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 Nineteen: The First Date
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 it's to late
And you find your hopes have turned to dust.
In one moment reality can crack.
~By Cheryl Kemmeny~
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As Lily woke up she found a dozen red roses, lying on the pillow next to her. There was a note attached, so she read it.
To my Dearest Lily,
Meet me tonight at six outside, on the patio. Dress semi formal, and warm. It gets quite cold here at night. I can't wait until I see you.
Yours only,
James
I thought it was eight! It's just like him to change the time without consulting with me!
But he did tell you
Shut-up conscience! I don't need this right now!
Touchy, touchy. Not a morning person are we? I was just trying to help.
No I am not. Now leave me alone!
Yes sergeant major! Toodles.
Gosh now my conscience is being cheeky.
"This is great just great." she muttered and to her surprise Aoife heard her.
"Lil, who are you talking too?"
"No one, I thought you were asleep. I'm sorry if I woke you."
"No I have been awake for a while…Tomorrow is Emily's birthday."
"Oh, Aoife I am so sorry, I know how much she meant to you…to all of us."
"Yea, well life goes on and I don't want to sit here moping about it. She would smack me upside the head if she was here now."
"True, true."
"So what were you talking to yourself about?"
"James."
"You are having dreams about him…how err, sweet."
"No, he left me theses." she said while holding up the flowers.
"Someone wants back into your good graces." she mocked
"Obviously, but he just severed his chances a bit…"
"Why did you roll over onto the flowers and get pricked?" she sulked
"No, he moved the date up two hours without telling me! I was supposed to finish my homework during that time period!"
"You and your work. Lil, you have got to live a little 'because if you don't life it will pass you by. Then all you will have left are your books."
"Well that would suit me fine."
"Really…then maybe I should leave you and your books alone." she said sarcastically
"No, you can stay here, because I need your help."
"Why not…You know if I was James I would be careful, he might lose you to your books."
"I'm not that bad." she said but the look Aoife gave her told her she was lying. "Am I?"
"Yes…but you'll get over it. I hope."
"I heard that."
"Good. Now hurry up, lets go to breakfast I am starving!"
"Yes ma'am." she called while hoping out of bed and following her out the door and down to the dinning room.
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Breakfast was a tiring event. The boys babbled on about Qudditch and how they couldn't believe they only had a week before they went back to school. All the while making a huge mess, throwing things at each other, spilling drinks, and much more. They made the girls clean up.
"If I didn't love those three so much they would be dead." said Róisín menacingly
"Come on Ro, the mess isn't that bad." commented Aoife while cleaning the floor and she received a glare from Ro because of it.
"Hello does tomorrow night ring a bell?"
"Tomorrow night, tomorrow night...ah no."
"Oif! (ee-f) How could you forget?"
"Forget what?"
"It's that time…"
"Ah, no wonder why you are cranky. Geez you could at least take something for it."
"Not that…the other thing."
"Oh that thing…I have no idea."
"Tomorrow night, is the…"
"Oh that. Well why didn't you say so? You had to beat around the bush didn't you?"
"You are hopeless. One minute you are as smart as ever, the next you're as dumb as an ox!"
"Calm down Ro no need to bite my head off. So tomorrow is..."
"Shush don't say it out loud!" scolded Lily
"Sorry Lil, I forgot."
"You forgot that we aren't alone that there are nosey boys in the house."
"Right, sorry about that. You know speaking of them they should be cleaning this mess not us."
"You know you are right…the boys should be here not us, so what do you say we give up and make them clean."
"How are we going to that I mean, Hello who in there right mind will clean this mess?"
"Not me but they will Oif, trust me."
"Lil of course… now spill the beans."
"Okay here is what we do…"
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"Boys!" called Róisín
"What?" they snapped
"Lily and I made you a treat but since you were being rude I don't think you should…" she yelled at them, but before she could continue they were in the hallway with her bombarding her with questions.
"Did you say treat?"
"Where?"
"Are you lying?"
"Why did you make us a treat?"
"Shut-up will ya." she scolded. "If you do I can answer your questions."
