For the '10 drabble, 10 topics' challenge on HPFC.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Drabble #1 Het Pairing: Lily/James
Crush
by padfoot
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It was a crush. That's what she told herself. A tiny, harmless, secret crush, which would go away as quickly and as surely as it had come.
Just a crush. Nothing more.
Nothing more than sweaty palms, shy glances, flushed cheeks and a pounding heart.
Thump thump. Thump thump.
That heart was beginning to get annoying.
But the point was that it wasn't a big deal. It wasn't even a deal, really. It was just an- an inconvenience. A slight hiccup in Lily Evans' destined-to-be-great life; a hiccup which, in ten years time, wouldn't even be remembered. She was sure of it.
Well, mostly sure of it. Pretty much, almost completely sure of it.
Because it couldn't mean anything, right? It was just a crush. Just a silly giggle that she hadn't even known she possessed, a strange swooping in her stomach when he sat down across from her, a tingle in her side when he brushed past after class. A smile when he held doors open for her, vacated chairs for her, saved her a slice of blueberry pie...
Thump thump. Thump thump.
And that bloody, ridiculous heart thing that happened every time she heard his voice, echoing down the draughty halls.
Thump thump. Thump thump.
That bloody, ridiculous heart thing that got worse when he rounded the corner and she saw him grinning, laughing, catching sight of her.
His eyes widening, sparkling.
Thumpthumpthumpthumpthump.
...stupid crush.