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Stag
"Ugg!" Lily exclaimed slamming her books down on the grass and sitting her self by the lake. Seventh year Lily Evans glared angrily at the clear blue lake breathing deeply. Luckily for her the weather was still calm on the last day before fall. Lily was once again angry at James Potter for admittedly no good reason.
The James Potter was around 6'1 with brown be speckled eyes, windblown jet black hair, and a very nice body. Lately the newly appointed head boy had not asked her out, pulled any malicious pranks, picked on any Slytherins(that Lily knew about), or done anything to make Lily upset, and there in lay the issue. Lily was completely bewildered by his new found attitude on life and towards her. He was a complete gentleman to her holding doors, pulling chairs out, and being incredibly polite.
Tonight at dinner James had saved Lily a seat and listened to everything she had said. Lily knew she had no right to be upset at him but, she was. Why wasn't he asking her out? Why did she want him to ask her out? Lily gazed over the forest and saw the most beautiful white stag she had ever seen. She gasped at his beauty and the fact that is seemed to be coming towards her.
"Hello." Lily whispered slowly extending her arm out to the stag. The stag looked into her eyes and put its head against her hand. Lily stroked the stag softly. "You're beautiful." The stag's eyes met hers and she found her self entranced in the animals familiar brown eyes.
"You're lucky you're a guy." Lily commented. The stag looked as though it was smiling. "Guy's have it so easy. Girls never know what you're thinking either, but you seem so self assured and you know what you want. Girls have so many emotions to deal with. Guys just seem to not really care." Now the stag shook its head disbelievingly. "You don't agree?" Lily asked grinning. "Well take for example the situation I'm in now."
The stag sat by her looking patient. Lily sighed. She looked at the stag who was watching, waiting for her to begin. Lily couldn't shake the feeling of familiarity. "There's this guy," Lily began. The stag tensed. "And he's liked me for years, and I've kind of liked him to." The stag looked hopeful at this. "All I've ever asked of him was for him to grow up and, now he has." Lily took a deep breath and continued. "I don't know if I can trust him. I want to. All he's ever shown me is this one side of him and now in a month he's turned it around but, how do I know if it's real? How do I know he's real?"
"It's hard to tell if he likes me the same way I like him." Lily complained absent mindedly stroking the stag. "Is he just yanking my chain or does he really care for me?" The stag looked sad at this. Lily turned and looked at the stag. "You're so lucky. You get to spend you days in the forest being free. I bet you're a huge lady's stag."
The stag snorted at this and Lily giggled. "Okay maybe your not chasing after all the doe's of the forest. Maybe you've found your mate." The stag nodded at this and Lily smiled sadly. "You know what really stinks about this whole situation?" The stage stared urging Lily to continue. "I've found my stag but, I don't know if I'm his doe and you know what else, I think I love him." Lily sighed again. She stood up and turned away from the stag heading for the castle.
"I love you too." A deep voice said from behind Lily. She turned around to see James Potter standing where the stag had been only moments before.
"You….you were….I told you secret….how could you…" Lily couldn't find the words.
"Lily I didn't do it to spy on you I swear. It's just that you never open up to me and I just wanted you to feel comfortable and I knew you wouldn't if it was me. I'm sorry if you feel betrayed but, Lily you have to know I love you."
"I think we need to talk." Lily said calmly. James looked scared but, then Lily smiled and James knew it would be alright.
A/N- This is the first to a series of One shots about Lily and James. So far I have 12 planned but, that could change. I will try to update as soon as possible but, my only real free time is on the weekends so please bare with me! Reviews are very welcome!
