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The Highlight of Her Day

Prompt: Schedule

Secret

I don't know when it started, but at some point my best friend had made it a part of her daily routine to go out and watch him practice. And I'm pretty sure it's the highlight of her day.

"Um, Lily are you listening to me?"

"What? Oh, sorry Sev, my mind's just somewhere else right now," she said. I gave her a puzzled look. "Don't worry, it's nothing," she said not wanting me to worry. "What were we talking about?"

"Going to Hogsmade tomorrow. I was just wondering if–"

"What time is it?" Lily asked cutting me off.

"It's almost noon. Anyways–" I continued only to be cut off again.

"Um, I think I'm going to go out for some fresh air," she said, attempting to be nonchalant. It didn't fool me; it never did. But I tried to talk her out of it as I did every day.

"The Griffindors have quidditch practice right now. If Potter sees you he'll start being all obnoxious towards you like he always does."

"Don't worry. I'll be staying far away from the field and any obnoxious boys on it," she lied easily.

Again, I wasn't fooled.

"I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"

"Yeah," I said sadly, "I'll wait outside the Three Broomsticks."

"Don't worry, I'll be there," she said lightly as she headed out of the library.

Once she was outside she'd head straight for the quidditch pitch and sit in the back of the stands so that she could watch that Potter fly around without him noticing her. She'd never admit it to me, probably not even to herself, but I knew that she wanted him to see her.

I guess I'd just have to settle with just being friends.

At least I knew that no matter what Potter ever did she'd always be there for me.

The next day it was raining hard. When I got to the Three Broomsticks I was tempted to go inside where it was warm and dry, but I had promised Lily that I'd wait outside for her, so that is what I did.

An hour passed as I waited there, my clothes drenched all the way through and my body shaking from the cold. I was the only one outside except for a couple running through the rain, the guy's robe pulled over both his and the girl's heads.

As they passed under the light of one of the lamps I realized who they were and knew that James had finally noticed Lily watching him.

Yesterday, James was just a boy she liked to watch fly. Today, he was her boyfriend.

And the boy who was her friend yesterday, was just forgotten, alone, and soaked to the bone, today.

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