"Have you heard? Lily Evans and James Potter are supposedly dating!"
"What?! I thought she hated him?"
"What happened to her dating Jeremy Thomas?"
Were just some of the whispers going around by those who had witnessed James kiss Lily on the cheek between classes or those who had seen them holding hands walking through the grounds or the way that James leaned in to whisper something in Lily's ear in the library which caused her to blush. Most people rubbed their eyes if they saw the two of them sharing close contact, mostly because they wanted to make sure that they weren't dreaming. Neither of the two of them confirmed their relationship when asked and both tried to keep it low-key.
Lily was starting to feel at her happiest in her new relationship. She was surprised that her grades managed to stay up though due to the fact that James was a distraction. Their patrols tended to take longer than usual because James would push her into a darkened corner to kiss her and if James managed to sit next her during a class he would wear his famous smirk and run a hand over her thigh whilst she was trying to write. He'd even do it during dinner and get her so worked up that she'd drag him into the nearest broom cupboard just to snog him senseless.
But although she and James were trying to keep things low-key, there was one person who knew the rumours were true. It was as she was walking to meet James from Quidditch practice when Jeremy stood in front of her. She raised her eyebrows in annoyance and tried to go around him, but once again Jeremy stood in her way.
"What do you want?" Lily asked.
"It didn't take you long to fall into Potter's bed." said Jeremy.
"What I do is none of your concern."
"Lily, I care about you. I'm trying to change, please just give me a chance!" Jeremy begged.
Lily shook her head, "I'm over you. You hurt me by lying and cheating and then forcing that girl into an abortion. I'd respect you a lot more if you actually did the right thing by Georgia, did you even go to the twelve week scan?"
Jeremy opened his mouth but then closed it, there was nothing that he could say that would change Lily's mind.
"Lily, you know I love you-
She held up her hand and he fell quiet, she moved around him and headed for the doors. Jeremy stood on the spot as he watched her walk out of the castle, feeling determined not to give up on her. Lily didn't even know why that Jeremy was still trying to win her back, after everything that had happened. She had moved on from her ex-boyfriend and although she had only been with James for a few weeks, she knew that she had never felt about Jeremy the way she felt out James Potter.
Although it was only six in the evening, the sun had already set two hours before and she could faintly make out the Gryffindor team walking back from the pitch. She stopped on the path and waited, there was no point in meeting James when he was already returning. The team all smirked when James placed a light kiss on her forehead and stopped so that they could walk slowly behind the rest of the team.
"How was your evening?" asked James.
"I mostly studied and I ran into Jeremy on my way to meet you." Lily replied.
"What did he have to say?"
"Just that it didn't take me long to fall into your bed and that he loves me and wants another chance."
"And what did you tell him?"
"Nothing, I told him that what I did was none of his concern."
James nodded and they walked into the castle, stopping inside the entrance hall. Jeremy stood talking to Georgia, watching them closely. Lily turned to James, whose eyes were lit up and she could tell that he wanted to kiss her.
"Not here." Lily whispered.
James turned to see that Jeremy was watching the two of them and he took her hand and led her up to the common room. Once inside, James started to head up to the boy's dormitory but Lily stopped. He turned to face her with a look of confusion on his face.
"What's wrong?"
"Taking me up to your dormitory?" Lily teased, eyebrows raised.
James chuckled, "I'm sure you'd like to see where I sleep, Marlene has grown accustomed to sleeping in Sirius's bed." he replied.
"Amongst other thing." Lily muttered.
They walked up the boy's staircase and Lily sat on James's bed as he started to rifle through his trunk to find a top to wear. She noticed how much messier the boy's dormitory was to the girl's one, but she figured that it was in a boy's nature to be untidy. She looked over at Sirius's bed and noticed a pile of smelly socks gathering under the bed. She wrinkled her nose and turned to James, finding herself unable to say anything as she noticed that he had taken his Quidditch top off.
She wouldn't describe him as a greek god, but she could tell that he exercised daily from the six-pack and noticable muscles on his chest and upper arms. He looked utterly irresistable as he smirked when he caught her staring. Throwing the top at the foot of his bed, he leaned over her; causing Lily to move herself backwards a bit, biting her lip.
"Did I catch you eyeing me up?" James whispered.
Lily nodded and grinned mischeviously.
"No wonder you have a little fan club Potter."
"The difference is Evans that I don't go topless around the school, you're the first girl to see me like this."
"Guess I'm the lucky one then?"
"I think we're both lucky."
Before Lily could question what James had meant, he kissed her heatedly. She fell backwards on to the bed, running her hands over his chest as his tongue battled hers. She moaned softly when James moved to kiss her neck, sucking at her earlobe as his hands pushed her skirt up her thighs and stroked the top of her stockings. Lily ran her hands through his messy hair and gripped lightly before pulling his mouth back to hers and kissing him heatedly. James wrapped her legs around his waist as he pushed her deeper into his mattress. James began to kiss her neck again and Lily gasped as she felt something press into her that she had never been used to before. Her gasp had caused James to stop kissing her and look down at her in concern, his breathing uneven.
"Lily, I'm sorry." James whispered, untangling her legs and moving off her.
She sat her and straightened her skirt and sat up too, she wasn't angry with him and couldn't understand why he had apologised. This had been the most heated moment of their relationship and she wanted to go further, she had just been caught up in the moment. Lily watched as James got off the bed and picked up the discarded top from the floor, he pulled it over his head and ran his fingers through his hair.
"James." Lily said softly.
He knelt before her and cupped her face affectionately before lightly kissing her lips.
"I'm sorry I went too far."
"James I-
He took her hand and helped her up from the bed before leading her out of the dormitory and down to the common room. They walked in silence out of the portrait hole before James stopped to face her.
"Lily, you remember when I asked you if you would sneak out after curfew?" he asked her.
She nodded, "I said that I would if you could guarantee we wouldn't get caught."
"We aren't on duty tonight, you want to go somewhere with me?" he asked.
"Why not?" Lily smiled.
James grinned from ear to ear as the two of them walked down to the Great Hall for dinner with Lily wondering what he was planning for them.
A/N: Thanks for all the reviews so far. I hope you like this chapter and if you feel that the rating needs to go up then please let me know and I will change it. Also I have started a new Lily/James fanfic called The Feeling of Forever so feel free to give that a read, it's a short story in progress.