Ch. 4 Teasing and Traveling
"So, tell me everything. How did it go?" Alice practically attacked Lily when she arrived at the Leaky Cauldron the next day.
Lily laughed. "Actually, it went really well. I guess I should thank you. We had a great time."
"That's all you're going to give me?" God, my friends are nosy. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Okay, okay I'll tell you what happened. Let me just get these drinks to those blokes before Tom yells at us." She came back a minute late and saw Alice waiting anxiously behind the bar, two bottles of butterbeer opened. Lily took one. "Well, we met at Fortescue's for ice cream. Then we went for a walk in this beautiful forest that he took me to, and we just talked for hours."
"A forest?"
"Yeah, I don't know where he found it, but I'm already dying to go back there. It was incredible."
"You don't think he knows? About, you know, speckles?" Alice gave Lily a concerned look.
"No. How could he?" I didn't even think of that.
"Hm. So did he take you home then? Give you a goodnight kiss?" Alice smiled. Lily giggled.
"Not exactly…" And Lily told her about the kiss in the woods, skipping over certain details, then described the dinner.
"Wow. Impressive first date."
"I suppose." Lily took a sip of her butterbeer, thinking.
"You suppose? You guys had a plan to go out for ice cream and ended up spending like 8 hours together!" Lily smiled.
"You're right. I reckon it was pretty great. It's just odd. There haven't been a lot of guys I've actually fancied like this. And I never thought James would be one of them."
"Awww wittle Lily is in loovvveeee."
"I am not in love!" Lily playfully shoved Alice.
"You are so smitten…" Alice kept teasing. "You want to kiss him; you want to feel him…" Lily started throwing dinner rolls at Alice, who now held her tray up as a shield, but continued. "You want to marry him him…"
"Shut up, I do not!"
"You want to lick him…" Alice made a vulgar gesture then took one of the taps and started spraying Lily.
"WHAT IS GOING ON?" Tom came in and looked at the dinner rolls all around the floor and a Lily, who's front was covered in some sort of mead. The girls just looked at each other. "Clean this up, and those rolls are coming out of your pay!"
When he walked away, Alice muttered "Worth it." Lily laughed and cleaned herself with her wand, then helped Alice with the rolls.
When they stood up, two familiar faces were looking at them from the other side of the bar.
"Well that was quite a scene. I would have come here sooner if I'd known it was this exciting in the Leaky Cauldron," Sirius Black said.
Lily went bright red. "Definitely not this exciting all the time. Uh…how much did you guys hear?" Please please say you just came in.
"Just in time for Tom to yell at you. Why were you guys attacking each other?" Sirius asked.
"Oh look! New customers!" Lily ran as fast as she could toward the table where they sat down.
"Okay…Now, how 'bout a couple firewhiskeys Alice?"
"Coming right up." Lily came back with a couple empty glasses.
"Pour me one too." Lily sighed. She took it and drank it all in one gulp.
"Easy there Evans, your still on the job."
"Piss off Black." James laughed.
"When do you ladies get off?" Lily knew the question was really meant for her, but she supposed he wanted to sound casual. It was sweet.
"Oh, it is slow tonight, and we've only got an hour left. James why don't you walk Lily home? I can close up." She is such a deviant.
"You sure, Al?"
"Of course! Sirius can help me." She nudged him in the side.
"Oh, er- yeah I'm going to stay for a few more drinks anyway."
"Alright then. Lily?" James asked.
"Let me just put this away." She hung up her apron and put her tray away and met him in front. To her surprise, he slid his hand around her waist and gave her a quick kiss.
"Hi." He smiled. Lily loved that he did that.
"Hey." She realized she recognized his smell. He smelled like that forest. It was delightful.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"You just did. But yes."
"Do you want to lick me?" She looked at him in horror. He burst out laughing.
"Wait…but you said you didn't come in until- oh bugger! Lily shoved him then put her face in her hands.
"Oh c'mon, I'm just teasing Lils." He removed her hands. Her cheeks were bright red.
"I'm going to kill Alice."
"Actually I think you should thank her for letting you leave early. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to do this." He grabbed her cheeks and kissed her more fiercely than she was prepared for. He pulled away and smirked. He took her hand and started walking more briskly.
"James! Where are we going?" For some reason, Lily felt the need to speak in a quiet voice.
"Ready?" She shrugged but nodded, knowing what was coming. He disapparated them.
She landed on soft ground and heard the sound of…waves? She looked around. It was dark but she could feel sand beneath her feet and the light of the moon was reflected on an ocean. She looked up and saw a sky filled with stars. In London, you could rarely see many stars because of the clouds and the fact that they were in a city.
"Where have you taken me now?" She asked.
"Well, were in the French Riviera, and that's the Mediterranean." He pointed to the water behind them.
"You're kidding."
"No. This is, uh, sort of a private beach."
"Private? Meaning…"
"My family kind of owns this. There's a house back there, but they couldn't make it too close to the water because of the tide." He owns a beach? Who the hell am I dating?
"If I didn't know any better James Potter, I'd say you were trying to impress me with your money."
"Shit, Lily that's not…" He started to say.
"James, I'm teasing. I know you know me better than to try that." She lay down on the sand and looked up at the stars. "This can't be real." James chuckled and lay down next to her, folding his hands behind his head.
"It better be." Lily moved so her head was resting on his chest. He ran his fingers through her hair.
"I should be getting home." She said after a while.
"Just a little longer?" James pleaded.
"Alright. It's not like anyone notices when I get back anyway." After another few minutes Lily stood up and started stripping. James sat up on his elbows and looked at her in amazement.
"Uh, Lils? What happened to waiting?" She looked back at him and laughed.
"We're not having sex you twit." She rolled her eyes as she she pulled her pants down, revealing a pair of silk blue panties that matched her bra. "I am going for a swim in the ocean. And you are more than welcome to join me." She winked at him and ran toward the water.
James fell back on the sand as he watched the beautiful figure run towards the water. He decided he should probably join her, so he stripped down to his Puddlemere United boxers as ran into the water after her. When he got in, he saw her floating around with her eyes closed, enjoying the waves. He swam towards her and just as he was about to reach her, he went under water and grabbed her waist. He made sure her head was still above water but he dragged her around for a moment to scare her, and then came up for air.
Lily turned and saw his face. "James Potter! Do not scare me like that!" She splashed his face with salt water. He laughed.
"I'm sorry, love. I couldn't resist." They circled each other and swam toward where it was shallow enough that they could both stand. Well, James could easily stand and Lily could stand on her tiptoes. James stopped swimming and stood up. Lily came to him and wrapped her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck.
"I don't think I've ever seen your eyes without your glasses before. Can you see me clearly or am I blurry?"
James laughed. "When you are this close, I can see you."
"Well then, I suppose I'll have to stay this close." She said as her legs squeezed him tighter.
"I reckon so." With the water making her so light, she didn't need to be held up, but his hands were squeezing her butt anyway. James kissed her neck.
She was making the most wonderful sounds as he kissed her neck and moved up her jaw. Finally their lips met. Immediately he thrust her tongue inside her. Eventually he moved his mouth down to her neck again and then licked her. Lily squeaked. "Mmmm, salty." James said and Lily giggled.
He moved his mouth back up to hers and they made out under the moonlight for a while. James didn't want to push his luck so he didn't make a move to go any further. However, the feeling of their chests pressed against each other and her legs wrapped around him still felt amazing. Finally they walked to shore and dressed.
"I can't believe you took me to France." Lily said when they apparated to the front of her house.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it. Maybe we can go during the day sometime." James smiled.
"I think I'd like that." Lily gave him a quick kiss and tiptoed inside her house.