Disclaimer: Once again Harry Potter or any other recognizable characters don't belong to me. They are all J.K Rowling's.
3 months later
"Lily I want to show you something," said James.
"We have to do head duties, James," Lily replied.
"Lily please," James begged.
"Okay, but if we get in trouble you will be the one responsible," Lily said giving up. She really wasn't that bothered about doing head duties anyway, she only enjoyed doing them because it meant she got to spend time with James.
"Great," James said with a cheeky smile.
It has been almost 4 months since term started, and it was almost Christmas break. Lily and James had gotten very closer in the past couple of months. James had kept his promise, and had turned out to be a great Head Boy. He took his responsibilities seriously, and did all his duties on time. He had also kept the second part of his promise. He hadn't asked Lily out since the beginning of term.
For the first couple of weeks, she liked the peace of mind she was getting without being constantly asked out, but after a while, she began to miss that attention he gave her. It wasn't as if he wasn't paying attention to her; it was quite on the contrary. He was one of the best friends she could have, but after a while she realized that she wanted to be more than just his friend. He had changed and matured so much, and was the complete opposite of the person he was last year.
Lily was definitely attracted to this new James Potter. He was everything she ever wanted in a man; he was nice, funny, responsible, loyal and extremely hot! Every day she saw how much he had changed- whether it was helping first years, tutoring students in need or even his passion about Quidditch- the harder she fell for him. It had come to such a point that she would constantly blush around him and wasn't able to form complete sentences when she was near him. She constantly kept dreaming about those warm hazel eyes, the ones in which you could get lost forever. His soft jet black hair were her weakness, she always thought what it would be like to run her fingers through them. Lily was in complete denial about her feelings for a long time, but less then a month ago, she had confided in her best friend, Alice Williams about her great attraction towards James Potter. She could still remember clearly how shocked her face looked when she told her that.
FLASHBACK
Lily was sitting in the Gryffindor common room, trying to finish her potions essay that was due the next day. However, she was distracted by a messy haired boy, who was sitting across the common room talking to his friends and just happened to be Head Boy. Alice Williams, her best friend from the first day of school, noticed her gaze and smirked. She knew that her friend had feelings about James. Now the hard part was to get her to admit those feelings. Alice knew that this matter had to be handled with caution and decided to question Lily about it.
"Lily, Lily!" She waved her hand in front of Lily's face, so she could snap out of her reverie.
"O, hey Alice", said Lily blushing, jerking up from her daydream about James.
"See anything interesting there?" She said pointing towards the Marauders. "I mean, you have been staring there for the past 10 minutes".
Lily went, if possible, even redder. "Oh no, I was just thinking", she stuttered.
"Thinking about a James Potter maybe, about how sexy he looks in his Quidditch uniform all sweaty and all"
Lily's face was rivaling her hair now. "Well yes…no…maybe! Oh I don't know what's happening to me. I'm falling for him but… it's against everything I stand for. But my heart and my hormones apparently have different ideas. I don't know what to do!" cried Lily.
"Oh honey, its ok. There is nothing wrong about falling in love." said Alice, shocked that Lily had given in so quickly, normally she was so stubborn. "We all know that James have been in love with you for ages. I am sure you guys will make a perfect couple!"
"But that's the thing, he doesn't like me anymore does he?" said Lily sadly "He made it perfectly clear on the train that he wouldn't ask me out again, and he hasn't! I don't know what to think; my emotions are all over the place right now" sighed Lily.
"Awww….Lils, I am so sorry! I didn't know that he was over you. I mean he hasn't dated anyone since beginning of term. Just try and let him know how you feel, it'll work out all right." Said Alice sympathetically.
"I really hope so, because I really have fallen for him. I don't think I can get over it easily if at all, because this is so much more than a crush, I've had crushes before and this is not one of them. Now I know how James must have felt. Unrequited love really sucks"
END FLASHBACK
Lily had almost given up hope. I mean its been 3 months since school started and he hadn't asked her out once, nor shown any signs of romantic interest in her.
But weren't you the one that wanted him to leave you alone? He is just doing it to please you.
I wish I could take back all the mean stuff I had said to him. I wish I had never told him to stop asking me out.. I wish he would come and sweep me off my feet right now. Unfortunately these are just my fantasies. He doesn't like me anymore. How perfect, when I finally fall for him, he decides to move on. Bloody typical.
