"Now, Students. There are two of you from every house. Do not forget that you are symbolizing the virgin maidens of Hogwarts herself." Professor McGonagall said to the group of girls. "You must act with respective reverence."
"Sweet," A Hufflepuff girl with short hair whispered to the girl beside her, " I'm a virgin maiden, you hear?"
The petite girl who had been the receiver of the message just rolled her eyes and rested her chin on her hands.
" Your robes will be given to you after what I'm about to say," continued McGonagall in her stern voice. " The order goes of which house has the highest of points and it proceeds down from there. Therefore, the order is Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and then Hufflepuff respectively."
"Is there any questions from there?"
The young ladies shook their heads.
"Well than, Wang, Evans. Come here to get your robes." Professor McGonagall levitated two large boxes and set them down in front of the sitting Gryffindors. "Shay, Bernard, come get yours. Lestrange and Clemens, over there. Ah, and Paulens and Konopyckiva, yours."
The six other girls received their packages dutifully.
" Ok, please open your packages," Professor McGonagall commanded. " You will find that one of you has a flag bearing the crest of your house and another has the sword of the respective owner."
Jeanne and Lily eagerly opened up their packages. Jeanne had the flag and Lily had the sword. Professor McGonagall waited until each of the girls had found their items.
" The flags are charmed to be weightless and the flag will never fold. There will be a wind charm placed upon the flag so that it may never waiver. As for the Sword, Ladies, please be careful. These are genuine antiques and you will be holding the hilt of the sword, up near your chest."
The Professor demonstrated, clasping the Slytherin sword and pointing it downwards; bringing it near to her body. Her hands were around the hilt and the sword, being pointed downwards, was directly perpendicular to the floor.
"Now, your robes are provided for you. Please change now so that we can see what each of you look like." Professor McGonagall waved her wand and instantly eight changing screens popped up from the stone floor and folded to assure privacy. Each of the girls excitedly took out their robes and took them behind the screen.
"Ladies, do hurry." The Professor reprimanded.
One by one, the girls came out from the changing screen and lined up shoulder to shoulder. Professor McGonagall walked along, occasionally adjusting some loose straps and pulling out the sleeves. The robes were suppose to symbolize the virgin maidens of Hogwarts and they indeed made the ladies look angelic. Lily loved the way, the cloth was bewitched to feel cool and crisp and so that the pure white would never be tainted.
"Wow," Jeanne murmured through the side of her mouth as McGonagall swept by. "Lily you look magnificent."
Despite their hair color, all the ladies did indeed look magnificent. Uniform and fresh, each girl had a robe so pure that it made the stars look dim. The sleeves were tight at the shoulder to the elbows and flared out so that if one of the girls held their arm out, parallel to the floor, the length of the cloth would have been from the hand all the way to the upper thigh.
The body was entirely covered up by the innocent robe. The neckline was a simple "turtle" neck and was tight around the areas of the chest, then flowing out into an A line that pooled silkily on the floor. It was charmed so that the ladies wouldn't trip when they walked, rather, it would look like they were gliding on water.
Thin golden ropes wrapped twice across the chest, wrapped twice around the upper part of the arms and then eventually came together in the back to where it tied into a fancy knot and let the ends hang.
Yes, the robe did achieve the look of the virgin maidens.
"Wonderful," The Professor murmured to herself. When she finally thought that the ladies had achieved the right look, she said outloud.
" Now, in the package are a ring of flowers for each of you. It's charmed so that the baby's breath will not wilt nor dry. I expect you to take good care of your belongings until the coming day of Graduation, which is tomorrow."
Jeanne and the other girls reached into their packages and pulled out a ring of baby's breath flowers.
"Wow," Lily grinned in fascination and put the ring around on her head. "I feel like a fairy."
Jeanne twirled around, watching the robes swirl around her feet. " I totally agree with you."
Each of the girls from their houses noticed that their belongings had their respected house colors on it. The Gryffindors had red and gold ribbon weaved on the ends of their hair ornaments while the Slytherins had green and silver ribbons. Ravenclaw had royal blue and silver ribbons and Hufflepuff had gold and midnight ribbons. Moreover, the swords were spectacularly awe-some. The hilt to Gryffindor's sword was encrusted with almost entirely of Rubies and made of gold. Surrounding the base and top of the hilt, there were also pearls stuck in place and on the sword itself had a Lion resting at the base.
