A/N: Hey! So sorry for the long wait on this chapter, I had a lot of trouble writing it, and then I went on vacation, and then my grandpa died, so it's been kind of hectic. Anyway, I wanted to thank everyone who reviewd and I'd just like to say that if I get 16 reviews then I'll have reached 100! Would you guys please help me get 100 reviews? Please?
This chapter is dedicated to Ari, because she hasn't finished her AP American HW yet and I know what it feels like, being in the same situation last summer.
Kristin
Chapter 7:
The weeks went by, and suddenly, the Christmas season was upon the students of Hogwarts. In honor of this holiday, the castle had been decorated with mistletoe and Christmas trees. The mistletoe had the annoying habit of showing up above the heads of unsuspecting students when it considered them compatible.
Three days before the Christmas holidays, Lily and James were walking through the hallways, admiring the decorations covering the castle. The two suddenly noticed a piece of mistletoe following them around, and from past experience, knew that the mistletoe wouldn't leave them alone until they kissed.
James pecked Lily on the lips, but the mistletoe wouldn't leave them alone, if anything it seemed to say, "That's not a kiss you pansy". James and Lily laughed.
Lily grabbed James head and pressed her mouth to his. James opened his mouth and allowed Lily's tongue entrance. He then pushed Lily against the nearest wall. Lily's hands were running up and down James' back, and James' hands were working their way under Lily's shirt, teasing her breasts through her bra. Just as the kiss was getting heated, a loud, irritated shriek was heard.
The two head students pulled apart quickly, only to be faced with an angry McGonagal.
"This behavior is inexcusable! The two head students! In the middle of the hallway! Come with me, we're going to Dumbeldore's office." McGonagal yelled, her face bright red. She was sick and tired of students using the mistletoe as an excuse to kiss. As they walked, Lily and James were able to pick up parts of McGonagall's mumbling.
"No consideration, sleeping together, preposterous! Head students, no meaning now a day's, no respect!"
Lily chanced a glance over at James and saw he was stuffing his fist in his mouth to keep from laughing. Lily had to suppress a giggle. She knew she shouldn't find the situation funny, and should be worried about the punishment that Dumbeldore would give to her and James, but she wasn't.
When they reached the stone gargoyle, McGonagal said clearly,
"Ice mice." The stone gargoyle slid open revealing a winding staircase leading to Dumbeldore's office.
Lily and James followed silently behind McGonagal.
"Albus, I've brought Ms. Evans and Mr. Potter to see you. They were--" McGonagal cut herself off, as though repulsed by the word 'kissing'.
"They were what, Minerva?" Questioned Dumbeldore, his bright blue eyes twinkling behind his half moon spectacles.
"They were partaking in acts of intimacy in the middle of the hallway." McGonagal finally said, turning red.
"Ahh." Dumbeldore answered. "I see. Well, have a seat, I've got it from here Minerva." The old man said quietly.
McGonagal nodded, but stayed rooted to the floor.
"Would either of you like a lemon drop?" Dumbeldore offered politely.
"No thank you sir." Lily answered timidly.
"Oh thanks!" James exclaimed as he took a handful of the sweets.
"I'd like to congratulate you two on your relationship." Dumbeldore said with a smile.
"Thanks sir." James answered.
"Yeah, thank you." Lily replied.
"Well, you may leave, have a nice Christmas holiday." Dumbeldore said happily.
"Err sir, not that I want it, but aren't you going to punish us?" Lily asked curiously.
"Ms. Evans, there are three days until Christmas, consider this a present from me to you." Dumbeldore said knowingly.
"Alright then…" James said.
"Yes. Well you two best be off, have a good holiday!" Dumbeldore called cheerily after them. The two smiled and thanked Dumbeldore before leaving his office. When the two exited, McGonagal looked at Dumbeldore, an annoyance shining in her eyes.
"Albus! Why did you let them off so easily?" Seethed McGonagal.
"It is Christmas…" Dumbeldore started, but was cut off by McGonagal, her nostrils flaring in anger.
