One Day We'll Meet In The Middle
They match, in every single way. Except for their roles. Except for their years. Except for what cannot be done by magic.
They are lying in a field of tall blades of grass adorned with pretty, delicate white daisy flowers that have their petals spread out like a fan. The grass is swaying with the wind, a strange sort of dance, not a fast jazz, nor a slow waltz, but somewhere in between.
He thinks this is the rhythmic pulse of his heart, because she makes him feel so at peace and that everything is okay, but when he's near her, his heart is a speeding bullet train, fast and unstoppable. Crazy, really. But he cannot stop this feeling, he wishes he can do something about it, because it…
…it makes her chest hurt whenever she thinks about him, there is an ache of longing, and strange other feelings she cannot quite identify, and that's what makes it wrong anyway, because she's…
…he's much too older, and anyway he is to become her professor when school starts, and he can't help but feel guilty because he thought another barrier when the letter came, why did the Ministry have to post him there? But mostly, mostly, it's their years, because he is too old, and she thinks of him as an older…
…younger sister. Their years are an obstruction, only it is one that cannot be conquered, even if she is to take an Ageing…
…De-Ageing Potion, she will still look up to him as an older brother, Potions can't change who you are after all, but maybe one day…
…she will find a way to…
…to slow down ageing, then maybe he has all the time to wait for her, and their ages…
…ages will match, because she will be older and she…
…he can finally say those words…
…"I…
…love you…"
But these are dreams, and nothing more.
A/N: It seems I am not dreaming and this is reality, hence I do not own Harry Potter and all affliated material. :(
A friend (who checked through this for me) told me it is confusing. Just to clear up, in case you haven't figured it out yet, this is a drabble-y (but not really) thing written from the POVs of both Lily and Teddy. There was this fic I read that was written like that, but I can't remember the name...
Please review! I need to know how to do better, after all.