After taking forever I'm finally writing the awaited chapter 12!!! Woo hoo! *rotfl* Sorry it took so long. I could do tonz of excuses but I won't. Anyway here it is! (And I forgot to do the Halloween dance!!!! And that's SO important for this stories sequel!!! So I'm going to have to do that in Chapter 12 or 13 depending on how far this chapter goes)
Boys and Girls-Chapter 12
The Wedding
James ran after Lily and grabbed her arm before she made it into the bathroom. Tears were starting to stream down her face and her eyes were closed. She hung her head in humiliation.
"Lily what's you're problem?" James asked softly, trying to keep his temper in check. A lot of things had happened over the summer and school year and he didn't want to lose that.
"You." Lily mumbled softly.
"Me? I thought you were over that."
"You're always been my problem James!"
"I thought we were friends now. I like being your friend Lil. What's wrong with being friends?"
Lily sighed. "I can't be your friend James. I tried. Really I did. And I ended up—" She stopped. I ended up wanting more…and I can't just sit back and watch you be with her.
"Ended up what Lil?"
The tears kept falling and she could barely talk. "Please James? Please don't ask? Please just accept this?"
"I can't do that Lil." James stated firmly.
"Why not? You were fine leaving me alone yesterday. You didn't even realize I existed!"
"Yesterday? No one had even seen you yesterday. I looked!"
Lily shook her head. "Whatever James. You were having to much fun with her." She spit the name out with such venom that James looked shocked.
"Who?" He looked confused. "Erin?! She's going with Peter now. Is that what this is all about?" He grinned. " You were jealous."
"You embarrassed me, Potter."
"Sure I did. I gotta get back to the compartment though. You comin?"
Lily shook her head. He didn't get it! And she must have looked awful.
"Suit yourself. See ya in a bit, love." He walked away and back into the compartment.
"You always leave me alone." She whispered.
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Lily sat on her bed looking up at the ceiling. She had never noticed before how the plaster sparkled. Of course she had never stared at her ceiling either.
Petunia was getting married. To a pig faced man who thought that Lily was even more freakish then Petunia did. His name was Vernon Dursely and his love was drills. They're wedding was in two weeks and Lily's parents had invited the Potters, much to Petunia's disgust, because they were now friends of the family and they felt that Lily needed to have friends there that weren't from the town. It would have been an understatement to say Lily was dreading the wedding.
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James sat on his roof staring up at the moon. Tomorrow he would see Lily again and he had no clue what was going to happen. Lily hadn't talked to him since the train. Hadn't even sent an owl. He could still picture the tears running down her cheek. He wasn't sure what had happened between him and Lily though. They had become friends and it was even funner then when they hadn't been.
He felt a woosh over him and heard the sound of something landing next to him.
"Hey Prongs." Sirus said while grinning.
"Hi" James sighed.
"Don't say you still aren't happy! We've only been out of school for three weeks and you've been boring me to death!" He grinned. "Moping after Lily are we?"
"No." James almost shouted. "I get to see her tomorrow."
"I've already seen her this week. Twice." He smirked.
"Really? How is she? Did she mention me? Did she say what I did wrong? What—"
"Woah! Slow down! Too many questions. She seemed pretty good. She didn't mention a James…only an arrogant idiot. And mostly we just sat around and stared at her ceiling. Did you know it sparkles?"
James groaned. "I don't care if it sparkles! The arrogant idiot is me though…what did she say?"
"Umm…" Sirius sat in thought and then shrugged.. "Not much. Only how you're an uncaring dolt who doesn't understand anything."
"What? How am I any of those?"
Sirius grinned. "Obviously you don't understand James."
James humphed. "Well I still don't know what I did."
"It doesn't matter too much Prongs my boy. She'll get over it." He thought for a minute. "By the way are we ever going to tell Lily we took the potion. She's been asking me why we call each other Prongs and Padfoot and Wormtail."
James groaned again. "Never. She'd kill me!"
"Well you're the one that broke the promise to her."
"I didn't like her at all then! I was mad about the fact that she stole my cloak!"
"So because you like her now you don't want her to be any madder at you then she already is?"
"Yeah. Basically. I mean we can't tell her. Because then everyone else would have to know. Like Andromada and those guys. And they don't need to."
Sirius' eyes went wide and he turned and looked straight up into the sky. "You know the stars are really pretty tonight."
"Siri?"
"Hmm?"
"Did you tell her?"
"Who?"
"You know who! Did you tell her about us?"
"Umm…I…I…I'm sorry James!"
"Padfoot how could you?!" James screamed.
"Well…you never said we couldn't tell friends…"
James hit his head. "Who have you told?"
"Just 'Dromada I promise."
"But her and Lil are best friends! I'm going to be dead soon!"
"Dromada won't tell. She said she wouldn't."
"Well…we'll see I guess…" James looked up at the sky again and wondered what kind of mess he had gotten himself into now.
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Lily brushed her hair. She looked like some poofy princess. She had a circle of white flowers around her hair and was wearing a long white dress with puffed sleeves and that flowed at the waist. She definitely did not want anyone, especially James Potter, to see her like this.
