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Chapter Seven: Madam Puddifoot's

The next few weeks seemed to flow by to Lily, she could barely grasp what had happened that night in the Head's common room before October arrived, and a relationship between James and herself had already been established. She wasn't quite sure what that relationship was, excellently, but it was there. Though their friends didn't know about their secret affair, Lily knew they suspected something.

They were celebrating yet another Quidditch victory against Slytherin, drowning Butterbeers and eating junk food, listening to music, talking and partying loud. Professor McGonagall had already come up once to tell them off, and she was expected back at any minute.

"That was a great game, did you see the look on Lucius Malfoy's face when we won the game? It was priceless!" Marlene exclaimed, curled up in Remus's arms.

"Yeah," Lily said distractedly, watching James from across the room. James and Sirius were goofing off, both holding their own mugs of Butterbeer. James had played very well, as always. Since he had joined the Gryffindor Quidditch team they had not lost once. But after every victory they had a party, just for old sakes time.

Lily watched with narrowed eyes as Kada Connersby walked over to James, her hips swinging and what she probably thought as a seductive smile on her face. Lily personally thought she looked like a hag.

"Oh James, you played wonderfully!" Kada said in a tone heavily coated with seduction.

"Er, thanks," James said, barely looking at her as he turned back to face Sirius.

Lily smiled to herself, her relationship with James had progressed over the few weeks since the day in the Head's common room. They barely fought, and acted friendly around everyone. They worked together to get Head Duties finished, and almost every night repeated what had happened that night in the Head's common room, minus Lily's tears and questions.

"What are you smiling about Lily?" Ellie questioned, eyeing her friend suspiciously.

"Oh nothing." Lily replied, turning to look at Ellie. She smiled widely. "I think you should make your move on Sirius."

Ellie had been considering for some time letting Sirius know how she felt, and before the party the girls had discussed that Ellie should just walk up to him and kiss him.

It kind of worked on me, Lily thought to herself, smiling secretively.

"Are you sure?" Ellie asked nervously, her almond eyes wide with fear. Lily, Alice and Marlene all nodded.

Taking a deep breath, Ellie nodded and stood up. Ellie wasn't a shy one, usually when she liked a guy she went for it. She walked over to where James and Sirius were standing, pushing Kada out of her way ever so slightly, making Lily grin her thanks. Then Ellie wrapped her arms around Sirius's neck, pressing herself against him and kissing him deeply. Sirius, shocked by the expression on his face, quickly warmed to the idea and kissed her back.

James, forgetting all about Kada, walked over to where Lily, Marlene and Alice were sitting.

"By the looks of it, Sirius is going to be busy for a while, so I'm going to hang with you guys," James said, sitting down on the sofa beside Lily. He grinned, looking at Lily. "Do you mind telling me what that was about?"

"That was Ellie kissing Sirius," Lily shrugged, "she wanted to and we egged her on. I personally didn't think she'd actually do it."

"I did, you know Ellie," Alice said, smirking.

"Yes but this is Sirius, Ellie even said so herself," Lily replied, rolling her eyes.

James smiled at her, watching the expressions on her face. Her eyes had lit up when he approached, he was almost sure of it. He could feel the warmth of her thigh through his pants. She was wearing the school uniform skirt, only it was hitched up a little more then usually due to the way she was sitting, and it reviled a scrumptious amount of her upper thigh.

"Lily, I think it's time we turned in," James said, motioning to the exit. Though the party was still well alive, James had something he felt was important to ask her, and he couldn't ask her there. He wanted to talk to her in private, and the only really private place was their Heads common room.

Alice and Marlene raised their eyebrows at Lily questionably, but Lily just blushed and shrugged, getting up and following James out of the Gryffindor common room.

The Head's Quarters wasn't that far away from the Gryffindor common room, and it took less then five minutes to get there. He took her hand once the portrait had swung closed behind them, and was still holding it when they arrived in the Head's common room.

"Great, now they're going to think something's going on between us," Lily said sarcastically.

"There is, isn't there?" James asked thickly, full aware that there was. Lily smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him closer to her, pressing her body against his.

"I don't know, you tell me." She whispered, kissing him passionately. He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her even closer to him as he responded. He was fully aware that he was completely alone with Lily, with two beds in the next room and a sofa less then two feet in front of them, and she was kissing him, making him feel the millions of things that only her touch and taste could bring.

"I actually had a question to ask you," James said when they finally pulled apart, breathless.

"What's that?" Lily questioned, her hands sliding under James's shirt and feeling his muscular chest. He had abs to die for, this she knew, and biceps and triceps, all thanks to the long hours he spent playing Quidditch.

