How, indeed. How had James managed to get Lily Evans to agree to date him after all this time? What had James done to change her mind? James was still... riding the high he’d felt when Lily had said yes. He glanced sideways at Sirius, his best friend of six years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.“Hell if I know,” he said honestly. “All I know is that she seems to have come around after Snivellus called her ‘mudblood’.”“Fuck that greasy git,” Sirius hissed. He paused. “On second. The traffic is slower than normal and you are becoming impatient so you change the music to distract yourself.Your mind is planning and anticipating the day and the upcoming weekend. You will be able to have a quiet dinner alone tonight and you are looking forward to that.Soon you pull into the drive and find a spot in the reserved area and park. You check your hair in the mirror and get out. Once inside, you report to the lounge and then the office and greet your friends and co-volunteers. A. . Jan felt as if she were bathed in a heated pool containing nothing but purest sensuality. This concept that was broiling her loins to a cinder had no counterpart or explanation or excuse in any kind of moral law; because it was never discussed, even clandestinely, women fundamentally had no defense against it. Animalism was a state all of itself and bore no relation to anything else a good woman was trained to resist. Consequently it was difficult for a young innocent like Jan to marshal any. Part of her was euphoric: Simon loved her and she was pretty sure she felt the same way about him. Another part of her was apprehensive: it was a huge and sudden step. Yet another part was doubt: despite her own strong feeling for Simon the suddenness of it could so easily end up in misery for both of them. She must have stayed there for a good ten minutes before deciding that she had to talk to her mother.She crossed the landing to Emma's bedroom door which was half open."Mum?" Yes, sweety,.