Pre-Author's Notes: This fic is based on the manga, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e also known as For You in Full Blossom. I had to change some elements from the Harry Potter story to make it work, so live with it. Yes, I am aware that some of the facts from the Harry Potter series is off, but I had to change it for the story. ^^
"Wa--" started Lily, but it was too late. Isabelle opened the door. The only thing Lily could do was cover her expose chest.
"What's going on in here? Oh my goodness," whispered Isabelle as she started at Lily. "I thought that--wait." She closed the door behind her. "Dress up. I can't talk to you like that."
Lily nodded as she quickly changed clothes. Her face was bright red. I'm done for. She's the mother of the head boy. She's probably going to report me to Dumbledore. Lily's eyes filled with tears, but she blinked them away before facing Isabelle again. "I'm done," she announced.
"You're a girl, Lucas. No wait. What's your name?" asked Isabelle with a sigh.
"My name is Lily. Please don't tell anyone. Please. I'm begging you," whispered Lily. She hoped that Dr. Pomfrey's kindness ran in the family.
"That depends. Tell me everything," said Isabelle with a sigh as she sat down on James' bed. She gestured for Lily to take a seat on her bed. Lily sighed and explained everything. She explained how she wanted to meet James Potter and explained everything that had happened.
"I see," said Isabelle at the end. She sighed. "You came all the way to Hogwarts just to meet James Potter. On top of that you're posing as a boy. And no one has caught you yet."
"Actually, Dr. Pomfrey knows. He's tolerated it. And I hide my chest under a denim vest," said Lily.
"I see. You can't keep it up forever, Lily. I mean Lucas," said Isabelle. "For one thing, you're still growing. I don't think you should keep wearing something like that. It's too tight. It will restrict your breathing."
As good as it was to hear that she wasn't going to be flat-chested forever, Lily was still hoping to keep her gender a secret. It was the hard part about lying. It was hard to stop, especially since people thought she was an honest person. She could only imagine the looks on their faces if they ever found out the truth. She couldn't find a way to stop.
"Are you going to tell anyone?" asked Lily as she bit her lip nervously.
"As a woman, I can understand how you feel. However, as a parent, I am concerned for you. You must be careful, Lucas," said Isabelle as she smiled at her fondly. "I can see some of myself in you. You are too stubborn to quit. If you need my help just ask."
"Really?" asked Lily.
"Really," said Isabelle with a nod. "Just know what you're doing isn't completely right. You'll have to tell the truth sooner or later. Just change and get back to work" With that she left the room.
Lily didn't waste any time. Her vest was wet, so she had no choice but to go hunting for some bandages. She had them just in case. She didn't want to resort to using them, but she had no choice. She grabbed them and went to the bathroom. She was now extra self conscious, so she bound her breasts tighter.
*
James and Frank were stuck with Kitty. Byron and his friends were still outside, which made James uneasy. Kitty laughing at Frank as she squirted him with the hose.
"Stop that, you bloody brat!" shouted Frank.
"My brother is a moron," said Kitty randomly.
Frank stared at her for a moment before asking, "Say that again."
"My brother is a moron," repeated Kitty.
"Hey, James! She's smarter than Malfoy already," exclaimed Frank. "Maybe she's not that b--"
SQUIRT!
"YOU EVIL BRAT! I TAKE BACK WHAT I JUST SAID!" yelled Frank at the top of his lungs. Kitty squealed with laughter. "JAMES! DON'T JUST SIT THERE! HELP ME! STOP HER!"
James was about to do something when Lily came back in dry, clean clothes. She smiled at him before taking a seat next to him. "Maybe, we should help him," she suggested.
"Nah, she'll get tired soon enough," said James.
They spent the next hour watching Frank and Kitty fight for the hose. James' prediction came true and she tired herself out. Lily picked her up and carried her off to the Malfoys' suite to change her. James thought how pretty she looked like that. He didn't have much time to admire her.
"James! There you are!" exclaimed Tara. "I've been looking all over for you. Where have you been?"
