*~*~*Chapter 10: Packing and Junk*~*~*
(A/N: OOPS! My bad!! I just realized that yesterday I accidentally posted chaps. 8 and 9 together! Sorry!!!
Ok. . .thanx to the following!
Quinn - thanx and Yay!* I'm the best* Ego booster! THANKS!
sCHEm - here's more for ya!
Kirbee - doesn't it? And it happens everyday to people, too. **Sigh**
TFG - Yay and thanx. It's k, actually, this happened like, while I was @ Einstein, so I'm way over it. Actually, remember I told u that some of my cousins were here a few weeks ago? The ones from Brazil?? That's them! And Michelle and Marcell and totally fine (well. . .for the most part anyway.) But thanx!!!! Lolz.
(A/N: The only reason I'm skipping a bunch and going to where they're all better is because I'm too lazy to write everything out. And I realize that in REALITY, being hit by a car, you wouldn't recover in a little over a WEEK, but hel-lo! I'm trying to make this fic work!!!! And I just had to add some excitement and sadness to this.)
After a week, the day before they were all supposed to go back to school, Sirius, Ali and Lily were allowed to go home.
The nurse wheeled them all out to the parking lot in wheel chairs (standard procedure) where Mrs. Black, James, Remus and Sierra were waiting.
"Lily," James greeted with a huge smile. He extended his arms to her and she dove in them, burying her face in his neck with joy. When Lily smiled shyly at him and got into the car, Sirius came up, trying to enter too. "Hey, Padfoot, you doin' ok?" James asked.
"Yeah, I'm cool," Sirius answered, nodding his head up. The boys smiled at each other and did the Marauder handshake. Ali followed, and James wrapped her in a friendly hug. "Glad you guys are all good."
"Me too," she answered. Remus and Sierra got in the car, and James followed them.
*#*#*
When they got home, everyone was packing for the next day. Ok, let my rephrase that -Lily, Sirius and Ali were packing for the next day and James, Remus and Sierra were helping them. It was kind of tough, since Sirius was on crutches, Ali had a leg cast (she could move, but it hurt), and Lily had a broken arm and was pretty bruised up.
James picked up a few of her things and handed them to her while she accommodated them. He picked up the journal he'd gotten her and opened it up. She'd written -
"What is a friend?
It's a single soul dwelling in two bodies."
-Aristotle
~ "Find out who you are, and do it on purpose."
"If I you live to be 100, then I want to live to be 100 minus 1 so I never have to live without you." - Winnie the Pooh.
Ha, and this would be how I feel about James, huh, journal? And he's the one that gave you to me, too. ~Lily
James grinned, he knew Lily'd find some use for this. Writing in her favorite quotes.and notes to self. He checked to see if she was looking. Nope, she was still trying to fit her makeup in with her robes. He flipped the page and read her handwriting again, this time it looked like a song:
I'll always remember
Late night and the stars were bright
It was late afternoon
It lasted forever
And ended so soon
You were on your own
You were all by yourself
Staring up at the dark gray sky
I was changed
In places no one would find All your feelings so deep inside (Deep inside) It was then that I remembered
It was then that I realized
That forever
Here, she had stopped writing. James looked up again and she still wasn't done. He turned the page and read:
Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous.
There was a lot more, but at once, the book was yanked from his hands and Lily's face filled his view.
"What do you think you're doing, Mr. Potter?" Lily inquired.
"I was just reading what you wrote," James answered truthfully. "And how far did you get?"
"Up to 'Love.blah, blah.is never jealous.'" He said.
"Ok. Well, don't go snooping in my stuff again, please," she said, slightly annoyed. She bent down to tuck the book into her trunk. James slid his arms around her waist and hoisted her back up, plopping her on his lap.
"James!" she cried.
"Lily!" he mocked.
"I need to finish packing," she said impatiently. James gave her a puppy face. "No time for James?"
Lily giggled and sighed. "Alright, alright." She leaned in and kissed him lightly.
"We're not supposed to kiss in this house," James reminded her.
"Oh yeah."
"Let's go and play Quidditch!" he shouted enthusiastically. Lily pointed to her arm.
"Oh." James dropped his excitement.
She sighed again. "Wait. I need to talk to you."
"Ok, shoot."
"That day. . .with Taylor? Were you -"
"Lily, I already told you. She just did that to get rid of you. She's been after me for years and she'll never give up. She only did that to break us up."
Lily sighed.
"Why don't you believe me?"
"It's not that -I do, but -"
"But you don't trust me."
"I DO trust you. I just. . .well, lots of stuff has happened between us that's made it kinda hard to forget. And not everything's good."
"So when will I be trusted again?"
"I told you. I. . .ok, so maybe I don't trust you. . .completely. But I do. I mean, I let to be with me, that must mean I trust you some," she said. "So how can I get you to trust me completely?"
"By doing something worth trusting!"
James sighed. "Why do I always have to DO something? Why can't I just give you my word for it!"
"Because I'm very skeptical. I don't believe it until I see it." She kissed his cheek. "I need to pack now." James watched her pack, and started thinking of ways to get Lily to trust him.
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(A/N: YES, I got most of the quotes and stuff from 'A Walk To Remember.' Except the Winnie and Pooh one. Lolz. See ya).
