It had been two weeks since Lily and Severus shared that wonderful experience with each other. They both had felt so bonded for the last 14 days and had even made love once more. But Lily hadn't been feeling all that well for the last three days. She told Severus to stay away and distanced herself from everyone so as not to get them sick. She had the worst runny nose and stomach cramps. No throwing up thank god Lily detested throwing up. She had brewed herself the pepper-up potion and it hadn't done anything at all which was funny because that potion was normally her lifeline when she got colds. Her stomach cramps were also weird. They were just like period cramps but much less and all the time. She started to worry when there was very light spotting in her underwear as well. However in the end she just tacked it up to sex. The red-head had read that after sex someties you bleed because your hymen rips. She knew it was nothing to be completely concerned about. However what did concern her was that sometimes she would just randomly get extremely light-headed and dizzy. Her mother had been taking care of her and called the muggle doctor. The doctor said she probably had a really bad cold and if in two weeks it did not go away he requested Lily come in for a check-up. With that thought to ease the teenage girl's mind she continued to go about her day all while keeping her distance from others.
James and Petunia had been sending letters to one another for the past two weeks. Petunia had begun to love this wonderful wizard and she would talk to her sister for hours about James. All his letters were funny and the only way the blonde Evan's girl could describe his handwriting was goofy. With all the loops and circles and Happy smiley faces.
Dearest queen of flowers Petunia,
I hope you like the nickname. I told my best friend's Sirius and Remus about you and they said that you were 'a Queen of Flowers' . I agree with them. Anyone as beautiful as you must be a queen of something. Anyway I think that since I came to your house for lunch that you come to the manor for lunch as well. Feel free to bring Lily along as well if you wish. If you come to lunch I can tell you about Quidditch and maybe we can play a game or two?!
-Your James
Petunia grinded big and wrapped the letter up and put it in the mahogany carved box she kept all his letters in. The potter's Owl was there waiting for a response but the owl had gone to Lily's room or some snacks and water before flying back to James. Petunia thought that post owls worked extremely hard and would always wait at least five hours before sending her letter. This always gave Fredricardia (funny name for a bird (Fred-ree-car-dia)) a good amount of line to rest and eat. Even though she was waiting to send it there was no reason to wait until the last second to write the letter, so Petunia pulled a fresh page from her nice notebook and began to write her response.
James,
Sorry, I really at the moment can not think of any fun nickname for you. Thank you for mine though it was very sweet that you compared me to a beautiful flower. I played soccer for years and even though I am a lady I do love sports. I would love to meet your friends and learn to play quidditch! I would also love to come to the manor for lunch and to meet your friends Sirius and Remus, they sound nice, Peter as well. I am sure he is not as weird as you describe him to be. Unfortunately Lily is sick and she might not be able to come but maybe if we schedule it for July 4th in a week and a half hopefully Lily will be back to full health and ready to join the fun with us all.
-Your Queen of Flowers
The blonde smiled and sealed her letter and left it on her desk. In a few hours she would send it with fredricardia and hopefully by tomorrow morning she would get a response.
"Lily I am sure you're ok, '' Severus says calmly from the doorway. If he had his choice he would go into her room and hold her and feed her soup. After all, it was just a little cold. However Lily made him stay away. She was convinced she was deathly ill. Because she kept getting frequently dizzy. It scared the redhead into even considering she might be pregnant. It was stupid to think that because they had both used two seperate contraceptive spells. She wanted to take a muggle pregnancy test just to ease her fears but she wouldn't do it. Of couse she wouldnt tell anyone she even thought that could be a possibility, it was stupid really to want to take a test. Stupid curiosity. It killed the proverbial cat but she would be damned if she let it take her without a fight. So Lily refused herself relief and just kept wondering.
The next morning she woke up nauseous and the rest of the day she felt like she was going to throw up but never did. She hated throwing up but she just wanted this tourture to end and wished she could empty her body of whatever was making it sick. Lily got her wish the next morning when she woke up and she reached into the blue bowel she had placed next to her bed the night before. Except the relief that normally came after throwing up didnt come and it only pissed her off.
"Lily James invited us to… oh are you ok?" Petunia says from the doorway of Lily's room. Lily just nodded and got up to dump the stomach contents down the toilet.
"When is it?" The red-head asks making sure to keep a safe distance from her sister, she didn't want her getting sick.
