A/N: Hey! I am so sorry about me saying I would update by Thursday. I
have an excuse! On Monday, my band teachers said oh yeah don't forget
on Thursday we have to go to Rowan University for a band contest. (Or
something like that) Sorry again well here's ch.8! Enjoy.



Ch.8 The Iceberg



Lily slammed the cabin door and fell to the floor next to
her bed. Tears ran down her face. She heard footsteps running towards
the door, she quickly dashed to the door and locked it.

The doorknob turned. "Lily, Lily unlock the door, please."
James asked calmly.

"Go away James!" Lily exclaimed.

"Lily…"

"GO AWAY!" A few moments later she heard him walk away.
She leaned against the door and slid to the floor, crying.



James walked away from the cabin with mixed feelings. He
was angry, angry for being kissed by Linda. Why did she kiss me when
she knew full well that I loved Lily? He thought. Then his mind
flashed back when he first realized he was in love with Lily. It was
this morning, he woken up and Lily was in his arms. He remembered the
sunlight coming through the porthole. He also recalled the smell of
Lily's hair. He felt so content holding Lily in his arms. He
remembered thinking that this is where he wanted to be, with Lily. He
had never felt like this before about anyone.

Suddenly James felt the floor shaking slightly, it was
barely noticeable, but he felt it. Then he heard a loud noise. What is
going on? James thought, oh no. He quickly turned around and ran to
Lily.



(A few
moments ago)

Lily was still sitting against the door thinking, her
cries subsiding. James, why did you kiss her? Her mind flashed back to
the horrible scene. Linda talking with James in the middle of the
room, Linda kissing him, and then James turned around and looked at
her…with that look of guilt in his eyes. I should have known better,
she told herself, once a marauder, always a marauder. She then
recalled hearing about James at Hogwarts, about him having a new
girlfriend every week. What makes me any different from any of his ex-
girlfriends? Then her mind flashed to the times she spent with James
since they were brought to the past; thoughts of her kissing him, and
enjoying every moment being with him. She smiled inside; she had never
felt happier when she was with James. Oh no, I think I'm in love with
him! This is so confusing. Lily said out loud in to the empty
room, "If I'm in love with James Potter, send me a sign!"

As if on cue, Lily felt movement from underneath her. "Oh
my God! It's a sign!" Lily stood up and sat on her bed. She wiped her
tears away. Ok, she thought, I'm guessing that sign means I'm in love
with James. Weird, it actually worked. Ok, if I'm really in love with
James, he'll knock on the door in five seconds. 5…4…3…2…1… Ok never
mind.

"Lily! Open the door!"

Lily instantly ran to the door and unlocked it. As soon as
she opened the door, James walked in.

James put his hand on her cheek, noticing the redness under her
eyes, "Lily, are you all right?"

She touched his hand before answering, "I'm fine."

He didn't want to start another argument by badgering her,
so he walked to the middle of the room looking around. "Where would
the lifejackets be?"

"The what? Oh, that was the iceberg," Lily said then added
to a whisper, "not a sign."

"Of course it was the iceberg, what did you think it was?"

"Nothing. You're right, where are the lifejackets?" Lily
changed the subject.

"I'm looking." James looked on top of the wardrobe. "Found
it, but there is only one." He held it up.

Lily thought for a moment before saying, "well, we'll be
on a lifeboat, so why would one of us need a lifejacket?"

"Well…"

Knock. Knock.

James opened the door to find John out of breath. "What's wrong?"

"You will not believe this but we hit an iceberg." Seeing
the non-surprised expressions on their faces he continued. "We struck
an iceberg, the post office is already underwater. I wouldn't believe
it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. This is serious; we need to
get up top to the boat deck."

"Give us five minutes to get ready. We'll meet you in the
general room," James said to John.

John nodded and left quickly.

They didn't waste any time. They both put on their
Hogwarts robes over their clothes. Lily used her wand to expand the
pocket in her coat; she then put the rest of her Hogwarts uniform and
her wand in the pocket. James did the same thing.

"Lily, I think you should wear the lifejacket."

"But I thought we didn't need one."

"But what if we don't get to a lifeboat in time? We might
end up in the ocean, that's why I would feel better if you had the
lifejacket."

Lily murmured, "You'd probably feel better if Linda was
wearing the lifejacket."

"What did you say?"

"I said, I don't know how to put this on," Lily said
quickly.

"Let me help." James put the lifejacket over her head on
was now trying to secure it. Lily was trying to ignore the fact that
James' face was only inches away from hers, or that James had his arms
around her waist trying to secure the lifejacket. "I can't figure this
out!" James said starting to get frustrated.

"It's fine." Lily took off the lifejacket with difficultly
and took her shawl. "We better get going." They left the cabin heading
for the general room leaving the lifejacket on the bed.



It took them twice as long to get to the general room
because the hallways were crowded with passengers trying to find their
way up. "Lily, James! What took you so long?" John said when he
reached them.

"Sorry, the hallways are so crowded," Lily apologized.

"It's alright, I just got here myself," John said. "We need to get to
the boat deck, but all the gates blocking the way there are all
locked."

Lily paled, "what should we do?"

"We could go with everyone else and wait for the stewards to unlock
one of the gates, mind you that will take a lot of time. But we will
get into a lifeboat."

James thought for a moment and realized that John didn't know that
there were only enough lifeboats for about half the passengers on
board. "I think we should find our own way up."

"Ok, lets go."

"Wait," Lily said, "where is Linda, shouldn't she be here?"

John didn't notice the coldness of her voice and answered, "she didn't
believe me, and she still thinks Titanic is unsinkable."

"Lets go. We're wasting time."

They were following John down a flight of stairs when Lily said, "Does
anyone else notice that slight tilt?"

Lily was right; everything was tilted downward. We have to get out of
here, James thought. John was in the lead; they went down another
flight of stairs. That's when they found one of the locked gates. A
large crowd of third class passengers with some of their luggage was
waiting for the stewards to unlock the gate. The stewards were trying
to calm them down. They moved passed the crowd and kept walking down
hallways that lead to Scotland Road. "There's a gate down these
stairs," John said as he started to walk down. When they reached the
end of the stairs they noticed that there was some seawater leaking
in.

"The water is freezing!" Lily exclaimed. They started to walk faster
toward the gate.

James tried to open the gate. "No! It's locked."

"Damn," John said tiredly. "Wait, do you hear footsteps?"

They turned around and saw a young man they didn't know running
towards them. The man ran up to the gate shook it. He then turned to
them and yelled out, "Ouvrez cette porte en ce moment!"

"We don't speak French," Lily said calmly. "Calm down, we could lead
you to the main gate."

"Je vous commande d'ouvrir cette Porte. Je dois obtenir à la plate-
forme de bateau."

"Sir," John took a step towards the livid Frenchman. "Follow us, we'll
take you to the gate." John was saying this slowly so the man could
get the concept.

"Stand en arrière. Ne venez pas plus étroitement."

"We'll help you."

In one sudden movement the Frenchman pulled an object out of his
pocket and lunged at John. John collapsed to the floor, while the
Frenchman ran away.

"John!" Lily shouted as her and James kneeled beside him. "Oh my God,
James, he's bleeding!"

"He's been stabbed!"

*~*~*

A/N: Ok here are the translations for the crazy Frenchman: "Ouvrez
cette porte en ce moment!"- "Open this door this moment!"

"Je vous commande d'ouvrir cette Porte. Je dois obtenir à la plate-
forme de bateau."- "I order you to open this Door. I must get to the
boat deck."

"Stand en arrière. Ne venez pas plus étroitement."- "Stand back. Do
not come any closer."