Slytherin's was similar except that the entire sword was made of silver. On the hilt, there were large emeralds gleaming in place and it also had many sets of pearls. On the gryffindor sword, it was a lion but on slytherin's a slender snake coiled around the base.
Ravenclaw was all silver with pearls too, except that there were gigantic sapphires instead of rubies or emeralds and instead of the snake, there was a raven perched haughtily at the base, its wings spread out. Lastly, Hufflepuff had absolutely stunning opals the size of a quarter encrusted to it's golden hilt. Instead of the pearls, there was gold embossed embroidery of roses and leaves weaving all around the base of the sword. Again, at the base of the sword was a badger (A/N ??)
The girls breathed in the splendor of these ancient antiques.
"This is gorgeous…" Said the darkhaired Slytherin. " Oh my, I can't believe this."
The Professor smiled her thin-lipped smile but motioned the ladies back in line. "Tomarrow, do not forget your possessions. Be outside between the Forbidden Forest and the Quidditch Field at precisely 9 oclock in the morning. You cannot miss the area of graduation simply because it will be fully decorated."
The ladies turned excitedly to leave and put their things away when Professor McGonagall spoke up again. "Ah, yes. I expect all of you to have your hair down. Plain and simple. There will be no curling of your hair, it will just be down against your back. Do we have that clear?"
The girls nodded yes, obediently and turned to go.
"One more thing." Professor McGonagall smiled again. "Being an escort is an honor, hold your chin up high and be proud."
Each of the girls smiled, even the Slytherins and walked out of the door, their chins up high.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Today's the day!! Today's the day!!" Sirius sang as he tied his tie and put on his Hogwarts sweater.
"Yes, we know today's the day." Remus said, agitated because Sirius had woken him up so early.
"Prongs is really really quiet today," Sirius teased as James attempted to tackle his hair with a comb.
"Blah." Was all James said. To tell the truth, James had extreme extreme butterflies in his stomach.
Remus brushed off the lint on his trousers and put on his Hogwarts sweater, straightening the crest. James, too, took his wand to iron out the wrinkles of his oxford shirt and his trousers. He knotted the tie and straightened his back, adjusting his glasses in the mirror.
"We," Sirius slung his arms around both men. "We, look fine."
"We don't need a cloak, right?" James murmured absentmindedly.
"Of course not," Remus smirked. "Not unless you want to sweat buckets. The weather is beautiful."
"Prongs is going to sweat buckets already," Sirius grinned, "because TODAY IS THE DAY FOR---"
James had put his hand around Sirius' mouth. "Padfoot, don't make me hurt you." He said, jokingly. "Come on, I want it to be a surprise."
Sirius pushed away James' hand and grinned. "Don't worry!" He added in a more settled tone. "Seriously, good luck, brother."
Remus messed up James' hair and laughed as James gave a bellow.
"Do you know how long it takes for me to even TRY to tame my hair?" James said exasperatedly.
"Prongs," Remus laughed. "Good luck."
James smiled and high five-ed Remus.
"We're never going to really split up, right?" James asked as he applied some cologne to his neck.
"Nope, never." Sirius said firmly. "Never ever ever."
Remus smiled. "Don't worry mates. We'll always be there."
The three of them smiled at their handsome reflections and took out their graduation robes to be worn over their uniforms. For the Gryffindors, their robes were a deep crimson tinted gold. It looked like a regular graduation robe that was red, except it had a golden shimmery tint. All students were required to wear their nicest wizarding caps that were originally part of the uniform.
For Slytherins, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs, their robes were equally alike in that style except that they were the respective colors. So for Slytherin, their robes would be in deep shades of emerald green with a silver shimmer and Ravenclaw would have robes of deep royal blue with a silver shimmer as well. Hufflepuff's robes looked by far the most interesting because they had robes of a rich yellow/gold tinted with black shimmer.
Sirius smirked into the mirror and pulled his robe on.
"So this is it," Remus said simply, straightening his robe and picking up his hat.
"This is it." James repeated, nervous butterflies exploding in his stomach as he had to give a speech with Marianne and afterwards surprise Lily.
