Ok cliff hanger!!! Sorry I've been so slow. I've had exams all week. And volleyball conditioning. Sucks extremely bad. Ok soooooooo read.
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Year Two.
Chapter Nine.
The next time James awoke, he was in the hospital wing. He had awoken with many bandages around his arms and legs, which was surprising because Madam Pomfrey usually fixed that up without bandages. He could not hear anyone in the wing with him, so he did not move. He got bored immediately and turned his head. There he saw Lily Evans. That shocked him beyond belief. He did not expect to see anyone, let alone Lily Evans.
"Why are you here?" James asked.
"Wow, are you honestly being snotty now?" Lily said back.
"Sorry, I'm a little out of it, I did just fall three hundred feet you know," James said.
"Yes, and that sucks, but right now, that's no excuse," Lily told him.
"What, you didn't know cute guys fall from the sky?" James said smartly.
"If cute guys fell out of the sky, why did you fall?" Lily snapped back.
"Touché, touché," James said.
James sat up a little before asking what happened.
"You wanna know what happened? I'll tell you what happened," Lily said. "Well, the lightning hit your broom and you fell. After that you went unconscious. You were carried up here, and haven't woken in two days. I've sat here waiting for you to wake up,"
"You waited for me? The whole weekend? Why? You hate me! And I don't even know why! And you're forgetting one little part, before I went unconscious, I heard someone scream my name, who was that?" James asked.
"Oh, I hate you because you randomly cursed some kid who's older than you, and in Hufflepuff. You know he wouldn't be able to protect himself!" Lily told him.
"Okay, well you still didn't answer the whole question about who screamed my name," James said, grinning. He knew Lily was avoiding this question, and he thought he had an idea on who it was too. Lily's face flushed red. It almost matched her hair.
"Oh, her…well…that's not important, is it?" Lily asked awkwardly.
"Oh, it's extremely important. I mean, it's the most important thing to me right now," James told her.
"Alright! It was me! I was worried, okay?" Lily said exasperated. Just then Madam Pomfrey walked in and glared at Lily.
"Miss Evans, maybe it would be best if you left, Mr. Potter needs his sleep," Madam Pomfrey said.
"Madam Pomfrey, I think James would like some company, and I think I'd be a lot better company than Sirius, Peter, or Remus would, don't you?" Lily asked. Madam's face paled considerably. She knew how terrorizing they could get.
"Alright, a little while longer, but no more than twenty minutes," Madam said.
"That's alright, I've got homework anyway," Lily told her. She stood up, getting ready to leave.
"Don't leave! I'll be all alone! I need someone! You can't leave me alone with Madam Pomfrey!" He whispered.
"Well, maybe you should have been nicer to me earlier!" Lily yelled as she skipped off. Madam Pomfrey glared at her as she left. James was all alone with the head nurse for one more night.
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Lily walked up to the Gryffindor common room. On the way she had met Sirius who was undoubtedly on his way to visit James. He was carrying something that he was trying to keep out of Lily's eyesight. But Lily was an observant child, and always had been.
"What's that?" Lily asked, feeling somewhat confident having made James beg for her to stay.
"It's nothing, it's for James," Sirius told her.
"I gathered as much, but what's inside the box?" Lily asked again.
"None of your business," Sirius said, as he walked off.
"You know," Lily said, catching up with him, he sighed, unable to get rid of her. "I was just heading up to visit James myself."
"No you weren't, you were heading towards the common room! Don't lie to me! I can tell between lies and truth okay, I've been told enough of both," Sirius said, getting frustrated.
"Well, I was only going up because I had nothing to do, but visiting James sounds much more fun," Lily said.
"Again with the lies. I don't even care, but when I go, I need to speak with him alone. It's important. You don't need to know," Sirius said. He was still trying to hide the box from Lily's sight, as if she could see through boxes.
The two of them reached the Hospital Wing and walked inside to see James Potter. Madam Pomfrey peeked her head out from around her office. She gave them a look that said, you better behave. And then she looked a little harder at Lily before saying:
"You again! I just got rid of you! You can leave!"
"I knew you were a liar," Sirius said. Lily glared at him.
"But Madam Pomfrey, you see, Sirius here has come bearing news and a box, and I'm only here to help distribute. I need to help Sirius tell James this news and I absolutely have to be there when he opens the box," Lily said innocently.
