The Battlefield Wars- Lily Luna Potter/Rose Weasley- sharing an awkward kiss

Quidditch: lonely, (song) Demons by Imagine Dragons, (song)Numb by Linkin Park, and (word) tranquil.

May Event: Candle

Lily POV

Lily was sitting at the end of the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall, eating a small bag of chips. All her friends had gone home for the Christmas holidays, and so had most of her cousins. Her parents were going on a trip to France with James and Albus, but they had decided that Lily was still too young to go. She felt so abandoned. She was always one step behind. First she was the only one to stay home when both of her brothers got to go to Hogwarts and experience all that magic and go on crazy adventures, and then all she ever got to do was hear about it. Her entire family treated her as if she were a baby, a stupid little girl that didn't understand, that had to always be taken care of. She was only eleven, but why did that have to matter? She was just as smart as James and Albus, probably smarter! So why was she always the one that was left out?

Everyone was chatting animatedly at the breakfast table in anticipation of the Hogsmeade trip today. Lily was a first year, so she couldn't go. She had a Potions book in her hands, trying to get something out for the Potions essay due by the end of the holidays, but her red hair was hanging over the pages, making it slightly hard to read. She got a hair tie and quickly braided her hair, getting it out of her face.

"Lily!" she heard Rose calling, walking over to where Lily sat at the table. Her cousin Rose Weasley looked a lot like her, except Rose had blue eyes and Lily had brown. Otherwise they could almost be twins .

"Hey, Rose," Lily sighed. "Going to Hogsmeade?"

"No," she said sitting down, and took something out of her bookbag. "We're going to Hogsmeade." Rose's eyes had a mischievous glint that Lily had never seen before, and it made her look mysterious. Lily was instantly curious.

"Huh?" Lily asked, looking confusedly at the object in Rose's hand. It was a silvery cloak with a large hood. Finally recognizing it, her eyes widened. "How did you get the Invisibility Cloak?"

"Stole it from your older brother," Rose said, grinning. "Albus. He's probably missing it right about now."

"Probably," Lily said, raising her eyebrows. "I never thought you'd do something like this. You know, I won't protect you if Al decides to hex you for taking the cloak."

"I can handle him," Rose said. "He can't even pass Defence."

"So why are you doing this?" Lily asked. Her cousin was not the type to just do things on an impulse. She was the one who thought things through, unlike the Potters, who just barged in without even a rudimentary plan.

"Got tired of being the good girl," Rose said. "Like in that song Numb by Linkin Park. I got tired of people thinking I had to be like Mum."

"Aunt Hermione's great," Lily said. "But you're you, and people should stop it. I guess I'm sort of used to people thinking I have to be amazing just because Dad saved the Wizarding World."

"We're both stereotyped," Rose agreed. "But we'd better go now. Everyone's already left."

Lily looked around the Great Hall to see that the others had gone, and they were two of last remaining students.

"C'mon," Lily said, standing up. Rose handed her the Cloak.

"Wear the Cloak, until we get to Hogsmeade," Rose instructed. Lily threw it over herself, and looked down to see she had disappeared.

"That's amazing," Lily marveled, then followed her cousin. The road to Hogsmeade was pretty short, and they arrived after about ten minutes.

"Where do you want to go?" Rose asked, gesturing at the many shops of the Hogsmeade High Street.

Lily was overwhelmed by all the choices, so she just picked one randomly. "Here!" she said, dragging Rose into Tomes and Scrolls, a bookstore.

"Why here?" Rose laughed. "Come on, be exciting!"

"I like books," Lily said defensively. "Can't we at least look?"

Rose sighed, but let Lily to drag her further into the shop. Many books of all genres were lining the shelves. There were some really good Wizarding fiction books, but Lily did notice one particular non-fiction tome. It was called Window to the Soul, and its cover was a mirror. Lily looked into it, and what she saw scared her. There was a haunted look in her eyes, like all her demons could be seen there, staring back at her: the anger about being less important than her brothers, the sadness at once again being left behind, the fear of being caught in Hogsmeade, all of them.

"Let's go, Lily," Rose pleaded. Lily tore herself away from the book, but she couldn't get the image out of her head.

"All right," Lily said and allowed Rose to drag her away from the bookstore and into Honeydukes.

"Now here's the best place in Hogsmeade," Rose said, entering. Lily followed behind her, the Cloak slung across her arms. There was was candy all around. Racks here, there, and absolutely everywhere.

"Agreed," Lily grinned. She saw samples of chocolate balls covered in red dots of something at the register. "What's this?" she asked the clerk.

"It's a chocolate ball covered in Pop Rocks," the man said, smiling. "Try one." He looked closer at her. "Do I know you?"

Lily groaned inwardly. It was a miracle the clerk hadn't recognized her instantly.

"No," she said, taking a sample. Popping it in her mouth, she hummed to herself with delight. "Let's go, Rose," Lily said, but before she made another step, she felt a hard lump in her throat. Her breath hitched, and she found it hard to breathe.

Rose looked over at her curiously. "What's wrong, Lily?" Rose asked.

Rose POV

Rose watched in horror as Lily passed out on the floor of Honeydukes. It was totally unexpected, and she had no idea what to do. Her cousin was laying on the floor choking to death, and here was Rose, standing there like a dummy! It had been her idea to come, and she felt guilty. Lily had seemed really forlorn the past few days, wandering the castle all alone. Rose had stolen the cloak for her, so she wouldn't be all by herself during the Hogsmeade trip.

Rose's mind snapped to attention, and she rushed over and started administering CPR. Press, press, press, Rose thought as she slammed her palms down on Lily's chest repeatedly. It was the only way she could focus.

Rose leaned down to do the mouth to mouth part. Lily's lips still had chocolate on them, but she couldn't taste it much through her worry. She focused on forcing air through Lily's windpipe and getting the chocolate ball out.

A brown blob soared out of Lily's open mouth as Rose moved to continue pushing on her chest. She was still unconscious, but breathing normally. Rose sighed, glad that Lily wasn't going to die. She stared at her cousin, her lips standing in stark contrast to the rest of her. Pulled by a force she didn't understand, Rose leaned over and kissed her. It wasn't for want, Rose didn't know why. It was weird and awkward, and she couldn't get it out of her head once it was over.

Finally, Lily awoke. "Rose!" she exclaimed, sitting straight up.

"Calm down, Lil," Rose said, making Lily lay back on the floor. "You're okay. I did CPR for you."

Lily reddened. "You…" Rose knew what Lily was saying. Embarrassed, Rose decided to lie.

"No," she said. "I just did the compressions."

Lily rubbed her chest. "No wonder I hurt. Feels like a candle burning in my chest or something."

"I guess," Rose said. It was weird, but after kissing Lily, she felt tranquil. She felt at peace, and she knew that was the reason.

Thank RedButterfly33, or this would have been terrible. Thanks Red!