"You wouldn't have let any of the other students off, tell me the truth Albus." McGonagal said.
Dumbeldore sighed but began talking.
"Do you remember seven years ago I told you about a prophecy I heard while visiting Aberforth in the Hogshead?" Dumbeldore started. When McGonagal nodded, he continued.
"Well it said, 'This is the year, the year two childhood friends destined to be together, will arrive at Hogwarts. They will come to hate each other in time, but childhood traditions will forever live on, when the sky is illuminated by the treacherous storm, the two will unite, and when they do, the most amazing power will come to life.'"
"Yes, yes, but what does this have to do with letting Ms. Evans and Mr. Potter off without any punishment?" McGonagal asked impatiently.
"My dear Minerva, I would've thought that was obvious! For years I had no clue, but now, now I know! The prophecy was written about Lily Evans and James Potter." Dumbeldore finished calmly.
"How can you be sure it's about them?" Questioned McGonagal.
"I wasn't until very recently, but everything fits, doesn't it. They grew up together, hence the childhood friends part, and I think you know as well as I do that people have been wondering when they'd get together. The next part, they did come to hate each other, if only for a small amount of time, but their childhood traditions, well that would be sleeping in James' bed together, now wouldn't it? And that only occurred when there was a thunderstorm, now the part about the most amazing power, I'm assuming they'll have a child together eventually and he or she will be extremely powerful. So you see, the reason I did not punish them for kissing is that I hope they do kiss, I want them to stay together, for I have a theory that their heir will be able to defeat Lord Voldemort." Dumbeldore finished. McGonagal winced when he said Voldemort's name, but other than that, she was silent. Finally, she said,
"When are you going to tell them that they're part of a prophecy?"
"I don't know, I couldn't tell them now, not so soon before Christmas, I suppose when they come back." Dumbeldore responded.
"They deserve to know Albus." McGonagal said softly.
"Yes, I know." Dumbeldore responded wearily.
"Well I'll leave you." McGonagal said as she walked out of Dumbeldore's office briskly.
Dumbeldore watched as she walked out of the room and closed the door behind her. He let out a long sigh before returning to work that he'd been doing before he was interrupted.
On Christmas Eve day, the Hogwarts students going home for the holidays boarded the Hogwarts express. Lily, James, Leah, Sammy, Kate, Sirius, Peter, and Remus found a compartment together. The two groups had started spending more time together because of Lily and James' relationship.
They were all talking and laughing when suddenly, Sirius said, "Leah you want to snog?" Leah looked at Sirius as though he'd grown a third head.
"Umm, no?" She responded as she picked up a magazine.
"Why not, I'm a hottie with a body!" Sirius exclaimed before unbuttoning his shirt and baring his well-defined chest to the compartment.
"Ahh! My eyes!" Shrieked Kate loudly pretending that the site of Sirius' stomach made her want to barf. In fact, she thought he looked hot. Kate never thought of Sirius as boyfriend material, and he really wasn't, but if he looked that good shirtless, maybe she could give him a shot? He was supposedly a great snogger, or so all the bathroom walls said.
"Shut it Johnson." Sirius retorted, giving her a slight pout. "You want me, don't you Sammy?" He asked, giving her a puppy dog face.
"Oh yeah Black, I really want you." Sammy said with a roll of her eyes. She then resumed reading Leah's magazine over her shoulder.
"Yay! Sammy wants me! Want to go snog now?" He asked hopefully.
Sammy looked at Sirius and said, "That was called sarcasm you cow. I don't want to snog you ever."
Sirius huffed. "What is it with you girls today! You're destroying my ego by the minute. How about it Lily, want to help ease my ego?" He asked as he wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.
"Sirius, you did not just ask your best friends girlfriend to snog, did you?" James asked in a dangerously low voice.
"Oh right, I forgot you're together, oh well, I don't like red heads anyway, no offense Lily." Sirius said.
Lily raised her eyebrows at him and said, "none taken."
"So, Kate, wanna make out?" Sirius asked, turning his grey-blue eyes on her.
"Some other time Black, I've just put on lipstick." She responded.
