A/N: Hey lovely people, the beginning of this chapter is based off another really beautiful piece of fanart. Enjoy!

September 24, 1977

Lily was sitting in the stands around the quidditch pitch reading a book and waiting for Mary to finish with her practice. Mary had just been added to the team last year and it had become her obsession which Lily tried but failed to be kept out of.

Lily had just finished a chapter and was looking up to check if the practice was over when she heard a collective gasp and looked around.

James Potter had evidently been knocked off his broom and was sprawled on the ground. Lily stood suddenly and felt her feet taking her at lightning speed down to the edge of the pitch before stopping and watching Sirius dismount and rush over to him. Lily leaped over the fence separating the pitch from the rest of the grounds and rushed over to where Sirius was looking helplessly at James' crumpled form.

Lily knelt by James, leaned over him and grabbed his head to examine if he had any head injuries. "Are you okay?" She asked more to see if he was conscious then to actually ask him.

"Seems like I'm fine now." he groaned as she pulled out her wand and started to mutter healing spells.

"Alright mister, get up." She pulled James up and handed his arm to Sirius to take him to the hospital wing.

Lily spent the rest of the day feeling unnaturally nervous. There really was no reason for her to feel this way, but still she couldn't focus on her essays or her book or on the conversations that her friends attempted to have with her.

Finally Lily went to check on him, they were supposed to do rounds today so if he wan't alright… she would have to do his work, which she did not have time for.

She made her way slowly towards the hospital wing, and knocked when she got there.

"Madam Pomfrey, is James alright for doing rounds? He's got to do his head boy duties."

"Oh, well, I suppose, but he needs to stay here tonight so bring him back afterwards." Madam Pomfrey replied kindly.

"Oi Potter. Rounds."

"Yeah." James limped towards the door. "I'm coming." He didn't look too bad, he was limping yes, and had several bruises around, but he looked alright.

"You gonna live Potter?" Lily asked with a slight smirk.

"Yeah, Sirius says you vaulted the pitch fence to get to me." He smirked now.

"Well… we've got rounds, I didn't want to do twice the work I already have to."

They did their rounds quickly and then went to check the grounds.

"Just admit it, Evans, you were concerned about me! Both at practice and when I jumped out the window!"

"In your dreams, Potter." Lily was walking ahead of him towards the entrance hall door.

"Alright hold on let me check the floor lock." James looked down at the door lock on the floor and Lily had a sudden and uncontrollable urge. His hair had flopped forward and covered his hazel eyes. Lily was usually one for thinking things through, but now she felt free…

She leaned forward and kissed his cheek lightly and quickly.

James jerked his head up, Lily blushed and began walking out onto the grounds as fast as she could while not running.

"Lily! Wait!" He caught up. "What the bloody hell was that?" He asked smiling broadly.

Lily paused, "I owed you a kiss, didn't I?" She smiled slightly then returned to the castle.

*James' Perspective*

Lily had kissed him. Lily had just gone and kissed his cheek.

"Bloody hell." He muttered, dumbstruck. He felt as light as a feather, he felt happy, he felt...there wasn't a word in the english language that could describe how he felt. Does this mean she likes me?

He practically ran back to the hospital wing.

"Poppy, I'm fine, I can go back to Gryffindor tower. I just ran here from the grounds. I'm all good!" He called to her, and without waiting for confirmation ran to Gryffindor tower.

"Ginger root!" he called to the portrait.

He checked to see that Lily wasn't in the common room before thundering up to see Sirius, Remus and Peter.

"Lily kissed me!" He called when he entered.

"Like snog or peck?" Sirius asked from his bed.

"She pecked my cheek, but she did of her own accord! Isn't this great?"

"Yeah James, but shouldn't you be in the hospital wing?" Remus asked looking concerned.

"Nah, I'm fine."

"Alright, what did you put in her pumpkin juice?" Sirius asked skeptically.

"Nothing, she just kissed me!"

"You sure it was Lily?" Peter asked.

"Yes, Peter, you guys aren't listening!"

"We are, we just find it hard to believe. What did she say after?"

"She said, 'I owed you a kiss, didn't I?' and then she left."

"Well, why did she owe you a kiss?" Remus asked curiously.

"Oh, because I made her promise to kiss me if I jumped off the astronomy tower and I did."James grinned.

Only Sirius grinned with him, Remus protested the stupidity of this, and Peter looked confused.

"Relax Moony, I'm fine. She stopped me before I hit the ground."

"That was the stupidest thing I've heard that you did to win her over."

"Moony, this was genius, he got kissed, didn't he?"

"Sirius, don't encourage him!"

James just smiled. Lily had kissed him, maybe she didn't hate him, maybe she liked him, maybe this was the year that all his efforts would come to fruit.