Chapter 18: Marauders always won
The next morning James woke bleary eyed from the lack of sleep he had obtained the night before. He would have only drifted off to sleep in the early hours of the morning, as his brain had been to busy. He had spent the sleepless night attempting to figure out Lily's strange behaviour. Not that he was ungrateful for her behaviour, well in a way he kind of was.
He liked the whole new Lily, though he just wished she would stop playing hard to get, and stop making him so Horny! Not once had he ever had to have so many cold showers in a short space of time. No girl had ever before been able to resist him, though he supposed, he wasn't really doing anything to Lily to make himself irresistible. But still, it was getting on his nerve, the fact that he couldn't figure out his girlfriend. It just was not Lily like behaviour, especially to leave him hanging every time. He was surprised she could even do that. He didn't think he could resist Lily for very long.
But perhaps this was just a one off thing. Maybe yesterday, and the night before, had been a change in mood, a time for her to see what it was like to be in control. Well she had achieved that, and made him squirmingly horny in the process, and hopefully she would be back to normal now.
Heartened by this thought, James managed to obtain enough energy to get out of bed, and went to have a shower, a nice warm one.
Lily and her friends were at the table well before the marauders, and James was the last of them to come down. This was after Sirius had attempted to kiss Ellen, and had instead kissed a picture of a grinning wizard who had been cured of a teapot virus, who looked quite disgusted and appalled at Sirius' antics. Lily looked up at him and smiled.
'Good morning, James.' She said brightly, grabbing a piece of toast. James grinned slightly. Things were looking up.
'Good morning, Lily.' He said sitting down next to her. But before he could think about pecking her on the lips, Lily began a conversation with Anna, who was seated beside her. James sighed. No, it was just coincidence. Lily's antics were not still going on. They couldn't be, could they? No, of course not. James shook his head and proceeded to butter a piece of toast.
Not long into breakfast, Lily broke her conversation with Anna, to put something onto her toast. James was talking to Sirius over the table about Quidditch, and he didn't notice what Lily was doing until he felt her breath on his neck. His whole body tingled and he looked down at her, to find her reaching for some jam. At first he thought she was just breathing on his neck by accident, but then he realised she didn't have to be that close at all. She was definitely leaning in on purpose, and she had her head tilted so that her breath fell on him. So she was still doing it deliberately? He wished she wouldn't. The fact that he had not kissed her for so long, even though it had only been two days, was making her breathing softly onto his neck far more arousing then it should have been. Still, as soon as Lily had the jam, she moved off him as if nothing out of the ordinary had occurred. James decided at that moment to stop guessing.
'Lily?' He asked.
'Yes, James?' she said, scraping jam onto her toast.
'Can I talk to you alone for a minute?' He asked. Lily turned to look at him and smirked.
'Sure thing, James.' She said, touching his arm lightly. She got up and waited for him to do the same, and they left the hall together.
James found an empty classroom that would not be used in first period, and ushered her inside. Lily grinned as he closed the door and sat down on one of the desks, swinging her legs and giving James a nice view of the typical school girl uniform under her black Hogwarts robes. He gulped slightly, wishing that everything Lily did didn't turn him on. He didn't know how he was supposed to discuss her strange behaviour while she was twirling a piece of her fiery hair around her finger, and looking up at him expectantly. Just stop thinking about how hot she looks, honestly! A part of his mind said.
'So James, what do you want?' She asked him with a seductive tone in her voice. James let out a soft strangled groan. He would have given up any hope of thinking straight, though he told himself that he needed to ask her about it, and attempt to forget about her body language.
'Well, I need to-to talk to y-you about, well about-' James managed to say before he trailed off as he saw Lily. She had gotten off the desk, and was walking slowly over to him, in a sultry way. She had a very seductive smirk on her face that James could not ignore. He somehow managed to relate the situation to something in his mind, something like a tiger hunting its prey. Only he wasn't the hunter, and at that moment he was feeling concerned for what he could call safety. He took a step back as Lily got close to him, not willing to let her do anything that would arouse him more. Her green eyes were fiery with desire, which made James gulp once more. He couldn't take his eyes off hers. They had him transfixed, though when she took one step forward, he took one back. She seemed to take enjoyment in this little game, and managed to creep closer so that he could feel the heat radiating off her body. No, this was not helping.
It was only when James felt his back hit the wall, when he knew that the game was over. The tiger had obtained its prey. He looked down at her, and she smirked up at him.
