Disclaimer: I do not own the 'Harry Potter' series, but one thing I do own is now Luna's spectra specs from the HBP movie…
This Chapter goes to: MOLLY THE MONSTER, Lizzle09, TmoVie, and lizzyathogwarts (who I have to say wrote a LONG REVIEW! Right Owl? Owl: yush, yush!)
OK, so… as both you and I know from the last chapter that I was so CLOSE to having them kiss… that's where Sirius comes in. Owl send all of you her sympathy seeing as she told me the same thing… I hope that with THIS chapter that you will find the heart to forgive me. And, I just finished a fan-art that I did with Clary Fray from The Mortal Instruments Seriesand my mom thinks that it's amazing! I'll see what I can do about getting it up and stuff… but my next mission is to do Clary and Jace; that'll be a hard one…
Beta Note to Readers: ok! i am ready to read what is destined to be yet another long (._.) but most likely good chapter. ;3 and i must catch up on house when i is done with this...whoot ^o^ sorry in advance for anything i might have skipped over. oh, and; Devan i am soooo Uber sorry for the extreme delay i have placed upon this chapter...i had so much tew do ._. but i am editing naow! OK!
ONTO LILY!
Lily Evans
James Potter was playing a game… and I wanted to be a part of it for once. He wasn't playing with the emotions of my heart like I thought the entire time… but more of like he was treating them like the were fragile glass; and I respect him for that. He was acting as if I was someone who would need their own time to think things through with how they were to be played out and how to make them play each other out.
I smiled every time that James and I would have our conversations in the Common Room or in passing in the hallways. One of us would smile at the other knowingly and the other would return the gesture, it really was giving me something to look forward to whenever I went walking to my next class.
True to his word, Potter never said anything about the two of us but I knew that he was looking forward to the time where my courage built up and I got the chance to ask him… Damn these walls and how they seem to always find just one way to stop me!
I had my books cradled between my hip and my arms as I cautiously made my way up the marble stair case of the central stair system, trying not to drop the dozens of books in my arms. Of course, my messenger bag's shoulder strap (Pic of bag on profile) had to snap today when the most homework that I have ever seen was piled right into my arms. Why, oh why, did it have to be today of all the days of the week to break and become unusable to me?
"Need help there, Lily?" I heard someone ask me from my left. Normally under reasonable circumstances, I would have seen then and know if they were really meaning it or just being cruel; but the books piled into my arms made it too tall for my eyes to look over. But, I didn't need to see who it was to know that voice anywhere, Remus.
"Oh, Remus. Thank you so much for asking." I sighed with relief as Remus took about three fifths of the stacks that I was holding, all of his books set away for the night.
"So, how about that homework assignment that we received in Arithmacy today?" He asked causally, making his way up the hard steps much more easily then I ever could. I frowned with jealously at the simple action with him carrying more books than I and still having the complete ability to make his way up the stairs.
"Oh, it seems fairly easy if you know what you're doing with everything and know how to work the formulas and all." I replied, trying to keep myself from asking about James and where he was at the moment.
"Well, may I ask why are you carrying all of these books when you have a bag?" I could see the smile that my friend was trying to fight off, not doubt that someone had leaked the news.
I sighed, and continued to keep my eyes going straight down to the floor as I maneuvered my way up the stairs. "The strap snapped on me this morning… I have been forced to carry these around all day and I've hardly had time to make it to the Common Room to switch my books… and now I have the most homework that I have ever seen…" I grumbled.
"Don't forget that all this homework was assigned to you on the day of the first game for Gryffindor." Remus chided me as the two of us finally made it to the portrait of the Fat Lady. I could feel my chin drop at the thought of it being the first game for Gryffindor this season, and I might have to miss it! How could I forget when all of my thoughts practically ran around the seeker and the Captain of the team?!
"That's this weekend?" I asked, my voice climbing an octave higher from the shock. He nodded slowly as if he was trying not to make me explode on my temper. "I forgot! How could I forget such a thing like that? I have to finish all of this tonight.' I gasped. I turned to the boy helping me and grabbed the pile of books that he was carrying and ran up the stairs to my Dormitories.
