One Week: A Lily/James story
A/N: Thank you to all who reviewed and added this story to their favorites/ story alert lists. It fells good to know people like my writing. Tuesday of James week. Snape will be returning today. I do not own Harry Potter or anything related to the book series. I wish I did, but oh well! Please Review! Love, lily
Tuesday
Lily woke up, stretched and looked at her alarm. It was 8:30a.m. Lily jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom for a quick shower. She had half an hour to get ready for class. She had been distracted last night and had forgotten to set her alarm. Lily raced out of her room twenty minutes later ready for class but starving. She did not have time for breakfast. Lily groaned as she reached the common room and saw James sitting on an arm chair. He looked up as she flew into the room. "Morning, Lily!" James called brightly. "Morning, James." Lily said. James held up a napkin and a cup and handed them to Lily.
Lily opened the napkin to see a muffin, toast, and a donut. She took a sip of the drink to taste her favorite tea. Lily looked up at James who smiled shyly at her. "I tried to wake you up this morning but you didn't answer so I brought you some breakfast. I wouldn't want you to go hungry." Lily set the food and drink down and flung her arms around James. James smiled happily and hugged her back. Lily kissed his cheek as she pulled away. James smiled stupidly and felt his cheek.
"Come on, we have to get to Potions." Lily grabbed James's hand and ran from the room, food in one hand and bag over her shoulder. The pair raced down three flights of stairs until they reached the classroom. Once there they joined the line out side the door. James took his hand back from Lily. She looked up at him. "Lily, you can't eat and hold my hand at the same time." James said. "It would be fun to try." Lily muttered. James laughed and kissed Lily's forehead. "Try it at lunch, love, when you have a plate to eat off of." Lily smiled and bite into her muffin. The door to the classroom opened as Lily finished her food.
"James we might have a problem being partners in this class…" Lily whispered as they walked in. "Why? Your not backing out of our deal are you?" James asked grabbing Lily's arm to stop her entering the room. "No, of course not it is just I don't think Professor Slughorn will let me switch partners. I asked him at the beginning of last year to let me work with Alice, but he said the Severus and I work well together and wouldn't let me switch. I will ask though." Lily approached the teachers' desk. "Professor Slughorn, can I partner James Potter in this class this week?" Lily asked tentatively. Slughorn looked up. "Miss Evans, didn't you ask me to switch last year?" Lily's heart sank. "Yes, sir." She muttered. "And what was my answer then, my dear girl?" Slughorn asked still looking at Lily. "No, sir." Lily sighed. "Well it has not changed; please take your seat beside Mr. Snape."
Lily sighed and walked to the middle of the room where Severus sat. "I haven't seen you in the last few days, Lily." Severus said as the started the day's potion. "I have been around, Sev," Lily muttered. "Potter?" Severus asked as he measured out beetles for the potion. "Not that it is your business; yes I have been hanging out with James." Lily snarled. Snape started crushing the beetles furiously "What about the promise you made me back in third year?" Snape hissed. Lily glared at him. "What promise?" she asked coolly. "The one were you said you would never ever be one of the hundreds of girls at this school to swoon over Potter!" Snape snarled. "People change Severus! And don't talk to me about breaking promises Severus Snape!" Snape added the beetles to the potion then looked up at Lily. "What promise did I break, Lily?" He asked confused. Lily started cutting up ginger roots furiously. "The one when you promised me you would never become a Death Eater, Severus." Lily hissed. "But I haven't…" Severus lied quickly. Lily laughed. She added the roots to the potion and stirred clockwise. "Show me your arm Severus." Lily snarled. "What…but…why?" Snape sputtered. "If you are not a Death Eater then there will be nothing on it, show me your arm Severus!" Lily said venomously. Snape held out his left arm to Lily. Lily set her knife down and rolled up the sleeve of Severus's school shirt. There on his forearm was a tattoo of the Dark Mark.
Lily let go of Snapes arm and started pulling rose petals off a rose to add to the potion. She added the petals and the potion color turned from clear to pink. Lily started chopping up a caterpillar to add as the final ingredient. "Lily, I can explain…" Snape whispered. "Really, Severus, you can explain why you lied to me? Go on then!" Lily snarled at him adding the caterpillar to the potion. "You lied to me too, Lily!" Snape hissed. "Really? When did I lie to you Severus?" Lily snapped. "When you told me that you would never date Potter!" Snape barked at Lily. "WE AREN'T DATEING YOU ARSEHOLE! AND I DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO EXPLIAN MY FRIENDS TO YOU CONCETERING WE ARE NO LONGER FRIENDS!" Lily screamed loudly. Thankfully the bell rang and Lily packed up her ingredients and stormed out of the dungeon. She was halfway the head dorm when she felt a hand slip into hers.
