Author's Note: I have left all of you a long chapter! Yay! Well, the main reason is cause I probably won't be able to update for two weeks cause all next week I have to go to Irvine, California and I can't use a computer there! So when I get back, it'll probably take me another week to write up chapter five. So, (I know, you're all crying) read on! And review!
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters that you recognize belong to the lovely J.K. Rowling! The only things I own are my character, Anette and the plot, although I admit that the plot isn't 100% original.
My Demon ChildChapter Four: A Day in the Life of Evans
"Whoa, where did you get money to afford a place like this?" Lily shrieked when she stepped into James's flat for the first time. She had one suitcase in her hand that was half filled up because she had hardly any possessions at all. All she owned was her wand, a book, a notebook and pen, and some robes.
James grinned sheepishly.
To some, his flat could be considered average, but to Lily it was a four star hotel. The rooms were spacious and were filled with glass tables, leather couches, mahogany shelves, and the finest accessories. When you opened the door you entered the living room, which surprisingly had a Muggle television. Two hallways were connected to the living room; one led to the kitchen and dining room and the other led to the bedrooms and bathrooms. One whole side of the flat was just a window with a big curtain that James hardly ever closed because of the great view it contained of the wizarding community.
"So," Lily shrugged, "Where's my room?'"
"Down the left hallway and farthest door to your left," James replied promptly. He took hold of Lily's light suitcase and led her to her bedroom.
Her bedroom had the same style as the rest of the house, so she was very much satisfied. The room contained a queen-sized bed, desk, dresser, two closets, and her own bathroom.
"Seriously, James, how did you afford all this? You can't get paid this much," Lily said in awe.
"I didn't pay for everything," James said. "The Ministry paid for the most of the stuff. They feel they're responsible for you."
"Oh great, the government is my mom—just wonderful," Lily sighed. She flopped onto her bed and smiled. "Still, I'm not complaining or anything. This is great!"
"Good. Okay, uh, you can unpack now and—"
Just then, a knocking came from the door. Lily bolted right up from her bed and looked a little anxious.
"Are you expecting company?" Lily asked slowly.
James shook his head. The knocking continued and was even louder. James, knowing who it was, cautiously walked to the door. Lily, taken by surprise, foolishly followed him. In the living room, he opened the door and there stood—
"Hello, Anette," James said while scratching his back.
"James!" she said enthusiastically. "I just dropped by to say hello—who is she?"
Anette pointed to Lily, and Lily froze. She mentally smacked herself and yelled really loudly in her mind LILY EVANS! OH GREAT, YOU'RE SPOTTED ALREADY!
Lily smiled and tried to back away, but Anette had a look of daggers. Anette let herself into the flat and circled Lily suspiciously. Although Lily was a couple of inches taller than Anette, she was still frightened. She seemed so protective of something—so protective of James.
"Who are you?" Anette asked.
Both James and Lily gave a sigh of relief. She didn't recognize her.
"Uh," Lily stammered, trying to think of a name, "I'm B—Bernadette Groper—"
"Bernadette Groper?" James scoffed. Lily gave a look of panic and shrugged. James straightened up and said calmly to Anette, "Yes, yes, this is Bernadette Groper, my—uh—my cousin visiting from Bermuda."
"This is Bernadette Groper, your cousin, visiting from Bermuda?" she repeated. Lily, frankly, was getting annoyed by this ditz.
"Exactly, how old are you?" Lily asked, regaining her dignity.
"Sixteen," Anette snapped. "I'm almost seventeen, and I'll be entering my seventh year at Hogwarts! How old are you, Bernadette?"
Lily grinned and answered, "Twenty."
Anette eyed Lily suspiciously and walked away towards the open door and said, "I guess I'm not wanted here—but if you two are only cousins, then—oh never mind. I'll go now. I just wanted to say hi to you James. But I'll be BACK!"
And with that, she exited while banging the door shut.
Lily gave a low whistle.
"What's her problem?" Lily laughed.
"Can I blame it if women can't resist my rugged good looks?" James said airily.
"Mmm," Lily answered sarcastically. "Well, I think I am going to go back to my room and start unpacking."
James nodded, but just as Lily was about to open her bedroom door, the front door knocked again.
"Not Anette again?" Lily groaned. But when the door opened, she heard another voice, a familiar voice….Amos's voice…
Lily ran back to the living room and beamed at Amos. She had always sense that there was something wrong between Amos and her, but she had always ignored that feeling. She just wanted to always be there for Amos no matter what. After all, that feeling would go away once they were married, right? Everything was going to be okay…
James, seeing Lily smile so brightly at Amos, excused himself. He went to the kitchen though because then he could hear their conversation through the hallway.
