It's Sunday. I posted chapter three up a couple of hours ago. I'm still not done with my homework, but I have more ideas that keep popping up in my head. I need to get them down!! Thank you to the reviewers. Keep on reviewing!!
More Than Just Harry
Chapter 4: Blind
"Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never."
-Charles Caleb Colton
"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."
-James Baldwin
"We're home!" yelled the threesome. Sirius, Remus, and Arabella returned home from shopping. They dropped their shopping bags on the wooden floor of the entry room, and they continued to the living room. On the wine colored love-couch in front of the television was James Potter and Lily Evans. Lily's cheek was against James's shoulder. His cheek was on top of her head. Lily's arms were around James's neck while his were around her waist. A deep red velvet blanket was loosely draped over them. They were asleep.
Arabella, known to her close friends as Bella, smirked. Lily is the most stupid and blind female ever. Most females gawked at James all day. He was extremely handsome with jet black hair and expressive brown eyes. James, however, never paid girls any attention. The only exception was Lily and herself. He was more caring toward Lily than anyone else. He showed it in a way no one could see it unless they looked very closely. He did little things like buy her something she liked when she was in a bad mood or when he saw it. He'd just leave it in her room and play along with everyone else when Lily came out to thank the person who gave it to her. Everyone except blind Lily would know who gave it to her. When she was in a bad mood, James would lend her a shoulder to cry on, take her out for dinner even when he had little money, or rent her a sappy movie.
James's eyes are very expressive to those he allow to see into his soul. His brown eyes are always icy, like the arctic, when it came to most females and strangers. To his close friends, his eyes were always warm, like the Caribbean seas. However, Bella knew his eyes were most expressive around Lily. His eyes showed a myriad of feelings with her. They were never cold toward her. Instead, his brown eyes allowed Lily to see everything his soul felt. With her, there were no masks. Bella didn't know what his eyes expressed, but she did know they could express sadness, love, warmth, grief, sympathy, and, most importantly, happiness with Lily. She was the only one he expressed all those feelings to because she cared. His other friends would not listen to his stories or worries, but Lily did. He trusted her with everything.
Perhaps James was blind too. Bella often saw him gazing at Lily. When other males even glanced at Lily, James would glare daggers at them and put an arm around Lily. When a boy flirted with Lily, James would only look jealous. Later, his eyes would cloud with a confusion as to where the jealousy came from. Bella knew James thought Lily was beautiful. James was an artist who loved to express his thoughts and feelings by art. More often than not, his paintings were of Lily. Her emerald eyes would glimmer and her ruby hair shimmer. James did not notice the feelings he were expressing toward Lily, nor did he notice the feelings she was showing him. Lily was a body and language person. She could speak many languages, but the way she used it was what showed her feelings. When it came to James, Lily talked a lot. Her words were more careful and thorough. They were specific. She loved to hug and hold hands with James. This showed that she trusted and loved him.
All this the couple missed. Did they love each other? No one except them knows. Bella wasn't going to make assumptions on such serious matters. If they did love each other, more than likely, they would have confessed their feelings for each other. They were too close and comfortable with each other to not. Bella's theory was they loved each other in more than a friendly way, but didn't realize it yet. It was probably because of the outcome that scared them. The pain was automatically put into their envisioned lives. They were afraid to change anything. But then again, this was an assumption. Maybe they did only love each other on a friendly level.
"Yo love birds! Wake up!" screamed Sirius.
James stirred. His brown eyes fluttered open. He looked to his left where Lily was sleeping soundly still. He motioned for them to be quiet, then, with a swift motion of his hands, he swept Lily up in his arms and carried her upstairs to their room.
James loved their room. Weird that Lily and James shared a room huh? There were only three bedrooms. Arabella wanted her own room, leaving two bedrooms. Lily would have to share a room with one of the guys. The only guy she was really compatible with was James so they shared a bedroom, leaving Sirius and Remus in the remaining room.
Even after the year they had been absent from the house, the room was still the same. The walls were a beautiful pale blue color with white clouds floating around. The ceiling was a dark blue with gold flecks on it to mirror the sky. There was a huge king sized bed in the center of the back wall and one underneath the window on the far left wall.
James laid Lily down on her bed, then covered her with the light blanket they used during the summer. He sat on the bed and watched her sleep. Her red hair fanned out around her. James started to play with it. He watched her chest heave up and down in tune with her breathing. He watched her like this for a long time.
