Lily awoke to a sharp tap at her window. Sitting bolt upright, she turned towards it as the rapping continued.
Rubbing her eyes, she saw what it was - James Potter was hovering outside her window, grinning like a maniac and sitting on his broomstick.
She shot him a murderous glare and opened the window. "What are you doing?" she hissed, trying not to wake the other girls up.
He patted the empty space on his broomstick. "Want to go for a little trip?"
She looked at him like he was crazy. "Are you crazy?"
"Why not?"
Any
moment everything can change
Feel the wind on your shoulder
"Okay, first of all, it's against the rules," she reasoned. "Secondly, it's dangerous and it's dark. Thirdly, why in the world would I want to go anywhere with you?"
For
a minute all the world can wait
Let go of your yesterday
As soon as the words were out of her mouth, she had the strangest feeling to take them back.
"It'll be fun," he insisted. "C'mon, Evans, I'd never try to get you to do something overly dangerous."
She rolled her eyes. "Right." But it did look like fun...
Can
you hear it calling?
Can you feel it in your soul?
Can you
trust this longing...and take control?
She hesitated, then nodded. "Okay." He helped her through the window and onto his broom.
Fly
Open
up the part Of you that wants to hide away
You can shine
Forgot
about the reasons why you can't in life
And start to try
'cause
it's your time
Time to fly
With a lurch that made her stifle a scream and hit his shoulder, they took off. She grabbed his waist to keep from falling as he flew higher and laughed.
"Fun, isn't it?" he called back over the rushing of the wind.
She grinned in spite of herself. "Actually, it is."
All
your worries
Leave them somewhere else
Find a dream you can
follow
Reach for something when there's nothing left
And the
world's feeling hollow
She felt so free, soaring off over the grounds. The worries she'd had before going to bed about exams and studying seemed to vanish as she turned her head to watch the castle until she didn't know which of the many windows was hers.
Can
you hear it calling?
Can you feel it in your soul?
Can you
trust this longing...and take control?
Fly
Open
up the part Of you that wants to hide away
You can shine
Forgot
about the reasons why you can't in life
And start to try
'cause
it's your time
Time to fly
James went into a sudden, speeding dive as she screamed and laughed at the same time. "James!"
"Sorry," he said, grinning, pulling out of the dive about ten feet from the ground.
And
when you're down and feel alone
Just wanna run away
Trust
yourself and don't give up
You know you better than anyone else
They turned and started to fly back towards the castle. When they reached her dormitory window, he helped her back onto the sill.
"Did you have fun?" he asked somewhat anxiously.
She smiled. "Yeah. I've never flown like that before." He returned her smile with his own lopsided grin.
Any
moment everything can change
Feel the wind on your shoulder
For
a minute all the world can wait
Let go of yesterday
Fly
Open
up the part of you that wants to hide away
You can shine
Forgot
about the reasons why you can't in life
And start to try
"I'm glad," he said, and he turned to fly off.
"Wait," Lily said suddenly, and he stopped.
"What?"
Fly
Forgot
about the reasons why you can't in life
'cause it's your time
Time
to fly
"Um... thanks for... for that," she said, feeling her cheeks redden. "It was really, really fun."
"I thought you'd enjoy it."
She paused. "And, well... maybe... we could do it again?"
Even in the dark, she saw his face brighten. "Yeah?"
She nodded.
"What about going to Hogsmeade?" he asked. "This weekend?"
She smiled and nodded again. "That'd be nice."
"Okay," he said. "I'll see you at breakfast, Lily." She waved and watched him fly off until the darkness swallowed him. Looking out over the grounds, she realized he'd called her Lily for the first time.
And when she went to bed, she slept much easier.
In a moment, everything can change