Amos and Lily just stood in the middle of the living room, silence between them.
"I heard you came here," Amos said absentmindedly. "I did wonder why the Ministry wouldn't let me take you to my place."
"They wanted me to stay with an auror," Lily answered. "You know, just safety measures."
"So, uh, how are you?"
"I guess I'm okay. I'm kind of mad though cause the Ministry won't let me just be by myself you know? They think that I'm not responsible or something like that to take care of myself," Lily sighed. "Count your blessing though, eh?"
Amor laughed half heartedly.
"So, er…."
"Yeah," Lily finished. A thought then came to her mind and asked, "Did you come here to talk about the wedding?"
Amos smiled nervously and put his hands behind his back. He wore his engagement ring to the other woman to Lily's place! He took the ring off and pocketed it.
"About that, um…when did you want to get married again?"
"Oh, it doesn't have to be soon or anything, but wouldn't it be nice if it was before the baby's born?"
When Lily told Amos about her pregnancy, it was a total shock to Amos. He wasn't sure if it was a joke or not, but if it was a joke it was a pretty bad one. The thought of Lily being pregnant was a little uncomfortable and intimidating.
"So you're not going to get rid of the baby?" he blurted out.
Lily's face turned a dark shade of red and wrath was filled inside of her head. As calmly as she could, which wasn't very calm, she said no while clenching her fists.
"Amos, darling, you know I'm against abortion!"
"Right, I didn't mean—"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get angry or anything. So, um, the baby's due sometime next March. Oh, I guess that would be soon for a wedding since it's July. Well, anytime is fine."
Amos tried to think fast, but he wasn't good at thinking on his feet. He had proposed to the other woman already, and they planned to be married in November, although the exact date wasn't planned yet. He had to break it off with Lily. Yes, he still loved her, but it just wasn't as strong as before. But how was he going to say it? He didn't want to say it at all, especially in Potter's flat.
He looked at a calendar and saw that today was Monday. He turned to Lily and asked, "Can you meet me on Saturday? How about, um, the Three Broomsticks?"
"Sure!" Lily exclaimed.
"Great, okay, I have to go—I'll see you soon then?" Amos said.
"Yeah, see you soon," Lily repeated. She closed the door behind him.
James appeared on the scene.
"Don't tell me, you were eavesdropping?" Lily scolded.
James held up his hands and smiled, "Fine, I won't tell you."
"Hey! How dare you—"
"Why don't you go finish unpacking your things?" James said while dragging Lily to her bedroom.
Lily slammed her bedroom door, although she wasn't really mad at him. It wasn't as if he heard anything private. She went on her knees and unzipped her suitcase. Her belongings fell out as she began to put them away.
That weird vibe she felt towards Amos was getting a little stronger and a little harder to ignore, but Lily managed to put it in the back of her mind. She blamed it all on their little two-year break. She thought—of course things are a little shifty between us. We're just nervous around each other cause we haven't seen each other in a while. Everything will be normal again soon because we LOVE EACH OTHER!
***
Sirius Black opened the glass door and entered the lobby. He smiled at the women that passed by him; it just makes his self esteem boost up. His long black hair and dark features was so attractive women, and his sensitivity and humor just made them all laugh! But he never pulled a Lockhart and flaunted them about.
Along with good looks, his life was quite the interesting one. He and his friends, James, Remus, and Peter, had all recently joined the Order of the Phoenix, and it just gave him so much pride to know that he was doing something positive for the world. Also, he was an illegal animagus and was quite the prankster.
He entered the elevator cage and pushed the button '5', and the doors closed. He went up towards James's flat.
***
Lily put in the last article of clothing into her first closet and fell onto her bed.
And for the third time, there came a knock from the door. This time, Lily stayed still in her room. She didn't want to be noticed again.
But temptation came. She heard Sirius's voice. It was all she could do to just jump up and hug her good friend again, but she knew she had to control herself or else the Ministry would never let her go shopping out in the open in the near future. So she stayed still on her bed and hugged the nearest pillow as tight as she could. She smiled as she listened to the two men talk.
"Hey Prongs, ready to go?" Sirius asked happily.
"Go?" James echoed.
"Yeah, the meeting's in about twenty minutes—"
"Oh my god—I forgot—"
"What? Do you have plans or something?" Sirius asked.
