Marlene's mouth gaped open, chocolate completely forgotten. "You kissed him?" she echoed Alice, sitting up straighter on the bed. "Lil! How could you withhold information like this from your best mates? No wonder James has been all sour and unforgiving at practices! It's your fault!"
She threw a pillow at Lily's face, then grinned.
"You're a rotten mate, but do tell us how it was. I want all the juicy details. I've heard James is quite good in the snogging department, but I've never had the pleasure of finding out for myself."
It was completely unsurprising to Marlene that something was finally happening between Lily and James. She hadn't expected it, of course, but she'd known that they had been heading in this direction for a long time. Anyone who protested as much as Lily did about a boy was clearly at least half in love with him.