jily: more than friends

Lily

James has been acting weird all day. I worry about him but he seems to be better, he did slap Sirius which really scared me and then he ran out of the common room, Sirius followed. I went straight to my dormitory, what if he did the same to me? I went to bed, I dreamt about the dance.

In the morning I wake up to Sirius grabbing one arm, Remus on the other. Mar and Alice each took one leg. They lifted me and starting swinging me back and forth. "Stop!" I say. "Okay, Evans," Sirius says jokingly. They throw me on my bed. I land on my back. "You four better run before I catch you." I get up and quickly pull my robes on, I start chasing them. I go after Mar first, I shoot a spell at her "Aquamenti!" A large blast of water shoots at her. I go after Alice next, I shoot "Expelliarmus!" to her. She screams while flying backwards, she lands on the couch. I go to get something from my bag for Remus and Sirius. Glitter bombs. I was the glitter bomb queen in the Muggle world. I throw them and as soon as they hit Sirius and Remus they explode. James comes down the stairs and looks at all of us and stays "what the bloody hell is going on here?" "Oh, nothing Jamesie," Sirius says playfully. "Oi. I thought I told you to never call me that." He replies. "Okay, Prongsie," Sirius says jokingly. "Want me to "accidentally" bruise the other cheek?" James says playfully. Sirius shakes his head vigorously. I didn't even realize he had a bruise there. He must've hit him hard.

I go down to Potions. Professor Slughorn begins explaining what we are doing today, "Hello class! Today we are brewing Amortentia. Can anyone tell me what this potion does?" My hand shoots to the air, "yes Mrs. Evans?" Slughorn says. I start explaining, "Amortentia is the most powerful love potion, although it doesn't produce real love. It makes the drinker obsessed with the person who created it." "Correct, Mrs. Evans! 15 points to Gryffindor. Now, open your books to page 139. I will put you in pairs. McKinnon and Black. Fortescue and Longbottom. Lupin and Pettigrew. Potter and Evans." Great, I'm with James. We make it as quick as we can, we wait for everyone else to finish, then we present it. "Okay, Mr. Potter, what do you smell?" Slughorn says with enthusiasm. "I smell new parchment, honey and lilies..." he mumbles the word lilies. "Now, Mrs. Evans what do you smell?" I take a deep breath in, "I smell.. freshly baked cookies.. and the Quidditch pitch and Chocolate Frogs." I say.

Once everyone has presented, we all go to Herbology. James has a thinking face on and can't stop staring at me. Did I do something wrong?

JAMES'S POV

After Potions, I couldn't stop thinking if Lily smelt me. "I smell.. freshly baked cookies.. and the Quidditch pitch and Chocolate Frogs." She said. I love my mothers cookies, I always take a fresh one when she makes them, I play Quidditch, a lot and my favourite chocolate is Chocolate Frogs. That has to be me, it has to be! 

This thought distracts me all day. We have Quidditch practice today and I can barely focus. Does she love me? I look around the pitch and see the snitch, I make a dive but lose sight of it after the thought comes back. Is Lily Evans in love with me?                                                                                                When practice ends I go to the changing room and we talk about the game tomorrow. I leave the change room and go back tot he castle on we are done talking. When I enter the common room I see the Marauders, Lily, Alice and Mar. I nod to them and go for a shower. I change into my pyjamas and go to the common room to do homework.                                                                                      "Oi, mate, have you forgotten we exist?" Sirius says jokingly, I look up and say "who are you?" In a playful tone. He gives me a small slap on the head and says "now come play 20 questions with us." I get up and sit on the floor. "Mar you start," Alice says. "Okay," it takes her a minute to think of someone but then she continues, "okay, I've got them." Lily starts with asking "do they work at Hogwarts?" "Yes," Mar says. "Are they a Head of House?" I ask. "No" she answers. Hmm.              We all take turns asking yes or no questions, we use all of our 20 questions, "who is it?!" Sirius says, eager to know who. "It's Dumbledore!" Mar says, "what?! Dumbledore isn't 94!" Sirius argues, "yes he is." Lily joins. After some back and forth bickering, Lily says "I'm going of sleep, you guys should too, especially you James, Quidditch." We all get up and head to bed. I stay down and Lily is grabbing her stuff when I blurt out "do you like me? I mean, what you smell for Amortentia smells exactly like me." I cover my mouth in shock, did I really just say that out loud? James, you idiot. "Potter, if you want the truth this should clear it up," she says. She takes my hands off my mouth and kisses me, then she walks upstairs towards her dorm leaving me standing there in shock, I turn around and go to my dorm, the happiest man on earth.                      "Why are you grinning like that mate?" Peter says with confusion. I leave him, Prongs and Moony standing there looking like idiots and in confusion. I go to sleep.