"Let's go," Sirius opened the door and the three most prominent, good-looking guys of Hogwarts stepped down the stairs to join the other Senior Gryffindors who were heading out into the Great Hall. There, the other graduating students of Hogwarts would join them.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Ok, now remember Ladies," Professor McGonagall ordered as the 8 young escorts stood in a line outside in the sunny field. " Hold your chin up high and do not stare. You must maintain a blank but serene and calm expression on your face. Afterall, you are the virgin maidens."
She slowly walked around the standing ladies, inspecting them, adjusting their robe and fixing their wreaths of baby's breath.
"Excellent." She walked slowly back to her position. " I see that everyone has followed my instructions and left their hair down. Simple and straight. Very good. I applaud you."
Indeed, all eight of the escorts had taken great care to brush their shiny manes and wear it loose on their shoulders. Lily and Jeanne looked especially magnificent as well as the darkhaired Slytherin and pretty blonde Ravenclaw. They all had exceptionally long hair and each had combed it until their hair was shiny and silky. Lily's gorgeous sheet of wine-red hair tumbled down her shoulders and so did Jeanne's black tinted brown. The blonde Ravenclaw truly looked angelic because her hair was as long as Jeanne's but it literally shined as a golden halo. Lastly, the darkhaired Slytherin wasn't even scowling today. In fact, she looked classically beautiful with her jet black hair, spilling down her bback.
"Flag bearers, get your flags." The Professor waved her wand and instantly, four tall golden rods with magnificent flags bearing the house crest and flapping in the breeze appeared as half the girls stepped forward to receive them.
"Is it heavy?" Lily asked Jeanne who had her right hand gripping the rod, higher than where her left hand was placed on the bottom of the rod.
"Nope." Jeanne flashed a smile as Professor McGonagall instructed for the remaining girls to obtain their swords.
Lily's eyes sparkled as she unsheathed the sword from the scabbard and her heart pounded excitedly as she heard the shing that came from it.
"Hold it in place." Professor McGonagall said. "Just like how I showed you last night."
At last, all eight escorts were excited, in place and ready.
"When you walk, walk slowly. There is no need to rush, for you: virgin maidens are the very beginning of the line. Think of yourselves as the introduction. Walk with grace and hold your chin up high. There will be no need for worrying about whether you're going to trip or not because the robes are charmed to remain in that shape."
Instinctively, the girls that were looking down to admire the way the cloth was charmed to pool at their feet, looked up. Their chins held high.
"Wonderful." The Professor continued. " I have already told you the order, but when you reach the very end where Dumbledore and the rest of the teachers are sitting, you will split to form a V formation. This meaning that: Lily, you'll be on the left side while Jeanne will be on your right. The people who have the swords will be following Lily and stand slightly behind her but not all the way. Same with the people who will be following Jeanne. Is that clear?"
The ladies nodded.
"I wish you the best of luck." The Professor signaled that they were over with and told them to follow her to the Great Hall where the graduates were waiting in the lines.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
James, Remus and Sirius were sitting down, bored as heck and watching all the teachers scramble to align the students into the correct order.
"Aren't you supposed to be up there?" Lucius Malfoy, a sneering Slytherin pointed to the beginning of the line and looked at Black.
"I'm supposed to be," Sirius said coolly.
Lucius curled his lip but didn't say anything as he sat behind Remus, pulling his face into a look of distaste.
The Marauders just ignored him.
"Holy Moly!" Sirius suddenly shot up from his chair and grabbed James' sleeve. "Is that Lily and Jeanne?"
James, who was dozing off, suddenly opened his eyes and looked around. "Where??!"
Remus laughed heartily as he tried to fit in words to describe what James' action showed.
"Over there!" Sirius pointed excitedly. "The escorts remember?"
James followed his finger and indeed saw Lily and Jeanne walking behind Professor McGonagall with 6 other girls wearing the same thing following them.
James sucked in his breath. " She looks gorgeous."
Remus raised his eyebrows. " She does, doesn't she?"
"Not that that matters because Lily looks pretty no matter what but---"
Sirius laughed and gave Remus a noogie, making Remus scowl and try to push the hair out of his eyes. "Our little Jamesie is babbling."
