"Lily…" James sighed, as he leaned his forehead against hers.
She looked up into his eyes and found herself getting lost in them.
She smiled and pulled him down to her, crashing her lips to his as they moved slowly, rhythmically against each other-
Lily Evans stirred in her sleep, as sunlight flitted through the room.
Slowly, she succumbed to the overwhelming demand of the morning rays to wake her up, but kept her eyes shut…firmly. She could feel herself heat up as images of the dream flashed through her mind.
It had felt so…real.
She shivered involuntarily.
It was nothing; just a silly dream…wasn't it? So why could she feel herself heating up more and more by the second as she thought of it.
Her eyes were still closed as she shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts.
'I'll just have to ignore him today…there's no way I can look at him after this dream' she thought.
She was still lost in thought when she felt something gave her hand a little squeeze.
It felt good.
She smiled, almost unconsciously.
But that smile slowly turned into a frown as she realized that her hand was wrapped around something.
Something warm, calloused…it felt like-
She cracked open an eyelid dreadfully, just as she felt 'something' stir beside her.
She opened her eyes to see James Potter groggily rubbing his eyes, looking slightly flustered.
He removed his hand and looked at her. Her dream flashed through her mind.
Their eyes met.
She screamed.
She wasn't alone.
James was sitting with Lily under a beech tree by the Black Lake.
His arms were around her, and her head was resting on his shoulder.
It was a beautiful evening. There was a light breeze, causing her hair to blow in front of her face. James reached out gently to push the hair back.
His hand stroked her cheek softly as he looked at her.
Lily looked at him and smiled, and he felt his heart swell. He kept staring at her with a slight smile on his face.
After what seemed like several years he said, "You're the most amazing person I've ever met Lils"
And it was true. With the sun's glow delicately outlining her face; she was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen.
Lily reached out and ruffled his hair lightly.
She rested her head on his chest, and his arms snaked around her waist, bringing her close to him.
She looked up and met his gaze.
Emerald met Hazel.
She smiled. He grinned.
He cupped his cheek softly and leaned down.
Their lips touched-
James woke up with a jolt, though he kept his eyes firmly closed, not wanting the image to go away. He smiled as the dream flashed through his mind.
How he wanted it to be real…
Suddenly, James frowned. Something beside him was moving and his hand seemed to be wrapped around something.
He smiled.
It felt good. He gave it a small squeeze, almost unconsciously.
It was something small, soft, just like-
He opened his eyes slowly, fearfully, hardly breathing.
His eyes were hit by the morning's sunlight, and he squeezed them, rubbing them groggily.
'Something' stirred beside him.
He removed his hand from his eyes and came face to face with the object of his affections, Lily Evans.
The previous night's dream flashed through his mind. And then, seeing her so suddenly…
Their eyes met.
He screamed.
He wasn't alone.
Remus woke up to the sound of a piercing scream.
He sighed.
He had a very good idea as to who were the ones who produced it.
He also had a very good idea as to who was, or rather were, the culprits behind it.
Feeling slightly guilty, he turned to look at Sirius and Peter who were, unsurprisingly, still sleeping.
"Padfoot?"
No response.
"Sirius?"
He continued sleeping.
"Padfoot, McGonagall's ordered everyone to go on a hunger strike!"
This did the trick. Sirius woke up with a start, and then realizing what just happened, turned slightly red and glared at Remus.
Remus smirked. Sirius groaned.
Remus turned towards Peter.
"Wormtail?"
Silence.
"Peter?"
He could have been dead.
"Wormtail, the dormitory's on fire!"
Peter gave a very girlish squeal and jumped out of bed, and then seeing no sign of any apparent danger, gave a very grouchy look to Remus who just smiled back cheekily.
Sirius sniggered. Peter reddened.
"Glad you two are up" Remus remarked dryly. "I think we should go check on Prongs an-"
His sentence was left unfinished as Sirius suddenly jumped out of bed looking very excited.
"Ooh, Prongs and LilyFlower! How could I forget?" he said excitedly, and he started to get ready.
Remus and Peter got up too, and started making their way towards the cupboard and bathroom respectively.
"Maybe we could sneak in on them…I wonder if they're awake…" Sirius mused.
"Oh, I've absolutely no doubts about the fact that they are both thoroughly awake." Remus commented dryly.
Sirius only nodded absently his head in response, his attention having been diverted to flattening his hair.
