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Here we are! The next chapter! Chapter10! Yay. There's more happiness now. Heehee, anyways, after the summer vacation, Lily will be meeting a new enemy…hehe, James' new girlfriend. XD It's okay, it'll work out by the end. Haha.
Anyways…let's get back to the chapter. ENJOY!
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Chapter Ten
His name
That afternoon, the Marauders and the girls soon stopped playing Quidditch and went to the swimming pool that was near the Quidditch field. Lily, Naomi and Arial borrowed Nina's swimsuit and went swimming with the Marauders who was already swimming on the pool with their swimming shorts, showing off their built body. Lily, Naomi, Arial and Nina rolled their eyes as the Marauders started flexing their body, showing their muscles while they were in the pool.
Nina and Naomi ran towards the pool and jumped in together, laughing with glee. Swimming was their favorite thing to do; they loved swimming and seeing how well they are. Lily and Arial sat down on a chair and put on sunscreen. While Arial was tanning, Lily was under a huge umbrella watching Nina, Naomi and the Marauders swimming and laughing together.
"Hey, Evans!" James said at the edge of the pool, Lily looked at him and had a questioned look in her eyes. "Would you mind handing my towel right there?" James asked, pointing to the plain blue towel. Lily nodded, got up and took the towel.
She walked to where James was and handed him his towel, but when Lily's hand was close enough to grab, James took her wrist and pulled her in the pool, receiving a shriek, and James turned around and started laughing when he heard a splash behind him. Since the others were already out of the pool, they dried off, watching as they waited for Lily to rise up the water and when she did, she was raising her arms; her eyes were filled with fear as if it was calling out for help. Her legs kept on kicking from under to keep her from drowning and she was already coughing as if she swallowed water.
Nina and everyone else's eyes widen. "LILY! JAMES, SHE'S DROWNING!" She screamed.
James' eyes widen as he watched Lily in horror. He swam towards her, grabbed her around her waist and carried her towards the edge of the pool. Lily's arms were around his neck and as her grip around his neck tighten as she stuck herself to him, she continued coughing and shaking fearfully.
"Evans? Are you alright?" James asked, turning his head to look at her but her face was covered by her wet hair. She shook her head on his shoulder and tightens her grip around him even more as she started coughing once more.
"Lily!" Nina, Naomi and Arial ran towards James and Lily hoping Lily was okay. "Are you okay? Lily?" Nina asked, kneeling in front of James and Lily.
"James! Why did you pull her in the pool? She practically drowned because of you." Naomi screamed at him. James looked at his sister and her friends and then looked down at Lily who was still in his arms.
"Lily…" James whispered. Lily shook her head again and buried her head on his shoulder.
"What happened? Are you all alright?" Mrs. Potter rushing outside after hearing screams from her daughter. Nina frowned and looked at Lily. "Lily almost drowned."
"Oh my…" She breathed, and then she went towards James. "James honey, let's put Lily back up…" She said, James nodded and tightened his grip around Lily's waist and the edge of the pool, swimming slowly towards the shallow area. He carried Lily bridal style while Nina wrapped his towel around him and Lily's towel around her, while he was carrying her. "…take her inside, honey." Mrs. Potter said, James nodded and walked inside the house, dripping wet while the others followed behind.
As Lily was sat down on a bench inside the house when she finally let go of James, she wrapped the towel around her tightly and started to shake. James sat from across her and looked at her. Nina sat beside Lily and looked at her worriedly. Mrs. Potter came beside Lily and dried her and everyone else with a spell and changed their clothes.
"Are you alright, Lily dear?" She asked, frowning. Lily smiled weakly and nodded. "What happened anyways, honey?" She asked, turning to James.
"Um…I pulled her in the pool…" James muttered. Mrs. Potter stared at James and was shock. "James Potter, How could you do that to her?" Mrs. Potter asked, furiously.
"Mum, how would I know if she can't swim, she didn't exactly tell me, did she?" He said angrily. "James Henry Potter! How dare you speak to me like that? Your father and I taught you better than that."
"Would you know, Mum? If she can swim or not? Would she have told you?" He asked. "No! Because she can't, Mum. You and I know why, so all of you can't be blaming me for pulling her in the pool." James said, furiously.
