Chapter 38
Remus had told Claudia everything that Lily had. Claudia and Remus became closer and everyone was in good spirits by the end of the school week especially Lily. It was Friday the 28th February. The next day would technically be Lily's birthday. But as it was not a leap year, there would be no 29th February. So Lily's family would usually celebrate her birthday over a two-day period, 28th February and 1st March. Her friends knew about this tradition. Lily sat in the Great Hall during Breakfast and looked expectantly at her friends. Claudia and Remus sat opposite her along with Sophie and beside her Sirius sat piling his breakfast plate high with greases and fats.
"How long was your transfiguration essay?" Sophie asked Claudia.
"A foot why?" Claudia asked she drank her juice.
"Just wondering. Mine is about the same. Lily how long is yours?" Sophie asked.
"Isn't it strange how February does not have 30 or 31 like the rest of the months? It only has 28 days but on a leaps year it has 29?" Lily asked looking at her friends. Everyone looked at her.
"I'll take that as a lot then." Sophie said shaking her head. Just then James and Michelle sat down on either sides of Lily. James put his arm around her waist and kissed her cheek affectionately.
"Do you know what day it is?" James asked. Lily grinned at him. She knew he would remember. "It's the day we play the biggest prank of the month on the Slytherins." James grinned as he high fived Remus. Lily's face dropped.
"Nothing else happening today?" Lily asked curiously. James looked at her and thought.
"I can't think of anything." James shrugged as he piled some bacon on to his plate. Lily sighed then looked up as the Owl post came. She waited expectantly for her parent's owl with her presents but a strange owl landed in front of her instead. It was brown with patches of white on its feathers. Around its neck was a red ribbon which had a gold tag that read "Highbury Solicitors" Lily knew what this was about. She opened it and read.
Dear Miss Lillian Evans
You are now of age to collect your inheritance from the late Isabelle McLaughlin, your grandmother who passed away on 29th January 1976. Lily sighed as she read this. Her Grandmother had died the year before from a stroke. Lily missed her very much. Below is a list of the assets you have received.
Galgorm Oaks Manor - land and possessions within the home
Original Shakespearian scripts
Original paintings by the late August Handings
£3 Million granted on the basis that Miss Lillian Evans must "follow her dreams".
Your assets shall be given to you on 16th April, when you arrive home for Easter break. We wish you well in your forthcomings and hope to speak with you soon.
Yours Sincerely
Frank Evart
Lily gasped as she read the letter. Her grandmother had given her the manor. The house that Lily had loved. It was situated in County Wicklow, Ireland. She chuckled as she read the part about following her dreams. James looked at her.
"You okay?" He asked sincerely.
"M-my grandmother left me her house in her will." Lily stuttered. Her friends looked at her. "Petunia isn't going to be happy." Lily said breathlessly.
"Lily, I thought your Grandmother was a muggle. How could she send this by owl post?" Sirius asked curiously. Lily grinned.
"She was a Wicca. You know someone who could perform wandless magic. She spent most of her life perfecting it." Lily said with admiration. "Wow, I can't believe this." Lily said.
"Well you had better because we have to go to class." Michelle chuckled. Lily nodded and followed her friends out of the Great Hall. Lily had spent the rest of the day giving her friends subtle hints about how important today was but they didn't seem to catch on. Lily also spent the day thinking about her grandmother. Lily had loved her so much. She had been closer to her than she had been to her own mother.
After dinner that evening Lily was sitting in the Library researching some things for her Arithmancy paper. James, Sirius, Remus and Peter were currently playing 'the biggest prank of the month", Claudia and Sophie were probably talking about their boyfriends and Michelle had just left her to go find Eve and berate her about not telling James about her summer plans. Lily now sat alone in the Library and thought about the waste of the day. She had gotten almost good news that morning, but she would rather have her grandmother than the possessions she received. She also couldn't believe her friends had forgotten her birthday. She looked at her watch and realized that it was 8:50. She remembered that she had to meet Claudia in her dorm to help her with her Herbology homework. Lily sighed and packed up her stuff.
As she walked through the corridors she noticed that not many people were about. Usually you would see a few third years running from Filch or a couple kissing and cuddling in a corner. But there was none of that tonight. Lily sighed perhaps they all just had lots of homework. As she neared the portrait she slowed down. She didn't really want to go in there because she was sure that there would be lots of people needing her help. She stopped at the portrait and looked up at the fat lady.
