Chapter One: So Hurt, So Vulnerable, So…Beautiful.
Lily sat down at the Gryffindor table to catch a quick breakfast before catching up on her Transfiguration homework. It was her worst subject, but lately the harder she tried, the harder it was for her. Now, Charms was her best subject. She always come top of her class.
"Lily!" someone shouted from across the Great Hall. Lily immediately recognized the voice, but didn't look up. She jumped up and quickly ran back to her dormitory ignoring the shouts of her best friend.
She sat on her bed, her heart pounding. Praying, her roommates wouldn't come in. Lily lay back on her bed and closed her eyes. This did nothing to stop the flow of tears. She cried silently, letting the tears spill over onto her robes.
'How could she?' she thought, before the darkness engulfed her.
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"Has anybody seen Lily?" asked Mandy Robins. She looked at her friends but they were all shaking their heads. Everyone but James and Sirius were there, who were serving detention for Professor Vindictro, the potions master.
She sighed; she hadn't seen Lily since this morning when she'd run off. She couldn't help but notice that ever since Mandy had started dating James, Lily would make an excuse not to hang out.
There'd always been rumours that Lily and James mutual hatred was really love, but those had stopped when James had started going out with Lily's best friend.
She made a final check of the Great Hall, hoping for a glimpse of fiery red hair.
'I don't believe this' she thought. 'She can't have that much homework.'
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James Potter impatiently brushed aside a lock of jet-black hair, as he made his way out of the dungeons. Sirius Black, his best friend, followed closely behind.
'Prongs, I'm gonna go down to the kitchens. You coming?' asked Sirius
"Yeah, I'm starving," he replied.
They made their way down to the kitchens but just as they were entering it they heard a familiar voice.
"Thanks, Minderv," said the voice.
James was the first to spot her. Even though her back was to him, he would have recognized that waist-length hair anywhere. Lily Evans.
She turned around quickly and James sucked in his breath. Her skin was pale and her green eyes, which were normally sparkling with curiosity, had lost their sparkle and were now tired and rimmed with red. Slowly, he let his gaze travel downward. She wore a white tank top, which revealed a good few inches of her flat stomach. She wore a pair of white shorts, which showed off her long tan legs.
He looked up at her and they locked eyes. Her eyes…they looked so hurt, a shiver shot down his spine and he blinked. In that second, her expression hardened and she brushed past him without a word.
"She looked like hell. Wonder what's the matter?" said Sirius.
"Dunno," mumbled James.
After that he barely noticed all the delicious desserts he and Sirius smuggled up to their dormitory. He thought about the look Lily had given him. In that second they'd locked eyes, she'd looked so hurt, so vulnerable, and so…beautiful.
Disclaimer: Anything you recognise belongs to JK Rowling.
Lily sat down at the Gryffindor table to catch a quick breakfast before catching up on her Transfiguration homework. It was her worst subject, but lately the harder she tried, the harder it was for her. Now, Charms was her best subject. She always come top of her class.
"Lily!" someone shouted from across the Great Hall. Lily immediately recognized the voice, but didn't look up. She jumped up and quickly ran back to her dormitory ignoring the shouts of her best friend.
She sat on her bed, her heart pounding. Praying, her roommates wouldn't come in. Lily lay back on her bed and closed her eyes. This did nothing to stop the flow of tears. She cried silently, letting the tears spill over onto her robes.
'How could she?' she thought, before the darkness engulfed her.
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"Has anybody seen Lily?" asked Mandy Robins. She looked at her friends but they were all shaking their heads. Everyone but James and Sirius were there, who were serving detention for Professor Vindictro, the potions master.
She sighed; she hadn't seen Lily since this morning when she'd run off. She couldn't help but notice that ever since Mandy had started dating James, Lily would make an excuse not to hang out.
There'd always been rumours that Lily and James mutual hatred was really love, but those had stopped when James had started going out with Lily's best friend.
She made a final check of the Great Hall, hoping for a glimpse of fiery red hair.
'I don't believe this' she thought. 'She can't have that much homework.'
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James Potter impatiently brushed aside a lock of jet-black hair, as he made his way out of the dungeons. Sirius Black, his best friend, followed closely behind.
'Prongs, I'm gonna go down to the kitchens. You coming?' asked Sirius
"Yeah, I'm starving," he replied.
They made their way down to the kitchens but just as they were entering it they heard a familiar voice.
"Thanks, Minderv," said the voice.
James was the first to spot her. Even though her back was to him, he would have recognized that waist-length hair anywhere. Lily Evans.
She turned around quickly and James sucked in his breath. Her skin was pale and her green eyes, which were normally sparkling with curiosity, had lost their sparkle and were now tired and rimmed with red. Slowly, he let his gaze travel downward. She wore a white tank top, which revealed a good few inches of her flat stomach. She wore a pair of white shorts, which showed off her long tan legs.
He looked up at her and they locked eyes. Her eyes…they looked so hurt, a shiver shot down his spine and he blinked. In that second, her expression hardened and she brushed past him without a word.
"She looked like hell. Wonder what's the matter?" said Sirius.
"Dunno," mumbled James.
After that he barely noticed all the delicious desserts he and Sirius smuggled up to their dormitory. He thought about the look Lily had given him. In that second they'd locked eyes, she'd looked so hurt, so vulnerable, and so…beautiful.
Disclaimer: Anything you recognise belongs to JK Rowling.