A/N did it say anywhere that Lily and James were Head Boy and Head Girl? AS in, officially by JKR? Lets say that Lily and James are Prefects, then, alright? I might have mentioned that Lily was but…….yeah.
Dumbledore escorted Lily and James back to Hogwarts, and into the hospital wing. Madame Pomfrey was beside herself with worry over them, especially Lily, who seemed to have a blank look on her face. James squeezed Lily's hand, which he had not let go of since they were in the carriage. She squeezed his back, and some of the pain left her eyes, but James could tell that Lily was still in shock.
"We'll get her into bed." Madame Pomfrey said with a pointed look at James. Realizing that this would mean changing Lily's clothes, James reluctantly let go of her hand, and went to wait outside the curtains.
"Alright Mr. Potter, you can come back." Madame Pomfrey said a few minutes later, a reluctant tone in her voice. James went in, and sat beside a sleeping Lily. Without thinking, he reached over and grabbed her thin white hand, kissing the top of it. Then he rested his head on the back of the chair, and, still holding her hand, drifted off to sleep.
Lily woke up feeling sick. And, on closer examination of her surrounding, she found that they were very white. A weight on her hand made her lift her head, and she saw that her hand was attached to that of another person; a boy with messy black hair, who was fast asleep, his head on the back of his chair. He snoring softly, despite the uncomfortable position, and Lily smiled warmly at him. He looked awfully cute and innocent, and she wasn't sure she wanted to wake him up. But, as if it was his nature to be contrary, James' brown eyes fluttered open. (A/N that doesn't seem right, I mean, it makes me think of James fluttering his eyelashes. Weird, very weird.)
"Lily." James sat up, part of a rather nice dream fading away.(A/N don't ask me what teenage boys-specially James Potter- dream about. I haven't the foggiest)
"Hi James." Lily said, squeezing the hand that was attached to hers.
"Are you alright Lily?" James sat forward, and brushed some hair out of Lily's eyes. Lily nodded, before she too leant forward, and placed the first real kiss of their relationship on his lips. James smiled slightly, and leant into it. Suddenly, someone cleared their throat, and Lily jumped back, turning red.
"Miss Evans, Mr. Potter, sorry to interrupt you, but I need to talk to you both." Professor Dumbledore said, smiling at them. Lily settled back in bed, and James sat up in his chair, grimacing slightly at the pain in his neck.
"First of all, I will tell you the impersonal Ministry notice. It reads: This bulletin is being sent out to warn all wizards of high import that the McKinnon clan, highly noted in our society, have been wiped by the followers of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, who call themselves Death Eaters. The McKinnons were known to produce highly powerful wizards, who had the potential to stand in the way of You-Know-Who's up-rise. Clans left who are still in danger are the Potter Clan, the Connely Clan, and the Longbottom clan, as well as one unnamed Muggle-born student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who possesses the potential to take down You-Know-Who." Dumbledore stopped, and looked at Lily.
"Me?" she asked, her voice very even.
"Yes, Miss. Evans, you. You have potential as a witch. Your power is great, and Voldemort wishes to tap the power of great witches and wizards." Professor Dumbledore said, a look of great empathy on his face.
"Alright, Professor." Lily couldn't believe herself- she felt numb, as if the news hadn't been more than him telling her that she could go to Hogsmeade or something as utterly trivial.
"Are you feeling quite well, Miss. Evans?" Professor Dumbledore asked, looking worried.
"I am fine" Lily started to say, but stopped as she realized that she wasn't. She had the strange feeling that she got right before she threw up. Quickly, she let go of James' hand, and raced for the door that led to the bathroom. Loud retching noises could be heard coming from within. When Lily came back out some 5 minutes later, her face was sickly pale, and she looked as if she had been 'through the wringer' several times. James got up to help her, but she shook her head, and made her way unsteadily to her white bed, where she flopped down on the pillows.
