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Our Seventh Year	By : riotgurl0618 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > James/Lily Views: 8714 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Lily had just finished her Potions class and headed out on the grounds. It was October 25th, and fall was in full force, all the grounds glowed like fire, the trees red, orange and gold.

She always loved fall, it was warm by day, but at night it gave Lily an excuse to curl up under all her blankets since it was always cold.

Many students were out on the ground enjoying the last few warm days left, and were busy discussing the Halloween dance. Who was going with who, and what they were going as. Lily had decided to go to this one, she had only been to three other ones, but since it was her last year, she tried to be more active. Hell, she even with to Quidditch games, which was an oddity for her.

She walked along, the leave crunching under her feet as she went. Lily was headed to her normal tree. It was a large Willow (not the Whomping Willow of course) that was near the lake. She enjoyed reading under it since the branches almost swept the ground. It gave her plenty of cover from the sun, but she could see everything around her, and the lake was only a few feet away.

As she neared her normal studying spot she saw someone under the willow. Squinting she noticed it was one of her friends. Well not exactly best friends, just someone that she talked to. He could be a bit cold towards her at times, and nice at others.

�Hello Severus,� Lily said as she made her way though the tree branches before taking a seat about two feet away from him under the tree. She had no problem sharing, it was a beautiful spot after all.

Severus had chosen this spot on purpose. He had notice Lily usually came outside, and studied under the tree. He never got the chance to get her alone, so he figured under the tree would be perfect. There was plenty of cover, and no one would bother them.

�Hello,� he said quietly looking down at his book. His hands were slightly shaking, and he glanced over at Lily from the corner of his eye. She was gorgeous, her long vibrant red hair that went down to her middle back, her green eyes, and perfect proportioned body.

�What brings you out here?� Lily asked him as she dug through her school bag pulling out her potions book, a quill, her ink well, and some parchment. She had a test to study for, being in advanced potions meant more papers and tests, as well as homework.

�J-just studying,� Severus said, then cursed himself for stuttering. He covered it up by coughing after as if he had just swallowed wrong. �We have the potion�s test Monday.�

He was an awkward boy, always having problems with communicating with anyone, especially women, even more so women that he liked.
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James and Sirius had just gotten out of their detention with McGonagall. They had been �caught� putting firecrackers in Filch�s underwear draw. The thing was, they had already exploded in his face by the time they were caught. Sirius, the dumb ass, had left him a note, and McGonagall knew automatically whose writing it was. And whatever Sirius did, James helped.

James was still amazed that he was made head boy of Gryffindor, he always caused the most trouble. He decided it was because of his good grades, charm, and he was the Captain of the Quidditch team.

They made their way to the grounds, and of course all the girls were eying them, and giggling. One was particularly brave, she was a sixth year Hufflepuff. James was unsure of her name exactly, but he had seen her around.

�Hey James,� she said shyly, looking at Sirius with daggers. She wanted to get him alone.

�Hello,� James said nicely looking at her, but also over her head for a particular red head. Sirius had walked off a bit, pretending to be quiet interested in something on the castle wall.

�Um,� she said pausing for a second, a blush rising in her face, and he knees threatening to give out.

�Do you have a date for the dance?� She asked him, kicking the dirt slightly looking up at him once again.

James had a feeling this was coming, and he felt bad for turning her down. She was cute enough, and seemed like she would be fun.

�No. But, I�m sorry, I am waiting on a particular girl to ask,� James said smiling down at her.

�Evans? You are still waiting on her? She is NEVER going to come around Potter, when are you going to get that?� The girl spat, clearly angry, and hurt.

James stared at the girl, he tried to be nice, but she was not playing nice.

�I said sorry,� he replied. �But since you don�t accept that. I don�t know what else to tell you.�

The girl stomped off to her group of friends, who were staring James down.

�What was that all about?� Sirius asked walking back over smiling at a girl who had waved to him.

