Lily moaned slightly in her sleep. She was having a nice dream … she giggled and rolled over, her hand lightly brushing James' face as he snored. He awoke, startled and sneezed. His face immediately broke out into a grin when he realized where he was.

Lily sighed contentedly in her sleep and rolled over again, only to fall out of bed … and landing on top of James in the process! Lily slowly opened her eyes and let out a small squeak when she realized what position she was in and who it was with. James' grin faded when Lily's eyes flashed dangerously.

"Um … you fell onto me in your sleep, Ev-Lily," he said quickly, gasping slightly at her weight being on top of him. Lily sighed and got off of him.

"Sorry Potter, I do that a lot …" she trailed off, blushing madly, "I don't know why, I just do, so I apologize" James smiled and ruffled his hair.

"Listen, Lily, I …" He fell silent and they eyed each other uncomfortably for a few minutes "I have a confession to make," he sighed, looking guilty. Lily immediately looked suspicious.

"What is it, Potter?"

"Well, I … you know your parents are going out for the whole day today?" Lily nodded, her eyes narrowing. What was he up to? James shifted uncomfortably, trying to find the right words.

"I sort of invited Sirius and Remus over …" he trailed off, wincing slightly on seeing Lily fuming.

"You asked them over without my permission!"

"I didn't think you'd mind!"

She opened her mouth to continue ranting and then stopped. She grinned evilly.

"Alright then Potter, I'll allow your friends over, if mine can come over too"

"What, you mean Cheryl and Amy?" James questioned. Lily shook her head.

"No, my muggle friends. Best friends of mine, in fact" James paled slightly; he'd never really managed to be with muggles without performing some kind of magic.

"But … but …" he spluttered, then stopped. If he could handle her friends, then she could handle his. He broke into a smile.

"Alright, Evans, you've got yourself a deal"

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As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Evans had left, Remus and Sirius had arrived by Floo Powder, grinning broadly at James and casting sly glances at Lily.

"So, how'd you get her to agree to having us over?" Sirius asked eagerly. James blushed slightly.

"Actually, it was Lily that called the shots" he told them. Both of his friends froze.

"What did she say?"

"We have to spend the day with her and some of her muggle friends, who are her best friends, in fact, so we need to be nice"

Sirius groaned loudly, while Remus looked defeated.

"Oh, today's going to be fun, I'm sure"

"I think you'll like Dan" Lily spoke up, entering the living room "He's a lot like you three"

"Dan? He? I thought your friends were all girls!" James exclaimed. Lily glared at him.

"Well, you thought wrongly, didn't you? Oh, by the way, I should warn you, my girl friend, Stacey, is rather timid around the opposite sex. Do not try making moves on her, Sirius. She may look pretty, but she doesn't like being harassed."

"How come?" Sirius asked.

"Long story that doesn't really need to be told. All you need to know was that she was used by a guy who only wanted her body, as you guys put it, apart from that, he totally ignored her in front of his friends."

"That's horrible" Remus exclaimed, looking appalled.

"Well, it's exactly what James and Sirius are like. I'm surprised you're not used to it by now" Both Sirius and James looked offended, while Remus stifled a laugh. Suddenly the doorbell rang and Lily peered out of the window. She waved and turned around.

"Not a word about what I just said" she hissed, making her way to the door.

"AAAAHHH! LILY! IT'S BEEN SO LONG!" A female voice shrieked.

"Oh, I've missed you so much!" Lily's voice could be heard excitedly.

"Oi, OI! Where's my hug?" A male voice demanded.

"Sorry, Dan, how have you been honey?"

"Lonely and miserable without you, as always" Lily laughed.

"Always the smooth talker"

"You know it, babe, and you love it" Lily giggled, while James tensed and narrowed his eyes. He didn't like the sound of this Dan fellow.

"So, Lils, what's been—" Stacey stopped her sentence abruptly when she entered the living room "Is there something you wanna tell me?" she demanded.

"Oh, right. Stace, meet James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Guys, this is Stacey." Dan entered the room just as Lily was making the introductions. He grinned on hearing James' name.

"Ah, the infamous James Potter that we've heard so much about. I've been hoping to meet you. Hi, I'm Dan Green," he stated, extending his hand to James.

