Chapter 19:

'September 1st' the page was titled. Several drawn pictures were on the next page, some were animals or things, but there were also people. Wizards, the grumpy conductors, and some of her class mates, including the Marauders. James was the biggest. The caption read 'James Potter ~ CUTE, nice, very sincere, possible boyfriend? Parents are rich, pureblood, loves Quidditch (HUH?)'

Lily was an artist, and James was a very common subject for her. /Oh my god. Sirius was right. Most of my journal is about James! / Her mouth fell open. /I like James. / "I like James!" Lily smiled and decided to tell him right away. Then she remembered that she was in a bathrobe, and opted to get dressed first.

Lily had felt so sure of everything, until she was finally standing in front of James. /What could I say? Hi James, how are you? I know that I have refused to go out with you for like six years but do you want to go out with me? Hey! That might work! / She imagined his face and laughed.

"J.James? Hi." Lily stuttered. "So are you and Brit going out still?"

"No. Why do YOU care, you and her are fighting anyways."

"James, I need you to answer a question for me, and tell the truth."

"No." James snapped and walked down the corridor.
"James! Fine! Ruin a perfectly romantic moment for all I care! But, I like you James! I like you! Maybe I even love you but I guess we will NEVER know now will we!?!?!" Lily said, shocking herself, James and everyone in the Hallway.

"What?" James did a one eighty. "Y. you like me, as in James Potter. As in the guy you hate?"

"Yes. I guess that I do." Lily smiled. James followed suit.

"Well I like you, as in Lily Evans. As in the girl I have liked for years, who always secretly liked me back but was eluding me for.? Fun? Some twisted game?" James messed up his hair. "You know Lily, normally when a girl likes a guy she says 'yes' when he asks her out, unlike you who hexed me." He grabbed her hand and whispered in her ear "Lily, would you go out with me?"

"Umm." She twirled a strang of hair in her finger. "Well."

"LILY!"

"Yes." She laughed, and James muttered something sounding faintly like "girls"

"We have a few friendships to mend." Lily pulled him into the direction of the Common Room.