(A/N: Hello everyone! I have been working on this story for a bit and have a couple of chapters done already, but haven't been able to get them all typed up. Now that I got a laptop for Christmas I can type them though! YAY! *does weird little dance* Okay, now that that is out of my system here's the story.)
Disclaimer: I am not, nor have I ever been as good a writer as J.K. Rowling, because of that I do not own the characters in this story.
Lily was in the common room with a letter in her hand and tears in her eyes. Headmaster Dumbledore had called her out of History of Magic to tell her the news and personally deliver the letter. He also excuse her from the rest of her classes for the day. Lily dropped the piece of paper and began to sob once again.
Petunia had sent her the letter informing that just yesterday their parents had gotten into a car crash and were gone.
The small ginger girl curled up into a ball and wished that her two best friends, Alice and Hestia, were also excused from classes.
While she cried, the portrait hole opened to allow a chuckling James Potter and Sirius Black inside. They both stopped short however, upon seeing a mass of red hair shaking with sobs on the floor.
Lily. James thought immediately, slowly making his way over to her while Sirius quickly went up to his dorm.
Lily quickly looked up after hearing someone sit down next to her. Her tear-filled emerald eyes met James' concerned hazel ones. She rubbed at her eyes, removing a few tears that were easily replaced with more and buried her head back into her knees.
James was worried and particularly scared. He had only seen Lily cry once when Snivellus had called her that retched name, and even then she still yelled at him to bugger off. Now she didn't even move away from him when he sat down. James ran a hand through his hair nervously and sighed. "Lily, what's wrong? Are you alright?" He asked quietly, wanting to wrap his arms around her.
Lily looked up at him and shook her head, not fully trusting her voice. She let out another sob before pointing at the letter lying next to her and rested her head in her hands as he picked up the tear-soaked letter and began to read. Once he read the last sentence James felt a few tears begin to form in his own eyes, he dropped the paper and wrapped his arms around Lily.
Lily felt James' arms around her and lifted her head from her hands and burying it in his chest instead. He shifted his arms slightly, rubbing patterns on her back.
She picked up her head and rubbed at her eyes, taking a deep breath to calm herself. "I'm sorry. You don't need to be worrying about my problems." Lily whispered, wiping her nose on her sleeve.
"It's fine Lily." James said, giving her a reassuring smile. "If you ever need a shoulder to cry on all you have to do is ask." He added, wiping a stray tear from her cheek.
She nodded and gave him a small smile. "Thanks James."
"No problem Lil." He said, looking at how strong the girl in front him was. Any other girl who had just found out that their parents were gone would be up in their dorm bawling their eyes out and not stopping until they fell asleep.
"Are you alright?" James asked, seeing Lily looking as if she were a million miles away.
She shook her head slightly, clearing the memories of her family before she knew about magic. Looking up at James again, she nodded. "I think I will be."
He smiled and gave her a light squeeze, looking up as the portrait hole opened.