'What did you want to talk about?' She asked softly. James took a deep breath in, though found he could barely speak. After taking a large gulp, which seemed to please her, he managed to put some words together.
'Well, it-its just th-that, well,' He stuttered. Lily smirked at him, looking up at him through her eyelashes. She then proceeded to trace patterns on his chest slowly with one fingernail. He breathed out slowly. Why did everything she did have to turn him on?
'What is it James?' She asked.
'Something-' He said.
'Something?' She asked, moving in slightly closer.
'is r-really-'
'Yes?' She moved in closer again. Her breath on his neck was not helping him get his words out.
'di-different-'
'Different?' She whispered, moving her hands up his chest and around his neck as she got so close that they were touching. James would have loved this predicament; being stuck between a wall and his girlfriend; but in this case his girlfriend was acting very oddly, and it was not making him feel comfortable at all.
'About-About you.' He managed to finish. A smile played across her face, and she raised an eyebrow.
'Me?' She whispered in his ear, tracing his jaw line with a finger softly. James managed to nod feebly. 'I don't know what you're talking about,' she finished, nipping his ear lobe. James cracked then, and pulled away from her.
'That! That's exactly what I'm talking about!' He blustered. Lily smiled.
'James dear, you will need to be more specific, I don't understand what you're saying.' She said.
'Well, you're just different! Wait, not different, well kind of, its just you're not, you were never, this…'
'What James?' She asked. She took a step closer. 'Enticing?' Another step. 'Sexy?' James was being pushed up against the wall again. 'Flirtatious?'
'Ummm, yes, that-that's what I was trying to say.' He said, watching for a reaction. She grinned at him, then turned on her heel.
'Well, see you later then.' She said.
'Where are you going?' He cried.
'To class.' She said shortly, opening the door.
'But you can't just do that! Not to me!'
'Oh I can do a lot of things to you James,' She said, smirking at him and walking out the door. She poked her head in once more. 'Also James, it might be wise for you to take another cold shower before you head off to class.' And with that she left.
James groaned.
He had thought that he wouldn't have had to have taken another cold shower. Cleary he had been wrong.
He was about to walk out of the classroom, when he noticed a scrunched parchment on the floor. Normally, he would have seen no point in paying it remotely any attention; though he realised that it was under the desk that Lily and Anna had been sitting in History of magic the day before. He grabbed it off the floor and hastily un-scrunched it.
Reading the contents of the parchment; clearly a conversation between Lily and Anna; fairly fast. Once he was finished, he thought it over. He began to piece what he knew together, using skills he had learnt from being a Marauder. A dare, the night before, temptress. Suddenly it dawned on him, and he knew exactly why Lily had been acting strangely. But now he knew she had been put up to it, he knew what he needed to do.
Marauders always won.
That night at dinner, Lily sat near her friends, almost opposite James. James was too busy thinking hard to notice the girls looking over at him and laughing. He was thinking about the best way to get Lily back.
'You alright, Prongs?' Remus asked, looking slightly concerned with his friends behaviour.
'Just thinking.' He replied, poking at his mashed potato. Remus raised an eyebrow at Sirius, asking him silently what was wrong. Sirius sighed.
'The girls have gone all frigid.' Sirius said sadly, looking over at Ellen.
'Not really frigid, Sirius. They are still being all-' James started.
'Seductive, yes. But everytime you go in for a snog, they run off. That is frigid.' Sirius replied.
'No if they were being frigid, then they wouldn't be attempting to turn us on.' James hissed.
'Attempting? I think Lily has achieved turning you on, Prongs.' Sirius said, grin on his face.
'Yeah well you can talk, Padfoot.' James muttered.
'Anyway! Like I was saying, James is upset because he's not getting any action from Miss Temper over there.' Sirius said with finality to Remus.
'I am not upset! Ok, well yes, I am,' James said when Sirius raised an eyebrow at him. 'But that's not what it is. I was just thinking.'
'About what? Good times before Lily went frigid?' Sirius prompted.
'No.'
'Well what then?' Remus asked.
'How to get, payback.' James said, looking over at Lily.
'So what's the next move, both of you?' Alice asked Lily and Ellen. They had been catching up on what the two had been doing in regards to the dare. Lily was impressed by Ellen's display. She had managed to get Sirius into a broom cupboard with her, and just when he had thought he was going to get some action, had asked him about homework. She had managed to keep him in there for an hour, doing everything she knew turned him on, and had achieved making him very sexually frustrated.
'Well I plan on doing something right now.' Lily announced. Ellen whacked her arm playfully.