James answered quickly, "No, of course not. Um, hold on—I'll be right back—"
"Whatever floats your boat. I'll just be stealing your food shall I?" Sirius smiled.
"Sure, take anything, I'll be right back."
James sprinted towards Lily's room and closed the door behind him.
"Lily," he whispered. "I totally forgot, but I have to go for a couple of hours. I have to go a meeting held by Dumbledore, and I told Dumbledore that I had a temporary, inanimate, but reliable thing to watch you while I'm gone, but I forgot about it really. So, Lily, can you just do me a favor and be good and stay here? Please?"
"What meeting?" Lily asked.
"It's for the Order of the Phoenix, a group against You-Know-Who," James explained.
"Why can't I go then? Shouldn't I go?" Lily asked impatiently.
"Yeah, you should, but Dumbledore doesn't want you to come to this meeting but to the next one so—"
"Why can't I go now?" Lily complained. "I want to go. I don't want to be stuck here!"
"Well, sorry Lils but life isn't fair, now is it?"
"You of all people are telling me that life isn't fair? Well, Potter, I learned that concept quite a while ago—"
"Okay, I'm sorry," James apologized. "You can come to the next meeting, but you can't come to this one. I'll explain everything later, just stay here, okay?"
"And what am I going to do here? Pig out? Read?"
"Sure."
"No! I want to come!"
"No, Lily—"
"Oy, Prongs, what's taking you so long-oh—my—god."
Sirius was wondering what was taking James so long, so he went to go check on him. Oddly enough, he wasn't in his room and he was talking to someone else, so he wanted to see who she was. And what he saw, well, it surprised him.
"Hello, stranger," Lily cut in towards Sirius. "Well, um, I don't know you and you don't know me so I'm going to go and—uh—lock myself in the bathroom. Ta!"
Lily ran to the bathroom and locked it, breathing hard.
"Prongs, was that—no, it couldn't be—"
"Whoever you thought it was, it wasn't, so—let's go now!" James said in the most fake, cheerful smile ever. He attempted to drag Sirius out of the flat, but it was no easy job. Sirius managed to escape from his grasp and run back to the room and pound on the bathroom door.
"L—Lily?" he stammered, although he was nervous.
"I d—don't know who you're talking about," Lily cried through the door.
James staggered back into the room. He hated to lie to his best friend in the whole world. Sirius had never lied to him. They were brothers. So, after some quick thinking he used his wand to unlock the bathroom door to reveal a scared Lily.
"He's going to find out anyway," James muttered to Lily. He pulled Lily out of the bathroom and put her in front of Sirius. James saw the shocked expression on his best friend's face.
"Padfoot, you remember Lily, right?" James asked, awkwardly.
Sirius's mouth just hung open, his eyes were bulging, he was playing with his fingers. To Lily, it was a funny sight, and she began to giggle.
"But you're dead!" he exclaimed. "Aren't you?"
"Nope, alive as ever," Lily shrugged. "I know it's hard to believe. God, this must be so weird for you—"
Before she knew anything, Sirius embraced her. Lily smiled and hugged him back.
"But—Lily—" Sirius said, speechless, after they broke apart. "How—where—you—"
"You two should really be going," Lily cut in. "You'll be late for your oh-so-important-Order-of-the-Phoenix-meeting-that-I'm-not-aloud-to-go-to-my-butt—"
It took about another ten minutes before they left the building, and Lily resumed to her grumpy state of being alone. She was really irritated at the moment. She wasn't in the mood to be by herself for a couple of hours in a flat that she felt like was she was only a guest in. Well, she was only a guest in James's home, but Lily brushed that off. She blamed all her irritation on hormones.
She had absolutely nothing to do. Actually, she could pig out or read, but she wasn't in the mood. She tried to watch the Muggle television, but after a while her eyes started to hurt. Pacing back to her room, she decided to organize her closet.
However, when she opened her closet door there was really nothing to organize.
"I WANT TO GO SHOPPING!" Lily exclaimed to herself. She let the absurdity and the impossibility of this idea sink in, but she began thinking.
"At school, James did whatever he wanted, even during the middle of the night," she continued talking to herself. "He told me before he had that wretched invisibility cloak….he must still have it…."
With that, she stormed out of the room into James's room and began tearing through all his belongings looking for the cloak. She couldn't find it in his closet, dresser, bathroom, book shelves (although she knew already it wouldn't be there), and was about to give up when she spotted his school trunk. Did he still use it? Did it still contain his school stuff?
