James and Lily (for lack of a better title) - By grahm_craker_gal
Chapter Six - Surprise Mesages
James slowly dialed the digits the operator had told him were Lily's. Before dialing the last number, he wondered whether or not he was doing the right thing. On one hand, she might be totally and completely over him. Hell, she might even be involved with someone. She hadn't said in the letter that she was single. But on the other hand, she very well might be willing to possibly rethink her decision from three years ago. She did say that she regretted saying no. Before he could back out, he punched the last number into the telephone and let it ring while he sat in apprehension.
Meanwhile, Lily's flat was deserted. She was working late again, trying to get some research done to surprise her boss. The telephone rang five times before the machine picked it up. "Hi, this is Lily's answering machine," it said in a cheery voice, "Uh, Lily's not home now but if you leave her a message she'll get back to you when she feels like it. Here comes the beep, so get ready!"
James was tempted to hang up. 'This is stupid. This is utterly idiotic. I cannot believe I'm doing this. I should just hang up right now,' James thought while the message played. But at the beep he began talking anyhow. "Um, hi Lily. This is James. I just got your letter. Um, I really don't know why I'm calling. It's just, well, I don't know. I was thinking that maybe, I mean, if you wanted to we could go out sometime. God, I sound exactly like I did while I was at Hogwarts. Anyway, if you want to maybe you could give me a call sometime. Well, you don't have to or anything, but if you do, my number is 989-7872. So I'll talk to you later. Maybe. Well, hopefully. That is if you want to. So, um, bye, I guess."
After James hung up he sarcastically said to himself, "Oh yeah, that was real smooth. So glad I didn't sound like a total loser or anything."
"Well, I always knew you were a loser, but what made you suddenly realize it?" asked Sirius as he strolled into James's study.
"Sirius, what the hell are you doing here? How much did you hear?" Questioned James.
"God, calm down man. Can't a guy just drop in to say hi to his best friend? And don't worry I only heard you talking to yourself, not whatever you were doing before, so relax," Sirius said calmly, "But that doesn't mean I don't want to know what happened."
"Well that's too bad. I'm not telling you so unless you can figure it out on your own, I suppose you'll never know," James retorted. He had decided not to tell anyone about this whole Lily situation until he knew where he stood with her now. He wasn't even going to tell his best friend. Well, he might've if his best friend didn't have the biggest mouth this side of the Atlantic.
"That's alright. I'll just rely on my amazing psychic powers. You know, I didn't take divination with that old coot for nothing." With that Sirius sat down on James's shining clean desk and struck a dramatic pose that resembled someone meditating. He looked so hilarious that James burst out laughing. Sirius opened one eye and glared at him, after which he quickly became silent. "Okay, I'm sensing a love interest of the past. Yes, she has, wait, wait, I've got it! She has green eyes, and, and, let's see. She has bright hair." Sirius opened his eyes and shook out his limbs. "All right, how'd I do?"
"Surprisingly decent actually," James responded, rather shocked that Sirius had done so well. James almost positive Sirius had spent all of divination either making fun of the teacher or gazing at Arabella Figg. "Suppose I can tell you, but you can't tell anyone else, otherwise you're a dead man," James continued, his resolve not to tell anyone breaking.
"I knew you'd come around, so who is it and what are you up to with her?"
"Well, you see, I got this letter from this girl from Hogwarts. We haven't spoken since graduation, but I kind of had this thing for her. So I gave her a call. No big deal, okay?" James said, hoping Sirius would be contented knowing that.
"Okay, but who is she?" Sirius asked.
"Well, that doesn't really matter tha-" James was cut off by Sirius.
"I bet it's that one girl you helped in seventh year. Oh shit, what was her name? Um, Lacy? Layla? Laney?" Sirius was obviously trying to remember, but he never had been good at remembering names.
"Lily," James put in before he could stop himself.
"Right! Lily, I knew it all along! So can I come to the wedding?" Sirius asked playfully.
