Neville is awesome!!

OH my gosh this story is awsome!!! I love Lily and James stories!!!!

This is soo cool. James doesn't know what a vegan is ... ha!

Who's going to look after the baby though?

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Jemmz
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It was with a rapidly beating heart that James waited for Lily to return to the common room. He’d arranged for a house-elf to politely ask Lily to go to the common room instead of going down for dinner, made sure that the room could deal with his request, and had asked Alice if she’d look after Al for him.

Oh, and he’d changed his clothes and attempted to flatten his hair.

All in all, he was pretty happy with how things had gone so far.

But now came the hard part.

He felt his heart skip a beat as Lily came through the portrait hole, her pretty face tarnished with a look of confusion.

When she saw James standing there, looking unusually smart, she frowned.

“Where are you going?” she asked suspiciously, eyeing his purple shirt and flattened hair.

“Um,” he began nervously, twisting his hands, which he’d placed behind his back, together. “To the Room of Requirement. With you.”

Lily looked confused again.

“But why are you so dressed up?” she asked shrewdly.

“Erm,” coughed James, feeling his face starting to turn red. “I just thought it’d be, erm… that it’d be nice to wear something that wasn’t school robes or jeans for a change.”

Lily raised an eyebrow.

“Oh really?”

James nodded, too nervous to say anymore.

Lily regarded him for a moment, and then said, “Ok. If that’s how you want to play it. Where’ve you put the baby?”

“Do you mean Al?” he croaked.

“Who?”

“Al. I named the baby after that famous actor you like. Alan someone? Last name begins with an R, I think.”

“Oh, him,” said Lily, a dreamy expression crossing her face.

James felt slightly disgruntled.

“Yeah, him. But if you don’t like it, we-”

“Oh, no, Al’s perfect,” she smiled. “So, where is he?”

“I asked Alice to look after him for the evening. Give us time to properly discuss Head duties, and stuff. And for me to apologise,” he added quickly.

Lily blinked.

“For you to what?” She wasn’t sure if she’d heard him correctly.

“To, um, apologise,” he mumbled, staring at his feet. “For being such a git earlier.”

He looked up to see a slightly stunned expression on Lily’s face.

“If that’s alright with you,” he said hurriedly .

To his surprise, Lily burst out laughing.

“‘If that’s alright with you’,” she repeated, laughing even harder at the worried look on James’ face. “James, you don’t ask if it’s ok to apologise to someone!”

James really couldn’t tell if the laughing was a good or a bad thing.

“Are you mad?” he asked uncertainly, eyeing Lily anxiously.

“No!” she spluttered, shaking her head, and wiping her eyes. “I just think you’re a bit of an idiot sometimes!”

Not at all reassured, James looked to one of the portraits on the wall, who shook their head, and said, “Just lead her to the room. Otherwise she’ll never go.”

So James walked forward, gently took hold of one of Lily’s arms, and steered her out through the portrait hole.

And his biggest surprise?

She let him do it.

Lily watched as the stone wall in front of her moved to become a doorway, on which the letters ‘RR’ had been ornately carved.

“Very nice,” nodded Lily appreciatively. “Normally when I ask for the room the door is just your bog-standard kind. Did you ask for something more specific?”

“Uh, yeah,” said James gruffly, feeling himself turning pink again. “After you, then.”

Lily looked at him oddly, and then proceeded to open the door.

As soon as she saw inside, she gasped, “Woah!”

Before her was a candle-lit table, set for two, a gift-wrapped item in the middle. Soft, romantic music was playing, and she could see just over to her far right that there was a dance floor, decked out with lights and spinning-decks.

“Oh, wow,” she breathed, staring round at James, who had been watching nervously for her reaction. “Did you ask it for all of this?”

James blushed a deep red.

“Um, yeah, I did,” he muttered, feeling embarrassed. “I just thought it’d be nice to, you know, enjoy ourselves in a meeting, for once.”

Lily smiled.

“Ok then. Are you going to lead me to my seat or do I have to choose one for myself?”

James hastened to show her to the seat furthest away from them.

“Um, I have a surprise, but you need to be facing this way to see it,” he told her, as he tucked the chair in beneath her as she sat down.

Lily looked slightly bemused but nodded nonetheless.

“Fine with me. I like surprises. Perhaps I should fight with you more often,” she teased.

