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It was Halloween. Lily was sitting on her bed, with Cassie, a make up bag, and mirror in front of her. The traditional feast had come and gone, and Lily, along with the majority of the girls in fifth, sixth and seventh years, had hardly eaten anything. Lily, however, had not eaten because she was too nervous. Not that she had told anyone this, she was quite happy to have people believe that she didn't want to be bloated for the concert like all the other girls.

With half an hour to go before the concert, Lily and Cassie had already showered, and done their hair, and were now applying the final touches to their make-up before getting dressed. Lily had applied Cassie's make-up first, and Cassie was now returning the favour.

"I love these kinds of things just for girlie times like this to get ready." Cassie exclaimed, smiling at Lily.

"Yeah" Lily replied. She was scared that if she said anything more she would blurt out the funny feelings she had been having for James lately, and she had sworn herself to secrecy. Also, Cassie would yell at her for not staying still.

"Done" Grinned Cassie. "Let's get dressed. We don't want to be late."

Lily pulled on her brown floaty dress, slipped on her gold sparkly shoes, and placed a delicate gold bracelet on her wrist and her mother's ring on her finger. She looked at herself in the mirror. Not too bad, if she did think so herself. Her auburn wavy hair complimented the dress perfectly, and her shoes made her tall and elegant.

"wow" Grinned Cassie, "you look amazing!"

"Don't sound too shocked." Lily laughed, "You look fantastic too. Planning a walk with Sirius tonight?"

"Honey, I am planning more than a walk tonight, if you know what I mean." Cassie winked mischievously at Lily, before heading towards the door. "By the way, I said we'd meet Sirius, James, Remus and Peter in the entrance hall before we go in."

"What? Why?" Lily began to panic. She wanted James to walk up to her. She might fall over if she had to walk to him!

"Because they're our friends? Are you feeling ok Lily?" Cassie gave her friend a concerned look. "You know, now I think about it, you haven't been yourself this week. What's up?" Cassie turned away from the door towards Lily.

"I…nothing. It's nothing." Said Lily, her voice higher than usual.

"Ok, just try to have a good time tonight. I'm sure you'll feel ok when we start having fun." Cassie smiled reassuringly at Lily.

That was the great thing about Cassie. Lily had a feeling she knew about James, but would never say anything. Cassie was too proud to talk about her emotions, so understood when other people didn't want to talk about theirs.

As they approached the steps to the entrance hall, Lily searched the crowd nervously for James. She couldn't see him.

"Hi" Said a soft voice in her ear, and something touched her hand. Shocked, she turned on the spot and came face to face with James himself. They were so close she could do nothing but stare in to his eyes, and he stared back in to hers. Her stomach was doing backflips.

"Hi" She whispered. She was trying to stop herself shaking.

"We ready then girls?" Asked Sirius, seemingly oblivious to anything other than Cassie's short black dress.

"We are." Grinned Cassie, winking at Lily.

Lily couldn't help but smile. After greeting Remus and Peter, she looked back at James. Smiling at her, he held out his arm to escort her down the stairs. If Lily hadn't known better, she would have thought they were on a date.

Entering the main hall, they could not help but look around in awe. The four house tables had disappeared, to be replaced by a small number of circular tables at the back of the room. The teacher's table had also been removed, and was now being used as the stage, on which the Weird Sisters were setting up their equipment and waving to the students gathered around the stage.

When Lily looked around, Sirius and Cassie were pushing themselves to the front of the stage. Remus and Peter had disappeared from sight. It was just her and James.

He grabbed her hand. "Come on" he grinned at her, and her heart skipped a beat. He led her towards a table near the back which had a spread of food and drinks. Picking up two butterbeers, handed one to Lily and took a large swig out of his own bottle. Lily sipped hers nervously, more for something to do than because she was thirsty.

When the band started, James looked around. Lily looked over, to see most of the people in the room over by the band dancing. Butterflies in her stomach, she went to take another sip of her butterbeer to find she had drunk it already. She put the bottle down and looked back at the stage, determined to look anywhere but at James.

Before she knew it, James had grabbed her hand and was leading her towards the dance floor.

"No….James….I can't….." She struggled to free her hand.

"Sure you can" James turned and grinned playfully at her. She pulled her hand free and looked at him. She was worried about making a fool of herself in front of James, and dancing was the perfect opportunity for that. She needed more drink if she was going to dance.

James sensed her nervousness. He stepped towards her and smiled down at her. "Evans, how can you come to a concert and not dance?" He chuckled. He wrapped one arm around her shoulder and kissed her on the forehead before leading her to the dance floor once again.