* * * BACK AT LILY'S FLAT * * *
A few hours later, Lily go home. She was exhausted. She'd spent the whole day researching a new charm and she just wanted to go home and go to sleep. She walked into the apartment lethargically and shuffled over to the telephone to check her messages. She always did this incase it was her boss telling her she had a new deadline to meet.
The first message was from her friend Arabella inviting her to go out to some bar, but she'd worked through that. She'd have to tell Arabella that she'd go next time.
The second message was from some telemarketer advertising a free broomstick handle when you visited Quality Quidditch Supplies during this week. Lily had never been a good flyer, so she skipped over that.
The third message was what really surprised her. It was the message from James. Of all things, she was least expecting that. She played it back six times to make sure that she wasn't just hallucinating. Then again, she couldn't be perfectly sure of anything in the state she was in. She was so tired, she just wanted to collapse. So she did just that.
The next morning she woke up feeling somehow contented. She had a dream where she was in a huge wedding dress and a mysterious figure was the groom. She couldn't make out his face, but she had the odd feeling of trusting him. She was halfway through making her regular Saturday breakfast of pancakes when she remembered. James had called.
"Oh God!" She said to herself. 'Well,' she reasoned, 'I very well may have been imagining it all. There probably won't even be a single message.'
But when she checked, his message was still there in all its awkward glory. She had no idea what to do. She couldn't very well just call him up out of the blue could she? Or maybe she could. I mean, he had.
Thoughts of a romance with James flitted through her head all throughout breakfast. She was in a strange dreamlike state.
After finishing her meal, she picked up her phone and dialed the number James had left. It rang three time before she got a reply. "Sirius here," said the speaker in cheery voice. Lily almost laughed, James and Sirius had been such good friends back at school, she wouldn't be surprised if they still spent all their time together.
"Is James Potter there?" Lily asked shyly. She had always been a little quiet around boys, especially ones as outgoing as Sirius.
"He sure is. You're just gonna have to wait a while so I can wake him up, hope you don't mind," Sirius said. Lily could almost picture him leaping onto a sleeping, defenseless James.
She waited a few minutes before a very groggy James came to the phone. "Hello," he said with all the enthusiasm he could muster, which wasn't very much at all.
"Hi, this is Lily. You uh, called me," Lily responded, hoping he hadn't forgotten.
"Oh, oh yeah. Lily, I'm so glad you called," he said, his voice much perkier when he processed who was on the line.
"Well, I'm sort of free tonight and I thought maybe I could take you up on your offer?" Lily asked hopefully.
"That would be great. Yeah, uh, tonight's good for me. Do you want to meet me at Piere's in Hogsmead? Maybe around 6:30?" He suggested.
Lily was impressed. She'd never really been inside, but from what she'd heard it was way upper crust. Celebrities were always going in and out of it. But then again, James WAS a celebrity after all. "Yeah, that would be great, I'll see you then," Lily said happily.
"Yeah, see you," James replied as he hung up.
Lily held the phone in her hands for a few minutes, not really believing what had really happened. She was so happy she felt like she could burst. This was going to be the best day of her life!
* * * VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE * * *
I really need a title for this because James and Lily is just the lamest, most nondescript title of all time. So, if you've read this story (which you obviously have if you're reading this because there's no way you'd just read this but not the story, but that doesn't matter.) and you can think of a good title, please submit it with a review (short or long, I'll accept anything) and I will be forever thankful.
Secondly, I know I didn't get the ten reviews on the last story like I said I wanted before I updated, but I just had a whole bunch of free time and nothing to do, so, here you go. But on this chapter, I seriously want ten reviews. I mean, you just have to push the little button at the bottom and say what you think. And I will love you forever if you do! I'll mention you by name (you'll be famous! Kinda!) and I'll read and review your stories if you want me to. Seriously, please review! Pretty, pretty please with a cherry on top?
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Wow, I sure used a lot of exclamation points!
