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"Thanks Professor!" He said happily, "I do hope your right!" He drained his teacup in a single gulp and dashed from the room. She smiled after him and shut the door with her wand.
Chapter 7: Irresistible
When James ambled back into the common room, his hands in his pockets and a calm look on his face Emily immediately ran up to him and put her hand on his forehead as if to check for a fever.
"Are you ok?" she asked in worry, "Why aren't you upset?"
James laughed. Emily looked confused.
"I talked to Greenhart," he explained as Remus joined them, "She told me to calm down and just be her friend."
"I could have told you that!" Emily said indignantly, "Why didn't you ask me for help? Or Remus even, he probably would have known that!"
When James looked at him he nodded as if to say, 'Yep, she's right.'
Emily continued, "Well, that was the freakiest mood-swing I've ever seen. This morning you were all depressed and now you're all happy!" She put her hands on her hips and narrowed her eyes, "Are you pregnant?"
James let out a hoot of laughter. He bent down and grabbed Emily around the legs and hoisted her over his shoulder.
She screamed and laughed, kicking and beating her fists on his back as he walked around the common room.
"James Potter!" Emily shrieked, "Put me down this instant!" James just laughed.
Just then, Sirius came down from the Boys Dormitories. He looked startled for a moment before letting out a bark like laugh and bounding over to them.
"Sirius!" Emily cried, laughing hysterically at the same time, "Help me!"
Lily chose that moment to join them as well. She walked in through the portrait hole and when she saw them she screamed, "Ah!" and walked back out. This only made Emily laugh harder.
James deposited a still cackling Emily in Sirius's arms and went to follow Lily out of the portrait hole.
Sirius clutched Emily around the shoulders and supported her legs with one arm as she lay weakly in his arms giggling uncontrollably, her head lolling back. As he held her shaking form, he felt his heart flutter softly. He blinked several times, this feeling was unexpected; he had never felt this way about anyone. He looked down at her laughing face and he knees weakened slightly.
Emily reached up and ruffled his hair.
"What's with the face? Are you ok Sirius?" she sobered a little. Then he grinned mischievously at her and released his grip around her shoulders so she was hanging upside-down from his arms. She let out a shrill scream and placed her hands on the ground. Sirius laughed at her. She was so cute sometimes.
Wait a minute. He shook his head to clear his thoughts. Since when did he think stuff like that about
James stepped outside the common room to catch up to Lily but he found her not alone. She was standing next to a certain Amos Diggory and holding his hand. When James exited the portrait hole, they both looked up.
"Hey James," Lily smiled at him, "What…exactly were you guys…doing in there?" She looked bewildered. It was incredibly cute.
James laughed lightly.
"We were just messing around," he said, gesturing behind him, "You know, being crazy, scaring first years."
Lily laughed delightfully. Amos looked resentful, but James ignored him.
"Come on in Lily," James said, "We won't do anything to you, I promise." He winked at her flirtatiously. Lily laughed again. Amos looked a little angry.
"Come on Lily!" James grabbed her elbow and pulled her toward the portrait. Her skin was warm and soft to the touch.
"Ok, ok," she laughed, "Just a second," she pulled her elbow out of his grasp. His hand felt cold at the loss of contact.
"I'll see you later Amos, kay?" she said quietly to him.
"Ok Lily," he glanced up a James for a moment, a hint of a smirk on his lips, and then he leaned down and kissed Lily's cheek.
James felt his face begin redden, so he turned away and tried to walk nonchalantly back to the portrait hole. He put a hand on his face to calm himself. He knew Amos was doing it on purpose; to make him jealous.
He heard Lily whisper, "Bye," and then she walked up beside him, blushing furiously a shy smile on her face.
Lily smiled bashfully as she walked up to the still open portrait hole beside James, extremely happy that Amos had just kissed her. Well, he hadn't really kissed her, he'd just pecked her cheek, but she was happy nonetheless.
She smiled up at James to see his face looking strained and a little upset.
"Are you ok James?" She asked him as they clambered into the common room, "Is something wrong?"
He turned and smiled at her and said, "No, no, everything's fine."
"Lily!" a voice called from the other side of the common room. They both looked over to see Emily tottering around the common room on her hands, Sirius holding her feet so she didn't fall over.
Lily squealed with laughter and clapped her hands together. She ran over to them and dropped down beside her crazy friend.
"What are you doing?" she laughed, "You're mental!"
Emily laughed for a moment and then looked up towards Sirius.
"Sirius," she said, "I think my face is turning purple. Can you let me down now?"
He chuckled and let go of her ankles. She fell on top of Lily. They both screamed and cackled from the floor, tear streaming from Emily's eyes.
"There's lots of screaming going on here." Remus said with a smirk from his place on the sofa. "You ladies need to quiet down, or I may have to give you a detention." He waggled his finger at them.
Emily stuck her tongue out at him and Lily laughed again.
"I'm going to the library Em," she said, "I have some homework I want to get done. I just came back to get my bag from the dormitory. Coming with?"
"Yeah," Emily said, wiping tears of mirth from her eyes, "I'll come."
As they climbed up the stairs to their dormitory Sirius watched Emily laughing and smiling as she disappeared into the dark at the top of stairs and thought about her. Even long after she had vanished he thought about how she made him feel. He didn't really understand, he had certainly never felt like this about anyone before. He had, of course, dated some girls, but he had never felt anything for any of them, never anything more than a peck on the cheek.
But for Emily, he wanted more than that. He wanted to kiss her, to touch her… to love her. He suddenly found her….irresistible.
Later on that night, long after the girls had left, Remus went over to James and spoke to him.
"What did Greenhart tell you?" he asked, "What exactly did she say?"
"Well," James said slowly, "She said, er… give Lily space and let her date other people." He ran a hand through his hair.
"Now, James," Remus said, putting a hand on his shoulder, "You know she's right. If you want Lily, you have to let her be."
James sighed heavily.
"Now, I'm not saying you have to date other people," Remus said, "Just give her a chance to decide what she wants. Okay?"
James sighed again. "Okay."
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