"And those deep chocolate eyes…and that hair…it just makes me weak at the knees… Oh, take me now, you sex god!" Lily said in an overly dramatic manner.
Lily and James had just overheard a gang of women talking about him, and Lily had decided to go out into the garden and mock them.
"I'm glad you find amusement in it…" he grumbled good-naturedly.
"And his bum is just…" she searched for the right word, "the most perfect thing ever…" she sighed dramatically. "James Potter is just ever so dreamy."
"Oh god," he muttered.
"What's the matter Jamesy? Don't you enjoy hearing your fan club gush?" she teased. She loved how easily he got embarrassed about it.
"Of course I do," said James cockily. "I mean my bum is perfect."
James turned round and started to wiggle his bum in Lily's direction.
"Come on Evans, don't tell me you don't love it," he said as he started to sing a little tune to go along with his dance.
Lily just shrieked in laughter at his display.
"I don't think you're ready for this jelly. I don't think you're ready for this jelly. I don't think you're ready for this 'cause my body too bootylicious for ya babe. Baby, can you handle this? Baby, can you handle this? Baby, can you handle this? I don't think you can handle this," James sang, all the while shaking his ass.
By now Lily was collapsed onto a nearby bench, tears of laughter running down her cheeks.
"Had enough?" he asked.
"Yes," she managed to choke out.
"Alright then, although I'm not sure if I should be a little insulted that you find my dance so amusing," he said, sitting down next to Lily.
"That was hilarious," she said, managing to calm down.
"Glad I could amuse you," smiled James, kissing the top of her head.
"You certainly did."
"It's been a while since we've been here," he said.
"I know," said Lily, resting her head on his shoulder. "I love this place. The staircases, the huge library and how every room is completely different. And I love the gardens, they're just so peaceful."
"I know. I mean I grew up here and I still love it. And I love that you love it."
"And you can still discover new rooms?"
"Yeah I can, I found another drawing room just last month. None of us can even draw yet we've got 3 drawing rooms."
"See? This house is amazing."
"And it'll be ours one day," said James with a twinkle in his eye.
"You mean yours?"
"No, I mean ours. I can picture it now, with lots of kids running around and you shouting at me for not picking my wet towels up off the bathroom floor."
"You've got it all planned out, don't you?"
"I sure do, and you are a huge part of it whether you like it or not," said James, pulling arm round Lily's shoulder.
"Good."
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"Sirius? Sirius…?" Lily whispered loudly as she was crouched down almost under the table with a plate of food in her hand.
"What on earth are you doing?"
Lily looked up and saw James, his eyes twinkling in amusement.
"I'm trying to give your best mate some food, but I lost him," Lily explained as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Oh right. Want a hand?" he said.
"Yes."
James wolf whistled and sure enough Sirius head poked out, his head almost completely covered by the white tablecloth.
"A bit of discretion, please mate," he said fearfully.
"Oh don't worry, Miriam is in the drawing room," said Lily. "I just wanted to give you this."
"You are an angel, an absolute angel," said Sirius, taking the plate. "I would kiss you, if Prongs wasn't so possessive."
"I'm not!" yelped James.
"Yes you are, dear, you haven't left my side all night and god forbid someone else should ask me to dance," said Lily.
"Well I…"
"See, I am very wise," said Sirius with his mouth full.
"Yeah, so wise, you're hiding under a table," said James, pulling the tablecloth over Sirius' face.
"That was mean," said Lily.
"Well perhaps, but I didn't want to give him the chance to look up your dress again."
"He wasn't. Sirius sees me as more of a sister," said Lily.
"You tell him," came Sirius' muffled input from under the table.
"Let's get out of here, I hate this," James whispered into Lily's ear.
"We can go to my favourite room in the whole house," she said her whole face lighting up.
"The kitchen?"
"No, you idiot."
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"This is your favourite room in the whole house?" said James.
"Yeah," said Lily looking round, "and it hasn't changed a bit."
They were in James' old bedroom, and Lily was right. It hadn't changed at all since his teenage years. His huge round bed was in the middle of the room, with the Chudley Cannons bedding on it. Stacks of Quidditch magazines, and the typical teenage boy magazines were stacked in the corner. Quidditch posters hung on the walls. Even his old school books were lying in the closet. He even still had the picture of the him, Lily, Sirius, Remus and Peter on the their graduation day next to his bed.
"No, it hasn't. Mum kept exactly the way it was on the day I moved out," said James, looking around.
"I remember that day, she kept sneaking food into your pockets and the boxes. You ended up taking more food than clothes," said Lily, smiling at the memory.
"I remember. Do you remember the night before I moved you, when we were up here 'packing' for hours?" said James with a wolfish grin on his face.
"I remember, eventually we had to use magic to put your stuff into boxes," laughed Lily.
"That was amazing," he grinned.
"It certainly was fun," smiled Lily.
"Have I told you how ecstatic I am that you gave me another chance?"
"Yes, you have, and I get the feeling you're going to tell me again."
"You're a very intuitive woman…"
"Do me favor?"
"What?"
"Don't tell me. Show me," she said, pulling her to him by his belt loops.
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