Chapter 8: Paradise Night

That night, Nicole went home after the Rose Ceremony. The three of us, Molly, Jocelyn, and I, had a late night bonding session over Oreos and milk. Molly tossed her bitchy side to the trash for the night. She was actually a very interesting person. We talked about our jobs and the schools we went too. I felt like we were eleven again and having those slumber parties where we would try to stay up late and tell our biggest secret.

"So this one time during 6th grade," explained Molly, "I was on a weekend trip for cheerleading. And some of the cheerleaders there are very "naughty" girls. Plus they were in like 10th and 11th grade. Anyway, they decided to show us how to put a condom on a banana. You can just imagine how six twelve year old girls thought about this. We just sat there as they told us all of this disgusting stuff. It was way weird."

"Yeah but now you would be the one telling all the twelve year olds that," joked Jocelyn.

Molly smiled. "Probably."

"Well, at my boarding school," I said, "the girls there are just monsters. As well as the guys. You could find any of them in broom closets. For example, say I was wondering where Suzie was. They would answer; try the 2nd broom closet to the right. It was horrible."

"You weren't one for midnight make-out sessions," said Molly.

"No, I was a kill joy," I smiled, remembering the life of Hogwarts. I wish I could have told them a lot more about it, but I didn't think it would be right to tell them now. It might ruin the mood.

The rest of the night we stayed up giggling like little girls. It was so much fun to get to know the real Molly.

In the morning Molly was picked up by a limo. Jocelyn and I stood on the front steps waving good-bye to her. She stuck her head through the roof and waved at us as if she were a queen. She was soon out of sight and closer to her exotic date with James.

Jocelyn and I were sitting around the island watching TV. She turned to me and rolled her eyes as the TV program was talking about birds and migration. "What do you want to do today?"

"Are we allowed to do anything?" I asked.

"Yes, I say we go downtown and shop!" exclaimed Jocelyn.

"Can't say no to that," I said smiling as we grabbed our shoes and jumped into the limo waiting for us outside.

"And we can also go to the spa!" Jocelyn said happily.

"Wow, you are way too excited for this," I said.

We bonded over a mini shopping spree. After some lattes we went to the spa.

"Do you think we will still be friends after the show ends?" asked Jocelyn while someone scrubbed my cuticles.

"I hope so," I said.

"Me too. So what's it like being a singer and all?"

"Well it's not all that fascinating. I mean I love to sing and perform, but all the shows seem to blend together. Sometimes I think of what I could have been in the wiz..." I dropped off forgetting that Jocelyn didn't know I was a witch.

"That's how I feel sometimes," she continued, ignoring my awkward pause. "I love being a lawyer, but fighting for people is getting old."

I laughed. Jocelyn and I continued to talk while we got pampered.

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-Next Day

This morning I woke up late, forgetting completely that Jocelyn had left on her exotic date. I didn't get a chance to say good bye to her. Molly and I would be here all alone today. I just hoped she was in a good mood because I wasn't in the mood for bitchiness.

Molly was downstairs sitting in the kitchen eating a Ben & Jerry's Rocky Road ice cream. She looked up and smiled at me once I walked in. The TV was on a home furnishing show.

"Hey Molly," I said cheerfully.

"Hello," she said. "Want to join me?" She said acknowledging the ice cream.

"Ice cream for breakfast?"

"You have got to have more of an adventurous side." Molly laughed.

I hesitated. "Oh, what the hell." I grabbed a spoon out of the drawer and pulled up a stool. "There a reason why you are eating ice cream in the morning?"

"Not in particular," she said. "I just felt like having some good ole ice cream. My friends and I would do this all the time. Just sit around and eat ice cream."

"Sounds wicked."

"So how was your day yesterday?"

"It was a blast. Jocelyn and I went shopping, then to a spa."

"Cool. I'm just gonna chill today."

"How was your night?" I asked tentatively.

"It was interesting," Molly answered. "You'll love it wherever you go. All you do is relax and have fun."

"Sounds right up my alley." I smiled. "Where did you go?"

"Aruba," she sighed. "It was an amazing place."

I nodded. "I'm going to go swimming. See you later." I got up and walked out of the room.

"Don't burn yourself," called Molly.

I rolled my eyes. "Thanks mom," I yelled back. Molly really isn't that bad anymore. You just had to break her barrier. On the inside she actually is a nice person.

It sounded like Molly had a good time with James. It's weird. Before I wouldn't have cared less if Molly had a good date or not. But now I was becoming jealous, you could say. Or I just felt like James was all mine, which he isn't. I continued walking outside mulling over my thoughts.

Outside I jumped into the pool. The sun hung high overhead. I lay on my back, just floating there. Water caved in around my head and body. The cool water felt fantastic. Then I got an idea. I jumped out of the pool and sat on a chair. My cell phone was sitting on the table waiting for it to be used. I grabbed it and punched 2 on speed dial.

"Lily!" shouted Ari as she picked up the phone.

"Ari! How are you?" I asked.

