AN: You can throw rocks at me. My body is ready (not really). I can not articulate in words how very sorry I am. And although it is my duty to upload a chapter, I just couldn't. More of that at the end. On with it!

James still couldn't fully register what had happened. He had just kissed Lily Evans. Lily Evans had just kissed him. He had just locked lips with the girl he'd liked since he was eleven. Six years is a pretty long time, if you asked him. The only down side was: no one had been around to witness this glorious moment in history.

James was still in a bit of a daze when Lily snapped him out of it, tugging on his sleeve.

"We should head back," she was saying. He glanced at his watch; it was a little past midnight. They slowly made their way back to the Common Room. James was enjoying the almost eerie silence along with the warmth radiating from the body beside his, a hand lightly holding onto his arm. He couldn't help but smile and no matter how hard he tried, his face just wouldn't stay straight. As they neared the portrait hole, James found himself wishing for the walk to never end. They stopped in front of the portrait hole.

"Pine cones," Lily said, giving the password to the Fat Lady.

"Wait," James stopped Lily just as she was about to climb through the hole. She turned around and he held both her hands in his. "Lily Evans. I have known there was something special about you ever since the day I first laid eyes on you but I wasn't quite sure what it was until a little later. I noticed the way your brows furrow up when you're reading. The way your tongue pokes out, just the slightest, when you concentrate. The way your eyes are alive when you're angry; and God knows I've seen I've seen that plenty of times." Lily let out a little laugh.

"The way your eyes crinkle when you smile. Not your fake smile; the real one. The one saved for when you're truly happy or amused. The one that sends my heart fluttering at a thousand miles an one I hope to receive some day." He paused for a few moments before continuing.

"So will you, Lily, grant a poor mans wish? Will you do me the utmost honor of becoming my girlfriend?" James asked nervously. He expected her to say no. That it was a mistake. That he had been played a prank on. But the answer he got was better than one words could form. Lily reached up on tiptoes and gently kissed him. He felt a tingling sensation start from the point of contact and run down his spine.

"Of course," came the whispered reply.

They sat on a couch by the fire in the deserted common room. Seems like everyone had been so tired after Christmas, they'd all gone to bed early. James was exhausted but he wasn't ready to sleep just yet. In spite of everything a tiny portion of James still felt like he'd wake up tomorrow and everything will turn out to be a dream. Somewhere while watching the fire crackle, James had slipped into a peaceful, dreamless sleep.

James started awake when his instinct kicked in, telling him he was being watched. A very baffled Marlene was standing in front of the couch staring back at James. James suddenly became aware of a weight on his chest and looked down to see a head of red hair resting there. He looked back at Marlene who looked like she was expecting an explanation.

"Are you gonna start talking, pretty boy?" she demanded, clearly very impatient, even for Marlene. "Or do I need to bring everyone down here?"

AN: This was a little bit of a filler and I also just wanted to establish their relationship. Please let me know what you think through reviews or a PM. And if you didn't like it you can say something along the lines of," ur story sux poo." Just as an example.

And as for why I haven't uploaded: I don't want the story to end. That's it. That's the reason. Well, at least one of the major reasons. I've been writing this for well over a year now, and even though I don't upload every week, I still know, at the back of my mind, that I have this story to complete. That i have a contract between you, the readers, and me, the writer. But I just feel that if this story goes away, I won't have anything left. Yeah I wrote other than fan fiction but that isn't the stuff I'd ever show anyone or even the stuff that anyone would want to read. This story is an extension of me and I honestly don't know if I can let it go. But it's got to end sometime, right?

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