I jumped to my feet. What, in the name of Merlin's baggiest y-fronts was James Potter doing at my dormitory door?? Why was God punishing me so? I hadn't done anything to deserve this!! James Potter had probably heard me singing! Oh shit. He'd probably heard me singing that sappy song. Crap. Wait! Maybe he'd just arrived. Yea. Probably.

I stood there staring dumbstruck at James. He gave me a small smile.

"I didn't know you played guitar."

Oh crap. "Er, yea. I do. Not very well though. It's just a little hobby…" I muttered.

"I thought you played really well. And your singing was really really good" he said, smiling.

Oh bollocks. He'd been there long enough to hear me singing. Why was I being punished??

"Well, thanks, I guess" I muttered, looking at the floor.

"Well, I just came to give you this."

I looked up. My evening had just gotten about a million times worse. He was holding my journal.

"Where did you find this??" I nearly screeched.

"It was just lying open at the Gryffindor table after dinner. I checked the front and saw it was yours, so I thought I should bring it up here" he said, blushing.

Open? Did he say open??? My stomach turned over as I remembered the list I'd just made at dinner. The one that said that one of the top ten things a bloke could do was "be James Potter". Oh shit shit shit shit shit. Why was this happening to me?

"You didn't read it, did you?" I demanded. No doubt about it, he was definitely blushing scarlet now.

"Er, well, not purposely. I mean… it was just sitting there, open and everything…" he trailed off, staring at the ground.

I groaned and buried my face in my hands. "How much did you read?"

"Well, just the one list at first. Then, well… then I was curious as to whose journal it was because, well… you know. So I read the bits before and I found out it was yours and I felt really bad and… well… have you really given up on me Lily?"

He sounded so… timid. I looked up at him, feeling myself get red as our eyes met.

"Er…I-I, I uh… well- why do you care?" I stammered.

"Because I really hope you haven't" he said. With that he swooped down and crushed his lips against mine. I was stunned. James Potter was kissing me! Lily Evans! James Potter was kissing me! I could feel his hands entwining themselves in my hair, pulling me closer to him. My hands reacted instinctively, reaching up to twine their way into his hair. His tongue brushed my bottom lip and my lips parted, allowing him access. Merlin, this was the most amazing kiss ever. It was sweet and soft, yet passionate. When we finally broke apart for air, he moved his hands to the side of my face.

"Lily, I love you. I have since first year and I always thought that I had no chance with you. You always seemed to hate me and it killed me. I couldn't bear the thought that I might never get a chance with you" he said, staring into my eyes and making me melt.

"James," I said, looking down at my feet. "I… I love you too. I couldn't ever give up on you. And all those times I was horrible to you were just because you made me so flustered and nervous that my brain just spit out whatever it could to get you to let me escape. I'm so sorry."

His hand cupped my chin, angling it up so that I was looking at him.

"I forgive you" was all he said before his lips came back to meet mine. His kiss was soft and sweet this time. His left hand snaked around my waist while his right rested against my cheek. I crossed my arms behind his neck and brought him closer to me. We broke apart and just stood there like that; my head tucked into his shoulder, his resting on top of mine.

"So, that song you were playing was pretty mournful. Does it have a happy ending?" he asked after a few minutes.

"Er, yea, it does," I said.

"Would you play it for me?" he asked.

I nodded and sat down, picking up my guitar.

Now here's the sun, come to dry the rain,
To warm my shoulders and relieve my pain.
You're the one thing I was missing here.
With you beside me I no longer fear.

I finished off with the chorus and looked up at James, who was simply staring at me.

"Er, what do you think?" I asked.

"I think that you are the most beautiful and talented and amazing girl on the planet and I'd be the luckiest man in the world if you were my girlfriend" he replied.

Did James just ask me to be his girlfriend? This was officially the best day of my life!

"Is that you asking me to be your girlfriend?" I asked him, blushing profusely.

"Only if you say yes. If you say no, of course, I'm planning on resigning to my dorm for the rest of the year and stuffing myself with chocolate frogs" he answered, looking up at me through his gorgeous lashes.

"Of course I'll be your girlfriend, you idiot! I thought you said you read my journal??" I said, throwing my arms around him.

"Just making sure," he laughed. "Lily, you've just made me the happiest man on Earth. However can I repay you?"

"Oh I think I know how," I replied cheekily, pulling him back to me for another kiss.