Lily and James were out by the lake snogging when as a joke, he had transformed into a stag, while still kissing her. The most embarrassing part was that she had kept kissing him for several seconds before realizing that James was no longer human. Lily had pulled away positively disgusted with him and at the fact she had just kissed an animal, even if the animal was her boyfriend. She had stormed away as James transformed back into his human form and ran after her, roaring with laughter.
James and Lily probably had the strangest yet most adorable relationship anyone could think of. According to Sirius, who found the story of Lily kissing James in stag form quite hysterical, the two were made for each other. According to James, he was dating the most amazing girl at last, and he would let nothing ever tear them apart. According to Lily, James was just perfect, well except for when he contradicted her. The two knew everything about each other. James had even shared the marauders' deepest secret with her; that he as well as Sirius and Peter were illegal animagi and snuck out at the full moon every month to help Remus get through his transformations, as he was a werewolf.
The thing that most people found amusing about the relationship between the two heads was how much they argued. People could hear them screaming at each other down the corridors, then walk by again three minutes later to find them passionately snogging against the wall. That was the thing; anytime they got in an argument, they would always make up by snogging, and they would snog a lot.
"James I'm sick of the way you always put Quidditch before your head duties!" Lily shouted one May night in the Gryffindor common room. They were standing right in the middle of the room blocking the fire. A few feet back, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and the entire Quidditch team sat listening to the argument.
"Well believe it or not, Evans, I'm Quidditch captain AND Head Boy, so I have responsibilities to both!" He yelled back.
"This is the third night in a row you've been late to head duties. Your Quidditch practice went an hour and a half late! Do you realize that James? An hour and a half! We were supposed to start patrolling at 8:30 on Dumbledore's orders specifically!" She shrieked.
"We went overtime again! Sorry, you know we've got the final Quidditch match of the year coming up! We have to get in as much practice as possible!"
"It doesn't mean I should be stuck waiting for you for an hour while you and your Quidditch team are out getting in extra practice time! I can't do this alone." Lily's arms were crossed. She had a look of fire in her eyes and she was staring James down fiercely, as if her eyes were piercing his soul, and James thought she had never looked more beautiful.
"Okay okay Lily. I'm sorry. I won't let it happen again. And just for you, I'll end practice fifteen minutes early tomorrow. Is that better for you?" He asked in a very calming voice, cupping her chin in his hands. Lily's expression softened, but her arms remained crossed.
"Make it thirty and we're good," Lily said.
"Anything for you, Evans" James replied, leaning in. Lily smiled, James was really the best. He could infuriate her one second, and make her swoon the next. It definitely didn't make their relationship easy, but who said Lily ever wanted something to be easy? She placed her arms around his neck as their lips met.
"Oh God here we go again," Sirius groaned. James and Lily were intertwined around each other in a matter of seconds. She had her hands tangled in his hair, while he had one hand still cupping her face, and the other wrapped around her waist as he pulled her closer to him. Between the kisses, Sirius could see that James was smiling as he snogged the girl of his dreams. Then, James' hand moved from cupping Lily's face to gropping her rear. And his other hand began cupping her breast.
"Oh come on Prongs!" Sirius protested. "There are kids around!" James and Lily broke apart slowly as if they had just realized they were in the middle of a common room. Lily blushed.
"Well I guess we should start patrolling," she said breathlessly, she was definitely still in a daze from being seduced by James Potter once again.
"Yeah, let's go," he replied, leading her out the portrait hole into the corridors.
"I wonder what they're going to do while they're 'patrolling'" Sirius murmured sarcastically to the others.
James and Lily used to be good at patrolling the corridors at the beginning of the year, when they weren't dating. Now, James was pretty sure an army of giants could walk past the two and they wouldn't even notice. Technically, they did patrol the corridors, if patrolling meant spending several minutes in one place before moving down to a different floor and spending several minutes there. It was school gossip that the two heads just used the time when they patrolled the corridors to snog in an abandoned classroom instead. Lily could say that these rumors were untrue, well partially untrue. They didn't snog, well in abandoned classrooms at least. They snogged right out in the open corridors. It's not like anyone would catch them. A student trying to go about the castle without being noticed at night would hardly go and interrupt the two heads while they were snogging unless they wanted a week's detention (This can be testified to as Sirius did exactly that and Lily just about hexed his ears off.)
Tonight was different then most nights. Lily and James were down in the dungeons doing their usual "patrolling." James had Lily pinned up against the wall. Her legs were wrapped around his waist and her blouse was unbuttoned a few buttons too low so that her light blue lacey bra was visible. Her skirt was riding a little too far up her legs. James' tie hung loose around his neck and his shirt was completely unbuttoned revealing his toned muscles. The two were a hot mess. Lily and James kissed passionately for several minutes before stopping to catch their breath.
"You're amazing, Evans. You know that?" James said to her breathlessly as he gazed at her. She just smiled at him.
"If someone told me in any other year I would be here now with you, doing this," she said, gesturing around her, "I would've called them crazy and suggested they see Madame Pomfry." James laughed.
"You were rather stubborn," he joked.
"And you were rather arrogant," she replied smugly.
"Yeah but deep down, you always liked me, didn't you Evans?" James asked, a grin plastered on his face.
"Are you kidding me?" She said incredulously. "You were an absolute nightmare to have constantly hovering around me!"
"You must have liked me a little," he pushed. Lily just laughed at his expression.
"Oh James, you arrogant little bastard, you actually believe that I liked you back then, don't you?" she joked.
