Disclaimer: Hmmm...last time I checked I was not J.K. Rowling. Therefore, I don't own Harry Potter and all other related characters, yadda yadda.
Rating: This story is rated T for some mild adult content in later chapters and some mild language. It might go up in later chapters depending on how the story writes itself.
modrocker423: Ack, ok, so it's official. I pretty much suck at posting on time. Sorry! I will try to get into more of a habit of posting more frequently...but no promises. So, when I look back at this story, I think my writing starts to get better right about now. But all you faithful readers (who I am so thankful for your continued support!) are the judge of that. Anywho, this is probably one of the longest chapters I have so far, so...
Enjoy!
Chapter Six: Hidden Kisses
"I'm booored!" James complained rather loudly, throwing down the pencil he was using for a crossword puzzle. The pencil hit the top of the pull out tray James was using and ricocheted off, only to land at the feet of an old man who was asleep and snoring. "Great," James grumbled moodily. He was about to unbuckle his seatbelt and retrieve his pencil until Lily spoke up.
"How can you be bored? We've only been on the plane for fifteen minutes," Lily said slightly exasperated. She put down the book she was reading and fixed James with a stare.
"Only fifteen? It seems like it's been five hours!" James whined in a rather three year old way. The people in the surrounding seats stared at James, annoyance sketched clear across their faces. Lily noticed this and gave them a "I'm sorry" look, but that only made the people glare.
"You're making a scene again," Lily hissed, rather embarrassed at James' behavior.
"But I can't help it if I'm bored. And the fact that I can't even do this crossword puzzle doesn't help either," James pouted, pointing to the crossword puzzle he was attempting to complete. Lily looked at how far he had gotten; aside from a few scribbled out answers, the puzzle was still relatively blank. She turned her gaze back to James and saw him pouting moodily in his seat. Lily rolled her eyes, but couldn't help smiling to herself.
"You aren't telling me that the great James Potter can't even do a crossword puzzle, are you?" Lily asked teasingly. When James continued to pout, she added, "Wow, what is the world coming to these days?"
"Hey! It's not my fault that the stupid crossword puzzle makers can't make a simpler crossword puzzle!" James objected indignantly. He then started to curse the crossword puzzle makers under his breath, which made Lily laugh.
"You just need a tad bit more patience when doing crossword puzzles. Here, I'll help you get started. Where's your pencil?" Lily said as she pulled James' crossword puzzle towards her and started examining it.
"Er-" James replied. He looked to his pencil at the sleeping old man's feet and saw it start to roll down the aisle as the plane continued it's ascent. He turned back to Lily and finished, "I lost it." Lily shot him a look.
"You threw it again, didn't you?" Lily retorted.
"No," James said slowly while averting his gaze and running his hand nervously through his hair. When James chanced a look at Lily, he saw that she had her eyebrow raised at him. "Ok, well, maybe I did," James added, looking slightly sheepish. He saw Lily smiling at him and relaxed a bit.
"What ever happened to that Potter patience that eventually won me over?" Lily asked, her smile still in place. James cocked his head slightly and moved closer to Lily.
"I thought it was my famous Potter charm that eventually won you over," James responded, flashing one of his signature heart-melting Potter smiles as he continued leaning in closer to Lily.
"Well I guess you thought wrong," Lily said playfully, a teasing smile crossing her face as she in turn leaned closer to James. The two were so close now that Lily could feel the heat radiating off of James' body. The thought of James' lips, which were practically a mere centimeter away from hers, against hers sent shivers of excitement down her back.
"Is my Potter charm working now?" James whispered seductively, brushing his lips against Lily's. He marveled at Lily's warm sweet breath bathing his face. It was taking all of his strength to prevent himself from kissing Lily right then and there.
"You have no idea," Lily barely managed to whisper before she sealed the distance between their lips with a much desired kiss. Before the kiss started to get heated, James broke away.
"Wait! What about Mrs. Thattypeofbehaviorwillnotbetoleratedonthisflight or whatever her name was?" James asked. He saw Lily search the aisle for the strict flight attendant who told them off earlier before she turned back to James.
"Then we'll just need to hide from her," Lily said, sporting a mischievous grin.
"Wait? What?" James questioned, not understanding Lily in the least bit.
