Authors Note: Sorry I left the last chapter in mid sentence as I was nearly caught typing it in Key Skills…its lunch now so I have all the time in the world. As per usual I do not own any of the gan as much as I would love to and do apologise if there isn't much description like in the original hp books as description takes up quite a bit of time and I do understand to make it a great story I have to add descriptions and I will try to add more in this chapter.

James just listened, every now and then taking sips of his tea as he didn't really want to interrupt her while she poured everything out to him really, he

'Now I know I've liked you because…I…'

'Because what?' he said

'Well before the dream-,'

James blushed, now he was avoiding Lily's eyes and she cringed even more and realised that Kirsty had told him or at least shown him the letter in some form which was turning the situation gradually worse in Lily's favour.

'You know don't you,' Lily guessed starting to laugh manically letting her knife and fork drop

'Kirsty she told me or rather it came up in her crystal ball and you have a very good memory of-'

'Of what,'

'Of..' James stammered, hoping he wouldn't sound too arrogant like he used to around her 'of me,'

'I can't forget you,' Lily shrugged, then turning slightly red again she buried her face in her hands as she had done on the train. Coming back up and she started again.

'I have been having more and more dreams about you, and sometimes I wake up and I demand to know why you aren't lying next to me, okay,' she paused for breath and continued 'and I always see us holding hands, or kissing or-' she stopped, she couldn't tell him, not about last nights dream she just couldn't.

'Tell me everything Lily, I promise I won't laugh.' James said kindly

'All right,' Lily grumbled and said quickly 'I dreamt I married you, okay, now can we leave it,'

'Hang on,' James said hurriedly 'you married me? Why?'

'I like you and I have an overactive imagination. Anyway, the dream you obviously know about well we didn't do anything in it if that's what you're thinking, we kissed and cuddled okay and that was it.' Lily explained quickly hoping to get the embarrassment over and done with, James looked at her with a bemused smile on his face and said quietly. What James also found was that in his mind two single names floated around, Lily Potter, and it sounded perfect.

'I don't totally dislike you in a girlfriend way, its more of a,' James was trying to explain his feelings and he knew it would end in disaster but ploughed on 'I don't want to risk it, like screwing it all up now we've come so far,'

'You can't screw it up anymore than I have.' Lily said flatly ' I mean I know you don't have feelings for me so, I'm fighting a losing battle and promise that when I'm with you I will lock my imagination up,'

'You don't have to,' James said 'I mean as long as you liking me won't get in the way of our friendship,'

'It won't,' Lily said quickly, looking at him again 'I wouldn't let it, but this time it's just a one off and I'll never bring this up again,'

(AN: This is where it changes to more L/J and in my life it sort of ended here apart from the letter Lily has to write at the end of this chapter, my best friend didn't feel the same way and we're still good friends. So I'm bringing a little bit of happiness to Lily seeing  as I didn't get very far)

For the rest of the meal they sat in silence eating there way through their dinners slowly, and Lily felt, or rather noticed James looking at her every few seconds and if it weren't for her embarrassment about him she would've flared up her temper and demanded to know why he was sneaking glances at her while she ate.

'And about Jackie,' James said, breaking the silence as they finished their meals and Madam Puddifoot took their empty plates and mugs away 'I think you should write her a letter or something, just to clear the air because she's still convinced the Head Girl of the school is going to turn her into a Bottom,'

'Bottom,' Lily said bemused 'I didn't know you knew a Midsummer's Night Dream,'

James shrugged and began searching in his bag for something while Lily looked of into the distance.

'Here, it was my mum's, she died after I was born,' and James threw her a tattered copy of A Midsummer's Nights Dream

Lily took it and opened it gingerly noticing that the pages had been marked in the margins with small notes about someone called Alan Potter who she assumed to be James dad, she looked up at James monetarily and although she tried to promise herself she wouldn't think of him being with her as there eyes met for a second she couldn't help it.

'Wow, this is a really old copy, I never figured you'd keep it in this a good condition,' she breathed her fingers floating over the leather bound cover

They continued to talk generally about the book in Lily's hand with the occasional laugh that would always break the awkwardness and they soon left Madam Puddifoots to have a walk up to the Shrieking Shack in the blinding sun.

There they found some unruly third years playing hide and seek in there so settled themselves under a tree half way up the hill and admired the view of small and picturesque Hogsmeade. James would've normally lain down his cloak for her to sit down on but the air between them was obviously still as awkward as before even though they'd cleared the air.

'So what did we do in this dream then?' James asked, thoroughly curious of what Lily had been dreaming as Kirsty's letter wasn't exactly specific. Lily blushed.

'Well you led me into a classroom, and for ages we just stared at each other and held one another as if waiting for the other to move,' Lily explained softly, lying back down on the grass gently

'Then you kissed me and it felt so warm and real-'

'Hang on I thought Kirsty told you this in Divination,' Lily said looking at James strangely, was this the same old egotistic and arrogant James that she once hated now shinning through once more in all his glory.

'No,' James put in quickly 'I just read the letter that was all,'

'YOU READ THE LETTER?'

'Yeah but you weren't specific really so I didn't hear about what you're telling me. Clearing the air, remember?' James said all this very fast as to avert Lily from storming of into one of her tempers. Lily calmed down a little and continued, James wouldn't now take his eyes of the small red head he had came to know and enjoy spending time with so much, now where did that come from James found himself thinking. Lily is just like Jackie, just another girl friend.

'Well we were kissing, you had your hands up my blouse and I'd undone the buttons on your shirt, then I woke up,' she finished, she was happy now that she'd told him and she wouldn't have to hide it from him any more. It was better this way that he knew how she felt.

'I wish you hadn't,'

The second James said it he realised he hadn't meant to, or had he? Lily stared at him confused and then said in a timid voice

'What do you mean?'

'I didn't mean to say that,' he said quickly

'If you didn't mean it why did you say it?' Lily said, now struggling to hold back the tears that she could feel coming to her eyes and she turned away from James to look at the wearing bark of the willow tree they were sat beneath.

'It just slipped out,'

'Yeah right,' Lily growled angrily 'and fairy King cast the right love spells on Bottom!'

'I'm sorry,' James said, Lily was now on her feet and crying freely.

'I know you now know I like you but this is low even for you, pretending now to suddenly just like me,' and Lily stormed of down the hill, her red hair flailing out behind her. James groaned, why had he said that? He didn't like her in that way, it would fuck their friendship up if they went out with each other and then he remembered something Sirius had said.

"Good Friends make Good relationships"

Pondering this James ran after her down the hill, catching up with her he called her name.

'Lily! Wait I have to tell you something too,' she stopped and turned to face him abruptly

Lily wiped a tear from her eye and straightened up facing him.

'That was mean what you said,' Lily pointed out her long hair wafting in the wind 'and just for your information I will never have another dream about you ever again,'

'It's not that, it's just maybe I do like you, how does that sound?'

Lily slapped him hard across the cheek and that was not the response neither James nor Lily had expected by the look on Lilys face.

'Let me get this straight,' James said slowly massaging his cheek 'I try to tell you I might like you and you slap me for it,'

'But you don't like me like that, you said,' Lily cried hysterically

'And I was wrong,' he said 'meet me outside the common room tonight after you've had time to think and give me some breathing space as I have a lot fo thinking to do and don't forget the letter to Jackie. See you Lli' and with that he kissed her sweetly on the cheek before disappearing down the hill into the sunshine.