"I'm great, and you?"

"Oh, fantastic. The weather is absolutely wonderful here."

"I bet that's not all that's wonderful there." I could feel the smile from the other side of the world.

I laughed. "Of course. So how are things with Sirius? And tell him that he is an asshole."

It was Ari's turn to laugh. "He knew you might be mad at him. He's right here. Talk to her."

I could hear Sirius in the back round begging not to give him the phone. The phone was muffled as he grabbed it. "Hullo?"

"Hi Sirius."

"Hi," he said tentatively.

"Well, when were you going to tell me who this was actually?"

"Uhm, never."

I laughed. He sounded so nervous. "Sirius, I'm not mad. Well, actually I was at first. But now I'm not. Its fine, I forgive you."

I heard him let out a sigh. "Good. I thought you were going to hate me forever. Here's Ari."

"Well, that will make him sleep better at night."

"Oh I'm glad I could help." I could see Molly coming out of the house.

"Well I'm gonna go. Got some swimming to do."

"Bye Lily. Good luck."

"Thanks," I said then shut my phone. Molly made her way over to me and set her stuff down on a chair.

"Are you gonna try and tan?" she joked.

"I have tried and failed."

She laughed. "Well then forget about it. Let's swim."

The rest of the afternoon Molly and I swam and relaxed in the pool. For dinner we decided to make our own food. We went out shopping to get all the ingredients to make homemade pizza. It took us nearly half an hour to find all the stuff we needed.

"Okay, put the sauce on now," I said pulling my hair back into a messy bun. Our aprons were tied tightly around our waists. Spoons were in our hands in preparation for sauce spreading.

We laughed as we spread the tomato sauce around the dough. Then we pilled all the toppings we wanted onto it. In the end it came out wonderful.

"It's positively scrumptious," I said in my best French impersonation. By the time we were done we were both beat. Sleep soon came to both of us.

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-Hawaii

James met me at the front of the Hawaii Hotel with a bouquet of pink lilies.

"Thank you James," I said giving him a kiss. "At least they weren't roses."

James chuckled. "Come on, we are going to Jet Ski."

I frowned slightly.

"Have you jet skied before?"

"Never in my life," I said nervously.

"Don't worry, you got a pro with you," he said puffing out his chest.

"At least I know who to turn to when I want to act cocky," I said smiling.

"I take that as a compliment, thank you very much." He handed me a life vest and I somewhat relaxed as I put it on.

James gave me brief directions on how to use it. Soon we were speeding out on the bright blue ocean. James rode up beside me and splashed some water on my face in the process.

"Oh no you didn't!" I shouted laughing.

James began laughing and he jumped onto the end of my ski. He immediately started tickling me. Then I completely lost it when his fingers grazed over my neck.

"Mmm, I like that." I giggled.

"You do, do you?"

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-Private Island

Once we arrived on the Island, we immediately sat down to eat. The ride over worked up my appetite.

"How are you coping so far?" asked James smiling his trademark lopsided grin. His smile had me mesmerized.

"This is paradise," I sighed. I looked out across the water. The sun was gradually meeting the horizon, forming a beautiful sunset. "It's so beautiful out here."

"So are you."

"So cliché." I giggled. But what he said still made my insides flutter.

"I have something for you," James said pulling out a white piece of stationery.

"Ooh," I said taking it from him. Then I read a loud; "'James and Lily, I hope you are having a wonderful time in Hawaii. If you like to forgo your separate rooms. Or stay as a couple in the fantasy suite. Best wishes, Chris.' Well, I think we should start heading to the fantasy suite now."

"I was hoping you would say that." smiled James.

"Let's go."

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-Fantasy Suite

"It's amazing," I whispered, gazing around at all the rose and rose petals spread out around the room. There was a joint room that housed a full king-size bed. Candles seemed to float around the room.

In the main room, a futon was laid out on the floor with five red pillows. The futon faced a roaring fire. I fell onto the cushions and sighed. James landed on top of me.

"Ow James." I laughed. "Are you trying to kill me?" I pretended to sob.

"Lily, I'm sorry," he said quickly, getting off. "It's okay. Where do you hurt?"

I cracked a smile. "I'm just wonderful!"

"You bitch." he laughed. Then he threw himself on me again, but this time he used his tickling power. I'm very ticklish. Tickling was a game we liked to play... a lot.

"James. Stop. I. Can't. Breathe," I laughed.

He reluctantly stopped. Instead of tickling me though, he brought his lips to mine. All memories of our tickling fight vanished. I ran my hands through his unruly hair. His tongue begged for entrance into my mouth. I welcomed him greatly.

Before things went too far, I had to talk to him.

"James, I need to ask you a question," I said breathing heavily.

"Right now?" he asked kissing my neck.

I almost let him continue. "Yes," I said backing away, "contain yourself for like a minute."

He sighed and put his back up against the couch. "What do you need to ask?"

"Okay, well this might sound really stupid. But I do have some morals. And I need to know," I said hesitantly. "Did you have sex with Molly or Jocelyn."

