PLOT: Lily, the smart one who would never fall for someone like James Potter. But what happens when they spend a summer together does it lead to paradise or does it lead to complete and utter chaos.
In One Moment
Chapter Thirteen: Diagon Alley
In One Moment how everything can change.
One Moment! How Fate can rearrange
Your life.
Nothing ever stays the same, it seems.
One moment, and that's the end of all your dreams.
One moment, and what was love can turn to hate!
One Moment, and suddenly its to late
And you find your hopes have turned to dust
~By Cheryl Kemmeny~
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"Yea, well I'm tired of this game."
"I agree Lily; let's go do something more productive, like what you said to me." His eyes were full of lust so Lily decided to lead him on.
"Sure." At that she turned and walked away shaking her hips twice as much, she stopped at the door and looked at him. "Are you coming?"
"Yes." At that he bolted over to the door and they disappeared.
"This is going to be a long night."
"I agree, Remmie ole buddy I do."
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Lily was cursing herself mentally for what she said to him, she didn't want him to be getting to many ideas. Oh, how she hated Sirius and his stupid dares right now. "Lily, wait up!" Oh, no, I can't believe what I am getting myself into!
"If you want me, you have to catch me first!" she taunted sticking out her tongue at him and turning around and wiggling her butt before taking off up the stairs.
"Now, you are so going to get it." The two of them chased each other up the stairs, down the hall, down the stairs into the back kitchen where Lily dumped flour on James as he was coming in the door. That slowed him down just enough for Lily to gain the lead again, but this time she wasn't so lucky as she reached the top of the stairs she turned to look for him and she came face to face with him. There noses were touching and she could feel his breath on her lips. "Playing hard to get?"
"Just playing hard." Lily then captured James lips in a kiss, and he returned it greedily. He slipped his tongue into Lily's already parted lips and started to taste her. She tasted like lavender, and chocolate. He went further in her mouth with his tongue causing her to moan, and she pulled away. "Don't you think we should continue this some place other than a hallway?"
"Mhmm." he responded and then kissed her again, and this time the kiss was broken by a huge flash. James was so bewildered he broke the kiss and look down the hall, and the flash came again but this time it was to close for comfort. It flashed right in James's eyes and he stumbled backwards only to have another flash follow. After a few seconds of stumbling around James looked up and saw Lily, Sirius, Remus, and Aoife rolling around the floor laughing and pointing at him.
"Mate, you should have seen your face, but you can have a look when we get the pictures developed."
"What!?!"
"James, hun that was part of my dare, to make you chase me, dump flour on you and then make out with you so they could take a picture of you getting turned down."
"That was an evil dare guys."
"Sorry, but what's done is done, don't dwell on the past."
"Okay, but Lily would you still like to you know."
"James, we are friends, friends right now but that may change." She put an emphasis on the word may before getting up and dragging Aoife's arm and pulling her down to her room.
"I am going to kill you two!" James snarled as he rounded on his two best friends.
"Why we didn't do anything."
"It's because of you I am going to have to take a very long and very cold shower!"
"Sorry, mate but a dares a dare. I'm going to fine Ro, and I think Remus is going to bed, I don't know because I didn't ask."
"No, I think I'm going to head to the library for awhile I'll catch you guys later." with that said Remus followed the girls down the hall and Sirius made his way to the living room, leaving James all alone to think about what just happened.
Damn her and her beauty. I hate her.
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"Lily, what did it feel like to kiss James Potter?" questioned Nula as they entered there room.
"Amazing, wonderful, complete and utter bliss."
"How romantic." she sighed, though neither of them knew that this wasn't the first time she had kissed the infamous James Potter.
"Don't you too be getting ideas into your head, just because I kissed him doesn't mean I like him."
"Sure."
"Nula, Aoife I am serious."
"That's what you said when Diggory broke it off with you."
"Yes, I am done with boys or men . . . . . . . . . . for now."
"For now she says." the three of them burst out laughing and fell back onto Lily's bed. "Look girls, I have to erm, well I am erm ...."
"Going to meet Remus?" finished Lily
"How did you?" she gasped completely shocked.
"It's completely obvious Aoife and plus you need a guy in your life and if he's the man good for him, now go don't keep him waiting."
"It's about time you found someone." Nula called as she left the room.
"Well at least it wasn't dear old Snivellus."
