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Chapter 4

Hints of Romance…But Not Quite

James was in awe when he stepped inside the Common Room of his new dormitory. He had never seen anything so-

"Beautiful," Lily gasped.

"Wow…it's really big too," he said, looking around the entire place.

"Yes, well, this is the Common Room and off to the left is Potter's room and to the right is Evans' room. You'll notice that in the middle is a door. This leads to the washroom. You each have your own toilets in your separate rooms," Professor McGonagall pointed out. "Your belongings have already been placed there. One more thing, there is a secret passage way to the Gryffindor Common Room, but you must find it for yourself before Christmas or else it will close itself off completely. If you need anything, contact any of the professors or myself. Good night."

"Good night," replied the two.

At that, Professor McGonagall left the room.

"Oh my, this is amazing!" said Lily, making her way towards her room, leaving James to explore the common room on his own.

It was a spectacular site. The walls were a deep red, lined with paintings of past Head boys and girls. There were fluffy couches the color of gold and in the far corner was a rich mahogany table with cushioned chairs. To the right of the place, was a wall with a large bookcase filled with books and books…and books. On the left was a giant fireplace. The fireplace was lit and it gave the common room a very homey feeling.

James had just finished looking around the room when he decided to try and figure out where the secret passage would be. But before he could do anything he heard a loud scream.

"Lily?!" he called out, rushing to the middle door where he last saw her go to. "Evans, what's wrong? Are you- o-k?" he almost whispered his last few words.

Walking into the bathroom, James gave out a gasp.

In the room was the biggest looking bathroom he had ever seen. It was even bigger than the prefect bathroom he thought. The walls were a pure white with paintings of landscapes and flowers of all sorts were placed all around the room. The bathtub was big enough to swim in if James wanted to.

This whole room was so beautiful it made the common room look dull with its comfy couches and it's huge fireplace.

"Hey, shotgun! I bathe first!" shouted Lily.

James grinned. "Nah uh, I'm going first."

"Not if I can help it," Lily replied, her eyes holding a little mischief in them.

"Oh, come on, Evans! Do you really want me to fight you for it?"

"Give me a break, Potter. You know that I can always kick your behind."

"We'll just see about that," said James as he lunged towards Lily. He grabbed her by the waist and pushed her against the wall. All of a sudden he started to tickle her.

"No, Potter! Stop!" she laughed.

"So, what were you saying about kicking my ass?" he said playfully.

"No- I- Was- Only- Kidding! Just Stop!!" she gasped between her fit of giggles.

"I'll only stop if you kiss me," he replied, staring straight into Lily's emerald green eyes.

"HELL…NO! YOU'LL…NEVER…MAKE ME, POTTER!!!!" Lily yelled.

By now, James could tell that Lily needed to breathe so he reluctantly stopped his tickling attack on her. She was red in the face and her breathing was fast from all the laughter, but he still thought she looked beautiful.

Taking one of his hands, he brushed a strand of hair from her face. Oh, how much he wanted to be with her. How much he wished that she would like him. All he wanted to do was confess his love for her but he didn't think he could take that kind of rejection. It was already bad enough that she didn't even want to be his friend, let alone love him.

He sighed softly, still gazing into her eyes, her warm breath on his face.

"Umm…well…I guess I'll let you take a bath first…I'm really sleepy now. Good night, Evans," he mumbled awkwardly, before turning to leave. 'What the hell did I just do? Am I just walking away from an opportunity to kiss Lily?' he mentally slapped himself for turning down such a good opportunity. 'There must be something seriously wrong with me!'

'No, there isn't. You love her and you don't want to hurt her,' said a little voice in his head. 'Yeah, I guess your right,' he agreed, going to his new room and flopping on the humongous bed, not bothering to change into his pajamas.

He fell asleep before he even took the time to notice a pair of green eyes that had secretly followed him into the room.

Lily looked at the sleeping boy as he lay comfortably on his new bed. There was just something about him that had changed over the summer. Something that made Lily want to know him better. 'Know him better?! Why would I want to do that?! He's just an arrogant git! There is no reason for me to want to get to know him,' she thought to herself. 'But is that really true? Do you really want to go on without at least giving him a chance?' asked her conscience. 'No, I guess not," she sighed. " I should at least try to become friends with him,' Lily thought for a while.

After a few seconds she walked out of James' room and went to take the bath that she had wanted for the past half hour.

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