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You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This

Summary: It's funny what'll bring people together, in this case, a four-foot long essay and transfiguring cats into pillows.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. Obviously.

A/N: I live! Lol, I'm back. I've been away at my first semester of college and sadly, never have any time to write, I miss it SO much! So while home for a break, I went through my old archives and revised an old fic, hope you enjoy it!

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"Please, please help me." Lily's best friend, Isabelle gave her an apologetic look.

"I'm sorry, Lily, I don't even know what to do on the homework for that class. And you know I'm not good at Transfiguration." Lily looked around thinking, 'Ok, I need someone who's good at Transfiguration.' Her eyes scanned the common room before finally resting on the one boy she didn't want to ask for help, but then desperate times calls for desperate measures. She got out of her chair, grabbed her books, and walked over to the Marauders, where James Potter was in the middle of telling a story, one that was making the other three laugh.

"Potter, can I talk to you?" The three remaining Marauders all stopped laughing and looked at James, waiting for his answer.

"What's the matter Lily, finally come to your senses about going to Hogsmeade with me?" James said, flashing a cocky grin.

"Of course not."

"Well, there's always tomorrow," James said, turning back to his friends.

"Do you even want to know what I came to talk to you about?" James turned back to Lily giving her a look that showed he was listening. Lily took a deep breath and sighed.

"I need your help."

"With what?"

"Transfiguration."

"The four foot essay getting you?"

"Yes, and the transfiguring pillows to cats. Please say you'll help me." James grinned.

"What'll you do if I refuse?"

"Be really sad?" She looked at him with a puppy dog look on her face. James laughed.

"Alright, I'll help you, but only if you'll do something for me." Lily's expression fell turning into a skeptical one, she was almost afraid to hear what James was going to ask her.

"Like what?" she said slowly.

"If you'll agree to go to the Halloween dance with me, I'll help you." Lily let out a sigh of fury.

"You can't be serious!"

"Oh, I am serious. Shut up," James said, pointing a finger at Sirius, who was about to make the Sirius/serious crack.

"This is blackmail!" Lily said furiously. James shrugged and grinned.

"Just seeing how bad you want my help."

"James Potter, you are the cruelest person I've ever met. I'll never go out with you!"

"Alright, no, I will not you with Transfiguration, then." James turned back to his friends and said, "Alright, where was I? Oh yeah, so there she was..."

"Alright." James stopped talking again when he heard Lily finally give in.

"Sorry? What was that?"

"I said…alright. I'll do it. I'll go with you," Lily said quietly.

"I'm sorry, what was that, I didn't hear quite hear you, Evans. What did you say you'll do?" James said loudly so that the whole common room could hear. Lily sighed again, and looked up at the ceiling, tears of fury and defeat in her eyes.

"I said...I'll go...out with you. To the dance," Lily said, louder this time. James grinned again.

"Excellent."

"Now will you help me?"

"Yes, I will."

"Cocky son of a..." Lily muttered under her breath while James was grabbing his bag.

"What was that?" James said, straightening up, though having heard her clearly.

"Nothing." James grinned again and started for the portrait hole, and with a glare at the people around them now muttering among themselves about what just transpired in the common room, Lily followed James out of the common room.

"Where are we going?"

"Just wait and see. I know a place that'd be perfect." They went up to the seventh floor, to the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy attempting to train trolls, and James went back and forth past it.

"What are you doing?" Lily asked James the second time he paced past the tapestry. James didn't answer, and the third time he walked past, a door materialized out of nowhere. James opened the door, and motioned for Lily go inside. She looked around seeing every book written about Transfiguration, a pile of pillows in a corner, and a table with two chairs in the middle.

"What is this place?" Lily said in breathless awe.

"The Room of Requirement. You walk past that piece of wall three times concentrating on what you need, and the room provides."

"I never knew about this room."

"Not many do, I don't even think Filch knows."

