in which A is a slightly tipsy James,
B is the bright idea of going 진행 상태, 썰매 타기 and
C is some ridiculously adorable fluff.
You're sitting in the Gryffindor common room, something 당신 do quite often on Saturday afternoons, and attempting very diligently to do your homework while simultaneously watching the Marauders, well, be Marauders – an activity which tends to be quite loud and, if Sirius is in the room, slightly graphic at times, and therefore very distracting from homework, even if said homework is a most interesting Charms essay. You'll turn your head down, scribble down a few words, and then look up again, either at a particularly loud noise 또는 that peculiar sensation 당신 feel always drawing your eyes towards him.
Ah, yes. Him. The near-constant occupant of your thoughts since almost the first days of First Year, though the direction of these thoughts had changed often and considerably in the past six and a half years. At first, 당신 thought him cute, in that adorable boy-next-door way; but that all changed when he threw his (admittedly sub-standard) Burning Solution on 당신 in Potions ("It was an accident, I swear it was!") and burned holes all over the brand new robes 당신 had only just bought in Diagon Alley the 월 before. Since then, he had only been referred to as Potter, and always in that scathing tone 당신 reserve for him and only him.
Recently, however, you've noticed that things have began to change: your thoughts are occupied 의해 him 더 많이 and more, and the context is less and less negative, and quite frankly it's very confusing. 당신 have no idea why this is happening, 당신 only know that it is, and 당신 can't say that 당신 like it too much. 당신 have always thought of Potter as intolerable, arrogant and incredibly self-absorbed, but lately you've been finding yourself wanting to call him James, thinking that those qualities 당신 used to find insufferable are now adorable and endearing and not nearly as negative as 당신 think. At the back of your mind, 당신 know exactly what's happening, but you're avoiding it as firmly as possible since 당신 think your head might implode if 당신 actually acknowledged it. And so 당신 settle for staring at him in the common room when you're supposed to be working on your Charms essay.
It's almost as if 당신 have some invisible radar tuned to him, because 당신 feel it as soon as he gets up and makes his way across the common room towards you.
"Lily?"
"Hey, James."
"Hey. So, the guys and I were planning on going 진행 상태, 썰매 타기 outside... do 당신 think you'd like to 가입하기 us?" He punctuates this statement with a hiccup.
"James, have 당신 guys been drinking again?"
He has the good grace to look ashamed, even in his slightly tipsy state (the Marauders could hold their alcohol like no one's business – except maybe for Peter).
"James, I told you, not in front of the first-years! I don't want them getting influenced 의해 your Marauding ways at such a tender young age."
"Tender young age?" he snorts, and 당신 can't help but laugh at your own choice of vocabulary. "Besides, do 당신 see any firsties around?"
당신 scan the room, hoping to spot even one errant little first-year so as to have reason to continue berating him (you find it oddly satisfying) but come up disappointingly short. With a sigh, 당신 turn back to him and hold your hands up in defeat. "Fine, no firsties. Just do try to keep it in check, will you?"
"Will do, Lils. Now how about that sledding?"
Your 심장 skips a beat when he calls 당신 'Lils' – no one calls 당신 that except him – and 당신 only barely catch the end of the sentence. "What? Sledding, yeah, sure. Just let me get my cloak, okay? I'll meet 당신 here in five."
"Brilliant," he replies, and 당신 grab your Charms essay – completely forgotten at this point – and head up to your dormitory to ditch the 책 and grab your cloak. 당신 take a 분 to braid your hair, frowning at the strands that won't reach and stay where they are, framing your face, but deciding that faulty braids are still the most convenient option. Winding your Gryffindor scarf around your neck as 당신 go, 당신 descend the stairs to find that the other Marauders have gone outside already, leaving only James to wait for you. This 슈츠 당신 fine, however, even if 당신 do try to smother the pleasure 당신 feel at the notion of walking outside with him.
"My lady," James says with a small bow and a grin as he offers 당신 his arm, which 당신 gladly take. Giggling slightly, 당신 allow yourself to be led to the portrait hole and out of the common room, doing your level best (and yet failing miserably) to ignore the curious glances 당신 get. 당신 let them watch, for once not caring about the rumours that are bound to fly throughout the school once it gets out that James Potter was seen leading Lily Evans out of the Gryffindor common room, both of them laughing and neither looking ready to blow the other's head off. You're too happy at that exact moment, too happy to care about what you'll have to deal with tomorrow.
Once 당신 arrive at the designated 진행 상태, 썰매 타기 spot, 당신 notice that there is exactly one sled and five people. Of course, this wouldn't be a problem, were the Marauders not the sort to pile everyone up in the same sled just for the hell of it.
"Before anyone says anything, I am not getting into that sled with all five of you, just so 당신 know," 당신 say with a grin.
"But, Lilyyyy," Sirius whines. "It's perfectly safe!" he attempts to prove this statement 의해 grabbing Remus and Peter and shoving them into the sled and jumping aboard before pushing off rather enthusiastically. All three end up sprawled in the snow. 당신 laugh again. "Nuh-uh. So not happening."