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A week later, the gang had decided to go to the beach ( is this in every romance story?). If they didn't, next year they wouldn't be able to. On top of recent attacks on both the muggle and wizard world, Lily wouldn't be able to. She had skipped her period meaning the potion was going to work. She had three more months until she began to be pregnant. She ate everything now, because when she had the baby, she wouldn't be able to.
The attacks were what was getting worse. It seemed that seven years ago, when Lily and the gang were sixteen, the attacks were lessening. There had been many attacks a day. They gradually stopped until the last tragic and worst attack. It was too horrible to think about on a day like this. Then, a year ago, the attacks began again. It was by the same person. A Lord Voldermort. Fear was beginning to rise again. There were only a couple of attacks a month, so citizens were not worried yet.
So the gang packed up and hopped into Lily's car. After all, there were going to be muggles at the beach. They couldn't apparate. Plus, they had a lot of beach supplies.
At the beach, Bella and Lily set up their beach gear. Five colorful beach towels were laid out on the sand. Five white beach recliners were set up under the two rainbow colored umbrellas that also shaded the towels. Extra, small towels were kept in a duffel bag just in case anyone got drenched.
The boys on the other hand were looking around for pretty girls. Except for James of course. He knew that beautiful women could be dangerous, excluding his precious Lily. He sat on a towel under the cool shade, took out his sketch pad, and began to draw the blue ocean, beige sand, and the many people. Sirius and Remus went off under the hot sun to look for girls.
"Aren't you hot?" asked Lily. James still had his shirt on. His dark blue swimming trunks were on.
James stared. Lily was in a bikini. It was a halter that showed only a little of her belly button. The bottom piece were a pair of shorts. Lily never did like to show off ant skin, but James still found her modestly attractive.
"What about you?" he asked.
"I'm a winter person remember? I'm even cold during the summer. You see the steam coming out of the bathroom after I shower all year round."
James sighed. He ignored Lily. It was his job to pretend to not care.
Lily grunted, more hurt that he didn't listen than angry. She took out some suntan lotion and began to spread it over her body. (A. N. The old suntan lotion...) James didn't even bother to offer her help.
"You need help there?" asked a couple of guys walking by. "Seems like your boyfriend doesn't even care."
"No thank you," replied Lily. She squirted more of the coconut smelling lotion on the palm of her hand. Skillfully, Lily reached her arm around to her back and began to spread lotion on her entire back. "I'm fine."
The boys walked away dejectedly. They had never seen a girl with such strange flexibility before. Well, girls that had never rejected them before.
James smirked. He never offered to help Lily because she could do it all by herself. If he did off help, she would actually accept it.
"I'm off to swim," she said.
"Let me come sketch you."
"Okay."
Lily was off to the ocean. She dived in gracefully leaving almost no splash or indication that she had even entered the water. She swam around while James sketched her with colored pencils. Her light blue bikini was a beautiful contrast to the green-turquoise of the ocean. Her red hair was visible seen. Green eyes sparkled as they caught the sun's rays. Lily swam to shore where James was sitting. She peered over his shoulder at the sketch of herself. It was gorgeous. Quickly, Lily grabbed the entire sketchbook.
"I have your sketchbook!" mocked Lily. She ran for it. Up the shore they went. Back to their little spot where Lily dropped it. Then she went back down to the ocean. James was gaining fast. He was a very fast runner. Lily dived into the ocean where she was sure she could beat him. Just as she dived in, James grabbed her around the waist, and they both fell into the shallow end of the ocean. James began to tickle Lily mercilessly. She squirmed, but couldn't get out of James's grasp.
Suddenly, Lily began to shake. James immediately stopped what he was doing. Lily ran far away to a port-a-poddy. James followed. In the small stall, James held back Lily's hair as she vomited.
"It's just a side effect of the potion. It takes the place of the three months of non-pregnancy and no period. It occurs when my period is supposed to come for these three months. You can help me."
James groaned. This wasn't good. Three weeks of vomiting. Then three months of it when the actual pregnancy came. This was going to be a long nine months.
A. N. Sorry!! I couldn't update when I got 20 reviews. It's Monday and I finally finished this chapter. Only 16 more minutes until eleven p.m. I still have to do homework. This was a bad chapter. My friend read this story and didn't like it...