Lily found herself dancing in a circle with Cassie, Sirius, Remus, Peter, a couple of other girls in their year, and of course James.

Sirius and Cassie were dancing so closely and provocatively that on several occasions Professor McGonagall came over and separated them.

Lily soon became more relaxed as Cassie handed her a fourth butterbeer, and loosened up a little on the dance floor. James seemed to be enjoying himself a great deal too. He held Lily's hand and twirled her, separating them from the rest of the group.

Dancing just the two of them, holding one another's hands, Lily became nervous again, but made sure she kept a smile on her face. What was it about James that made her stomach act so jumpy?

After another song, the music slowed down, and the band began to play a love song Lily had never heard before.

Her heart began to pound, and she expected James to let go of her hands. She prepared herself for the awkward moment when they walked away from the dance floor, watching everyone else dance while they sat in silence.

Instead, James held her hands tighter and pulled her close. She looked up at him, and felt as if she had never seen him before. His eyes gazed down at her, a soft smile on his lips as they swayed with the slow music.

"James, we can't dance to this song! We're not a couple, we're only friends!" Lily had noticed that only real couples were left on the dance floor, Sirius and Cassie included. She wasn't sure she was ready for this.

"Who ever said friends cant dance with each other?" James whispered in her ear, and slid his hand on to her waist.

Lily knew they were dancing closer than friends should. His hand was wrapped around her waist, her head resting on his shoulder, her hand on his neck.

But she didn't stop herself from dancing with him. Her nerves had faded away completely as she let the music flow through her, let her body sway in time with James'.

Several times during the song he kissed her on the forehead. Each time she looked up at him, expecting him to kiss her. But he didn't. Instead he smiled down at her, pulled her close and leant his head on hers.

At one point, Lily glimpsed Cassie and Sirius, whispering while they danced and grinning in the direction of herself and James, but she didn't care. She was happy. She didn't want the song to end.

Unfortunately it did. James wrapped his arms around her and held her close to him. He sighed.

Lily looked up at him, and looked in to his eyes.

Staring straight back at her, he whispered "Take a walk with me."

Lily nodded as he took her hand and slowly led her outside.

James led her to a bench, secluded by shrubs and bushes, obviously meant for private moments.

They sat down, his hand still wrapped around hers. He held it up to his mouth and placed a gentle kiss on the back of her hand.

Lily felt her breathing become harder. She knew this was the moment something was going to happen. Did she really want something to happen with James Potter? Or should she walk away?

"Lily" He whispered.

She looked up at him, and knew the answer immediately.

"You've only ever called me that when I was ill." She whispered back. She didn't know if she was shivering with cold or shaking with nerves. Probably both.

"I know" He shuffled in his seat, so that his whole body was facing her. Lily automatically done the same. She stared at their hands, their fingers intertwined.

"Lily, I'm really sorry. I can't do this." James' words were like a knife. Lily felt her heart and her stomach drop. "I can't be just friends with you any more."

Lily looked up at him. His eyes glistened, but it may have just been the moonlight. Before she could reply he spoke again.

"I'm sorry I've pretended, but I can't pretend to be just your friend. It's too much for me, I'll always want more." He was whispering, his voice shaking.

"James…" Lily couldn't speak in anything more than a whisper herself.

"Just listen for a minute, Lily. When we were dancing just now, I was happier than I've ever been. I didn't want to come tonight because I didn't want to see you dancing with anyone else. But you haven't even tried to dance with anyone else." He was looking in to her eyes now, years of longing blazing from them.

"I tried to give up on you but I just couldn't. So please tell me now. Should I wait for you to feel the same way? Or is it completely hopeless for me?"

His look showed no sign of the happiness that was in his eyes earlier that night. He was waiting for an answer. Lily could either lie to herself forever, as she had tried to do for the past weeks, and break his heart. Or she could get over her pride, and admit her feelings, and be happy. There was nothing in it.

"You shouldn't give up." She whispered, gazing in to his eyes. She had butterflies in her stomach but she didn't care. He looked back at her, confusion spread across his face. He obviously wasn't expecting that answer.

"I shouldn't?" He looked almost hurt.

"No. But you don't have to wait either." Lily felt the edges of her lips curl in to the smallest of smiles. James still looked confused.

"I….what? I don't understand….." James voice trailed away, as slow comprehension dawned on his face. His mouth fell open. He seemed to find it difficult to breathe too.

Lily leaned towards him and places a small kiss on the very edge of his mouth.