"I was wondering if you'd like to go to Hogsmeade with me tomorrow? As an official date." James asked, closing his eyes at her touch. Even though his eyes were closed, he could feel her smiling.

"Of course," she smiled, than frowned slightly. "Do you know how many I told you so's I'm going to get?"

James smirked, "A lot," She punched him gently on the arm.

"Sod off," she mumbled, "maybe if you didn't act so immature before, I would have realized it."

"So it's my fault you never realized how deeply in love you were with me?" James asked, bemused.

"Yeah, maybe if you had been sweeter to me, and not shagged have the population of girls at this school I would have known that you actually liked me."

"I didn't shag have the population of girls," James told her, still amused with the whole situation.

"Oh really?" Lily asked, standing on her tippy toes and wrapping her arms around his neck. "I don't believe you, do you know how many girls comment on how good you were and how…amazing it was?"

"How many?" James asked, slipping his arms around her waist and pulling her closer.

"Shay Jackson, Libby Tandson, Penelope Cranton, Amy Gold, Brandy Boudreau, Shelsee Greig, Ma–"

"Alright, I get the picture," James said laughing, "Don't you want to find out of those girls were right?"

"But of course," Lily whispered, kissing him deeply. "Eventually," she added in between kisses.

XXXX

"Lily, your looking very flushed this morning," Marlene commented when Lily finally did show up for breakfast. She had had the most amazing night, she had fooled around with James (though she didn't go all the way, she wasn't ready yet and she didn't want to end up like Shay Jackson or Libby Tandson) and had fallen asleep in his arms. She had also awoken in his arms, she couldn't explain it but it had been the most wonderful feeling.

"I'm just happy about going to Hogsmeade today," Lily replied, smiling sweetly at her friend.

"Why are you so happy about going to Hogsmeade? I mean, we've been there tons of times before, it's nothing new," Ellie questioned in between mouthfuls of scrabbled eggs.

"Merlin your eating habits are almost as good as Sirius's!" Lily said in disgust, looking away.

"Hey, I heard that," Sirius said in a voice full of mock hurt as he sat down beside Ellie. Ellie blushed a deep shade of red, her mouth still full of scrabbled eggs, and she attempted to swallow them. "You look cute with your mouth full," Sirius said cheekily, raising his eyebrows. Ellie swatted at him, turning a deeper shade of red.

"Wow, something's going on between them," James said, taking a seat beside Lily.

"Thank you Captain Obvious," Lily said, rolling her eyes.

"We're going to Hogsmeade today," James said, grabbing a piece of toast off of Lily's plate. He was looking only at her, and smiling cheekily at her. Lily felt her heart flutter.

"I know," she said, becoming lost in his hazel eyes as they stared deepily into her's.

"We're going to Hogsmeade today," James repeated. He was sitting very close to Lily.

Lily glanced around the table, noticing that all her friends were preoccupied, Marlene and Remus were kissing innocently, Sirius and Ellie were flirting like mad, and Alice was talking with Amerilla Trankings, a sixth year girl.

"I know," she said in barely a whisper, turning to look at him again.

She's so beautiful, how can someone be so perfect? James wondered, abandoning the toast he had stolen off of Lily's plate, his hands itched to touch her.

"You should eat something," Lily told him, "I can hear your stomach rumbling."

"It's not for food," James replied, still looking into her emerald green eyes. His eyes lowered, staring at her chest, then slowly looked back up at her face. She smirked, leaning forward a little, just to tease him. She had left the first three buttons of her blouse undone.

"Have something to eat James," she said, before going back to her own breakfast.

Ten minutes later, Lily stood up, her breakfast finished. Many other students also were getting up, forming a line by the main castle doors while Flitch collected their permission forms.

Lily, Marlene, Alice, Ellie, and the Marauders all joined the line, talking amongst themselves about what they were going to get. It seemed that since Marlene and Remus had started dating, the Marauders were around more. And now that Ellie and Sirius had something going on, they were around even more so, plus not to mention James and Lily, though technically their friends didn't know there even was a James and Lily.

"Let's go window shopping!" Ellie suggested after they all stepped into the cool October wind once Flitch had checked for their permission forms.

"Yeah, I need some new robes," Alice agreed, nodding her head.

The walk to Hogsmeade was full of Sirius and Ellie flirting like made, almost attached to the lips. Remus, who was much more sweeter with Marlene, had his arm around her and seemed to see only her.

