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Chapter 3
In the morning James woke when he felt a weight on his chest & the scent of apples & strawberries invade his nose. He opened one eye to find a mass of dark red curls spilling across his chest & Lily's sleepy little face buried into his sternum, her left leg between both of his & her left arm wrapped around his waist, both his arms were wrapped around her holding her to him. He sighed. If this is how he could wake up every morning he'd never want for nothing. He grinned contented enjoying the peace of early morning. Turning his head towards the window with the diamond panes he saw the sun rising over the Great Lake caught up in the perfect beginning to a new day, a day where he could touch her, kiss her, tell her he loved her without her flipping him off or hexing him, enjoying the weight of her naked body pressed against his, she shifted slightly in her sleep causing the sheet to slip exposing her bare shoulder. James snapped out of his silent musings & idly glanced at the clock in the corner. He lifted a hand off Lily, scrubbed his eyes & picked up the nearest wand he could find (it was hers). He accio'd his glasses & looked at the clock again. Damn they had just over half an hour before classes started & they needed to get back to their dorms before anyone could clock on where they'd been all night.
"Lily" he shook her awake "Lily wake up, we gotta get to class"
Lily opened one eye lazily "what d'we 'ave firs'?" she mumbled sleepily
"Double Transfiguration"
She gave a little stretch "ah no worries Potter it's only a sub. We'll just lie & say we've had head duties"
"Why Miss Evans I'm shocked, leading the vulnerable and willing astray. I think you've been influenced by the Maunders"
"Mmm" she yawned burying her head into his torso "you might be right there, let's get up & get to class then" She said turning to face James with a mischievous grin
"Ah no" He wrapped his arms tightly around her "your right no-one will miss us for half an hour. Besides Miss Evans, I haven't quite finished snogging you yet" Lily smiled& lifted her head to meet his.
The fire she felt when her lips touched his was just as potent in the dull September morning as it had been the night before. She didn't know if it was possible to feel this strongly for someone less than twenty-four hours before had irritated her beyond belief. Ok so she had admitted to herself last term she fancied him but now she never wanted to let him go. She felt his hand sliding up her body to her naked breast running a calloused thumb across her nipple. She felt the flames of desire flicker through her lower abdomen. James moved his other hand to her hip & pulled her closer so she was straggling him; her waves fell like a curtain around them. She had her hands either side of his head holding herself up, which left his hands free to caress her body stroking the fire in her belly.
"As much as I would love to make love to you Evans, we really should be going." He murmured against her lips "later I promise"
She trailed her mouth down his neck & sucked lightly on his pulse point "later I have detention to supervise, some bloody 3rd years fancy themselves as the next Maunders & lock Filch's cat on top of the Astronomy Tower"
James laughed loudly "that's brilliant." He saw her scowl "aww come on Lil it is pretty funny, not completely our style I'd have just floated her outside Filch's office window."
"Come on, everyone should be at breakfast now" she sat up grabbed her wand & started accio-ing her clothes "what?" She said catching his questioning eye "clothes got chucked everywhere last night, I'm not spending all morning trying to find them"
An hour later after another heated snogging session in the shower of the Head's Bathroom handily located in the same corridor & a mad dash to their respective dorms to get clean clothes, they walked towards Transfiguration.
Ten feet from the door James pulled her to a stop & kissed her lightly on the lips "I won't be able to do that all day" he said letting go of her face so they could walk into Transfiguration with (hopefully) as little attention as possible.
However luck was not on their side as soon as they walked in the whole class started wolf-whistling (lead by Sirius), laughing (lead by Alice & Peter) & cat-calling (lead by Marlene & Remus). The pair slunk into the only empty seats right at the front, right under the professor's nose. James slouched in the same seat he was in the night before during his detention & Lily by now bright red with embarrassment sat in the one next to him.
"All right, settle down now" Professor Dumbledore chuckled "I'm sure Mr Potter & Miss Evans have a perfectly good reason for their tardiness" Dumbledore smiled his eyes twinkling behind his glasses.
"Head business" James mumbled his ears tingeing red
"More like head jobs" Sirius called from the back of the room setting the rest of class off into another fit of giggles
James turned round & simultaneously flipped Sirius the finger and a silencing charm.
