Chapter 20
The Talk
"You do know," James panted as he jogged the shoreline with Lily on his last morning in Italy with her, "that this much running is bad for the heart, right?" he gasped. Lily looked at him and continued the last stretch of her daily two-mile jog.
"And you do know that you are acting like a baby, right?" Lily shot back in the same tone, minus the heavy panting. James scowled at his girlfriend.
"Finally!" James muttered in triumph as he saw the rocks that Lily used for her marker.
Lily slowed down to a walk and looked at James pathetically. "Aren't you on the Quidditch team?" she asked him while he took a deep swig of his water.
James scowled at her. "Yes, I am, but you don't need to be able to run two miles a day to play Quidditch," he growled out. Lily snickered and stuck her tongue out at him.
"Mature, Honey, really mature," James said shortening his stride as they began their walk back to the house.
"I know, I am, aren't I?" she sighed as she wrapped an arm around his waist and laid her damp head on his shoulder. "James," she whispered as she stopped.
James looked at Lily and smiled. 'She is gorgeous, even when she was low maintenance,' he thought as he raised a hand to draw his fingers against the smoothness of her cheek.
"I love you, James," she whispered, looking deep into his eyes.
James smiled this dreamy smile. "I love you too, Lily. I love you, too," he whispered against her lips as he kissed her.
Lily's mind went blank with passion as he slipped his tongue inside her mouth. God how she missed his taste, regardless of the fact that they had kissed before they started their run an hour ago. She moaned deep into their kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck.
James pulled back and looked into Lily's emerald green eyes, which were glazed over with held-in passion, and tried to get out of her embrace before he was tempted to take her on the sand like an animal.
"Lils," he whispered, gently running the back of his fingers against her lips. "Let go before I can't control myself, please."
Lily's eyes began to focus, and everything became clear again. 'His kisses always make every sense I have blurry,' she thought, as she looked into his blue, blue eyes. 'They have always reminded me of deep ocean waters,' she mused to herself before she realized that he was saying something. Lily loosened her arms from around his neck as he leaned back from her embrace.
"Lils, I want you so much," he said as his lips lightly brushed hers. "But I don't want to take you on the beach. It'd be too messy, Baby," James said when he saw disappointment flash in her eyes as he pulled back.
Lily looked at the ground, calculating, and grimaced. 'He's right,' she thought gloomily. She sighed aloud and looked at James with a pained expression as she slipped her small hand in his large one.
"You leave tomorrow morning," she stated.
James looked down at Lily and frowned in consideration. 'What is she thinking?' he wondered.
"And I won't see you for months after this," she said with a glance at him. "And I was wondering. Would you come and visit me tonight?" she asked with a slight blush gracing her tanned complexion.
James thought about this and grinned. "Maybe," he said.
Lily scowled at him. 'Why is it whenever you ask a guy a question that you'd like to hear the answer to, you always get a maybe or some stupid remark that you don't want to hear?' she thought angrily.
"Is that a maybe as in yes, or is that a maybe as in, 'I'm sorry but your parents are down the hall and around the corner' maybe?" she asked.
James looked at her and smiled. "That's a maybe. Nothing more, nothing less," he said just irritate her. Lily growled and ignored him the rest of the walk back.
'That's what you get for asking James Potter a question,' she thought hotly.
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"I have asked you four here for a reason," Mr. Evans said as he looked at the four faces seated in front of his desk in the Office that he hardly ever used. "As you know, every mage has a prophecy attached to them. I asked you all here to make sure that you all know yours," he said.
"Well," Lily said, breaking the silence. "I know mine."
James and Mr. Evans looked at her funnily. "What? I do." Lily said.
"What is it?" Mr. Evans asked.
Lily visibly blushed. "Do I have to say the riddle thingy?" Lily asked. Mr. Evans nodded his head, and Lily scowled. "I forgot some of it, so this will be how I think I remember it," she said, and was rewarded by groans.
If you asked Lily something that she didn't remember, she always filled in the blanks with something . . . moronic.
"But," Lily continued, as if she didn't hear the groans, "it goes something like this: The drops of Water shall quench an ever burning flame upon the birth of a Light one. With this child, the drops of Water shall be able to defeat the ultimate Dark . . ." she recited, and then furrowed her brows in concentration.
"I don't remember the rest," she admitted sheepishly after a minute of thinking.
Mr. Evans sighed. "It's okay, Flower."
"Mine is also something like that, Daddy." Kayla said.
Mr. Evans looked at Kayla questioningly. She shrugged and said, "Fire consumed by fire quenches an ultimate thirst for warmth, and a Keeper shall be born. Through the fire this keeper shall help the Guardian of the Light with knowledge, and shall eventually help save the world from a horrible dark," she said.
"Sir," Sirius said, shock evident in his voice. "That was mine."
Mr. Evans looked at Sirius and grinned. 'I'll be damned. They really are meant to be together,' he thought as he looked at the couple.
"James?" Mr. Evans asked after a couple of minutes.
James drew in a deep breath. "I only remember the finishing part of mine. But I think that it links to Lily's," he said with a glance towards her. "- Water shall embrace the Light for a final battle with Dark, and if Water has been tamed, Light shall overcome Dark for the final and last time, sending the Dark to a watery grave for the rest of time," he said looking at Lily the whole time.
