Author's Note: Thanks SO much for all the *great* reviews! I feel so
touched! I do believe I'm going to finish this story up, because I see this
story going in so many directions, that I, myself don't even know what is
going to happen! Well, just so you all know, the end of my school year is
coming, so that means big projects are due, and I have a lot of finals, so
if it takes me awhile to get these chapters up, *please* don't be upset
with me! I am also planning on finishing up If I Could, you probably
thought I stopped writing that, but I didn't, I just put it on hold, in
June. Well, I'm done rambling. So onto Chapter 2.
Disclaimer: No, I don't own anything in this story…except for the people whom you don't recognize! The rest belongs to the wonderfully, creative, J.K Rowling.
Summary: As Lily Evans sits down to eat breakfast, at her usual morning café, she expects it to be a normal, uneventful day. But, just as things just couldn't get worse, she bumps into an old friend' who ends up bringing back everything that she had once pushed away.
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~Bounce~
Chapter Two.
"Oh my god, it really is you." James whispered as he took a step towards her.
Lily stared at him, taking in all that she was seeing. Five years certainly hadn't taken a toll on him. He still looked as though he was still seventeen, him with his dark brown eyes, and his mass of disheveled brown hair, the only difference was that you could tell that he had worked out a lot more than he did when he was seventeen. Though other than that, everything from the heart melting smile, to the disheveled brown hair, James Potter looked as though he had stepped out from Lily's past.
"Yea, it's really me I guess." Lily blurted out, and then she realized that she could've slapped herself for saying something so stupid. She didn't want to be here, she didn't want to have bumped into him of all times. Five years had really been to long, but he still had the same effect on her as he always had. Her knees began to weaken.
"Listen, I-I really want to talk to you. You left so quickly, you never even explained."
"James! Don't say that! Don't go jumping right to the fact that I didn't explain, I explained everything perfectly." Lily said surprising herself that she had just blurted that out at the spur of the moment.
"Lily, please, lets go get a cup of coffee, and I owe you one anyway, or maybe I need one, because mine is on your shirt." He said nervously.
"I have to get to work, Mr. Potter. I don't go around chasing people on brooms anymore, so I don't suppose you'd understand." Lily said coldly, giving James a cold stare, then turning on her heel and walking away, at a rather alarming speed.
"Lily Evans! What the hell was that about!!!??" James screamed, but it was useless, she was already gone.
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Lily fell into her seat at the office with a miserable moan. She could NOT believe that this was happening to her. As much as she just wanted to go home, take a bath, and forgot the whole thing had ever happened, she couldn't do that. She couldn't put her life on hold just because she had bumped into James Potter. But those eyes, her mind flooded, those eyes were still deep and intense.
"Damn it, Lily! You're not helping yourself!" Lily scolded herself out loud.
"Lily, what have you done this time?" she heard her best friend, Reanne Taylor say from the doorway.
"You don't want to know, Re. It's to confusing." Lily replied sullenly. Reanne, didn't know of the magic world, Reanne didn't know about James Potter, hell Reanne didn't know anything about Lily's life five years ago. Lily had only met Reanne about two years ago, but they seemed to have known each other forever.
"Come on. I'll treat you to fish and chips down the street for lunch today!" Reanne said smiling.
"Oh, come off it, Re. You know I am revolted by fish!" Lily said smiling for the first time in two hours.
Reanne walked over to Lily's desk and her gaze went to the brown splotches all over her blouse. She raised her eyebrows to this.
"Reanne before you say anything. I got it this morning. Some guy ran into me at the café, and no I didn't get his number because he was a very old, old man." Lily answered lying, but she smiled again. She could always tell what exactly Reanne was going to ask her when it came to guys.
"Wow, you're getting good, Lils." Reanne said sitting down on a vacant seat.
The silence was broken when they heard a loud cough.
"Ms. Evans, and Ms. Taylor I presume that you have your articles for this weeks topic for the London Times. That is your job isn't it? Not to sit here all day and chatter." Their boss, Kyle Peterson replied coldly.
"I, ugh, have it, Mr. Peterson. Let me just get it out of my tote bag." Lily said as she went to reach for her tote bag when something hit her smack dab in the face. She had left her tote bag at the café! She suddenly panicked and she knew that her job was on the line if she didn't have this article in today. Her whole life as a journalist could be thrown away if she didn't get that paper in by twelve o'clock tonight!
"I left it a-at my home, Mr. Peterson." Lily mumbled.
"You what? Wait, no excuses, I want it in my hands by twelve tonight, Evans, or your out of here."
