There Is No Way Out Of Love

Authors Note: Hello I am just going to wing this chapter so I hope you like it!

Chapter 7

Recap: The gang met up with Brooke and Remus after they have been lost and Brooke found out Remus' furry little problem'. James is trying to be a little less of an egomaniac while Kylee doesn't know what's going on with Landon saying I love you and Sirius, the one who she loves. Lily is in a daze of friends and an internal struggle. Well that's all you need to know.

Lily Evans was sitting in the Gryffindor common room reading a book when James Potter came down from the seventh year boy dormitories. He stopped at the base of the stairs and watched her as she pushed a strand of hair out of her face. He watched her intense green eyes move back and forth on the pages and every-so-often the gentle movement of her wrist. Just the simplicity of Lily reading a book made James love her even more. He moved over to the chair next to her and opened his own book. Lily's eyes moved from the pages over to the boy who now sat next to her. A shiver went down her spine from just a look at him.

"Hello James," She bravely said.

"James?"

"Yes I do believe that is your name."

"Yes but I have never heard it from your lips, I have to say it sounds much more sexier." He smirked.

"Really?" Lily smiled and she moved closer to him.

"Yes"

"James," She moved closer.

"Y y yes" He stuttered.

"Is it sexier now, James" She was practically on top of him with her lips a fair ten inches away.

"V v very," He was now really nervous and didn't know what was happening.

"Well I probably shouldn't say it again," and she got off of him and picked up her book, "Bye Potter."

"Uh um er bye...I just go have a cold shower then," he murmured as she walked up the stairs. She opened the door and lied down on her bed and sighed. After a couple minutes Brooke opened the door and sat on Lily's stomach.

"I want a dolly and a makeup set, and most of all I want my best friend to realize the love of her life." She said pretending that Lily was Santa Clause.

"Ho ho ho well I can't guarantee everything my dear, but the dolly, and makeup set, you will get." She played along. "So how are you? Everything good with Remus?"

"Perfect" She smiled.

"Thats fantastic, have you talked to Landon lately, I didn't see him at all yesterday, and then I thought I heard him muttering going up the stairs but when I looked up he was gone."

"I don't know lets go see if he is up in his room,"

"Okay" Brooke got off of Lily's lap to let Lily up and then they were off walking down the stairs. At the foot of the stairs Brooke saw Remus and everything else flew out of her head as she left Lily alone. "Fine I guess I'll go by myself then." She said and turned to walk up the boys dormitory. She got to the seventh years room and walked in without knocking just like she has done many times before. All though what she saw was definitely not Landon, it was a very startled, naked James Potter. Lily was shocked and didn't avert her eyes as James tried to cover himself up.

"Well hello Lily, like what you saw?"

"Oh my god oh my god oh my god," she turned away and started running down the stairs but James was right on her trail.

"You didn't look away so what you must have liked what you saw." He was wrapped in a towel and swung Lily around right before she walked out of the portrait. The whole common room was starring at the two. Lily had no idea what to do. James saw her eyes and the panic and humiliation in them and let go of her arm. "I'm sorry," He said and walked away. Lily was stunned.

"No James it wasn't your fault I didn't knock..." But he was already to far away. Brooke was staring at her giving her a 'do something look' and Lily didn't know what to do. So she started to make a list, that what she does, when in doubt, make a list. 1. she could run away 2. She could go up there and apologize 3. She could admit her love for him. She quickly crossed out love in her head and made her decision. She ran back up the boy's stairs. This time she knocked and waited for an enter. James was sitting on his bed with his head in his hands feeling like a complete fool. Lily walked in with James not noticing her and sat on the bed next to James. She slowly lifted his head from his hands; he looked at he bewildered. She then leaned in and kissed him, softly at first but then with more intensity. They finally broke away, and Lily didn't know what to do now but then James kissed her. He had finally gotten the love of his life, and no matter what happens he will never let her go. He swore right then that he would die for her if he had to, then he broke away from her.

"Hi" She said

"Hi" He replied.

"I'm sorry, I didn't knock."

"I'm not," and he kissed her again.

On Christmas Eve the whole gang was sitting in the common room, except for Kylee, who no one really saw anymore. Lily and James were sitting next to each other holding hands, Brooke was sitting on Remus' lap and Landon was as far away from Sirius as possible. It was pouring rain outside and it was pounding down on the windows.

"Has anyone seen Kylee lately?" Sirius asked the bunch, "The last time I saw her it was at our dinner and she cut out of that early saying the she was tired and that was like two weeks ago." Landon looked up feeling a little bit guilty but then remembered Kylee and his heart started to beat faster and the guilt left him.

"No I have barley seen her, its like she is invisible or something." Lily said.

"I know me neither I only saw her two days ago getting into bed, and in classes she seems to be as far away from any of us as possible." Brooke frowned.

"What about you Landon have you seen her?" Lily asked him.

"No, not since a couple weeks ago."

"Well if I don't talk to her soon I think I might go mad." Sirius said and pulled his hair back.

"Is Padfoot a little love sick?" James smiled.

"Yes and if I were you I would shut up." He said.

"Well you don't have to be so touchy, just because you don't know where your woman is and I finally got mine."

"Your 'woman'?" She let go of his hand, "lets get one thing straight Potter I'm not your woman."

"What, I'm mean, I'm sorry, I love you." If Lily wasn't freaked out already she now was.

"We can't do this James," and with that she ran out of the common room.

"What just happened?" James asked the group, Landon had stood up to go get her but James stopped him and ran out of the portrait after her. He couldn't find her anywhere, but then remembered something that he had overheard in fourth year. She was talking to her friend and it was raining just like this and she said she loved the rain. James ran at his fastest speed down the stairs and outside into the rain. There was a figure standing near the lake. A second after he stepped into the rain he was drenched and he started running toward the figure by the lake. He saw her red hair and then walked farther to her.

