AN: READ THIS IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIVES!!!!!!!!
Okay, here's the deal, CC and I (CA) are completely unmotivated to update 5 Date Rule. So we have come up with a contest. We are both going to write a oneshot for the song Thunder by Boys like Girls, and then post them without telling you who wrote which one. And don't assume that because I (CA) wrote this Author's Note that I wrote this fic, because it is the same AN for each one. So there. All you have to do is hit the pretty review button and type either CA 1+ CC 2 or CC 1 + CA 2. Then, after we get between 5 and 10 reviews we will update between 1 and 2 chapters and dedicate them to you at the beginning. So read and review!!!
Claimer: I own this story. So yeah. Oh wait, the hot Ravenclaw is mine.
Disclaimer: We don't own Thunder by Boys like Girls, or James or Lily, they are JKR's.
August 31st: Tomorrow is the first day of seventh year. I can't help but feel that whatever happens tomorrow will determine my happiness level for the rest of my existence. Why is it so important? Tomorrow is the day that I've decided to confess to the most beautiful girl in the world that I am in love with her. Actually, I didn't even know I was in love until a few weeks ago. And, believe me, it took a whole lot of thinking to even understand that. Almost a summer's worth of thinking, in fact. And that thinking changed me. A lot. At the beginning of this summer, I was arrogant and rude. I was a complete arse. But the worst part was that while I couldn't see those things in myself, other people could. Specifically, Lily could. She saw them, and she hated them. And that's why I changed this summer. For the first time in twelve years, I understand how my actions affect people…
Today is a winding road
That's taking me to places that I didn't want to go, whoa
Today in the blink of an eye
I'm holding on to something and I do not know why I tried
All these years, I had these feelings for Lily, but I never understood what they actually meant. I remember back in second year when I realized that her eyes were green for the first time. A beautiful, shining green. And I tried then, as a twelve-year-old, to make her understand. Well, that's what I told myself, anyway. I was making her understand that I really, really liked her. What I was really doing, though, was trying to make myself understand what I really felt about her…
I tried to read between the lines
I tried to look in your eyes
I want a simple explanation; what I'm feeling inside
I gotta find a way out
Maybe there's a way out
I spent awhile on that in second year, and then gave up. I tried to woo her many, many times, to no avail. This was my routine for four years. But at the end of sixth year, she gave me this advice. She told me to deflate my head, and I would maybe have a better chance with her. She's said this many times before, but I was finally mature enough to understand what she meant. And this summer, all I heard was her voice, telling me that. And all I saw were her beautiful eyes... And now, I'm ready to tell her how I feel…
Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer
Do you know you're unlike any other?
You'll always be my thunder, and I said
Your eyes are the brightest of all the colors
I don't wanna ever love another
You'll always be my thunder
So bring on the rain
And bring on the thunder
So right now, I'm sitting at my window, staring out at the darkness and the rain. Every few minutes, I feel thunder shake the outside world. I wonder if she can feel it too? Maybe I should send her a letter and ask her… Of course, my owl can't deliver a message in this storm, so late at night, to her before she leaves… And I doubt that she would respond anyway…
Today is a winding road
Tell me where to start and tell me something I don't know, whoa
Today I'm on my own
I can't move a muscle and I cant pick up the phone, I don't know
I feel ready to tell her. I want to get it done with, soon. I can't wait for tomorrow. I think I need to go outside in the rain for a few minutes, just to calm myself down…
And now I'm itching for the tall grass
And longing for the breeze
I need to step outside, just to see if I can breathe
I gotta find a way out
Maybe there's a way out
I'm outside. The thunder is so much louder out here. I can practically feel it shaking the ground I'm standing on. I wish Lily could be here, feeling it too. She is like the thunder, shaking the ground of my life, all the time. It feels wonderful…
Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer
Do you know you're unlike any other?
You'll always be my thunder, and I said
Your eyes are the brightest of all the colors
I don't wanna ever love another
You'll always be my thunder
So bring on the rain
And bring on the thunder
I think that I'm going to apparate to her house. I want to watch her sleep. I just need to see her. It's been much, much too long since I did. I remember where she lives. It's near Wormtail's house. I'm going to go there now.
Yeah I'm walking on a tightrope
I'm wrapped up in vines
I think Ill make it out but you just gotta give me time
Strike me down with lightning
Let me feel you in my veins
I wanna let you know how much I feel your pain
I'm here, outside her house. It's not raining here. No thunder shaking the planet. How strange. I see her, asleep in her bed, in her room on the ground level. Her beautiful hair is splayed out across her pillow, soft and so, so touchable. Her amazing eyes are closed, however. I want to see her eyes open. But I suppose I can wait for that. Just seeing her is giving me the strength to wait however long I need to for her.
Today is a winding road
That's taking me to places that I didn't want to go, whoa
Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer
Do you know you're unlike any other?
You'll always be my thunder, and I said
Your eyes are the brightest of all the colors
I don't wanna ever love another
You'll always be my thunder
So bring on the rain
And bring on the thunder
I'm back at my house now, sitting in my room. The storm is still raging, thank Merlin. I've seen Lily, and I have the thunder to help me think of her. I can be as patient as I need to be. She'll come when she's ready, I can feel it.
Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer
Do you know you're unlike any other?
You'll always be my thunder
So bring on the rain
Oh baby bring on the pain
And listen to the thunder