:Chapter Seven:
Lily snuck back down to the grounds where she met James. It was dark outside and the two weren't supposed to be out.
"I can't believe I'm doing this." She murmured to herself.
"What took you so long?" James voice asked, but as Lily looked around she didn't see anyone.
"James?" she questioned the air. Something took grasp of her hand and she almost screamed- but something else covered her mouth.
"Stand still." James' instructed her. Lily did as she was told. Something slid over her head and all of a sudden, she could see James.
"James!" she gasped. James laughed a little.
"Why couldn't I see you?" Lily asked, "And why are we under a cloak?" she realized what had slipped over her head was a cloak.
"It's an invisibility cloak. While we're wearing it, no one can see us." James explained.
"Oh." Lily said, blushing a little but smiling all the same. James laughed a little again.
"Come on, I wanna show you something." James said.
"What?" Lily asked. James smiled secretively.
"You'll see." He slipped his hand into hers and she squeezed it gently.
"Please tell me where we're going." Lily begged. James shook his head.
"I'll give you a kiss." She said seductively, pouting. James bit his lip.
"Alright." James sighed. She knew his weakness. Lily giggled and kissed James softly. James smiled as he grabbed her waist then kissed her back. Lily pulled a bit away.
"Now tell me, where're we going?" she asked again.
"Alright, to the inside of the Shrieking Shack." James said.
"What!" She asked wide-eyed.
"Don't worry, just follow." James instructed. The two went over to the recently planted Whomping Willow tree. It was a large tree whose branches were spiked and hit anything that moved near it.
"I'm not going near that tree. I heard when they were planting it, it killed one of the specialist!" Lily said fearfully.
"Don't worry, I know how to make it so it won't hit a thing." James told her. He ran over to pick up a stick.
"I'm not going over to that tree." Lily said stubbornly.
"Alright, wait here." he left Lily with the cloak and took the stick and stepped closer to the tree. He stuck the stick out to poke a knot in the tree next to a hole.
"James!" Lily cried out. James grinned at her and made faces at her, raising and lowering his eyebrows, wrinkling his nose and such, but the tree never attacked him as long as he had the stick on the knot. Lily laughed at James.
"Now come over here!" James told her. Lily was still covered by the cloak. She walked over to him, but he couldn't see her. As she came close to him she put her hands on his chest, smiling and giggling that he couldn't see her. Chills went up James' spine.
"Let me under the cloak." He said. Lily shook her head.
"Nuh-uh." She said, still giggling. James rolled his eyes at her.
"Fine, go through this tunnel." He said, gesturing towards the hole.
"In there?" she questioned. James nodded. Lily bit her lip but slid down the hole. James followed her.
"Alright, take off the cloak." James told Lily.
"Ok." Lily agreed and pulled off the cloak.
God, she's gorgeous. James thought to himself. Lily caught him staring and asked,
"Something wrong?"
"No." he replied quickly.
"Let's walk." He took out his wand and muttered, "Lumos!" The tip of James' wand glowed yellow in front of him. He took Lily's hand and they walked along the dirt path.
"How do you know about this place?" Lily asked.
"I know things." He grinned. Lily rolled her eyes; he didn't answer her question.
"Where are we?" Lily asked when she found she was inside of a boarded up wooden house.
"Shrieking Shack." James replied coolly.
"What! How did we get here?" Lily exclaimed. James laughed at her fretting.
"The path, leads to here." he answered.
"How do you know about this place?" she demanded again.
"It's a little secret, that doesn't happen to be mine. So I best not share it. Maybe in time, you'll know." He told her. Lily sighed.
"You torture me." She said, smiling softly. James laughed a little again and left his lighted wand in the middle of the floor of the rather large room. James left his invisibility cloak next to his wand and walked closer to Lily. He put his hands on Lily's waist and pulled her close to him. "Why did you bring me here?" Lily asked.
"Because I like you. And it's kinda a special secret and all. And, we have privacy here." he grinned mischievously. Lily laughed a little. James pulled her closer and kissed her softly. She kissed him back and after a while they found themselves pressed against the wall kissing passionately.