The Question of Love
By the Spider
Clear green eyes smiled up at the bright blue ones towering over them. "Hey gorgeous." James Potter whispered.
"Whatca doing darling?" Lily Evans stood her toes and pulled his head down to hers.
"Avoiding our friends to spend time with you." James kissed her soundly.
"They are rather persistent about wanting to spend time with us before graduation." Lily laughed when they parted.
"One would think they were trying to break us up." James agreed.
"Only the other day Heather was telling me that you and the other three were getting up to 'things.'" Lily sighed. "Silly no?"
James gave a short laugh. "Um," He suddenly looked worried. "What sort of things?"
"Not pranks." Lily cocked her head. "The whole school knows that the only reason that our house hasn't lost all of its points is because you guys have never been caught."
"They do?" James squeaked.
"James." Lily rolled her eyes. "We've been here for seven years. Of course everyone knows about your pranks."
"Right." James looked somewhat relieved. "So what sort of 'things' is Heather accusing the Heavenly Quartet of doing?"
"You know!" Lily thumped his chest. "Sex and stuff."
James burst into gales of laughter and eventually Lily had to pat his back to help him breath again.
"Well," Lily said mildly. "Feel better?"
"Very much so." James grinned.
The two returned to their earlier activities unaware of the people watching them.
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In the shadows stood three people. "It's unfair." One of them told the others. "He has all the luck."
"I would say she has all the luck." One of the others disagreed.
"Well," the last one spoke up. "Whichever way you look at it, after we graduate they are going to go off and have their life and we are going to be grasping at straws."
"Maybe we should start a secret society and exclude Prongs." The second person said mutinously.
"Grow up Padfoot." The other two told him.
"Sorry." Padfoot hung his head. "It just hurts." The other two hugged him.
In a different shadow, a person very different from the other three was watching the whole scene in silence. He envied the two standing in the middle of the room for their ability to find joy in each other. He envied the other three and their easy friendship. The life that this person lead did not lend itself to interpersonal relationships. He watched them, and cried.