Lily looked up and saw James walking beside her. Lily sighed and took her hand away. James was hurt until Lily put her arms around his waist. James put his arm around her shoulder and the pair walked up to the head dormitory. Once there James sat in an arm chair and pulled Lily to his lap. Lily sighed again and laid her head on James's chest. James muttered "Well that was an interesting lesson. Thankfully we don't have the Slytherins in Defense against the Dark arts this afternoon. So we don't have to deal with Snape again until Thursday." James kissed Lily's hair. Lily took one of James's hands in her own and started looking at it. "What are you doing, Lily?" James asked resting his chin on top of Lily's head. "I never noticed how big your hands are, James. You play Quidditch and it shows on you body, but not on your hands. They are not how I expected them to be is what I guess I am saying." Lily said softly still looking at James's hand.
James laughed softly and kissed Lily's hair again. Lily leaned into James's torso and closed her eyes. "You tiered?" James asked still kissing Lily's hair. "Yes, but I am comfortable where I am." Lily whispered. James sighed putting his face into her copper hair. "I love you, Lily... I know you didn't believe me when I told you before. But I mean it. I really do. I would die for you without a question if it came to that. I just hope, someday, you can love me back." James whispered longingly to the girl in his lap. James sighed and laid his head on to of Lily's closing his eyes. Little did he know that Lily was still awake and had heard every word he said.
Lily closed her eyes and fell asleep as well. The bell for lunch woke the pair and they opened their eyes slowly. Lily slid of James's lap and she grabbed her bag. She opened the bag to see a single red rose, like the one they had used for the potion that morning. Lily looked around at James who was watching her with a smile. "Thank you, James." Lily whispered softly. James stood up and walked over to Lily. He put one hand under her chin, tilting it so she looked at him. "Anytime, love." James kissed Lily's forehead and grabbed his bag. He held his other hand out to Lily, who took James hand. James brought Lily's hand up to his lips and kissed it.
Lily smiled and did the same to James's hand. James smiled happily and put his arm around Lily's shoulder. Lily put her arms around James's waist and the two went down to the great hall for lunch. Halfway through lunch Lily reached over and took James's hand. James looked over at Lily with raise eyebrows. "You said I could." Lily said sweetly batting her eyes at James. James laughed and kissed Lily's cheek. "I did indeed. I just did not expect you to do it." Lily giggled. James beamed and squeezed Lily's hand. The two finished lunch and went up to Defense Against the Dark Arts. Lily approached the teachers' desk as the class began. "Professor, can I partner James Potter in the class this week?" The teacher looked up "Of course you can Miss Evans." Lily smiled and walked to the desk that James was sitting at. James smiled and pulled Lily's chair out for her. Lily smiled and sat down kissing James cheek in thanks. James smiled and took Lily's hand kissing it. Lily smiled again and looked at the teacher.
"Since your NEWT's are in just over a month, today is revision. I will be handing out worksheets and I expect them finished by the end of class. So, good luck!" The teacher handed the papers to the people it the front desk. "What is your favorite color?" James asked Lily "Um…Green. What is yours?" Lily laughed "What is yours?" she asked. "Red." James said handing her a revision paper and passing the rest back to Sirius and Alice. Lily stared filling out the revision paper. James watched her longingly. I am so close to getting her to go out with me. But there is a wall there. I need to get her to take it down. I know it must have something to do with her screaming match with Snape this morning. It probably has something to do with her sister too. "Lily?" James started timidly. Lily looked up her paper almost done already. "Yes, James?" Lily said concerned.
"Why won't you go out with me? I know it was my ego for the first six years. But I have changed this year and you know that. Why do you still reject my love for you? I do love you Lily and you know that. I overheard you and Snape this morning. I want t know what promise you made him about dating me. I want an honest answer to why you refuse point blank to go on one date with me. The only reason you agreed to this situation was because I promised to leave you alone if you did. So why Lily, why do you still reject me?" James said taking Lily's hand and starting to fill out his worksheet at the same time.
