Disclaimer: I do not own Lily or James, only the plot..

A/N: Hey, everybody! PadfootLotte talking, er, writing. This is just one shot, my first one shot. So take iteasy with the reviews. Yes, I want reviews. Oh and if you didn't already know, English isn't my first language, not even my second, no, not even my third, but my fourth. First comes Dutch, you know that language that only (dunno) 1 of the world speaks, only in Belgium and the Netherlands, oh and a litthe in South Africa, I think. Then comes my lovely, terribly speaking, French (I've got a 48, very, very bad) and then German, oh, please, now thatlanguage is killing me. But that's not the point. The point is: sorry for spelling or grammar faults, I've got two beta-readers, but I'm just to lazy to ask, so, well, here you go!

What only love can do.

by PadfootLotte

Lily sat down at the lake and looked at the falling snow. She wasn't sitting there for the beautiful view, no, she wanted to be alone with her thoughts.

'Funny thing, isn't it?' she said to nobody, 'how everything can look so happy and gloomy?'

'Lils?'

Lily turned around and saw her best friend, James Potter.

'Hey,' she responded and looked back at the snow.

'Can I come sit down for a while?' he asked nervously.

Lily shrugged, 'It's a free country.'

For a couple of moments there was no sound, just the cool breeze. Sometimes Lily heard music from inside the castle. She sighed and one single tear dropped down.

'Looks like the party is a hit,' James said looking at her carefully, 'Why aren't you – ?'

'I'm not going, James,' she whispered, 'I'm not in the mood.'

'Are you sure,' he went on, 'Sirius is dancing on the tables, he's got a lot of Fire Whiskey and perhaps while I'm saying this, he's playing a striptease act.'

Lily only smiled bitterly, 'Good for him.'

'Elyse told her love to Remus,'

'Good for them,'

'Aren't you happy,' he asked bewildered, 'that they're finally together?'

'Sure, whatever,' Lily said.

'It's over between me and Céline,'

'Oh, good for you.'

'Lily are you paying attention?'

Lily smiled at him, 'Of course,'

'Tell me, what did I say?'

'Do you remember what you've said?' she asked him back.

'Yes, I do,' came the respond.

'Then why should I repeat it if you already know?'

'Lils, what's wrong?' he questioned sincerely, 'You look, don't know, sad.'

'Maybe that's the exact reason why I look sad,' Lily answered and yet a single tear dropped, 'because I am sad.'

She took a paper out of her pocket and gave it to James.

'Oh, Lily,' he said when he had read it, 'I'm terribly sorry. If I knew that your parents, er, that your parents, er,'

'Died?'

'Yeah, if I knew it, I wouldn't bugger you to come to the party.'

'It's okay, James,' she sniffled and finally letting the tears fully dropping down, 'It's just I don't know what to do, I don't know who I am anymore, I don't know how to act, I don't know what I should do. I'm lost.'

'No, you aren't, Lily,' James hugged her, 'You aren't lost. You are Lily Evans who is the bravest girl I've ever met, you're brilliant, you're amazing and beautiful!'

Lily wrapped her hands around his waist and settled down on his lap, crying against his robe.

'Really?'

'Of course you are! What did you think, you were a prat?'

'No,'

'And Lily, it doesn't care how you act, as long as you act how you want it. I don't care if you were crying your soul out or screaming like a psycho, Lily, that's just the way I love you! And you shouldn't do anything but the only thing that you want!'

Lily's had snapped up at James.

'Did you just say that you loved me?' She wasn't sure if she had heard it right, but didn't care.

'Yes, and it's true, you know,' he smiled nervously, 'I'm in love with you.'

'But Céline,' she whispered, 'what about her? I thought you loved her?'

'Didn't you hear anything at all?' he laughed while he tickled her, 'I've said that it was over between us.'

'Oh,' she replied, 'but what about "I wanna be friends with you"?'

'I meant that one,' he said silently into her ear, 'I only added in my mind: and a lot more.'

'Oh,' she looked him straight in the eyes and saw a mischievous sparkle, 'You're serious, aren't you. Because if this is one of your stupid pranks I'm going to kill you!'

Realising what she had said she fell numb and looked back at the snow.

'I'm very serious, Lily,' he patted her on the arm, making shivers coming from her spine. When he put his mouth against her collarbone she gasped. Little kisses were making their way up to her mouth and just when his lips wanted to reach hers she said: 'I believe you,'

He kissed her fully on the mouth. First very tenderly, later passionately. Her fingers went trough his already messy hair and she realised how she had been longing to do that. His hand laid behind her neck and Lily sighed.

'Oh god, James,' she said between two kisses, 'I love you.'

'I love you to, Lils,' and kissed her back with all the love he had.

'I'm going to help you Lily,' he said after they were looking at the view.

'With?'

'Helping you to find out who you are again and your way back home.'

'I don't have a home anymore,' she whispered.

'No, you've got me, I'm your home. That's what only love can do.'

'No,' Lily answered, 'Love can do so much more than just that.'

She kissed him and he wrapped his arms into a hug. Few minutes later they were both staring at the stars, each of them deep in thoughts.

'I love her,' James thought and smiled when he glanced at his beautiful Lily.

'No, James,' Lily thought, 'What only love can do is sitting here peacefully into your arms, not thinking at tomorrow and making me forget there is a time. I love you, James Potter.'

A/N: Crap..that's what it is. You don't need to telling me that when you review, tell me something what I don't know. Oh, the button is right under your nose. There, the left one, yes, that one.

'Oh, I found it,'

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'That with "submitting review?'

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