'You're really getting into this, Lily. I don't think you'll ever be the same again.' She joked. Lily smiled and picked up a lollipop from one of the gold bowls. Alice grinned.
'Ahhh, the famous lollipop manoeuvre.' She said in an impressed tone. Ellen shook her head sadly.
'He doesn't stand a chance.' She said.
Lily smirked as she unwrapped the lollipop, and released the red sweet from its plastic.
'Ready?' Lily asked. The three nodded, grinning at her.
Lily wasn't exactly sure if this would work. She had never done something like this before, and she certainly had no experience. On the other hand, Teen Witch weekly said it was a guaranteed success, so she was pretty certain it would work. She just had to remember the recommended steps.
First off you need to make sure you look like you want the lollipop, otherwise it won't work. It will only get their attention if they can imagine that its them.
Ok. She remembered the first piece of advice. Now she told herself that she wanted the lollipop more than anything else. It was even her favourite flavour, Strawberry. Good. Now she thought of the second step.
Now find the boy your targeting.
Lily smirked. James.
And look over at him.
She glanced over at him. She hadn't achieved his attention yet, but then again she hadn't started.
Make sure you glance over at him every so often, so he knows its him you want.
Ok. She had that downpact. What had been the next step.
Now move the lollipop slowly to your mouth, and instead of putting it right in straight away, lick it for a while. Remember to glance over at him. Attention should be grabbed at this step.
Lily moved the lollipop to her mouth slowly, and like the magazine had said, she moved her tongue out to meet it. She licked around the perimeter, and played with the tip. Glancing over at James, she saw him look up at her and pause in his conversation. She licked the lollipop slowly, keeping eye contact with him.
Now you need to place it in your mouth, and swirl it around a bit. Once you have done this, pull the lollipop out and lick your lips. If this isn't enough, move onto next step.
Lily moved the lollipop slowly into her mouth, and swirled it around using the stick. After 30 seconds of that, she pulled it out slowly, then licked her lips. She looked over at James once more, who was still staring at her. She reckoned she had won. But then he did something extremely unexpected.
He looked away.
What the fuck? Lily asked herself. James had now started talking to Sirius animatedly about something or another. Lily was shocked. This was weird. Ok, what was the next step? She needed the next step!
If this hasn't got his attention, or he's looked away for some reason…
Yeah. Lily had that problem.
…then take this next step. Repeat the step of licking it, then once you have done this, rub the lollipop against your lips, then use your finger to wipe it off.
Lily smirked. This would get his attention. She glanced over at her friends, who were looking thoroughly amused. Anna did the thumbs up and Lily licked the lollipop again, this time with more fevour and determination; this coming from wanting James to crack. He still wouldn't look at her. Lily frowned slightly but then ran the lollipop slowly over her lips. Since James still didn't look, she got her finger, and ran it over her lips, then without a second thought, popped it into her mouth and sucked on it, all the while looking at James seductively.
James was determined not to look, but Sirius looked over and was shocked to see Lily sucking her finger, and looking at James. Since when was she such a temptress? She must be taking classes from Ellen. Sirius thought.
'Oi, Prongs!' Sirius hissed at James, who was busily talking to Remus about transfiguration.
'What?' James asked him, his voice a little unsteady.
'I think your girlfriend wants you.' Sirius replied, smirking. James nodded, but looked down.
'I think I'm gonna go up to the common room, wanna come, guys?' He said, picking himself up. The others nodded and got up too.
'See you guys later.' Remus called, looking strangely at Lily, who was still desperately trying to get James' attention. All except Sirius walked out, who lingered for a moment staring at Lily, but then moved along.
Lily whacked her hand down on the desk in frustration.
'What the hell? Why on Earth didn't that work?' Lily cried furiously. The others grinned.
'I dunno, maybe he's developed a resistance.' Anna offered.
'Or maybe he wasn't in the mood.' Alice said.
'Ha, that was hilarious!' Ellen cried, laughing. 'Lily got rejected!'
'No I didn't!' Lily yelled.
'You did!' Ellen retaliated.
'Anyway! Before you two start fighting, we might as well go up to the common room. You can do some more there.' Alice intervened before it got nasty.
