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Lily arrived at St. Mungo's with Remus and Peter. Sirius and Mr. Potter were already there. Sirius glared at Lily while Mr. Potter told them that James was in critical care. They all decided to watch over him. Eventually Remus and Peter were called back to report in to Moody. Lily decided to take a walk since James hadn't woken up still and Sirius was not moving from his side. At some point Lily fell asleep in a chair outside the room. While she slept James woke up. After spending some time with his son Mr. Potter left but only after James told him that he was fine and didn't want his father hovering over him.

"Alright," Sirius said once they were alone. "What in Merlin's name did you do? Evans looks guilty but for some reason that makes me think that it was your fault." James stared at the bed sheets.

"I'd rather not talk about it." James replied quietly. "It was really stupid and it almost got Lily hurt."

"So you let yourself get distracted by her just as you thought you would." Sirius stated trying to figure out what had happened.

"No, I was a complete idiot and I got both of us distracted near the end of the fight." James berated himself.

"Let me guess you declared your feelings for her." Sirius joked sarcastically. James looked away in guilt. Sirius' jaw dropped in surprise. "You seriously told her that you love her in the middle of a fight? Your healers better check your head before they release you." James rolled his eyes at this remark.

"Is Lily okay?" James asked. "I was dueling a strong death eater right before I fell."

"She is fine and from what I hear she captured that death eater and he is being questioned." James smiled proudly. "She is here, sleeping out in the hallway in fact. She must think I am mad at her otherwise she would have been in here when you woke up I am sure."

"She is probably just waiting to slap me for kissing her." James said grouchily. Sirius laughed loudly.

"Was the kiss before or after your declaration of love?" Sirius drawled having too much fun teasing James.

"Before." James muttered making Sirius laugh again but he stopped when he noticed James was looking worn out again.

"Alright, you just lay back and rest for five minutes and then I will send Lily in. You two have much to talk about and you better apologize for being a imbecile since her parents died." Sirius got up and left as James slipped back into sleep.

Sirius had finally left Lily alone with James. He was her partner now but that is the reason James was in a hospital bed now. She should have protested becoming his partner more when Sirius got hurt. She had only agreed because it was temporary. She had only thought of why it was a bad idea for her and not how it could get James hurt. As much as she wanted to take all the blame for James getting hurt during the raid, she knew without a doubt James would say it was really his fault.

"Come on Lily, you know it is not your fault." She could almost hear him say, "I am the one who made us distracted. I could have gotten both of us killed."

It was bad enough that she would have explain to Moody why they were not constantly vigilant. That of course would bring up what distracted them. Hopefully James would wake up before she had to meet with Moody. That way he would be the one to face the embarrassment of telling their superior that he got himself hexed over a kiss. Lily leaned forward in her chair and took James' hand into hers.

"You really are a nitwit getting hurt like this. Maybe it is your fault though. If you hadn't kissed me while we were hiding and then rushed off to play hero, perhaps I would have noticed the death eater sneaking up behind me. Why did you have to notice in time to push me out of the way? I should be the one in that bed you berk." Lily sighed as she rubbed her head tiredly.

"If you really want to be in the bed, then by all means jump in." Lily's head shot up making her headache even worse. James' eyes were open and focused on her.

"You're awake!" Lily's joy sank as quickly as it had jumped, "Wait how long have you been conscious?"

"I talked to Sirius earlier. I guess he didn't tell you I had woken once already."

"So you were not playing another prank on me?" Lily jumped up "I am just supposed to believe you that Sirius somehow forgot that he talked to you. You two are unbelievable…"

"Lily, I did not tell Sirius not to tell you I was awake." James grabbed her wrist to make sure she did not run off like she usually did. "He wanted to know what happened, what I did to almost get myself killed while he was not there to watch my back."

"Ah, so the problem was your new partner wasn't watching your back." Lily wrenched her wrist out of his grasp. "Of course, Sirius would never you get hurt." Lily sat back in her chair and crossed her arms. James sighed knowing this talk would have to wait. Fighting with Lily was taking more out of him than Sirius' interrogation.

"Sirius couldn't have distracted me like you did. I would have been awake when you came in but talking with Sirius tired me out. I awoke to your talking. Now, let me talk before I lose the strength to. I don't know why Sirius did not tell you I was fine but…"

"What do you mean Sirius wouldn't have distracted you? You are the one that kissed me. Or do you usually kiss your partner in the middle of a death eater attack?"

"Miss Evans, you can not stay in here if you are going to yell at my patient." The Medi-witch interrupted.

"She was just leaving. We will talk about this later." Said James before Lily could reply. Lily huffed and walked out the door.