Work Robes in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
"Bye James! I have to go to training!"
"Bye honey!"
"I'll see you when I get home!"
"Hope you are home early!"
"I'll do my best!"
Waving goodbye
with an absent minded smile
I was so lucky to have Lily. She was always so nice to everyone, even the Slytherins, unless they did something to her. Just like I did. I was horrible to her in the beginning.
" Hey Evans"
""Hey Potter"
"You are looking very carroty today."
"Oh shut up Potter"
"You shut up Evans"
"Oh be quiet Mr. I - Am - So - Good"
"Well, if the name fits..."
"Ha. I am better than you at almost every subject"
"Marks, ha! You couldn't fly if your life depended on it. And that's what matters"
"I could fly if I wanted to. I just don't."
"Yeah whatever. You are an ugly loser who can't fly"
"Oh shut up 4 eyes"
He was horrible to her. He shook his head in shame. He and Lily had fallen in love eventually, and she was very good to him. But lately she had been acting a bit ....different.
I watch her go
With a surge of that well known silence
And I have to stand for a while
"Hey prongs"
"Hey padfoot"
"So, what's shaking"
"Nothing really. Just thinking about Lily"
"Oh? What's wrong? You look concerned"
"She's just been acting a bit differently . Like she is afraid of every little thing. Even of me"
"Oh no! I think I noticed that too"
"Do you think.."
"Nah Prongs. That would never happen."
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
And without ever entering at all
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl
"James! You have the biggest crush on Lily! Don't even bother trying to deny it."
"Me, like Evans! You are joking right?"
"Nah"
"What are you talking about? You two are going out? Why would you say that?"
"I know. I just think you like her"
"Whatever..."
But he had been right. He had liked her. He had since the first day, but he had been to stupid to realize it.
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try and capture every minute
The feeling in it
"Honey! I'm home!"
"Very funny Lily. That sounded like something out of leave it to Walrus"
"Leave it to beaver."
"Eh, same difference."
"I picked up some ice cream. You want some?"
"Sure! What kind?"
" Peanut Butter Coconut"
"Ew!"
"It tastes great! What are you talking about?'
"Just taste it , James"
"Fine"
"Hey Lily, Hey Prongs. Prongs what are you doing?"
Lily answered. " He's eating all my ice cream"
"Yum! What flavour?"
"Peanut Butter Coconut"
"Ew!"
"That's what he said. I made him try it, and now he won't let me have any"
"Bad, Bad Prongs"
"Hey, it's tasty. I can't resist"
Sirius looked at Lily.
Lily was looking at James with - disgust?
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I've crossed to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
"Ummm, Lily?"
"Yes Sirius?"
"Could I talk to you for a minute? Privately?"
James looked up at Sirius, questions written all over his face.
"Uh, sure Sirius"
He led her out of the room.
"Lily, are you all right?"
"But of course. Why?"
"James has noticed that you have been acting differently. And so have I. And you were just looking at him like you couldn't believe you were here with him - in a bad way."
"Oh Sirius. I'm - I'm-"
"Yes?"
She whispered in his ear. A grin spread across his face.
"Oh James isn't going to take this very well."
James sat at the table, wondering what on earth was going on.
It was Christmas Morning at Hogwarts. They were all sitting at the Gryffindor table, 5 of the 6 of them, the only ones there from Gryffindor.
"James, do you know where Lily is?"
"No Emilie, I don't"
"Maybe we should check. She just said she was going to get dressed, and that was half and hour ago. Breakfast is almost ov-"
But Lily walked in, looking as though she had just woke up. Her hair was almost a birds nest, her green eyes cloudy.
"Oh Lil, what's wrong?"
"James, I just realized this was the first Christmas I haven't spent with my parents. And they aren't there for me to -"
Her parents had died last year on Boxing Day. Christmas was a lonely time for her.
Sleep in her eyes
Her and Me at the breakfast table
Barely awake
As the precious time goes by
Then when she's gone
there's that off melancholy feeling
a feeling so acute I can't deny
He had to talk to Lily. Something was going on. What if she wasn't in love with him any more. That seemed like the most likely objective. But he hoped it wasn't so. He couldn't bear to lose her.
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
Some we did, but most we didn't
Why I just don't know
"Lily! You aren't concentrating!"
"I'm sorry Professor. I just can't - kill something. Spider or not."
"Then you shouldn't be an auror."
"No . That's not what I mean Professor Dumbledore"
"Then what do you mean?"
She glanced around at the other Aurors who were there for training. They all looked very interested.
She whispered something to Dumbledore.
"Does James know?"
"I can't tell him. I don't know how."
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
"James, I have to talk to you. It's important."
He thought he knew what was coming.
"Ok." His voice sounded like ice.
She winced.
"Honey, I'm - you're. Oh, I don't know how to say this."
So she wanted a divorce. That was obvious.
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I've crossed to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
"James, you are going-"
Work Robes in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye
With an absent minded smile
"Spit it out Lily." His voice was still cold.
"James, you're going to be a father."