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James sat on his bed glaring at the tuxedo that was hanging on his door. Muggle weddings were a waste of time. Who wore stuff like this? His mom wanted him to comb his hair, not that it would do any good, but he always made it a practice to do what his mum said.
With a grimace he changed into the tux. It was one of the most uncomfortable things he had ever worn. What were Muggles thinking?! Dress robes were much easier and more comfortable. He felt like he could barely breathe in this thing! And Lily Evans was going to see him in it.
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Lily walked down the stairs of their home and saw the Potter's having Tea in the room right off of the entry hall. She took a deep breath, not sure if she was ready to see James yet or not.
James felt a tingling on his back and turned his head, his eyes landing on Lily. She looked absolutely amazing. He felt a little goofy in what he was wearing, but the look Lily gave him made him forget about that. She was still mad at him.
Lily's father stood up and walked to the stairs, "May I escort you to your seat, my fairest Princess?"
Giggling Lily put her hand on her fathers arm and let him lead her to the seat next to James. She smiled the smile that she'd been practicing upstairs.
"Hello James. I'm so glad you could come." She said cordially.
"Um..yeah…sure…it was no problem." He looked confused. I thought she was mad at me.
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Lily snored softly as the vows were said.
"Do you Petunia Marie Evans take this man to be
your lawfully wedded husband, through sickness and through health—"
At this point James stopped listening. His mother elbowed him again, trying to keep him awake. Suddenly a huge snort was heard throughout the congregation.
"Wa? Whatever it was I didn't do it." Lily murmured and let her head droop again.
Lily mum nudged her. "Lily dear the weddings over." And led her out to the reception outside, James right on their tails.
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"Can I have this dance?"
Lily looked up at the boy who was asking her. He was short, fat, and looked like he was a member of Vernon's family.
"Um…" Lily thought of ways to say no without being
rude. "Well—"
"She's already promised the dance to me." She heard James say.
She tried to smile but it didn't work. "Yeah. Sorry…maybe next time?" And walked quickly over to James. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Saving your hide from that disgrace of my sex." He grinned.
"I would have been just fine you—"
"Lily!" Nikki screamed and came up hugging her. She looked at James who she recognized from last summer. "James, right?"
"At your service." He said while kissing her hand.
Lily made a face. "At your service." She wanted to gag.
"I didn't know you two were going out. I mean I could have guessed but…well you know. I don't see Lil too often and I miss out on the details of her life."
"I am not and will NEVER go out with James Potter."
"We went out during the school year…she's just a little…bitter"
"You dumped her?!" Nikki said shocked.
James looked confused. "No…why would you…"
"He left me for another woman." Lily said, totally enjoying this now.
"What? James how could you?!" Nikki screamed at
him. "If you broke her heart I'll—"
"Lily and I need to talk." James said looking grim. "We'll be right back."
"James, if you have anything to say to me you can say it right here."
James thought of something Lily would understand he couldn't talk to anyone but her about. "Um…it's about…the potion."
"Fine" Lily groaned. "Be right back Nikki."
They walked over by the refreshment stand and Lily took a glass of punch. "So what about it? Is it ready?"
"Um…well…it was ready at least a year ago…"
"What?" Lily looked confused and then angry. "You already used it?"
"Well…um…" He bite his lip. "Yeah."
"YOU JERK!" She screamed.
James looked up. She looked like she was about ready to murder him. She grabbed a fork and he started running. "She's going to eat me!!"
"You wouldn't taste good enough! You'd be rotten! But you can eat this!" Lily pushed him into the giant cake Petunia had ordered and was standing by. James went crashing into the cake and the cake went everywhere. Including on Petunia.
"LILY DAWN EVANS I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" She sobbed and ran into the house.
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Lily sat on the ground cleaning up cake pieces. "This is all your fault Potter."
"My fault?! You're the one who pushed me into the cake!"
"Well if you hadn't taken the potion without me I wouldn't have gotten upset!"
"Well you should take temper management classes!"
"Well you should see your therapist!"
"I don't have a therapist!"
"Well then you need one you---you---"She thought of a good insult but it just wasn't coming.
"Lily why are you so mad at me?"
"Because you lied to me! That's all you ever do is lie to me Potter!"
"What's the point in even telling you the truth? No one even cares what you think."
"That's it." She grabbed the bottom of her dress and pounced. "You're a dead man now Potter."
They rolled around on the cake strewn grass. Lily pulling at his hair and kicking where ever she could; James trying to pin her.
"Stop moving, dang it!" He yelled.
She spit on him "You!"
James finally got her pinned and tried to catch his breath. " Now why did you do that?"
She glared at him. "Do what?"
"You spit on me! AND you jumped on me!" He grinned. "I mean I knew you wanted me but I didn't think you wanted me that bad."
Lily gasped. "You're impossible James!!"
"I know." He bent down and kissed her softly. "But you know you love me." He teased.
That's the problem James.
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Don't you all just wanna kill me for stopping there? Prolly. *lol* But you gotta love me cuz I'm in charge of the way the story turns out. We wouldn't want James to "mysteriously" get food poisoning or something. *lol* Anyway review!! If it weren't for the reviews telling me to get this out quickly I prolly wouldn't have. See how important you are?! Anyway Luv ya'll!