"What the hell was that about Lily?" She turned around and saw James just as soaking as she was.

"We can't do this?" She told him.

"Why? Why can't we do this?"

"I can't love you?"

"How come? Its not that hard."

"Yes, yes it is its the hardest thing in the world!"

"Why?"

"Because, it just is." She turned around.

"That's a good explanation, I would expect better from you. Is it pride, what the hell is it!"

"It might be pride," She was talking softly now, "Or it could be something else,"

"What, what else could it be,"

"Fear," She was now whispering so James had to come closer to hear.

"Fear, I would never-"

"It's not that, I know you would never hurt me."

"Then what are you afraid of?"

"When I was seven my mother died and the last time I saw her I told her that I loved her, and from then on I had never said I love anyone for fear of loosing them. Then when you said it earlier I just freaked out and I had to get out of there, I had to get out of us." James was startled and moved forward.

"You are never going to loose me, I'm not going anywhere." He hugged her tightly.

"How can I be sure?" She cried into his chest.

"Because nothing, even death, is going to keep me from you."

"James" She said after a long pause of thinking.

"Yes Lily"

"I love you" He smiled down at her head.

"I love you too" They shared a moment of just hugging and then James broke the silence. "I'm sorry I called you my woman," Lily looked up and smiled.

"I'm not" He smiled and they started walking back toward the castle together.

"See I told you everything would be all right." Sirius said turning away from the window.

"No you didn't you said that Lily was going to dump him for all he's worth," Brooke said as she sat back down on Remus' lap.

"No I didn't you must have misunderstood me I said Lily was going to...bump him for all he is worth, big difference, see in Marauder's language that means...go out with. See you are bumping Remus, I'm bumping Kylee," Landon winced at that, he wished that he was 'bumping' Kylee.

"Oh I see, Marauder's language? How come you have never told be about that honey,"

"Because it doesn't exist, Sirius is just trying to save his ass." Right then the portrait door opened and Kylee came in. Everyone starred at her and she looked. She moved her eyes from Landon to Sirius and then she ran upstairs.

"What was that about?" Remus said. Brooke then realized something.

"Landon can I talk to you alone please." She said getting up from Remus' lap.

"Uh yeah sure," He followed her out of the portrait hole. Before Brooke could say anything Lily and James turned the corner, arm in arm.

"Hey Lily we need to talk with Landon right now, alone." Brooke said. Lily shot him a worried glance then turned to James and asked him to go inside, he did and she turned around.

"Okay what's up?"

"Kylee just came into the common room, looked from Landon to Sirius about a billion times and then finally ran up to our room." With realization Lily turned to Landon.

"Landon, did you tell Kylee that you love her?"

"What? How do you guys find these things out?"

"Oh my god, you did?" Brooke said.

"Yes I did, and now she is confused and I am confused and I don't know anything about Sirius."

"Okay but what did she say after you told her that you loved her?"

"She said that she couldn't do this and ran up to meet with Sirius." Both of the girls didn't know what to do know as they glanced at each other.

"Well, Landon you shouldn't have said anything to begin with." Lily told him.

"I know, but have you ever been in love with someone but had to hide it?" The girls looked at each other again, they both had and knew exactly what Landon had gone through.

"Okay, yes we have and I don't know what you should do now Landon, it seems that you got your self into some trouble, but if I were you I would talk to Kylee." Lily said and she walked into the common room Brooke at her foot. Lily walked in and sat next to James.

"I missed you," James said.

"I missed you too," Lily replied.

"Oh my god your not going to turn into one of those gushy couples are you cause if you are warn us so that we can get bag to throw up in." Sirius said as he turned away from the girls staircase.

"Hahaha, you are soooo funny," Lily said sarcastically.

"Well I will be after tomorrow after all of you look at the Slytherins."

"Why what do you have planned, James what is going to happen tomorrow."

"I'm so sorry my dear Lily but I can not tell even you that."

"Fine but it better be funny if I am letting this slide,"

"Oh you won't have to worry about that Lily," Sirius said, "This is funny, I mean funny funny."

"Ok I trust you."

"Really?"

"No not really I trust him," she pointed to James. By now it had gotten dark and only the five of them were left, James Lily, Brooke Remus, and Sirius, Landon had never came back in.

"Well I'm tired and I want to go to bed, I get presents tomorrow." Lily said and got up.

"Yeah lots and lots of present." Brooke said and also got up. She said good night to Remus and left. Remus and Sirius went up leaving Lily and James alone.

"Good night James Potter, I love you,"

"Good night Lily Evans, I love you," they kissed and Lily left James smiling.

The next morning everyone except for Kylee were all gathered around the fireplace opening presents, until Sirus decided that he was hungry so they all walked down to breakfast. While they were walking to the Gryffendor table many people were applauding the marauders. The girls looked at them and then turned towards the Slytherins and found that instead of the greasy looking people who normally were there, there were Santa Clauses. The boys waited for Lily and Brooke's reaction to the festive prank, until Lily started bursting with laughter. It was rather funny to see the Slytherins try to take off their new found identities.

"How long do they stay on there for?" Lily asked

"Oh they will were of in a couple of hours." James replied with smirk.

"I can't believe you guys did this." Brooke said as everyone sat down. Before Sirius could say anything Kylee had caught his eye. She was smiling at the prank that they pulled as she walked into the Great Hall. She turned toward him and then turned away. Sirius then made it his life's journey to find out why she isn't talking to him anymore.

Authors Note: Hey I am sorry this took FOREVER but I have been having some writers block plus I am a super lazy person. I like this chapter though, it does have a weak ending but I tried to end it quickly so that you nice people could enjoy it and I hope there will not be any more long gaps like that.