"You've heard about me?" James queried, cocking an eyebrow and glancing at Lily.

"Yeah, about how you're—"

"—an arrogant bullying Toerag, blah blah blah. Oh, but since October, it's changed. Now it's—" Stacey's sentence was cut off abruptly by Lily suddenly clamping a hand over her friend's mouth and laughing nervously.

"Nothing. It's nothing."

Dan grinned knowingly. James looked from Dan, to Stacey, to Lily, and finally back to Dan again. Sirius chuckled softly, while Remus was smiling.

"So, why have you been so interested in meeting me?" he asked.

"Oi, Lils! Show us some spells that you've learnt" Stacey exclaimed excitedly, sitting down on one of the sofa's. Sirius made to sit down next to her, but one glare from Dan told him otherwise, so he just perched on the side of it. Dan quickly took a seat next to his sister and smiled. Stacey rolled her eyes.

"Hold on, hold on. I've been interested in meeting you because Lily goes on about you, and also, you sound kinda like me." Dan said. James looked somewhat surprised.

"Oh"

Everyone eventually seated themselves and made themselves comfortable, while they carried on chatting. Lily had ended up sitting on Dan's lap, who had one arm lazily resting around her waist.

"Oh, yeah, remember the time when we made that pact, Lils?" Stacey asked her friend. Lily raised an eyebrow.

"Which one? We made so many."

"The lifelong one." Lily grinned.

"Oh, yeah, how could I forget? You still a virgin then?"

"Yup, course. Are you?"

"Duh, of course I am. Will be for the rest of my life." James stared at her in horror, while Dan grinned.

"Lils, guess what I got for my birthday?" Lily turned to look at him.

"What?"

"A motorbike" Lily gasped and squealed.

"Can I go on it, huh? Can i?" Dan grinned wickedly.

"What's in it for me?" Lily groaned. Why hadn't she expected this? Stacey tried her best to cover up her laughter, but was failing miserably.

"Okay, I've got it. If you snog James for a full minute, I'll let you go on the motorbike for as long as you like. How does that sound?" Stacey clapped her hands together, while bursting out into hysterical laughter, along with Sirius and Remus.

"So, how does that help you?" she questioned Dan.

"It gives me some entertainment."

"Wow, I'm surprised you didn't ask me to um … well … you remember?" she asked, nodding at his lower half of his body. Dan looked down, then looked at her with amusement.

"Oh yeah, I remember."

"I am so never forgiving you for that."

"Why? You're my bitch; you're supposed to do those sorts of things for me." Stacey giggled, while Sirius and Remus laughed uproariously. James merely glared at Dan angrily. Lily smacked Dan around the head.

"I am not your bitch!"

"Yes, so go on, Miss. Avoidance Queen, you've got to snog James for a full minute, otherwise no motorbike"

"Evil bastard!"

"Oh, aren't I always?"

"Only, if Potter is willing" she said sternly, quickly changing to calling him his last name. James merely shrugged.

"Whatever"

"Do we have to do it right in front of you lot though?" Lily asked uncomfortably "I'd rather do it where we don't have lots of pairs of eyes on us." James nodded.

"I agree."

"Okay, fine. In your room then, Lils. Stace, you can watch" Stacey's jaw dropped.

"Why me?"

"Because I said so" Dan snapped "Now do as your big brother says!"

"Fuck you!" Stacey snarled "Do it yourself, you lazy bastard"

"Oh, I'm so wounded" Dan mocked.

"I'll do it" Sirius said quickly, standing up to prevent an argument from breaking out.

Lily sighed and made her way dejectedly upstairs. She'd always wanted to ride a motorbike, but first she had to kiss James Potter- again! James followed behind her, feeling excited. He'd wanted to snog her again for ages. They entered the bedroom and shut the door. Sirus called out that he'd listen, instead of watching, in case he got scarred from watching his best friend make out.

"Can we sort of … shut the blinds?" Lily asked awkwardly. James looked to her questioningly.

"I feel more confident in the dark" she told him. James smiled and ruffled his hair as he nodded.

"Sure."

Lily quickly drew the blinds, which plunged them both into darkness.

"Lily, where are you?" James called out, waiting for his eyesight to become accustomed to the darkness.

"I'm here" she said, tripping over a shoe and landing straight into James' arms "Sorry" she muttered.

