Disclaimer- JK Rowling is too rich to be writing on FF. Therefore I am not her. All made-ups are MINE.

For the record, I DID try to post this earlier I was not successful because FF decided to be retarded. I get an A for effort. :]

Chapter Ten

Later that evening, Lily sat on her bed with Cami and Cynthia sitting there with her. Omitting the information about the Order of the Phoenix, Lily had shared everything that had happened from her date with James to going to Dumbledore's office. She sat cross legged with her hands on her feet and looked from Cynthia to Cami, waiting for one of them to say something.

"Wow…" Cami finally broke the lingering silence. "I don't know what to say really… I really want to talk about your date more, but it just doesn't seem appropriate right now, you know? With what happened this morning and all…" She shrugged her shoulders. She started to twirl a strand of her dark chestnut colored hair between her fingers and looked at Lily.

Cynthia let out an exasperated sigh. "Exactly. It feels like we're not supposed to be happy for you, but it does sounds like it was date from heaven."

Lily rolled her eyes and groaned. She reached behind her, grabbed and pillow and forced it on top of her face so she could let out a frustrated scream. She desperately wanted to tell her best friends about the Order, but Dumbledore had trusted her and James completely with that confidential information. But she completely agreed with her friends. She removed the pillow from her face and put it in her lap. "I know… I'm starting to get thoughts in my head that maybe I'm being punished for being happy, and that maybe I shouldn't let things with James continue…" She suddenly felt a sharp pain in her right arm. Cami had reached over and punched her and had a furious look on her face. "Ow! What was that for?!" Lily demanded.

"Don't you dare let me catch you saying something like that again," Cami warned with the most serious tone Lily or Cynthia had ever heard her use. Lily stared at Cami resentfully as she rubbed her arm. "Even thinking that is giving into You-Know-Who's will. He wants the world to fear him, Lils! Don't deny yourself happiness just because the world sucks. Love is really the only thing we have to live for anymore…" Cami's dark brown eyes showed a vulnerability that was foreign to her two friends.

"Cami…" Cynthia started off hesitantly after exchanging an awkward glance with Lily. "What's going on? We've never seen you act like this before." Sure, Cami Greene was known to have a temper, but it was usually stemmed from her overreacting to silly things. Yet this time, she looked so upset and angry that she was close to tears.

"I…I don't want to talk about it." Cami shook her head and looked at Lily, expecting a reply to what she had previously said (and wanting to turn the subject away from herself). This wasn't the time. They would have to find out later.

Detecting her friend's expectation, Lily sighed. "I guess you're right. I just…I'm scared. What I'm starting to feel about James is something I've never felt before. And with everything going on with Voldemort…" The pain in her arm was starting to go away, but it still throbbed a little. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Opening her eyes, she continued. "If Voldemort is after my family, it's only a matter of time until he comes after me himself and maybe even James."

Cynthia and Cami looked at each other and silently confirmed with one another what Lily didn't know herself. Lily Evans was in love with James Potter.

Later that evening, Lily lay on her bed alone. It was stormy outside and the rain the wind beat against her window relentlessly. She had turned out all the lights in her chamber save for a few candles on her vanity. She wanted to watch the lightning crack and dance across the black sky outside her window. The sound of the pouring rain brought peace to her troubled heart, but only a little bit. A knock on the door reached her ears. Knowing it could only be James, she said, "Come in."

James walked into Lily's room, finding her curled up on her bed, almost in the fetal position. "Lily?" He walked towards her bed, being as tentative as he could be. He was very aware that Lily was in a very vulnerable and upset place right now and the last thing he wanted was to upset her more.

"Yeah?" Lily responded without looking at him. Her eyes were still fixated on the lightning. She found herself feeling a small glint of gratitude that James had come to see her, for whatever reason it was.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" James asked her wholeheartedly. Even though she wasn't facing him, Lily raised her eyebrows and considered his question. She didn't really know what he could do, but she did not want him to leave.

"Could you stay with me tonight?" She asked, finally turning her head to look at James. Her green eyes begged for him to stay and just hold her. James nodded and lay down next to her on his side and wrapped his arms around her slender form.

"Yeah?" James replied as he drew comforting lines up and down her arm.

"I'm scared…" Lily confessed after she turned around in James' arms to look at him again.

Empathy and love filled James' heart and he kissed her forehead. "I know Lils…I am too." Despite how much he hated for Lily to cry, James allowed her to cry out all her frustrations out into his chest. After she was done, they both drifted off to sleep in each other's arms.

HOKAY. I am rather fond of the last scene. I wanted it to be simple and sweet and I believe I accomplished it. For those who are wondering why I'm not putting in a lot of physical stuff in (yet), it is because I want to give Lily and James to build their relationship. I am a strong believer that a couple can be intimate without being physically intimate. And since Lily and James are one of the greatest love stories ever, I want to be careful with how this relationship builds. Yes I am attempting to write it, but honestly I don't know what's going to happen until I write it down. haha.

Furthermore, I know I'm being slow with updates but please be patient. I am taking a heavy course load this year which includes Calculus so I am swamped with homework. I update when I can. 3

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