"Madam Pomfrey, it would mean a lot to me if James and I could just have a moment. Without Lily," Sirius said and looked at Lily.
"You heard him, out!" Madam Pomfrey said, slightly pleased. As soon as Madam Pomfrey and Lily were out of the vicinity, Sirius pulled the curtains around James' hospital bed. Madam Pomfrey went straight back into her office, and Lily, being as sneaky as possible, crept along the beds until she was just outside James'. She was covered by the curtain, so Madam Pomfrey wouldn't be able to see her unless she came out of her office.
Lily was extremely quiet, she had to be otherwise Sirius would know that Lily was there and stop telling James. That would be the worst. Lily wasn't trying to be a snoop; she just wanted to know what was going on. If there were secrets involved with the two of them, it couldn't have been good.
"Listen, I think you should open the box first. Then I can explain," Sirius said. There was some silence; Lily guessed James just looked at Sirius confused. Then she heard the sound of the box being ripped open. Again there was silence. She faintly heard something being lifted out of the box. She heard the tissue paper ruffling.
"Sirius, what's going on?" James said, his voice sounded very confused, but that he might have an idea of what was coming.
"James, I'm sure you know better than I do what those are. Those are your mother's favorite pearls, the diamond bracelet your father bought her for their anniversary, and her wedding ring. Before I can begin to explain, I think you need to go through the rest of the box," Sirius told her. Lily was lost beyond belief. So inside the box was Mrs. Potter's favorite jewelry? Why would Sirius be keeping that a secret? She heard the tissue paper ruffle some more as James dug deeper into the box, looking for whatever else was in there. He must have pulled something else out, because they were both suddenly quiet again. "And I know that you know what that is. Your dad's watch," Sirius said, sternly. His voice seemed, different. Maybe like he was going to cry.
"Sirius, why do you have these?" James asked. But he knew the answer already. The way he said it, you could just tell. And you could tell the answer was going to hurt. But James needed his suspicions confirmed before he went off making assumptions. That's how James was.
"James, your parents, they well…they were in an accident last night," Sirius said. "They were out visiting your Aunt Jenny and Uncle Phil. They went out on a romantic walk, but when they crossed the street, a car came barreling down the street, ran the red light, and hit your parents and drove off. They were taken to a muggle hospital and the…polace? I think that's what they called them, well they said that your parents were hit by a drunk driver most likely. Of course, your parents had no idea what any of this meant. Neither do I, but it was bad. Your parents are still residing in the muggle hospital in London. I was the first to hear about it. Dumbledore told me. James, I know it's hard, but if you look on the bright side, they are alive. Smile!" Sirius told him. She heard shuffling and then Sirius say: "Well, I've got to go back to Dumbledore, he's arranging for you to visit your parents when you're well again." Silence. Lily heard Sirius coming around to leave the hospital wing. Lily didn't have enough time to pick out a hiding spot, so she dove underneath a bed. Sirius walked right on by without saying a word. He left James to wallow alone. Lily knew that she would rather have been alone if it were her in the circumstance, but she thought James would have liked company. She walked around the curtain and stepped inside. She saw James looking out the window. He appeared deep in thought.
"Hear it all?" James said quietly.
"If I would have known it was something personal like that, I wouldn't have…I mean, I'm so sorry," Lily said. She felt awful for eavesdropping.
"Yeah, well so am I."
"Are you mad at me?" Lily asked.
"I should be, I mean, Sirius told you how many times it was a matter between the two of us, and instead you disobey him and Madam Pomfrey and listen to everything," James said. He was disappointed in her, she could tell by his tone of voice.
"James, I feel awful. I should have listened. But, I think that I can make it up to you," Lily said.
"Really? How? How are you going to make up for some idiot who doesn't know how to drive? How are you going to make up for my parents being half dead in a muggle hospital listening to what's happened to them by some idiot polace man? How are you going to explain to them what really happened?" James asked.
"Well, I…I've got something, but you're going to have to wait. I mean, you're in the hospital wing at the moment, so that doesn't help. But I promise, I'll try and make it up to you," Lily said. "And for future reference, it's police, not polace."
James gave a small chuckle, but then grabbed his side. It still hurt him to laugh. Lily pulled up a chair beside James' bed and sat down. She noticed the box sitting on his bedside table. "May I have a look?" She said and motioned to the box. "You would think that they wouldn't send you important stuff like this unless they had passed, wouldn't you think?" Lily asked.
