A/N: Yet again, thank you to my reviewers. I am now up to a grand total of FOUR reviews. Yay me! (clap,clap,clap,clap) Thank you to bubblicious-242, AnIrishLily, Super Smexy Snuffles, and aussiechick249 for being my reviewers. I am so happy you think I'm doing ok! (Bowing) I hope you like this chappie! Now, without further ado, Ch. 3!

Disclaimer: The day I own Harry Potter is the day I move to Czechoslovakia. (I hope I don't have to.)

Ch. 3. Confronting Him

Ok, so it wasn't an awful idea. It was just a way to help her get some sleep and put her mind to rest. She was going to walk through the bathroom, sneak into James's room, and take a peek at him sleeping to convince herself that she doesn't, I repeat DOESN'T, like him.

"I'm just doing this so I can put him from my mind and don't have to think about him anymore," she whispered as she made her way to the bathroom. "Not that I think about anyways." 'God, what am I doing! I don't like him. Why do these stupid little thoughts keep coming?! I thought I shut you up?'

'You did but, like you, we can't stay quiet for long. Mwahahahahahahahaha!'

Lily quietly opened the door, not expecting what was behind it.

"James!" Lily almost screamed at the sight of him. "What are you doing in here? I thought you were asleep?"

"As I was trying to fall asleep, I realized I didn't brush my teeth, which is quite disgusting."

Lily looked down and saw he was holding a toothbrush in his hand. That wasn't what drew her attention though. He was still not wearing a shirt and they were closer than they had been earlier. She noticed he had several scars along his chest. Another surprise, but this one would have to wait for an answer. They couldn't possibly from Quidditch and, well of course, the Slytherins could do something like that to him but even they wouldn't do something like that to him. James and the other Marauders could get revenge on them, easily. I mean, come on, they're the Marauders for goodness sake!

James noticed that she was staring at his chest and took the opportunity to move a bit closer to her. He couldn't help but smile when she looked up at him and gasped how much he had closed the gap between them. Surprise #7: he backed away from her.

'Okay, there is no possible way this…thing, is James Potter. There's just no way it's possible.'

"All right! Who are you and what have you done with James Potter. The REAL James Potter!" demanded Lily. She saw James's wand lying on the counter. She reached around him and grabbed it and pointed at him. He didn't flinch like he normally would if she had threatened him. Welcome Surprise #8.

"Lily, what is the matter with you? You have been acting strange all day. Do you need to go to the Hospital Wing?" he asked coming closer.

"No! I am perfectly fine!" she yelled at him jabbing the wand at him, making him backup slightly. "You are the one who should be looked at! You are not the James Potter who acts arrogant, asks me out every single second of every single minute, you say something that makes you sound like smart-arse when I make a mistake, never turns his back on me, …do I really need to continue?"

"Actually, tell me I have been doing that makes you question who I am. I am very interested about what is scaring you." Lily could see the laughter in his eyes as he spoke.

"Ok then. You don't freak out when I blow-up at you, you don't laugh at me, you back away when you're in close proximity to me, you don't back away from me when I point a wand at you…, I am just so confused. Who are you?"

"Lily, just because I act a little a different doesn't mean I'm not the same person I always was," said James, a hint of a smile forming around his lips. "You know there is a simple reason why I am acting this way. Did it ever occur to you that I could have changed?" he chuckled. "Good night, Lils. Sweet dreams."

He turned and walked out, still chuckling, leaving a bewildered Lily standing in the bathroom. She was about to walk out when James walked back in.

"Hey Lily, can I have my wand back?" She was vaguely aware that she was still holding James's wand in front of her. She held it out and he took it from her. He bent over and kissed her on the cheek, grabbed his wand, and walked out, desperately trying to contain his excitement. He closed the door, leaving Lily even more confused than ever before. She was shaken back to reality by the noise coming from the other side of the door. She realized what he was shouting and remembered that he had kissed her on the cheek. She smiled and walked out.

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James's Room

"YES, YES, YES!" James ran and started jumping up down on his bed. "YES! I KISSED LILY EVANS! Ok, so maybe it was only on the cheek but still, I kissed her and she didn't curse me into oblivion! YES, YES, YES, Owww!"

James had jumped a little too high and hit his head on the ceiling.

"The guys won't believe me when I tell them."

'NO! You can't tell them. It will ruin everything we worked on over the summer. No acting cocky and arrogant; no cursing Snivellus, (No. It is Snape, not Snivellus), no matter how much he deserves it; no-'

"Alright, alright, I get it. Now I know how Lily felt. Maybe now I can get to sleep. You know that will only work if you shut up, however."

He got down and crawled into bed. James drifted off into a peaceful sleep, after he managed to get the voices in his head to quiet themselves, with the face of a beautiful redhead firmly fixed into his mind.

A/N: Yay me! I finally wrote chapter 3. I am sooo proud of myself. I really hope you enjoyed it. You know the drill, R&R! Pretty please, with a cherry on top?