I slammed the door closed behind me and threw all the contents of my arms onto the top of my trunk, letting all of my parchment and books mix together as one—I didn't care at this point what happened to the papers as long as I got them turned is on time completed. I snatched both the quills I had sitting on my bedside table, uncorking one of the ink wells and furiously scribbling at the parchment to finish the ten inch essay that I had to write on all things Herbology. This was going to be a long night…
I chittered conversationally with Mary, Amy and Annie, trying to relieve the fatigue that my body was influencing on me because of my late night. My eyes had slight purple bruises under them in the hallows, making my eyes appear to be shallow and sunken into my head. My skin was paler then ever and I tried to make it seem like I was coming down with a slight cough, apart from staying up all night finishing all my work.
"We told you that you had plenty of time to finish it all after the game and tomorrow evening." Amy chided me from across the table, her eyes narrowing slightly in disapproval but you could still see the sympathy that she held for me.
I only grumbled into my pumpkin juice as I scowled into its orange depths for my own sake of relieving my misery.(Owl: the poor pumpkin juice D: ) I wished that I had listened to my friends pleas last night as they told me constantly that I could have plenty of time to finish it all when the game was over and all the fiasco was calmed down and people would focus back on their work. I assured then that my getting it done it one night would help my mentality, I was so wrong on that note.
I felt miserable, but I was sure that by the end of the day that I would be fine, all that I needed to do was to wake up a little and be sure to be down at the Pitch just in time. It was going to be fine and I was going to stay the entire game for once and watch the Gryffindor team kick the arses of Ravenclaw.
I sighed and looked down the long wooden table to James sitting with his fellow teammates, he was scowling deeply into his plate, shifting the eggs around the rim over and over; it seemed as if they were running a marathon. He was dressed in his Gryffindor sweater and the crème trousers that were required of the team, and his red and gold robe was hanging alone on the back of his chair. James's glasses were slightly askew and I longed to be near him to push them right back up into place on the brink of his nose. Sirius seemed to never have his mouth closed once through breakfast; his words traveling all the way down to my end of the table where I could hear about the two of them taking the win easily and then having plenty of time to celebrate the victory later on tonight, James never responded.
I looked down at the full plate that sat in front of me and I suddenly didn't feel quite so hungry, so I pushed the flat surface away from me and stood up from the table. Amy and Annie looked up at me, quizzically questioning my action with their eyes.
"I'm going to go back to the Common Room to grab Alice and I'll meet you guys down at the pitch, save me a seat." I turned and began to walk back to the grand doors that stood in front of the hall.
Behind me I could hear Amy teasing me from the seat that I just left. "FRONT ROW, LILY!" I smiled and ran up the stairs.
I took each step carefully and made sure that my sleep deprivation wasn't going to cause me a trip to the hospital wing this early in the morning. Some students were rushing down the stairs to grab a quick bite to eat and then make their way down to the pitch for the game. I was one of the few that was going up for something other then a quick snog with a person of the opposite gender… even the Fat Lady was already drinking away at the soon-to-be victory of Gryffindor's Quidditch game today. (Owl: XDDDDD)
I came through the portrait hole only to be met face-to-face with an intense snogging session between Alice and Frank in the middle of the room. Actually, I wasn't even sure that they were kissing, it seemed like a vertical wrestling match to me. Frank had his face glued to Alice's and his hands were gripping her waist and pulling her closer to his body, trying to feel every inch of his girlfriend against his torso. One of Frank's hands maneuvered its way up Alice's spine and pressed into the nape of her neck, making sure that she never went too far from him. Alice had both of her hands buried deep within the vines of Frank's hair, twisting them so tightly in her small fingers that I was beginning to see the sensitive flesh underneath turn white. The two of them seemed as if they had no intention of going down to the game. (Owl: ohkaay, very very good description, but i must say; EWWWWWWWW!!!!!!)
