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Lily and James remained the hot new topic for several weeks after they started dating. And as Lily expected, many of the girls gave her looks of loathing, which made Lily feel quite uncomfortable.

However, worse than the looks from the girls, were the looks from Shaun. He looked at James with hatred written all over his face. And James, being the cocky, bragging type of guy, just gloated to everyone how he and Lily were together. Every time James had caught Shaun looking at them, he would casually place a protective arm around Lily's shoulder, or he would hold her hand, and every so often, he would lay a light kiss on her lips. All these things made Shaun fury with anger, but James didn't care, he had won Lily's heart. And Lily, well, she just wanted to show Shaun just how much James cared about her, and make Shaun regret the awful things he had said.

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"Hey Lils, you didn't really go that high when you went flying with Shaun right?" James asked his girlfriend.

Lily looked up from her homework, wondering why he had asked that. "Well, you certainly didn't think that it qualified for flying. But I did get on the damn broom."

"You want to go out flying with me?" James asked.

"You mean right now?"

"Yeah, right now," he replied, a grin on his face.

"I don't know, I mean, I've got lots of homework left to do," Lily answered.

"Come on Lils, you barely have anything left."

Lily thought about it for a second, and then responded, "Alright, but I'm not going up that high."

James smiled, "I'll be right back, I've just got to get my broom."

"James," Lily said as he got up, "I don't have a broom."

"I know, you'll use mine."

"Then whose will you use?" Lily asked.

"Mine. Do you actually think I'd let you on my broom without me? Because, that's my favorite broom and if it got smashed I'd be pissed," James told her.

"Way to be nice, automatically thinking I'd crash that damn broom."

James laughed, and then went up to his dormitory to fetch the broomstick. He came back several minutes later with a large grin on his face.

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"James, I'm not sure about this," Lily said frantically. Lily and James were both on the broom, about fifteen feet up in the air.

"Lils, don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you," James assured her.

"But, what if something does happen?"

"I won't let you get hurt, I promise."

Lily looked at him for a second, he had turned virtually his whole body around on the broom to face her. His eyes told her that she should trust him, that he truly wouldn't let any harm come her way, but she was just so scared that something would happen to her if she went up high.

"Lily, do you trust me?" he asked.

"Well, of course I do," she responded.

"Then listen to me when I say I will never let anything bad happen to you," he told her.

"Alright, fine," Lily replied, her voice was slightly high-pitched. And her body was shaking from fear.

As the broom started to rise higher, Lily clung her arms around James' middle. Her face was buried against his back, and her heart was racing.

The broom was stilling going up higher, Lily could feel it, but she was thankful that her eyes were shut against James' back so that she wouldn't have to see.

James could feel Lily squirming ever so slightly behind him, apparently she was quite frightened, but James wasn't going to stop until she asked him to. He felt her arms tighten around him, it felt to him like she was holding on for dear life.

Lily noticed that the broom had finally stopped getting higher, and was now at a steady height of just flying around. She somewhat loosened her grip around James and removed her face from his back. She looked around her, but was careful not to look down. Everything was amazing, she could see trees flying passed her as the couple raced around the pitch. A smile appeared on Lily's face, this was truly amazing. And since James was right there with her, she felt safe.

"Having fun?" James asked, he nearly had to yell because the wind was whipping passed them.

"This is bloody brilliant," Lily screamed back at him.

They remained up there for sometime, until James realized the time. They were already late, and if they got caught then each one of them would receive a detention.

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Lily and James walked hand in hand back toward the castle. It was such a romantic walk, the stars were bright and the night was cool. James had left his broom in the locker rooms; he had practice the next day.

"So you really did have fun then?" James asked.

"Yes, I did… Thanks for taking me," Lily responded.

"It was fun."

James let go of Lily's hand and snaked his arm around her shoulders, pulling her closer to himself. Lily liked that feeling and rested her head against him. They walked in silence for sometime, until they heard a voice.

"No Argus, I haven't seen any students out here," it was Hagrid's voice that they heard.

"Are you sure about that?" came the nasty, snarling voice of Mr. Filch.

Lily and James' eyes both widened with fear of being caught. "Come on," James whispered into Lily's ear. He pulled her over toward the wall of the castle, taking the two of them off of the pathway. Unfortunately, they would have to stay in that place until the coast was clear. They couldn't go back to the castle entrance from there because they would make too much noise if they stepped on a stick.

Unfortunately for them, Mr. Filch and Hagrid hadn't moved from their spot, and it was getting cold outside too.

James could feel Lily shivering next to him, so he slid his arms around, hoping to make her a little bit warmer. She rested her head against his perfectly toned chest, wanting nothing more than to hold him closer.

They stood that way for another fifteen minutes while Filch questioned Hagrid about students being outside. Once Filch had finally believed Hagrid, he left, going back up to the castle. Lily and James heard Hagrid sigh, and then he walked back to his hut.

"They're finally gone," James told Lily.

"I know," she responded, but didn't remove her head from his chest.

James looked down at her, wondering what she was thinking. He wasn't sure if he should release her from his arms, for she didn't seem to want him to.

Without James expecting, Lily whipped her head upward, stood on her toes, and kissed him. He was quite astonished to feel Lily's lips on his own, but even more surprised when he felt her tongue against his bottom lip, asking for entrance. He promptly complied, allowing their tongues to explore.

He gently tried pulling away from her mouth, wanting to kiss her neck, but she wouldn't allow it. As soon as he made any move to leave, she pulled him back up toward her lips. James didn't mind this though, he loved just kissing her, he kisses felt so amazing to him, and James truly felt like fireworks were being set off.

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Neither one of them knew how long they stayed like that, just taking in each other. But they eventually broke away, making their way back toward the castle. Needless to say, both of them fell asleep, thinking of each other.

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