I LOVE HER
Summary: "I can't do this anymore Padfoot" I sighed resolutely chucking the red stained cloth into the fire, it spat out sparks as I sighed again, "Lily, I think I'm going to have to give up,"
Romance
James P and Lily E
K+
I noticed her slip in five minutes late to the lesson, that wasn't like Lily I thought, but I kept this to myself, nowadays my friends just rolled their eyes to anything Lily related. They didn't understand, falling out of love is like trying to climb a wall when your name isn't Spiderman or trying to walk to Pigfarts when it is evident you need a rocketship.
It just wasn't happening.
I thought back to conversation I'd had with Sirius last night,
"Mate one day she will end up killing you," he said handing me a cloth to dab up the drying blood on my face, I grimaced as he slowly analysed my injuries. Lily Evans certainly wasn't afraid of inflicting pain, or maybe that was just towards me...
See I'd had this amazing plan, that I should try my hand at wooing the gorgeous Lily flower so as she entered the common room the morning I bent down on one knee, a single white Lily stuck in a vice like grip between my teeth and miniature angels appearing on either side of me singing her name.
She hadn't taken it as well as I thought she would, storming out of the common room followed, of course by the singing cherubs and eventually by me. That is how I ended up with a gash across my face. Lily Evans might have been a girl, a studious, bookworm type but that gave no reason to underestimate the power of her stinging hexes and other spells she has thrown at me over the years.
But you see, this time I'd asked Lily out it finally hit home that maybe the boys were right, she might never ever say yes. And what if she didn't? No I knew in my heart of hearts it was time to move on.
"I can't do this anymore Padfoot" I sighed resolutely
"You need another cloth? Or I can heal it with my wand now, you've got rid of most of the blood,"
"No, not that," I said chucking the red stained cloth into the fire, it spat out sparks as I sighed again, "Lily, I think I'm going to have to give up,"
"Finally, you don't know how long we've waited to hear those words Prongs!" He slapped me on the shoulder grinning, I can imagine he must have been doing some sort of victory dance on the inside, afterall that girl had almost been the undoing of some of our more air brain schemes radiated from Sirius the exhuburant boy standing next to me, but who could blame him? Whilst my head was in the clouds he must have registered heartbreak on my face as he back tracked and slung an arm round me, "don't worry Prongsie, one day, you'll find someone who you loves you as much as you love me,"
I gave him an exasperated look and confusion flitted across his face as if he was going over what he just said, "Actually scratch that, sounds doubtful as no matter how hard any lucky lady tries, they'll never have my charm and wit that you simply adore so much,"
I rolled my eyes but couldn't refrain from holding back a single tear as it spilled onto my check rolling down and landing with a tiny splash on Sirius' shoes. He noticed this and patted my arm, "Chin up Prongsie lad,"
"I don't know what to do Sirius, I tried everything, from buying her presents to singing her songs, this is it, isn't it?" I held my hands up and quickly wiped away and other tears that were threatening to fall, "I've given up," and raising my voice I screamed, "I've given up on Lily Evans," and before I started a rain storm in the common room I ran out the portrait hole, closely followed by my right hand man.
I might have imagined it but I swear I heard a raspy "James" call out to me but whoever it was could wait as Padfoot's heavy footsteps drowned out any further hope of them being heard.
Never did it occur to me that it was Lily Evans.