Review please!! If I get 40 reviews (I have 26 now), I'll update. If not, I'll update on Saturday. I'll even start the next chapter. I have to work on longer chapters. Mine are too short. Also, I got a lot of reviews saying my story is unique. Of course! I despise things being the same. I like diversity
More Than Just Harry
Chapter 4: Blind
"Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never."
-Charles Caleb Colton
"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."
-James Baldwin
"We're home!" yelled the threesome. Sirius, Remus, and Arabella returned home from shopping. They dropped their shopping bags on the wooden floor of the entry room, and they continued to the living room. On the wine colored love-couch in front of the television was James Potter and Lily Evans. Lily's cheek was against James's shoulder. His cheek was on top of her head. Lily's arms were around James's neck while his were around her waist. A deep red velvet blanket was loosely draped over them. They were asleep.
Arabella, known to her close friends as Bella, smirked. Lily is the most stupid and blind female ever. Most females gawked at James all day. He was extremely handsome with jet black hair and expressive brown eyes. James, however, never paid girls any attention. The only exception was Lily and herself. He was more caring toward Lily than anyone else. He showed it in a way no one could see it unless they looked very closely. He did little things like buy her something she liked when she was in a bad mood or when he saw it. He'd just leave it in her room and play along with everyone else when Lily came out to thank the person who gave it to her. Everyone except blind Lily would know who gave it to her. When she was in a bad mood, James would lend her a shoulder to cry on, take her out for dinner even when he had little money, or rent her a sappy movie.
James's eyes are very expressive to those he allow to see into his soul. His brown eyes are always icy, like the arctic, when it came to most females and strangers. To his close friends, his eyes were always warm, like the Caribbean seas. However, Bella knew his eyes were most expressive around Lily. His eyes showed a myriad of feelings with her. They were never cold toward her. Instead, his brown eyes allowed Lily to see everything his soul felt. With her, there were no masks. Bella didn't know what his eyes expressed, but she did know they could express sadness, love, warmth, grief, sympathy, and, most importantly, happiness with Lily. She was the only one he expressed all those feelings to because she cared. His other friends would not listen to his stories or worries, but Lily did. He trusted her with everything.
Perhaps James was blind too. Bella often saw him gazing at Lily. When other males even glanced at Lily, James would glare daggers at them and put an arm around Lily. When a boy flirted with Lily, James would only look jealous. Later, his eyes would cloud with a confusion as to where the jealousy came from. Bella knew James thought Lily was beautiful. James was an artist who loved to express his thoughts and feelings by art. More often than not, his paintings were of Lily. Her emerald eyes would glimmer and her ruby hair shimmer. James did not notice the feelings he were expressing toward Lily, nor did he notice the feelings she was showing him. Lily was a body and language person. She could speak many languages, but the way she used it was what showed her feelings. When it came to James, Lily talked a lot. Her words were more careful and thorough. They were specific. She loved to hug and hold hands with James. This showed that she trusted and loved him.
All this the couple missed. Did they love each other? No one except them knows. Bella wasn't going to make assumptions on such serious matters. If they did love each other, more than likely, they would have confessed their feelings for each other. They were too close and comfortable with each other to not. Bella's theory was they loved each other in more than a friendly way, but didn't realize it yet. It was probably because of the outcome that scared them. The pain was automatically put into their envisioned lives. They were afraid to change anything. But then again, this was an assumption. Maybe they did only love each other on a friendly level.
"Yo love birds! Wake up!" screamed Sirius.
James stirred. His brown eyes fluttered open. He looked to his left where Lily was sleeping soundly still. He motioned for them to be quiet, then, with a swift motion of his hands, he swept Lily up in his arms and carried her upstairs to their room.
James loved their room. Weird that Lily and James shared a room huh? There were only three bedrooms. Arabella wanted her own room, leaving two bedrooms. Lily would have to share a room with one of the guys. The only guy she was really compatible with was James so they shared a bedroom, leaving Sirius and Remus in the remaining room.
Even after the year they had been absent from the house, the room was still the same. The walls were a beautiful pale blue color with white clouds floating around. The ceiling was a dark blue with gold flecks on it to mirror the sky. There was a huge king sized bed in the center of the back wall and one underneath the window on the far left wall.
James laid Lily down on her bed, then covered her with the light blanket they used during the summer. He sat on the bed and watched her sleep. Her red hair fanned out around her. James started to play with it. He watched her chest heave up and down in tune with her breathing. He watched her like this for a long time.
