Lily woke up from the sound of tapping on the dormitory window. It was one of the school's owls, a tawny. She groaned loudly.

"Ah! It speaks," said Emily sarcastically from the four poster bed next to hers.

"If you don't want to get hexed, I advise you to shut it," replied Lily with her eyes still closed.

"Ah. It threatens too." Lily could imagine a smirk forming on her friend's face.

She groaned again. The owl would not stop tapping on the window.

"Em, would you please open the window already? Some of us are not so eager on looking like an Inferi for another day," she murmured with her face against the pillow.

"I would, but the Inferi threatened me. This Inferi's companion is not so eager to help said Inferi anymore. Anyway, dinner's in a few, I think the Inferi should wake up and get something to eat before the Inferi starts to look like a shrunken head."

Lily groaned for the third time. She slowly stood up, threw her pillow at her smirking friend and opened the window. The owl flew in with an air of irritation. After Emily untied the letter, the tawny flew out.

Lily made her way back to bed. Just as she found a comfortable position, she heard that wretched Emily's voice again.

"OY. This letter's for you." And with that, the girl dropped the letter on Lily's pillow and skipped out of the door.

"See you at dinner!" she said before going down the stairs.

Lily eyed the letter. The handwriting was familiar, but she couldn't recall to whom it belonged to. She pulled herself up and leaned against the bed's frame to read the letter.

If I didn't know you were clumsy, I would've thought you bumped into me on purpose in the corridor this afternoon. Don't think I didn't notice your hands groping just now.

It's a joke.

I couldn't help but notice you're looking a bit tired lately. Had wild nights with a guy did you? I wouldn't have thought you were interested in things like that.

You should catch up on your beauty sleep. Not that you need any, you're beautiful as it is. Just that, you wouldn't want to be caught groping someone else in the corridors, would you?

J. Potter

If it were 3 months ago, Lily would've rolled her eyes and crumpled the letter. But she was quite shocked to get this letter.

James Potter was always there. But these past few months, she hasn't heard a thing from him. He hasn't changed, but he hasn't really talked to her as often as he did. No more "Hey Evans!" from him. He hasn't been quiet either, he was as obnoxious as before.

He just hasn't noticed her quite as often.

Lily was relieved at first. Then, she started to feel like he had something up his sleeve. Maybe he wanted to pull a prank on her. But after a few weeks, she quickly forgot about it all.

But now, getting this letter, Lily was surprised. Surprised that she didn't feel as annoyed as before, surprised that after a months of not talking to her, he sent her this letter. Surprised that as she read his name at the end of the letter, she felt like a weight has been lifted off her chest. She doesn't feel like she's lost days of sleep anymore. She doesn't feel weak or cranky. Could it be? She felt happy.

A quote I love : "Cupid rules us all" - What is a youth; Romeo and Juliet (1968 Movie)