Mr. Evans thought about this. "They are one and the same," he said finally, drawing the attention of the four teens. "Yours and Lily's prophecy's along with Sirius's and Kayla's are the same."
"What does this mean?" came the voice of Lily.
Mr. Evans sighed. "From the Heart, the four saviors of the Earth shall be raised. With efficient training, these saviors shall be responsible for the defeat of Dark. That was my prophecy," he said. "You four are my prophecy," he whispered. "I was meant to put you all together, establish the friendships," he said. For this part, he glanced in between Lily and Kayla. "And nurture and love you two."
"Then what was that stupid training I had to take when I was fourteen?" asked a miffed Lily.
Mr. Evans chuckled. "Torture my darling. Torture. After all, there is nothing like marital arts, running, and dueling to make you feel the pain of the dead," he said grinning. "My Father did the same thing to me when I was that age," he admitted.
Lily's jaw had dropped in astonishment. "That is so . . ." Lily said, searching for the right word, "wrong!" she screamed.
"No, that's one of the perks of parenthood, and that was also payback for telling your mother that I had forgotten to get her a Birthday present, and totally forgot her Birthday too," he replied with a grin.
Lily scowled at her father. "If I would have known that I would have been going through hell and back I wouldn't have told!" she yelled.
Mr. Evans shook his head at his daughter and got up out of his chair. "That was fun to watch," he said, his grin widening in amusement.
Lily gasped in outrage, and Mr. Evans thought that it'd be best to get out of the room as fast as he could. "I love you Flower, I love you Fairy," he said to Lily and Kayla before making a dash for the door before Lily could snap.
Two calls of "I love you too, Daddy!" could be heard, and Mr. Evans smiled in bliss.
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Lily let out a breath and scowled at the spot that he father had been sitting.
"Was it really that bad?" James asked when he noticed her scowl.
"Yes."
James winced. 'Ouch. She's pissed,' he thought. 'She also looks very hot when she's mad too.' He grinned. James pushed himself out of his chair and walked over to the one Lily was sitting in, three feet away from his. He smiled at himself and bent to kiss her cheek, and then brought his mouth near her ear. "I'll be there at midnight. Leave the door unlocked. I'll let myself in," he whispered, his breath tickling her ear, causing her to shiver in delight.
James straightened and walked towards the door with a satisfied smirk on his face. 'This is going to be a night she won't forget,' he thought, ideas popping into his head of what he could do to her, for her.
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The Talk
"You do know," James panted as he jogged the shoreline with Lily on his last morning in Italy with her, "that this much running is bad for the heart, right?" he gasped. Lily looked at him and continued the last stretch of her daily two-mile jog.
"And you do know that you are acting like a baby, right?" Lily shot back in the same tone, minus the heavy panting. James scowled at his girlfriend.
"Finally!" James muttered in triumph as he saw the rocks that Lily used for her marker.
Lily slowed down to a walk and looked at James pathetically. "Aren't you on the Quidditch team?" she asked him while he took a deep swig of his water.
James scowled at her. "Yes, I am, but you don't need to be able to run two miles a day to play Quidditch," he growled out. Lily snickered and stuck her tongue out at him.
"Mature, Honey, really mature," James said shortening his stride as they began their walk back to the house.
"I know, I am, aren't I?" she sighed as she wrapped an arm around his waist and laid her damp head on his shoulder. "James," she whispered as she stopped.
James looked at Lily and smiled. 'She is gorgeous, even when she was low maintenance,' he thought as he raised a hand to draw his fingers against the smoothness of her cheek.
"I love you, James," she whispered, looking deep into his eyes.
James smiled this dreamy smile. "I love you too, Lily. I love you, too," he whispered against her lips as he kissed her.
Lily's mind went blank with passion as he slipped his tongue inside her mouth. God how she missed his taste, regardless of the fact that they had kissed before they started their run an hour ago. She moaned deep into their kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck.
James pulled back and looked into Lily's emerald green eyes, which were glazed over with held-in passion, and tried to get out of her embrace before he was tempted to take her on the sand like an animal.
"Lils," he whispered, gently running the back of his fingers against her lips. "Let go before I can't control myself, please."
Lily's eyes began to focus, and everything became clear again. 'His kisses always make every sense I have blurry,' she thought, as she looked into his blue, blue eyes. 'They have always reminded me of deep ocean waters,' she mused to herself before she realized that he was saying something. Lily loosened her arms from around his neck as he leaned back from her embrace.
"Lils, I want you so much," he said as his lips lightly brushed hers. "But I don't want to take you on the beach. It'd be too messy, Baby," James said when he saw disappointment flash in her eyes as he pulled back.
Lily looked at the ground, calculating, and grimaced. 'He's right,' she thought gloomily. She sighed aloud and looked at James with a pained expression as she slipped her small hand in his large one.
"You leave tomorrow morning," she stated.
James looked down at Lily and frowned in consideration. 'What is she thinking?' he wondered.
