A/N: Hey guys! This is a five-shot drabble fiction written for Lyric Inspired Drabble Challenge at Harry Potter Fanfiction Challenges.

I have been given five sets of lines from the song 'Long Time Coming' by Oliver James and my pairing is Lily/James. The theme of the drabble is the lines given to me.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy reading this.

Long Time Coming~Oliver James

5: Unofficial Date

It's been a long time coming down this road

And now I know what I have been searching for

There was certain awkwardness between them as they walked together on the streets of Hogsmeade dressed up in their warmest clothes. As they had been late in leaving, the streets weren't that full, and it was so cold that people had taken refuge in the shops.

James seemed to be lost in his thoughts while Lily hugged herself; finally noticing Lily's posture James asked, "are you cold?" his eye brows were furrowed.

"Um…aren't you?" she asked rhetorically.

"I think we should go in somewhere then," he smiled a little and led them in the nearest café. It was almost empty, students preferred Madame R's compared to this one. But neither of them said anything.

"What do you want?" James asked Lily as they seated themselves into a tiny booth by the fire.

"Butter beer please," Lily said removing her gloves and rubbing her arms for warmth.

James came back with a tray of two butter beers and some crackers. "You should have told me you were feeling cold," James mumbled coming closer to Lily and held her hands in his after removing his gloves.

Lily gasped in surprise feeling a strange electric shock when he touched her; James raised his eye brows, but hid his surprise by smirking. She mumbled something incoherently a deep blush creeping up her cheeks, while James suppressed his chuckle.

They had been staring at each other holding hands for a very long time, "Um…I think I'm warm now," Lily whispered. "Thanks," she added. He just smiled in return.

"Your nose is still red though," he teased her.

Lily just smiled weakly; being close to James like this was making her feel weird. She wanted to be close to him; it had felt nice to have him so close to her. He hadn't really moved away now either, they were still close. She could feel his body heat. And he was warm.

They drank their butter beers talking randomly about home work and head duties; when it was time to leave Lily's placed money for her drink on the tray.

"I'm paying Lily," James rolled his eyes reaching out for his money bag.

"It's not a date James." She simply said wishing that it was though. He pursed his lips but agreed with her.

They headed back to the castle, it was empty still. Hardly students ever came back early trying to enjoy the freedom as much as possible. When they were close to the Gryffindor tower James stopped her.

Lily looked at him with question in her eyes; he looked nervous…and serious. This was new for James Potter. He was never serious!

"Would you um like to go on a date with me this coming Friday?" his eyes bore into hers.

Lily looked at him for a moment trying to ignore the flutter of her heart and then said, "Yeah…I would love to."

A/N: Aw…I enjoyed writing all the five drabbles and want to thank xBlueEyedAngel (Host of LIDC) for coming up with such nice set of lines.

Hope you enjoyed reading it! =)

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