The Most Embarrassing Thing - Chapter 2

Lily had managed to steal Jasmine's wand and now she sat up in her dormitory, wearing underwear under…James' robes. She couldn't bring herself to change and she didn't know why.

That kiss with James was still replaying in her mind.

Maybe she should go out with him, she thought. Both her best friends had boyfriends. Alice had Frank Longbottom and Jasmine had Sirius.

Lily picked up her quill and ink bottle as well as her Transfiguration homework and set off for the table in the common room.

When she sat down, Lily realized that there was someone else already there.

"Hello Evans," James said quietly.

"Hello Potter."

"Doing homework, are we?"

"No, Potter, writing a letter," Lily said sarcastically.

"But that looks like our Transfiguration homework."

"That's because it is."

"Then why did you say you were writing a letter?"

"To confuse you, Potter."

James was silent for a moment. "Do you like to confuse me Evans?" he asked.

"Yes, Potter, I do enjoy confusing you. It's quite enjoyable."

James looked back down at his Charms essay. "This is too hard."

"What?" asked Lily. "The essay or your life?"

"Both," said James.

"Well," said Lily, "I can help with the essay but not your life. You're gonna have to sort that one out."

"You could help me with my essay? Boy, thanks, Lily. I can help you with your Transfiguration one if you want me to."

"Thanks, James. That'd be nice."

James was taken aback for a moment. Did Lily just call him James?

Lily leaned over and began gently correcting all of his mistakes.

After about twenty minutes of this, Lily sighed loudly.

"What?" said James.

"Just give me the essay. I'll fix it up myself."

"Wow, thanks Lily. You're the greatest."

Lily smiled in a modest way. She began correcting all of James' mistakes with her wand.

"While you're fixing that, I'll fix this," said James, taking Lily's Transfiguration essay.

Lily smiled at him.

James began correcting Lily's mistakes now.

Soon, they both had perfect essays written by each other.

"Thanks James," said Lily reading over her essay. "This is brilliant."

"Thank you too Lily. You did a great job on this."

Their eyes met for a moment.

"Lily, will you come to Hogsmeade tomorrow with me?" James asked in a very rushed voice.

Lily blinked. "Umm, James, don't you think it's a bit early to ask me out?"

"What do you mean, a bit early? I've been asking you out all year."

"But I mean, in our newfound…friendship, I suppose."

"Is that a no?" James asked in a disappointed voice.

"Not really."

"So you'll come?"

"Not that either."

James looked extremely disappointed.

"Just let me come up to your dormitory tonight, ok?"

James looked at Lily. "Why?"

"You'll see."

With that, Lily stood up and left the common room with her essay.

James saw she was still wearing his robes.

.x.x.x.

Lily walked up the boys' spiral staircase that evening carrying a brown paper package.

She knocked on the door of James' dormitory and was told to enter.

James was sitting on his bed waiting for her.

"Hello Lily," he greeted her.

"Hi James. I have a present for you," she said, taking the package out from behind her back.

James took it eagerly from her and ripped it open. A leather bound book fell out. He looked at the book then up at Lily.

"So that you can have one for next year," Lily told him. "When you'll need to record all sorts of important things like…"

Lily paused then said, "Me and you going out."

James looked at Lily with a look of major confusion on his face. "So does that mean you're coming to Hogsmeade with me tomorrow?" he asked her.

"I think it does." Lily sat down beside James.

James leaned over and kissed her. He put his arms around her waist and held her tightly.

Lily didn't mind at all. He was, after all, her new boyfriend.

.x.x.x.

Isn't it funny, Lily wrote in the new diary that James had given her, how sometimes the most embarrassing things, like being found by the guy that likes you in just a towel, can turn into the most wonderful things, like you and that guy, who you've actually secretly liked, going out. These are the things that can make life truly magical.