Lily sighed "Let's get our work done then we can talk. I promise I will answer your questions after class. Alright?" Lily said kissing James's cheek. James lifted Lily's hand to his mouth and kissed it. "That is all I ask, Lily." He muttered as he did his work one handed. Fifteen minutes later the teacher called "Alright, Pass you papers to the front and pack up. The bell should ring soon." Lily passed her paper up and turned to James. James looked over at her as he passed up his paper. Lily smiled shyly and looked away. James still holding her right hand in his left brought his right hand up to Lily's face and turned her face so she was facing him. James took in every detail of Lily's face as he caressed her cheek that he was holding. I hope this talk helps us. She is so beautiful. I just want to kiss her…No must not! Must control urge to kiss Lily senseless! Must… not… kiss…Lily!!
Lily noticed James staring at her and stared back at him. I have to tell him everything. I want him to know about my promise to Sev and I need to know that he will not ditch me for the next pretty girl that walks by. I hope this talk helps us. I wonder what it would be like to kiss him. He has already kissed me twice, but to kiss him properly. Wait…what? Why am I thinking about kissing James Potter? Because I like him. I have five days to figure out whether I want to date him or not. I can tell you right now what my answer will be. But I am not telling him until Sunday.
The bell rang and Lily jumped. She quickly packed her bag back up as James did the same. When they were both done James grabbed Lily's hand and pulled her from the room. He pulled her all the way back to the head dorm. Once here he let go of her hand and looked at her. "Why don't we go up and put our bags down and meet back here in about ten minuets, I want to change into something more comfy." Lily suggested. James agreed and the pair went to their rooms. James came back down first pulling a Gryffindor sweater over his head. James sat on an arm chair and waited for Lily. Lily arrived several minutes later pulling a green tank top on. James pulled Lily down to his lap and rested his chin on her head. "Talk." James said simply.
"Ok the first thing you wanted to know was why I still reject you even though you have changed. I am scared, James. If I fall for you then you dump me for the next pretty girl that walks by it would kill me. I will not be treated like that. It is cruel to treat people like that, James. I am also scared to let not just you, but anyone close to me. I was close to Petunia, now she hates me. I was close to Severus; you saw how that ended up. I know that you love me, but that isn't enough. I love Petunia; she thinks I am a freak. I loved Severus; he treated me like dirt. I am scared to let myself love you back because anyone I love end up hurting me in some way.
"The promise I made Sev. When we were thirteen you started dating. I saw how you treated your girlfriends and I do not want to be treated like that. So I promised Sev that I would never date you. I did not agree to this so you will leave me alone. I am honestly considering going out with you. I want to get to know you better before I date you though. I honestly am starting to like you, but I need to get to know you better before I date you. That is why I was rejecting you." Lily sighed looking at her hands.
"Lily, I will not treat you like that, I promise. I dated that way because I was trying desperately to get over you. It never worked obviously. I love you, Lily. I will not intentionally hurt you. You need to let people close to you. Everyone has bad experiences with people. You need to trust people. I want you to trust me. I was a jerk. I don't blame you for not wanting to date me. But I have changed. I am glad I was wrong about your motives about this situation. I would be glad to get to know you better."
Lily smiled and snuggled closer to James. James held tight to Lily's waist and closed his eyes. Lily closed her eyes and feel sleep. James kissed her head and soon fell asleep too. I hope that help us. SHE IS CONCETERING GOING OUT WITH ME!! Was James's last thought before falling asleep. The bell that signaled dinner woke them and the two ran down to get food. Lily ate her food in silence worrying that James was mad at her. "Want to continue our chess tournament?" James asked as he finished his dinner. "Sure," Lily mumbled not looking at James. "Lily, I am not mad at you. Please look at me." Lily looked up at James. James took Lily's hand and said "I love you, Lily. I want to be with you. I am not mad at you."
Lily smiled and followed James up to the common room. Lily sighed as they reached the common room. "Meet back down here in ten?" James asked. Lily nodded. James kissed Lily's head and the two went up to their rooms and changed. James was the first downstairs and set up the board. Lily arrived minutes later. Two hours later "Checkmate" Lily yawned. Lily stood up and so did James. James walked over to Lily and hugged her tightly. "Goodnight, Lily. I love you." He whispered kissing Lily's forehead. James walked up to his room and dreamed of a day that Lily would be the one kissing him.
A/n: Wednesday will be up tomorrow afternoon. Please review!