"Will someone please tell me what's going on" Peter complained from the back
"They slept together last night" Alice explained turning round "will that suffice or would you like a diagram" that sent some of the class off chuckling again
"Thank you Mr Potter, Mr Pettigrew & Miss Gales, now where were we, oh yes..." the rest of the class continued with the occasional innuendo from Remus, Peter & Marlene.
"I hate my mates" James mumbled just loud enough for Lily to hear banging his head on the wall next to the Transfiguration classroom door.
"Hey Potter its Evans' head your meant to be banging against a wall" a Hufflepuff fifth year called as he walked past
Lily smirked "You owe me twenty Galleons, you said lunch its" she glanced at her watch "eleven-thirty" he glanced across & narrowed his eyes at her "now I have Ruins with Remus & you have Care of Magical Creatures with Sirius & Peter good luck & see you at lunch" she gave his hand a quick squeeze & ran off to her next class.
Care of Magical Creatures was horrendous at best. Someone had removed Sirius' silencing charm & he & Peter found any excuse to make a reference to Lily & his now very-public-sex-life. After an hour of vulgar comments from the rest of the class James was on his last nerve & about to hex anyone who mentioned anything into next week, it was a relief when the lunch bell rang. He stalked up to the castle with Peter & Sirius behind; his foul mood was plastered across his face, in normal circumstances it would be a clear warning for the rest of the school to stay away from him but it seemed today it was another excuse for everyone to continue goading him.
"Oi Potter, sex is meant to put you in a good mood, is Evans really that bad" that was it, stupid Slytherin sixth year had stamped on his last nerve, he pulled out his wand to hex the son-of-a-bitch when he looked in his right hand his wand wasn't there. He looked around & saw Lily walking down the marble staircase with Mooney. She paused when she reached him ignoring the jeers & whistles from the crowd now gathered in the Entrance Hall.
"I'm keeping this until you can keep your temper under control" she said quietly poking him in the chest with his own wand.
"You can't confiscate my wand" he protested loudly "I'm Head Boy"
"Watch me Potter, you want it back, calm down & pay me my twenty Galleons" smirking she hooked her arm through Alice's & sashayed into the Great Hall swinging her hips seductively. James stood there for a moment watching her with most of the males in the crowd in the Entrance Hall.
Sirius whistled through his teeth appreciating the sight in front of him "Damn Prongs she's got you all wrapped up, mighty fine arse though"
James glared at him
Sirius raised an eyebrow "what you gonna do Prongsy, deck me, me who's still in possession of his wand
"Fuck off Padfoot" & with that he stalked into the Great Hall.
As soon as he entered nearly all of the Gryffindor table & half of both the Ravenclaw & Hufflepuff tables stood to give him a round of applause. James noticed there was even some Slytherin's joining in.
"D'ya think now he's shagging Evans he'll be a bit nicer more often" he heard one Hufflepuff girl say to her friend as he passed
"Judging from the look on his face, I shouldn't think so" her mate whispered back as both their eyes (& most other student's eyes in the room) followed him. As he reached Lily the people who were sat either side of her moved over
"Twenty Galleons isn't worth this Potter" Lily moaned from beneath her hands "Now leave me alone so I can eat in relative peace"
"Never Evans" he grinned swinging his legs under the bench next to her. She groaned & went back to her conversation with Alice about her up-coming wedding to her boyfriend of four years Frank who had proposed in the summer & they planned to get married next summer after Alice had finished school. He had left the school & was now working for the Ministry in their Auror training program.
If you were to look in the charms corridor a little while later behind the tapestry of the ancient Quidditch match you might have seen a certain Miss Evans pushed against the wall carding her hands through the hair of Mr Potter who was busy kissing & sucking behind her ear. His hands traced down her thighs "up" he commanded, she gave a little jump & wrapped her legs around his waist. She pulled his face back to hers so she could kiss him again.
"Damn Potter don't let me go through that kind of humiliation like that again I am holding you personally responsible" she panted between kisses
"Anytime you want to take your anger out on me like this baby, I'll have to piss you off more often" he grinned against her lips, his fingers digging quite pleasantly into her hips.
"Hey I found them" came a yell from behind them & their secret alcove was suddenly drenched in light & not-so-secret anymore.
James groaned & buried his face into Lily's neck "jinx him, jinx them all somewhere else"
"Well, well, well Prongs are you getting yourself a little lunchtime action?" Sirius stood with a huge grin on his face.
