I cried writing this chapter. Something I usually reserve of J.K's Harry
Potter stories.
Keep informed. This isn't the last chapter.
Chapter 4: Happy Valentine's Day
"Hello, Lily. Say, are you going to Hogsmeade?" James was sounding different today. Maybe he wasn't feeling well.
"Not really. Why? What? Another picnic?" she asked with quite a happy tone in her voice at the thought of lunch wither friends on Valentine's Day.
"Only if you want to," James was looking different. Perhaps because he was still in pajamas.
"Sure. I'll go get dress and I'll meet you at the mud puddle. Be right there!" she called over her shoulder as she turned to head up to her dorm and change.
Lily came down to the entrance. She walked outside and turned to head and meet James and company.
She was wearing and looking her best. She wore a peacock green bustier (tube top), a short white denim skirt and black-heeled pumps. Hey, Valentine's Day. Got to look good.
She arrived and turned the corner and nearly fainted.
James stood, tall and buff, in a midnight blue polo shirt, black Bermuda shorts, and his dressy school shoes.
She then looked around. No one else was there. The picnic was only set for two. There were fresh pink and red roses, a beautiful fettuccini alfredo dish for each of them, polished cutlery and everything. Even more so, it was on a small table top like at a Parisian café.
James walked over to Lily and hooked his arm. She accepted, hooked her arm and let him lead her to her place. He pulled out her chair and sat her down, placing her napkin on her lap for her.
He sat down and they began to talk about anything you could think of. James was gazing at her beauty. After lunch, James reached down and pulled out a slice of cheesecake. Since he was holding her hand, he fed her piece of cheesecake and then took a bit himself.
"I made it myself. I snuck into the kitchen yesterday evening," he concluded, looking rather proud of himself. "Well, you certainly are a great cook." Lily was giggling again.
James must have jinxed the puddle, because now it was a clear blue pond of water just for them. After the cake, they sat on the side with they feet in the cool water.
Suddenly, James started to shake.
"James, are you alright?" Lily was scared for him.
"Lily, I got to tell you something. Please don't interrupt me."
She nodded.
"Lily, you know I love you. I've never, ever felt this way ever before. You make me so happy. I adore you. I love being around you. You make me feel as it we were the only people in the world.
You're a wonderful and gorgeous woman, Lily. (Did he just say "woman"?) I've got no idea why you fell for me. I never knew I could feel like this. During your kissing Sirius in spin the bottle. I've never felt jealousy about Sirius kissing my other girlfriends during the game, until now. I've never felt anything about girls before I met you.
Lily, I realized how much I loved you during the Christmas break. I saw you all day that last day of the break. You look absolutely stunning on New Year's Eve. Then, during the swim in the pool on our last evening, I'm not entirely sure how I was able to stop myself when I did."
"James? I have to talk to you, too. I'm, also, not sure how I stopped myself. I've never cared for anyone like I care for you. I don't know how I couldn't have seen it earlier. But, now I know that I love you, now more than ever, with all my heart.
Suddenly, she gasped at what he was doing. She saw him turn gently onto one knee. He looked into her watery eyes.
"Lily, I know we're young and we have time, but I can't live without at least a promise of this eternal love."
She was crying now.
"James, are you asking me what I think you're asking me?"
James reached into his pocket and pulled out a silver band with an emerald the color of her eyes in the middle of it.
"If you think I'm asking you to become Mrs. James Potter, then yes, I am asking what you think I'm asking."
She smiled a tear stained smile.
"Lily Evans, please become Lily Potter. Lily, will you marry, me?"
She cried violently for a few seconds.
"Is that a yes?" James asked, a grin growing on his face, spreading from ear to ear.
"Of course it's a yes! Yes! I would love to become Mrs. Lily Potter!"
He pushed the ring onto her finger, kissed her tenderly and hugged her, her face buried in his shoulder crying from sheer delight.
"I love you James! And know that I always will!"
"As do I Lily!"
Chapter 4: Happy Valentine's Day
"Hello, Lily. Say, are you going to Hogsmeade?" James was sounding different today. Maybe he wasn't feeling well.
"Not really. Why? What? Another picnic?" she asked with quite a happy tone in her voice at the thought of lunch wither friends on Valentine's Day.
"Only if you want to," James was looking different. Perhaps because he was still in pajamas.
"Sure. I'll go get dress and I'll meet you at the mud puddle. Be right there!" she called over her shoulder as she turned to head up to her dorm and change.
Lily came down to the entrance. She walked outside and turned to head and meet James and company.
She was wearing and looking her best. She wore a peacock green bustier (tube top), a short white denim skirt and black-heeled pumps. Hey, Valentine's Day. Got to look good.
She arrived and turned the corner and nearly fainted.
James stood, tall and buff, in a midnight blue polo shirt, black Bermuda shorts, and his dressy school shoes.
She then looked around. No one else was there. The picnic was only set for two. There were fresh pink and red roses, a beautiful fettuccini alfredo dish for each of them, polished cutlery and everything. Even more so, it was on a small table top like at a Parisian café.
James walked over to Lily and hooked his arm. She accepted, hooked her arm and let him lead her to her place. He pulled out her chair and sat her down, placing her napkin on her lap for her.
He sat down and they began to talk about anything you could think of. James was gazing at her beauty. After lunch, James reached down and pulled out a slice of cheesecake. Since he was holding her hand, he fed her piece of cheesecake and then took a bit himself.
"I made it myself. I snuck into the kitchen yesterday evening," he concluded, looking rather proud of himself. "Well, you certainly are a great cook." Lily was giggling again.
James must have jinxed the puddle, because now it was a clear blue pond of water just for them. After the cake, they sat on the side with they feet in the cool water.
Suddenly, James started to shake.
"James, are you alright?" Lily was scared for him.
"Lily, I got to tell you something. Please don't interrupt me."
She nodded.
"Lily, you know I love you. I've never, ever felt this way ever before. You make me so happy. I adore you. I love being around you. You make me feel as it we were the only people in the world.
You're a wonderful and gorgeous woman, Lily. (Did he just say "woman"?) I've got no idea why you fell for me. I never knew I could feel like this. During your kissing Sirius in spin the bottle. I've never felt jealousy about Sirius kissing my other girlfriends during the game, until now. I've never felt anything about girls before I met you.
Lily, I realized how much I loved you during the Christmas break. I saw you all day that last day of the break. You look absolutely stunning on New Year's Eve. Then, during the swim in the pool on our last evening, I'm not entirely sure how I was able to stop myself when I did."
"James? I have to talk to you, too. I'm, also, not sure how I stopped myself. I've never cared for anyone like I care for you. I don't know how I couldn't have seen it earlier. But, now I know that I love you, now more than ever, with all my heart.
Suddenly, she gasped at what he was doing. She saw him turn gently onto one knee. He looked into her watery eyes.
"Lily, I know we're young and we have time, but I can't live without at least a promise of this eternal love."
She was crying now.
"James, are you asking me what I think you're asking me?"
James reached into his pocket and pulled out a silver band with an emerald the color of her eyes in the middle of it.
"If you think I'm asking you to become Mrs. James Potter, then yes, I am asking what you think I'm asking."
She smiled a tear stained smile.
"Lily Evans, please become Lily Potter. Lily, will you marry, me?"
She cried violently for a few seconds.
"Is that a yes?" James asked, a grin growing on his face, spreading from ear to ear.
"Of course it's a yes! Yes! I would love to become Mrs. Lily Potter!"
He pushed the ring onto her finger, kissed her tenderly and hugged her, her face buried in his shoulder crying from sheer delight.
"I love you James! And know that I always will!"
"As do I Lily!"