Chapter 4~ The Beginning of it all
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~ ~ ~ * * * Emily and Becca quickly left Remus' and Sirius' sides to find out what was wrong with their best friend. When the entered the dorm room Lily was on the bed crying into her pillow.
"Lily, what's wrong chica?" asked Emily sadly.
"Come on Lily, you can talk to us, you know that," said Becca soothingly.
"The last time I was called Lils was by my mum the night she died," said Lily before breaking into large sobs again. Becca and Emily sat on her bed and began to hug her and run their hands up and down her back trying to soothe her.
"Lily, your mum wouldn't want you to be upset by what you remember her by, why not be happy that you have the memory?" said Emily.
"You're right, I'm so glad that I have you guys as friends," said Lily, tears still streaming down her face.
Just then James entered to see what was going on. He was concerned that he was the reason why she was crying, did he push too hard? Did she not like him? Was it too ackward? All of these thoughts were running around in James Potter's head.
"Can I come in?" he asked.
Lily looked up and her face was come over with relief. She found it soothing that James had come in, even if they were at each other's throats half of the time.
"Yea sure, come sit down."
Emily and Becca left the room for the two to be alone to talk.
"Lils, why did you start to cry, was it something I said, or did?"
"It was something you said, it brought back an old memory I have of my mum," said Lily while trying to hold back tears. In a spur-of-the-moment type thing James sat next to Lily and began to hold her in his arms.
"I'm so sorry Lils, can I still call you that?"
"Yes, but only you," she said softly.
They sat there for the next hour or so just talking and James holding her and wiping away her tears.
"James, I accept your offer."
"What offer? Oh, THAT offer, you sure you're up to it, because if you're not."
"I wouldn't want to go with anyone else," she said giving a meek smile.
With an act on impulse James said, "I love you Lily Evans," and kissed her on her forehead. Lily didn't respond, she had fallen asleep in his arms with her tear streaked face against his chest. James stayed there overnight making sure not to wake her and they slept like that.
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * When James had woken the next morning he woke up to the face of Lily staring at him.
"Good morning," she said quietly with a warm smile.
"Morning," said James groggily, "did you sleep ok last night?"
"The best sleep I've ever had."
They quickly went down to the common room to see if anyone was up and what was going on. They soon came upon Remus, Sirius, and Becca, Emily was no where in sight.
"Where's Emily?" asked Lily concerned for her friend.
"Dumbledore summoned her to his office immediately and wouldn't share details in front of us," said Remus who was looking depressed.
Emily entered the common room quietly and tried to get by the group without any one of them noticing, her attempt failed.
"Emily, what's going on?" asked Becca. Emily could no longer take it she rushed upstairs to her dorm and slammed the door behind her.
"Uh oh, I hope this isn't the same thing as last night," said Becca.
Emily was looking through a photo album of her parents and her for her previous birthdays and pictures of her parents Wedding Day, Becca entered the room.
"Em, what's wrong? Is everything ok?"
"Everything's wrong Becca, and I'm not ok," said Emily who broke down into tears.
"What is it Emily?"
"M-my p-p-parents were murdered last night, by Lord Volde---," she couldn't even finish his name.
"Oh my god Emily! I'm so sorry honey! Do you wanna talk about it?"
"Not right now, I'd really just like to be alone."
"Ok babe, just know that Lily and I are here when you are finally ready to talk about it," said Becca before shutting the door and heading back to the common room.
As she descended from the stairs she was bombarded with various questions until they finally went silent.
"Emily's parents were murdered last night," said Becca calmly, there was a long and depressing silence that followed.
Lily got up, whispered something in Becca's ear and went up to see Emily.
"Emily?"
"Yes?"
"I heard about your parents, I know how you feel," said Lily comfortingly.
"How in the hell would you know Lily?" said Emily in a pure burst of hate (A/N: Not directed at Lily but the situation.)
"Because.." started Lily, "my parents were murdered by him too, only 5 years ago."
"Oh, Lily I'm so sorry I didn't know I didn't mean to yell at you like that, forgive me?"
"Emily, don't worry about it, I did the exact same thing, trust me though things will get better over time, that's a guarantee."
Before leaving the room Lily asked, "Would it be alright if Remus came up, he seems quite worried, and just a random question, are you two dating?"
"Yes to both questions," smiled Emily.
Within seconds Remus came up and hugged Emily and had her lie against him.
"Are you ok?"
"It's so hard, one minute they are there and the next they are not," she said while a single tear fell.
Remus wiped it away softly and stroked her hair. He really loved this girl, although it was early in their relationship he wasn't ready to say it to her face. He held her tight and she just lied there in his arms until she fell asleep.
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * A/N: Do you guys like? Please R/R!!!! I'm not going to continue writing if no one reviews! Please I'll review you too!