Well, that's all for now,
Until next time,
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Chapter Six - Surprise Mesages
James slowly dialed the digits the operator had told him were Lily's. Before dialing the last number, he wondered whether or not he was doing the right thing. On one hand, she might be totally and completely over him. Hell, she might even be involved with someone. She hadn't said in the letter that she was single. But on the other hand, she very well might be willing to possibly rethink her decision from three years ago. She did say that she regretted saying no. Before he could back out, he punched the last number into the telephone and let it ring while he sat in apprehension.
Meanwhile, Lily's flat was deserted. She was working late again, trying to get some research done to surprise her boss. The telephone rang five times before the machine picked it up. "Hi, this is Lily's answering machine," it said in a cheery voice, "Uh, Lily's not home now but if you leave her a message she'll get back to you when she feels like it. Here comes the beep, so get ready!"
James was tempted to hang up. 'This is stupid. This is utterly idiotic. I cannot believe I'm doing this. I should just hang up right now,' James thought while the message played. But at the beep he began talking anyhow. "Um, hi Lily. This is James. I just got your letter. Um, I really don't know why I'm calling. It's just, well, I don't know. I was thinking that maybe, I mean, if you wanted to we could go out sometime. God, I sound exactly like I did while I was at Hogwarts. Anyway, if you want to maybe you could give me a call sometime. Well, you don't have to or anything, but if you do, my number is 989-7872. So I'll talk to you later. Maybe. Well, hopefully. That is if you want to. So, um, bye, I guess."
After James hung up he sarcastically said to himself, "Oh yeah, that was real smooth. So glad I didn't sound like a total loser or anything."
"Well, I always knew you were a loser, but what made you suddenly realize it?" asked Sirius as he strolled into James's study.
"Sirius, what the hell are you doing here? How much did you hear?" Questioned James.
"God, calm down man. Can't a guy just drop in to say hi to his best friend? And don't worry I only heard you talking to yourself, not whatever you were doing before, so relax," Sirius said calmly, "But that doesn't mean I don't want to know what happened."
"Well that's too bad. I'm not telling you so unless you can figure it out on your own, I suppose you'll never know," James retorted. He had decided not to tell anyone about this whole Lily situation until he knew where he stood with her now. He wasn't even going to tell his best friend. Well, he might've if his best friend didn't have the biggest mouth this side of the Atlantic.
"That's alright. I'll just rely on my amazing psychic powers. You know, I didn't take divination with that old coot for nothing." With that Sirius sat down on James's shining clean desk and struck a dramatic pose that resembled someone meditating. He looked so hilarious that James burst out laughing. Sirius opened one eye and glared at him, after which he quickly became silent. "Okay, I'm sensing a love interest of the past. Yes, she has, wait, wait, I've got it! She has green eyes, and, and, let's see. She has bright hair." Sirius opened his eyes and shook out his limbs. "All right, how'd I do?"
"Surprisingly decent actually," James responded, rather shocked that Sirius had done so well. James almost positive Sirius had spent all of divination either making fun of the teacher or gazing at Arabella Figg. "Suppose I can tell you, but you can't tell anyone else, otherwise you're a dead man," James continued, his resolve not to tell anyone breaking.
"I knew you'd come around, so who is it and what are you up to with her?"
"Well, you see, I got this letter from this girl from Hogwarts. We haven't spoken since graduation, but I kind of had this thing for her. So I gave her a call. No big deal, okay?" James said, hoping Sirius would be contented knowing that.
"Okay, but who is she?" Sirius asked.
"Well, that doesn't really matter tha-" James was cut off by Sirius.
"I bet it's that one girl you helped in seventh year. Oh shit, what was her name? Um, Lacy? Layla? Laney?" Sirius was obviously trying to remember, but he never had been good at remembering names.
"Lily," James put in before he could stop himself.
"Right! Lily, I knew it all along! So can I come to the wedding?" Sirius asked playfully.
* * * BACK AT LILY'S FLAT * * *
A few hours later, Lily go home. She was exhausted. She'd spent the whole day researching a new charm and she just wanted to go home and go to sleep. She walked into the apartment lethargically and shuffled over to the telephone to check her messages. She always did this incase it was her boss telling her she had a new deadline to meet.
The first message was from her friend Arabella inviting her to go out to some bar, but she'd worked through that. She'd have to tell Arabella that she'd go next time.