(A/N: OOPS! My bad!! I just realized that yesterday I accidentally posted chaps. 8 and 9 together! Sorry!!!
Ok. . .thanx to the following!
Quinn - thanx and Yay!* I'm the best* Ego booster! THANKS!
sCHEm - here's more for ya!
Kirbee - doesn't it? And it happens everyday to people, too. **Sigh**
TFG - Yay and thanx. It's k, actually, this happened like, while I was @ Einstein, so I'm way over it. Actually, remember I told u that some of my cousins were here a few weeks ago? The ones from Brazil?? That's them! And Michelle and Marcell and totally fine (well. . .for the most part anyway.) But thanx!!!! Lolz.
(A/N: The only reason I'm skipping a bunch and going to where they're all better is because I'm too lazy to write everything out. And I realize that in REALITY, being hit by a car, you wouldn't recover in a little over a WEEK, but hel-lo! I'm trying to make this fic work!!!! And I just had to add some excitement and sadness to this.)
After a week, the day before they were all supposed to go back to school, Sirius, Ali and Lily were allowed to go home.
The nurse wheeled them all out to the parking lot in wheel chairs (standard procedure) where Mrs. Black, James, Remus and Sierra were waiting.
"Lily," James greeted with a huge smile. He extended his arms to her and she dove in them, burying her face in his neck with joy. When Lily smiled shyly at him and got into the car, Sirius came up, trying to enter too. "Hey, Padfoot, you doin' ok?" James asked.
"Yeah, I'm cool," Sirius answered, nodding his head up. The boys smiled at each other and did the Marauder handshake. Ali followed, and James wrapped her in a friendly hug. "Glad you guys are all good."
"Me too," she answered. Remus and Sierra got in the car, and James followed them.
*#*#*
When they got home, everyone was packing for the next day. Ok, let my rephrase that -Lily, Sirius and Ali were packing for the next day and James, Remus and Sierra were helping them. It was kind of tough, since Sirius was on crutches, Ali had a leg cast (she could move, but it hurt), and Lily had a broken arm and was pretty bruised up.
James picked up a few of her things and handed them to her while she accommodated them. He picked up the journal he'd gotten her and opened it up. She'd written -
"What is a friend?
It's a single soul dwelling in two bodies."
-Aristotle
~ "Find out who you are, and do it on purpose."
"If I you live to be 100, then I want to live to be 100 minus 1 so I never have to live without you." - Winnie the Pooh.
Ha, and this would be how I feel about James, huh, journal? And he's the one that gave you to me, too. ~Lily
James grinned, he knew Lily'd find some use for this. Writing in her favorite quotes.and notes to self. He checked to see if she was looking. Nope, she was still trying to fit her makeup in with her robes. He flipped the page and read her handwriting again, this time it looked like a song:
I'll always remember
Late night and the stars were bright
It was late afternoon
It lasted forever
And ended so soon
You were on your own
You were all by yourself
Staring up at the dark gray sky
I was changed
In places no one would find All your feelings so deep inside (Deep inside) It was then that I remembered
It was then that I realized
That forever
Here, she had stopped writing. James looked up again and she still wasn't done. He turned the page and read:
Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous.
There was a lot more, but at once, the book was yanked from his hands and Lily's face filled his view.
"What do you think you're doing, Mr. Potter?" Lily inquired.
"I was just reading what you wrote," James answered truthfully. "And how far did you get?"
"Up to 'Love.blah, blah.is never jealous.'" He said.
"Ok. Well, don't go snooping in my stuff again, please," she said, slightly annoyed. She bent down to tuck the book into her trunk. James slid his arms around her waist and hoisted her back up, plopping her on his lap.
"James!" she cried.
"Lily!" he mocked.
"I need to finish packing," she said impatiently. James gave her a puppy face. "No time for James?"
Lily giggled and sighed. "Alright, alright." She leaned in and kissed him lightly.
"We're not supposed to kiss in this house," James reminded her.
"Oh yeah."
"Let's go and play Quidditch!" he shouted enthusiastically. Lily pointed to her arm.
"Oh." James dropped his excitement.
She sighed again. "Wait. I need to talk to you."
"Ok, shoot."
"That day. . .with Taylor? Were you -"
"Lily, I already told you. She just did that to get rid of you. She's been after me for years and she'll never give up. She only did that to break us up."
Lily sighed.
"Why don't you believe me?"
"It's not that -I do, but -"
"But you don't trust me."
"I DO trust you. I just. . .well, lots of stuff has happened between us that's made it kinda hard to forget. And not everything's good."
"So when will I be trusted again?"
"I told you. I. . .ok, so maybe I don't trust you. . .completely. But I do. I mean, I let to be with me, that must mean I trust you some," she said. "So how can I get you to trust me completely?"
"By doing something worth trusting!"
James sighed. "Why do I always have to DO something? Why can't I just give you my word for it!"
"Because I'm very skeptical. I don't believe it until I see it." She kissed his cheek. "I need to pack now." James watched her pack, and started thinking of ways to get Lily to trust him.
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(A/N: YES, I got most of the quotes and stuff from 'A Walk To Remember.' Except the Winnie and Pooh one. Lolz. See ya).