"Just c'mon," Lily snapped, unbuckling her seatbelt and attempting to push James out of his seat. James quickly unbuckled his seatbelt and was practically pushed into the aisle by Lily, who immediately grabbed his hand and started leading him to the back of the plane.
"Lily, what are we doing?" James asked as he was pulled along, ignoring the odd stares he was receiving from the people whose rows they passed.
"You'll see," Lily replied. She stopped outside of the plane's bathroom and looked around to make sure no one was watching them before she opened up the door and went inside, pulling James along with her. She then closed and locked the door behind James.
"I'm squished," James complained. It was true. The bathroom was rather small and looked as if it could barely hold one person, let alone two. As a result, James was sandwiched between Lily and the door. "And it smells funny. Remind me again of why we're in here?"
Lily giggled slightly before responding, "I've seen people do it in movies and I've always wanted to do it."
"Why do these bathrooms have to be so small...I can barely breathe in here! This is just crazy," James said without really thinking. He saw the slightly crestfallen look on Lily's face and knew he had said the wrong thing.
"You're right. This was a crazy idea. Maybe we should go-" Lily started to say until she was cut off when James' lips pressed against hers.
When James removed his lips from Lily's, he said, "But I like this plan because it's crazy." He then sealed the distance between their lips again and smiled into the kiss, causing Lily to giggle slightly. As the kiss started to deepen, Lily wrapped her arms around James' neck while James' hands moved to Lily's waist. When James pulled Lily closer to him, Lily leaned into him, causing James to stumble backwards slightly and hit his head on the bathroom door.
"Ouch!" James exclaimed amid Lily's fits of giggles.
"You gotta keep your head down...like this," Lily said in mock command, grabbing onto James' neck and pressing his lips into hers. Passion flamed to life again and the kiss deepened instantly. Lily felt short of breath when James softly pushed her against the bathroom wall before pressing his body up against hers. Her hands found James' messy hair, where they mussed it up and made it even messier. Her hands then moved to James' shirt, which she started to unbutton. When she finished unbuttoning the shirt, Lily placed her hands on James' muscular stomach before moving them up to his chest, feeling him quiver slightly under her soft touch.
As Lily became engrossed in the kiss, she lost sense of how long they had been in the bathroom. It was only when James started fingering the bottom of her shirt (A/N: In case anybody was wondering, James and Lily changed before they got on the plane...I just wasn't sure where to fit that into the story. But now you know!) that Lily came back to her senses.
With difficulty, Lily removed her lips from James' and said, "James, we should probably get back to our seats." Her breathing was rather ragged and her lips were swollen from all the kissing.
"Why?" James panted, trying to control his uneven breathing.
"Because we've been in this bathroom a good thirty minutes. People are going to get suspicious pretty soon," Lily replied as she started helping James re-button his shirt.
"You mean they're going to get jealous," James corrected in his own cocky manner once his shirt was buttoned. He flashed a smile at Lily, who returned it before she unlocked the bathroom door and opened it. The two tumbled out of the doorway and in front of an astonished looking line of people.
"Oh," Lily whispered, her face burning with embarrassment. She clung onto James' hand, unsure of what to do and hoping that he would come up with some clever excuse like he always did.
"Sorry for the wait everybody. There was a-um-leak, but we-er-fixed it. So...enjoy!" James announced in a casual way before he grabbed onto Lily's hand and pulled her away from the staring group of people. James led them back to their row, where they sat down in their seats. Only after James fastened his seatbelt did he let out a whoop of laughter. Lily, on the other hand, felt her face burn even more.
"I don't think it's possible for me to embarrass myself anymore than I already have on this flight," Lily groaned, hiding her face in her hands.
"No, I'm sure you can find some way to embarrass yourself even more," James replied when he stopped laughing.
"James!" Lily exclaimed crossly. "You're not helping!"
"I'm sorry, Lily. I didn't mean it," James responded sincerely. He removed Lily's hands from her face and placed an arm around her waist, drawing her closer to him.
"I know you didn't," Lily said, snuggling up closer to James' body and resting her head on his shoulder. Before she knew it, she found herself yawning.
"Are you tired?" James asked.
"Yeah," Lily answered, nodding her head.
"Get some sleep and by the time you wake up, we'll most likely be in Hawaii," James said. Lily smiled at this and felt James kiss the top of her head just as her eyes started to become heavy and closed. The last thing she remembered before she drifted off to sleep was the never ending tingling sensation James' lips had left on hers.