As she pulled away, she felt his hand on the back of her neck, his other hand on the small of her back, pressing her towards him. He kissed her slowly but passionately. His mouth was opening hers, and she let the sweet taste of his tongue press against her own. She had never been kissed this way, and was sure he had never kissed anyone this way before.

Time slipped by, their kiss becoming more passionate, James' hands running through Lily's hair, her hands stroking the back of his neck and his hair.

James smiled, still kissing her. Lily couldn't help but smile too, and their lips broke apart.

James rested his forehead on Lily's a grin slowing making its way across his face.

"Wow" he whispered. Lily could do nothing but grin back at him. "I really wanted to kiss you when we were dancing."

"Why didn't you?" She asked. At the time she had expected him to.

James laughed "Because everyone we knew was there! Including teachers!" He placed a small, gentle kiss on her lips. "I wanted our first kiss to be between us. Just us."

Lily felt as if she could not smile enough. She glanced towards the school. They could still hear the faint music coming from the main hall.

"You look so beautiful tonight." She realised he had not taken his eyes off of her, even for a moment.

"Thank you" She blushed.

She leaned towards him and rested her head on his shoulder.

"I have something for you" He whispered. "It was supposed to be for Christmas. Can I give it to you now?"

Lily sat up and turned to James. He had a cheeky grin on his face and a twinkle in his eye.

"Come on, it's upstairs." He pulled her up before she could respond, and led the way back to the school.

At the top of the stairs leading from the main hall, he let go of her hand. He wrapped his arm around her waist and leant gently on her head as they strolled through the corridors to the head dormitories.

Inside the common room, Lily gasped. It had not looked like this when she left earlier. There were candles everywhere, rose petals on the floor and Sirius and Cassie standing grinning in the middle of the room.

"What on earth….?" James' mouth fell open. Lily could not hide her shocked expression.

"Thought we'd make it a little more…….romantic, mate." Said Sirius with a wink, before grabbing Cassie's hand and dragging her out the room.

When they had left, James turned to Lily.

"I am so so sorry." Lily's confused expression made him hide a smile. "You're so cute. Lily, he thinks we're going to…you know….do what they're about to do."

"What!" Lily gasped. She had not been expecting this.

"Its ok….I wasn't planning…..we don't…..we're not….." James looked so worried that Lily could not help but laugh.

"It's ok James. Stop worrying. I'm not going to storm out."

"You're sure? I honestly did not plan this, I promise……. This was not what I wanted to give you!"

Lily could not help but laugh. She had not laughed like this in a while. "It's ok, I believe you."

He smiled with relief and pulled her in to a hug. Taking her hand he led her to the sofa and sat her down.

"Wait here" He smiled at her.

Sitting alone in the candlelit common room, Lily thought about what had just happened. She couldn't help but smile. If only she had seen James in this light years ago, she would have already had such happy memories for more than an evening.

"Close your eyes" James called from his bedroom doorway, his hands behind his back.

Lily obeyed, and heard James' gentle footsteps creep nearer. Excitement was pulsing through her.

She felt James kneeling in front of her. "Open your eyes" He whispered.

He was holding a black gift box out to her. "I hope you like it" His soft voice barely reached her ears.

Lily timidly reached out a hand and took the box. She lifted the lid, and gasped.

Inside was a gold necklace. A heart shaped pendent swung on the end of it as she lifted it up. It was beautiful. Modest but elegant, it suited her perfectly.

"Oh my goodness. James….I….." She looked from the necklace to his smiling face. She could see that he was so pleased with himself for giving her such a perfect gift.

Without saying a word, he took the necklace from her hands, walked behind her and placed the necklace around her neck. As he brushed her hair out of the way, Lily felt a wave of pleasure sweep through her.

James moved back around to face Lily. Once again he kneeled in front of her,

a more serious look on his face this time. His breathing was deep and heavy. Leaning up, he kissed her softly. He moved to sit beside her on the sofa.

"James, this necklace…..its beautiful…..you really shouldn't have."

James looked at her. She couldn't read his expression. "I wanted to. I wanted to prove something to you. You never seemed to believe me before."

"What's that? What didn't I believe?" Lily almost knew the answer.

"I love you Lily. I always have done, from the first moment I saw you." He reached out a hand a pushed her hair away from her face. "I love you."

Lily leaned in to his hand and held it with her own. "I love you too James."

She smiled as he leaned in and kissed her more passionately than before. She had known for a while now. It was what made her unwell for the past few weeks. She loved him. Lily Evans was in love with James Potter. And she felt much better now.

Finito! I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it! Lots of love to all the wonderful people who reviewed! xxxxxxx