But don't lose hope in me quite yet
'cause help must
be on the way, any day
Soon after the
Hogsmeade incidents, James got a very bad case of the flu. Aphrodite silently
fumed- She couldn't kiss a sick James, and if she wasn't kissing him she wasn't
getting Lily jealous. But one little note from her father had her bouncing into
the Hospital Wing with her entourage.
"Jay-Ames!! Oh,
Jay-Ames!" She called shrilly, James shaking his head in frustration.
"Oh, James, you
won't believe it! Daddy is letting me stay until winter holidays and then we go
home! Aren't you happy?"
Sirius, sitting
nearby, covered his ears. He took a glance at Aphrodite, who was still smiling
perkily and expectantly. He scribbled a bit more on the parchment in front of
him, a joke between James and himself called 'the eulogy'.
There was this
shimmering belt around her waist. Now that he thought about it, it had always
been there. She had perfect timing. Sirius was just about to pester James about
why Bertha had said "Oh my God." just days before. Now, if they would just get
out...
"Wonderful,
darling... Dite, I'm highly contagious.." No sooner had James muttered those
words did Aphrodite leap ten feet from the bed.
"Well, bye,
darling.." She said with a fake smile, leaving the room.
From my head to my
heart
can't seem to find
a way they're so far apart
It's not you, it's
not your fault
You've got
everything I could ever want
And you've always
understood my intentions are good
and we've been so
close from the start
but the furthest
distance I've ever known is
From my head to my
heart
"Now that the evil spirit
is gone, what happened at the dance? Bertha doesn't normally scream that
exclamation of shock.." Sirius trailed off. "I need juicy details, Potter! Your
eulogy has to be good!"
"Lily kissed me."
"Crossing off
'honest person'." Sirius scribbled a bit.
"And I enjoyed it."
"And 'faithful
boyfriend'."
"And I couldn't
tell anyone."
"Good friend is
going down the drain."
"And I was ready to
give up everything for her. My family, my friends.. School."
"There goes 'loyal
to his family'."
"And I really
wanted to--.."
"And no more will
be 'sensible person'. Do you just want the shortest eulogy ever?" Sirius asked
him.
"Aren't you at all
shocked?" James asked as he sat upright with a start.
"Knows his friends
well.." Sirius muttered as he made several dark lines on the parchment.
"What's left?"
James asked.
"My.. Acquaintance
James was a great Quidditch player, a master of pranks and a sharp dresser."
Sirius read slowly.
"That's it?" He
exclaimed in surprise.
"One kiss ruined it
all for you." Sirius said simply.
"Isn't that always
the case?" James muttered, slipping back under his sheets.
Sirius shook his
head.
I feel the
distance standing here next to you
I don't want to
keep you waiting, but I've been waiting too
Some day if I get
there and you still want me too
we can see it
through
A week later, James
was out of the Hospital Wing and obviously much happier. He was a little thin,
but most blamed that on the wear of having Aphrodite for a girlfriend.
One day, while
walking out of the Dining Hall, James caught Lily's eye and she had smiled real
wide. From their last words at the dance, they hadn't even greeted one another.
James tried to cross the corridor, when Aphrodite hopped up towards him.
"Darling! I'm so
glad you're better!" James, though being dragged off by Aphrodite, caught
Lily's hurt gaze when he passed her.
From my head to my
heart
can't seem to find
a way they're so far apart
It's not you, it's
not your fault
You've got
everything I could ever want
And you've always
understood my intentions are good
and we've been so
close from the start
but the furthest
distance I've ever known is
From my head to my
heart
"Lily!" James
called across the corridor. She whipped around and glared at him. People rushed
by and even though she had tears in her eyes, she managed to sound as angry as
ever.
"What do you
want?" She snapped.
At that moment, her
words plunged deep into his mind. He didn't even know what he wanted. If it was
her, than what was stopping him?
"All you want to do
is hurt me, isn't it? What the hell is wrong with me that you find the need to pierce
my heart over and over again?" She yelled. She whipped back around and headed
for the North Tower for Divination.
"It's just a gift,
I guess." James whispered to himself, heading off for Arithmancy.
I feel the
distance standing here next to you
I don't want to
keep you waiting, but I've been waiting too
Some day if I get
there and you still want me too
we can see it
through
"Come on, Lily,
talk to me." James begged as she huffed up the stairs with Coco and Clarisse.
Lily turned her
nose up in the air.
"What is his
problem?" Coco asked as they reached Charms.
"What did he do?"
Clarisse wondered as Lily took her seat and started ripping up her parchment.
"Damn." James muttered
as he sat, leaning against the staircase. "What have I done now?"
From my head to my
heart
can't seem to find
a way they're so far apart
It's not you, it's
not your fault
You've got
everything I could ever want
And you've always
understood my intentions are good
and we've been so
close from the start
but the furthest
distance I've ever known is
From my head to my
heart
In Transfiguration,
James kept stealing glances at Lily. She caught his eye once and smiled with a
slight blush. She was sitting in his aisle, but she was far off. Sirius from
the row above him, ruffled his hair to make him pay attention.
"James has a cru-ush."
Sirius whispered to his Marauder-counterparts.
"Ooo.. James.. Is
Aphrodite that high-maintenance?" Ronan teased in James's ear. Most of the
Marauders (except for Peter, he sat at James's right, near the window) sat in
the row with Sirius.
James scribbled on
his parchment a bit more. It was just a doodle, but it was a name, over and
over and over.
Remus snatched it
from him. "Lily! Oh, Lily! Bellisima! Bell of my heart, jewel of my
crown!!" Remus whispered loudly and melodramatically, standing up and
pretending to faint into the row in front of him.
"Mr. Lupin!"
Professor McGonagall shouted. "To your papers!"
Lily had a small
satisfied smile and continued to work on her paper. James stole another glance
at her, but this time, his gaze was perfectly concentrated on her.
"Evans, huh?" Peter
whispered. "She is quite the hottie."
James didn't hear
him. Lily was speaking to Professor McGonagall. He didn't hear anything except
the musical tones of her voice, the confidence and assurance that he was
definitely attracted to.
"Mr. Potter! Is my
lesson fun?" Professor McGonagall demanded. James sat up properly and nodded.
"Fun. Yes, very
fun. Very fun, ma'am." James said casually.
"And interesting,
Mr. Potter? Is my lesson interesting?" Professor McGonagall asked.
James wondered what
this was leading up to. "Interesting, very interesting, ma'am."
"As interesting as
Miss Evans's ear?" Professor McGonagall asked with a hidden, sly smile.
"No, ma'am. Not at
all." James whispered.
"What was that,
Mister Potter?" McGonagall demanded.
"More interesting,
ma'am." James nearly shouted, stealing another glance at Lily and smiling. She
looked back down at her paper with a deeper blush in her cheeks and Professor
McGonagall dismissed the class. James jumped over students and book bags and darted
up to Lily, who was just getting out of her seat. He put his hands on her
cheeks and pulled her into this fantastic, fireworks-starting kiss.
Aphrodite St. Clair
walked into the Transfiguration classroom with the normal boredom, pushing
anybody out of her way to her favorite seat. It was the second row from the top
and close to a window. Her jaw dropped when she saw her boyfriend, her perfect
one, her world, kissing Lily Isabella Evans.
I feel the
distance standing here next to you
I don't want to keep
you waiting, but I've been waiting too
Some day if I get
there and you still want me too
we can see it
through
Lily had her eyes
closed to take in James's great-feeling public display of affection. And now,
she finally felt she was his.
A/N: The song is Evan and Jaron's 'From My Head To My Heart'.
I thought it was extremely appropriate.