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A week later, the gang had decided to go to the beach ( is this in every romance story?). If they didn't, next year they wouldn't be able to. On top of recent attacks on both the muggle and wizard world, Lily wouldn't be able to. She had skipped her period meaning the potion was going to work. She had three more months until she began to be pregnant. She ate everything now, because when she had the baby, she wouldn't be able to.
The attacks were what was getting worse. It seemed that seven years ago, when Lily and the gang were sixteen, the attacks were lessening. There had been many attacks a day. They gradually stopped until the last tragic and worst attack. It was too horrible to think about on a day like this. Then, a year ago, the attacks began again. It was by the same person. A Lord Voldermort. Fear was beginning to rise again. There were only a couple of attacks a month, so citizens were not worried yet.
So the gang packed up and hopped into Lily's car. After all, there were going to be muggles at the beach. They couldn't apparate. Plus, they had a lot of beach supplies.
At the beach, Bella and Lily set up their beach gear. Five colorful beach towels were laid out on the sand. Five white beach recliners were set up under the two rainbow colored umbrellas that also shaded the towels. Extra, small towels were kept in a duffel bag just in case anyone got drenched.
The boys on the other hand were looking around for pretty girls. Except for James of course. He knew that beautiful women could be dangerous, excluding his precious Lily. He sat on a towel under the cool shade, took out his sketch pad, and began to draw the blue ocean, beige sand, and the many people. Sirius and Remus went off under the hot sun to look for girls.
"Aren't you hot?" asked Lily. James still had his shirt on. His dark blue swimming trunks were on.
James stared. Lily was in a bikini. It was a halter that showed only a little of her belly button. The bottom piece were a pair of shorts. Lily never did like to show off ant skin, but James still found her modestly attractive.
"What about you?" he asked.
"I'm a winter person remember? I'm even cold during the summer. You see the steam coming out of the bathroom after I shower all year round."
James sighed. He ignored Lily. It was his job to pretend to not care.
Lily grunted, more hurt that he didn't listen than angry. She took out some suntan lotion and began to spread it over her body. (A. N. The old suntan lotion...) James didn't even bother to offer her help.
"You need help there?" asked a couple of guys walking by. "Seems like your boyfriend doesn't even care."
"No thank you," replied Lily. She squirted more of the coconut smelling lotion on the palm of her hand. Skillfully, Lily reached her arm around to her back and began to spread lotion on her entire back. "I'm fine."
The boys walked away dejectedly. They had never seen a girl with such strange flexibility before. Well, girls that had never rejected them before.
James smirked. He never offered to help Lily because she could do it all by herself. If he did off help, she would actually accept it.
"I'm off to swim," she said.
"Let me come sketch you."
"Okay."
Lily was off to the ocean. She dived in gracefully leaving almost no splash or indication that she had even entered the water. She swam around while James sketched her with colored pencils. Her light blue bikini was a beautiful contrast to the green-turquoise of the ocean. Her red hair was visible seen. Green eyes sparkled as they caught the sun's rays. Lily swam to shore where James was sitting. She peered over his shoulder at the sketch of herself. It was gorgeous. Quickly, Lily grabbed the entire sketchbook.
"I have your sketchbook!" mocked Lily. She ran for it. Up the shore they went. Back to their little spot where Lily dropped it. Then she went back down to the ocean. James was gaining fast. He was a very fast runner. Lily dived into the ocean where she was sure she could beat him. Just as she dived in, James grabbed her around the waist, and they both fell into the shallow end of the ocean. James began to tickle Lily mercilessly. She squirmed, but couldn't get out of James's grasp.
Suddenly, Lily began to shake. James immediately stopped what he was doing. Lily ran far away to a port-a-poddy. James followed. In the small stall, James held back Lily's hair as she vomited.
"It's just a side effect of the potion. It takes the place of the three months of non-pregnancy and no period. It occurs when my period is supposed to come for these three months. You can help me."
James groaned. This wasn't good. Three weeks of vomiting. Then three months of it when the actual pregnancy came. This was going to be a long nine months.
A. N. Sorry!! I couldn't update when I got 20 reviews. It's Monday and I finally finished this chapter. Only 16 more minutes until eleven p.m. I still have to do homework. This was a bad chapter. My friend read this story and didn't like it...
Review please!! If I get 40 reviews (I have 26 now), I'll update. If not, I'll update on Saturday. I'll even start the next chapter. I have to work on longer chapters. Mine are too short. Also, I got a lot of reviews saying my story is unique. Of course! I despise things being the same. I like diversity