"Lily, later, I want you to come by my office- yes James, you may come as well- and tell me what happened, if you will." Lily nodded "Alright then, I leave you to you own devices" Dumbledore said, and left.
"I am guessing you don't want to kiss me if I've been throwing up." Lily said, smiling ruefully at James.
"No offence." James said, and kissed Lily on the forehead.
"None taken. I am going to go to sleep, James. I am awfully tired and I don't feel…right." Lily said, nestling into the covers. James smiled, kissed her forehead again, and went to grab them some breakfast.
"James!" Angelica screamed, pouncing on him, and grabbing his arm. "Is Lily alright? What happened?" Sirius joined his girl friend's attack on James, who looked dumbstruck.
"She's alright…sort of. I mean, who would be alright if they saw what she did?" James said, grabbing the two plates he had filled with food, and began to walk away.
"James! Your being perfectly beastly no to say anything else! Is she really alright? Did that bastard hurt her?" Angelica demanded, grabbing one of the plates from James.
"Come see for yourself, she's asleep, but I am sure she'll wake up soon." James said, not mentioning what had happened between himself and Lily, somehow, he didn't want to tell anyone yet.
They all followed him to the hospital wing, and behind the curtains to find Lily sitting up in bed, reading a book entitled "Dangerous Charms and How to Use Them."
Angelica ran up to her friend and hugged her, knocking the book out of the way. Lily hugged Angelica just as tightly, a few tears escaping her eyes.
"Are you alright, Lily?" Sirius asked, then tried to catch Lily's muffled answer, which was spoken into Angelica's shoulder.
"Pardon?"
"I said I am not sure if I am or not." Lily informed him, breaking her hug with Angelica.
"Oh. I am sorry." It was Sirius' turn to hug Lily, and after doing so, James hugged her tightly, just because he felt left out.
"Where did that book come from?" he asked, indicating the Dangerous Charms book.
"Professor McGonagall came in, and she though I was asleep, so she left it on my table, and I got so curious, that I stopped trying to fall asleep, and opened the book. It's great. Lots of defense curses in it." Lily said, shooting a meaningful look at James. "It could come in handy."
"Lily. You look really pale." Angelica commented.
"Funny, I don't feel pale." Lily retorted. "In fact, I want to leave. Right now."
James started at her. "Over my dead body." He said, then regretted it instantly. "I meant, sorry Lil. But no leaving, not until your better."
"What are you, my mother?" Lily demanded, glaring at James reproachfully.
"No, but I don't want you to get hurt because you left too soon."
"I am 16, James."
"Your not 16 yet, Lily. Not until 12:00 am."
"It's 10:30! I am closer to 16 than I am 15!"
"Still, you should stay." James cautioned. Lily's glare deepened.
"Make me." she said, raising an eyebrow at him before she swung both feet over the bed, and onto the floor. James stood up.
"I will. I'll drag you back into that bed if I have to."
"Now James, I know you want to get me into bed, but really." Lily joked, and to her surprise, James flushed and glared at her. Sirius broke into raucous laughter, and slapped Lily on the back rather heartily.
"I am sorry James. I didn't mean it." Lily said, smiling at him. James tried to keep up the frown, but failed and grinned instead.
"It's alright."
"Besides, Lil, the truth hurts." Sirius chimed in, earning a light slap from Lily.
"Come on, I think I should leave. It's not as if Voldemort tried to hurt me."
"His death eaters just attacked a house that you happened to be staying in, killing everyone except you." James said, grabbing Lily's hand and trying to pull her back to the bed.
"I don't care."Lily slipped her hand out of his, grabbed her wand and robes from the table beside her bed, and left the hospital wing (A/N that would have gone on forever had I not done something) Angelica shrugged and followed her out, leaving James and Sirius to explain to Madame Pomfrey her patients absence.
When she walked through the portrait hole, Lily realized that she was wearing her nightgown, and that she must look ridiculous, because the aforementioned garment had dancing sheep all over it. Lily blushed slightly, and found that Angelica was grinning at her. Lily raised her eyebrows.