James looked at Frank in a panic. Frank shook his head and looked away with a huge grin on his face. He didn't help me with the midget Malfoy, so I'm not helping him with the teenybopper Malfoy. He waved goodbye as Tara dragged James away.
*
Later that afternoon, Lily and Byron were working on setting up the tables for tomorrow. Lily hadn't been feeling well ever since she had gone and changed her clothes. In fact, she was feeling lightheaded. Her vision was blurring. "Are you okay?" asked Frank.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Maybe, I'm just tired," said Lily as she walked over to the living room. James was sitting with the Malfoys because Tara had dragged him with her like a rag doll. The most amusing thing was watching Kitty and Lucius arguing with each other.
"My brother is a moron," announced Kitty for the world to know.
"Stop that! I am not a moron, you brat!" exclaimed Malfoy.
"Bastard!" called Kitty.
"Shut it!" shouted Malfoy. He spotted Lily passing by. "Hey, Evans! What have you done with my sister?!"
"My brother is a moron," repeated Kitty.
"You heard that! You taught her that!" shouted Malfoy.
"I was only telling her the truth," said Lily calmly.
"Actually, Kitty would have figured it out eventually, Lucius," pointed out Tara. "I know I did."
Byron came to the living room when he heard Lucius yelling. "What's wrong? Stop yelling at him," he said to Malfoy. "Your parents obviously didn't teach you any manners."
"Watch it. You're just help. All I have to do is say one word, and I can get you all fired," warned Malfoy.
"I'd like to see you try," said Byron calmly.
Lily couldn't hear a word they were saying. She was too dizzy to understand what they were saying. She started to stumble backwards. She looked so pale. Byron and Malfoy shouted back and forth at each other. Everything started to go dark. Tara and Kitty were egging them on.
"Guys...stop..." whispered Lily, but she couldn't keep standing anymore. She fell back, but James was already on his feet and caught her before she could hit the floor.
Byron and Lucius stopped when James caught Lily. Tara watched them with her mouth wide open, while Kitty mimicked her sister's expression. Byron approached them to take Lily from James, but he was stopped. "Don't touch him," ordered James as he straightened up with Lily in his arms. "I'm going to take him to our room."
He carried her all the way to the room, wondering what he should do. He wasn't sure what was wrong, so he was afraid of calling for help. If he called for help, then she'd be exposed. His train of thought was interrupted when there came a knock at the door. Before he could respond, the door swung open.
"I heard what happened," said Isabelle as she walked in.
"It's okay. He's just passed out," said James.
"No. I need to look him over," insisted Isabelle. "Wait outside."
"No."
"Go out now. Please. I promise. I won't let anything happen to him," said Isabelle as she lifted her eyebrow slightly at the word "him," giving indication that she knew the truth. He nodded before leaving the room. Isabelle walked over to her to check her breathing. It seemed like she was struggling a bit, so Isabelle lifted her shirt.
"I knew it," muttered Isabelle as she loosened the tight bindings around Lily's chest. "Now where would you put that vest of yours. Ah." She spotted the trunk and opened it. The vest was still wet because it couldn't be left out to dry. Isabelle looked at it. "This won't do. Some alterations are necessary," she said as she took out her wand.
The first thing she did was dry the vest. With another tap of her wand and a small spell, she altered it to make it bigger. She even improved its ability to hide Lily's chest. Just as she finished, Lily woke up with a start. "What? Where am I?" she exclaimed in surprise.
"Not too loud. James is lingering outside," said Isabelle as she smiled at her. "I warned you about your chest, didn't I? Why did you tie the bandages around yourself so tightly?"
Lily looked at her sheepishly. "I was feeling more self conscious about the whole thing. I guess I made it tighter because of it. What did you do to my vest?"
"I altered it," said Isabelle. "You're chest is growing. I made room for it and made it better for concealing them. However, I didn't put a charm on it to keep expanding as you expand. I just put enough room in it."
"Oh," said Lily. "Thank you, Isabelle."