I gasped loudly and covered my mouth with my hand, trying not to disturb the busy couple but it seemed like such a wish was not one of the few that was going to be fulfilled for me today. Frank's head snapped up and he began to look around the room to see who spotted the two of them. His seemed paranoid about who it might be and I wouldn't blame the two of them; if I was one to get caught snogging James then I defiantly didn't want it to be certain people to catch me in the act of the crime. People—even in our own house—played blackmail against one another.(Owl: yes, i can never spell definitely right either, devan XD thank The Light for spell check! -reference to World of Warcraft-))
"Oh, Lily thank Merlin that it's you." Frank sighed once he spotted me standing in the corner with my jaw slacked down like some sort of moron. I quickly regained my composure when Alice looked up from Frank's chest to take a look around as well. She seemed relieved that it was me, and to be truthful I was glad that I was the one that spotted them in their… err… compromising position. (Owl: XDDD)
"I thought that it was Virginia coming in again." Alice muttered lowly, so low that I almost didn't hear her say it.
"Virginia's caught the two of you?" I asked, looking at Alice to try an measure if she was serious or trying to play a joke on me. Virginia was one of the worst people to get caught doing anything by, she was the ultimate person when it came to blackmail. Virginia was one to go and snitch everything to the Slytherins for a price—of course—and then let both the Slytherins and herself blackmail you until you paid them something to shut them up. She didn't belong in the Gryffindor house at all. (Owl: hmm, odd ;3)
"She did last week." Frank replied, looking down at my friend who's face was buried deep into his chest. The couple seemed to be saddened at the thought that the worst person was the one that caught them in the act. I sympathized with them.
"Well, I came up here to drag the two of you down to the Pitch, if you were even planning on coming." I chided them, hoping to lighten the mood even slightly. Alice smiled and nodded her head vigorously, and Frank went along for the ride.
The three of us rushed to the Pitch, running up the old wooden stairs to the section that Gryffindor alone covered, already hearing the excited cheers of the fans in waiting. Not one person was rushing as bad as we were, knowing that our seats were saved in the front row so that we could see the game better. I fought my way through the thick throngs of students just waiting for Madame Hooch to make her way onto the flush emerald green field and announce the teams. I know that I stepped on most likely six feet, and bumped into dozens of people but for once in my life I didn't apologize for my actions; I was too focused on getting to the front just in time to see James fly into the air and to find that the game had began.
I came to the front where Sirius, Remus, Peter, Mary, Annie, and Amy were supporting a scarlet and gold banner with "Gryffindor Win It ALL!" written on the surface of the paper. The sun was out today making perfect weather for a game while a slight wind was going, giving it the best remedy to the heat. I smiled as I stood next to Sirius, who was screaming at the peak of his lungs that he had money placed on Gryffindor winning and if he was going to loose then James was going to pay him back every Knut.
Alice and Frank took their seats with their separate genders and kept a considerable distance from each other, trying not to make the rest of us feel quite as awkward as we could. Suddenly, Madame Hooch made her way to the center of the field, her striped white and black robes being the attire for her being the referee.
I rose from my seat and stood on the very edge of the wooden railing, having my torso leaning over the edge in anticipation for what was to come next. I could see the brown broom in her right hand as she walked to the very middle of the green grass where a large white chalk circle was made. Madame Hooch raised her spare hands and twelve people on brooms flew out into the air.
"There's the captain of the Ravenclaw team, Angela Whitman. Boy, she's quite the looker if you ask me…" The commentator, Rupert Smith, spoke into his microphone. "And here comes the proud captain of the Gryffindor team, James Potter!" (Owl: Devan once again, your creativity with last names never ceases to disappoint me XD Devan: Shut-up...)
All of the students, all ages alike, rose out from their seat and yelled when James flew around the field on his new broom and flipped through one of our goal posts. I screamed and threw up my hands, shouting the chant that will forever ring in my ears.
"GO, GO GRYFFINDOR! GO, GO GRYFFINDOR!" I grinned hugely as I yelled the saying that I've been screaming for six years prior, but I never felt so proud to be screaming it more than now.
"The Quaffle is out, and there go those Bludgers, and now the Golden Snitch. AND THE GAME BEGINS!" Rupert yelled with much enthusiasm.
The three chasers on the Ravenclaw team raced towards the Quaffle, fully intending on getting to it before the chasers from Gryffindor did. One of the girls, Cassandra, pulled ahead and snatched the Quaffle right before Jacob could on the Gryffindor team. I could hear the Bludgers move with their deadly speed as they attempted to knock several people from their brooms.
