I Dont Own any of the Characters of Harry Potter and I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes.
(Lily POV)
"James, its time to wake up" I said while knocking on his door. All I heard was mumbling. Is he like this every morning? Poor Mrs. Potter. I'm going in. Awww he is so adorable curled up in the bed with a peaceful expression. The git, now I don't want to wake him up but I have to. "James… James! Wake up!"
"No!" he mumbles like a five year old. After doing this for five more minutes I give up. Drastic times call for drastic measures. Taking in his sleeping figure I go to the bathroom, fill up a cup of water and pour it on his face. "GAH! What the hell?!" His expression? Priceless. I break down laughing and hold the shelf for support. "Lily that was cruel!"
"You gave me no choice. I have been trying to wake up for a while now" I say still giggling "Now hurry up, breakfast is ready." With that I turn and go down stairs practically skipping down the stairs with a grin. Its 7 o'clock and both my parents have gone to work and Petunia to school.
A few minutes later James comes down as I served breakfast. I chuckle a little when I see his hair still a little damp.
"I'm glad you fond that amusing." he says.
"Yes, I did. That made my morning," I say with a grin. He smiles then and looks quite satisfied for some reason.
"Where is everyone else?"
"My parents went to work and Petunia is a school."
"Oh, so we're all alone I see." He says with a smirk. I give him a small glare and he throws up his hands in surrender. "Sorry, sorry, Couldn't resist."
"Come on, hurry up and eat. The park is waiting."
He laughs, "Impatient aren't we."
I give a playful glare this time, "Maybe…"
We walk on the trail in the park in comfortable silence but I'm having trouble trying no to grab his hand. Then I hear laughter. I turn and see a little girl playing with a little boy by the swings. They remind me so much of old friendship with Severus. I miss my best friend… well he was once upon a time. I jumped when I felt James' hand on my shoulder. I must have stopped walking. "You ok there Lily?"
With one last look at the children I turn to him and smile "Yea… I'm fine." We continue to walk in silence.
"I'm sorry." He tells me. I turn to him with a puzzled expression.
"For what?"
"I'm sorry I broke up your friendship with Snape. "He says looking ashamed.
"No James. He destroyed our friendship. He chose his path and I chose mine; I don't regret it. I only wish that he could see that what he is doing is wrong."
"You guys were close…"
"Yea, he was my best friend. Almost like my brother. Those little kids back there reminded me of our childhood. After Petunia decided that she wanted nothing to do with me, the freak, Severus became my only friend. When we went to school Petunia made sure that I never had any friends, well, except for Severus. Did you know that he introduced me to the Wizarding world? … The end of our friendship was a big blow that I don't wish onto anyone. You are really lucky you know? Having friends like Sirius, Remus, and Peter …and they are lucky too. They have an amazing friend who cares for them." I can't stop the blush on my cheeks and look down at the ground. Great job Lily he must think you are an idiot or something for ranting. He surprises me when he grabs my hand, kisses my forehead, and hugs me. My blush only grows. I probably look like a tomato.
"I'm sorry that he hurt you and I'm sorry for being a jerk to you and Snape all those years."
I can't help but close my eyes and take in his sent. He makes me feel safe and loved. I love him so much. All my life I have been guarding myself from the rest of the world and have been cautious, hoping that something good would come of it. I've ignored my heart and replaced it with logic. My heart is telling me to take a risk for once and trust James. I burry my head further into his chest. "I forgive you James… please don't leave me." His arms tighten around me. It feels so right. "I'll never leave you Lily, I promise." I detach myself only a little to look up at him. He leans down slowly and my eyes close at their own accord. Then he kisses me. I see fireworks and warmth spreads throughout my body. It's the most amazing feeling ever. I'm kissing James Potter! The love of my life. My Prince. Everything feels right in the world.
We lowly breakaway and look into each other's eyes smiling. "I love you James." I finally said the words that I have been dying to tell him. James pulls me closer and kisses me again with so much passion and love. "I Love you Lily." He tells me when we break apart. I can't stop thinking that I made the right choice.