"Good evening Lily dear." The fat lady smiled.
"Yeah great - Cookie dough." Lily said and the portrait swung open. Lily sighed as she walked through. Suddenly she was met with a load roar of people.
"SURPRISE!" They all screamed. Lily stood their shocked. James, Sirius, Remus, Claudia, Michelle, Sophie and all her other friends stood their and cheered. They were all dressed up in their best dancewear, awaiting a party. Lily smiled and laughed as James rushed to her and hugged her.
"Happy birthday babe." James whispered into her ear.
"I thought you guys forgot." Lily said as she turned to her friends.
"How could we with this idiot not shutting up about it all week?" Remus laughed.
"Your presents are over on the table including your parents present. We wrote them telling them about the party." Claudia smiled. The common room was full with people. All of Lily's friends from the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff houses had come. Everyone came up to say happy birthday to Lily as James stood by her side grinning stupidly at how happy Lily seemed. She needed this, especially after the whole ESP thing. Lily needed to have a good time tonight and she was going to if it had anything to do with James. When the last person walked away after wishing her a happy birthday, Lily turned to her boyfriend.
"I'm going to get changed." Lily grinned.
"I'll just-" James began but Lily was already dragging him up the stairs. Michelle was standing with Sirius at the drinks table when Ryan from Ravenclaw came up to them.
"Hey guys' do you know were Lily went?" Ryan asked curiously. Sirius and Michelle looked round them, and then Sirius noticed the two walking up the stairs. He nudged Michelle and nodded towards the two.
"Looks like James is going to get lucky." Sirius laughed. Ryan looked at the direction they were looking and sighed dejectedly.
Meanwhile upstairs, Lily closed the door with her foot and grabbed James into a passionate kiss. She moaned happily as he pushed her against the door and undid the buttons on her robe. He pushed them of her body as they moved towards Lily's bed. James sat down on the bed and took Lily with him. He pulled of her jumper as Lily took a breath. Lily then pushed him down on the bed and kissed his neck as she undid the buttons to his black shirt. As she moved her lips back up to his mouth, James tugged at Lily's shirt from her skirt. He ran a hand up her back and was just about to - someone coughed beside them. Lily and James looked up to see Claudia standing their trying to suppress a laugh.
"Sorry to interrupt but... M-McGonagall wanted to talk to you Lily." Claudia said through a hand, which covered her mouth.
"Umm thanks Claudia, I'll be umm down in a minute." Said a very flushed Lily. Claudia nodded then walked out of the room. You could hear her laughing as she made her way down stairs. Lily shook her head then looked at James. She kissed him sweetly on the lips then stood up. "What to wear?" Lily muttered to herself.
"I better get down stairs. McGonagall will send out a search party if she doesn't see all the Marauders in the same vicinity." James sighed. James kissed Lily on the cheek then made his way down stairs. A few minutes later Lily came down the stairs. She smiled as she walked towards Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore. McGonagall was talking animatedly to Suzie Hank, the sixth year Gryffindor prefect.
"Happy Birthday, Lily." Dumbledore smiled. "We thought that we would stop by and make sure everything was going well." Dumbledore smiled.
"Oh you're not staying?" Lily asked with false sadness.
"I am afraid not. I have test papers to mark." McGonagall said frowning. Just then James walked up to them holding to cups of pumpkin juice.
"Here you go Lil." James said handing her one of the drink.
"Thank you." Lily said as she smiled at him.
"Professor could I have a word with you?" James asked Dumbledore. Dumbledore smiled and followed James to the side of the room. Lily watched them then turned back to Professor McGonagall and started to talk with her. A few minutes later James and Dumbledore came back.
"Minerva, I think it is time we retire. I trust you will go to bed at a reasonable hour and not be too loud." Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eye. James and Lily smiled and nodded.
"I'll make sure everyone is on their best behavior." Lily smiled.
"Lily that is my job this evening. You're going to have fun." James smiled. Lily rolled her eyes but smiled none the less.
"Happy Birthday, Lily and make sure you all have a fun evening." Dumbledore smiled before leaving with McGonagall. Sirius, Remus and James all made contact with each other and then muttered a spell. Lily turned to James.
"What did you just do?" She asked accusingly.
"We made the room sound proof. We can make all the noise we want now." James smiled as music began.
"But won't they be back round to check on us?" Lily asked. James shook his head.