"Quincy's got the Quaffle, and he's going towards the Gryffindor posts, passed it to Mercy and she's making her way through the crowd coming after her. Oh!" Rupert yelled as a black Bludger hit her arm and caused her to fall from her broom. The students watching gasped and watched as she slowly came to the grass and ended up lying down peacefully, clutching her wrist tightly to her chest. Madame Hooch flew down and picked the girl up, calling a time for Madame Pomfrey to make her way to the field and take care of the injured girl.
"Quincy has the Quaffle, and Jones just tried to smack a bloody Bludger to his head! That had to be a fowl!" Rupert yelled in his protests. I was hardly even watching the others play as I was watching James making his way around looking for the Snitch and trying to win the game. I looked around as well, but I was positive that I wasn't going to be able to see it nearly as well as James could with his trained eyes.
"Potter's found the Snitch and he's making his way towards the west side of the pitch, hot on that little bugger!" I smiled and continued to cheer James on, knowing that he was going to get the Snitch. "Wrest is right on Potter's tail, letting him lead him right to the Snitch! Ride that broom Potter!"
"C'mon James!" I yelled, leaning over the edge, trying to get a better look as James circled outside the field. Wrest took the opposite way and waited for the Snitch to come to him on the center tower on the north side of the pitch. I rolled my eyes at his stupidity.
James made a sharp left turn and began to come toward the south field, letting the Snitch go where it pleases; he knew what to do in this game and how to do it all. James was leaning down close to the beam of the broom, trying to make his flight just go slightly faster than it was before. His gold and red robes were streaming behind him as the wind blew right past his slender and thin body; as if he wasn't even there.
"So close James! C'MON! GET IT!" I yelled with Sirius as he was banging against the wood of the beam. (Owl: nice imagery ;3)
The Snitch took a steep dive down and James followed, only gravity and the speed of his broom allowed him to pulled up past the small golden ball, he reached out and his wrists seemed to be straining to get the bloody thing. His fingers were splayed out, trying to get as far as he could. James gave on final lean forward and it sent him hurdling through the air, with his arms splayed out and is legs moving. James landed in the sand area at the bottom of the goal posts, his body scattered like a murder scene. The crowd gasped and stood, waiting for the moment if he would get up and dust off his body, or lay there like a dead bug. I threw my fingers to my mouth as I bit down hard on my nails, trying to kill the anxiety that I was feeling towards all of this. (Owl: *gasp!* =O )
James rose from the sand as if nothing had happened in the first place, and he held up his right hand high, showing the golden ball caught in his palm. Gryffindor had won the game. (Owl: WOOO!)
I screamed with the pride of my house and began to jump up with the over joy that was running through my bloodstream. Sirius screamed with his pride that he had won his bet and that he wasn't going to have to kill James after all; Alice launched herself into Frank's arms as he spun her around gently with his happiness.
The stands cleared out quickly, all the Gryffindors were eager to make their way back to the Common Room and celebrate the win that we all knew was well deserved. I smiled as I walked up the long and worn down path that lead back the school. I walked with my girls and James's friends, smiling and laughing most of the way up the path. My smile never left my face as long as Sirius had something to say. I wished that James would be able to walk back up with us, but the team had to come up at a different time than the rest of the people; they had to shower, change and then take the constant congratulations from their own teammates.
The Fat Lady was passed out in her portrait with her friend from downstairs, and empty whiskey, vodka, and several different liquor bottles were surrounding their feet. Let me say that she was not happy about being woken up several times to have the password spoken to her so that all the students could come into their house.
Already the girls had a giant banner hanging from the wall and several students were already bringing in nicked butter beer from the kitchens along with several sweets and junk food. Boys were bringing several forms of entertainment and radios were already blaring with the newest band made up of several different teenagers. I smiled at all the décor, glad that it was Gryffindor that won and not Ravenclaw in the end, all of the seventh and sixth years would have been walking around sulking with their heads down and not even looking up from the ground. I didn't even want to think about how James would be if we did end up loosing the game in the end.
"Alright!" A seventh year boy yelled, holding up his hands above the crowd to capture their attention. "Sh, the team's coming!" He warned. A smooth course of "quiets" wavered throughout the group as we waited for the team to walk in.