James suddenly looks at 당신 with a glint in his eye 당신 know can't mean anything good. "How about it, Lils?" He summons the sled and sits in the very back, patting the 우주 between his legs. "Come on... it'll be fine, I swear it will." Another hiccup reminds 당신 again of the fact that he's slightly tipsy at the very least, and it would therefore probably be extremely unwise to get into a sled capable of going Merlin-knows-how-fast with him. 당신 ignore it and sit down, leaning back into him ever so slightly. He wraps one arm around your waist to keep 당신 steady, and yells, "Fire in the hole, mates!" down at his 프렌즈 before pushing off at least as vigorously as Sirius.
The ride down is short and exhilarating; 당신 find yourself screaming and his arm tightens around 당신 instinctively. 당신 laugh, partly at his over-protectiveness and partly at the pure thrill of gliding downhill at unforeseen speeds.
However, it's over way too soon. The sled hits a rock 또는 something, and 당신 find yourself flying through the air, and for the briefest moment it's like 당신 have wings (except for the part where James's arm is still hooked somewhat around your waist). The feeling only lasts for a second, though, and suddenly 당신 find yourself lying in the snow on your back, and somehow James has managed to fall right on 상단, 맨 위로 of you. "Oof," 당신 let out instinctively; 17-year-old boys tend to be quite heavy. James, however, doesn't seem to notice; it's like the possibly copious amounts of spiked Butterbeer he's had today finally catches up to him, as his eyes go all dreamy and unfocused. The 다음 초 they're totally focused again and staring straight into yours. The 다음 thing he says confirms your spiked-Butterbeer-theory:
"Lily, I 사랑 you." The words make your 심장 skip a beat, another one, a third one – you're wondering how many beats is it possible to skip. He's said it before, but never with this expression on his face. Your head is actually threatening to implode as 당신 finally realise what's been staring 당신 in the face for about three months now. 당신 take a deep breath, hardly believing what you're about to do.
"James... I think I 사랑 you, too."
He turns away reflexively, as if ready to go nurse his wounds again, and then turns back so fast you're surprised he doesn't get the clichéd whiplash.
"Wait... what was that? I don't think I heard correctly." A smile begins to play at the corners of his mouth as he begins to process what he thought he heard. An identical grin spread across your face as 당신 realise the full truth of the words 당신 just said.
"I said, James, that I think I 사랑 당신 too."
His grin is now reaching levels 당신 didn't think possible. He leans down to 키스 you, and your senses are so full of him 당신 wouldn't notice Sirius's wolf-whistles if it weren't for the arm James briefly removes from around your waist to give him the finger before bringing it back to 요람, 크래들 your face.
B is the bright idea of going 진행 상태, 썰매 타기 and
C is some ridiculously adorable fluff.
You're sitting in the Gryffindor common room, something 당신 do quite often on Saturday afternoons, and attempting very diligently to do your homework while simultaneously watching the Marauders, well, be Marauders – an activity which tends to be quite loud and, if Sirius is in the room, slightly graphic at times, and therefore very distracting from homework, even if said homework is a most interesting Charms essay. You'll turn your head down, scribble down a few words, and then look up again, either at a particularly loud noise 또는 that peculiar sensation 당신 feel always drawing your eyes towards him.
Ah, yes. Him. The near-constant occupant of your thoughts since almost the first days of First Year, though the direction of these thoughts had changed often and considerably in the past six and a half years. At first, 당신 thought him cute, in that adorable boy-next-door way; but that all changed when he threw his (admittedly sub-standard) Burning Solution on 당신 in Potions ("It was an accident, I swear it was!") and burned holes all over the brand new robes 당신 had only just bought in Diagon Alley the 월 before. Since then, he had only been referred to as Potter, and always in that scathing tone 당신 reserve for him and only him.
Recently, however, you've noticed that things have began to change: your thoughts are occupied 의해 him 더 많이 and more, and the context is less and less negative, and quite frankly it's very confusing. 당신 have no idea why this is happening, 당신 only know that it is, and 당신 can't say that 당신 like it too much. 당신 have always thought of Potter as intolerable, arrogant and incredibly self-absorbed, but lately you've been finding yourself wanting to call him James, thinking that those qualities 당신 used to find insufferable are now adorable and endearing and not nearly as negative as 당신 think. At the back of your mind, 당신 know exactly what's happening, but you're avoiding it as firmly as possible since 당신 think your head might implode if 당신 actually acknowledged it. And so 당신 settle for staring at him in the common room when you're supposed to be working on your Charms essay.
It's almost as if 당신 have some invisible radar tuned to him, because 당신 feel it as soon as he gets up and makes his way across the common room towards you.
"Lily?"
"Hey, James."
"Hey. So, the guys and I were planning on going 진행 상태, 썰매 타기 outside... do 당신 think you'd like to 가입하기 us?" He punctuates this statement with a hiccup.
"James, have 당신 guys been drinking again?"
He has the good grace to look ashamed, even in his slightly tipsy state (the Marauders could hold their alcohol like no one's business – except maybe for Peter).
"James, I told you, not in front of the first-years! I don't want them getting influenced 의해 your Marauding ways at such a tender young age."