James laughed nervously.

“I hope not. I like being friends with you,” he said, cursing himself for turning red for the hundredth time that day.

Lily grinned.

“Snap. In fact, with this set-up, you could almost say we were on a date…”

James choked on the pumpkin juice, which had just appeared in front of them, he was drinking, and hastily tried to deny that this wasn’t a date, he was just being friendly.

“…And I mean, there’s no pressure, right? It’s just a friends-thing and-”

“James!” cried Lily calmly, watching him with amusement. “I was joking! This doesn’t have to be a date. Well, unless you want it to be?”

James nearly fell of his chair in shock.

“What?!” he gasped, sure he’d heard her wrong.

“A date?” smiled Lily. “Surely you know what one of them is, right?”

“No-I mean, of course I do. But I thought you just wanted to be friends?! I mean, I’d love for it to be a date, but-”

“James, do you want it to be a date or not?” asked Lily, almost sternly (although she wasn’t mad in the slightest).

James gaped at her for a few seconds, during which time she began to panic that she’d just made a complete fool of herself by suggesting that they should count this as a date, and wondered whether this was what she really wanted.

Finally, James made his decision.

“Yes.”

“Yes, you want this to be a date?” Lily checked.

“Yes, I want this to be a date,” he responded, grinning now.

Suddenly all his nerves were gone and he felt back to his old self.

Oh, thank you, thank you, God, he thought silently.

Perhaps all those daydreams might come true after all…

“One thing I would like to know, Mr Date-Man” Lily was saying now, staring at him intently, “Is why, if you weren’t counting this as a date, you went to so much trouble?”

“Well,” grinned James, “I was thinking of flying up to your dorm window and serenading you like that guy did in that play where they both killed themselves in the end, but I decided I’d probably end up flying to the wrong window and find Snape in his underwear or something.”

“Severus is in Slytherin; they sleep in the dungeons,” Lily pointed out.

“Stranger things have happened,” replied James, in all seriousness.

Lily laughed.

“So,” she asked, looking at the present in the middle of the table, “What’s in the package?”

James resisted interpreting her question as something inappropriate and instead said, “Open it up, and find out.”

“It’s actually for me?” she said, in some surprise.

“Well, yeah…” laughed James, shaking his head. “I certainly don’t want what’s inside it!”

Lily looked at him suspiciously, then reached forward and took the present.

Feeling it slightly, she began to unwrap it slowly, glancing all the while at James for any sign that this was all just an elaborate joke.

A moment later, though, she did not believe it was.

“Oh my god!” she squealed in delight, pulling out the object from the wrapping paper. “Oh, James! How did you know this was what I wanted?!”

“Um, because of all the posters you have up around your room, and-”

“How do you know I’ve got posters up in my room?”

James blanched.

“It’s not what you think! I haven’t been spying, I just saw a photo of you and your friends, and they were all up in the background-”

“I’m kidding!” laughed Lily, once again enjoying James’ panic. “I don’t care how you know; I’m just pleased at how thoughtful you are!”

James smiled with relief.

“Oh, good,” he laughed, feeling his heart, which had sped up rapidly at Lily’s accusatory question, slow back down to normal speed. “I didn’t want to ruin this date before it had even properly started!”

“Me neither,” smiled Lily.

James felt his heart give a little jolt.

I love her, he thought, as he found himself drowning in her emerald green eyes, which were focused on the Complete Guide to AR – A Fan’s Ultimate Resource.

I think I’m really starting to fall for him, thought Lily, as she put down the book and watched as James thanked the House-elf who had just bought them their starters (Spiced Potato Soup, her favourite).

Little did they know how much that first date would change the rest of the world…

2nd to post!!! This is so cool! James did all this for Lily, how sweet is that. I wish he was my boyfriend.... please please please.

I wonder how this will change everyone else.... *sets up a tent, lights a fire, and waits for next post*

PAMSPAMSPAMS!!!!!

Jemmz
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I luv you!
Your FF is always updated when I need it the most and it is always freaking awesome
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-Jezz

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Pamsey!!

This is sooo good!!! Keep up the great work!

