A/N This is JKR's world, I'm just playing in it.

Chapter 2

Lily had put two floors between her and the heads common room before she stopped running.

'What just happened,' she thought.

'James kissed me.'

'I kissed him back.'

'How dare he assume I wanted to kiss him.'

'He was right though.'

An argument had been raging in her head from the moment she'd left the room.

'Ugh. I don't need this.'

'Maybe this is exactly what you need.'

'But I don't have feelings for him. I don't even like him.'

'Your heart was pounding when he kissed you.'

'That doesn't mean anything.'

'Yes it does.'

'Ok. Calm down, think about this, do I have feelings for James?'

Looking at the floor, a small voice deep within answered, 'yes'.

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James was sitting on the big comfy red sofa in the common room, with his head in his hands.

'What have I done, she hates me now.'

'He hated you anyway.'

'She kissed me back though.'

'She couldn't wait to get away from you.'

'I've blown it.'

'You're right there.'

Lying down on the sofa, James decided he would just have to wait for her to come back, then he could tell her it was a mistake and he didn't mean it. He had to clear the air with her and he would wait up all night if he had to.

Over an hour later the common room door opened, James sat up, rubbing sleep out of his eyes. "Lily?"

"James," she replied.

She shut the door behind her, and moved to sit next to him. An awkward silence followed.

"I'm sorry." They both started at the same time.

"I shouldn't have kissed you," James said.

"I shouldn't have run off."

"You had every right to. I'm so sorry Lily, I don't know what happened, you just came out of your room, you looked so ….. so beautiful." James looked down at the floor. "Then the next thing I knew I was kissing you."

"James," she interrupted.

"Please Lily, let me say this," he said, looking back up at her. "I've done a lot of thinking since you ran out of here. I really like you, I've been asking you out since fifth year and I don't think I'll ever be able to give up on you completely, but I think it's best if we can forget what happened tonight and maybe try and be friends." He thought he saw Lily's face fall slightly when he said that. "We are sharing a common room, it would be great if we could try to get along. I'll even stop asking you out, for now at least."

Lily smiled shyly, then her words came tumbling out before she could stop them, "I 'd like to go out with you James. I didn't realise it until this evening, but I really like you too and I would like it if we became more than friends."

James lips curled upwards into a wide grin, he reached out and took Lily's hands, then leaned in and kissed her. "I'd like to keep this between us for now, I've waited a long time for you and I don't want anything to ruin it, and you know what Sirius can be like. I just think it would be better if we kept it private. Would that be ok with you?"

Lily giggled. "I agree, it will be fun sneaking around and pretending to our friends that we still don't get on." Lily leaned into James' arms and they sat like that just enjoying each others company, until Lily gave James a kiss goodnight and they went to their separate rooms to bed.