Maybe he is not asking you out because you asked him to. Maybe he likes you and is just respecting your wishes to leave you alone. After all he is not dating anyone, so he hasn't probably gotten over you yet.
I hope I'm right, I really do. I don't think I can stand losing him to someone else
"James," Lily said. "Yes," he replied. "Where are you taking me? What are we doing on the fifth floor? Aren't we supposed to be patrolling the 2nd floor?" Lily asked.
"I told you Lils, I am going to show you something special. I highly doubt that you've ever seen it before."
Now Lily was really curious. What is this thing that James wanted to show her so badly? At last James stopped in front of an empty classroom that was never used. He took Lily inside.
"Lily I want to show you the Mirror of Erised," James said.
"The mirror of what?" Lily asked.
"This mirror is called the Mirror of Erised. It shows what your heart truly desires.
"And how do I believe that you are not pranking me?" Lily asked skeptically.
"Oh, so you want proof. Try reading the script on the top back wards," James said. It really said: Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on woshi.
"All it says are some weird words," Lily informed him.
"Try reading it backwards", James told her.
"Alright, if you say so. I still think that this is very weird." James just motioned her to read. Alright lets see, it says: I show not your face but your heart's desire. "Oh my god…it is really true. But these mirrors are so rare; I didn't know Hogwarts had one. These mirrors show what your heart's deepest desire is." Gasped Lily "How do you know about this?"
James watched in amusement as Lily got all excited about the mirror. He said: "I am Marauder, remember. I have every inch of this castle discovered. Now, look in the mirror and see what your hearts deepest desire it."
Suddenly, Lily felt apprehensive about what she was going to see. What is her heart's deepest desire? Would it show her with James? Did her feelings run so deeply that the mirror would show her that? She knew that if the mirror showed her that, there would be no turning back, because the mirror never lies. If her heart's deepest desire was shown to be with James, what would she do? Run away or tell him the truth. She decided to first look in the mirror and then decide what to do.
She took a deep breath and looked in the reflection on the mirror. What she saw was to overwhelming and it brought tears to her eyes. Her heart won the battle. The image in the mirror proved it. She saw herself looking at a family-her family- She looked a little older, her hands were draped around James, and her left hand was clearly visible. She could see her wedding ring. That meant she was already married to James Potter. She saw James holding a little baby, around one year old. The baby looked just like him, except for his eyes; his eyes were an identical copy of Lily. They all were smiling contently.
There was so much love in the picture that it caused Lily to break down because she didn't know if it would ever come true. She didn't know if James would ever feel that way about her again after she was so awful to him. She fell to her knees, crying. James was next to her in a second. He kneeled next to her, and put her shaking body on his lap. She didn't say anything, just threw her arms around James, trying to hug him as close as possible, never letting him go. James stroked her hair and whispered comforting words to her.
Once Lily had calmed down a bit, he asked: "What happened Lily? What was in the image that got you in such a state?"
Lily decided that she should be honest with him, it was now or never. What did she have to lose? She didn't have James so she couldn't lose him. She had to risk it. She had to tell him how she felt, he had to know. Even if he didn't feel the same, at least he would know how she felt.
She took a deep breath and started: "I saw the most beautiful thing in that mirror. I saw a family. My family-me, my husband and an adorable little baby." She paused and James breath hitched his throat, was the love of his life describing her life with another man? She continued: "James, I saw us in the picture, you, me and our little baby. I know this may surprise you. I mean you always thought that I hated you but in the past few months, I have seen how much you have changed and grown up. I started falling for you and now I think I-love-you. You can laugh and tell me you don't want anything to do with me, you'd have every right after all the horrible things I've said to you but…" Suddenly Lily broke down again, she really thought James was going to reject her. He hadn't said anything and she couldn't bear it.
"
I just wanted to tell you…I know you don't feel the same…I hope we can still be friends…I hope I can ignore my feelings and at least play some small part in your life." She paused again, and found James staring intently at her, his eyes showed care, kindness and was it love? No, of course not. He doesn't love me anymore, Lily thought. After one more deep breath Lily continued: "I know that I kinda sprung this on you, and I will understand if you don't want to have anything to do wi---". Her words were cut short as James swooped down and captured her lips into the sweetest kiss she had ever experienced.
"I never stopped loving you, I just wanted to make you happy," he whispered as he pulled away.
A.N: This is it. My story is over. Hope you all like it. Thanks to xxStephxx for helping me out. She even wrote a couple of lines for this chapter. I couldn't have done it without you.
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