James dropped Lily to her feet "not anymore evidently" he replied flatly
"They should tie a cowbell around your neck Sirius, so people know you're coming" Lily glared "next time I catch you in a broom cupboard I'm going to call the whole school so they can come & watch you" she pushed herself through the crowd that had gathered & into the classroom.
Sirius looked at James who was straightening his clothes "don't expect any help off me. I'd watch her though, after been on the receiving end of her hexes for the past couple of years I should warn you she knows some good ones"
Sirius looked at his friend & then the crowd who were still milling about "scram kids. So are you two going out now or what?"
"Dunno – Oi anyone still here who isn't in seventh year Charms & still here in the next ten seconds will lose ten house points each" the crowd quickly dispensed & James picked up his bag & slung it over his shoulder "ah I love the power, we haven't had chance to talk yet, we only got together last night" he paused "I think I'm breaking her though, I told you mate persistence is the key" they both chuckled as they walked into the classroom
"When are you holding Quidditch try-outs this year?" Sirius asked as they took their seats at the back of the room.
"Saturday if the weather holds up, I'm not doing try-outs in the rain again fifth year was a disaster" he visibly winced as he remembered the fifth year season, he's first one as captain, their team was awful it was a miracle they managed to win the Cup beating Hufflepuff by a mere twenty points. He had to sack some of the team with regret after that, but he couldn't put together a winning team with 'people who barely understood the flaming rules'.
"Oi Evans" James called across the nearly empty classroom towards the small group of girls who were chatting near the front. They all turned to look at him "I saved you a seat" he indicated to his lap
"Ooo Lily I wouldn't go there if I was you. You don't know where it's been" Marlene snickered
"Potter I swear if you or Black dare answer her I will hex you both with your own wand" & with that Lily slid into her seat (which just happened to be directly in front of James' on the second to back row) still chatting to Marlene & Alice.
"Wands out" Flitwick said as he walked into class.
"Sir Evans has mine" James called from the back of the room
Flitwick gave a visible sigh "why does Miss Evans have your wand Mr Potter?" he directed the question to Lily
"It's confiscated property" she replied smugly, leaning forward a little in her seat so if James was looking (which she knew he was) He'd be able to see the waistband of her underwear. "I don't know about you sir" she said lowering her voice "but I'm sick of him hexing the innocent younger years"
Flitwick gave another visible sigh "Miss Evans just give Mr Potter his wand back, & for the record Miss Evans, Head students cannot give detentions, dock point, or confiscate property off other Head students.
James grinned "c'mon Evans hand it over. If I knew you were this keen to keep your hand on my wand all day maybe we shouldn't have left my bed" the rest of the class tittered
"MR POTTER"
Lily frowned & handed it to him
"Sir Evans made James' wand all stiff" Black called out in his most innocent voice
"Right, one more vulgar comment off either of you & you will both be in Saturday detention until the end of term. Now picking up from where we left off yesterday..."
"Oi Evans, will you go out with me?" James yelled down the corridor on his way to dinner with the other Marauders as Lily left the Transfiguration classroom for the last time that week.
Thank Godric for Friday. The detention with the third year wanna-be Marauders wasn't too bad but she was glad she didn't have to supervise any more. "Give me a good reason Potter & I'll think about it" she laughed locking the classroom.
James had reached her now "So I can do this whenever I want" he placed both hands on her arse pulling her closer to him & snogged her right in the middle of a packed corridor
"Get a room" Peter yelled as he walked past
James broke away but kept their noses touching grinning expectantly.
"I'll think about it Potter" & she turned to head down for dinner
"Told you Padfoot" He crossed his arms & admired the beautiful girl walking away from him as his friend drew level "I'm breaking her down slowly, persistence is the key" the pair broke out laughing & were still chuckling when they walked into the Great Hall.
As they walked into the Hall various students came up to Sirius telling him their names & giving him money. There were also plenty of students asking for money.