"Why you . . ." glared Nula but then she changed her tone of voice and it was full of lust and desire. "Well can't help it if he's good in the sack."
"If you had been sorted into Gryffindor instead of Slytherin none of this would have happened."
"Oh, but you love me for it don't you."
"Whatever." Aoife dismissed her twins comment and then she was gone
"You don't have to be so hard on her, nor are you just doing that because your Slytherin side is taking over?"
"Well no I just like seeing her pissed. Now, enough about me I believe James is in for the ride of his life."
"What do you mean, it's not like we are together."
"Yet, you will be though."
"Never he's a slimy git."
"Correct me if I am wrong but it was you who said he was a wonderful, amazing kisser."
"Well yes but we are friends, and that is probably going to change as soon as we arrive back at Hogwarts."
"Yes you two will be a couple."
"No we will be enemies again. The way it should be."
"Whatever you say." With that the two girls fell asleep on their beds and dreamt about wonderful things
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"It's so beautiful up here."
"I know, that's why I asked you to come with me."
"James . . . ."
"Hmm?"
"Well, I think I am falling for you."
"Lily, I have already fallen." Lily pulled out of his embrace and turned to face him, and he kissed her. It was a soft, quick kiss but it said more than words could ever say. Then as their kiss broke water fell on top of Lily and she . . . .
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"Why you insolent. . . ." she opened her eyes after being startled from her dream to look into the faces of James, Sirius, Aoife, Remus, and Nula.
"Morning sunshine."
"James, I will give you until the count of three to leave my sight before I hex you into oblivion."
"Not a morning person are we?"
"Not when I wake up to your face."
"Oh, I am so touched Evans, but your Hogwarts letter arrived and we have talked to your parents who said you can get your stuff with us but you had to be back at three, so we had to wake you up considering it is eleven already."
"Eleven!?"
"Yes, eleven, now get some clothes on, unless you plan on going naked."
"I would love to get some clothes on Potter it just so happens I won't until you leave this room, now out. Everyone out, shoo, shoo." They all left Lily alone to get dressed in peace, and waited outside her room.
"James, you are so lucky."
"And why is that Aoife?"
"She didn't rip your head off when you kissed her."
"Your point?"
"I think our little Lily has a soft spot for you."
"I most certainly do not, and I would appreciate it if you would not talk about me behind my back." The group whirled around and saw that Lily was staring at them from the door into her room. She was wearing a black tube top that said It's not funny until someone gets hurt . . . . . . and on the back it said Then it's hilarious. She had on a jean jacket over that and a jean mini-skirt that buckled in the front and it pleated at the sides and at the back. She also had on black boots that stop just below her knee. "Are we ready, or are you lot going to stand there and gape at me all day?"
"Oh, erm, ya come on the fire place is down stairs."
"Right behind ya Jamsie." they all flooed to Diagon Alley and did their shopping for school. While they were they meet some old friends
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"Where are we supposed to meet the guys?"
"Um, I think we are supposed to meet them at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor."
"Okay, well what are we waiting for then?"
"You?"
"Funny, come on if we are late they won't stop nagging us about it." With that said they headed off to the Ice Cream Parlor. When they arrived they took a table outside and waited for the boys. "Late as usual."
"No we were early, Evans you were late." Lily jumped as James spoke. "Scared you did I?"
"No, Potter I was just startled by your appearance."
"Yes, I tend to leave girls speechless."
"Oh, you are full of yourself."
"Yes, but you like me that way don't you?" he asked while sliding into the chair next to her.
"Why, you think so lowly of me ...."
"Okay, can we save your little love fight for later because I happen to be hungry."
"When are you not hungry Sirius?"
"Come to think of it James never." the group laughed openly at this comment until they were interrupted by the waiter.
"Excuse, me can I get you anything?"
"Yea, ice cream tons of it." answered Sirius
"What kind sir?"
"Every kind, you have."
"Well that happens to be a lot of ice cream, so is that all for everyone?"
"No." piped Lily as she looked at the waiter but when she did she was speechless.
"Earth, to Evans I think the waiter would appreciate it if you would stop quaking at him."
"Huh, what?" asked Lily totally oblivious to the fact her mouth had been hanging open for the past minute or two and she had been quaking at the waiter. "Oh, I'm sorry, I would like a vanilla milkshake please."
"Anything else Lily?"
"H-how do you know my name?"
"Well, I happen to know a lot more about you than you think."