"All right, sir." Lily replied trying to keep her composure. As Reanne and Mr. Peterson swept out of the room, and the door was closed, Lily lost all of what she had been holding in since she had encountered James Potter. She wept silently, and cursed James Potter for everything gone wrong in her life.
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Lily walked through her flat's door, and slammed it shut. She kicked off her shoes, and walked into the livingroom. She collapsed onto the couch, and yelled out, "Derrick! I'm home!"
Derrick walked in from the kitchen, drying his hands on a towel. He walked over to the couch, and placed his strong arms on her shoulders and massaged her shoulders lightly.
"Have a rough day?"
"Yes, a terrible one." Lily replied miserably. "Derrick, you'd never hurt me, would you?"
"Oh my, Lily." Derrick said kneeling down beside her. "Lily I would never ever hurt you in any possible way. I love you Lily Evans."
Lily didn't know what to say at the spur of the moment. She was so caught p in her question that she hadn't even considered that coming. She didn't know what to say to him, should she say that she loved him back? Or not? The last time she had said it to someone, her heart was dejected just a month later. Lily sat up and looked Derrick in the eyes.
"Gee, Derrick. I don't know what to say." Lily whispered looking down at her feet.
"Lily, you don't have to answer. I just want to know something. Where is this relationship going? I need to know Lily. You're holding onto something, and please let it go." Derrick said pleading with her.
Lily put her hand on her mouth. She couldn't believe this was happening. This had all happened so incredibly fast.
"It has already let me go." Lily said lying. She leaned towards him, and kissed him soundly on the lips. Though Derrick didn't want it to end there, he kissed her back. The kiss was growing more passionate, when they were interrupted by the doorbell.
Derrick broke away, and cursed as he walked to the door, and answered it. Derrick was oblivious to the fact that this man, standing in his door way, would eventually turn his life upside down. Derrick swung open the door.
"May I help you mate?" Derrick asked annoyed, he wanted to get back to Lily.
"Yes, does a Miss Lily Evans live here?" James Potter asked praying to god that she didn't, as he looked at Derrick standing at the doorway.
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Wow. I'm so happy that I got this done. You might be wondering why I'm not focusing on James much. It's just that I have to get out all of Lily's life before I can go into James's part of the story. Everything you see in these two chapters are slowly leading up to what happens in chapter 3. You'll see in the next chapter what happened those *almost* five years ago. Ok, I'm rounding it was actually four, but five sounds better. So I'm just saying five, because it will soon be five years. Oh well! It's my story! *Thank you soooo much for R/R!*
Disclaimer: No, I don't own anything in this story…except for the people whom you don't recognize! The rest belongs to the wonderfully, creative, J.K Rowling.
Summary: As Lily Evans sits down to eat breakfast, at her usual morning café, she expects it to be a normal, uneventful day. But, just as things just couldn't get worse, she bumps into an old friend' who ends up bringing back everything that she had once pushed away.
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~Bounce~
Chapter Two.
"Oh my god, it really is you." James whispered as he took a step towards her.
Lily stared at him, taking in all that she was seeing. Five years certainly hadn't taken a toll on him. He still looked as though he was still seventeen, him with his dark brown eyes, and his mass of disheveled brown hair, the only difference was that you could tell that he had worked out a lot more than he did when he was seventeen. Though other than that, everything from the heart melting smile, to the disheveled brown hair, James Potter looked as though he had stepped out from Lily's past.
"Yea, it's really me I guess." Lily blurted out, and then she realized that she could've slapped herself for saying something so stupid. She didn't want to be here, she didn't want to have bumped into him of all times. Five years had really been to long, but he still had the same effect on her as he always had. Her knees began to weaken.
"Listen, I-I really want to talk to you. You left so quickly, you never even explained."
"James! Don't say that! Don't go jumping right to the fact that I didn't explain, I explained everything perfectly." Lily said surprising herself that she had just blurted that out at the spur of the moment.
"Lily, please, lets go get a cup of coffee, and I owe you one anyway, or maybe I need one, because mine is on your shirt." He said nervously.
"I have to get to work, Mr. Potter. I don't go around chasing people on brooms anymore, so I don't suppose you'd understand." Lily said coldly, giving James a cold stare, then turning on her heel and walking away, at a rather alarming speed.
"Lily Evans! What the hell was that about!!!??" James screamed, but it was useless, she was already gone.
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Lily fell into her seat at the office with a miserable moan. She could NOT believe that this was happening to her. As much as she just wanted to go home, take a bath, and forgot the whole thing had ever happened, she couldn't do that. She couldn't put her life on hold just because she had bumped into James Potter. But those eyes, her mind flooded, those eyes were still deep and intense.