"I don't have to believe it, I know it," James responded wisely. Lily rolled her eyes, but there was no use arguing with her boyfriend. His mind was set, as delusional as it might be. The two gazed at each other. "You know," James said after a moment. "I was talking to Dumbledore the other day, and he told me about this organization called The Order of the Phoenix. It's a resistance group founded by him that fights against You-Know-Who and his death eaters."James paused. "He offered me to join it." Lily didn't say anything. "Well actually, he offered both of us to join it," James clarified.
"He wants US to join his group to combat the death eaters?" Lily asked, astonished.
"Yeah, and I've been thinking a lot about it; what I want to do once I'm not at Hogwarts anymore. How I want to live my life and well," James paused for a moment as he looked deep into Lily's eyes, the hazel meeting the green, "I think I'm going to join, and I want you to join with me." Lily didn't know what to say. She was stunned at the idea of being in Dumbledore's personal resistance group. Lily didn't even know if she had the skill to even be in such a group. Suddenly, the two heard voices coming from around the corner. They barely had time to realize that James' shirt was still open and Lily's bra was practically popping out of her blouse. The voices were loud as if the people didn't even care that it was past curfew and didn't care about getting caught. James and Lily quickly hid behind a tapestry as they realized who the voices belonged to. Lily could easily make out the voices of Avery and Mucliber and Severus, but there were at least two others with them as well.
"We're not going to get caught sneaking out, right?" Snape asked.
"Are you kidding? With the head boy and girl probably shagging it up on the 7th floor, who's going to stop us?" Avery replied. Everyone laughed.
"You'd think a pureblood like Potter would have better taste than a mudblood like Evans," Mucliber said, "but you know, blood traitors, I say they're even worse than mudbloods. They choose to betray their status. It's treachery!" Lily could feel James tense up beside her. His wand was clutched tight in his hand.
"James don't," Lily whispered. All the Death Eaters suddenly stopped.
"Did you hear that?" An unidentified voice asked the others.
"Probably just one of those stupid ghosts or something," Avery brushed it off. "Come on, let's get out of here." The group of death eaters passed. As soon as the two heads were sure they were gone, James turned on Lily.
"How come you held me back? Why didn't you let me confront them?" He asked angrily.
"James Potter, don't be stupid," Lily replied. "You know that the Head Boy and Girl would've hardly had an effect on a group of death eaters. They could've killed us!"
"So we're just going to let them get away then?" James was outraged. "You know what they're going to do, don't you. They're out to go chumming it up with their favorite dark lord!"
"James, they'll be plenty of times to fight dementors when were both in the Order of the Phoenix," Lily consoled her fuming boyfriend. James opened his mouth to respond, but then he stopped seeming to just realize what Lily had said.
"When we're both in the Order of the Phoenix?" He asked.
"Yes, well I've been thinking it over, and well after hearing Severus' voice tonight with all of his death eater friends, I realized that I wanted to help combat You-Know-Who's forces," Lily explained timidly. James could hardly believe what he was hearing. He picked Lily up and swung her around above him before letting her down and kissing her passionately. Lily responded immediately, kissing James back forcefully. The two snogged for a few moments before James pulled back abruptly and gazed at Lily as if looking at her for the first time. And then he realized something.
"I love you," he said, his voice barely above a whisper. Lily was stunned at what she had just heard. Did she hear him right? James Potter loved her. James Potter loved her. James Potter loved her. She kept repeating it in her brain over and over again. Lily seemed to be unable to comprehend the fact that James Potter, a boy, no man, that could have any girl in this school just by winking at them, had fallen in love with her, Lily Evans. Lily suddenly felt something churn in the pit of her stomach as it rose like a bubble up through her body until it poured out her mouth.
"I love you too," she said softly, letting her eyes fill with tears. James noticing this suddenly became concerned.
"Lily my darling, why are you crying? Did I upset you?" He asked, cupping her head in his hands as he wiped the tears dripping from her eyes.
"I'm scared, James," she whispered. "When we're out in the real world, you heard what Mulciber and Avery said, I'm- I'm a mudblood. The death eaters will hunt me down; try to exterminate me for what I am. But you James, you're a pureblood. You can live in the new regime, I can't. With me weighing you down, it makes you a blood traitor. That makes you a target too." She could not meet his eyes. Her beautiful tear streaked face was full of a million emotions.
"Don't you dare think like that Lily Evans. I would never let anything happen to you, ever. If anyone ever tried to hurt you, I would protect you under any costs. I decided to join The Order of the Phoenix so I could combat the new regime. This war is about something far greater than you or me. Wizards should live in a world where it doesn't matter about your blood status or your heritage. We should all be valued for our skills, not how pure our blood is." Lily couldn't compress the emotions she was feeling. She flung her arms around James in a hug that would've crushed a spine, but James just hugged Lily back, resting his head on hers as she buried her face into his chest. The two stood there like that for a few moments before Lily pulled back.
"Do you reckon we'll be good Order members?" She asked him.
"Are you kidding? We'll be the most badass Order members Dumbledore has ever seen," James said grinning at her. Lily smiled back reassured. James looked at Lily as he let himself once again be drawn into her magnificence. He loved this woman, he knew it. James made a silent promise to himself right in that moment that he would protect and love Lily Evans until the day he died and there was no way he would let anything happen to her. That night that Lily and James shared in the dungeons in their 7th year at Hogwarts was the moment that they both realized they would always be together, till death do them part. Little did James know that five years later on October 31st, 1981 he would fulfill his promise as he gave his life trying to save Lily and their son, Harry Potter.
THE END
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