"That's what I thought had happened, but apparently they're still living. So that's good news. But I mean, those are my parent's favorite jewelry items. They were probably wearing them on their way to my aunt and uncle's house and they had been in the way at the hospital," James suggested. Lily nodded as she examined the jewelry. The pearls looked brand new, although Lily was certain they weren't. His mother just took really good care of them. She switched over to his father's watch which was exquisite. She had never seen anything like it. It had several hands and no numbers, yet she was positive that Mr. Potter could read it with ease. She switched over to the diamond bracelet that Mr. Potter had given Mrs. Potter for an anniversary one year. It was beautiful. It wasn't large, but it wasn't small either. It was perfect for Mrs. Potter, Lily thought. Then she realized, she had never met Mrs. Potter, how would she know? She just did. It was a feeling that she was sure was right. The very last item, was Mrs. Potter's wedding ring. Lily thought it was the best of everything she had looked at. She felt like she had been looking at it for ages, and didn't want to seem like she wanted to steal it, so she put it with the others, without getting a good look at it. She wanted to look at it more, but knew she couldn't. She didn't want to seem rude. She handed the box back to James who set it back on his bedside table.
"I'm tired, I think I'm going to take a nap," James said.
"Alright," Lily said, but she didn't move. She just sat in her chair next to James' bed. He was confused, but was too tired to care. He fell asleep right away. His hand was hanging over the edge, so Lily picked it up to set it back on the bed, but then found that she didn't want to let it go. She held his hand and fell asleep herself.
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James awoke in the middle of the night to find Lily's hand and his hand entwined. He felt weird. He didn't like girls yet! He couldn't believe that he and Lily Evans had been holding hands for who knew how long! But then he found, that it didn't bother him as much as he thought it did.
He let it be and fell asleep again.
"WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?!" James heard early that next morning. He opened his eyes to see Lily still sleeping in the chair holding his hand and Madam Pomfrey standing with the curtain ripped open, appalled at what lay in front of her. Lily was starting to stir as Madam Pomfrey's chest heaved as she was so enraged at what had happened. Lily turned around to see Madam Pomfrey looking like a mass murderer. Her eyes were bloodshot and she was wearing a nightgown and some sort of bonnet type hat which was falling off. Underneath her "bonnet" her hair was in curlers. She was upset, and Lily could tell, for at that moment she had let go of James' hand and jumped out of the chair and ran for the door. Madam Pomfrey was too quick for her though. She had pulled her wand out and slammed the door in Lily's face. Lily turned around to face Madam Pomfrey, even though there was at least ten feet in between them.
"I SPECIFICALLY TOLD YOU TO LEAVE WHEN MR. BLACK ARRIVED. THAT DID NOT GIVE YOU LICENSE TO COME BACK WHEN HE LEFT. MR. POTTER NEEDS HIS REST. I'M SURE THE TWO OF YOU WERE UP ALL NIGHT THANKS TO MS. EVANS! GO! TO THE HEADMASTER'S OFFICE! NOW!!" Madam Pomfrey yelled. Lily had never seen her so mad before. She was a tad afraid and then sprinted out the door and ran. Suddenly she realized she needed to be running to the Headmaster's office, wherever that was. She had never been sent there before. She had never been in trouble before. She was starting to hyperventilate. There was just so much happening at once for her. It was all just too much. And to top it all off, hundreds of kids were running through the halls trying to get to class on time. Lily was starting to feel lightheaded. Everything started getting blurry and the next thing Lily knew, she was falling to the floor, and she banged her head on the stone floor of the castle before she passed out.
Lily Evans had awoken in the hospital wing once again, except this time she was lying in a hospital bed. The very bed next to James Potter. He was laying there looking at her, waiting for her to wake up. He had heard the story of how she ended up there from the Headmaster, who had followed her as she raced out of the hospital wing. He thought something was curiously not right, and followed her until she had hit her head and passed out. Poor Lily, James thought. She was under so much stress because James had been stupid and hurt himself flying. Then he started blaming himself for all of Lily's troubles.