Lily stared at James with her eyes widen in shock. Tears began to form her eyes, as she quickly stood up and ran upstairs towards Nina's room. Though Lily didn't want to be rude by running towards Nina's room, she wasn't really thinking after James said that.
Lily leaned against the bedroom door and had tears rolling down her eyes. It wasn't fair; she hated being mute and hated being make fun of. She closed her eyes as she heard shouting from downstairs; this was her fault…the reason why they were fighting because of her. She buried her head in her hands and cried her eyes out.
'I'm sorry…' She thought.
During dinner time, it was quiet…everyone was quiet and the sound of their utensils hitting their plate was heard. Lily hasn't gone out Nina's room since this afternoon, they tried getting her out but she wouldn't, though its Nina's room, Nina didn't really care, she was more worried about Lily.
Suddenly, Nina dropped her utensils on her plate and carried it towards the kitchen. "Thanks for the food." She murmured and soon, headed upstairs towards her room to check up on Lily.
There was another silence, they were watching Nina go upstairs and when she was gone, everything became silent once again. Then, James stopped and looked up. "I'm sorry, Mum." He whispered. Mrs. Potter looked at him and smiled weakly. "Honey, its fine…" She paused. "…It's just, it is so unlike you to do that to Lily…she seems to be such a sweet girl and perfect for you."
James looked at her and kept quiet. Then she continued. "She doesn't really deserve being made fun of…to be treated that way…so I think you should apologize to her and not to me, honey." Mrs. Potter said. James looked at her and nodded.
"She's sleeping." A voice entering the dinning room, everyone turned and saw Nina standing there. "I found her sleeping in the spare bedroom she's going to sleeping in tonight. I don't think you'll be able to apologize to her today." Nina informed.
James sadly looked down and frowned.
"Maybe tomorrow, honey." Mrs. Potter said.
That night, after dinner, everyone was sleeping, Naomi and Arial already went home, the Marauders were sleeping in the same room with four beds on James' bedroom and Nina and Lily was sleeping in Nina's bedroom, obviously. Since Nina already owled Lily's Aunt that she was sleeping over, her aunt said it was fine and let her stay at the Potter household. Lily opened her eyes that night, her bed was wet because she was crying all afternoon and ended up sleeping. She sat up slowly and looked around. She found Nina sleeping soundly in her bed and this made her smile.
(3:30)
She woke up early; she got up and slowly walked out the bedroom. She looked around and found that one light was on through the hallway. She sighed and sat on top of the long stairs. She hated this. She wanted to go home…so she won't cause any more trouble.
"How would I know if she can't swim, she didn't exactly tell me, did she?"
Lily frowned; she put her hand on her neck and opened her mouth. I could tell you…Lily thought, she wanted to tell everyone, she wanted to tell everyone that she was not mute, wanted to tell everyone her true feelings. She wanted to tell James she hated him, she wanted to tell the Marauders that…she wanted to be able to talk to her friends normally with her voice, not just by her actions.
"Would you know, Mum? If she can swim or not? Would she have told you?" He asked. "No! Because she can't, Mum. You and I know why…" He answered.
She opened her mouth, she tired speaking, nothing came out, and she tried again, her breath, that's all that came out, her sighing, nothing, no words, no voice. She doesn't even know how her voice sounds like anymore. She wanted to prove everyone she can speak. She tried again, and again…nothing…Lily's eyes began to fill with tears as she tried all over again, no matter how much time she tries, she doesn't seem to improve. She continued trying as her tears began falling. I can do this…I can speak…I…can…speak…Lily cried. Nothing. I can do this…I really can…Lily gave up and buried her head on top of her knees.
"What are you doing?" a voice behind her ask, Lily's head shot up, she quickly turned around and found James standing there, leaning against a wall with his arms crossed. Lily looked away and wiped her tears. Shaking her head in respond, she buried her head on her knees once more and started crying.