James stopped abruptly and glared at Sirius.
"Alright alright." Sirius held up his hands in surrender. " I'm just trying to keep you from getting too nervous. Do you have your speech ready?"
"Yup." James nodded as he took out a slip of paper. "Marianne and I have to give it together."
Remus glanced sideways at him. " you have it under control?"
"Yeah." James said. "The most we have to do, which is tradition, is be the first ones to go down the long aisle and I have to offer her my arm."
Sirius nodded. "Good."
The bell sounded and Sirius and James hurridly scrambled into their places of the line as the escorts signaled for them to start walking. The teachers had already returned outside where the rest of the school, Professor Dumbledore, and family members were seated.
!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!*!
Lily braced herself and pushed open the doors of the Great Hall. Beside her, Jeanne gracefully walked on, chin held high. Each of the escorts carefully holding their symbols, gracefully glided to the open field where there were hundreds and hundreds people sitting and hundreds and hundreds of chairs placed in line. With their robes flowing about them, Lily and Jeanne did exactly what they were told; leading the students and escorts behind them to the field where they would form a V.
Lily's stomach flipped as she saw so many people, smiling at them, and remembered to keep the placid look on her face. Holding her sword regally her chest, Lily walked on.
Marianne and James had to give a speech together, Lily thought glumly. It wasn't as if she was mad or anything, it just sort of saddened her to lose to such a pretty girl.
"what on earth are you talking about?" Lily thought sternly to herself. " You know James and he'd tell you if he had any feelings for her."
Lily couldn't help frowning just a bit as she wondered why James hadn't said anything about any girl he liked. Sure, he told her about Marianne, people he thought who were nice, and people who he thought were a bit….raunchy… and didn't exactly approve but nonetheless befriended. Maybe, he didn't tell her….
"Stop." Lily said to herself. " Trust me. He would have told you."
Lily, done with bickering with herself concentrated on walking steadily to the end and formed the V formation. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Professor McGonagall smile (in her tight-lipped way) but smile nonetheless and sit down as all the Graduates sat down in their places.
"Here we are…" Dumbledore said in his grand voice. " The seventh year students of Hogwarts have finally reached the end of the beginning. The beginning of their journey."
The audience applauded heartily.
"As we sit here today, please recognize Mr. James Potter and Ms. Marianne Liang as our Head Boy and Head Girl who have worked exceptionally hard to lead Hogwarts to her success."
More cheers and applauding erupted as James handsomely wearing his crimson robes escorted Marianne with his arm, who looked regally elegant in her robes, up to the high podium where all the teachers were seated.
Lily sincerely tried not to think about it, telling herself over and over that it was tradition.
"Good afternoon." Marianne's clear, sweet voice rang out with the use of the Sonorus charm
"Good afternoon." The audience chorused.
"Congratulations to all who've finally pushed through the endless barriers of tests, plowed through the piles of homework, and still lived on to enjoy the breathtaking Quidditch matches."
The people cheered.
" It's been rough." James said, " but we've all made it through."
The audience nodded in approval.
"There have obviously been times when I've felt like giving up and I'm sure you have all felt that feeling once."
Now it was Marianne's turn. " But if there's ever one thing to learn from Hogwarts, it's that the hard work pays off."
"Yes," James agreed. "The treasure lays out ahead of us in the future."
"Despite the rising threat of evil, we will still live on as Men and Women of Hogwarts." Marianne's voice soared into the sky as the audience cheered and clapped.
" Congratulations." James announced. " We will forever live on as the Men and Women of Hogwarts."
Many parents were wiping tears from their eyes and many students were cheering and clapping. Lily could feel Jeanne shifting restlessly beside her so she nudged her. Jeanne stopped immediately.
Lily scanned the audience and saw a man who looked uncannily like James. The woman beside him was smiling and dabbing at her tears. She smiled internally and looked around for Remus' and Sirius' parents.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Cheers erupted as the witches and wizards of the Graduating class of Hogwarts through up their caps and jumped up and down, screaming with delight.
THEY HAD GRADUATED!
Lily smiled as she and Jeanne led the escorts back inside to the Great Hall so that they could return the symbols and go back outside for the reception.
"Whew!" Jeanne dropped the banner against the wall as the other girls did so too. "I was beginning to feel my arms go numb."
