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This is a really short update, I'm kinda stuck right now with what to write and I needed to atleast get their conversation done.

Thanks to Elle for beta-ing.

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Lily Evans stared at one very angry James Potter.

"What are you doing here James?"

She watched as his face softened.

"I wanted to know if you were okay."

She turned away, looking through the window and watching a few children playing hide and seek. She wanted to smile but she couldn't bring herself to do so.

"I'm okay," Lily whispered.

"Come home, Lily. Come back."

Lily shook her head and turned back to face James.

"I can't James. I'm sorry."

"Lily, I miss you."

Lily shook her head once again.

"Lily, we need to talk."

A small laugh escaped from her mouth as tears prickled at the back of her eyes.

"The four words guys fear most. 'We need to talk'. That's so ironic, James, don't you agree?"

"Lily I-"

"You what, James?"

"I miss you, I want you to come back home, I want to talk it all out, I want our problems to go away. But you know what I want most Lily? I want you to be happy."

"Do I look happy to you James? Do I?"

"Honestly, no, you look like crap." James admitted, sighing as he sat on a chair in the corner.

"Thanks."

"But you look gorgeous to me all the same."

"James-" Lily started.

"Lily, let's just sit down and talk. Please. Ten minutes! Then, if you want, I'll leave."

"Fine. Ten minutes, then."

"Lily, do you regret what happened yesterday?"

"Yes. N-no." Lily answered nervously.

"I don't either. Lily, I like you – very much. I don't regret any of it. At all. Because I enjoyed it. I really, really did. And I know you did too. I don't know what's gone wrong but I want everything out. You tell me what's bothering you and I'll tell you what's bothering me. Is that okay?"

"It's fine."

"I really don't understand why you ran out yesterday."

"James… I'm confused." Lily whispered softly, not looking him in the eye.

"About what?" James asked, his face full of concern.

"James we've only been together for two months and we've already – you know… I did want to, I don't regret it. But what happens now? What about the Quill? I don't know what to think, I don't know what to feel… I'm lost, James."

"I'm lost too Lily. It's normal. We've gotten off track and we don't know how to get back. We have tohelp each other Lily. We're getting married in 2 or 3 months, we're having at least one kid, I'm 18, you're 17… Anyone would get lost if they were in our situation. I just want you back home, with me."

"James, it's not that simple-"

"It is, Lily, it is. You're just making it complicated! It's so damn simple! We need to make an effort to make it work but we can do it Lily, we have to do it if we want to go through with the wedding."

"But what if something happened with the Quill, what if we broke a rule, what if-"

"Lily, we'll go down to the Ministry tomorrow and try to talk to someone there or we can go to their library. They've got something about the Quill in there for sure."

"James?"

"Yeah…?"

"I went to the healer today, I'd just gotten back when you rang the doorbell. She put me on the potion."

"Did you tell her about yesterday?"

Lily nodded, "Yeah. She prescribed a morning-after potion and I took it at the chemist's in Diagon Alley."

"I'm glad, Lily. I really, really am."

An uncomfortable silence overtook the room.

"Lily… Come back? Please…?"

"Okay. I'll come back."

James grinned and pulled her into a kiss.


Caitlyn eyed the duffel bag in James' hand as he came into the living room behind Lily.

"Going back home now, are we?"

Lily nodded.

"Thanks for letting me stay, Caitlyn."

"It's fine…" Caitlyn answered as she pulled Lily into a hug. "We need to do some talking now, don't we?" she muttered into Lily's ear.

"We do? About what?" Lily asked innocently.

"Don't think you're getting away without giving me the details, Miss Evans-soon-to-be-Potter." Caitlyn answered as she let Lily go. She turned back to James, "I'll be stealing Lily in a couple of days. Girl-time, you know?"

James laughed, "Whatever you like, Caitlyn."

"Bye Lily, James."


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