James took a deep breath, then leaned in to kiss her. Lily, automatically, put her arms around his neck and responded. The passion grew as the kiss carried on and James was sure that it had been well over a minute, but Lily didn't seem to be stopping anytime soon, and he didn't exactly want to either.

His hand moved lower to her waist and pulled her closer to him. Lily gasped slightly, but carried on kissing him. Lily took a slight step backwards on feeling how close she was to James, but she fell right onto the bed. Unfortunately, she'd been holding James so tightly that he fell right on top of her. For a moment, they sort of stared at each other, before James leaned in and kissed her again.

"James" she whispered as his kisses began to move down her neck. She squirmed slightly on feeling both excited and slightly fearful.

"Lily?" James questioned, kissing her fully on the mouth again. His hand moved downwards to her leg as he brushed against it, before slowly and lightly putting his hand up her skirt. Lily's eyes flew open as she roughly pushed James away from her and slapped.

"JAMES POTTER! HOW DARE YOU! YOU DISGUSTING PERVERT!" She screamed as she scrambled to get up.

"Lily, wait! I didn't mean to—"

"Save it for someone who cares!" she spat angrily, flinging open the door to see Sirius sitting there, goggling at her.

"Out of my way, Black!" she snarled as she roughly walked past him.

"Wow" Sirius whispered as he entered Lily's room.

"What?" James snapped.

"You guys were in a lot longer than one minute!" James didn't know whether to feel happy or sad about that.

"How long were we in here for?" he asked, feeling both excited and dreading the answer.

"Almost half an hour" he whispered back. James let out a moan and buried his face into a pillow.

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As soon as Dan and Stacey had left, Lily had spent almost all day on the motorbike, as Dan had promised. They'd driven around in a deserted area, while James had been extremely quiet, staring at Lily all the while.

"I know that there's something between you two" Stacey had whispered "The chemistry is obvious. You two can't stop staring at each other and Lily obviously feels the same way as you do. Don't worry, she'll come round."

James had hoped that she would, but she hadn't. She'd avoided him all day and had only spoken to Remus and Sirius, although at times, she'd spoken rather coldly to Sirius, but at least she'd spoken to him.

As they arrived back at the Evans' household, Sirius and Remus said their farewells and had left. James and Lily were on their own.

"So, what do you want to do?" James asked, messing his hair up once again. Lily looked up at him sharply.

"What exactly is that supposed to mean?" she snapped.

"Exactly that. There's nothing to do."

"James Potter, you are sick!"

"What? All I did was ask …" he trailed off when it clicked what Lily was thinking, he chuckled softly "I think you're the one who's sick, Evans. A dirty mind, I mean. I didn't know you had it in you."

"What?" she asked, putting her hands on her hips "are you talking about?"

"When I asked, what do you want to do? I meant, watch a film or talk or something. I didn't mean it like that!" Lily blushed bright red.

"Oh"

"So, what do you want to do?" Lily's eyes brightened.

"We can bake a cake"

"A cake?" Lily nodded furiously.

"Yeah."

"Um … okay then. I don't know how to cook, so, uh, you're going to have to teach me."

"Oh, it's easy" she said, grabbing his arm and pulling him into the kitchen.

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"Right, we need flour and some chocolate" Lily read off the packet.

"Um … where is everything?" James asked, unsure of what to do.

"James, you are absolutely useless" Lily sighed.

"Oh, so it's James now? Whatever happened to Potter?" James teased. Lily's lips tugged into a small smile.

"I apologize about what happened today, but my friends … they're always teasing me and I …"

"Don't worry about it" James cut in, smiling broadly at her, "So, where's the flour?" he asked, quickly changing the subject. As Lily got the flour out of the top cupboard, James watched her with a smile on his face.

"Okay, here's the flour. Right, we need … Hey!" Lily squealed on feeling something being thrown at the back of her head. James roared with laughter. He'd grabbed a handful of flour and thrown it at Lily's head, giving her a white look.

"That look really suits you, Lils" James replied innocently, when Lily grabbed a handful on flour as well and threw it at James' face. It exploded as it hit his face. It went all over his face, hair and glasses. Lily giggled madly as James wiped his glasses with his fingers.

"I'll get you for that, Evans!" James growled playfully.

