A/n- I own nothing you recognize!
Lily watches James from a distance as he knells before her headstone. She shutters involuntarily at the thought of never coming back. James is the last person she visits before she makes the biggest decision of her afterlife. There's so many things that she wants to tell him but she knows he'll never hear them. So instead, she takes to watching him for a few days; just to see how he truly reacted to her sudden death.
For a week, she watches as he goes through his routine. And just as she starts to decide to move on, that nobody misses her, James surprises her by talking to her headstone.
There's a ring of truth behind every word James spoke to the silent graveyard. And she wishes that it wouldn't have taken her this long to realize how much she needed him in her life. She guesses that the blame lies with James and herself; for neither was willing to overlook their jealousy for one another.
It's the first time she's ever heard James tell her that he did love her. It's also the first time she's seen him cry. Silently, she wishes his tears away but she knows he blames himself for her death. It wasn't his fault that a drunk driver swerved off the road and hit her as she calmed down from their recent fight; honestly, it was just bad timing for her.
But she understands that he regrets arguing with her; if they wouldn't have argued, she wouldn't have walked away and she still would be alive. But Lily's done with the "what if" game she's been playing since the day she died.
James felt Lily's spirit in the graveyard with him that day, though he would admit that to no one else. He knows that she heard every word he spoke to her. In a way, it gives him closure to know that she heard his apology, even though it wouldn't bring her back. It's that day that the world is lifted from James' shoulders.
Unknown to him, Lily made peace with all the regrets she had in her life. It allowed her to move on. But James secretly wishes that he could still feel her spirit near him. It brought him closer to her than he ever was when she was alive; only because he knew that she wanted to be near him.
A/n- I felt this was the best way to end this story. Lily and James might not have had the best relationship, but they did find a way to make peace with their mistakes.
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