James sat down beside her, placed his hand on her back and began motioning it up and down. "I'm sorry…" He whispered. Lily shook her head and continued crying. "If I were you, I would be in the same situation; I didn't realize that not being able to find your voice is hard. I'm sorry." He whispered. "…and I'm sorry about pulling you in the pool…"
Lily shook her head and soon, jumped into James' arms and wrapped her arms around his neck and cried her eyes out. She cried so hard on James that his shirt was practically wet from all her tears. James wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her tightly as she cried.
That night, I actually showed Potter my true emotion of how I was feeling. For once, I realized that he wasn't really that bad of a guy…at school, maybe kind of a jerk but here…that's a different story. That night, it seemed as if he was showing me that I could do it…I could speak no matter what…though he teases me a lot…through his eyes, it seems his cheering on me to try my best to improve my issue. Yes, I'll try my best; I promise all of you that. I will be able to talk to you and I can finally be happy.
Lily sat at the bottom of the stairs and stared at nothing while James was at the top of the stairs staring down at her. Lily's eyes were so emotionless, she gazed at nothing and her eyes were all read and puffy from all the crying. She was tired and hungry but those didn't matter to Lily.
"Lily…" James called softly, Lily didn't budge and James sighed.
"…"
"Lily…"
"…"
Getting no respond, James got up and walked down the stairs. Lily didn't bother moving an inch at all, even when James was getting down. James stood in front of Lily and kneeled down at the level she was on right now. He stared at Lily for a while and frowned. Her eyes remained emotionless and James didn't like that.
"Come on; let's go back to bed, alright?" Lily's eyes finally looked at him and frowned. She raised her arms as if she was a little girl whose asking to be carried, James smiled and took her in his arms and carried her upstairs. He quietly went inside Nina's room; placed Lily on the spare bed beside Nina's and placed the blanket above her chin. He stood there for a moment, staring down at Lily who finally go back to sleep when he was carrying her here.
There were a lot of things James wanted to know about Lily…about how she became mute or was she born that way? But he did remember Nina saying she's been like that since she was seven. He doesn't know, he couldn't remember. There were secrets that Lily's keeping that she hasn't told anybody else except, probably her friends. James wanted to know those secrets, he wanted to know how Lily was feeling, what happened to her, he wanted to get to know her and especially…he wanted to hear her voice.
Is it gentle and sweet? Or the opposite of that? James chuckled at that thought. But he keeps thinking that he isn't the only one who wants to hear her voice, there's his sister, their friends, his fellow Marauders, and he even guessed the teachers and everyone else in Hogwarts.
Who wouldn't?
She was like a mystery girl that holds secrets just by becoming mute, strange really. Lily was really different from any other girl in Hogwarts, or the girls James had dated. He stared down at Lily and suddenly he started to blush and look away. This was strange also; he has never blushed before, even for a girl.
James shook his head and thought maybe he just has a fever. He then started to leave the room because if he stayed longer, his sister might wake up and starts screaming and throwing things at him.
He was about to open the door when he heard a moan. He thought Lily was waking up and now he needed to get out as soon as possible.
Lily opened her eyes weakly, it was practically closed but you could tell it's open. She parted her lips and one thing came out of her mouth suddenly as she saw James leaving the room…
"James…" She said softly.
James froze on his spot.
…His name.
GASP! Oh…I mean, FINISHED. She finally talked huh? Fascinating isn't it. You guys wanted James to be the first one to hear her speak. Though it's just his name, I think it's great that her first word for the past um…8 ½ years is it? Was James' name and he got to hear it himself. Yay. I love those couple so much-su. Tee hee hee hee hee hee hee…
Truth be told, there's another coupling with Nina and one of the guys from the Marauders. There's kind of a story behind Nina, like her life story with the Potter family and junk. What you ask before…Is Nina, James' twin? No, just to inform you that. Just keep on reading and all of you will get to Nina's life story. Since you all already read Lily's, you could read her best-friends life story now…coming soon. Don't worry.
Anyways, I hoped you all enjoyed this next chapter and thank you all for reviewing the previous chapter. I really enjoyed it.
You all asked when she's going to talk…well, she talked here. Will that be fine too? Oh and don't worry, she'll be talking again soon, don't worry, it'll be during the 5th year and it will also be coming soon.
Gottsa go! Bye!