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The following day, Lily was walking down the Charms corridor, a happy smile set permanently on her face. Everything had gone fantastically well with James last night – he had been kind and funny and his gifts to her had been so thoughtful! How he had known what her favourite film was, she didn’t know, but that hardly mattered; he had, inexplicably, managed to enchant a muggle television so that it would work inside Hogwarts grounds, a feat Lily knew was enormous.
And now, she supposed, they were dating; a fact that terrified and excited her in equal measures.
Her smile turned into a grin.
If she a year ago could have seen herself now… Well, she’d have thought she’d gone mad!
Perhaps she had…
“Lily.”
Lily jumped as a voice behind her shook her out of her thoughts.
Startled, she turned around to find Severus Snape leant against a wall, arms folded, expression unreadable.
“Oh, Sev!” she exclaimed, laying a hand over her rapidly beating heart. “You scared me!”
“I’m sorry,” he said, though his expression was not one of regret.
Lily frowned.
“Are you ok, Sev?” she asked concernedly.
He twitched slightly, a shadow passing over his face.
Ignoring her question, he said sourly, “Thinking about Potter, were you?”
“No!” she said, too quickly.
“Don’t lie to me, Lily,” he said coldly, straightening up and uncrossing his arms. “I saw you.”
Lily looked at him in surprise.
“What do you mean, you saw me?”
“Not you – you and him.” He spat out the last word as though it were poison. “Coming out of the Room of Requirement.”
Lily felt her blood run cold.
“We weren’t-we were just there to discuss our Head Boy and Girl duties,” she stammered, her facing turning red.
But she and James had done nothing wrong, she argued with herself. There’s no reason to feel embarrassed about it.
And yet, a small part of her still felt guilty…
Especially considering the way Sev was looking at her.
She’d never seen him look so angry.
“Well, it must have been quite a meeting,” he said, his voice dripping with disdain. “It is a usual custom, then, for Potter to present you with gifts and have House Elves prepare three course meals for you?”
Lily felt herself tense.
“Sev, it’s not what you-”she began, but he cut her off.
“What I don’t understand,” he said, looking as though he got it only too well, “Is how you could be staring so admiringly at someone you, and I quote, ‘hate with a passion’.”
Realising where this was going, Lily hurriedly said, “Look, I admit, I have been spending more time with James, and I have found him to be really funny and smart, as well as thoughtful. But that doesn’t mean there’s anything going on between-”
“You agreed to go to Hogsmeade with him this weekend.”
“Well, yes, but-”
“The same weekend you agreed to go with me,” he continued tonelessly.
Lily felt her heart stop momentarily.
She’d completely forgotten the promise she’d made to him.
“Oh, Sev, I’m so sorry!” she cried, meaning it. “I completely forgot!”
“I realised,” he replied coldly.
Lily didn’t know what to say.
On the one hand, she really wanted to go with James, but, on the other, she’d made a promise to Severus to go with him, and she knew she couldn’t go back on her word.
James would just have to go with his friends, she decided.
She told Severus this, but, instead of looking happier, he looked angrier than ever.
“You think I want to go with you now, knowing the whole time you’ll be wishing you were with him?!” he spat, looking at her furiously.
“No!” she gasped, shaking her head. “Sev, I want to go with you!”
“No. You don’t,” he said, his voice toneless once again. “And you want to be his girlfriend, just like I always knew you would.”
Lily gaped at him, speechless.
“And I’ve lost you forever,” he said quietly, so quietly Lily wasn’t sure if she’d heard him right.
“Wh-Sev, you haven’t lost me – don’t be so ridiculous!” she cried, firmly finding her voice again. “I’m still the same old Lily, even if I have fallen for James Potter!”
“Aha!” screeched Severus, an almost manic look in his eyes. “So you do fancy him!”
Lily blanched, realising what she’d just admitted.
“I was-I was being hypothetical!” she stammered, but it was too late.
“You’re a liar, Lily Evans,” snarled Severus, looking at her as though she were dragon dung. “A liar and a fool.”
“I hope you and Potter are very happy together,” he spat, looking as though he wished nothing but.
Before Lily could say anything more, Severus had turned on his heel and stormed off down the corridor, leaving her to feel confused and hurt.
Had Severus broken friends with her, she wondered, staring after his rapidly retreating back.
