember the last time she wore it. I slid down one of the straps and the other one slid down as well, then I...' then James' thoughts were interupted by Sirius.
"Help yourself to our beers, why don't you" said Sirius indicating to the beer bottle in her hand.
"Thanks I will" said Lily sitting down on the floor opposite James
"So..." said Kelly, "How was the date?"
"Ugh awful. He was so boring" said Lily, "we went to a French restaurant and the waiters only spoke, get this ITALIAN. I only know how to swear in Italian"
"A French restaurant, where you can only speak Italian, thats insane" laughed Sirius
"I know. It was awful" moaned Lily " and they didn't even serve alcohol"
"Its an outrage" laughed Remus
"Okay, what about the guy?" asked Kelly
'He wasn't James' thought Lily, but she couldn't say that
"He was so dull, he spent an hour explaining to me what a telephone is. My parents are muggles for fuck sake, I know what a fucking telephone is" ranted Lily
"So you're not announcing the engagement anytime soon" teased Mari
"God no, hopefully I'll never see the guy again." said Lily, "I don't think I could stand it and the worst part is he thought it was going really well. He kept trying to kiss me and hold my hand"
"He's a monster" gasped Mari, "better off without him"
"Why? Whats wrong with him wanting to hold your hand?" asked Kelly
James shot a look a Remus that clearly said, control your girlfriend.
"Invasion of personal space, I was sending him all the signals for him to fuck off and keep his hands to himself." said Lily, "Anyway, I'm startting to feel a little overdressed, I'm gonna go and change"
James went into the kitchen to get another beer, when he opened the fridge he saw that there was none left.
"We're out of beers" he shouted
"There is some at our place" Kelly shouted to him.
James conjored the door and went through to the girls' flat. He saw Lily, standing with her back to him, trying to undo the zip at the back of her dress.
"Stupid, fucking, useless zip" she grumbled
James went up behind her and undid her zip,
"here let me help you" he said softly into her ear.
Tingles went through Lily's body as soon as James fingers made contact with her skin, she could feel his warm breath on her neck.
"Thank you" she whispered
"No problem"
Lily subtly shifted so that her back was touching James' chest
'This feel so nice, I've missed him so much' thought Lily then she realised what she was doing
"I uh should go and change" she said taking a step away from him.
"Uh yeah, I uh just came through to get some beers" he said turning towards the fridge.