"Oh really? I'd like to see you try" Lily replied just as playfully. James grabbed Lily's arm, whirled her around and shoved a whole load of flour into her face. Lily screamed and tried to get it out of her eyes. James sniggered, then fell onto the floor, crying with laughter.

"Your … face!" He gasped, clutching his stomach from laughing so hard. Lily glared at him, then grabbed the last of the flour, knelt down next to him.

"This is what you get for messing with Lily Evans, Potter!" Lily yelled, shoving the flour all over his face. James gasped and spluttered as he tried to get the flour out of his mouth. Lily giggled madly, then gasped when James threw himself at her. They began play-fighting for a short while, before Lily collapsed, gasping for breath. James had pinned her down and was grinning impishly.

"Do you surrender? You forget, I'm James Potter, I can never be beaten."

"I'll never surrender to you" Lily replied defiantly. James simply smirked and leaned in to kiss her. While they were kissing, a scream could be heard and James immediately rolled off Lily and looked up. Marie Evans was staring around at her kitchen in horror. There was flour everywhere!

"Lily Evans!" Marie shrieked, striding over to her daughter and glaring at her "Look at the state of this kitchen! Look at the state of you and James! Go and clean yourselves up right this minute, then you can both clean up this kitchen! Now!" she yelled when they made no move to get up. They quickly scrambled to get up and ran.

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"James, this is all your fault!" Lily moaned. James stared at her incredulously.

"How is this my fault?"

"You started the flour fight!"

"Yes, well, we're spending more time getting to know each other, so, in a way, I've done us both a favour"

"Whatever" They'd spent an hour cleaning down the kitchen and they still had half the kitchen to go. James was extremely tempted to use Scourigfy, but Lily had warned him that he'd get in her mother's bad books and that wouldn't have been pretty.

"Lily?" James asked, noticing that Lily had spaced out. Lily snapped out of her reverie and stared at James.

"Yes, James?"

"Do you still only see me as a friend?" he asked. Lily hesitated, unsure whether to tell him the truth. Slowly, but surely, she shook her head. James broke into a wide smile.

"Really? You see me as something more?" Lily shifted uncomfortably, not sure what to make of James' happy attitude. She nodded slowly. James' smile softened slightly when he saw how uncomfortable Lily looked.

"Lily?" Lily looked at him, her eyes locked with his "Will you be my girlfriend?"

Lily bit her lip. She'd anticipated this, but she hadn't expected the question to come out so soon.

"Can I think about it?" she questioned timidly. James nodded.

"Of course. Have as much time as you like"

"Thank you"

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That night, James awoke to Lily violently shaking him awake. He moaned slightly, then stopped to see her with tears streaming down her face. A roll of thunder could be heard and Lily squealed and buried her face into his chest. It suddenly struck him that Lily was afraid of storms.

"Hey Lily, shush, it's okay. I'm here. You don't need to worry. I'll protect you. Shush" he said softly, putting his arms around her waist and hoping that she wouldn't get worried that he was being sick minded. Lily merely pulled away from him and hugged him. James smiled slightly.

"J-James …"

"Yeah, Lils?"

"A-About your question from earlier …" James felt his heart do a double flip.

"Yes?"

"I-I want to be your girlfriend" she whispered, burying her face into his neck. James couldn't help himself, a broad grin spread across his face as he pulled away from Lily and looked her in the eyes.

"You don't realize how happy you've made me" he whispered.

"I've made you happy?" she quivered. James nodded.

"The happiest guy in the world. Thank you, Lily" Lily nodded as the tears carried on falling down her face. James smiled softly and wiped them away with his thumbs.

"Hey, don't cry. I hate to see you cry." Lily made a slightly choked sound and hesitantly leaned in nearer to James.

"I-I've never … I mean …"

"Only do it when you feel ready!" James said firmly "Don't think you have to do it to make me happy. I'm fine waiting."

"Are you sure?" James nodded.

"Definitely"

"C-Can I … I mean, can you … stay with me?" she asked quietly. James nodded.

"I'll do anything to stay with you" he said as closed the gap between them and kissed her passionately on the lips. Lily ran her hands through his hair as James pulled her closer to him. That was how they stayed for the rest of the night and when Mr. and Mrs. Evans found them the next morning.