And why on earth was he so angry?
Yes, she could understand his annoyance at her accidentally – and it was an accident – double-booking herself, but his assertion that he’d ‘lost her forever’ was ridiculous! She admitted she fancied James (yes, finally), but that wasn’t going to stop her liking Sev as well.
It was as if he thought that, if she and James were to go out(!), she’d stop talking to him completely.
Which was, of course, ridiculous.
She knew that James and Severus didn’t get on (understatement of the century!), but they’d both have to deal with it – after all, she could just hang out with them separately from the other.
But what if James or Severus rejected that idea?
She pondered this all the way back to Gryffindor Tower, and didn’t even hear James call her name as she walked through the common room.
It wasn’t until he’d tapped her on the shoulder that she snapped back to reality.
“Wow, he must be some guy,” commented James, a smile threatening to form on his lips.
“What?” said Lily, distractedly.
“The guy you were thinking about,” he replied, grinning. “He must be really amazing. I called your name three times and you still didn’t hear me.”
Understanding dawning, Lily shook her head, and said, “Oh, I’m really sorry. I was just thinking about Sev…”
The grin that had appeared on James’ face vanished instantly.
“You were thinking about Snivellus? I mean Snape?” he asked, looking hilariously jealous. “Any particular reason why?”
“Oh nothing,” said Lily, shaking her head, oblivious to how much of an effect those five small words were going to have on the rest of her life. “At least, it doesn’t matter at the moment. Where’s Al?” she added, looking around as she realised James wasn’t holding him.
“Oh, I put him down for a nap,” he replied distractedly. “Now, what’s this about you thinking about Snape?”
Lily opened her mouth to reply, but before she had a chance to say anything, a voice said quietly behind her, “Lily, I need to talk to you.”
She looked round to find Romeda, eyes red and clutching Apple (don’t ask) awkwardly in her arms.
“Romeda, what’s the matter?” said Lily, her voice full of concern as she took in her best friend’s appearance. “What’s happened?”
“Not here,” she muttered quickly, shaking her head. “Some place quiet.”
“Ok,” said Lily, nodding. “We’ll go to our dorm. James,” she said, turning round to look at him, “Can we talk about this later? I really have to…” She trailed off, but James understood; Romeda needed her.
Forcing a smile, he said, “Sure, you go. But don’t think you’ve gotten away with telling me why you were thinking about Snape!”
Lily flashed him a brief smile then turned her attention back to Romeda, who appeared to be shaking slightly.
“Right, upstairs,” she said, putting a hand gently on her shoulder and steering her in the direction of the stairs that led to their room.
As they climbed, Lily could hear how rapidly Romeda was breathing, and the shaking was getting worse.
When they reached their dorm, Lily pushed open the door and stood aside for Romeda to enter.
Clutching Apple tightly, she walked inside, her eyes, Lily realised, wide with fear.
Lily closed the door as Romeda settled herself down on her bed, Apple placed carefully on her lap.
Lily sat down too, so that she was facing her, and said softly, “Romeda, what’s happened?”
Romeda, who had been staring unseeingly at the top of Apple’s head, looked up, tears swimming in her eyes, and said, in an anguished voice, “Lily, I’m pregnant!”

can you say "unexpected plot twist"? great new post, this could make things interesting...verrryy interesting...

Pregnant!!!
Ok I totally didn't expect that!!
But I thought it was awsome anyway!!
YAY POST!! Keep it up!

Oh My God!! Romeda is pregnant!!!!

James is so cute. Naw he seems to really care about Lily.

Please Post Soon!!!!

Love always
Jade xxxxxx

Hi there.

I've read a LOT of Lily/James fics in my time. This is easily one of the best. I absolutely love your writing style, it's so fluid and exciting. Your intepretation of the characters and use of dialogue is wonderfully refreshing. I can't express how much I am enjoying reading this.

I'm going to add it to my signature when I get a chance

Awesome!!!
thats cool though cuz the whole Tonks being older than Harry and them. it fits
as always i luv your fic
-Jezz
*PAMS PAMS PAMS*

Sweet Freya! Oh dear, oh dear. What-a-to-do!

This is my first ever: PAMS

Your fan fic is incredible, I'm enjoying it so much. It is worthy of breaking my "PAMS" cherry.

omg! im catching up and i love your story!!!

poor snape. =[

and romeda being pregnant! its crazy!

its fantastic! PAMS!


--Prongs