James's voice came through the portrait hole as he ducked through and walked into the Common Room, only to be met with red confetti and cheers to be thrown at him and his fellow team. I smiled as he walked around and accepted the 'good job's and the several 'great game mate's and even more 'I wish that all the team would play like that's. The entire time, James seemed to be perfectly content and not uncomfortable in any way, like he was meant to be the Gryffindor team captain, and that he was meant to be with all the people that shared the same passion that he did.
"OI! That was one bloody hell of a game, I have to say, Prongs." Sirius congratulated his mate, throwing an arm around his shoulders and giving him the annual 'man hug'. I held back my laughter from the sight.(Owl: XDDD man hug x33 Devan: I thought that it was appropriate for the timing... ya know?)
I saw James lean to whisper something into Sirius's ear, the two of them nodding and Sirius looking pointedly into my direction. I could feel the palms of my hands suddenly grow sweaty and then my knees began to buckle slightly from my being deliriously nervous. I think that James thanked his mate and began to walk in my direction, his hands were in the front pockets of his jeans, the thumbs sticking out from the upper hem. His shirt was a simple thick, gray V-neck sweater that seemed to show a small amount of chest hair and his sleeves were rolled up comfortably to his elbows. James wore his glasses perfectly, and the light from the fire seemed to make his eyes shine in the warm glow that was given off. (Owl: ew to the chest hair e.e but gewd description either way ;3)
I smiled when he finally reached me. "It must feel great, knowing that you won the game for the team." I smiled up at him, and James smiled back, chuckling under his breath slightly.
"Yeah, it does feel kind of good but it happens all the time to me and you just kind of block it all out in the end. People always say the same things and they always say that I did the right thing; that I know how to play the game perfectly and that no one is better than me in the air. But, after six years of getting it, I've grown used to it all and don't really care for it much now." He spoke the simple words with so much emotion that I was captivated from the very beginning, and to me it seemed amazing that James Potter was able to come up with all these words.
"Well, I would just like to say that it was a great game and that—"
"OI! Quiet down!" One of the members of the team yelled from one of the chairs in the room. "OI!" He yelled again. I blushed and turned to go and stand by the staircase, hoping that I could make a quick escape if it was needed of me. Several people were walking around with butter beer bottles and sweets in their hands, but I was one of the few that could function without butter beer at the moment.
"James has been on the team for six years as of this year, and he's done an excellent job of catching that tiny thing and he made sure that the team was always kept in line. I just wanted him to know that I appreciate how hard he has worked all these years and that he was always a great boy that had made into the man that we know today. James, your going to be one hell of a man when you get out of this school." One of the boys from the team spoke, he's been on the team with James ever since the beginning of his Quidditch career, James being the Seeker and this boy being the Keeper.
A murmur passed through the crowd and several agreed, and I couldn't help but know that I knew the man that James was today and that I was lucky to have spent the time with him and have James be the person that he really is. James deserved at least one thing from me. (Owl: ooooh!)
I stepped away from the wall and pushed through the students that were gathered around the center of the room, where James and his mates were located no doubt. I made it through the last layer of people and I was now in the front row to see James just smiling at everyone, his back to me. I took in a deep breath of calm to slow my nerves and I walked up to James, having the full intention on taking action from my thoughts.
I gripped his shoulder and turned him around, so that his body was facing my own; James looked potentially shocked that I came up to him after getting interrupted before. I smiled at him, and stood on my toes, inclining my neck to reach James.
I crashed my lips to his in a kiss, and the spark that passed between our connecting skin made me gasp, as well as the crowd around us, but I didn't hear then at all. I threw my arms around his neck and kissed James right in the middle of the Common Room. (Owl:WOOOOOO! FINALLY, DEVAN! Devan: God, you make it sound like I'm torturing you people...)
UGH! DONE! I am now finished with this chapter, and I just can't wait to get some raving reviews (hopefully) and some comments on this chapter. So… what did you think about Lily being the little bad girl? Going up to James like that and then just kissing him? I mean, IT FINALLY HAPPENED!
I can't wait to hear what some people thought about it, and don't worry the next chapter will be from the speech to… who knows where? (I KNOW WHERE!)
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