Disclaimer: Yadda Yadda, you know the drill..
~ ~ ~ * * * Emily and Becca quickly left Remus' and Sirius' sides to find out what was wrong with their best friend. When the entered the dorm room Lily was on the bed crying into her pillow.
"Lily, what's wrong chica?" asked Emily sadly.
"Come on Lily, you can talk to us, you know that," said Becca soothingly.
"The last time I was called Lils was by my mum the night she died," said Lily before breaking into large sobs again. Becca and Emily sat on her bed and began to hug her and run their hands up and down her back trying to soothe her.
"Lily, your mum wouldn't want you to be upset by what you remember her by, why not be happy that you have the memory?" said Emily.
"You're right, I'm so glad that I have you guys as friends," said Lily, tears still streaming down her face.
Just then James entered to see what was going on. He was concerned that he was the reason why she was crying, did he push too hard? Did she not like him? Was it too ackward? All of these thoughts were running around in James Potter's head.
"Can I come in?" he asked.
Lily looked up and her face was come over with relief. She found it soothing that James had come in, even if they were at each other's throats half of the time.
"Yea sure, come sit down."
Emily and Becca left the room for the two to be alone to talk.
"Lils, why did you start to cry, was it something I said, or did?"
"It was something you said, it brought back an old memory I have of my mum," said Lily while trying to hold back tears. In a spur-of-the-moment type thing James sat next to Lily and began to hold her in his arms.
"I'm so sorry Lils, can I still call you that?"
"Yes, but only you," she said softly.
They sat there for the next hour or so just talking and James holding her and wiping away her tears.
"James, I accept your offer."
"What offer? Oh, THAT offer, you sure you're up to it, because if you're not."
"I wouldn't want to go with anyone else," she said giving a meek smile.
With an act on impulse James said, "I love you Lily Evans," and kissed her on her forehead. Lily didn't respond, she had fallen asleep in his arms with her tear streaked face against his chest. James stayed there overnight making sure not to wake her and they slept like that.
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * When James had woken the next morning he woke up to the face of Lily staring at him.
"Good morning," she said quietly with a warm smile.
"Morning," said James groggily, "did you sleep ok last night?"
"The best sleep I've ever had."
They quickly went down to the common room to see if anyone was up and what was going on. They soon came upon Remus, Sirius, and Becca, Emily was no where in sight.
"Where's Emily?" asked Lily concerned for her friend.
"Dumbledore summoned her to his office immediately and wouldn't share details in front of us," said Remus who was looking depressed.
Emily entered the common room quietly and tried to get by the group without any one of them noticing, her attempt failed.
"Emily, what's going on?" asked Becca. Emily could no longer take it she rushed upstairs to her dorm and slammed the door behind her.
"Uh oh, I hope this isn't the same thing as last night," said Becca.
Emily was looking through a photo album of her parents and her for her previous birthdays and pictures of her parents Wedding Day, Becca entered the room.
"Em, what's wrong? Is everything ok?"
"Everything's wrong Becca, and I'm not ok," said Emily who broke down into tears.
"What is it Emily?"
"M-my p-p-parents were murdered last night, by Lord Volde---," she couldn't even finish his name.
"Oh my god Emily! I'm so sorry honey! Do you wanna talk about it?"
"Not right now, I'd really just like to be alone."
"Ok babe, just know that Lily and I are here when you are finally ready to talk about it," said Becca before shutting the door and heading back to the common room.
As she descended from the stairs she was bombarded with various questions until they finally went silent.
"Emily's parents were murdered last night," said Becca calmly, there was a long and depressing silence that followed.
Lily got up, whispered something in Becca's ear and went up to see Emily.
"Emily?"
"Yes?"
"I heard about your parents, I know how you feel," said Lily comfortingly.
"How in the hell would you know Lily?" said Emily in a pure burst of hate (A/N: Not directed at Lily but the situation.)
"Because.." started Lily, "my parents were murdered by him too, only 5 years ago."
"Oh, Lily I'm so sorry I didn't know I didn't mean to yell at you like that, forgive me?"
"Emily, don't worry about it, I did the exact same thing, trust me though things will get better over time, that's a guarantee."
Before leaving the room Lily asked, "Would it be alright if Remus came up, he seems quite worried, and just a random question, are you two dating?"
"Yes to both questions," smiled Emily.
Within seconds Remus came up and hugged Emily and had her lie against him.
"Are you ok?"
"It's so hard, one minute they are there and the next they are not," she said while a single tear fell.
Remus wiped it away softly and stroked her hair. He really loved this girl, although it was early in their relationship he wasn't ready to say it to her face. He held her tight and she just lied there in his arms until she fell asleep.
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * A/N: Do you guys like? Please R/R!!!! I'm not going to continue writing if no one reviews! Please I'll review you too!