"Dumbledore and McGonagall are leaving early in the morning to visit the ministry. So they will be in bed early." James said. James looked around the room and could see Claudia whispering something into Remus' ear; Remus was looking there way with fury in his eyes. James gulped. "Why don't I give you your present now?" James said to Lily. Lily smiled and shrugged. James took a hold of her hand and led her up one of the staircases.
"Where are we going?" Lily asked.
"The attic." James replied. Lily decided not to make him clarify even though she was very confused. When they reached a door at the end of the corridor James put his hands over Lily's eyes and walked in. He laughed as he made her walk up stairs towards the attic.
"One more step." James laughed as Lily fumbled.
"Let me see and this would be a whole lot easier." Lily whined.
"Stop whining." James laughed. He knew that Lily was pouting; she always did that when she wanted something from James. They got to the top of the stairs. "Okay now keep your eyes closed." James said as he took his hands away. Lily closed her eyes. "Hold out your hands." He said. Lily did as she was told. She then felt something furry in her hands. Lily opened her eyes to see a small grey cat that was sleeping.
"Oh James it is lovely." Lily smiled happily. James smiled happily.
"I'm glad you liked him." James said.
"It's a he? Can I name him?" Lily asked as she sat down on the ground and started to pet its grey fur. James nodded.
"Umm I think I'll call you Cupid... no I would need a Psyche then. Umm how about Pippin. Yup I like that." Lily smiled. James looked at her oddly as he sat beside her.
"What's a Pippin?" James asked curiously. Lily looked at him and chuckled as she petted the cat.
"Pippin is a character from 'The Lord of the Rings' and he is just so funny." Lily smiled. James watched as she played with the cat, which had now woken up. "James, thank you for everything." Lily said turning to him and smiling.
"Well it isn't over yet. Tomorrow night I am taking you out to dinner to this small restaurant in Hogsmeade called Il Fascino di Magia." James smiled as Lily's face dropped.
"We're going there? But it's only newly open. I'm sure it's really expensive James. Don't waste your money on me." Lily said shaking. James rolled his eyes at her.
"Shut up. We're going." James laughed. "I've already cleared it with Dumbledore. I just said you were a little down after the whole ESP thing. And he agreed saying that you've worked really hard this year and you need a break." James smiled. Lily smiled thankfully then leaned over and kissed him.
"You are too good to me Mr. Potter." Lily said.
"I know I am." James said good-naturedly. Lily laughed and rolled her eyes.
"Let's go down stairs so I can show off Pippin." Lily smiled as she stood up, her cat in her arms. James smiled and followed her out of the small room. When Lily and James went down stairs after James gave Lily her present, everyone was dancing or talking. She smiled as she watched Michelle and Sirius dance. Lily sat down on a seat beside Kent and Sophie. James sat on the armrest and looked around at the partygoers.
"You like my cat? He's called Pippin." Lily said with a grin. Kent petted the cat and smiled.
"Very nice." Kent smiled. James stood up as Sophie took hold of the cat.
"Have any of you guys seen Eve?" James asked. Sophie and Kent shook their heads. "I'm going to go look for her." James said as he kissed Lily on the head and walked off. James walked around the room and came across Eve's friend Tony Sawyer. Tony was tall with dark brown hair and bluish-purple eyes. He was sitting with a bunch of sixth year guys and a few sixth year girls.
"Hey Tony, you see Eve anywhere?" James asked. Tony looked at him.
"Yeah, she's in her dorm writing a letter to that Caspian guy." He replied. James looked at him oddly.
"Come here a minute." James said as he walked to the side of the room. Tony followed. "You're good friends with Eve, right?" James asked curiously.
"Yeah she's like a little sister, why?" Tony asked curiously.
"What's going on between her and Caspian?" James asked keeping his face guarded.
"They write to each other a lot." Tony replied shrugging as he looked around at the party commencing.
"Are they going out?" James asked as he watched Sirius and Michelle walk off the dance floor laughing.
"She doesn't tell me about that stuff, James. I know they've kissed but hey everyone knows that, after all it was plastered all over the Daily Prophet along with you and Evans." Tony smiled. James grinned.
"That was a good night. Well the end of it was crap." James said shaking his head. Tony smiled inwardly as he derailed James from his mission at hand. An arm snaked around his waist as someone kissed his cheek. He smiled down at his girlfriend. "I was just telling Tony about New Year's Eve." James smiled. Lily turned to Tony.