"And I won't see you for months after this," she said with a glance at him. "And I was wondering. Would you come and visit me tonight?" she asked with a slight blush gracing her tanned complexion.
James thought about this and grinned. "Maybe," he said.
Lily scowled at him. 'Why is it whenever you ask a guy a question that you'd like to hear the answer to, you always get a maybe or some stupid remark that you don't want to hear?' she thought angrily.
"Is that a maybe as in yes, or is that a maybe as in, 'I'm sorry but your parents are down the hall and around the corner' maybe?" she asked.
James looked at her and smiled. "That's a maybe. Nothing more, nothing less," he said just irritate her. Lily growled and ignored him the rest of the walk back.
'That's what you get for asking James Potter a question,' she thought hotly.
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"I have asked you four here for a reason," Mr. Evans said as he looked at the four faces seated in front of his desk in the Office that he hardly ever used. "As you know, every mage has a prophecy attached to them. I asked you all here to make sure that you all know yours," he said.
"Well," Lily said, breaking the silence. "I know mine."
James and Mr. Evans looked at her funnily. "What? I do." Lily said.
"What is it?" Mr. Evans asked.
Lily visibly blushed. "Do I have to say the riddle thingy?" Lily asked. Mr. Evans nodded his head, and Lily scowled. "I forgot some of it, so this will be how I think I remember it," she said, and was rewarded by groans.
If you asked Lily something that she didn't remember, she always filled in the blanks with something . . . moronic.
"But," Lily continued, as if she didn't hear the groans, "it goes something like this: The drops of Water shall quench an ever burning flame upon the birth of a Light one. With this child, the drops of Water shall be able to defeat the ultimate Dark . . ." she recited, and then furrowed her brows in concentration.
"I don't remember the rest," she admitted sheepishly after a minute of thinking.
Mr. Evans sighed. "It's okay, Flower."
"Mine is also something like that, Daddy." Kayla said.
Mr. Evans looked at Kayla questioningly. She shrugged and said, "Fire consumed by fire quenches an ultimate thirst for warmth, and a Keeper shall be born. Through the fire this keeper shall help the Guardian of the Light with knowledge, and shall eventually help save the world from a horrible dark," she said.
"Sir," Sirius said, shock evident in his voice. "That was mine."
Mr. Evans looked at Sirius and grinned. 'I'll be damned. They really are meant to be together,' he thought as he looked at the couple.
"James?" Mr. Evans asked after a couple of minutes.
James drew in a deep breath. "I only remember the finishing part of mine. But I think that it links to Lily's," he said with a glance towards her. "- Water shall embrace the Light for a final battle with Dark, and if Water has been tamed, Light shall overcome Dark for the final and last time, sending the Dark to a watery grave for the rest of time," he said looking at Lily the whole time.
Mr. Evans thought about this. "They are one and the same," he said finally, drawing the attention of the four teens. "Yours and Lily's prophecy's along with Sirius's and Kayla's are the same."
"What does this mean?" came the voice of Lily.
Mr. Evans sighed. "From the Heart, the four saviors of the Earth shall be raised. With efficient training, these saviors shall be responsible for the defeat of Dark. That was my prophecy," he said. "You four are my prophecy," he whispered. "I was meant to put you all together, establish the friendships," he said. For this part, he glanced in between Lily and Kayla. "And nurture and love you two."
"Then what was that stupid training I had to take when I was fourteen?" asked a miffed Lily.
Mr. Evans chuckled. "Torture my darling. Torture. After all, there is nothing like marital arts, running, and dueling to make you feel the pain of the dead," he said grinning. "My Father did the same thing to me when I was that age," he admitted.
Lily's jaw had dropped in astonishment. "That is so . . ." Lily said, searching for the right word, "wrong!" she screamed.
"No, that's one of the perks of parenthood, and that was also payback for telling your mother that I had forgotten to get her a Birthday present, and totally forgot her Birthday too," he replied with a grin.
Lily scowled at her father. "If I would have known that I would have been going through hell and back I wouldn't have told!" she yelled.
Mr. Evans shook his head at his daughter and got up out of his chair. "That was fun to watch," he said, his grin widening in amusement.
Lily gasped in outrage, and Mr. Evans thought that it'd be best to get out of the room as fast as he could. "I love you Flower, I love you Fairy," he said to Lily and Kayla before making a dash for the door before Lily could snap.
Two calls of "I love you too, Daddy!" could be heard, and Mr. Evans smiled in bliss.
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Lily let out a breath and scowled at the spot that he father had been sitting.
"Was it really that bad?" James asked when he noticed her scowl.
"Yes."
James winced. 'Ouch. She's pissed,' he thought. 'She also looks very hot when she's mad too.' He grinned. James pushed himself out of his chair and walked over to the one Lily was sitting in, three feet away from his. He smiled at himself and bent to kiss her cheek, and then brought his mouth near her ear. "I'll be there at midnight. Leave the door unlocked. I'll let myself in," he whispered, his breath tickling her ear, causing her to shiver in delight.
James straightened and walked towards the door with a satisfied smirk on his face. 'This is going to be a night she won't forget,' he thought, ideas popping into his head of what he could do to her, for her.
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