James stared at me for a while. Then he said, "Out of pure honesty, no I didn't. Jocelyn wasn't comfortable with it, and Molly was a little too comfortable, which made me uncomfortable. Do you get that?"

"Yeah," I sighed. "I just feel stupid for asking you about it. I mean like I don't want to pry into your personal life or anything. I just wouldn't have been able to stay with you if you have done stuff with them."

James stopped my rant by kissing my forehead. "Your perfectly fine, Lily. I have an idea. How about we go get some ice cream?"

"Fantastic!" I exclaimed.

"Ah, James that's revolting," I exclaimed laughing. He was sticking his whole face in the bowl of ice cream. Little colorful sprinkles were falling off his face. My sides started to hurt from laughing so much.

"But you like it," he said smiling.

"You know I'm here for all the right reasons, right?" I asked him, taking a lick from my cone.

He looked at me with his hazel eyes shining. "Well, I hope so."

"I'm just saying, if the other girls don't think I'm not here for the right reasons, they are so wrong," I said.

James took my hand in his and laced our fingers together. "Lily, I don't care what the other girls say about you. I know what you want, and that's all that matters."

"Ok, good," I said smiling. "It's just that I've never been this scared in my life."

"Scared of what?" he asked softly.

I looked into his eyes to find him staring softly back at me. "I don't know, that's it."

James nodded his head. He understood what I meant.

We finished up our ice cream, and began walking back to the hotel suite. The warm breeze was very inviting. James bent down and laid a kiss on the top of my head.

"Let's get back to the room so we can go to bed, if you know what I mean." He wiggled his eyebrows.

"Wow," I said. "But that does sound tempting."

The camera crew left at the entrance to the hotel. "Alone at last," James sighed engulfing me in a sweet kiss.

"Mmm," I moaned against his lips.

Once we entered our suite the magic began. I mean literally, the magic began.

"So, you are actually a witch?" he said sitting next to me on the futon.

I smacked him. "Of course you dolt! I went to school with you. Didn't we already have this talk?"

"Yes, I just wanted to make sure," he said. "Will you do something for me then?"

I rolled my eyes. "Fine." I pulled my wand out of my jacket pocket. It was neatly polished and shone brightly in the firelight. I quickly though of the easiest spell in the book. "Wingardium Leviosa." I pointed to the vase of flowers, and they were soon floating in air.

James smiled. "First year stuff."

"Always remember the basics," I said.

"Didn't you graduate first in our year?"

I blushed slightly. "Yes, I had the best marks too. Even though you and even Sirius weren't that far behind me.

"I can't believe I don't remember you. I mean we were in the same house, right?"

"Proud Gryffindors."

"We were even head Boy and Girl. This makes no sense. I would have definitely remembered you."

"Well James, we were seventeen then. My hair is darker and longer. I'm not short anymore. Plus we didn't talk that much at school."

"I notice. Are you really just a singer?"

"Not really. That's my job, but I'm also a field Auror. I mostly do stuff while I'm on tour somewhere. And, Mad Eye just asked me to join this thing..."

"The Order."

"Yes, how do you know?"

"I joined last year."

"Now I might just have to join," I smirked.

"You just might," he said softly and kissed my forehead. "I'm so glad I finally got to know you."

"Me too," I sighed leaning against his chest. I looked up to see him gazing down at me. Then he lent down and brushed his lips against mine. Every time he touched me, little fireworks went off in my stomach. His kisses made me melt. No one has ever kissed me like they actually wanted me before. The more he kissed me the more I wanted him.

My hands made their way around his neck. James moaned against my mouth. His tongue pleaded for entrance again. Soon our kisses became heated. His hand rested on the small of my back.

James stopped suddenly and whispered in my ear, "Are you sure about this?"

"Yes," I said quietly.

Then James scooped me up and carried me into the bedroom. He laid me delicately on the bed. That's when the night started.

Way into the dawn of the night, James finally fell asleep. I kissed his temple softly. His hair was damp and fell into his face. I pushed it off his head. Then I whispered very quietly. "I love you." Hopefully he hadn't heard me; I didn't want him to think I was crazy in love with him.

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I woke up with Lily asleep in my arms. She looked like an angel. After last night, there's no way I could not love her. Even after she told me that she loved me, I was on cloud nine. I don't think she knew that I was still able to hear her. I lightly kissed her lush red lips. Her eyes fluttered open.

"Good morning gorgeous," I said grabbing her hand.

"Hey," she yawned, giving me a smile. She had no idea I knew.

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Once we had taken a shower and gotten refreshed, we had a wonderful breakfast.

"Well, I've had a really wonderful time with you," I said taking a sip of my orange juice.

"I would have to agree," James said.

I smiled at him.

Around noon a limo arrived to pick me up. "I'll see you later," I said and gave him a kiss.

"Bye."

I'm so very sorry it took me forever to update again. But I had a severe writers block. So this story is almost done! I hope you like this chapter. It's a little bit longer.