Isabelle smiled at her and stood up. "You better put it on. It's dry now. James is anxious to see you. He's been worried. It's best to put his mind at ease. I have to go back to work. Take your time."
"I can't thank you enough, Isabelle," said Lily as she sat up more. She took off her shirt and quickly took off the bandages. Isabelle took them and put them in the trunk. Lily quickly donned the vest and her shirt. She lay back down as Isabelle opened the door.
"Take your time. I'll see you two later," said Isabelle as she smiled at James before leaving. He closed the door behind him and walked up to her bed. He went to go for a chair, but Lily said, "It's okay. You can sit on the bed."
James sat down at the edge of the bed. "Are you sure you're okay?" he asked.
"I'm fine. I can't believe I fainted. How embarrassing," answered Lily.
"Don't scare me like that again," he muttered.
Lily stared at him. "I'm sorry. I just keep causing trouble for you, don't I?" she whispered.
James looked at her and sighed. "Don't go beating yourself up. Stop apologizing. You can't help it if you're accident prone."
"Accident prone?!" exclaimed Lily angrily. "I am not accident prone!"
"Oh, please. It's okay. It's part of your charm," said James as he gave her a smile, causing her face to turn bright red. There came a knock at the door. "Who is it?" he asked.
"It's Frank."
James stood up to answer the door to make sure that no one else was with him. "Hey, Lucas," greeted Frank.
"I'm fine, Frank. I'm sorry to worry you," said Lily.
"What? I wasn't worried!" lied Frank as his face turned red. "Just because I came here to check up on you doesn't mean I was worried."
The trio sat there for a while talking amongst themselves. After some time passed, they decided to and get ready for dinner. After dinner, James went outside for a bit of stargazing. Lily was sort of worried about him. He had been tense for the past few days, but if she had been paying more attention, she'd know that he was tense because of Byron.
She went outside with two mugs of hot chocolate. "Here's some hot chocolate," she said as she handed him a mug. "I didn't know if you liked marshmallows or not, so I just put two in."
"Thanks," he said as he took the mug.
"You know back home my mum puts in some cinnamon. It tastes wonderful, but I saw Isabelle makes this. She didn't use cocoa powder. She melted chocolate from France to make this," said Lily brightly. "Hot chocolate tastes great with popcorn. My mum usually pops popcorn with it in a Muggle device called a microwave.
James was staring at her blankly. He realized she had the tendency to blabber on when she was uncomfortable. "I'm sorry. I should stop. I'm probably very annoying," she stopped.
"It's okay," said James as he took a sip. "It's very good."
"It is isn't it. Do you want me to get you some biscuits? They're pretty good with the cocoa," offered Lily.
"Sure," agreed James as looked out at the stars. He hoped that his friends were okay. The next night was a full moon. He wondered how Remus, Sirius, and Peter would handle it. He heard the sound of footsteps approaching him, but he knew it couldn't have been Lily. There would have been no way for her to go to the kitchen and back so quickly.
Byron walked over to him with his hands in his pockets. "I just wanted to have a little chat with you, Potter," he said.
"What about?"
"About her."
James looked at him for a moment. "What about him?"
"You are 'his' guardian, aren't you? Or you fancy yourself one, don't you?" asked Byron.
James looked at him passively.
"Or do you think of yourself as something more? Does she?" continued Byron. He was trying to get some reaction out of James. "Don't worry yourself, Potter. I'll take good care of your friend. You don't have to worry about a single thing. So, I would like to ask if it would be okay with you, Mr. Guardian, if I asked her out."
James' expression changed from expressionless to annoyance. "I won't let you do anything to her. Most people do exactly what I say because they don't know what I'll do."
Byron grinned at him. He turned to go back inside. "Interesting. The answer you just gave right now. Does that make you're more than just a guardian?"
James' expression changed into surprise. "By the way, I don't care either way what you think," added Byron before going inside.
James stood there with his hands clutched into fists. Lily came back with the biscuits, but she noticed how upset he was. He told her he was fine and took the biscuits from her. He thought of warning her about Byron again, but decided against it. He decided he would protect her by keeping her by his side.