(James POV)
We walk back to her house and talk about the hilarious reactions that we will get when we return to Hogwarts. I never let go of her hand. It feels like I'm daydreaming and I'm afraid that I might wake up soon but her touch and presence tell me that I'm not. I finally have the love of my life and I have no intention of letting her go any time soon or in the distant future. I know that she is scared that I might leave her because of my previous player actions but I also know that she knows that I have changed. I will fight for our love. Merlin I sound like a sap but I can't help it.
"James, can I ask you something?"
"Anything love, what is it?"
"What happened when that Ravenclaw girl kissed you?"
"I was heading to the library to ask you out again, hoping that you saw I matured. Then she came up behind me and asked me out. I told her no because I was going to ask you and she got pissed off. Then she shoved me against the wall and kissed me, probably thinking that I'd want to out with her then. I pushed her away immediately. I was disgusted and told her that I would never be interested in someone else who wasn't you. I walked away and when I entered the library you were gone."
Lily stopped walking and turned to me. "Do you mean it?"
"Mean what?"
"That you'll never be anyone else you'll be interested in? There are other girls at school who are far prettier than I am. Besides you're a pureblood and I'm-" I kissed her. She was speaking nonsense.
"Lily, you are the most beautiful girl in the world and that may seem like an exaggeration but it's not. I only have eyes for you and I always will. As far as you being a pureblood or not, I don't care. I love you because you are you. I know that these are hard times but I will protect you with my life if I have to." I wiped away the tear that fell down her cheek with my thumb. She kisses my cheek and gives me the most beautiful smile in the world.
"I love you too. Come on, let's go home and watch TV."
(Lily POV)
"TV?" James' confused expression makes me giggle. My heart was right to trust. His words full of love and reassurance made my doubts seem silly. Though I will admit that I still have some insecurity but together we will surpass it.
"Yes James. Television, a wonderful muggle invention. It's like, um, magic in a box only that it's not really magic, more like technology. Which –you know what; all you have to know is that it's really cool." I gave up explaining. Who knew that I could be hard to explain? Oh well.
James chuckles. "Let's go then and see this really cool box thingy."
As we enter we hear laughter. I can't suppress a groan when I realize who the laughter belongs to. Maybe if we go up the stairs they won't notice- "Oh look, it's Lily," says a snobby voice. It's Lucy, one of Petunia's best friends. I force a smile, "Hi, Lucy. Long time no see."
"Why don't you come and join us? Oh! And bring you handsome young friend with you."
James must have sensed my internal struggle and gave my hand a supportive squeeze. As we sit down I see the other girls- Amanda, Tracy, and Candace. All four girls kept their eyes on James. "So Lily, introduce us to your handsome friend here" said Tracy.
"This is James, my boyfriend." I smile as I said this. James put his arm around my waist while smiling like a loon. I suddenly remembered where we were when I heard gasps of horror.
"You are dating him?!" Said Lucy "But you're a freak!"
"Excuse me?" said James, his voice low and eyes narrowed. "She is not a freak. She is beautiful and amazing; she's perfect and unless all you are going to do is insult her then we are leaving." James grabbed my hand and began to lead me out of the room.
"Wait!" says Candace, "We actually wanted to ask you something Lily." I turned back to them and raise an eyebrow. "This weekend the coffee house is helping us host a singing competition but we need one more duo for the show to be granted permission and since you have an adequate voice we want you and your boyfriend to attend." I knew that I was going to accept and by the look on James' face, he wanted to do it too... "Hmm, I don't know…" I turned to James, "What do you think? Is it worth it?" I said with a smirk.
"To kick ass? Yea, I say we do it"
"Ok, we'll do it then."
"Great!" says Amanda with Fake enthusiasm and hands us a piece of paper "These are the rules."
"Thanks." With that we go upstairs. I can't wait for the competition.
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