Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters mentioned below except for Sarah Bones.

~* For That Moment *~

"Ready for transfiguration?" Lily muttered nervously, trying to strike a conversation with James, who was right now staring intently at her flushed face.

She had met James down the corridor on the way to Transfiguration Class, and for some miraculous reason, Sarah wasn't around James. That miraculous reason, however, wasn't what Lily had wanted to hear.

"Oh, she went to the bathroom." Was James's reply, and Lily's reply to that was a simple 'oh'.

So instead of walking down, she decided to start getting over her shyness and start talking to James. Even though after a few minutes, she found that it wasn't a very good idea. She couldn't very well look into his eyes while talking without fainting dead away at the blueness and depth of his eyes.

Meanwhile, James himself couldn't help but notice the girl standing in front of him a bit more and longer than usual. Her head was bent down and although all he could see was stunning red hair, he was surprised that he was curious about the color of her eyes. Maybe he just wanted to know what kind of eye color would suit her fiery hair more. Maybe he wanted to know whether she was as fiery as her hair was. Maybe he should get to know her better.

Now where did that thought come from, James thought in puzzlement.

"Lily."

Lily looked up, and James couldn't speak, for the clearness of her gorgeous green eyes was robbing him for his words. He suddenly remembered how his mother had said that rubies and sapphires were the most beautiful and stunning gemstones of all. He never doubted what his mother said. Until now. Until he looked into Lily's emerald eyes and told himself how he couldn't deny or lie to himself that she wasn't a beautiful girl.

For that moment, neither of them spoke. They just stood, staring into each other's eyes, both amazed at what they saw.

For that moment, no one needed the gift of sound to accentuate the mutual understanding between the two people.

Just then, Sarah stalked over to them and raised her perfect plucked eyebrow so high up, it nearly disappeared into her hairline.

"What's going on around here? Something I don't know but should know?"

Lily's face flushed further. She knew she was going to have it later. Yet she couldn't help wondering that the pain and agony that she know she would be feeling afterwards was to pay for the few rare moments where she had stared into eyes the color of the lake. And he had stared right back. At first, she had thought that she was imagining things, but when she saw her own reflection in his eyes and felt her knees start buckling, she knew that she couldn't kid herself.

"Isn't anyone going to say anything?" Sarah practically shouted into Lily's face.

"Nothing's going on, Sar," James replied, and tried to divert her attention away from Lily, who was trembling quite badly that James was feeling quite sorry for her. At the same time, though, James was wondering what it was that could make Lily so upset and afraid of the mere sight or voice of Sarah. Then, his mind drifted off to the other night, where he and Remus nearly got into a fight over…

"James, are we going to transfiguration class or not?" Sarah's slightly impatient voice broke through his thoughts. James felt himself frown slightly with irritation when he saw how Sarah smiled up to him after waving Lily away without a 'goodbye'.

What's wrong with me today? James couldn't help but think, as he allowed Sarah to drag his reluctant body to class.

~* to be continued *~

Author's Note: So… how was it? Please review!! Anyway… if it isn't very good, I promise u that the next chapter would be a sudden and rather exciting twist to the story. I promise. So... stay tuned! (and do remember to review) thank you!