"Shutting up." mouthed Sirius
"Good now there are bowls on the kitchen table…" she began but was interrupted yet again.
"Are you bribing us?"
"What's in them?"
"Err, why did you do that?"
"Is it tasty?"
"SHUT-UP!" she yelled.
"Sorry." they mumbled, and were silent
"Much better, now where was I? Ah yes, on the kitchen table there are bowls and spoons. Inside the bowl is your treat, you can head down now if you want."
"I'm getting food!" screamed Sirius while running down the hall closely followed by James. Though Róisín held Remus back.
"You might want to wait a second, before you head down."
"Why? What did you do to them?"
"Not what I did to them, its what Lily and Aoife are going to do."
"I have to see this. The kitchen?"
"The kitchen." she confirmed and the two scurried down the hall and into the entrance way to the kitchen. There they stopped short and looked at the two boys who were standing in the kitchen. The very, very messy kitchen. The girls had made the kitchen twice as dirty, for the boys as a little pay back. They then put up a guard and stole there wands from them when they entered the room. Right now the boys were screaming and banging on the invisible shield. Though not a word they said could be heard.
"What's that dearest?" questioned Lily. "I can't hear you. Why you ask? Well because the glass is sound proof on this side but you can hear every word we say. Wonderful invention isn't it."
"I can't hear you!" yelled Aoife as Sirius was screaming and yelling and pointing fingers at her. "Oh I think he is trying to talk to me…its not working. I can't believe they are going to be in there until the room is clean." she declared while looking at the boys whose faces dropped in shock. "Oops, did I say that out loud?"
"I think you did." stated Remus, while he waved to the boys whose faces turned bright red when they saw him. Then they were off.
"Thank god that we can't hear them."
"No Aoife you mean thank me, considering I invented it."
"Oh, sorry Lil, thank you."
"You're very welcome. Now let's leave the boys alone to there work."
"Lets." They agreed and they then departed.
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"I can't believe they did this to us!" raged James
"Relax mate it's my turn to rant and rave now."
"Hold on, I think instead of ranting and raving we should clean, I mean they did say as soon as the room was clean we could leave."
"Okay let me get my wand…Don't tell me they took that too?"
"Yea they did it looks like we have to do this the old fashioned way."
"Man, I hate cleaning." Sirius pouted
"Good to know, now quit your whining and come help me with this bucket."
"Yes sir." he mocked and the two set to cleaning to room.
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While sitting in the Game room watching Remus and Aoife play chess, Lily and Róisín were starting to feel guilty. "Guys I feel bad." Róisín announced
"Well I don't" answered Aoife not once looking up from her chess game with Remus.
"It's so good to know that you care about your dear cousin, Aoife."
"Well James…James!" she exclaimed in shock while all the others whipped there heads in they boys direction. "What are you doing here?" she growled, clearly unhappy that they had finished cleaning already. "You are supposed to be cleaning!"
"Yes we are but…we finished."
"You what?" she asked bewildered
"We. Finished." he repeated annunciating every word.
"Obviously genius we heard that." shot Lily.
"Oh, Lil don't be mad at your dear Jamie." piped Sirius as he walked over and plunked himself down on her lap.
"Sirius what are you doing?"
"Why Little Bitty Lilykins I'm sitting on your lap…"
"I know that Sirius…wait what did you just say?"
"Nothing Lil, nothing." He whispered in a state of panic as he hurriedly jumped off Lily and walked backwards at a slow pace. "Now, now Lily we don't want to set your temper off."
"I think you already did that Siri." interjected Róisín
"Thanks for telling me that after the fact!"
"Sorry."
"Sirius Black, you better run and hide, because when I find you, there will be nothing left!"
"Yipes!" he yelled while running out of the room Lily hot on his tail, until a pair of strong arms grasped her waist and held her back.
"Now, Lily would I be a good friend if I let you mutilate him?"
"Yes."
"Lily." scolded James
"Okay, okay I guess not. I won't kill him…at least not now."
