Busted
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Lily and James made their way to the library that evening after the 'incident on the staircase' as they decided to call it from now on. The 'Incident' being the first time either of them had been truly euphoric in years. They felt complete, whole and loved.
Lily couldn't believe what had happened, what she had done. She began to scold herself for being so stupid; for falling so hard for her best friend. Lily had promised herself years ago that she would never fall in love like this but there she was, James arm draped around her and her knees so weak she could barely walk.
But she immediately stopped scolding herself when she realized how right she felt. She hadn't been this happy or this confident in anything for a long time. And it felt good.
"You're being awful quiet." James said, looking down at her.
"Well excuse me if I'm still trying to catch my breath." She joked about their first kiss.
"You shouldn't be having a problem with breathing. From the rumors I hear, you're supposed to be very good at making out." James said, mischievously smiling.
Lily's eyes widened as she looked up at him. "What?" She said in an embarrassed and shocked tone.
James laughed, "You heard." He said, pulling her closer to him.
"Who'd you hear that from?" Lily asked, blushing a little.
"Everyone." He replied with a shrug.
Lily frowned, she never liked the way some guys talked about girls as if they were just possession. Some guys used girls like they were small children receiving a birthday present. They would enjoy their present for a few days before it went on the shelf with all of their other toys, collecting dust. "I suppose you find hearing about how I kiss amusing?"
"Nah, I got jealous whenever I heard guys talking about you. Though," He continued, "I was particularly amused with the story about the party after Slug Club. The one in the empty classroom…" He said, a mischievous smile crossing his face.
Lily groaned, "He did not tell you about that…" She had been involved in a particularly…exciting truth or dare game.
James laughed, "Sure did. Wish I could have been there." He grinned at her embarrassed face. "Don't be embarrassed. They're nothing wrong with stripping off your cloths for a mere game."
Lily groaned and punched him in the shoulder, "Shut up."
"Don't have regrets about things Lily. It'll just drive you crazy if you do." He said with a wink.
"Promise me you didn't tell anyone." She said, looking up at him hopefully but fearing the worst.
"Er…" James guiltily began.
"Who did you tell!" She demanded. She stopped walking and turned to face him, utterly embarrassed.
He couldn't help but laugh again, "Just Sirius."
Lily's eyes narrowed at him, "And…?"
"Remus."
"Peter too then I guess." Lily replied. God forbid James heard a rumor and didn't share it with all his cronies.
"And Julia."
Lily groaned, "Why not tell the school while you were at it?"
James smiled and pulled her closer to him, "If it makes you feel any better, only Sirius believed me."
"Loads." She replied, sarcastically.
"Aw don't be mad at me." He said, leaning down to kiss her.
She squirmed away from his kiss and stubbornly crossed her arms. "I don't want to kiss you." She said, but of course she was just teasing him. At that point, she didn't think there was anything James could say that would make Lily not want to kiss him.
"Yes you do." He said, wrapping her arms around her waist again.
"No," She said, again trying to squirm out of his grip. He just held her tighter and walked her back into a dark corridor.
"You can't resist me." A glint of effrontery flashed through his eyes.
"James Potter let go of me this instance." She said, losing her strong and demanding tone as their eyes locked and she was captivated in his round hazel orbs.
"I don't think so…" He said, gently pushing her against the dimly lit corridor wall.
"James!" She whined as she twisted in his arms.
"Shhh…" James said, planting a hungry kiss on her lips. Her knees went shaky as she let out a content sigh.
"How come you always get what you want?" She whispered, her lips just millimeters away from his ear.
"I don't think it's just me who wants this…" He replied, moving a hand down to her waist. She shivered under his touch, feeling an electric shock dart through her.
James inwardly smiled as he felt her shiver. It was a clear sigh that she really did like him. Lily opened her mouth to reply but found that she couldn't as his lips met hers. She let out another satisfied sigh, enjoying ever second of the time she spent with James.
Lily's hand ran up the back of James's neck until it found his hair; gently running through it. James asked for entrance to her mouth as they kissed. Actually, he wasn't just asking but begging for it. Lily tried to hold back a smirk as she made him wait, keeping her mouth closed tightly. She needed some way to get him back…
James pleading became more intense and Lily finally gave into it. Partly because she thought he had suffered enough and partly because she wanted it herself. Lily opened her mouth and their tongues danced in perfect rhythm.
"What the…?" James said, pulling away from the kiss. Something hard had just collided with his back, unfortunately interrupted the two. He turned around to see what the disturbance was.
"Whoa, sorry." A voice, James immediately recognized spoke. "Didn't realize anyone was in here. We'll go."
"Sirius?" James asked.
"James?" Sirius returned, his eyes adjusting to the dim light of the corridor.
"Julia." Julia piped in, smiling.
"Hey, I thought you said you weren't going to get involved with any other women besides Lily?" Sirius asked, not realizing that is was Lily James was kissing.
"Well actually…" James began but Sirius cut him off.
