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Ok, now on with the story! *imagine sir cardigan rushing forwards with his sword out…* tee hee!
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"Can I please, please, please go?!?!" Lily begged from her bed, "I'm perfectly fine now! See!" Lily pulled up her shirt to show the matron the area where she had stabbed herself, "All better now!"
"Well…"
"Please say yes! Please!" Lily begged, wanting to desperately get out of the hospital after being in there for 2 excruciatingly long days.
"I guess so…" the nurse started, "however I have to give you one last checkup before you go."
"Ok." Lily said as she swung her legs over the side of the small hospital bed and waited impatiently for Madame Pomfrey to complete her inspection.
It was the Thursday evening after the fateful day at the north tower, and as Lily glanced outside of the slightly frosted windows she noticed that a lot of time seemed to have passed. Winter seemed a lot closer then it had seemed before.
With a final nod and shooing motion from Madame Pomfrey, Lily jumped off of the bed, grabbed her personals from the night table and escaped into the hallway, where she ran right into someone.
"Oh I'm so sorry!" He exclaimed as bent down to help her pick up her belongings from the floor.
"It's Ok," she said "it was my fault." She glanced up at him and gasped when she saw who it was.
James Potter.
He glanced up into her face and quickly ducked his head, "Um… I – er I gotta go…" He put her things into her arms and quickly walked away, towards the Entrance Hall.
Lily slowly stood up and then without a further thought made her way mechanically back to the Ravenclaw common room.
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Lily dumped her belongings onto her bed and quickly sorted through them. She methodically put them away and then grabbed a bottle of bubble bath soap smelling of lavender. She walked into the large bathroom that was shared by the 5 Ravenclaw fourth years and locked the door behind her. Despite Lily being in a higher grade, she still roomed with the fourth years. All of her roommates were smart, yet not bookworms. All in all they were quite nice and they could have made wonderful friends. However Lily brushed those thoughts from her mind as she stripped away her clothes. She quickly filled the tub with pleasantly warm water and then she emptied a portion of the bubbles into the water. Slowly she stepped into the water and slid down until it tickled the back of her neck. With a sigh she relaxed and let her thoughts float away with her.
Baths always seemed to comfort her. It was almost like being wrapped in a warm blanket, only this smelled better. Much better.
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James fled from the areas surrounding the hospital wing and made his way to the Entrance Hall. Glancing outside one of the large stained glass windows, James saw a lonesome snowflake make its way down through the cloudy sky. It was rather early in October for it to be snowing, but James didn't care as he escaped the confines of the school. James favorite season was winter, simply because of the peace and serenity that it spread over the world. When everything was covered in snow it created an unblemished look to the land. It almost erased the evils of man kind. Almost.
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When Lily got up the next morning she slowly opened the curtains round her bed. She peeked out and upon further inspection she noted that it was 7 in the morning. She slowly got out of her bed and went to the washroom to brush her teeth. By the time she got back, the rest of her roommates were stirring sleepily in the bright morning sunlight which was leaking through the sole window in the blue and bronze room. Lily quickly slipped into her school uniform and shrugged a sweater on overtop. She threw her robe on and quickly left the room of slowly waking fourth years. Lily slowly made her way downstairs as she shuffled through her school bag which she had grabbed with her robes. Finding her quill, Lily stuck it in her mouth and began searching for the piece of parchment which held her homework assignments. Lily found it just as she made her way into the common room. Sitting down at a plush chair situated in front of a table Lily glanced at the list of homework assignments. She had finished most of it during the two mind numbing days she had spent in the hospital wing. She only had one essay left to do. It was for Defense against the Dark Arts, which she always had just before lunch, on Fridays. Glancing at her watch, she noted that she still had 45 minutes before breakfast started at eight.
Lily adeptly took out a piece of parchment and her ink pot and started wrighting her essay.
In twenty minutes time Lily was finished her essay, which she rolled up and put into her bag. Lily decided to just go to the Great Hall and wait for breakfast there.
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James slowly walked down the corridor to the Great Hall, not caring that there still was almost 25 minutes before breakfast. His mind was on other things. It had been since Dumbledore had talked to him about Lily's attempted suicide. He still couldn't figure out what Dumbledore had meant about the two of them having a connection. If it meant that whenever she was close to dying he would see her half dead, well then, he hoped she didn't try to kill herself too often because it's bloody scary to see someone die in your head. James suddenly was knocked from his thoughts when he walked straight into the doors to the Great Hall.
"Oww…" James quietly whined as he rubbed his head and opened the doors. He stepped into the silent hall which was empty of everyone except for one lonely figure at the Ravenclaw table, which he recognized as Lily. Silently James walked up to the still girl who almost appeared to be meditating. As he neared her he noticed a scent of lavender in the air which he found absolutely delicious. He paused for a moment to take in the breathtaking scent. Then slowly he continued until he was standing behind her. The lavender aroma was even stronger now that he was closer to her. With a smile James tapped her on the shoulder.