"That wasn't a very good night. First of I get knocked out then I get badly bad mouthed and then to make things worse James makes me feel like crap at exactly midnight." Lily smiled. "James certainly knows how to treat a lady." Lily laughed as she looked up at her boyfriend. Tony laughed.
"Well if I knew I was treating a lady..." James trailed of as he laughed. Lily slapped his arm playfully.
"Go be a gentleman and get me a drink." Lily laughed. James nodded then left the two. Lily watched him go with a smile.
"He's asking about Caspian and Eve." Tony said. Lily looked at him and sighed.
"What'd you tell him?" Lily asked.
"They write to each other a lot. He asked if they were dating, I told him I didn't know." Tony said.
"Eve needs to tell him. This is getting ridiculous. I don't know what she is worried about though? I'm sure James will be fine. Caspian is a good guy. Far better than whom she was dating. James can never find out about him." Lily said giving Tony a pointed look. Tony nodded. Just then James came back with a drink for her.
"Thanks." Lily smiled.
"I better go; Anna seems to be missing me." Tony said with a grin. "Happy Birthday Lily." Tony said as he kissed her cheek. Lily smiled at him then turned to James.
"Let's dance." Lily said as she took a sip of her butterbeer. The guys had really gone all out for her.
"No Lily I don't want to dance." James said. Lily took a hold of his hand.
"Please James." Lily pouted.
"I don't like dancing Lil." James whined. Lily dropped his hand.
"You liar." Lily laughed. "You've danced with me loads of times." Lily said.
"I know but that was because I wanted you then." James said. Lily's mouth dropped.
"And you don't want me now?" Lily asked putting her hand on her hip.
"You know that's not what I meant." James said giving her a small smile.
"Maybe not but I am going to go find someone who will dance with me." Lily said as she walked off. James chuckled then made his way to were Remus and Claudia was leaning against the wall. Of course James was going to dance with her but he wanted her to be annoyed for a while. To him it made her even more attractive when she was angry or pouting. Lily made her way towards were Michelle and Sirius where. She sat down on one of the chairs in a huff and her cat jumped up on her lap.
"What's wrong with the birthday girl?" Sirius asked as he rubbed Michelle's arm affectionately.
"A birthday girl is supposed to dance but she can't dance without a partner." Lily sighed heavily.
"James won't dance with you uh? I wouldn't worry he can't dance anyway." Michelle laughed.
"But still I wanted to dance with my boyfriend." Lily said as she petted Pippin. "Have you guys met Pip? Pippin these are my friends, Sirius and Michelle." Lily said introducing her cats to her friends. Sirius and Michelle looked at her oddly.
"Okay crazy cat lady." Sirius said with a chuckle. Lily rolled her eyes at them.
"Lily let me play with Pippin and you and Sirius can go dance dirty to make James jealous." Michelle offered as she took the cat from Lily.
"You sure?" Sirius asked raising an eyebrow. Michelle nodded.
"Yeah, I don't really feel up to moving right now." Michelle chuckled. Sirius laughed then kissed Michelle on the head and then held out his hand for Lily to take it. Lily shrugged and took his hand. He led her on to the dance floor and they started to dance.
Meanwhile James was standing with Claudia and Remus. Claudia pointed towards the pair dancing. Remus chuckled as James faced changed angry.
"You should've danced with her." Claudia smiled. "Lily's a dancing girl, she loves it. If you love her you're going to have to dance with her." Claudia chuckled. James looked at Claudia.
"But I can't dance." James moaned. Remus rolled his eyes whilst smiling.
"Claudia I'll get us a drink." He said as he chuckled. James was still watching the pair bump and grind to the music. She seemed so happy on the dance floor but... he hated dancing. He was always forced to dance at social events; he didn't mind slow songs though.
"Don't force her to do anything James." Claudia's voice said bringing him back to earth. James turned to her. He knew what she was talking about.
"I wouldn't Claudia. Lily means a lot to me, and I'm not going to ruin my chances with her." James said as he watched the pair dancing. "No one has ever made me feel the way she makes me feel. Sirius and I are practically brothers, but right now I want to rip his head off." James said with a chuckle.
"She's never felt this way about anybody, James." Claudia said. "This is certainly new territory for her. And she - like most girls - has imagined that when you get to this level of relationship things are going to turn out just peachy." Claudia said as she leaned against the wall and folded her arms. She watched James closely; he seemed to be having an internal battle with himself. He sighed and looked out onto the dance floor then at Claudia.
