Everyone seemed to be buzzing with the gossip that Lily and James were definitely dating after he had kissed her at lunch, for the rest of the day she had been getting stares and whispering when her fellow classmates had seen her walking into the classroom or down a corridor. It was as the bell rang which signified the end of the last lesson of the day when she saw James waiting for her; sleeves rolled up and shirt not tucked in, schoolbag handing lazily from his shoulder.

"Can I have you to myself this evening?" asked James, wrapping an arm around her shoulder.

"Homework first and once it's completed and we've eaten dinner, then yes you can." Lily replied.

The two headed back to Gryffindor Tower with James and Lily heading straight up the boy's staircase so that James could drop his bag off in his dormitory. The common room was already crowding that they could hear the sound of chattering at the top of the boy's dormitory, James shut the door behind them and dumped his bag at the foot of his bed.

He wrapped his arms around her waist, lips meeting hers slowly. Lily melted into his arms, pulling herself closer to him as James's hands went to her hair and ran it through his fingertips gently. She had grown accustomed to the way she felt when James kissed her; as if walking on air and nothing else mattered in the moment but the two of them.

She didn't know how they had managed to get to James's bed, with her laying on the sheets as James hovered above her; continuing to kiss her but with more passion than he had ever expressed before. It excited her, seeing that James was this passionate about her and it made her feel more deeply for him than she already did. His hands went to her thighs, gripping lightly as her hands went to remove his tie from around his neck.

His hands wandered up a little more, making her breathe faster as her hands trembled on the first button of his school shirt. Were they really getting to the point of removing the other's clothing? They hadn't gotten to this point before, the only thing she knew was that she wanted to keep going and nothing else entered her head. At the moment it was just the two of them in James's dormitory on his bed, kissing the other heatedly and their tongues moving with the other in a frenzy.

James pulled away from her lips reluctantly, his hazel eyes aflame with what she could only assume was the desire he had been expressing moments previously. Lily bit her lip and he groaned, making her smile that he liked the way she looked right now. Lily threw the tie somewhere on the other side of the dormitory, giggling as James returned to her lips more passionate than the last. It continued like this, James removing her tie, jumpers removed and James's shirt buttons undone a little further. Knee high socks were being rolled down as James traced a light pattern on her knee and thigh with his fingers which made her shiver from the contact.

But their privacy was soon interrupted by the sound of the dormitory door being opened with a loud bang as it hit the wall behind. James and Lily sprang apart, breathing out of sorts and hearts pounding heavily when they heard Sirius and Peter guffawing and Remus looking at them with raised eyebrows.

"Sorry to interrupt." Remus muttered.

Lily flashed scarlet, mumbling that it was okay and rushed from the dormitory; leaving her tie and jumper and other belongings behind. James rolled his eyes as he sat in the centre of his bed, feeling slightly angry that their moment of passion had been ended by two laughing idiots stood in the doorway. The other boys entered the dormitory, sitting on their own beds, trying to keep a straight face.

"Next time remember that there are others who share this room." Peter laughed.

"Or put a tie on the door if your hoping to get lucky with Lilyflower." Sirius teased.

"Very funny!" James muttered.

"In all seriousness, it looked like you were going to take that step." said Remus.

James shrugged, "I can only speak for myself, I wanted to and for a moment it seemed that she did to."

"She seemed pretty mortified." Sirius sniggered.

"Wouldn't you be?" Peter asked.

"The amount of times you guys have walked in on me getting jiggy with a girl..." Sirius replied, letting their minds wander to the many occasions that they had walked in on Sirius half naked with only boxer shorts on and a girl in only a bra and knickers.

"We don't need reminding Pads." James stated.

"So what are you going to do?" Remus asked.

"About what?"

"You and Lily almost took that next step to a physical relationship until we happened to disturb it. She looked embarrassed and rushed from here, leaving behind some clothing and her school bag. You both need to talk about if you're ready to take that step together and what you're going to do about it." Remus replied.

James laid back on his bed, looking up at the canopy wondering how that talk with Lily might go.