"Lily and I have to go do some Head's business first," James told them when they finally entered the very busy village of Hogsmeade. He passed a look with Lily. She took the hint and nodded in agreement, pretending that it was an annoying thing that must be done when Alice sent her a pleading look, not wanting to be left behind with two lovebirds, two horn dogs, and Peter.

"We're supposed to go shopping for decorations for the ball," Lily lied, speaking clearly and rolling her eyes, "We only have a few more weeks to sort out all the details. It's such a drag, but Professor McGonagall suggested we get it done early so we're not rushing around."

"Alright," Alice sighed, probably wishing at that moment that Frank was there for company instead of Peter, "Well, see you guys later?"

"Yeah we'll meet at the Three Broomsticks around midday," James said, waving as they walked off.

"So what do you have in mind for this 'date'?" Lily questioned once they were out of sight.

"Madam Puddifoot's of course," James replied, sending her a cheeky smile. Madam Puddifoot's was a very sappy pub were all the lovebirds went, it was full of romantic senses and snogging couples.

"Very discreet Potter," Lily joked. He wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her close to him, smelling her hair. She used a shampoo that smelt like lilacs, and he loved the smell of it.

"You smell good," he mumbled into her hair as they headed towards the cheesy little pub.

Lily's heart fluttered again, she rested her head against his board chest and sighed contently.

He loved the feeling of her in his arms, the way she fit was so perfect. It was like it was meant to be, and of course, he had known it was meant to be all along.

"Ladies first," James smiled, pushing open the door and bowing. Lily smiled and shook her head, pulling him in behind her. She glanced around the pub, and wasn't at all surprised to see several couples snogging over cups of hot chocolate. A few people from Hogwarts pulled apart to look up at stare as James led her to a booth in the far corner, away from most prying eyes.

Lily tried to ignore the whispers as she sat down in the seat James had pulled out for her. She had been thinking about it a lot lately, and what she really wanted was to be with James. She was going to have to get used to all the whispers and rumours. People liked to gossip, and the people at Hogwarts had probably never dreamed of James and Lily as an actual item, except for their close friends of course.

"What can I get you dearies?" questioned Madam Puddifoot as she came over to their discreet little table with a pad and paper.

"Two cups of hot chocolate with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles on top," James ordered, flashing Madam Puddifoot a charming smile.

"And who's this pretty lady with you today James?" Madam Puddifoot questioned after she had written down their orders.

"This is Lily Evans," James said, smiling as he looked at Lily.

"New girlfriend?" Madam Puddifoot asked, her eyebrows raising. James grinned.

"Yep,"

"Well she's very pretty," Madam Puddifoot said before heading back over to the counter.

"Why are you blushing Lily?" James asked, amused.

"I'm not blushing, I just found it weird. She was talking about me like I wasn't even in the room," Lily replied, taking off her cloak. It was quite warm and stuffy in Madam Puddifoot's, and she was feeling a little uncomfortable with all the people snogging around her. The few that weren't snogging were craning their necks trying to spy on her and James.

"So, how many girls to do you take to Madam Puddifoot's?" Lily asked innocently, looking up at James. He smiled sheepishly.

"Only a few, mostly by their request. Have you been here before?" he asked her, drinking her up with his eyes. She raised her eyebrows and shrugged.

"What's it to you?" she asked.

"You haven't," he replied, smirking slightly, it wasn't an arrogant self-centred smirk, but a causal smirk. Lily loved how his lips seemed to form that delicious shape almost naturally.

"You haven't made it easy for any guy to approach me and ask me here, now have you?" Lily replied, smirking back. She was referring to the tons of times when a guy went to ask her out and James would pull something and the guy would be found days later in some abandoned classroom, or break out in hives.

James smirked again, "I didn't want them to deflower my flower," he said, leaning forward a little. Lily blushed slightly, just the way he had called her his flower sent shivers down her spine, but not the cold shivers, the warm shivers.

"There you are loves," Madam Puddifoot said, placing two flower pattern mugs of hot chocolate in front of them.

"Thank you," James said, smiling. She nodded and winked before walking away to serve someone else. "Try it, it's really good," he urged. Lily daintily sipped from her mug, then licked her lips.

"It is very good," she replied. He had been watching her with a strange look on his face. "What James? Why are you looking at me that way?"

"You missed some," James said, referring to the whip cream on her lips. He leaned forward and kissed her, tasting the whip cream.

She lost herself in the sweet ecstasy of the kiss, his soft lips hungrily kissing her's, and Lily never wanted to leave that moment.

So what did you all think of this chapter? I hope I'm not rushing things, but they do tend to rush when your in love, am I right?

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