Lovely Friendship
Suddenly,
the door opened. It was Linda. The person who Lily least wanted to see.
"Hi,
Lily!"
"Hello,
Linda." She grinned grimly
"What's
that in your eyes? Were you crying?"
"Nah. It
was just a speck of dust."
"Oh!"
"Who are
you going with to the ball?"
"Steven
asked me…"
"You
too?"
"Did he
asked you?"
"The very
moment I arrived the common room." Lily said
"That's
not a matter, because I won't go with him."
"Why
not?"
"I'm
waiting somebody else's offer."
"Whose?"
"James's."
This
words were deadly to Lily. Now it was her obligation to tell her James loved
her and make the two love birds be together.
Lily
cleaned her tears and started.
"Linda, I
have something important to tell you."
"What,
Lil?" Linda asked while she was removing her make up
"James…"
"What?
Did he… didn't he ask you, did he?"
"No" It's
a pity "He told me he wanted to ask you to the ball"
"Really?"
Linda face turned on a huge smile "What else did he tell you?"
"He's
afraid that you don't like him and dump him."
"I would
never do that!"
"So… tell
him this."
"Lily!"
"What?"
"Aren't
you my friend?"
More
than I am being now, telling you the love of my life wants to go to the ball
with you? I really should have kept my mouth shut
"Course I
am."
"So… go there
and tell James that I… that I told you that I liked him. But don't tell him I
know about the offer. I want to see him asking me!"
"But
Linda…" Lily didn't was in a good mood to be the carrier pigeon. After all, she
didn't want to see James. It still hurt.
"Pleaseeeee????????"
Linda begged
"Okay."
She said sadly. I'm just doing this for James, because he really seems to
like you. Not because of you, who is only being my friend the last months
because I'm close to James.
*****
"Hey, Pot
Head! What happened to you?" asked Sirius teasingly "Come on, Prongs! Did the
girl you asked dump you?"
"It's not
your business, Padfoot. Could you please leave me alone?"
"Prongs,
my dear… what happened?"
"LEAVE ME
ALONE!" shouted James
"James…
seriously… I'm your friend since we were five. You can tell me anything."
"Really?"
James asked sarcastically
"Really."
Said Sirius, incredibly serious
"Okay."
Said James even more seriously "I'll tell you."
To be continued