Authors Notes: Ah! Its chapter eight! Can you believe it?! Aly isn't taking forever! Yeah! ~Dances around~ This chapter is probably one of my favorites, lol. So once again I have to thank all of my kickin' reviewers who completely ROCK! (Marie, my babe phoenix, Dracona, Draco's cheer chick, Shayla Black, Iguana, Christy, erm,..there are so many, Jayce - your addicted now! YES! StarHermione, NightHawk, Silverray, Artemis, and erm….oh! My babe! Cheeky Witch) This chapter is dedicated to MY AWESOME BETA~READER ALY! ~grabs Shel's hand and dances around with her~love ya girl, and your new story kicks! (hey people reading this! Check out "Boy Against Girl" and her brand new short one coming out really soon! You'll love em! Thank you guys so much! I love you all! ~ aly
Chapter Eight ~ Never Expected
Lily saw him coming though. She looked desperately around. Where could she hide? She felt trapped and she was. So, Lily bolted for the door, but James was right on her heels. He stared….she was running so fast.
"Lily! Please…"
He watched as her bright red hair tossed about behind her. Her mind and heart was fighting her body. Yet, she pursued. She refused to stop. She ran all the way back through the secret passages to Hogwarts. She crashed down onto her knees on the hard wet floor. She almost cried out, but the pain, now searing up her leg, felt more comforting than the pain in her heart. She was running, but it wasn't from him anymore…it was from life in general.
"Stop running!" He screamed at her. He didn't care who heard him. They both had just busted through the painting of the fruit basket and were panting like crazy. James lunged forward to grab her arm but she sprinted ahead again.
Lily ran blindly through the Gryfinndor dormitory. It
looked completely vacant. It must be near dinnertime
she mused, finally slowing to catch her breath. James
tiptoed in, he knew if Lily spotted him that all hope
was lost. Just a moment in her presence was enough to
save him. He came up behind her, slowly moving………
Lily spun around just as his hand lay on her arm.
"JAMES!" she cried.
"Lily, I know you hate me. I know you have for a very long time, but what I'm about to say is important."
She's got a pretty smile
It covers up the posion that she hides
She walks around in circles in my mind
Waiting for a chance to break me
A chance to tear me down
"Hey Potter? You can save your stories for your next victim, I'm not her."
She spat back struggled against his grip.
He wrapped his other arm around her back so she couldn't move.
"Lily! WHO ARE YOU RUNNING FROM?" he yelled.
And I say,
The burden you gave me
Is too much too carry
Too much to bury inside
No…not now…not here…not him…the tears were coming……stop it! Too late.
They started streaming down her face. Her electric eyes burned into James soul, pleading. There they stood, James and Lily, the most sought after male and female at Hogwarts, Lily in his arms, crying. James holding her gently, trying to soothe her aching heart. The Gryfinndor room was deserted; the light from the sun playfully dancing across the floor. Time stood still until Lily quietly mustered up the strength to find her voice. Once she found her voice it still came out slow and deliberately, as if she was concentrating on every word before she said it. Her body trembled but her voice came out slow and strong.
"James, I hate you, because I love you. I have…these dreams and I've been having them for a long time. I wake up crying, cold, and trembling…but you are in them. We are trying to protect someone, and you are trying to protect me. It scares me. Yet, something in me, drives me towards you, and that's foolish because you don't know what love is. You've got another trophy on your arm every week. I hate you. I really do Potter. I don't know why I'm even saying this." She paused and took a deep breath as if releasing her last thread of hope. "Oh forget it…I'm in too deep anyway. I care for you James…more than any of those trophies ever did. More than you understand, hell! I don't even understand it."
I guess you're the only one
And nothing changes inside
You're still the only one
Left standing when everything else falls down
You're still the only one
She leaned her head on his chest and released the months of unspoken torture. She felt his strong arms gently pull her closer. Lily wrapped her arms back around him and closed her eyes. Looking was different than sight.
She kept her eyes closed and pictured his strong form holding her, his distinct smell, how gentle he was with her. This wasn't the James she'd seen snogging with a new female everyday. This was a new James, or rather, one she had never cared to realize before. He kissed her forehead and looked at her, quietly smiling.
Find me here
Won't stay too late
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
That's leading me
Into the place
Where I find peace ..again
"You are the only one Lily. You make me weak. You make me fly. We never change faces, and I love you. From the first day I saw you on the train I loved you. I'm not sure how I knew, but my instincts said it for me. I loved the fact that you didn't melt whenever I said your name. You were hard to get, and then the fact that you hated me…but it didn't matter, you made me feel…complete, like I'm a terrible person, but for some reason , God blessed me with someone to make me half alright." He breathed.
And how can I
Stand here with you
And not be moved by you?
Would you tell me
How could it be
Any better than this?
She leaned closer to him and held him back. He really was a human afterall.
What was happening? She felt so weak…her huge blockade had collapsed and she'd been taken prisoner…but wait? Was she enjoying this? The real Lily was melting back into form. Her heart no longer hardened from her parents death and the guilt Petunia laid on her heart. She felt…safe. She opened her eyesand looked up at him. That coy smile still on his face.
"James?"
"Hmm?"
"Those dreams…in those dreams…the baby was named…" "Harry" he whispered.
Lily's blood ran cold. "How'd?…but what?……I don't…that isn't possible."
"I know. Its Harry. I don't know how I know…but I know."
D is for Doesn't belong to me
I is for I don't own the Harry Potter characters
S is for Sue, which is what you shouldn't do to me, since they aren't mine!
C is for Cash, which is something I don't have so suing me is stupid.
L is for Love of writing, which is the only reason I write this stuff.
A is for Aly, which is my name, and you shouldn't sue me.
I is for Ice cream, which I will buy you if you don't sue me.
M is for Money, which I don't have in case you want to sue me.
E is for Explain to me why you would sue me for something I never said was mine
R is for Rowlings, as in JKRowlings…the one who wrote the Harry Potter books and
Is the only writer making money for it! OKAY!