"I do try to make things 'peachy'." James with a shake of his head. "But you and I both know how hard it is to make a relationship really work. I just..." James paused and looked back at the dance floor where Lily was now dancing with a few of her female friends from the other houses. He looked back at Claudia. "I don't know, I just sometimes think that I have to prove myself just so I can say 'She's my girlfriend'." James said with a sigh. He looked at the ground then back to Claudia a small smile on his face. "Does that sound stupid?" Claudia shook her head.
"Nah. I mean nearly every guy in this room is waiting for you to slip up, just so that they could have the tiniest chance with her. But then again nearly every girl in this room is waiting for Lily to slip so they can have a chance with you." Claudia said with a chuckle. "But think how Lily feels. I mean you have been round the block a bit. She might feel that in order to keep your eye on her, she'll have to sleep with you." Claudia said with a shrug. James looked away from the dance floor again and at Claudia, shock written all over his face.
"But Claudia you know that's not true about me. Sure I've been round the block but you know most of it is just hype." James said with a disbelieving smile. "It's the same with all the guys, we're not the man-whres our reputation precedes us to be." James said with a chuckle.
"James I do but... you've still got more experience than Lily in that department. Lily knows most of it is hype but at the end of the day you've still had you're fair share of girls." Claudia said. James sighed again and then rubbed his face with his hand.
"Well there is nothing I can do about this tonight. I guess I'll just have to go dance with the girl to make her happy." James said with mock sadness and a shake of his head. "Let's hope it's a slow song." James chuckled. "Sirius can dance all the fast ones with her. Michelle doesn't look up to dancing tonight." James said. Claudia looked in the direction of Michelle. Indeed she didn't look up to dancing, she didn't look up to doing anything. Her face was pale and was obvious that she had lost a lot of weight. James could remember Sirius telling him about his concerns for Michelle a few nights ago. Perhaps she was just stressed a bit about the exams coming up. Although she had nothing to worry about because her mock exams had been excellent.
"She does seem a bit under the weather. Must be..." Claudia trailed off and James just looked at her oddly. A slow song started and James decided this was as good a time as any to whisk Lily of her feet. James nodded at Claudia then walked on to the dance floor. Their Lily seemed to be dancing with Sirius once again. James rolled his eyes then pushed Sirius away from Lily with a chuckle.
"Piss off." James said with a smile. Sirius laughed and walked of the dance floor towards his girlfriend. "May I have this dance?" James asked courteously. Lily smirked and put her hands on her hips.
"I thought you didn't dance?" She asked.
"I don't but for you I will make this one exception." James said as he pulled Lily into his arms. He then leaned close to her and whispered in a husky voice that made shivers run up Lily's spine. "Plus I get to hold you close, what more could I ask." Lily looked up at him and James closed the gap between their lips and kissed her gently yet urging her to ask for more.
Lily pulled away from the kiss with a smile. She looked up at him and could see him smiling back at her. His hands lay on her hips as they gently rocked to the beat.
"Are you having fun?" He asked with a tilt of his head. Lily nodded her head then leaned it against his shoulder. "Good." James said. Lily sighed happily.
"Why are you always so good to me?" Lily said quietly. James chuckled.
"Why are you always so beautiful?" He asked. Lily looked up at him and smiled.
"Why do you do that? Why do you always give me complements when I don't deserve it?" She asked as she moved her hands from the sides of his arms so that they were entangled around his neck. James moved his hands from her hips and held her intimately around the waist.
"Would you rather I give you an insult? Because I wouldn't, I would never get a kiss then." James said with a laugh. Lily rolled her eyes but smiled none the less.
"You're an idiot." Lily said teasingly.
"I love you too." James chuckled.
"Well lucky me to have an idiot that loves me." Lily said with a smile. She then looked round her then back to James with a mischievous smile. "Do you think anyone would miss us?" Lily asked.
"Why?" James asked with a small smile.
"Cause I want to go for a walk." Lily said tilting her head to the side.
"Lily you can't leave; it's your party." James said. Lily shrugged.
"Yeah and the birthday girl wants to be with her boyfriend." She said with a pout. That look always made James give in. He took her hand and started leading her towards the portrait hole before anyone could notice that they were gone.
Sirius was sitting with Peter and Michelle when Claudia and Remus sat down beside them.
"Hey guys, why aren't you dancing?" Remus asked Michelle and Sirius.