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Lily sat silently at the Ravenclaw table, fidgeting internally, however on the outside she was the perfect mask of calm indifference.
Suddenly she heard a thump come from the doors to the Great Hall. A quiet 'ow' was heard followed by the creak of the carved doors opening. Lily still sat silent vigil at her table however, not even acknowledging the strangers presence.
Lily heard him although barely, come walking up behind her, although when the intruder was a few feet away, he stopped. After a moment although, he continued, halting just behind her shoulder.
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James stealthily tapped Lily on the shoulder and was surprised when she turned around with no expression of surprise on her face.
"Um…" He faltered for a moment before regaining his equilibrium, "Is this seat taken?" He gestured to the seat beside her.
With a mistrustful look on her face, Lily slowly shook her head.
"May I sit there?"
"I guess." Lily mumbled, unused to the politeness he was displaying towards her.
James stepped over the bench and then sat down next to the shocked girl.
"Hello, my name is James Potter."
"Yes, I already knew that."
"Oh."
After a moments silence Lily continued, "My name is Lily Evans."
"Ah hah!" James exclaimed, as if he had just found a clue to a mystery, "I knew your first name but not your last. However, I still don't know your middle name, and I'll bet you don't know mine."
Lily looked at James slightly frightened, but then she quickly looked up at the sound of a small group of first year Hufflepuffs making their way into the Great Hall.
"You'd better get back to your table." She mumbled embarrassedly as she turned to face her plate again.
James mumbled an answer as he got up from the Ravenclaw table and made his way back to the Gryffindor table where he sat dejectedly until his friends made their way down.
Lily however sat dejectedly for all of breakfast.
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All of Lily's classes up to DADA passed without event. Either due to the fact that she didn't have any of them with Gryffindor or due to the fact that no one other than James, his posse, Dumbledore and Madame Pomfrey knew about her near death experience. However in DADA everything seemed to come unraveled.
Professor Satre had decide that they would do a group project on the essays they had wrote. (The Unforgivables: Why are they so Unforgivable? Discuss.) This would have been fine with the class, had she not mentioned that she would be picking the pairs.
As the class groaned Professor Satre started to read out the groups. "Boot and Moon, Figg and Lutick, Macdougal and Finnegan…"
Lily tuned out as she waited for her name to be called.
Suddenly Satre called out "Evans, Lupin and Black. You three will have and extra person since we have an odd number of people in this class. Alright now everyone get out your essays and hand them in…" The professor continued to explain the project and Lily gathered that essentially, what you had to do was research one of the curses and find any counter curses etc.
Eventually the professor finished her explanation and she let them get into groups. Lily slowly slumped over to the area of desks at which her partners sat. She parked herself in a chair next to the two mock fighting boys and waited patiently for them to finish. When they finally noticed her a good ten minutes later, they had the grace to look slightly embarrassed however they still had smirks on their visages.
As they settled down Lily asked which curse they wanted to research. Both of them immediately replied "Avada Kedavra". With a sigh Lily nodded her head. This was going to be a lot of work.
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Lily sat in the library slowly scanning through a huge tome she had retrieved from the restricted section, with permission from the librarian. With a sigh she turned a page but jumped when she felt someone tap her shoulder. She slowly turned her face and looked up at the countenances of Remus and Sirius.
"Hello Lily Darling! How are you?" Sirius inquired as he sat down next to her.
"Hello…"
"Lily, we wanted to, or at least I did, to apologize for how I acted in the hospital, I was on a rather sugar high and I was acting quite unlike myself…" Remus said before he was interrupted.
"That, however is how I always act," Sirius exclaimed striking a pose.
Lily let out a small giggle before turning back to Remus "That's Ok," She said before turning back to the dusty text.
Sirius then proceeded to poke her in the back of the head. "Whatcha doing?" He asked as innocently as a five year old.
"Researching our defense project…" Lily stated with a sigh.
"We'll help; I mean it is our project too!" Remus exclaimed after a quick warning glance at Sirius.
Lily looked up hopefully, "Really?" she asked.
"Of course!" Sirius said as he stood up. The two boys then set off in search of books. A few minutes later, with many more books, they returned and started searching. Occasionally chatting and forming the lifelines for a tentative friendship with the reclusive Ravenclaw.
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A/N: WOW!!!! I made it longer as a tribute to all of you ppls out there! I hope that you like it… it doesn't have to much plot in it, but I think that there ids more character development…. Anyways, you know the drill, click the little button down there and leave me a review!!!
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~Phedre~