"Tender young age?" he snorts, and 당신 can't help but laugh at your own choice of vocabulary. "Besides, do 당신 see any firsties around?"
당신 scan the room, hoping to spot even one errant little first-year so as to have reason to continue berating him (you find it oddly satisfying) but come up disappointingly short. With a sigh, 당신 turn back to him and hold your hands up in defeat. "Fine, no firsties. Just do try to keep it in check, will you?"
"Will do, Lils. Now how about that sledding?"
Your 심장 skips a beat when he calls 당신 'Lils' – no one calls 당신 that except him – and 당신 only barely catch the end of the sentence. "What? Sledding, yeah, sure. Just let me get my cloak, okay? I'll meet 당신 here in five."
"Brilliant," he replies, and 당신 grab your Charms essay – completely forgotten at this point – and head up to your dormitory to ditch the 책 and grab your cloak. 당신 take a 분 to braid your hair, frowning at the strands that won't reach and stay where they are, framing your face, but deciding that faulty braids are still the most convenient option. Winding your Gryffindor scarf around your neck as 당신 go, 당신 descend the stairs to find that the other Marauders have gone outside already, leaving only James to wait for you. This 슈츠 당신 fine, however, even if 당신 do try to smother the pleasure 당신 feel at the notion of walking outside with him.
"My lady," James says with a small bow and a grin as he offers 당신 his arm, which 당신 gladly take. Giggling slightly, 당신 allow yourself to be led to the portrait hole and out of the common room, doing your level best (and yet failing miserably) to ignore the curious glances 당신 get. 당신 let them watch, for once not caring about the rumours that are bound to fly throughout the school once it gets out that James Potter was seen leading Lily Evans out of the Gryffindor common room, both of them laughing and neither looking ready to blow the other's head off. You're too happy at that exact moment, too happy to care about what you'll have to deal with tomorrow.
Once 당신 arrive at the designated 진행 상태, 썰매 타기 spot, 당신 notice that there is exactly one sled and five people. Of course, this wouldn't be a problem, were the Marauders not the sort to pile everyone up in the same sled just for the hell of it.
"Before anyone says anything, I am not getting into that sled with all five of you, just so 당신 know," 당신 say with a grin.
"But, Lilyyyy," Sirius whines. "It's perfectly safe!" he attempts to prove this statement 의해 grabbing Remus and Peter and shoving them into the sled and jumping aboard before pushing off rather enthusiastically. All three end up sprawled in the snow. 당신 laugh again. "Nuh-uh. So not happening."
James suddenly looks at 당신 with a glint in his eye 당신 know can't mean anything good. "How about it, Lils?" He summons the sled and sits in the very back, patting the 우주 between his legs. "Come on... it'll be fine, I swear it will." Another hiccup reminds 당신 again of the fact that he's slightly tipsy at the very least, and it would therefore probably be extremely unwise to get into a sled capable of going Merlin-knows-how-fast with him. 당신 ignore it and sit down, leaning back into him ever so slightly. He wraps one arm around your waist to keep 당신 steady, and yells, "Fire in the hole, mates!" down at his 프렌즈 before pushing off at least as vigorously as Sirius.
The ride down is short and exhilarating; 당신 find yourself screaming and his arm tightens around 당신 instinctively. 당신 laugh, partly at his over-protectiveness and partly at the pure thrill of gliding downhill at unforeseen speeds.
However, it's over way too soon. The sled hits a rock 또는 something, and 당신 find yourself flying through the air, and for the briefest moment it's like 당신 have wings (except for the part where James's arm is still hooked somewhat around your waist). The feeling only lasts for a second, though, and suddenly 당신 find yourself lying in the snow on your back, and somehow James has managed to fall right on 상단, 맨 위로 of you. "Oof," 당신 let out instinctively; 17-year-old boys tend to be quite heavy. James, however, doesn't seem to notice; it's like the possibly copious amounts of spiked Butterbeer he's had today finally catches up to him, as his eyes go all dreamy and unfocused. The 다음 초 they're totally focused again and staring straight into yours. The 다음 thing he says confirms your spiked-Butterbeer-theory:
"Lily, I 사랑 you." The words make your 심장 skip a beat, another one, a third one – you're wondering how many beats is it possible to skip. He's said it before, but never with this expression on his face. Your head is actually threatening to implode as 당신 finally realise what's been staring 당신 in the face for about three months now. 당신 take a deep breath, hardly believing what you're about to do.
"James... I think I 사랑 you, too."
He turns away reflexively, as if ready to go nurse his wounds again, and then turns back so fast you're surprised he doesn't get the clichéd whiplash.
"Wait... what was that? I don't think I heard correctly." A smile begins to play at the corners of his mouth as he begins to process what he thought he heard. An identical grin spread across your face as 당신 realise the full truth of the words 당신 just said.
"I said, James, that I think I 사랑 당신 too."
His grin is now reaching levels 당신 didn't think possible. He leans down to 키스 you, and your senses are so full of him 당신 wouldn't notice Sirius's wolf-whistles if it weren't for the arm James briefly removes from around your waist to give him the finger before bringing it back to 요람, 크래들 your face.