Lily laughed and carefully put the sword back in its protective scabbard. She set it aside, gently, in the golden box and watched the three other girls put it in as well. The Slytherin girl looked at the sword longingly before she put it in.
Lily and Jeanne walked outside, feeling the sun's gentle rays upon their soft skin.
"Sirius!" Jeanne walked (or rather, glided) over to Sirius who had his parents with him. "Congratulations!"
Sirius turned around and grinned at Jeanne. " Mother, Father, I'd like you to meet a really really good friend of mine. Jeanne Wang."
"Ahh, yes. The Wangs." The woman who was Sirius' mother smiled at Jeanne. She had on a light blue robe and was wearing pearls. Real of course. " Jeanne, you have gotten even more beautiful since the last time I saw you."
Jeanne smiled modestly and bowed her head. "Thank you Mrs. Black."
Sirius smiled at Jeanne and at Lily who was standing behind her. "Yes, she is extremely pretty today." Jeanne looked up, surprised and blushing.
"Mother, Father, I'd also like for you to meet Lily Evans." Sirius pointed at Lily who smiled shyly at the Blacks.
" Pleased to meet you, Ms. Evans." Sirius' father shook hands with her. "I don't believe I've heard your family name before."
" My parents are muggles." Lily said confidently.
"Ahh, I see. " Mrs. Black nodded her head.
Remus ambled over, loosening up his tie and greeted Sirius' parents.
"You look wonderful, Remus!" Mrs. Black took hold of Remus' face and kissed him soundly on both cheeks.
"Thank you Mrs. Black." Remus smiled and nodded to Mr. Black.
"Congratulations Lupin." Mr. Black smiled and shook hands with him.
Remus turned to Lily. "James is looking for you." He smiled.
Lily's emerald eyes instantly widened. "He is? Where?"
Remus pointed to the far edge of the lake where James was sitting on a rock. His back facing them.
"Oh ok!" Lily walked as fast as she could, the wind blowing through her hair and the dress catching the wind's embrace. Her white dress flowed out behind her as she tried to run and walk at the same time; all to get to James.
"Such a nice girl," Sirius' mother smiled wistfully. "And pretty too. I remember when I was her age…"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Lily walked near to where James was sitting. "Hi James," She smiled uncertainly at him
James turned, adjusting his glasses and smiled back at her. "Hey Lily."
For a moment, neither of them spoke while Sirius, Remus, and Jeanne (as well as other students) watched the scene from across the lake.
"Oh my!" Jeanne breathed. " Is He going to---"
"Yup." Sirius said proudly. "That's my James for ya."
"Lily you look like a princess today." James smiled at her and got up from his rock. Lily smiled shyly back at him.
"Is everything ok, James?" Lily asked, frowning slightly. " you seem kind of tense."
James chuckled a bit and ran a hand through his hair. " Um..yeah. You could say that."
Without warning, James slowly pulled Lily into a warm embrace.
"James?" She asked, her voice muffled into his shoulder as she hugged him back.
James pulled back and stared in her eyes. " Lily, you know how much this friendship means to me."
Lily nodded, her eyes reflecting some concern.
"And, you know how I would never ever sabotage it for any reason unless it were for something extremely important." He still hadn't let go of her hands.
Lily nodded again, wondering where this was going.
"Well, see…" James paused. " I don't.. I don't want to be…be friends anymore."
Lily gasped, hurt evidently shining in her emerald eyes, she tried to pull away.
"what? Wha---"
"No, you don't understand." James smiled softly, still holding onto Lily's hands.
And owl suddenly flew and dropped a rose and a roll of parchment into Lily's arms.
She carefully opened up the roll of parchment, avoiding James' eyes.
Dear Lily,
When I mean I don't want to be friends, I mean I don't want to be just friends. How did we meet so late? I've known you for over a year but I can assure you that I feel as if we have a connection. There's almost nothing that I don't know about you and I'm sure it's likewise for you too. All those times together, having innocent fun and all those times sharing secrets wasn't all for nothing. Please, please take this rose and consider me… Please consider me.
Love,
James.
Lily gasped again, looking up into James' dreamy chocolate brown eyes. What did this mean?! Was this…
"Do you mean…do you mean that---"
James smiled at her. " I mean that: will you… will you consider….me as, more than a friend?"