If I hadn't fallen off my broom, I wouldn't be in the hospital wing. If I wasn't in the hospital wing, I would have been able to see my parents, so Lily wouldn't have had to come up and torture me, and she wouldn't have had to come up to see what Sirius was up to, because I would have already known. She wouldn't have had to find out about my parents, and she wouldn't have had to stay the night with me and get in trouble. She wouldn't have been screamed at by Madam Pomfrey and she wouldn't have had to race out of the hospital wing and get trampled on by hundreds of kids. She wouldn't have passed out and she wouldn't be laying next to me now in the hospital bed. I should have been more careful on my broom. What was I thinking. And now, I won't make the Quidditch team because I fell at try-outs. If I can't stay on my broom during try-outs, why would I be able to during a game? Why am I so stupid?! James thought to himself, but then he remembered. It wasn't my fault, it was Monroe's fault! He told me to keep flying when the storm was coming! It's his fault that I'm even in here! I wonder if he's even come to visit me. It doesn't matter, what matters is that I've not only hurt myself, I've hurt others, and I need to fix that.
Lily stirred and woke up to see herself in the hospital wing next to James Potter. What had she done now? Had Madam Pomfrey chased after her, knocked her out to bring her here so she could torture her? Probably not, Lily had probably ran into someone who knocked her down and she probably hit her head which knocked her out and a kind soul had helped her up to the hospital wing. She felt stupid. She shouldn't be so overworked, she hadn't done anything worth being overworked. She felt like an idiot. And especially in front of James. She always felt dumb next to James. Which didn't make a lot of sense because she was great at school and James…well he wasn't. But she knew he was smart. He had great smarts, he just chose not to use them. He used them when he wanted to. Secretly. And you never knew when he was going to use them. And that's what frightened Lily. That she would try being her smart self all the time and it would blow up in her face and James would be there to mock her with his hidden smarts.
"You okay?" James asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little woozy. What about you?" Lily asked, though she couldn't remember why he was in the hospital.
"Fine, I should be out of here today, but Madam Pomfrey insists on keeping me in for another day," James told her.
"Why are you in here again?" Lily said sitting up and rubbing the back of her head.
"Falling off my broom. Remember? I was at Quiddtich try-outs and the storm hit and I fell off my broom. You helped me up here," James said, a little afraid. Why didn't she remember?
"What? Brooms? Up in the air? And what's Quidditch?" Lily asked. She was so confused.
"Lily…what's wrong with you? You're acting really strange, like you don't know what's going on," James told her.
"I know exactly what's going on. I'm Lily Evans, I just turned twelve in August and I just don't know where I am. It's unfamiliar. I've never been here before," Lily said.
"Lily, you live here. Most of the year anyway. We're at Hogwarts, you know, your school. Where you live most of the year, except for the summer holidays?" James asked her, she was acting really strange.
"What do you mean? I live in London with my parents and Petunia. Who are you? You're wrong," Lily tried telling James. But it was she that was wrong.
"Professor Dumbledore, we have a serious problem!" James yelled. The headmaster and Madam Pomfrey came rushing to James.
"What is it Mr. Potter?" Professor Dumbledore asked.
"It's Lily, she doesn't remember anything about Hogwarts. She remembers all her muggle family and things like that, but she doesn't know what Hogwarts is, or Quidditch, or even who I am. Professor, I'm worried," James said. He got out of bed to sit beside Lily. Madam Pomfrey and Professor Dumbledore stood on her other side and examined her.
It was all James could do, not to worry about her.
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Well I'm going to stop here. I know it's fairly short, but I've been writing more on Born to Be. There's 1 review and two chapters. I know not much, but that's because I got caught up in this one. But I would really appreciate it if you went to check it out. I hope you'd like to think it's as good as this one, because you guys really seem to like this one…and I'm all for that. So keep reviewing this one and please check out Born to Be. It's about Harry, Ron, and Hermione and a few new obstacles. I hate trying to explain it because when I try to, I don't want to give it away, but that would be the summary…anyway, it's pretty good I think, so go check it out. And I'm going to apologize again for taking so long with this chapter. Exams, volleyball conditioning…it sucks. But I'm going to be a little slower with these chapters. I'm busier during the summer than during the school year. I'll have volleyball conditioning every other day, camps, cedar point (Tuesday!!!!), colorguard practice, flute practicing, but luckily, I'm not testing out of any subjects this year. So I'm a fairly busy girl, plus, I'm going to need time with Ryannnnn. Soooooo I love you all. And yeah. :))