"H-how, I mean have you been staking me?"
"No, no I would never stalk you. Though it is quite obvious that you don't remember me."
"No, I know who you are."
"Oh, really then what is my name?"
"Your name is Josh Groban, you live in London, actually you live right next door to me, and we haven't seen each other in seven years."
"I have to hand it to you, that's one great memory."
"I could tell you more, but I have a feeling you would be embarrassed by what I could say."
"Yes well I didn't know you were a witch."
"I didn't know that you were a wizard either my friend." the two of them carried on talking like this for about another fifteen minutes totally forgetting about her friends and the ice cream. They finally got fed up of it and decided to interrupt their reunion.
"Oi, Lily your dad's streaking through Diagon Alley." called Sirius
"WHAT!?" she screeched her face was full of alarm and it was flushed red. She turned around to her friends and saw them all laughing at her. "Why, that was an extremely cruel joke."
"It was totally worth it though. You deserved every bit of it considering you and lover boy over here have been ignoring us for the past fifteen minutes."
"Have we?" Lily asked a bit too innocently, like she already knew the answer.
"Let me think about that . . . . . . Yes."
"Sorry guys it's just. . ."
"We understand Lily, James and Sirius are just thinking of their stomachs."
"Thank you Remus." said Lily as she turned back to Josh "I guess you should get to work huh?"
"Yea, but when can I see you again?" Lily leaned into him and whispered in his ear.
"Anytime, you want just call me."
"Deal." with that he gave her a fleeting kiss on the lips and went back to work, while Lily went back to talking to her friends as if nothing happened.
"Excuse me what was that?"
"What was what?" she asked back pretending that she was totally oblivious to the question.
"Don't you play dumb with me Miss Lily Kristina Evans, you know exactly what I mean."
"Do I Aoife?"
"Yes, but let me clarify it for you the kiss."
"I don't know actually."
"Really?" all of her friends gave her a questioning look when she answered. They sat in silence for a while until James and Sirius started mimicking their conversation.
"When can I see you again?" James asked Sirius and he answered in a high pitched voice.
"Anytime, you want just call me."
"Deal."
"Someone a bit jealous?" Lily inquired while sending them both a stony glare.
"No just think you could do better than him."
"No you mean that I could be with you instead of him"
"Yes."
"Well newsflash James, Josh and I aren't together nor are you and I."
"Whatever, it just seems a little weird that you haven't seen him for seven years and he kisses you."
"Well, I can kiss whoever I want and when I want and no one is going to stop me."
"Says who Miss Priss?"
"Me." At that she got up and walked over to where Josh was waiting at another table, taped him on the shoulder and when he turned around she cupped his face and kissed him deeply. She broke the kiss off turned around to her friends and walked over, collected her bags and left the Ice Cream Parlor. As she left all seven of them were staring at her dumbstruck. Shortly after they all got up and followed her out. They looked all around Diagon Alley but they couldn't find her.
"Fuck where the hell is she!" exclaimed a frustrated James "We have been looking for her for about forty five minutes now and we can't find her."
"Then you mustn't have looked that hard."
"Shut-up Evans, we are trying to find you . . . Evans?"
"The one and only."
"Where the hell have you been?"
"Reading." she answered casually
"Reading, and where did you manage that?"
"Well, let's see in the new library next to Magical Menagerie."
"Well why the hell didn't you come and find us then?"
"It wouldn't make any sense considering you were looking for me."
"Well we would have bumped into each other eventually."
"Yes, you see Potter that's the key word eventually it might have taken two or three hours for all you know."
"SHUT-UP WILL YA!" screamed Remus. Everyone turned to face a shocked Remus as he calmed down. "Well all you to every do is fight and its giving me a headache, so if you excuse me I will be waiting in muggle London with Lily for her parents, and if any of you want to come you may." with that said he grabbed Lily pulled her into the Leaky Cauldron and out into the street. There friends soon followed and not a word was spoken for a good while.
"Any one know the time?" Lily asked
"Yea, its four o'clock why?"
"Well, Aiofe you know my parents they are extremely punctual and well it's highly unusual for them to be late."
"Well, maybe there is traffic."
"They always leave a half hour before they need to get somewhere to allow for traffic."
"Well . . ." her comment was cut off by a loud screech that was coming from a large black owl. The owl was heading their way and it stopped directly in front of Lily.
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