"Good for you." Sirius said. "She obviously doesn't care about anyone but herself. She's a bloody fuc-."
Lily cleared her throat. "Hello to you too Black." She spat.
"What? Lily?" Sirius asked. He rubbed his eyes and squinted in the darkness at the figure behind James.
"The one and only." Lily replied.
"But you…and you…you're not…wait…" Sirius incoherently babbled.
"Good Sirius. You'll be out of speech therapy in no time." Lily teased. She had anticipated a reaction similar to this from him.
"But-." Julia began. "I thought you vowed never to…get involved with James." She said.
"She changed her mind." James said, sliding an arm around his new girlfriend's waist.
"When?" Sirius asked.
"Just now actually." James replied.
"So…" Sirius began, smirking at Lily. "You finally decided to stop being such a damn stubborn mull?"
"Shove off Black." Lily quarreled.
"I must be dreaming…" Julia said, completely happy from her friends but not believing it was really happening at all. "Someone pinch me…"
Sirius happily complied, pinching her on the bum. "Sirius!" Julia said, chuckling. She swatted him in the shoulder playfully.
"Guess you aren't dreaming." He said, pulling Julia closer to himself.
Lily and James exchanged a grin before James spoke, "If you two plan to continue this, would you mind going a little farther down the corridor so we can get back to what we were doing?"
"I knew you'd change your mind Evans. I knew all along." Sirius said, but after all, it was Sirius who was just telling James a while ago to give up on Lily.
James grinned, "Sure you did Black." He said with a roll of his eyes.
Sirius gave a wave over his shoulder before leading Julia farther down the hall.
Lily smiled and look up at James, "Well they took that better than I thought."
James returned the smiled before leaning down and kissing her again.
Sirius, Julia, James, Lily, Remus and Olivia were lying in the cool autumn grass looking up at the fading sky. A relaxing breeze swept past them as they all broke out in laughter at Sirius's famous 'The Dragon and the Old Lady' joke.
"That never gets old." James said, still grinning.
Remus shook his head, "Sure doesn't…"
"Well…What now?" Sirius asked after the laughter died.
Lily rolled onto her stomach to look at her friends. "Let's make a list." She suggested.
"A list?" Julia asked, curiously.
Lily nodded, "Yeah of…the top three places to make out." A mischievous smile crossed her face as she glanced in James's direction.
James laughed and shot an equally playful grin back at her, "Alright. Each couple can pick a place."
"You go first." Julia said, nodding to Remus and Olivia. Remus blushed a little making Lily smile. She liked the way he was so caring and seemingly innocent compared to the other Marauders.
Remus looked over at Olivia. "Well," Olivia began, "What about in the rain at night?" She had always thought as that to be the most romantic place to kiss.
Lily squealed, "Yeah like in all of the movies?" She asked, remembering watching countless 'chick flicks' with her Muggles friends before she came to Hogwarts.
Olivia nodded, she being a half blood, knew what Lily was talking about. "Awww…How romantic." James mocked as if he were a love sick ten-year-old making Lily hit him in the shoulder.
"Oh, I got one for us." Sirius said, a devious smile crossing his face.
"Uh oh…" Julia muttered, knowing this was going to be some crazy, unusual yet amusing place by the smile on his face.
"In the mud." He replied.
James laughed and Julia groaned, "In the mud?" Julia repeated.
"Yeah, it'll be fun." Sirius said.
"Oh loads." She sarcastically replied. "In the wet dirty mud."
"No, we could find some dry clean mud if you want." Sirius answered jokingly.
Julia stuck her tongue out at him but couldn't think of anything clever to say back so she settled with a "Shut up Black."
"And what about us?" James asked Lily. "I'll let you decide."
Lily remained quiet for a few seconds thinking of a daring place to make out. She didn't want something easy to do because she knew James and Lily could take on a challenge. "How about…" A smirk crossed her mouth as she suggested, "In McGonagall's private office."
James laughed, "Are you mad? She has more security on that study than there is in Azkaban."
"Afraid Potter?" She asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Course not." He dismissed, his mind already reeling on how to get into McGonagall's office.
"So than it's settled?" Olivia said, changing the subject. "We'll have two weeks to do this?"
"No chickening out." Sirius said to all of them, but mostly directing the statement to Lily and James though because he knew they were going to have a hard time getting in and out of McGonagall's office without being caught.
"Speak for yourself." Lily replied, grinning.
James nodded and smiled. These types of things were what he lived for. They were the things that gave him a rush of adrenaline and excitement. And what could be better than breaking the rules, making out and being with Lily all at the same time?
A/N- Kind of short, I know. Sorry. This is the first chapter of SOH that I've ever had a writer's block on. That's why it took so long to get out…. My apologies.
Thank you to everyone that has reviewed, I love you all!
So any preferences to which pair I should write about first? I figure this is going to be a lot of fun to write…Ha ha… I might combine them into the same chapter depending on how long they end up being.
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