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This is un-edited and I do not know when I will be able to get back to edit this, so I apologize for any and all grammar/spelling mistakes.
Dear Lily,
I hope you actually read this instead of just crumpling it up, or throwing it into the fire, or whatever you think of doing with it once you realize it's from me. But if you do read this, please hear me out. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for constantly asking you to Hogsmeade in front of everyone and never stopping. I'm sorry for teasing Snape every chance I got. I'm sorry for what happened after O.W.L.S. and ruining your friendship with Snape. I'm sorry for being arrogant and a prat and for being all around annoying. I'm sorry for giving you reason to hate me. And I know that you hate me, that much is obvious for everyone to see. But I've grown up, I have changed from who I was before. I've stopped asking you out every day, for one. And I know that that was a relief for you, I heard you talking about it to Marlene. I've cut down on pranking (you can't expect me to stop doing what I love to do). I've put effort into my classes and paid attention during lectures. I have even stopped teasing Snape. I don't know what more I have to do to get you to actually see that I am not a bullying toe rag, a prat, or an arrogant sod anymore; that that was when I was too immature to care. I've tried everything, Lily, and you still haven't done anything to show that you have noticed how I have grown up.
I guess it's back to this letter, and why I'm writing it. You could say it's my last ditch effort to get you to see me for who I actually am, but it's more than that. This is my way of saying that I'm moving on. My way of saying thank you for changing me, for making me a better man. My way of asking why you couldn't see how I actually love you and that I'm not in it just for the chase. This is my way of saying that I'm sorry for everything I've put you through all these years.
At least you only have one more year to put up with me.
If you have read all of this, thanks for hearing me out. And I hope that this gets you thinking. Maybe this will make you stop hating me (hey, a guy can hope).
Sincerely,
James Potter
Oh, and have a great summer Lily.
Okay, so that's it! This is a one-shot, but I am thinking about putting up Lily's reaction/response in either a new chapter of this or as another one-shot all together.
Please make sure to review! It would be very much welcomed.
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