Astronomy Tower and Passionate Breakup

It was 9:00 and still no James Potter. "Where is he?" Lily thought quite impatiently.

"Hey babe, sorry I'm late, I got help up by Filch and his stupid new cat, Mrs. Norris," James said as he entered the Astronomy Tower.

Lily just rolled her eyes before bouncing across the tower into her boyfriend's arms and giving him a gentle kiss that lasted for a few minutes.

As far as Hogwarts knew (including their friends), Lily Evans and James Potter did not get along. James was always irritating Lily and constantly asking her out in the most annoying and obscene ways, and Lily was always hexing the fool for bothering her. Secretly, James and Lily had been going strong for 6 months; the fighting was just a part of the plan.

"Mmm," James said as pulled away from his girlfriend, "Lily, love, we really need to talk."

"WHAT?" Lily yelled. Did her boyfriend, her one true love, just say those words? The four most hated words in the entire world? Nothing good never followed those words.

"Lily, I love you but -," James was suddenly cut off.

"You're breaking up with me?"

"No, no!"

"You just said we really needed to talk. That is always the precursor to a break-up speech." Lily explained while crying.

"No, no! It's just that I need, want, have to let my friends know about you. About us. About this," He explained, pulling Lily's hand over his heart.

"No, I can't."

"What?"

"No, I'm so sorry, but I just can't, not yet," he said, tears swimming in her eyes.

"Well, why the hell not?" he asked getting a little frustrated. He kept the secret that he was madly in love and that he found the one away from his best friends for over 6 months. She owed him this at least.

"Because telling Peter, and Remus and Sirius" she hissed the last one out. Just because she was with James didn't mean she had to like his best friend. "Means that Sirius will blab his mouth and in 5 minutes the whole school will know."

"Who cares Lily?" James

"James, I love you, I truly do, but -."

"But what, Lily? Are you afraid that Little Miss Perfect's reputation will ruined if she is found dating Mr. Troublemaker?" he yelled, his eyes watering.

"James it's not that it's just. I don't know," she confessed, tears streaming down her face.

"Lils, that's not good enough this time. It's either tell our friends, I can't keep lying to them, or-," he stopped suddenly, letting the tears roll off his chin.

"Break-up," she finished.

"Yes," he whispered staring into her emerald eyes.

Lily placed her hands gently on either side of James' face, and looked deep into his eyes. Emerald and Hazel. She wiped the tears from both cheeks and James did the same for Lily. She touched her forehead to his and kissed him. Not just any kiss, this was the most passionate kiss either had ever received or given. After what seemed an eternity, they broke apart; their breath ragged. She looked at James Potter and said "my hearts one true desire." And with that, Lily left the Astronomy Tower.

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