"What the hell? Just what are you doing in the girl's dormitory, Potter?" Lily screeched.
"I'm not in the girls' dormitory Lily! You are in the boys' dormitory!" James said.
"What nonsense? Why in Merlin's most baggy underpants' name will I be in the boys' dormitory?" Lily asked incredulously.
"Well, how am I supposed to know? And this doesn't even look like the girls' dormitory Lily." James replied.
"Well, it most certainly doesn't look like the boys' dormitory either!" she said adamantly.
"Uh…I don't think it particularly looks like any dorm at all…" he trailed off uncertainly.
They both looked at each other, and then rolling their eyes at their own foolishness, looked around themselves.
They were in the common room…but why were they in the common room?
And then it hit them. Yesterday's events came flooding back as they looked at each, horror and excitement clouding their expressions.
It wasn't very hard to tell whose face mirrored which expression.
She groaned. He grinned.
"Oh right, hands stuck." James said, though he didn't sound particularly annoyed.
She huffed. He smiled.
'She looks really cute when she does that.' James thought.
"What are you smiling about Potter?" Lily asked grouchily.
"You look cute when you're angry" he said honestly.
Lily turned slightly red and tried to get up…tried being the keyword here.
Well…as expected, it wasn't very successful.
She fell back down with a thud. And what was more, she'd fallen, quite ungracefully, straight on top of James.
He caught hold of her waist to steady her.
They stayed in that position for a moment when Lily suddenly realized just how close she was to him.
"I told you you'd fall for me one day" he whispered, only partially joking. His hot breath tickled her neck and sent shivers down her spine. She felt a blush creep up her neck involuntarily.
She caught hold of his arms and tried to push herself off of him. He felt his arm which was in contact with her skin burn, leaving a tingling sensation. Goosebumps erupted on his skin and he closed his eyes briefly.
Someone from behind them cleared their throat meaningfully.
Both whipped their heads around to see their friends giving them huge grins.
Oh, the audacity!
Sirius looked at them slyly and said, "Glad you see that you two are…mating."
James and Lily got up from this position with a bit of difficulty, their faces on fire.
There was an awkward silence for a moment when suddenly, Sirius's stomach gave a loud rumble.
Everyone laughed, the previous tension dissipating, causing Sirius to turn slightly red.
"I'm hungry!" he defended himself.
"Tell us something new Padfoot." James joked.
This was followed by another round of chuckles. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"If you people are done, I'll be going for breakfast."
With that he made his way out of the portrait hole haughtily, looking very much like a diseased duck.
"Let's go guys, before the kid gets lost." Eva said rolling her eyes, and started making her way out.
"See you two in a bit." Peter said as the rest of them started moving out too.
Remus helped Isa though the portrait hole and she smiled at him.
Mary gave James and Lily a knowing look and followed after the rest.
Predictably, Lily and James were left alone in the common room.
"Um…what do we do about our clothes?" James asked hesitantly.
"Well, I know a spell that would-well-clean us and one that would change our clothes and all…but we'll have to go and find out some spells to-um-help us with the rest of the... issues." Lily replied slowly.
She shrugged. He sighed.
"Alright then…go on" he said, indicating with his free hand for her to do the required spells.
She pointed her wand at him and said, "Mundare Nobis!"
He felt a sudden rush in his body, a cooling sensation; rejuvenating him.
This time, a look of concentration set over her face as she waved her wand in a complex manner and said, "Mutare Vestimentum!"
He looked down to see that his casual clothes had been transformed neatly into their school uniform.
"That looks difficult. Where did you learn it from?" he asked curiously.
"Oh, just came across it randomly last year while finishing the Charm's essay. It was in the book I had taken for reference." Lily said.
"Well, it's brilliant. You'll have to teach me that one." James said.
She smiled. He grinned.
She pointed her wand at her and repeated the incantations, changing her clothes to their uniform.
"Shall we?" James asked as they made their way out of the portrait hole.
She rolled her eyes in response but let him help her through the portrait hole anyways.
"Where in Merlin's name are they?" Eva asked, looking towards the entrance of the Great hall.
"Well, they'll be here any moment I guess." Remus said thoughtfully.
"But it's been quite some time Moony, should we go and check on them?" Peter asked, always the nervous one.
"Nah, of course they'll take some time. I mean, they'd have to change…" Remus replied, munching on his toast.
Five pairs of eyes stared at him and slowly, a smirk etched itself across each face.