Soon everyone turned in for the evening. Lily lay in her bed wide away. She looked at the ceiling before she turned her head. James' eyes were closed, but she said out loud, "James, are you awake?"
He opened his chocolate brown eyes slightly. "What is it?" He didn't sound annoyed, just sleepy.
"Am I girly?"
The question shot his eyes wide open. "What?!" he exclaimed as he sat up with a jolt. "What did Byron tell you?"
"Huh? Why are you bring up Byron?" asked Lily. "I was just thinking...never mind. Good night." She turned away from him. James waited for her to go to sleep before going back to sleep himself.
*
The next day was the 23rd of December. The staff had to hurry up and do the last minute preparations for Christmas. Lily had to admit that she was feeling a little homesick. It was the first time she had ever spent Christmas away from her family. Part of her even missed Petunia just a tiny bit.
Isabelle needed something from the nearby town for the Christmas dinner, so she told Byron to go into town. He asked Lily if she wanted to go with him. She agreed and he rushed her off before she could tell James or Frank. "The sooner we go to town, the sooner we get back," he explained to her.
"All right. I guess we won't be gone for too long," agreed Lily.
James and Frank were distracted by their "favorite" guests the Malfoys. Lucius was just as obnoxious as he normally was at Hogwarts. It wasn't too bad because his sisters were there to deflate his ego from time to time. Kitty kept calling him a moron, which everyone else still found amusing.
Tara kept clinging to James with her vise like grip. He struggled against it, but stopped after a while. "Hey, Malfoy, what kind of date did you have?" asked Frank knowingly.
Malfoy looked at Tara and immediately knew that she had told them what a disaster it had been. "You can't even back up your own brother, can you?"
"It was too funny to keep to myself," said Tara sweetly.
"So, it's true. You did fell flat on your face on the snow twice. By the second time, she went off with another guy," laughed Frank. Kitty giggled and pointed at her brother with him.
Malfoy decided to change the topic all together. "Say, Potter, don't you know that Evans went off with that Byron fellow?," he said smartly.
"What did you just say?" demanded James. His tone was enough to scare off Tara. She immediately loosened her grip on his arm.
"What? Are your ears as bad as your eyesight, Potter? Evans went off with Byron to town today," said Malfoy.
James stood up. "I have to go and ask Isabelle something," he said. He was feeling anxious now. He went to go and see Isabelle who was with the chief. They were kneading dough for the cookies and bread.
"Isabelle, where have Lucas and Byron gone?" asked James.
"They went into town to pick up more things for the Christmas dinner. The town is shutting down tomorrow," replied Isabelle. She saw the concerned look on his face. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. What time did they leave?" asked James.
"Just this morning. The town isn't that far. They took the carriage. They should be back soon," Isabelle assured him.
James didn't go back to the others. He went to a quieter place in the chalet. He kept an eye out for Lily. He just had a bad feeling about the whole thing. The day passed by quickly. James began to wonder where they had gone. After a few hours, Isabelle came to him. "The carriage broke down. Byron says it's going to take them some time to get back," she told him.
"Are you sure?" asked James.
"You don't trust him, do you?" asked Isabelle.
"Which one?"
"Byron. He's not that bad. And I'm sure Lucas can handle himself," Isabelle quickly assured him. "I'll tell you as soon as they get back."
Soon the sun sunk down into the horizon. There came no word from Byron and Lily. James had no idea what was happening, but his instincts told him that something was wrong. He went outside and looked around first before walking off towards the trail.
James looked around once more before transforming into his Animagus form. He took off running. He hoped that he wasn't too late. He hoped that he was wrong.
*
Lily wondered what took Byron so long. He slowed them down the entire time. He kept stopping the carriage on the way to town to show her the sites. When they finally got to town, he showed her around before they went to get the things that Isabelle told them to get. Not that Lily didn't want to see the town, but she thought they were wasting too much time. She was finally glad when Byron decided it was time to return back to chalet.
