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Chapter 2 YAHOO :D

So I only got one review for the last one, but it's completely understandable because it's hard to get good publicity with the first chapter of a fanfic. But a lot of people still read it and I hope you guys will enjoy this one too ^^

Disclaimer: I'm JK Rowling. JK, I'm not. LOL See what I did there? Because JK, I'm not, so I'm not JK Rowling, or JUST KIDDING, I'm not...HAHAH. Okay never mind I'm too weird.


Acarophobia is the fear of itching or insects that cause itching.


"JAMES!" Sirius Black yelled, running across the field and nearly knocking over some timid first years in the process, "PRONGS!"

The boy looked up; a trace of his wistful face still remained. There was no question as to what he was doing before. He had been admiring Lily Evans, who was currently doing her homework only ten feet away.

"Padfoot!" James' face broke into a smile when he saw his childhood best friend. 'What've you got there?"

Sirius had his hands cupped together and he was bouncing on the balls of his feet, like an excited dog. "LOOK!" He hollered again, unable to contain himself.

"Would you mind?" came an irritated voice from none other than the redhead James was obsessed with, "Some of us are trying to do our homework."

"Only you, Lily," Marlene laughed, as she received a glare from Lily.

"LOOK!" Sirius repeated, drawing the attention back to himself.

Lily sighed, "If you've got some illegal…thing or something under there, I swear to god…"

"It's not illegal! LOOK!" He uncapped his hand and in his left palm were four small insects, scurrying around. "I found them by the lake! They're Temurius, very rare!"

"What are they? They're hideous!"

"You'll hurt their feelings, James, they cause extreme rashes and irritation. These even cause hallucin—"

He had not finished his sentence yet, but James reeled back suddenly and cried, "Stay away from me!"

Lily raised an eyebrow. James was afraid, of all things, bugs that caused rashes?

"I'm not going to do anything!" Sirius muttered, a little put out by his best friend's unwelcome reaction.

The bugs leaped (yes,leaped) from his hand, right onto James' hair. It was at least a three feet jump, and Sirius yelled loudly as it happened. Lily, who could have solved this problem easily, only stood by and laughed at James' ridiculous moves as he jumped around.

"Get it off me! Get it off me!" He hollered over and over, before he collapsed into a pile. A red mark was already appearing on his cheek.


Seriously? A broom cupboard? That was so overdone, so cliché. Fifth-years should have known better than to snog in a broom cupboard; everyone knew about those 'hiding places' and they were bound to get caught.

It was nighttime now, and Lily was doing her Head Girl rounds—by herself, today, because James had been attacked by those stupid magical fleas.

He had been sent to the hospital wing in a flurry, as the bugs hadn't wanted to leave him and were still busy causing rashes everywhere. Everywhere.

Speaking of the hospital wing, there it was…

Madam Pomfrey wouldn't mind if she visited just for a little while…

Quietly, Lily pushed open the doors and entered. Her shoes made a faint tapping noise on the cold marble ground, but other than that, there was only the noise of—oh, James' snoring, of course.

She tiptoed next to his bed and looked at his calm and peaceful face.

His eyes opened suddenly, and Lily gasped. "Oh, did I wake you?" What was he going to think now? Who would have thought Lily Evans would visit James Potter in the hospital in the middle of the night?

"Nah, couldn't sleep," he said quietly, studying her facial expression.

"Well, I just wanted to see if you were alright? From the bug incident, you know," she continued awkwardly.

"Yeah, I'm okay. The same thing kind of happened in fifth year too. I was in here for a week. Sirius and bugs…not a good combination; that's why I freaked out earlier. I didn't want to be covered in warts again…I've been a bit acarophobic ever since."

Lily laughed quietly, not knowing what to say.

James sighed all of a sudden. "You're a hallucination, aren't you? The real Evans would never care about me. She's probably going to laugh about it for a week or so. You almost feel real."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm a hallucination." Thank god she had found an 'explanation'. "Well, good that you're doing okay." She turned to leave.

"I do love you, you know." It was spoken as low as a whisper, a tiny breeze that shot straight into her ear and weaved its way down to her heart.

She turned back to the boy, but he had already fallen asleep and was snoring again. Lily stared for a few seconds, then turned and slowly walked out the door.


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