"Padfoot what the hell is going on?" as they slowly made their way to the Gryffindor table
"Oh we've had a little betting pool going since just after the O. on you two" he pulled out a small folded up bit of parchment from his pocket & gave it a tap with his wand. The small bit of parchment became a huge list at least eight feet long. James saw some names of students who had left the school the previous two years & he could have sworn down he saw some teachers names on there as well. "Frank Longbottom" he read over Sirius' shoulder
"Yeah he has ten Galleons on you getting together before the end of 7th year two years ago & when we saw him in the summer he put another twenty Galleons down on hooking up before Christmas, might pay for some of his wedding"
"Wait is that Lily, Lily Evans Lily?" James poked a name on the sheet
"Yeah she has fifteen Galleons on & I believe the quote was 'over my dead body'. That reminds me she needs to pay up. You my friend are making me a very rich man. Oi Ernie" Sirius shouted towards the Ravenclaw table "twenty Galleons, fifteen sickles & four knuts my friend" & in a low voice to James "7th year summer term, what an amateur". He flopped down on one side of Lily who was looking through wedding dress catalogues with Alice "Well Evans, that's a bit presumptuous, & you owe me fifteen Galleons" he smirked at her whilst nicking a sausage off her plate.
She threw him a dirty look "stop nicking my food Black, you'll get your damn money when Potter pays me" She scowled at him
"Why does Prongs owe you" Sirius looked between the paid of them
"We had a bet last night" James explained "after Dunger caught us, how long it would take for the whole school to figure it out I said after the end of lunch, Lil said by the time the first lunch bell rings"
"Well ladies it's been lovely, I know where you live Evans, you have until the middle of next week. Now I'm off to collect more Galleons" Sirius got up from the table nicking another sausage off Lily's plate
"He's like a tornado. Blows through unannounced and unwanted leaving a trail of destruction in his wake" Lily complained after he had left helping herself to another sausage & passing the plate to James
"You gotta admit, it is more fun when he's around." Alice smiled "oh what do you think of this one" she said pointing to one of the dresses in the magazine.
Lily was in the office sorting out the patrol schedules for the upcoming week while James was sat at his desk facing her strategizing for the upcoming Quidditch season "are we going to talk about last night & today" she asked quietly her eyes not leaving the rota in front of her.
James put down his quill and leaned forward "Lily, you know what I want, just you. I'll talk to Sirius later about boundaries. What do you want Lily?"
Lily's eyes left her work & met his across the desks "I don't know if I can cope with the teasing for the rest of term" James' heart sank "but I can think of worse things than snogging you whenever I want"
James smiled "if I promise to keep everyone off your back will you go out with me...Lily"
"By 'keeping everyone off my back' you don't mean hexing the whole school do you?" she asked sceptically with the hint of a smile touching her lips.
"No, I'll find some other way. What do you want Lily, tell me exactly what you want, & I'll give it to you"
She lifted her eyes off the page meeting his across the double desk "I want you to hold me, I want you to love me, I want you to be there every single time that I need you & even during the times when I don't. I want you to marry me & this Sunday I'd like to take you up on the offer for that drink" James' mouth dropped open at her frank & heartfelt admission. "Can I have my underwear back?"
James laughed "it's in my dorm you'll have to come with me to get it when we're finished here" he looked down at his parchment covered in Quidditch scribbling "ha cracked it" he scribbled some more & stuck it to the wall behind his chair "done?"
"Yes providing you & Remus don't get detention" she duplicated the rota, turned in her chair & stuck one to the wall behind her chair.
He stood up & held out a hand "come on Miss Evans, let's get you we have three hour until patrol duty do you think that'll be long enough to find your underwear" he grinned
When they got outside the Head students office she stuck up the new rota next to the one for that week with a temporary sticking charm. Looking at the current week's rota she noticed a change "you can't just go changing my schedule Potter"
"Already did love tonight your with me, alone wandering the quite halls after hours" he gave her a dopey smile "that idiot Ravenclaw who doesn't stop staring at your tits is with Abbott someone from Hufflepuff"
Lily took his hand as they walked towards the common room "Don't be mean Tony can't help that he's short"
James span her around sealing his lips to hers effectively shutting her up "Anytime, Anywhere baby. For the record I want the same thing, as soon as we're out of here for good I'm going to marry you Lily Evans, we'll defeat You-Know-Who & we'll live the rest of our lives by our rules, watching the children come here, getting letters from Dumbledore & McGonagall about their behaviour"
Lily smiled "come on let's get back, you need to have a chat with Sirius" she held his face in her hands & gave him another quick kiss.
"Does this mean I get to call you my girlfriend?" James asked lacing his fingers with hers.
"I prefer Lily, but yes Potter you can call me your girlfriend" she replied drily. He scooped her up spinning her around & kissed her again.
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