When Lily looked shocked, James hastily respoke. " I mean, will..will you consider me as…a boyfriend?" His urgent eyes
Lily looked shocked, but now her lips were slowly curving up into a smile. A smile, her radiant smile. James looked into her beautiful green eyes, smiling as his eyes questioned her soul.
Lily grinned as her mind finally registered what he asked. "Oh my goodness!" She brought her hand up to cover the blush that was creeping up to her cheeks.
"Oh my goodness!"
"Does that mean that it's a yes?" James asked eagerly as Lily clutched the long stemmed rose.
" Oh my! Yes! It's a yes!" Lily through her arms around James' neck as James laughed out loud and twirled her around.
More than a hundred feet away, Jeanne was positively melting as she, Sirius and Remus saw James twirling a laughing Lily around and around.
"I take it that the feeling was mutual," Remus remarked to Sirius.
"Wait, so you knew about this?" Jeanne said naively.
"Well, of course." Sirius grinned and played with Jeanne's hair. " James has been pining over her for about….I dunno. Too long."
Remus laughed as Jeanne slapped Sirius on the arm.
"They're so perfect." Jeanne whispered dreamily.
James had put Lily down and had now taken her hand and was guiding her towards Sirius, Remus and Jeanne, grinning happily. His hair was even more ruffled in the wind and Lily was positively beaming in happiness as she proudly clutched the rose in her hand.
Sirius and Remus looked up expectantly as James strutted over, his smile about a mile wide and Lily's hand clasped in his.
"Congrats you two." Remus beamed at the two of them, patting James on the back and hugging Lily.
"Ahh!" Jeanne squealed, tightly hugging Lily as well. " You're so lucky, girl. Oh I just knew it!"
Lily blushed, but her face was radiant.
Sirius through his arms around both of them, happily shouting on the top of his lungs, " Congratulations Lily and James!!" and the rest of the Hogwarts population turned to look, gasping at the no longer "free" James Potter.
Lily beamed at the people who smiled at her and gave her winks of congratulations. Obviously there were some boys who didn't approve of this relationship and there were many girls who looked as if their smiles were nailed onto their faces, but Lily was too happy to do anything.
James grinned and pulled Lily over to his parents.
"Mother, Father. This is Lily Evans, my girlfriend." James said.
"Pleased to meet you, dear." The tall elegant woman with blue eyes and chestnut colored hair smiled at Lily warmly. "Thank god, James. We were beginning to wonder if you were--"
"Charmed, Ms. Evans." The even taller Man who looked uncannily like James shook her hand and shot a look at Mrs. Potter.
"It's wonderful to meet you Mr. And Mrs. Potter." Lily smiled shyly.
"Oh, isn't she absolutely adorable?" Mrs. Potter clasped her hands as James led her away, blushing at his parents antics.
" You don't seem as if you're not close to them." Lily murmured as they stood by the lake, watching happy graduates laugh and run off.
" We just don't talk much. We're not really hostile." James smiled and took both of Lily's hands.
"James," Lily said uncertainly. "Do you think this will work out? I mean, you know, you're gone and everything. I've got Hogwarts and school and exams. And you have pretty older girls to work with."
James' eyes widened. " Don't tell me you're jealous..?" He grinned and raised an eyebrow at a blushing Lily.
"Er—No. Not at all." Lily looked away. "I just don't want to be…compared."
James brought Lily into a hug again, completely enveloping her in his embrace. " I've been wanting to do this for so long." He murmured.
"What?" Lily said, bewildered. "Hug me?"
"No," James pulled back and chuckled. " Say this. Lily, you are absolutely gorgeous; both inside and out. Absolutely no one can be compared to you."
Lily smiled, her eyes filled with so much happiness and emotion as she buried her head back into his chest.
"James, you don't know how long I've been waiting for you."
A/N: AWWWWWWW.. finally!!! James and Lily!! Woot woot!!! Hope you liked it~ I think the idea of Love or atleast the very beginning of the blossoming of Love should be fluffy you know? Love is patient, love is kind. Heh. Poor Lily. Had to go through a lot of Jealousy to get to the near end. Thanks for reviewing!