"Lil, you leave me no choice." he stated while sighing before he crashed his lips into hers. This was totally breaking her rule and James thought he would get a slap in the face, but instead she was kissing him back. James smiled cheekily at this action and continued to kiss her. That was until his hands start to travel up her shirt and they were interrupted, by a bunch of coughs, sounding just like get a room. "We can finish this later." he muttered lazily against her lips.
"I think not...you just broke my rule." she replied
"It was worth it." he shot back while pulling her into a hug.
"Yea, it definitely was...now I need to get ready for my date."
"Oh, yes go make yourself gorgeous."
"Whatever you say…until later." she whispered against his ear then kissed his cheek good-bye.
"Bye…" he whispered and before he knew it she was gone.
"Stop staring lover boy."
"Shut-up Aoife, it's been forever since I was able to do that."
"It's been a week, nothing more, and plus you have lasted seventeen years without her, so what does another week matter?"
"Everything...now I need a nap, working makes me tired. I'll see you lot later." He called while exiting the room but he was called back.
"James!"
"Yes!" he cried while reappearing in the doorway.
"Your room is in the other direction."
"Really?"
"Really, now please head to your room not the girl's room."
"Yes mother."
"Get out of here." Sirius yelled while throwing a pillow at his retreating form.
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Time flew bye as Lily prepared for her date with James, she wanted to look perfect. She knew this night was special to James, and she didn't want any mistakes. She had carefully applied her make-up, though she didn't need much. Her skin had a natural glow to it. She did her hair up in a twist and had it clipped back, while there were loose pieces at the back and front.
She wore a tight red off the shoulder top that sparkled in the moon light. Along with a tantalizing short black skirt. She looked marvelously stunning. So she was totally confident that James would appreciate this outfit a little too much. When it came to five forty five, she made her way downstairs and out onto the back patio. Lily, being the first too arrive, made her way over to the water fall, imbedded in the patios garden. She watched the water flow from the fall into the winding river for about ten minutes before James showed up.
"Excuse me miss? You wouldn't have happened to see a gorgeous lady pass by here?"
"Why, not that I remember." spoke Lily as she quickly picked up on his game. "Would you describe her for me?"
"Well, she is tall about 5'7" and she has fiery red hair that matches her temper pretty well, and she has beautiful green eyes that you could get lost in."
"Well, I don't know if her temper is that bad, but I do recall seeing someone like her around here."
"Really? Could you tell me where?"
"Right here." She whispered as she stood on her tip-toes and gave him a peck on the cheek.
"I knew you looked familiar…I just couldn't recognize you because you looked so beautiful."
"And I wasn't beautiful before this?"
"Exactly."
"I am going to pretend that you didn't say that. So where are we going on our date?"
"To the lake."
"Ooo, and what are we going to do there, Mr. Potter?"
"Make passionate love all night long?"
"Try again."
"Darn, there go my plans…no I have something special set up for you."
"Oooo, a surprise…I like surprises."
"So I'm told." he muttered inaudibly, as they continued walking. As they reached the clearing James asked Lily to stop. "Lil, since this is a surprise…no peaking! Therefore I am putting a blindfold on you."
"What? No fair!"
"No its completely fair…and don't try to cheat." He said while tying the blindfold in place. "Because if you do, the blindfold will tighten its hold on you."
"But I'm supposed to peek!" she pouted
"Not in my world. Now take my hands and follow me." he ordered. So she placed her hands in his and slowly followed him into the clearing. Once they were in the clearing, James flicked his wand and music started to play. It was soft and relaxing. As he led Lily further into the clearing there waiter, triply, was bustling about with baskets of food that had just come out of the oven. James was pleased with the way things were going so he led Lily to her seat and once she was seated, he removed the blindfold.
"Welcome to paradise." he whispered while sliding the blindfold off her eyes.
"Oh, wow James its beautiful." she whispered while taking in the view. She was seated on a plush cushion, placed on a white picnic cloth, positioned on a raft in the lake. They were bathed in moonlight which made them look unearthly, like they were from another world. "How did we get all the way out here?" she asked.