In the common room, it was just James, Lily, Anna, Alice and Remus. James and Remus were playing Wizards Chess, while Sirius and Ellen had gone off somewhere. Peter, as usual, was off with his girlfriend. Lily had a whole couch to herself, and was lying down on it comfortably watching James. Her mind was racing with ideas about why he hadn't fallen for the lollipop. The magazine had said there was a 99 chance of success! He must have been the 1 that it didn't work for, though that didn't make sense. He was the last person she would have thought that would fall for that, especially with they was he had turned to putty whenever she did anything remotely seductive. She guessed she should probably try something different. Then the idea hit her.
'James?' She asked. He looked up from the game, where Remus had just called checkmate and was grinning at him.
'Yeah, Lily?' He said.
'Could I talk to you, in private?' She asked. Lily knew this would be the second time today they had done this. Sure, but if anything, Lily thought this should make him squirm after their last private conversation.
'Sure, Lily.' He said casually, getting up. Lily was shocked at his behaviour yet again, but still managed to get herself up and walk out with James.
She shoved him into the first empty broom cupboard, and closed the door behind herself. She flung herself around to face him, only to find his face inches from his own.
'Cosy in here, isn't it?' He said, grinning.
'It's a broom cupboard.' She offered, smirking slightly. (A/N: cant you just tell what movie I've been watching?)
'Wow you don't say,' James said. 'Anyway, what did you want to talk about.'
'Well,' She started, trying to figure out what she was going to talk about. It was just then that she felt something touch her arm, and realised it was James. 'Could you stop that?'
James ran his hand slowly up her arm, leaving a tingling feeling wherever he touched. 'Stop what?'
'That!' She hissed, looking down at his arm for emphasis.
'Oh that,' He said, though did not cease. 'Why?'
'Because I am trying to have a conversation with you, and I can't concentrate with you doing that!' Lily could swear she saw his grin get wider.
'I'm sorry, Love. Please, go on.' He said.
'Well, I just wanted to speak to you about, Will you stop that!'
James had now travelled the whole way up her arm, and was lightly touching her shoulder, and her collarbone.
'Why?' He asked, tracing her jawbone with his finger. Lily took a breath in. No! Stop this! I am supposed to be seducing him! Not the other way around! Must take control!
'I told you before, James why you needed to stop,' She said, with a little bit of flirt in her voice. 'You're cheeky marauder side is coming out,' She put two hands on his chest. 'I like that.' She whispered.
James trailed his a hand down to her waist. 'Do you know?'
'Yes.' She said, trying to hide the feelings she was getting from him with his hand on her waist. James used his spare hand to twirl with her fiery locks, and Lily again had to remind herself that she was supposed to be doing the seducing, though this was getting harder to remember. The feeling of his hands on her waist was reminding her how good it felt to kiss him, and this was not going to help her achieve her goal.
'You know,' James started thoughtfully. 'I think my marauder self is going to force me to do something.'
'Do what?' Lily asked.
'This.' James leant down and captured her mouth in his. At first Lily thought to stop it, as this was not part of the plan. But kissing him again made her feel so good, and she melted into the kiss, allowing James entry to her mouth. Her sides moved up to around his neck, and she played with his hair. James groaned from the feeling of kissing her again, and pulled her up close to his body. Lily moaned at this contact. It felt so good.
Suddenly, light fell into the broom cupboard as the door was pulled open. Lily and James flew apart and looked at the two people who had disturbed their privacy.
Ellen was currently being ravished by Sirius, both of which had not seemed to notice that the broom cupboard was occupied. James cleared his throat, and the two jumped apart. Ellen's eyes widened as she saw Lily.
'Ahh, Lily, hi.' She said nervously.
'Looks like we tie, Ellen.' Lily said, referring to the bet that they had both just lost. Ellen grinned and nodded.
'Lily lets go somewhere else,' James said, grinning at his friend. 'Looks like these two want the cupboard more than us.'
Lily smiled up at her boyfriend and nodded. They proceeded to walk off down the hall, James' arm around Lily's shoulder.
'I knew it was a bet you know,' James said. Lily looked at him.
'How?'
'I found a note in the empty classroom,' James said, grinning. 'It certainly explained a lot.'
'It sure would have,' Lily said. 'It's a shame I didn't win.'
'Yeah, guess I'm just too darn sexy.' James said. Lily whacked his arm.
'I suppose that is true.' Lily admitted, casting an eye over him.
'You just can't resist me Lily, and I know it.' James said, grin widening. Lily smiled and nodded. She sure did.
A/N: I am soo sorry this has taken soo long to get out! Its been so hectic with exams and everything, so I've been really really slow! Im sorry for that, and I hope you can forgive me! Next chapter will be some Quidditch!