"I look good in lipstick." Sirius said. Everyone in the compartment laughed.
"I didn't mean it like that, Sirius said, I meant I looked good in other people's lipstick." He tried to explain. The compartment erupted in laughter again.
"Fine! I meant that I just want to snog someone okay, please, just snog me Kate, snog me now!" Sirius whined.
"Geeze, got snogging withdrawal already?" James joked.
"Fine, one kiss. Come here." Kate finally said.
"Yes! Thank you." Sirius said excitedly.
He bounded towards Kate and pressed his lips to hers. His arms wrapped around her middle pulling her closer but also so she couldn't get away. Kate had no desire to break Sirius' embrace, he was a great kisser, just as everybody said he was, and probably the best kiss she'd ever had.
"Oy! Get a room you two." Remus shouted at them over his copy of the Daily Prophet.
Sirius and Kate broke apart to their friends gaping at them.
"Damn! You're a good kisser Black." Kate exclaimed.
"See, I told you!" Sirius retorted to the three girls who'd turned him down.
"Alright, Kate, Lily, Leah, bathroom, NOW." Sammy said hurriedly. The four girls walked out of the compartment and stopped at the nearest empty area.
"Want to tell us why you had to drag us away?" Kate asked after a moment's silence.
"What the hell was that about?" Lily asked Kate incredulously.
"What?" Kate asked innocently.
"You bloody well know what we're talking about." Responded Leah.
Kate sighed. "Fine, I just thought he looked hot with his shirt off and then I was like what the heck, I haven't kissed a guy since Halloween and that didn't even work out. And then, once his lips were on mine it was just… words can't even describe it, he's the best kisser ever!" Kate finished.
"Oh, because we thought you liked him." Leah said casually.
"Well he's nice, but can you imagine Sirius as a boyfriend? I figure that the most that will ever happen between Sirius and me is a little friendly hookup, you know? I'm thinking of asking him to become friends with benefits, because I'd definitely be benefiting.
"But won't you eventually want more from him than just a casual snog, I don't want you to get too attached and then hurt by him." Lily told her friend.
"Don't worry guys. It'll be on my terms, I'll be fine." Kate responded with a smile.
"Well, let's go back to the compartment, it's almost time to get off of the train anyway." Said Sammy.
When the girls got back into the compartment, everything seemed to go back to normal. Lily sat next to James, her head resting on his shoulder. Sammy, Leah, and Peter started a game of exploding snap and Kate and Sirius agreed to become friends with benefits. All too soon the Hogwarts Express pulled into Kings Cross station. The friends said their good byes and wished each other happy holidays.
When Lily and James exited the train, they were acting like they always did. Both were pulling trunks so they weren't holding hands, and in the excitement of seeing their parents after so long, forgot to tell them that they were together. Lily and James did attempt to tell their parents that they were in a relationship, but they wanted to tell them together, and it seemed that both sets of parents were unusually busy. The Evans' were getting ready to have the Dursley's over, Petunia had gotten engaged to Vernon Dursley, her long time boyfriend, almost a month ago, and the Evan's wanted to get to know their future son in laws family before they were married. The Potters were going to a charity ball held every year by the Ministry of Magic. David Potter held a high position at the Ministry and so the Potter's were required to make an appearance.
So, much as Lily and James tried, they never found a time to tell their parents about their relationship.
Which wasn't such a bad thing, Lily pointed out.
"If our parents knew we were together, they wouldn't let us close the door when we were in a room together, and they definitely wouldn't have let me sleep over tonight."
"That's true." James replied with a sly smile.
"And we'll let them know tomorrow, when everything has settled down."
"Yeah, alright that's a good idea." James said.
"Thanks for letting me stay, by the way, I don't want to meet the people who produced Vernon, and I'm sure Petunia wouldn't want me there anyway, I'd just 'ruin everything' as she likes to say." Lily said with a sigh. She and James were sitting in James' room. James was reading a quidditch magazine, and Lily was flipping through an old Witch Weekly Anna Potter had given her.