She leaves home in the early morning
"Bye James! I have to go to training!"
"Bye honey!"
"I'll see you when I get home!"
"Hope you are home early!"
"I'll do my best!"
Waving goodbye
with an absent minded smile
I was so lucky to have Lily. She was always so nice to everyone, even the Slytherins, unless they did something to her. Just like I did. I was horrible to her in the beginning.
" Hey Evans"
""Hey Potter"
"You are looking very carroty today."
"Oh shut up Potter"
"You shut up Evans"
"Oh be quiet Mr. I - Am - So - Good"
"Well, if the name fits..."
"Ha. I am better than you at almost every subject"
"Marks, ha! You couldn't fly if your life depended on it. And that's what matters"
"I could fly if I wanted to. I just don't."
"Yeah whatever. You are an ugly loser who can't fly"
"Oh shut up 4 eyes"
He was horrible to her. He shook his head in shame. He and Lily had fallen in love eventually, and she was very good to him. But lately she had been acting a bit ....different.
I watch her go
With a surge of that well known silence
And I have to stand for a while
"Hey prongs"
"Hey padfoot"
"So, what's shaking"
"Nothing really. Just thinking about Lily"
"Oh? What's wrong? You look concerned"
"She's just been acting a bit differently . Like she is afraid of every little thing. Even of me"
"Oh no! I think I noticed that too"
"Do you think.."
"Nah Prongs. That would never happen."
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
And without ever entering at all
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl
"James! You have the biggest crush on Lily! Don't even bother trying to deny it."
"Me, like Evans! You are joking right?"
"Nah"
"What are you talking about? You two are going out? Why would you say that?"
"I know. I just think you like her"
"Whatever..."
But he had been right. He had liked her. He had since the first day, but he had been to stupid to realize it.
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try and capture every minute
The feeling in it
"Honey! I'm home!"
"Very funny Lily. That sounded like something out of leave it to Walrus"
"Leave it to beaver."
"Eh, same difference."
"I picked up some ice cream. You want some?"
"Sure! What kind?"
" Peanut Butter Coconut"
"Ew!"
"It tastes great! What are you talking about?'
"Just taste it , James"
"Fine"
"Hey Lily, Hey Prongs. Prongs what are you doing?"
Lily answered. " He's eating all my ice cream"
"Yum! What flavour?"
"Peanut Butter Coconut"
"Ew!"
"That's what he said. I made him try it, and now he won't let me have any"
"Bad, Bad Prongs"
"Hey, it's tasty. I can't resist"
Sirius looked at Lily.
Lily was looking at James with - disgust?
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I've crossed to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
"Ummm, Lily?"
"Yes Sirius?"
"Could I talk to you for a minute? Privately?"
James looked up at Sirius, questions written all over his face.
"Uh, sure Sirius"
He led her out of the room.
"Lily, are you all right?"
"But of course. Why?"
"James has noticed that you have been acting differently. And so have I. And you were just looking at him like you couldn't believe you were here with him - in a bad way."
"Oh Sirius. I'm - I'm-"
"Yes?"
She whispered in his ear. A grin spread across his face.
"Oh James isn't going to take this very well."
James sat at the table, wondering what on earth was going on.
It was Christmas Morning at Hogwarts. They were all sitting at the Gryffindor table, 5 of the 6 of them, the only ones there from Gryffindor.
"James, do you know where Lily is?"
"No Emilie, I don't"
"Maybe we should check. She just said she was going to get dressed, and that was half and hour ago. Breakfast is almost ov-"
But Lily walked in, looking as though she had just woke up. Her hair was almost a birds nest, her green eyes cloudy.
"Oh Lil, what's wrong?"
"James, I just realized this was the first Christmas I haven't spent with my parents. And they aren't there for me to -"
Her parents had died last year on Boxing Day. Christmas was a lonely time for her.
Sleep in her eyes
Her and Me at the breakfast table
Barely awake
As the precious time goes by
Then when she's gone
there's that off melancholy feeling
a feeling so acute I can't deny
He had to talk to Lily. Something was going on. What if she wasn't in love with him any more. That seemed like the most likely objective. But he hoped it wasn't so. He couldn't bear to lose her.
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
Some we did, but most we didn't
Why I just don't know
"Lily! You aren't concentrating!"
"I'm sorry Professor. I just can't - kill something. Spider or not."
"Then you shouldn't be an auror."
"No . That's not what I mean Professor Dumbledore"
"Then what do you mean?"
She glanced around at the other Aurors who were there for training. They all looked very interested.
She whispered something to Dumbledore.
"Does James know?"
"I can't tell him. I don't know how."
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
"James, I have to talk to you. It's important."
He thought he knew what was coming.
"Ok." His voice sounded like ice.
She winced.
"Honey, I'm - you're. Oh, I don't know how to say this."
So she wanted a divorce. That was obvious.
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I've crossed to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
"James, you are going-"
Work Robes in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye
With an absent minded smile
"Spit it out Lily." His voice was still cold.
"James, you're going to be a father."