"Magic my dear, pure magic."
"Avoid the question then."
"No we walked out here, on the dock platform, and I pushed us off as you sat down."
"Oh, that simple?"
"Not really I almost fell in." he answered in an extremely serious voice, which caused her to giggle. "I love it when you laugh, did you know that?"
"I do now."
"Well then that's good…So go ahead eat." he ushered, as he saw her eyeing the food. As soon as she reached for her plate he plopped down next to her which caused the raft to wobble and Lily to shriek.
"James! Don't do that! What if I had fallen in?"
"You wouldn't have…Its charmed to stay straight no matter how violent the waves get."
"You don't even have waves in here, it's a lake."
"I know it was just an answer. Jeez I get one fact wrong and she's off on me."
"Well that's my job."
"And you love it."
"Yes, why yes I do."
"Come on lets eat." he ordered while digging into his food. Soon after they had finished dinner, and desert the raft cleared itself of everything.
"What?"
"A simple clearing spell, now may I have this dance?" he asked while the music changed to a waltz.
"Of course." She replied while taking his hand in hers and the two began to waltz. "I didn't know the infamous James Potter was a dancer."
"You learn something new everyday don't you?"
"Yes I think we do." she replied while resting her head on his shoulder. They danced continuously for about ten minutes before James stopped and asked Lily to sit down on the chairs that had just appeared along with a basket. Though Lily hadn't seen the basket or what was in it.
"Lily I have a gift for you."
"Oh James you shouldn't have got me a gift."
"Well I wanted to; count it as a late birthday gift."
"Alright…where is it."
"Oh ya I forgot about it. Close your eyes."
"Okay." she replied while placing her hands over her eyes.
"Okay good now hold out your hands. Though keep your eyes closed."
"Like this?"
"Perfect." He answered before placing something small and soft into the palm of her hand.
"James what is this?" she asked while opening her eyes. When she did she looked down at the little black bundle curled up in the palm of her hand and squealed. "A kitten! Wow, James this is amazing!" she spoke in a soft whisper as if she didn't want to wake the sleeping animal. "You shouldn't…"
"Don't finish that statement, I did it because I wanted too."
"Still…Oh well I can see I am not going to win this argument. So what should I name him or her?" she said as the raft reached the bank with a thud and the two got off.
"It's a girl, and I have no idea what you should name her. All I know is she has a special ability that has to do with shadows."
"Interesting, though I think I am going to name her Phoenix."
"Phoenix?"
"Well yea, she has a fiery spirit. A fiery name for a fiery spirit."
"And how do you know this?"
"James, are you forgetting something?"
"Err…Oh, wait your animal connection thing told you that."
"Sometimes I think you spend too much time around Sirius."
"You could say that."
"I did."
"Alright then back to your present."
"There's more?"
"Yes now…"
"James stop spoiling me!"
"Sush you're ruining the moment."
"What moment?" she asked puzzled.
"The moment that just swam away."
"Really? How?"
"I definitely think that its you who spends too much time with Sirius. You sound just like him."
"Don't compare me to him." she said as she got off the raft that had just touched the bank. James hopped off and sat down in the thick grass.
"Well I had to get you to shut-up."
"There are other ways that you could get me to shut-up, ya know." she informed him while placing the kitten in the basket and then crawling into his lap.
"And what might those ways be?"
"You don't know?" she pouted
"No I think I do…I was just hoping you would show me."
"That can be arranged." she whispered into his ear before nibbling on his ear lobe. From there she traced kisses down his jaw line making her way to his lips. She then started to kiss the outline of his lips, but James wouldn't have it. He pulled her lips to his and he kissed her with hunger and need. It had been a few days since he had kissed her, and it felt great. They sank into the long fur of the river meadow entwined together. The smell of sweet crushed hay filled the air.
"You're beautiful." James mumbled woozily while removing her shirt and then kissing the cleft between her breasts.
"Um-hmmm." Lily stroked his hair, reveling in the way she had made him drunk with wanting her. He kissed her mouth, and she returned his kiss fiercely, pressing hard against him, holding him tight by his shirt. Her fingers found a circle behind his pocket- the rolled rim of a rubber encased in foil. A thrill ran through her so sharp and delicious she thought that she was in heaven.