"You and James seemed awful chummy back there." Angelica said, smiling as she grabbed Lily's robes, which had slipped to the floor.
"Thanks." Lily said, taking her robes "We're friends, of course we're 'chummy'" Angelica grinned, but didn't say anything else. Lily, face aflame, fled to her dormitory in hopes of some extra study/thinking time, hoping Angelica remained dense to what had actually happened between her and James.
Over the next few days Hogwarts seemed to be filled with people who would not smile. The McKinnons death had frightened everyone, and those who had know the clan felt especially sad. Lily wouldn't even smile at James' and Sirius' antics. None of their friends knew about Lily and James. They'd come to a mutual agreement not to tell them yet, although neither were sure why they didn't want anyone to know. The Halloween Ball had been cancelled, and although there was a great disappointment, no one argued much. Even the feast was subdued. When classes started, Lily thrust herself into them, studying hard and trying not to think about Ann or her family. One Wednesday, when she was sitting in the library, Celia Woodgrove ran over to her, accompanied by another smaller girl, sporting the same curls as Celia. Lily put her book aside, and turned to smile at them. She was feeling a little sorry for herself these days, despite the support of her friends and James.
"Hi hi Lily!" Celia skidded to a halt, banging her Charms book down on the desk.
"Hi Celia." Lily said "Do you need Charms help again?"
"Yes. Danielle and me, if it's not too much trouble." She looked around excitedly "Is James here?"
Lily felt her cheeks grow red at the mention of James, but was surprised that when she opened her mouth to speak, a rather male voice answered for her
"Yes, yes he is."
Lily looked behind her to see James, clutching his book of Charms, and grinning from ear to ear.
"Lil, I need a little Charms help, if that's alright." He said, sitting down beside Lily. Lily grinned, and looked at Celia and Danielle. "I guess I can help all of you…" she said, only to be engulfed in a large hug courtesy of Celia.
"Alright, alright , sit down." Lily said, opening Celia's charms book as the sisters sat down at her table. Just as she was about to ask what Charm it was, James jumped up, and grabbed her wrist. "Lily, can you come help me find that advanced Charms book you were telling me about? We'll be right back, ladies." He said, grinning at Celia and Danielle, who giggled as James pulled Lily away into the bookshelves.
"James, what are you taking about? I've never mentioned the Advanced Charms book to you." Lily said, trying to sound stern, but failing miserably.
"I wanted a chance to talk to you alone, and haven't gotten one until just now." James replied, sliding his grip on her wrist down to her hand, making Lily look around to see if anyone was watching them. No one was. James stepped closer to Lily so that their noses were almost touching.
"I wanted to ask a certain girl if she wanted to come to Hogsmeade with me." He whispered, eyes twinkling.
"Which girl would that be?" Lily asked innocently, making James grin. "Of course I'll go with you James." She said, leaning forward to kiss him quickly before she handed him a book from one of the shelves.
James read the title and grinned "Advanced Charms? All I care about is your charms, Miss. Evans." Lily laughed.
"That's awfully corny!" she admonished "We should get back, Celia and Danielle probably think that we've run off on them."
"Would that be so bad?" James asked.
"Yes, it would. Come on." Lily squeezed his hand before letting go, and walked out of the shelves, James right behind her.
A/N
Thanks for the great reviews, I never ever saw myself getting over 60 on this story!!!!! Yipee!!! And Naavi0, your right, Celia is supposed to be like Colin! Celia, Colin, Dennis, Danielle. It wasn't supposed to be like that at first, but it ended up being after the first little bit with Celia. Thanks for noticing!!!!!
Disclaimer: right, ok. Very good point made by Dumbledore, who reviewed. I should write down the names of the songs I use! So, the first was Wishin' and Hopin' by Ani DiFranco, and the second was "Storybook Love" from the movie "The Princess Bride" which is quite a favorite of mine.