confunded

compartment confessions

James' POV

Lily's lips were soft against his. 

So soft as they moved together, slowly. James cupped the sides of her face as she let her hands braid themselves into his hair. He couldn't believe this was happening. How perfect it felt. Lily's lavender scent overwhelmed all of his senses as he turned himself towards her, letting the blanket fall off his shoulder. 

"James," She whispered, breaking their kiss briefly before crashing her lips against his once more.

"hmm?" James mumbled into her mouth.  Lily broke their kiss again, only to hide her face in the crook of his neck. 

James didn't know what to think. It was taking everything in him to not be overwhelmed by the fireworks in the pit of his stomach, or the unwavering thought of, 'I just kissed Lily Evans' 

"Lily, talk to me." James finally said, coaxing her out of her hidden spot against James' neck. 

"I-" Lily started before being interrupted by the sound of someone else entering the Astronomy Tower. 

"Look guys, I found them!" A very wasted Sirius shouted as he led the rest of their sixth year friends to them. 

"You sure did lad, Lily was just telling me about how excited she was for my New Year's party. How bout that?" James replied smoothly. He didn't want to tell anyone about the moment he just shared with Lily until he knew how she felt about it. 

"Is that so Lil, even after being denied appetizers last year?" asked Remus sitting down next to lily as the rest of the group joined them on the edge. Everyone began tugging at the blanket for themselves. 

"I'm only going under the promise that Potter will give me all the appetizers my heart desires." Lily said, right as Sirius pushed himself in between James and Lily. Marlene followed suit, fathering the distance between them. 

"What are you two doing all the way up here? It's freezing!" Questioned Alice as she tugged at the blanket trying the get her share. 

"I do believe our personal portion of firewhisky has made us quite numb to that." James said, lifting the bottle they shared. 

"Personal portion my arse!" Marlene exclaimed, swiping the bottle right out of James' hand to take a swig for herself. 

"Pass it down this way McKinnon!" Exclaimed an excitable Peter from Remus' end of the group. 

They continued on like that for a good portion of the night, drinking and looking at the stars. James glanced over at Lily, only to find her laughing and talking with the rest of them. That was, until, sensing a pair of eyes on her, Lily looked over at James and mouthed, "Later." 

Lily's POV

The night went on without giving Lily a chance to talk to James alone. Before she knew it, she was already upstairs with Alice and Marlene, getting into bed. 

"Those boys sure do know how to party." Alice commented appreciatively.

"They just know how to get booze." Marlene reasoned.

"And cake." Lily added as the other girls agreed.

"Yeah, how do they manage to get that cake?" Alice wondered.