"No problem, you know I like your company, and your kisses." James said with a smirk.
Lily threw a pillow at him and then resumed reading.
"So, what do you think of Sirius and Kate being friends with benefits?" Lily asked James.
"Hmm? Oh I say let them do whatever they want, if they want to hook up then good for them." James said, not even glancing up from his magazine.
"Yeah, I guess, but I can't help feeling like Sirius is going to break her heart." Lily responded.
"Lily, you're not Kate's keeper, you've got to let her make her own mistakes." James said, surprising himself at how parentish he sounded.
"Yeah, but I'm going to be the one who's left to pick up the pieces." Lily grumbled.
"Then get new friends." James said vacantly.
Lily rolled her eyes and decided to stop talking, James obviously was more interested in his magazine than in their friend's love lives.
"James, we're leaving now, we're staying over at a hotel near the ministry, but we'll be home by noon, we'll open presents then." Anna Potter said as she pecked James on the cheek. "Be good you two." Anna said before leaving with David.
"Hmm, looks like we've got the entire house to ourselves for the entire night, whatever shall we do?" James asked with a grin, a few minutes after his parents left.
"How about we watch a movie?" Lily offered, knowing this wasn't the answer James wanted but slightly pissed at him for not agreeing with her opinions on Sirius and Kate.
James' face fell. Sure, he loved movies and loved the muggle TV that he had begged his parents to buy after watching The Brady Bunch on the Evans' TV.
"Well, I guess we could if that's what you really want to do…" James said suggestively.
"Yes, it's what I really want to do, come on we can watch Grease!" Lily said excitedly.
The two sat down to watch Grease. It didn't take long for James to move his body closer to Lily's and ever so slowly wrap his arm around her shoulder. Suddenly, Lily felt her back hit the seat of the couch and found James' lips attacking her own.
She smiled to herself she wondered how long it would take to get him to make his move.
Lily's arms wrapped around James' neck, her hands tangling in his hair. James slipped his hands under Lily's shirt and pulled it off of her, taking his lead, Lily tugged James' shirt off of him. The two continued kissing and touching each other. James soon had Lily's bra unclasped and his hands were roaming over her upper body freely. He shifted slightly, and Lily could feel his obvious arousal against her thigh. She boldly reached down and rubbed him through his pants. James hissed in pleasure, but pulled away.
"Don't do that Lils, cause if you do, I don't know if I can contain myself." James all but whimpered.
"Maybe I don't want you to contain yourself. Lily said with a smirk.
"But the other day you said you weren't ready for sex." James said, staring into Lily's eyes.
"Yeah, but there are other things we can do, things to take care of that." Lily said gesturing towards James' obvious erection.
Lily positioned herself so she was on top of James, and quickly unzipped James' pants and pulled off his boxers. She lowered her mouth and began to suck him. James was moaning in pleasure. Lily had never done that for him before and Merlin it felt so good!
He came suddenly, and then flipped them over so he was on top.
"Thank you." He said before kissing Lily sweetly on the lips.
"Anytime, but you owe me." Lily responded a twinkle in her emerald eyes.
"Well, I hate being in debt so why don't I do what you want right now?" He asked her sweetly.
"Sounds good… how about… hmm why don't you surprise me?" Lily asked with a mischevious twinkle in her eyes.
James smirked, and flipped them so that he was on top. He pulled off Lily's pants and used his fingers and mouth until Lily was moaning from her orgasm.
"You do very nice work with your tongue, I must say." Lily said to James.
"Same to you." James said with a smile.
"I'm tired, can we go to sleep? Lily asked. "Oh, and by the way, merry Christmas!"
"That was my Christmas present? Merlin Lily that's the best present you've ever given me!" James remarked. "That's your Christmas present too then, how's that sound?" James asked.
"Sounds good, a damn good Christmas present if you ask me." Lily said sleepily.
"Come on, let's go to bed." James said, as he began gathering his clothes and handing Lily her shirt and bra.
The two walked into James' room both dressed in pajamas, and fell asleep together in James' bed and didn't wake until after 10:30 the next morning.