A Fairy Tale

A Fairy Tale | Chapter 9

"Evans! I mean--Lily?" James asked Lily, who was clutching yet another horrifying, fuzzy heart-shaped pillow. He was actually a bit afraid of her now.

"Yes Jamie?"

"Did...did you--er--redecorated my bed?"

Lily grinned and walked over to James. She grabbed his arm and pulled him down on the bed so that they were sitting right next to each other.

"Yup," Lily said happily. "Like it?"

"Not particularly," James muttered. He cleared his throat. "Er--why did you do it?"

"Because I think the new look would work better for us two."

"Oh," James said, nodding. It sounded reasonable enough. If it worked better for us two then--wait. Work better? Us two? "Er--Lily?"

"Yes Jamie?"

"What do you mean by 'us two'?"

"Well, I meant me and you, silly."

"You and me?"

"No, me and you."

"Yes, you and me."

"No. You've got it wrong. It's me and you."

"There's--no--difference!" James said exasperatedly.

"If you say so."

James sighed. "So, you're saying you're moving in?" A smiled from Lily answered all. "But--but...why?"

"You can't possibly tell me to spend time away from you!"

"Yes, I can! Listen: GET--AWAY--FROM--ME!"

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James sighed. He didn't know how it happened. One moment, he was telling Lily to leave him alone. The next, he was lying in his pink bed, Lily sleeping peacefully next to him--and no, not like that, you nasty-minded people.

Usually, James would sleep in his boxers, but he can't do that with Lily right there. So he was stuck wearing a tee-shirt and sweat pants, sharing his small bed with his enemy on this stuffy night. How did she managed to convince him to this anyways?

James tried not to touch Lily, but it was incredibly hard. As much as he hate to admit it, Lily was rather attractive. But whisper this to another soul, and James would personally hunt you down like a dog. Either that, or he'd commit suicide, because James Potter, proud Marauder and Head Boy, would rather die than admit feelings for the redhead next to him. He was not going to do it. Simple as that.

Why did Lily suddenly behave this way? Just a few days ago, he was slipping cockroaches into her book bag, and she was screaming hexes at him. What happened to those good old days?

Just then, Lily rolled over and put an arm across James's waist. He tried to gently remove Lily's arm, but she was clinging on too tightly. James sighed yet again (he'd been doing a lot of sighing lately). This was going to be a long night...

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James woke up the next morning, finding himself next to Lily. The thought of the two of them together freaked James out for a moment before he remembered what happened the previous night. James breathed again, inhaling the sweet aroma of Lily's shampoo. He tried to get up, but Lily had chose to rest her head on his arm instead of the...the pink--instead of her pillow (James was not going say it. Nope. Never). He really didn't want to wake her up, but--wait. Why shouldn't he wake her up? After all, she did disturbed his sleep last night. It was his turn to compensate. James shook Lily, gently at first, but put a bit of more effort into it after.

"Evans! Evans--wake up!"

Lily muttered something incoherently.

"Wake up!"

Lily stirred sleepily. She smiled at the sight of James. "Morning, Jamie," she said.

"Morning," James replied icily. "Do you mind?"

"Do you mind what?"

"No, not me. You."

"You what?"

"You! I mean--not again! Just...just get off."

"Off of what?"

"Of me!" James said through gritted teeth.

"But it's so comfortable here." Lily sighed happily.

"My arm is getting numb!"

"Oh. Oops." Lily grinned guiltily and rose. "Sorry, Jamie."

"Not a problem." James's voice was thick with sarcasm. He shook his arm, freeing the tensed muscles. By that time, the rest of the guys had already awoken.

"Lily," Remus said, acknowledging her presence.

"Lily?" Sirius asked. "Lily! What are you doing here?"

"Didn't you know?" Damien asked, grinning. "She spent the night here with James last night."

"Oh!" Sirius grinned too.

James threw Sirius a dirty look and glanced at Lily.

"What?" Lily asked.

"Do you mind getting out of here?"

"Why?"

"I want to change."

"Oh," Lily nodded knowingly. "Gotcha." She winked and left.

"All right, Prongs!" Sirius cheered.

"Shut up, Padfoot. Nothing happened."

"Right."

"Right."

"Right."

"Right."

"Ri--"

"Shut up," Remus said.

"Right."

Pillows from different part of the dorm were chucked at Sirius.

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"Lily!" Ronnie said, when Lily appeared in the girls' dorm. "Where were you?"

Lily smiled. "With James."

"You spent the whole night with James?" Andie asked incredulously.

Lily nodded. She smiled again and skipped her way to the bathroom.

"Something is wrong," Andie said, watching her friend's abnormality. "Very wrong."

"Yeah," Ronnie agreed. "I think I'm going to ask Remus about it."

"Why Remus?"

"Who else is there to ask when something's wrong? You don't expect me to go to, oh I don't know, Sirius, do you?"

"Yeah, you're right. Imagine Sirius being wise..." Both girls shuddered.