"In a week, three days before you see Doctor Barrett," Petunia said. Lily sighed and looked at her sister with big sad green eyes.
"I can't go, I am really not feeling well and I don't want to ruin your possible alone time with James. So you go and tell me all about it afterwards"
"Ok maybe you can come another time"
"Mmm"
Today was the day Petunia Evans went to see James. The blonde Evans girl was Oh so Excited. She had worn a new dress and had done her hair nice. Never too much make-up or jewelry. She had even worn some nice trainers since they were playing 'Quidditch'. She was excited to meet his friends and his parents and see all the kittens his friend Remus was raising. Petunia loved kittens, if you didn't love kittens you were a monster. Sure the fuzzy little sweeties grew up to be evil little bastards that scratch and claw but they were cute while they were small. Petunia loved spending time with cats but she would never want to own one. One Day she wanted a cocker spaniel. Her and Lily's grandmother had two and they were the sweetest dogs ever to lay their paws on the earth. Some people groomed and brushed their dogs and made sure they were never dirty but she always thought dogs and humans needed to go back to their mother. The earth and the closest anyone can be to mother earth is covered in her dirt. Her friends said she had the mind of a hippie but she didn't dress like one.
Half past nine James Potter showed up to floo Petunia to Potter Manor. She gently took his hand and they both hopped straight into the green flames. They came out the other end surrounded by a completely different scene, and one coughing Petunia.
"Maybe next time don't breathe in the ash" James chuckled, waving his wand over the both of them and cleaning up any stuck on ash.
"How is Lily feeling now?" James asks with concern. Even though he had gotten over the red-head he still cared deeply for her, just no longer in a romantic way.
"She doesn't seem to be getting any-better sadly so she is going to the doctor on friday"
"Oh that isn't good. Let's hope this is just a long drawn out illness" James says slowly choosing his words wisely. He knew Petunia was very worried for her sister and saying anything unsympathetic would make him look like a prick.
"I'm sure Lily will be ok flower, I have known her since we were eleven and if I learned one thing from chasing her for all those years was that she is very very stubborn"
Petunia wasn't the jealous girlfriend type, She and James weren't even dating. But what bothered her a bit was that James had chased Lily, romantically. Was he only with her because she was the second best thing after her sister.
James seemed to be able to read her mind.
"Your sister is an amazing woman yes but in her own stubborn silly way. You Petunia are kind and gentle and nurturing" James laughs and looks up to the ceiling. "You're ridiculously funny and creative as well as smart and you my flower can not compare to anyone else in this entire world, muggle and magical. So yes I chased your sister and she made it clear romance was no option ever so I opened my heart up again and then you appeared and found your way into it. I know it's only been a few weeks but I think I love you and I really want to explore these feelings with you. Maybe you will be my girlfriend?" James says with a little shy smile. Petunia, her eyes almost teary, smiles happily and says. "Yes"
I wonder where the lovebirds are? Sirius says while sitting on the grass of the quidditch pitch.
"James was going to ask her out before they came out here to give them time" Remus says, laying on the grass. The weather was sweltering and Remus silently thanked the weather when Sirius got hot enough to take off his shirt. The other body was toned and lean and even though he had seen his friend's body many other times it still managed to please him. Remus didn't know if you could call the two friends. Well Sirius was his friend definitely as far as Remus knew to Sirus their relationship was platonic. But to Remus Lupin, being the blazing homo-sexual that he is, he was Sirius Blacks 'Secret Admirer' and had been for years.
"Do you reckon they will ever be out here" asks the impatient black haired Gryffindor stretching his arms and back by twisting and turning his tan body.
"Yes soon" Remus chokes out, placing the Quaffle over the increasingly tighter spot in his pants. Remus was always constantly embarrassed when that happened but it was hard for him to not be hard when the boy he fancied showed off his muscles. I mean you couldn't exactly tell him that that was weird because he was an almost 16 year old boy who had seen his crush naked multiple times. James, Remus, Sirius and Peter had jumped into the lake butt naked at least once every summer since age eleven. The only hard part (besides his penis) was hiding his erection when they did get in the lake. It just simply wasnt cold enough to compleatly douse the fire that screamed 'GAY' Some people might call him disgusting for being a man that liked men but he if he had the chance to say to one of those people how stupid they were for saying his choices of love wearn't valid he would.
