First Kiss Chapter one. Trying to work up the nerve!

Chapter 4 A day Trip

Chapter 4, A day trip

    The school days had been going for a couple of month now and the students were into the daily routine and the air was growing colder. They would wake up to find frost on the windows and a cold wind beating against the castle walls.

           Today was Saturday so there were no classes; this was making Lily very happy since it was also the first trip into Hogsmeade. It was the only wizarding town around there. Lily was very excited about going since she had heard so much from other students about this place.

Lily dressed in a warm green pantsuit with her black winter cape on and some black leather gloves for her hands.

Lily walked down to the Great Hall to meet up with Severus they had decided to go into town together and do some shopping and try out butterbeer, which they had both heard a lot about it.

Lily walked through the large doors to see the Great Hall filled with students. Most were excitedly talking; making plans for the day out. Lily scanned the area around the Slytherin table to see if she could see Severus over there eating. Lily smiled sadly. She saw him sitting between Avery and Malfoy deep in conversation. Lily sat down next to her girl friend Diane and started up a conversation with her while waiting for the time to leave the castle.

It wasn’t long before she felt a leg slid up against her own leg. Lily turned to see James smiling at her.

“Hi Potter what do you want?” Lily asked as she scooted over toward Diane.

“Hey what’s with the cold shoulder, I just thought you’d like to go into Hogsmeade with us after all we’ll have more fun there then anyone else and we plan on going into the Shrieking shack.”

“No we don’t” Came Lupin’s voice from the other side of James.

James just smiled at his friend for a moment that was looking a bit more pale then usual. Lily noticed he was eating very slowly as though he didn’t have the strength to eat food.

“Are you ok Lupin?” Lily asked with concern in her voice.

Lupin looked up from the table surprised then turned to look at her. A soft smile was covering his young thin face. “I’m fine Lily thank you for your concern.” Lupin smiled slightly; then returns his attention to his uneaten oatmeal. He was hoping to make his heart obey and not to flutter with pleasure at the sound of her concern for him.

Lily looked unconvinced. James looked back and forth between them and then he went to work on his own food. In between bites James spoke to Lily.

“So how bout we meet by the boars at the gate so we can walk there together.” James looked as though he expected her to say yes with a thrill of excitement in her voice.

“James, I am already going with someone else to Hogsmeade, you’ll just have to stick it out with your friends without me, unless you’re serving detention again.” Lily gave him a look that clearly said she didn’t believe he didn’t have detention.

James laughed at her. “Sure you are, so who would you go with instead of me?”

Lily glared at him for several minutes before talking. “Some one who isn’t as conceited as you are?” Lily stood up from the table. “See ya later Diane.” she walked off without a look back as she headed for the front doors to leave the castle where Filch was waiting with a list of names of student who were able to leave the castle for a day trip to Hogsmeade.

      Lily was glad her parents were so happy to give permission and asked for her to send an owl about how the town was and what she saw. Lily planned on buying some things she could send home for her parents and she hoped to find some Christmas gifts since that would be coming up soon and buying early was a way with her.