At 8 o'clock Lily made her way towards the Great Hall for her date with James. She was nervous, absolutely terrified. Lily had no idea about what was going down on this date of theirs. She had no idea what she was supposed to wear either so she had settled for a pair of jeans and a long sleeved shirt since it had been getting colder out.
It was nearing the end of September which meant October was coming. And since October was coming it meant Halloween was coming. Halloween was her favorite holiday.
Lily found herself standing in front of the Great Hall minutes later, looking around for James. She jumped when she felt a pair of arms grab her from around her waist and pull her into a hard chest.
"James!" Lily exclaimed, her heart racing. "You can't just do that. You scared me half to death."
"Sorry, lily-flower." James whispered into her ear, hugging her. "Ready to go?"
"Yeah," Lily whispered, her breathing coming out short. "Where are we going, exactly?"
"You'll find out soon enough," James answered. Taking her hand into his, he pulled her alongside him towards the stairs that led to the Astronomy Tower.
As they waited for the staircases to move so they could get to the one they needed, Lily played with hers and James' fingers. James smiled down at her, kissing the top of her head.
The staircases finally moved to where they needed to be and James took the lead, Lily following behind him, their fingers still locked together.
. . .
"Oh my Godric. James," Lily whispered completely in awe of the sight before her. "This is beautiful."
They were standing in the Astronomy Tower, a picnic blanket and basket had been laid out on the floor of the balcony underneath the stars.
"Do you like it?" James asked, holding her against him, laying his chin on the top of her head.
"I love it," Lily whispered, turning around in his arms and kissing him on the lips. "Thank you."
"Anything for you, my lily-flower."
Lily smiled, pulling James along toward the picnic blanket.
"You did all this?" She asked.
"I mean, I had some help. But yeah, I planned it all."
"Who helped you?" Lily asked.
"Sirius, Remus, Peter, McGonagall, and the House Elves." James answered, feeling proud that he had actually been able to pull all of this off.
"Well I'll have to than- wait. McGonagall? House Elves?" Lily questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"Yep, Remus got the key to here from McGonagall so in a way she helped. And the House Elves made us this picnic."
"Well that was very nice of them," Lily smiled, scooting closer to James' body.
They were laying down on the blanket looking up at the stars. Lily sighed contently, happy that she finally got over herself and allowed James to love her and for her to love him.
"I love you," Lily whispered, kissing his cheek. She snuggled closer to him, laying her head in the crook of his neck as her finger traced up and down his chest.
"I love you, too." James whispered back, hugging her tightly.
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