"Damn it, Lily! You're not helping yourself!" Lily scolded herself out loud.
"Lily, what have you done this time?" she heard her best friend, Reanne Taylor say from the doorway.
"You don't want to know, Re. It's to confusing." Lily replied sullenly. Reanne, didn't know of the magic world, Reanne didn't know about James Potter, hell Reanne didn't know anything about Lily's life five years ago. Lily had only met Reanne about two years ago, but they seemed to have known each other forever.
"Come on. I'll treat you to fish and chips down the street for lunch today!" Reanne said smiling.
"Oh, come off it, Re. You know I am revolted by fish!" Lily said smiling for the first time in two hours.
Reanne walked over to Lily's desk and her gaze went to the brown splotches all over her blouse. She raised her eyebrows to this.
"Reanne before you say anything. I got it this morning. Some guy ran into me at the café, and no I didn't get his number because he was a very old, old man." Lily answered lying, but she smiled again. She could always tell what exactly Reanne was going to ask her when it came to guys.
"Wow, you're getting good, Lils." Reanne said sitting down on a vacant seat.
The silence was broken when they heard a loud cough.
"Ms. Evans, and Ms. Taylor I presume that you have your articles for this weeks topic for the London Times. That is your job isn't it? Not to sit here all day and chatter." Their boss, Kyle Peterson replied coldly.
"I, ugh, have it, Mr. Peterson. Let me just get it out of my tote bag." Lily said as she went to reach for her tote bag when something hit her smack dab in the face. She had left her tote bag at the café! She suddenly panicked and she knew that her job was on the line if she didn't have this article in today. Her whole life as a journalist could be thrown away if she didn't get that paper in by twelve o'clock tonight!
"I left it a-at my home, Mr. Peterson." Lily mumbled.
"You what? Wait, no excuses, I want it in my hands by twelve tonight, Evans, or your out of here."
"All right, sir." Lily replied trying to keep her composure. As Reanne and Mr. Peterson swept out of the room, and the door was closed, Lily lost all of what she had been holding in since she had encountered James Potter. She wept silently, and cursed James Potter for everything gone wrong in her life.
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Lily walked through her flat's door, and slammed it shut. She kicked off her shoes, and walked into the livingroom. She collapsed onto the couch, and yelled out, "Derrick! I'm home!"
Derrick walked in from the kitchen, drying his hands on a towel. He walked over to the couch, and placed his strong arms on her shoulders and massaged her shoulders lightly.
"Have a rough day?"
"Yes, a terrible one." Lily replied miserably. "Derrick, you'd never hurt me, would you?"
"Oh my, Lily." Derrick said kneeling down beside her. "Lily I would never ever hurt you in any possible way. I love you Lily Evans."
Lily didn't know what to say at the spur of the moment. She was so caught p in her question that she hadn't even considered that coming. She didn't know what to say to him, should she say that she loved him back? Or not? The last time she had said it to someone, her heart was dejected just a month later. Lily sat up and looked Derrick in the eyes.
"Gee, Derrick. I don't know what to say." Lily whispered looking down at her feet.
"Lily, you don't have to answer. I just want to know something. Where is this relationship going? I need to know Lily. You're holding onto something, and please let it go." Derrick said pleading with her.
Lily put her hand on her mouth. She couldn't believe this was happening. This had all happened so incredibly fast.
"It has already let me go." Lily said lying. She leaned towards him, and kissed him soundly on the lips. Though Derrick didn't want it to end there, he kissed her back. The kiss was growing more passionate, when they were interrupted by the doorbell.
Derrick broke away, and cursed as he walked to the door, and answered it. Derrick was oblivious to the fact that this man, standing in his door way, would eventually turn his life upside down. Derrick swung open the door.
"May I help you mate?" Derrick asked annoyed, he wanted to get back to Lily.
"Yes, does a Miss Lily Evans live here?" James Potter asked praying to god that she didn't, as he looked at Derrick standing at the doorway.
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Wow. I'm so happy that I got this done. You might be wondering why I'm not focusing on James much. It's just that I have to get out all of Lily's life before I can go into James's part of the story. Everything you see in these two chapters are slowly leading up to what happens in chapter 3. You'll see in the next chapter what happened those *almost* five years ago. Ok, I'm rounding it was actually four, but five sounds better. So I'm just saying five, because it will soon be five years. Oh well! It's my story! *Thank you soooo much for R/R!*