"This is amazing, James." As Lily looked around, James sat down at the table. He thought about Lily, and noticed that she had just called him James, instead of Potter, like she always did. He watched her look through a few books, thinking about how beautiful she was. Her shoulder length thick red hair fell around her face, which she casually tucked behind her ears with her long elegant fingers with the lavender painted nails. Her emerald green eyes traveled across the page, taking in the words and information that each book contained.

"I'm sorry, here you take this time to help me, and I'm not paying attention." James shrugged trying to make it seem like he hadn't been staring at her, and in all reality didn't notice the time that had passed while she looked around. Lily came and sat down at the table. She opened her books, and pulled out her homework. After finishing the four-foot essay, they moved onto the transfiguring pillows to cats. After a while, Lily was still struggling. She sighed.

"I'll never get this. Transfiguration isn't my best subject. See, if I had to charm the pillow, then I'd be fine."

"Well, you have to be pretty good at it, for if you weren't you wouldn't be in the N.E.W.T class."

"I still can't do this."

"You're Lily Evans, you can do any spell." Lily gave him a sarcastic smile.

"Aww, how sweet. I've already agreed to go with you to the dance, Potter, you can drop the whole flattery thing in attempt to ask me out." James didn't reply, but glared at her. Even when he was trying to be nice to her, she still shot him down. Lily took a deep breath, concentrated real hard and said the spell to perform the transfiguration. The pillow turned into a perfect cat. Lily's jaw dropped, and James looked at the cat with surprise. Lily practically screamed with excitement.

"I did it!" James grinned, turned the cat back to the pillow.

"Do it again." Again Lily turned the pillow to a cat. Lily couldn't contain her grin, and forgetting herself, she rushed over to James and gave him a huge hug.

"Thank you so much, James. You don't know how much I appreciate your help."

"Well, I figured you were desperate for help since you agreed to go out with me." James said softly. He said, "You don't have to go with me, Lily. I don't want to force you to do anything you don't want to do. It wouldn't be a very good time anyway, us fighting with each other all the time." Lily didn't reply but smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you again for helping me." She turned and left, leaving a shocked James leaning against the table, his hand on his cheek where Lily's lips had been seconds before.

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The night of the dance rolled around, everyone was talking about it all day. 6:45 came, and Sirius stood at the foot of the girls' staircase in his best dress robes of navy blue, waiting for his date. Lily's best friend Isabelle came down the stairs in her pale green dress robes. She smiled and giggled slightly.

"Well, hello, Mr. Black."

"Hello, Miss Portman. You ready?" Isabelle nodded. Remus's and Peter's dates joined them and the six of them stood next to the chair that James sat in, still in his every day clothes.

"You sure you don't want to go, Prongs?" Remus said to him. James nodded.

"Yeah, I'm sure."

"C'mon, just go with us, mate," Sirius said. James shook his head.

"No, I don't want to go. You lot go on without me."

"You're sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure." The six of them left, leaving James the last person in the common room. He leaned his head back against the back of the chair and closed his eyes. He opened them again when he heard someone coming down the girls' staircase. His jaw dropped when he saw Lily, he had never seen her look so beautiful in his life. She wore white dress robes edged with gold satin, and gold crystals scattered all over the skirt. The sleeves were draping a little off the shoulder, edged with more gold crystals. Her red hair was half pulled back, held up by gold combs. She wore subtle gold earrings and matching necklace, and gave James a questioning look when she saw him sitting in a chair, still in his clothes from the day.

"Don't tell me you've forgotten our deal?" She said, smiling. "A date for the dance in exchange for Transfiguration help?"

"Are you serious? You want to go with me?" Lily laughed.

"No, Sirius is serious. But yes, I do." James laughed.

"I get so tired of that joke sometimes." Lily laughed too.

"I know, I do too sometimes. But, I made a promise, and I have never broken a promise. And I'll also promise to have a good time and not fight with you. That is, if you still want to go. You're going to have to change if you do decide to go." James smiled and got up.