With trembling fingers she unbuttoned James shirt. She smoothed her hands up his firm abdomen and across his chest. His flesh was burning hot and oh so sleek and alien to her touch. She kissed his neck, biting it softly, and moving a trail of kisses down his neck and chest. When she had reached his belly button James pulled her back to him and kissed her hard. It was a kiss full of possession. James bit her lip and she gasped then captured his mouth again, until he pulled away and made his way down her neck. Biting, sucking, and kissing. He was sure that their would be a few marks their tomorrow.
He moved across her chest and down into the cleft between her breasts. With his left hand he grasped her right breast and started to massage it through the fabric of the thin bra. He then started to kiss around the edges of her bra occasionally biting the flesh of her breasts. This action caused Lily to arch up to him, and emit small moans. Though James wanted more, he wouldn't take it, he knew she wasn't ready. So he abandoned her breast and kissed his was down her stomach, towards her navel. He kissed around her navel and swirled his tongue inside of it before licking a wet trail back up to her breast and blowing on it.
This action caused Lily to moan and James started to feel restless. If he didn't stop soon then he would do something he regretted. Though all common sense had fled his mind the minute he felt Lily's hand cup him trough his pants. With a sharp intake of breath he closed his eyes and let Lily continue what she started. Though she didn't get very far. As soon as she reached his belt buckle, a howl was heard from across the lake. The two looked up to see a very shaggy black dog standing across the way foaming at the mouth.
"James, what is that?" whispered Lily as she crawled up next to him in the grass.
"I have no idea but whatever it is better wish it never lived, because when I get up I'm going to…"
"James don't you see this thing, is sick…why else would it be foaming at the mouth."
"I don't know, maybe for a cruel joke."
"James, stop thinking about yourself for a second because this thing is a real threat."
"What?"
"I can't get through to it."
"As in."
"I can't talk to it or calm it down. James if we don't get out of here soon, we are dinner."
"Well then say no more. Triply!" James scrambled around to grab Phoenix and her basket, along with their discarded shirts. They quickly pulled their shirts on and as they did Tipsy showed up.
"Yes master." she squeaked
"Get us out of here now!" he yelled as he saw the dog come bounding over towards them. "Now."
"Yes sir." she snapped her fingers and as the dog pounced on where they had been standing, it landed hard on the ground. There was nothing there.
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"Wow, that was like the scariest thing I have every experienced."
"It was the worst thing I have experienced."
"Oh get out of here I'm sure you have experienced worst. I mean you're a marauder."
"Yea, still I am very upset at that dog."
"Oh, you're a big baby."
"But I'm your big baby."
"Sure you are." She rolled her eyes and grabbed his arm and dragged him inside.
"You know if I didn't know any better I would think that your just using me."
"That's it you have found out my secret…I just use you for a good laugh."
"Laugh? For a second there I thought you were going to say fuck. Though since we haven't yet, not that I wouldn't mind, it would have seemed odd."
"Trust you to add that bit in. Now Mr. Potter I had a wonderful night, and as much as I would like to stay with you all night I need to sleep. So good-night." She gave him a quick kiss before grabbing the basket from his hands and turning around. She then made her way to the stairs and when she reached them she turned around and whispered "Thank you."
"Anytime." he called back, watching her retreat into her room. Though James was still disappointed that he had to take a cold shower now, he was still the happiest he had been in days. Life couldn't get better.
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A/N: This is quite a long chapter and I apologize for my agonizingly short chapter that preceded this one. I hope this chapter makes up for my laziness…so enough of this writer babble…I'll just get to the point. Thank you to those who reviewed. Thank you so much for reading! I hope you liked it and I hope to read your reviews soon!
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Updated: 3/10/04
Disclaimer: I ONLY OWN THE POTTERS (EXCEPT JAMES) AOIFE'S FAMILY AND LILY'S PARENTS AND FRIENDS.