After much argument, a lot of huffing, and moving things around, the bed arrangements were finally set up. They were all sleeping on the floor of the Heads Common room, the floor had been covered with duvets and mattresses, and to be honest it now looked like one huge bed, the couch had been pushed right back, and the coffee table now sat in James' room.
Letters had to been sent to their parents and their names were now officially on the staying for Christmas list when the group had finally managed to get everything done it was time for dinner.
"That was so exhausting." Sophia whined as Regulus pulled her closer to him, she didn't seem at all bothered by this and shut up pretty quickly, Lily looked at them through the corner of her eyes and smirked at her brother.
"So-Lo and Reg have been almost dating for nearly three months now." Peter told her quietly, he rolled his eyes in their direction. "You'd think by now that one of them made a move." He said, Lily giggled quietly and nodded.
"So you seeing anyone?" Lily asked, Peter shook his head gloomily. "Have your eye on anyone?" Lily asked, Peter blushed slightly and nodded his head. "Ooer, who?"
"There's this girl, she's in the year below, Hufflepuff. But she's out of my league." Peter said, Lily poked him in the ribs.
"No one is out of your league, you just have to go about it the right way." Lily said. "Is there a subject that you know she doesn't do well in, that you do?" Peter nodded his head thoughtfully. "Well then, offer to tutor her." Lily said grinning. "Spend time with her."
"Yeah." Peter said visibly brightening up. He smiled thankfully at Lily.
"So it's still light out, who wants a game of quidditch?" James asked once they had finished stuffing their faces.
"No!" The other groaned, feeling as if their stomachs were about to burst. James' face fell as his friends grumbled and Lily took pity on him.
"I'll play one on one with you, bet I'll get more goals." Lily said, the older boy grinned at her mischievously.
"I bet I'll kick your arse." James replied.
"Five Galleons says Lily wins." Allie said slamming five gold coins down on the table.
"Ten for James." Sev said throwing down his coins.
"Alright people do we have any more offers?" Reggie questioned taking the money into his care and receiving a number of bets of either Lily or James.
The pair got up and raced out of the Great hall, laughing all the way, until finally they reached the Quidditch Pitch, the pair were gasping for breath as they raced to get their brooms out of the cupboard, sniggering slightly, Lily pushed James down so he landed in a pile of mud, he looked up at her shocked, to which she stuck her tongue out before releasing the quaffle and shooting towards the goal on her broom.
"I'll get you Evans!" James yelled jumping onto his broom and flying after her. By the time their friends had arrived it was a fierce battle of wits, will she/won't she and name calling.
"OH POOR POTTER CAN'T CATCH THE SILLY LITTLE GIRL!" Lily shouted as she shot past James, right towards the goal and scored yet another shot.
James caught the quaffle and flew towards his own goal.
"LOOKIE HERE EVANS! I HAVE SOEMTHING YOU WANT!" James taunted coming to a stand still, Lily smirked at him and shot right at him, James' eyes widened, sure she was going to crash into him, before she came to a sudden stand still, her legs brushing against his and she was smiling in this innocent way that he knew hid her nasty little thoughts, nasty little thoughts he Really wanted to know.
He almost fell from his broom when Lily leant towards him and he could practically see down her top, and as easy as that, she plucked the ball from his hands and flew off scoring another goal as he sat there dazed.
Their friends burst out laughing as Lily managed to score yet another goal as James had barely moved.
"I think this means Twitch won!" Nay shouted to James who nodded dumbly and landed on the grass. Lily joined him seconds later a smirk firmly plastered on her face.
"I'm sure you'll get better with a bit of practice." Lily teased. "Captain."
James went straight to the Boys changing room by the pitch and took a cold shower, when finally he got out it was to find Lily sitting on one of the benches, her legs crossed, leaning back on her hands, he wondered if she realised sitting that way just pushed her chest out, before shaking his head and turning away from the redheaded minx, because really, that's what she was.
"Nice game." Lily said teasingly as she watched him, she wasn't sure what on earth possessed her to come here while their friends went back to the castle, it was getting dark now, and this was so very wrong, but she was still sitting there.
"You cheated." James replied smirking at Lily, who raised her eyebrows.
"I think you'll find I didn't break a single rule." Lily replied evenly, though she couldn't hide the devilish smirk on her face. He watched as her eyes travelled from his eyes to his feet and back again, he was only wearing the low sitting jeans he had put on this morning.
"Hmm, little miss innocent, my arse." James said as he grabbed the towel, drying his hair off a bit before throwing it at the redhead, she caught it easily.
"Oh, hanging out with you lot made me realise I can have a bit more… Fun in life." Lily said, she stood up and bowed her head at James slightly. She was reaching for the door knob when James crossed the room and pinned her against the nearest wall.
"You are the strangest person I have ever met, and in all the best ways." James growled into her ear, he was pressed up against her, and was that his heart she could hear or her own? Then he started to nibble on her ear and she really didn't give a damn whose heart it was that she could hear beating.
She let out a soft moan, as he kissed her hard on the mouth, and damn, she thought, this isn't what she wanted.
Actually I do want this. Part of her brain screamed as he nibbled softly on her bottom lip.
His hands were all over her, her hands were all over him, they were just a tangle of limbs, but it felt so good, it felt…
"NO!" Lily gasped pulling away from James, she pushed him as far away as she possibly could and looked at her feet, this wasn't meant to be happening, tears formed in her eyes and rolled down her cheeks, landing on the floor.
"Lily?" James asked cautiously.
"I don't want this!" Lily sobbed looking up at James and swiping at her tears. "I shouldn't want this! But I really do!" Lily sobbed, she stamped her feet and sobbed harder, James was unsure of what he should do as he watched her. "You're going to hurt me!" Lily screamed accusingly, pointing at him, but James shook his head.
"I'm not going to hurt you." James said looking really upset himself.
"Yes you are! I know boys like you! Sirius is like you!" Lily shouted.
"And Sirius is now in a real relationship with Mars, why am I so different?" James asked her softly, he walked towards her and cupped her face in his hands. "I won't hurt you, because you…" He pulled away and turned around so she was looking at his back before turning to her, his eyes filled with anger and sadness, and so many other emotions. "Damnit Lily, you are in my head all the fucking time! And no matter what I do you're there! I can't get my work done because all I'm ever doing is thinking about you! I do stupid things because it makes you happy! Remus for god's sake! I told him to be with you because he made you happy! Not because I wanted him to be happy! I didn't even want you to be with him at all! And the thought of his hands on you drove me bloody insane!" James yelled at her.
Lily stood there and stared at him in shock, not expecting all this to come tumbling out of his mouth.
"Damnit! You are the dumbest smart person I know!" He yelled frustrated. "What do I need to do to show you how much I bloody well love you!"
Silence.
And then Lily practically launched herself at James, her legs wrapped around his waist, his hands in her hair, and Lily noticed how well their bodies fit together, how nice it was to be kissed by James, and how right it really felt.
She wasn't sitting there trying to convince herself this was wrong, she simply accepted that this was right.