"Alright, be right back."

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A few hours into the dance, everyone was still having a good time, this being the last dance the seventh years would have together. James and Lily danced practically every song, and true to her word, Lily could honestly admit she was having a good time. She didn't know it was possible for her to have a nice evening with James Potter. When they went to take a break and sit with their friends, James and Lily were one of the topics of conversation.

"So, is it official then, are you two going out?" Sirius said. Lily shook her head and smiled.

"No, we're just really good friends."

"Liar," Isabelle said with a grin.

"No, I'm serious," Lily said.

"No, no, I'm Sirius, you're Lily. I know it gets old everyone, but sometimes I just can't resist." They all laughed.

"No, really, we're just friends," James said. Isabelle sighed.

"If you say so." Sirius took Isabelle's hand and led her out to the dance floor to finish out the song that only had about a minute left. James and Lily were silent for a while then Lily said,

"Oh, did I tell you, I got an Outstanding on my Transfiguration essay."

"Good, see, you're not all that bad at Transfiguration."

"Yeah, just as long as I have an expert on the subject tutor me."

"Any time you need my help just ask. And next time, I won't blackmail you."

"Good. And thank you so much, again." She leaned like she did before and kissed him, only this time on the lips. The kiss lasted for about five seconds then they pulled away. Lily looked over and saw Sirius and Isabelle looking at them, grinning. Sirius whispered something to Isabelle and their grins grew wider. The song ended and another one was started, another slow song. Before Isabelle and Sirius could come over, Lily grabbed James hand and led him out to the dance floor. The song being played was a muggle song called, 'You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This'.

I've got a funny feeling
The moment that your lips touched mine
Something shot right through me
My heart skipped a beat in time

You shouldn't kiss me like this
Unless you mean it like that
Cause I'll just close my eyes
And I won't know where I'm at
We'll get lost on this dance floor
Spinnin' around
And around
And around
And around

They're all watchin' us now
They think we're falling in love
They'd never believe we're just friends
When you kiss me like this
I think you mean it like that
If you do baby kiss me again

Everybody swears we make the perfect pair
But dancing is as far as it goes
Girl you've never moved me quite
The way you moved me tonight
I just wanted you to know
I just wanted you to know

You shouldn't kiss me like this
Unless you mean it like that
Cause I'll just close my eyes
And I won't know where I'm at
We'll get lost on this dance floor
Spinnin' around
And around
And around
And around

The whole time they were dancing, James was glancing around, and saw everyone watching them dance.

"Look," he said to Lily, nodding towards the crowds. Lily looked around and saw everyone staring at them, whispering. She blushed and leaned her head on James's shoulder momentarily and lifted it back up.

They're all watchin' us now
They think we're falling in love
They'd never believe we're just friends
When you kiss me like this
I think you mean it like that
If you do baby kiss me again
Kiss me again.

James sighed and shook his head at the attention they were receiving.

"Why can't they believe we're just friends?"

"Because I don't think we were ever meant to be just friends," James looked down at her and she smiled. "I think we're destined for something more." The song came to an end, Lily smiled as they looked at each other, and they slowly leaned in and kissed a long loving kiss that would be the beginning of a love that would last forever. The kind of love that they write about in storybooks, the kind that would be the inspiration of others for years to come, that would save their son, and help bring an end to all the hate and darkness in the wizarding world.

THE END

A/N: What did you think? It's kind of a songfic, but then it's not, I don't know what to call it. I'm trying to stay away from songfics, but I just wanted to post this. I know that it says in canon that it's Lily's love that saves Harry, but I got to thinking, it had to be both James and Lily's love to save him. James had to have loved his son and wife to be willing to fight off Voldemort to give Lily and Harry a chance to escape. I had written this a LONG time ago, and stumbled across it today, so I revised it a little, fixing things according to the books that have come out since then, and well…please review, I'd like to hear what y'all think of it.

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