The second message was from some telemarketer advertising a free broomstick handle when you visited Quality Quidditch Supplies during this week. Lily had never been a good flyer, so she skipped over that.
The third message was what really surprised her. It was the message from James. Of all things, she was least expecting that. She played it back six times to make sure that she wasn't just hallucinating. Then again, she couldn't be perfectly sure of anything in the state she was in. She was so tired, she just wanted to collapse. So she did just that.
The next morning she woke up feeling somehow contented. She had a dream where she was in a huge wedding dress and a mysterious figure was the groom. She couldn't make out his face, but she had the odd feeling of trusting him. She was halfway through making her regular Saturday breakfast of pancakes when she remembered. James had called.
"Oh God!" She said to herself. 'Well,' she reasoned, 'I very well may have been imagining it all. There probably won't even be a single message.'
But when she checked, his message was still there in all its awkward glory. She had no idea what to do. She couldn't very well just call him up out of the blue could she? Or maybe she could. I mean, he had.
Thoughts of a romance with James flitted through her head all throughout breakfast. She was in a strange dreamlike state.
After finishing her meal, she picked up her phone and dialed the number James had left. It rang three time before she got a reply. "Sirius here," said the speaker in cheery voice. Lily almost laughed, James and Sirius had been such good friends back at school, she wouldn't be surprised if they still spent all their time together.
"Is James Potter there?" Lily asked shyly. She had always been a little quiet around boys, especially ones as outgoing as Sirius.
"He sure is. You're just gonna have to wait a while so I can wake him up, hope you don't mind," Sirius said. Lily could almost picture him leaping onto a sleeping, defenseless James.
She waited a few minutes before a very groggy James came to the phone. "Hello," he said with all the enthusiasm he could muster, which wasn't very much at all.
"Hi, this is Lily. You uh, called me," Lily responded, hoping he hadn't forgotten.
"Oh, oh yeah. Lily, I'm so glad you called," he said, his voice much perkier when he processed who was on the line.
"Well, I'm sort of free tonight and I thought maybe I could take you up on your offer?" Lily asked hopefully.
"That would be great. Yeah, uh, tonight's good for me. Do you want to meet me at Piere's in Hogsmead? Maybe around 6:30?" He suggested.
Lily was impressed. She'd never really been inside, but from what she'd heard it was way upper crust. Celebrities were always going in and out of it. But then again, James WAS a celebrity after all. "Yeah, that would be great, I'll see you then," Lily said happily.
"Yeah, see you," James replied as he hung up.
Lily held the phone in her hands for a few minutes, not really believing what had really happened. She was so happy she felt like she could burst. This was going to be the best day of her life!
* * * VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE * * *
I really need a title for this because James and Lily is just the lamest, most nondescript title of all time. So, if you've read this story (which you obviously have if you're reading this because there's no way you'd just read this but not the story, but that doesn't matter.) and you can think of a good title, please submit it with a review (short or long, I'll accept anything) and I will be forever thankful.
Secondly, I know I didn't get the ten reviews on the last story like I said I wanted before I updated, but I just had a whole bunch of free time and nothing to do, so, here you go. But on this chapter, I seriously want ten reviews. I mean, you just have to push the little button at the bottom and say what you think. And I will love you forever if you do! I'll mention you by name (you'll be famous! Kinda!) and I'll read and review your stories if you want me to. Seriously, please review! Pretty, pretty please with a cherry on top?
* * * VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE * * *
Andufeniel - Thank you very much for reviewing and liking it!
mrspriscillapotter - I considered your idea, but ended going with a idea I had already. However, I seriously considered using your suggestion.
miss wings - thank you for reviewing! I love your story, please update soon!
Mysticalolo - thanks for your review! I'm glad you liked it!
Shinning Crystal - thanks for the review! By the way, I didn't mean to make you hyperventilate!
Jo - thanks for the short but sweet review!
Wow, I sure used a lot of exclamation points!
Well, that's all for now,
Until next time,
grahm_craker_gal