�She asked me to the dance. I said no, then her knickers got into a bunch,� James said with a shrug.
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�Yes we do,� Lily said looking over at him with a smile. �Would you like to study together?� She offered, moving a bit closer to him.

�Um...sure,� Severus said looking over at her, trying to force a smile forward but it was not working.

He grabbed his potions book, laying it in front of him, and pulling out his writing utensils as well.

Lily had already marked out the page that they she needed help with, so she leaned over to flip to the right page in his book.

Severus looked at her body, hovering above his legs. He could feel a small arousal beginning, and he tried to ignore it as best as possible. He closed his eyes for a second, and just breathed in her perfume, opening them quickly when she moved to sit back up again.

�So I cannot figure this potion out,� Lily said pulling her book into her lap. �At stage four, it always turns black, and bubbles over.� She paused looking at him, waiting for him to respond.

�Er, well,� he said looking at the notes he had written in his margins. �Something Slughorn told me was that you need to stir it counter clock wise, fast the first time, then slow the second, or it will mix too quick,� he said before setting the book back in his lap looking at her.

Lily was scribbling down the notes in her book in large loopy letters.

�That makes sense!� She exclaimed before setting down her quill. �Thank you,� Lily remarked before flipping through her book looking for the next spell that was on her list.

Most of them were no problem, but she sat and read anyways. She had made some of her own notes in the margins.

They sat in silence for a few minutes, but the silence was broken by a few girls who walked by chittering about the dance.

�Are you going?� Lily asked off-handily looking over at him.

�I-I don�t know,� Severus said. To be honest, he was trying to figure out a way to ask her to the dance. �I don�t have a date, I was not planning on going without a date.�

�I don�t either,� Lily said with a smile. �You don�t need a date to go to a dance.�

He paused flipping a page, and staring hard at one word before looking at her finally.

�Would you like to go with me?� He managed to get out,, his voice was so quiet it was barely audible.

Lily froze staring at him. She enjoyed Severus� company, but she had no interest in him, not that way.

�Um, I�m sorry Severus, it is nothing against you, but I was just planning on going alone, I get to spend time with my friends that way,� Lily said quickly trying to back up her reason.

�Ah, I see,� Severus said trying to hide his hurt. He did not want her to think it affected him, so instead of getting up instantly and walking off, he just stayed and continued to read.

The tension between them was high for a few minutes, then Lily tried to talk to him once again.

�So, do you know how to do this one?� Lily asked him pointing to a certain potion in the book. Truth was she already knew how, but the silence was killing her.

Severus looked at her, and just pointed to his notes in the book, not wanting to talk to her at the moment.

Lily took the hint, and just wrote down what he had in his margins, then went back to studying.

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James was wandering around the grounds looking for Peter and Remus. They were supposed to meet up before dinner to study a bit for a test. Truth was, Remus would be giving the three of them the answers, and Sirius and James would not really pay attention, like always.

�Have you found someone to take to the dance?� James asked Sirius, as he pulled out a snitch he had stolen from the supply closet a few years ago.

�I have my eye on a few,� Sirius said with a shrug. �Not that it matters. If I go without a date, I will be sure to find a few girls there.�

James just shook his head, he was planning on asking Lily to go with him. He knew the answer would be no, but he could not help but hope. James had tried to change his ways a bit around her. He still could not understand why she had no interest in him.

They were headed towards the lake and were talking about different girls, well actually Sirius was talking about all his �escapades� and James talked about Lily, and how this time it would be different when he asked her.

�Oi, Prongs, is that...� Sirius trailed off looking under a willow tree. Lily�s hair could be picked out anywhere, but he was trying to figure out who she was with.

�It is!� He exclaimed looking over at James.

James followed his finger and saw Lily sitting under a tree, and he instantly recognized who she was with.

�Why is she with him?� James fumed slightly looking at Sirius who merely shrugged.

They quickened their pace towards the tree to confront Snape. He had always been a shady character, and kept trying to get into Lily�s pants, not that James didn�t want to. At least James wanted to take her out for dinner first or something, he rationalized with himself.
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