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Sins of Angels: Okay, so, I think it's time for another random author's note. Um, thanks to all the review I've gotten, very much appreciated. I am updating so fast for the sole reason that at the moment I have good ideas and a will to write, but I have been know to get massive writer's block, so enjoy it while I can provide it. Other than that, hope you'll continue reading!
Chapter 9 – The Kiss
Lily listened in at the door for the sound of James coming down the steps and leaving. Soon, someone descending the steps was heard and a door opened and closed. Assuming this was the door leading to the hall, Lily sighed in relief and got out of her room. She went downstairs and left her bag on the table, heading towards the bathroom door. As her hand came near the doorknob, the door opened and James walked into her.
"Sorry Evans," James said, staring at her. He had fallen on top of her and was now face to face with her. "I…I didn't mean to do that," James lied, knowing perfectly well he had his ear at the door just so he could open it at the right moment. It worked. Lily was staring at him, not with anger, but with wonder…at the moment. "I…I…" James began, but stopped as he pressed his lips against Lily's and found that she was not resisting at all, but actually kissing him back. He felt elated to cloud nine as he felt her lips in touch with his, her body under his and his hands running down her side.
Lily received a burst of that feeling she had felt as she saw him in a towel, higher than happiness but so indescribable she didn't know where to start. All she knew was that from the moment their lips met, fireworks exploded in her mind and she could think of nothing better to do than to keep kissing. That's why when James stopped, she whispered "No…keep going." James smiled at her.
"You're beautiful," he said quietly. Lily smiled and blushed.
"You're…" she started. Her eyes widened as she realized what just happened. "You're Potter!" she said and pushed him off of her. He rolled over on his back.
"Who did you expect? Santa Claus?" James said, wincing at the feeling of rolling over on a hard floor. "Evans, will you go out with me?" James asked with a smile, getting up.
"No!" Lily shrieked, still a bit disoriented. "Potter, I will never, ever go out with you! Just stop wasting your breath and asking me!"
James got up and took her hand. "Lily, as long as there is air in my lungs, I will ask you out."
Lily wrenched her hand free. "I told you to call me Evans!" she said menacingly. She went in the bathroom, and just before she closed the door yelled, "And don't you dare think of pulling another stunt like that again!"
James grinned at her as she slammed the door in his face. "See you tonight, dear!" he called before leaving.
"Shut your bloody mouth, Potter!" Lily screamed from the bathroom as the door closed.
James hummed as he walked down the halls to his class. Smiling at the thought that Lily would be there. He smiled even more widely as he thought of their second kiss. Amber fell into step along side him.
"Why the happy face, James?" she asked, smiling innocently and acting like last night never happened.
"Oh. Well, I'm just happy, okay Amber? And I seem to remember I told you to stay away from me."
"James, we both know you didn't mean that."
"Well, I know I meant it. What your problem seems to be is that you think I am in some way attracted to you."
"James, you are. I know you are. You see, I can give you what you want. I can make your perfect woman. I can give life to your wildest fantasies."
"My perfect woman already exists, Amber. And she's not you."
"Oh, yes, I forgot," Amber said bitterly. "It's perfect Head Girl, Miss Lily Evans."
James kept walking, determined to lose her somehow.
"But, don't you see, James? I can be Lily Evans. I can become a Lily that loves you to no end. I can be anyone you want me to be."
James stopped and turned to her. "No, you can't. Because no matter how many faces you put on, you will never be the one girl in this world worth going after. Now leave me alone, Amber."
James began walking again but Amber kept following him. "You're so sweet, James. Why not be with someone who will fully appreciate that sweetness and reward you for it?"
James scoffed. "With what? Meaningless sex?"
"Oh, it won't be meaningless James. It'll be with you," Amber said sweetly, edging ever so closer to him. James grunted at her.
"Look, leave me alone, will you? I don't want to go out with you. I don't even want to talk to you. You're nothing to me, Amber. You don't even deserve the breath I'm wasting on you."
"I may not," Amber said, screwing up her face once again to resemble Lily's. "But I'm sure little Lily does."
"Stop it," James warned, not looking at her.
"I'm sure you wouldn't mind talking to Lily, would you James? You wouldn't mind talking with her through the wee hours of the morning. You wouldn't mind kissing her lips, would you? You wouldn't mind feeling her body on yours, would you?"
"Shut up, Amber."
"If I were Lily, you wouldn't think twice if I offered myself to you."
"Yeah, well, you're not. Now cut it off."
"No, but I do look like her. I do have the body of the girl you want, James. I have the lips you long for."
"Amber, shut up! Get the hell away from me!" James said as the turned into another hallway. Amber quickly changed her face back to herself and smiled as students passed them by.
"Just think, on command, I can be anyone you want," Amber purred in James's ear. James took out his wand and pointed it at her face. She stopped sharply to avoid poking her eye out.
"Look, you bloody whore! You stay the hell away from me! You will avoid me on the way to your bloody classes! You will never speak to me again! And if you change your face one more time while I walk the halls of this school, I'll hex you so bad no blasted healer will ever be able to fix you again!"
Amber burst into tears and ran off. James slowly lowered his wand and looked at the bystanders.
"Well? What the bloody hell are all you staring at? Don't you have a blasted class to get to?"
Everyone quickly hurried off in the closest direction possible as James fumed down the hall to his Potions class. As he passed, people steered away from him. He smiled bitterly thinking how he just exploded in public all because of little Lily Evans.