Disclaimer: I'm not even going to try and convince you that I came up with Harry Potter haha! No, no it's not mine!

Author's Note: Haha I haven't quite figured out yet how to pass time in my stories. I feel like Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet, the relationship that spanned a whole three days. Well, review with tips!

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Chapter 5: Lifting the Fog

James…

"What are you doing?" Sirius asked interested. It was now early October and the leaves were falling, creating a carpet of color on the ground. Lily sat on the ground fumbling with her shoe in attempt to tie it. She was dressed in a manner that suggested she was preparing to play a sport of some type.

"Oh hey, where'd you come from?" Lily laughed.

"Well you know me, I will illegally apparate anywhere you please," Sirius joked.

"I see, just don't leave your feet behind!" Lily added with a laugh. "I'm going for a run."

"Oh, that's cool. You know James used to be pretty good at that stuff. He ran a solid 4:30 in the mile," Sirius remembered.

"You're kidding. That's awesome. How come he doesn't run anymore?" Lily asked.

"Well he used to run over the summer with a Muggle team, but I guess he just lost interest," Sirius noted.

"That's too bad." She paused, "Is he happy?" Lily asked looking for an honest answer.

"I don't know Lils, I mean what do you want me to say?" Sirius asked unsure of how he should handle this.

"I understand, I mean you and him have been friends for a while. I shouldn't have expected you to talk about him like that," Lily apologized.

"No it's not that. I just don't know is all. I mean, James Potter will always be that way, but yea I can remember a time when he wasn't," Sirius explained.

"Thanks Sirius. It was so great talking to you, but I got to go if I am going to run 6 miles before breakfast," Lily said with a wave as she started to jog away.

"How come James can't see how special you are?" Sirius whispered to himself.

The run was amazing. The leaves splashed color to the pavement like a splatter painting. It was breezy, but not enough wind to make you cold. The sun was out, but it was very cloudy so when the wind wasn't there it didn't heat up like an oven. It was just an all-around perfect day.

James was wandering the corridors for no apparent reason other than boredom. He saw Lily in a t-shirt and shorts running up the grand staircase. When she noticed him she smiled and began to move in his direction. James swallowed resisting the urge to run away.

"Good Morning," she greeted him with a broad smile.

"Hi Lily," he mumbled.

"What are you doing up so early?" Lily asked pleasantly.

"Uh…just um…going…around," James mumbled. That wasn't much of an answer.

"Oh," replied Lily. "I had a great run this morning, 6 miles. Oh, and I saw Sirius outside. He told me that used to run during the summers. I think that's awesome."

"Well, I wasn't very good," James, replied in a sullen state.

"Whatever, 4:30 could contend at any track meet I've ever been to." Lily added.

"Sirius," James sighed in an annoyed tone.

"James if I'm annoying you I'll go away. Trust me, I won't cry," Lily asked looking for the truth.

"Geez Lily, don't say that. I'm an idiot, ok. It's just," James began and ended with a pause.

"Just what?" Lily asked.

"Just that everything you do isn't typical Lily. Like how whenever you pass by a painting you stop and stare at it for a while, and your eyes light up like Christmas trees. How whenever you are doing homework you and you don't know what to write you twiddle your thumbs. When you walk outside you have your head straight up awing at the stars, and sometimes you will throw in something that looks too familiar to Sirius imitating those Indian people he saw on a visit to the United States. Even how whenever you have been outside for a while your cheeks turn pink and your freckles on your nose show," James said. What began as an apology had developed in to somewhat of a confession. Yes, he noticed the smallest beauties hidden among waves of auburn hair and shimmering eyes.

Lily simply gazed in to his eyes and smiled. Both were entranced for a moment. For a moment life simply paused. James felt like Lily had opened his eyes like doors and escalated into his core.

Suddenly James broke off and quickly added, "Peter needs to see me. Yea, yea I have to go," As he hurried away he turned around to see Lily a little confused. With a hidden laugh he thought how good it was to finally confuse her. He ran back to the dormitory and up to his bedroom.

James was now alone. He heard people leave for breakfast, but the noise always foreshadowed silence. James turned on to his side. He knew he wasn't happy, but why wasn't he. A thousand reasons could summed, but few would be true. He fell asleep as result of another late night crusade to the kitchens.

As light began to peek in his eyes, an image appeared. She was beautiful, but it looked like the person had something important to say.

"James! James! Get up, we're late!" the person was repeating.

"Huh?" he mumbled mid-yawn.

"Oh Geez! James you fell asleep. Come on. We are going to get in so much trouble," they said worriedly. 

"Lily?" he asked with a big smile.

"What? I'm not Lily! James, it's me Peter," Peter said shaking him. He took a deep breath and looked around. He was in his room, in his bed. The sun was shining through the window some feet away from his bed. Lily was not in sight, he only assumed this was the woman that haunted he upon waking.

"Ok if we hurry, we can sneak in the back of the greenhouse. Sirius is going to cause a distraction, and Remus is going to open the hidden door on the left side," Peter explained.

With sudden awareness James stated, "Right. Let's go."

Their plan worked, just as good as any of the other they planned. Upon entry James's eyes seemed to instantly find Lily as if they knew she would be there. She was starring in his direction. Some how James couldn't tear his eyes from her. He could not torment them to that extent. Something about Lily made her all-around beautiful in any way you looked at her. They realized what was happening and perhaps in the same instant both ripped their eyes from the tantalizing image of one another.

Lily set to work with her partner Rosalind. Rosalind was a person people liked to laugh about because she was so gloomy and almost gothic. She and Lily however, were laughing hysterically something. James was still terribly confused by Lily. She was wild and happy, but instead of indulging in her own happiness, she sought out to make other as happy.

Sirius shook James's shoulders. He was smiling because he saw the gaze of James to Lily. Sirius wanted Lily and James to be together because he hoped she could change James back into the lively and excited James. He loved everything and would try anything. He also thought this because like the other Marauderers, he considered James family. Lily was a great girl for James, and would make him happy.

"Good performance," James said as he turned around to see his friend.

"Well you know they asked me to do an act for the Queen, but I had to politely decline. It would muck up my schedule," Sirius laughed.

"Well it's easy to act when you only play roles that fit your personality. I mean so many of your parts have been the idiot people laugh at because of his lack of intelligence versus his humor," James teased. Sirius laughed along with him.

"So what is with you and Lily Evans?" Sirius asked. They were all out of hearing distance.

"Well I don't know. I saw in her the hall this morning. I mean guys, we are just friends. Okay, don't make it something it's not," James explained.

"Friends that dream about each other," Peter added.

"Wormtail you idiot!" James yelled. Sirius was cracking up as Peter explained his experience with James earlier that morning.

"James come on, honestly who are we going to go blab to?" Remus reasoned.

"All right but I don't like her like that," James assured them.

"Whatever," Sirius mumbled.

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Author's Note: All right, well there you go. I'm not sure how well I like this chapter, but I'll post it anyhow. Don't forget to keep reviewing!! Oh and a furious congratulations to me for passing time in my story. Honestly it was getting to be a bit much. I mean I was going to be done with my story and only a week would have passed!!!

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