I see you walking by
James watched Alice as she walked past his hiding spot. She was so beautiful. The way she carried herself; so confident, so graceful. Even with a heavy book bag on her shoulder.
Your hair always hiding your face
Her violently violet bangs covered her right eye as usual, concealing the jagged scar and slightly off-colour glass eye she'd gotten the year previous. He thought the scar was cute, and a symbol of her Gryffindor bravery. She, however, had deemed it ugly and was ashamed of what had happened to get the scar, so she always hid it.
I wonder why you've been hurting
The expression on her lovely face was one of sadness. Were she and Dmitri fighting again? James couldn't stand to see her in pain.
I wish I had some way to say
Every day James prayed for the chance to tell Alice how he, but he could never find just the right words to express his feelings for her. He usually just ended up stammering himself into silence.
You're going through so much
You can say that again.
But I know that I could be the one to hold you.
James stood, taking out his headphones and stepping out from behind the suit of armour.
"Hey, Alice, what's up?"