"The sun's already going down," said Lily as she looked out the window of the carriage.
"Sorry about that. I guess I like to take my time doing things," said Byron.
"It's not a problem. I just hope that Isabelle doesn't get mad at us," said Lily as she smiled at him. On the way over to the town, he sat across from her, but on the way back he was sitting next to her.
More time passed again. Byron pulled the carriage over. "What's wrong? Why are you stopping the carriage?" asked Lily.
"You really don't know how to set the mood, do you?" asked Byron as he looked at her.
"What do you mean?" asked Lily.
"Just when a guy is getting ready to make his move," said Byron.
Is he bisexual? Or does he still think I'm a girl thought Lily in alarm. He was sitting right next to her. She quickly looked to see where his were. They were right in his lap.
"You have a thing for James Potter, don't you?" said Byron. "Doesn't he only see you as a friend?"
"I-I know that," admitted Lily as she blushed.
"Then choose me instead," said Byron as he looked at her with an unflattering gaze. "I won't make you sad." He took a hold of her wrist. She couldn't pull back in time.
"But I--"
"I like you. I have liked you since I first saw you."
Lily tried to pull away from Byron. A surge of fearing swept through her body. The look on his face was the look of a pure predator. She reached for the handle of the door, but he stopped her in time. She struggled against his grip.
"NO!" she screamed as she managed to free her hand. She pulled open the door, but she fell backwards with him on top of her. She was too afraid to speak.
Byron pulled up her shirt. "What's this? A vest?" he said as he reached for the zipper. Lily was too afraid to say anything and he kept her hands and legs pinned down.
I have to fight back. I can't just lay here! I have to fight back! Lily renewed her struggle as she tried to move him off her. I-I can't get free!
"Why don't you behave yourself?" asked Byron as he gave her a nasty grin. His hand ran down the side of her stomach.
I'm exposed. "NO!" shouted Lily. I can't move an inch. I'm scared. Scared. SCARED! She closed her eyes and tried to move her head away from him, while keeping it down so that he wouldn't have access to her neck.
Neither of them heard the sound of hooves approaching. In an instant, a hand came and grabbed Byron by the shoulder. He didn't have time to really look at James before a right cross landed on his face. The punch was so hard that James knocked him to the ground in one blow.
Lily had time to sit back up and pull her shirt down. She had her arms crossed over her chest and she was breathing hard. James turned around. "Are you okay, Lucas?" he asked.
Her eyes didn't meet his gaze. He knelt down to her level and tried to pull her arms loose from over her chest.
"Ah. No," she muttered as her eyes widened at James' touch. She shot up. "NOOOOOOO!!" She took off running away from him.
"Lucas!" he called out in alarm. She ran even faster. "Hey! Stop!"
James took off after her and grabbed her wrist. "Lucas!" He grabbed both her arms from behind. "Lucas. Calm down."
"Noooooo!" she shouted again without turning. She just wanted to get away from him. "SCARED! I'm scared!" she cried as the tears slipped down her cheeks.
"Lucas," whispered James. He pulled her into his arms and held her closely in a comforting embrace. "It's okay."
"Scared. Scared," cried Lily.
"Don't be scared anymore. I'm here. So, don't be scared anymore. I'm here," whispered James over and over again. He held her until she stopped crying. Finally, she fell asleep in his arms, wrapped in his scent and his warmth. He silently swore to himself that he'd never let her go again if he could help it.
Post Author's Note: I just wanted to say that the Pomfrey family is really cool. I think in the first book, Harry mentioned that Madame Pomfrey doesn't really question the injuries that the students come in with (Ron with the bite from the dragon). That makes her cool in my book, so I made her children the same way. Isabelle will help Lily out as much as she needs. Poor Lucius, even his sisters show him no respect. What a good reason to be a Death Eater. LOL. I told people that Byron was a jerk. I like this chapter. There was another page to this chapter in the manga, but I like to end here. I didn't think that this chapter would be all that long, but it ended up long anyway. ^_^
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