Lily's progress was marked by the eyes of the Marauders as she carefully picked her way between chairs and umbrellas to get to them. When she arrived she didn't look her usual tough and cool self, she looked almost shy and sheepish. It stunned all of the marauders into temporary silence. All of them, that is, except Remus.

"Do you need something, Lily?" he asked politely.

"Huh? What? Oh... umm… well… see… I was wondering if I could have a word with James," she asked, keeping her eyes fixed on the ground.

This snapped Sirius out of his trance as well and he looked at Lily with a puzzled expression.

"You, Lily Evans, want to speak with Pron- er… James?" he asked incredulously.

Hearing Sirius speak James's real name was almost as awkward as hearing that Lily wanted to talk to him.

Lily rolled her eyes and looked at Sirius.

"Yes Padfoot. I want to speak with James."

Everyone's head turned to look at James, who was staring numbly up at Lily. Then a huge grin spread across his face.

"Finally admitted I'm irresistible eh Evans?" He said cheekily.

"You prat! Just come with me before I hex you into next week!"

"As you wish milady," James said. He stood up and brushed himself off and followed Lily to a secluded area of chairs near the entrance.

"So…," James was the first to speak once they got there. "You… wanted to see me?"

James was looking at Lily, but Lily was staring at her feet. James thought she looked even more adorable than usual with her hair over her face and a slight blush tinting her cheeks. And her lips looked so kissable…

"Lily, it's ok. You can look at me," he said softly. He cupped her chin in his hand and tilted her face so she was looking at him. "I'm not going to hurt you."

Lily met his eyes for the first time and saw what Remus had been saying. He looked worried, caring. It was odd.

"Y- you called me Lily," she said softly.

James smiled a little. "Well it is your name, isn't it?"

Lily smiled too, but James saw that she looked almost scared, and he wondered why he never saw it before. Bugger! I've been annoying the crap out of her for the last 4 years and never even realized I was hurting her. Real smooth James. He thought.

He dropped his hand to his side and thought he saw a flash of regret in Lily's eyes. Before he knew what had hit him, she had flung her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his. At first he was a bit taken aback, but soon he had his arms around her and was kissing her right back. They kissed passionately for a few moments before Lily's eyes shot open and she pulled herself out of James's grasp.

Holy shite! I just kissed James Potter! And I enjoyed it! Her head was spinning and she felt like she was about to faint. She looked over at James and saw the look of utter bewilderment mixed with remorse on his face. Bugger! Now he's going to think I didn't like his kissing!

"I- I'm sorry James, I- I shouldn't have kissed you and umm well, see not that it wasn't great or anything or, well I didn't mean for it to happen that way, I had it all planned out and- AHH," for James had taken her up in his arms again and carried her over to a nearby lounger, a small smile playing at the corners of his mouth. He set her down gently and sat down on the chair next to hers.

"It's ok Lily. I understand," He said obviously trying to keep a straight face. "You just can't resist me," By now he had given in and was grinning more than ever.

"Oh that's right, because you're just an irresistible prat who can sweep girls off their feet with one look- mmmm." but she was cut off again when James leant down to kiss her. She pulled him down on to the lounger and enjoyed tangling her hands in his messy jet-black hair. She shut her eyes and wished time would just stop at this moment.

Just then she heard a cough behind them and slowly turned her head to see the rest of the Marauders standing there. Remus and Sirius were both grinning like mad and Peter was hiding behind them with a worried expression on his face.

As usual, Sirius spoke first. "How's that talk going, Prongs?"