Author: KJ COLLECTIONS

Based on: Harry Potter Series by JK Rowling

Disclaimer: I own nothing that you recognize

Published: 18 December 2007

Updated: 3 May 2009

Rating: T

Genre: Supernatural/ Romance

Summary:

They are from two different worlds, she can survive the magical one but will he survive the muggle one? Takes place in 7th year but there are flash backs about how they met etc. also find out about M.H.P. Read and discover and review!

Enjoy and R&R. all constructive criticisms and suggestions welcome. I don't think there will be any spoilers for the books (particularly the 7th book) but I make no guarantees. Also I wasn't a fan of what was revealed about Snape's high school years (to be discreet) in the 7th book so that will not be included in this story ). Italics symbolize flash backs and singing.

Author's Note:

Wow long time since an update… I have no excuse so I'm not gonna bother rambling! Soz! Enjoy!

Note: Payton and Melanie and Lily's friends at home (away from Hogwarts), Jessica is Lily's Mother and Philip is Lily's ex boyfriend (see chapter 1 to re-read about these characters).

KJ xoxo

Predictably Unexpected

Eight

There were humming voices in the background as Lily's friends talked around her but that was all there words and annoying hum that had no definition and no meaning. To Lily that could have been screaming 'fire' and she would not have noticed though somewhere in the back of her mind she knew that they weren't. Rain poured down and nothing could be seen out of Lily's bedroom window and the warmth from inside fogged that glass. Lily leaned her forehead against the window that cool feeling of the glass helping to numb her headache. She was leaving again tomorrow, to return to Hogwarts, to face – him. Nothing but him had filled her thoughts and dreams all summer she had been incapable of concentrating on anything else. His words floated in her head she could hear the soft flutter of his voice repeating that last words he had said to her 'I am in this. I am all in this. All you have to do is say yes.' She could visualize his lips moving as they formed the words and still feel the perfect way his lips had answered every unspoken question she had asked when they shared their first kiss. Kissing him had been unbearable, she could not bear to have his lips against hers because the pleasure she had felt was too much to control yet the thought of never knowing such a pleasure again was just as unbearable. The heat of his body against hers warmed her more than the heat of the house. She remembered how perfectly there bodies had fit together. She had felt protected and consumed by him but at the same time being able to hold her own part in there joining. Logic had told her it was wrong but her hormones had other ideas, ideas that did not think about the consequences of her actions or the many adult reasons she had long since gathered to explain why she and James could not be together. No her hormones cared about none of that, only the physical pleasure she had felt from the way he had touched her, moved with her, responded to her. Even now she could still feel the pleasure inside her body as she thought about it. "I don't want to be just friends with you, I can't be just friends with you…All you have to do is say yes." The words endlessly filled her head and the more she thought about them the more confused she had become. The only thing she could think to do was sit where she was sitting and attempt to focus on the inaudible hums.

"Your turn Lil" Melanie said nudging Lily in the ribs.

"Sorry?" Lily jumped at the sound of her name. Being spoken to by her mother was the last thing she had expected but now she was conscious she realized how long she had been sitting with her head against the window. She could feel the area scream for relief and had no doubt that there would be a red mark on her forehead, even her legs felt stiff as she moved.

"Sorry to wake you baby but I need to finish this fitting before you get back to school so you're all set for cotillion." Lily's mum said as Lily replaced Payton on the platform.

"Thanks for doing this Mrs. Evans" Payton said claiming Lily's spot at the window.

"My pleasure I thought since I was doing Lily's I may as well do it all in the one hit"

"Yeah about cotillion mum, how would you fell about my…absence" Lily cautiously asked.

"Certainly not! Why on earth would you choose to miss your own cotillion Lily?"

"Because…It's not like its something die hard important like Petunia's wedding and I'd have to come back all the way from school for one weekend. It seems silly and unnecessary"

"It is an important right of passage. Your father and I agreed to let you attend this school on the condition that you still participated in important life experiences with your old friends and family. Your father and I didn't have a child just to send her away to boarding school and let them raise her, we want to raise you, we want to watch you grow into a fabulous woman."

"Besides Payton and I can hardly do this without you" Melanie chimed in and Payton nodded in agreement as she asked

"Is this because you don't have a date?"

"No, I just don't think cotillion is my thing, that's all"

"Well your going" Jessica said simply "And if this is because you're concerned about a date why don't you just talk to Philip?"

"This isn't about a date and even if it was I certainly would not be asking Philip" Lily said in a distressed tone as her mother began to tighten the material around the bust line.

"Why not? I thought he was an impeccable young man"

"Yes I agree but we broke up. I haven't spoken to him in over year and I have no interest in changing that"

"Why don't you take someone from that school of your then? I bet there are tones of guys just waiting for their moment" Melanie suggested.

"That's a fabulous idea Melanie. He would be more than welcome to spend the weekend here." Jessica responded.

"Okay, guys! I appreciate the suggestions but I can find my own men. This is not about a date, this is about the fact that I don't want to go"

"Well that's too bad Lily because you're going and you're going to thank me for it later" Jessica said lightheartedly coming up to Lily's level and lifting the dress over her head, Lily knew that only reason her mother was so clam was because she knew she had one the argument. "Now, the adjustments are done so you girls are free to do what you like."

The rest of the afternoon passed in a blur, it was good to spend the time with Payton and Melanie but they were far from the first thing on her mind.

She saw him. Her breath suddenly knocked out of her, she had always known he was attractive but never really allowed herself to take notice until now. It was all she could do to stop herself from approaching him and crashing her lips hard against his, to feel to plans of his perfect chest beneath her finger tips, it was clear to her now that he was wearing far too much clothing. A few seconds ago she had been walking to charms in an over crowded hall with Sage and Devin at her side but now she could only see him all other sights, all other sounds had faded from her world and then he looked over to her. The both of them stopped what they had been doing only seconds ago and approached each other. James did not need to hear it to know the answer to his question he'd asked a few weeks ago and she jumped into his arms and there lips met he lifted her off the floor briefly before placing her back on the ground his lips never leaving hers. Lily was only partially aware of the applause that had broken out around them but it did not last for long before James guided Lily up the stairs making there way to the Gryffindor common room. They said little to one another and rarely broke their kissing unless absolutely necessary usually because of the stairs they had to climb. Lily recognized what she has feeling from only one other time – their first kiss. Like before she found being with him this way unbearable but could not stand to the thought of stopping.

But then it did stop. It had to stop, she knew it. And finally the world faded away.