"If I dance my feet will fall off." Michelle said dramatically. There was silence amongst the group.
"We are such bores. Just think this time last year I would've been the life and soul of the party. I would've played at least a million pranks by now-" Sirius was cut of by a bang then a scream. A fourth year Gryffindor started to sprout gold and red feathers. Sirius smirked as Michelle turned to him.
"Your doing?" She asked. Sirius nodded his head smugly.
"Wait until you see what happens when Lily cuts her cake." Sirius grinned. Remus and Peter laughed as Michelle and Claudia jumped up to check on the cake.
"Did you really do something to the cake?" Remus asked. Sirius shook his head.
"Do you really think I want Lily to get angry." Sirius chuckled.
"I don't think you really have to worry about her." Peter said as he leaned back in his chair.
"Why?" Sirius asked curiously.
"She isn't here. She and James slipped out a while ago." Peter grinned. Sirius chuckled and shook his head.
Lily leaned her head on James' chest as they sat watching the stars twinkle above them. She could feel James' heart beat.
"I love you." Lily said. She smiled as she felt James' heart beat faster.
"I love you too." James said as he stroked her hair.
"James I think we need to talk." Lily said looking up at him. James's heart beat faster.
"What about?" James asked cautiously as he continued stroking her hair.
"Sex." Lily replied. James' eyes widened.
"Sex?" He repeated.
"Yeah. We've been close to getting that far plenty of times, James." Lily said. "Umm I think it's about time we talked about it." Lily said. James gulped and sat up straight.
"Okay let's talk." James said. The pair sat in silence for a few seconds.
"You aren't talking." Lily commented.
"Neither are you." James said.
"James we have been skirting about this issue ever since we officially got together. Do you think we are ready to have sex?" Lily blurted out. James shrugged.
"I honestly don't know Lily. I know I want to have sex with you but that could just be male hormones. But I also know that I won't be dumping you right after it. I'm in this relationship for a lot more than sex." James said as he looked into Lily's eyes. Lily sat up and moved herself so that she was sitting on his lap.
"Me too. I mean I've never felt this way about anyone James. I mean every time you touch me or kiss me, I never want you to stop. Just your touch can make me go weak at the knees. And that is strange for me to feel." Lily said as she glanced at the ground. "I know you're not in this relationship just for the sex, especially with all the hassle we have been through. I mean if I were you I would've been long gone." James took her hand.
"I'm still here." He said with a small smile. Lily looked at the ground then back at James.
"I think I'm ready." Lily said with a small smile. James raised his eyebrows in shock. Lily's smile turned into a grin. "But I want it to be special." She said standing up. James stood up also.
"So we aren't going to have sex now?" James asked. Lily smiled and shook her head.
"Nope. Now I have presents to open." Lily chuckled as she took James' hand and led him up to the castle.
"Way to get a guys hopes up, Lil." James said forlornly. Lily chuckled then gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Stop being so dramatic." She chuckled as she led him towards the castle. When they got up to tower Lily got her cake and opened some presents.
It was a few minutes past midnight and Lily was currently dancing with Claudia, Michelle and Sophie on the dance floor. James sat staring at the fire deep in thought. Remus and Sirius were beside him joking about something when Sirius finally couldn't take his pensive state.
"What is wrong with you?" Sirius asked. James looked at him then back to the fire.
"Nothing." James replied.
"Then stop staring into that bloody fire." Sirius said.
"I'm just thinking, Padfoot." James said dismissively.
"Yeah we all know how hard that is for you." Remus joked.
"What're you thinking about?" Sirius asked ignoring Remus' comment.
"Umm Lily told me something that has got me pissed off." James said.
"So she told you she was finally dumping you?" Peter chuckled. James smirked.
"The opposite actually." James said. But before the boys could question him Lily plopped down on his lap.
"What you guys doing?" Lily asked. Before the other three could say anything James spoke.
"Nothing, babe." James said eyeing the other guys to keep their mouths shut.
"Good. Then you can dance." Lily said as she got of his lap.
"Lily!" James whined as Lily dragged him onto the dance floor.
"Shut up and dance." Lily laughed as a song came on. She started to dance up close to James and he didn't seem to mind as he put his hands on her hips and danced with her. The pair danced for the rest of the night. Neither noticed the envious glares thrown at them. They were too indulged in each other to care what people thought. The party ended in the earlier hours and most of the party goers didn't get out of bed until the mid afternoon the next morning.