"No wonder they're taking so much time." Sirius said smirking, drowning his goblet of pumpkin juice in one go, spilling some of it on his lap.
Everyone groaned
"Sorry to dishearten you mate, but I'm sure Lily knows certain spells that would help them in their…situation.
"How do you know?" Isa asked.
"We found the spells while working on an essay last year." Remus replied casually.
"But…oh darn it. And I'd though… This would have been fun." Sirius said pouting.
Remus rolled his eyes.
"Well, don't worry Sirius. You'll still get to see the reaction of the entire school when those two enter." Mary said, with a slightly evil grin.
Sirius brightened up at this.
"You're all actually rather enjoying this aren't you?" Remus asked incredulously.
They just grinned goofily in return.
He shook his head, but couldn't stop a small smile from gracing his lips.
"Potter, I've changed my mind! I'm not going in there!" Lily said pulling back adamantly, just as they were about to enter the Great Hall.
James rolled his eyes.
"Oh come on Lily, I'm hungry!"
"Well, let's just go and eat in the kitchens then. But there is no way; absolutely no way I'm going in there like this!" Lily said, yanking up their intertwined hands.
"Come on, Lily. Please?"
"No"
"Please?"
"No!"
"Please, LilyFlower?"
She only glared at him in response.
James stomach gave a loud rumble and he sighed.
"Lily, I swear, Godric Gryffindor would be slamming his head in his grave right now because of you!" James said, trying desperately not to laugh.
Well, that did the trick. Lily narrowed her eyes at him, in her same adorable way, according to him anyways, and barged into the Great Hall with him in tow.
Their entrance was met with an absolutely shocked silence. Every single eye was on them.
Even some of the teachers were staring at them with hanging jaws.
'Don't they have anything else to do?' Lily thought irately as she made her way towards their so-called friends.
She sat down with an annoyed huff and he followed suit.
'They really seem to be in shock. I swear the Great Hall's never been this quiet…' James thought idly as he started piling up his plate with food.
Lily was well aware of everyone's eyes on them and she was getting more annoyed by the second.
And then, after a few moments, she couldn't take it anymore.
"WHAT? What are you all staring at? Yes, we've suddenly decided to hold hands! None of your business! Go back to your eating…now!" she barked.
Immediately, there was a clutter of utensils as everyone started eating hurriedly.
No one messed with Lily Evans when she was angry.
Lily stared moodily at her bacon and shoved a piece of toast in her mouth.
James, on the other hand,was having a bit of a difficulty in eating his toast seeing that his right hand was attached to Lily's, and as he'd been dependant on his right hand to feed himself since childhood, it was difficult to do so suddenly with his left one.
He tried to put some porridge in his mouth clumsily. With a bit of an effort he was able to successfully place the spoon in his mouth.
Despite herself, Lily's bitter mood was slowly dissipating as she looked at him in amusement.
"Need any help, James?" she asked teasingly.
He gave her a sly look.
"Well, of course I wouldn't mind if you wanted to feed me."
He winked. She smirked.
"Why not…? I don't mind babysitting once in a while."
He stuck out his tongue. She shook her head, though a small smile was threatening to etch across her face.
The rest of the group watched them in silence, giving each other knowing looks.
Not that their exchange had gone unnoticed.
"You know, you guys are not exactly what I'd call…subtle." Lily commented dryly.
"But that's why exactly you love us, isn't it, LilyFlower?" Sirius asked cheekily.
She just rolled her eyes.
"Which class do we have first?"
"Uh...DADA…with Slytherin!" Sirius said with disgust evident in his voice, referring to their time table.
Everyone groaned.
"Great…just great! First class in the morning with the worst possible teacher and Slytherin!" Lily said moodily.
James grimaced along with the rest of the group.
He put his arm around her, with quite a bit of difficulty if I may add, and said, "I know. But don't worry Lils, you've still got me!"
"Well…I can't exactly help that now, can I?" she asked, though her eyes were twinkling.
The others grinned.
"Let's just go," he said shaking his head, chuckling slightly.
They got up and started making their way towards the classroom.
James gave Lily's hand a small squeeze and despite herself, she looked at him.
She smiled. He grinned.
A/N: So...here it is! Like it? Don't like it? ;)
You can always let me know...I welcome criticism just as well!
And BTW, the spell "Haerent induo!" is Latin for 'stick the two'...so are the spells in this chapter. :P
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RainHolly