Lily already felt guilty for looking through his other stuff, but living with Voldemort didn't exactly promote angelic ways, so she opened the trunk. Inside were dusty school books, wrinkled school robes, crumpled up potion essays, torn divination charts, and the invisibility cloak! Excited, she took it out when she noticed a leather bound book….a photo album….it too was covered in dust and lint. She took it out and flipped through the pages. She smiled at all of them; it brought so many memories back. There were pictures of all of his friends, all either labeled Moony, Wormtail, or Padfoot. She always did wonder why they had those weird nicknames. Toward the back of the book, she noticed that the pictures began to be of the female sex.
"Probably all of his girlfriends," Lily muttered under her breath with malice. There were some pictures of her in there, since they had once dated in their seventh year. They used to hate each other so much, especially in fifth year. Then in sixth year they began to realize their feelings for each other, then in seventh year they hit it off. For a moment, Lily remembered all the good times they had. For her birthday, they snuck out to Hogdmeade and spent the whole day there together. He always made her laugh and was so understanding. And in that one moment, Lily wondered…why did they ever break up? He was perfect! Athletic, cute, charming, smart, humorous, and the perfect gentleman. Their attitudes clicked so easily.
Then she remembered Amos.
"Stupid Lily," Lily scolded herself. "You have Amos. You two broke up because, it—was—well—it wasn't meant to be. Remember, you're getting married!"
And that weird vibe hit her again whenever she though about Amos. Things weren't the same between Amos and Lily anymore. In fear and rage, Lily snapped the photo album shut and locked his school trunk again.
She put the cloak on and raced to James's fireplace. Before doing anything else, she took a newspaper and transfigured it into a brown wig. She found a sack of floo powder, and flooed to Diagon Alley, the weird feeling almost gone.
***
Outside of the apartment building, James and Sirius were walking side by side towards the current headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix. They couldn't apparate because Sirius hadn't passed his test yet—he was too lazy to retake it—and death eaters could be watching the floo network. So they were walking. It wasn't that far really, although they weren't really sure of the exact address. Albus Dumbledore was the only one who knew that. From time to time, he would change the headquarters. The Order had only begun, and they still didn't have the stable, hidden, unplottable place for meetings.
"You okay Padfoot?" James asked to Sirius who had a weird expression of awe and confusion on his face.
"It's just, Lily's alive…I thought she was dead," Sirius whispered.
"Everyone thought she was dead," James said while patting his shoulder.
"Why is she staying with you?" Sirius asked.
"Oh, uh, I was one of the people who rescued her. Then they wanted Lily to stay with me cause I'm an auror," James replied promptly.
Sirius started to laugh. Through his laughter, he mustered up the words, "Isn't it hard to be living with a girl without—ya know—in a girlish matter of speaking, isn't it hard to be living with a girl without having any feelings for her whatsoever?"
James looked absolutely shocked and said, "Padfoot, that's been over for years now. We broke up a long time ago. And even if I did like her in that way, it wouldn't matter cause she' engaged."
"Already? Blimey, how long has she been back?" Sirius exclaimed.
"No, no, before she was captured she was going to marry Diggory. Now that she is back, they've resumed their engagement," James said casually.
"So she's been with You-Know-Who this whole time?" Sirius questioned. James nodded.
"Hell, she looks good for a person whose gone through all that," Sirius grinned. "Why would she be engaged to pretty boy Diggory? She's too good for him!"
"You're scaring me Padfoot," James said out flatly.
Sirius eyed him and said, "So, you don't like Lily in that way at all? At all? It's all platonic?"
"It's all platonic."
"But you've always like Lily, how can you just stop?" Sirius asked stupidly.
"Well, when I thought she was dead that helped me get over her," James said irritably. "Really, mate, what's going on—"
"BUT, she's alive now! So you're feelings for her haven't returned?"
"STOP talking about feelings! That's what women talk about!," James shouted. Actually, he didn't want to talk about this cause he never really did think about Lily being attractive in anyway since she was rescued. And now that Sirius had brought up the subject, he was afraid his seventeen-year-old self would return. And he didn't want that now.
"Fine, don't get all moody," Sirius snapped, although none of the men were actually mad at each other. "Did you see the game last week? Brazil versus Ireland?"
James grinned and said, "Of course I watched it, who didn't? That wronski feint, that must be the best move a Seeker could do now, eh?"
And with that, their whole conversation turned into Quidditch talk.
***
Lily found that she was having the time of her life although she was alone and she forgot how to tell the difference between something that was expensive or a good sale going on somewhere. Her wig hid her red hair, so she looked like a brunette. When she wasn't shopping, she had the cloak on. She didn't want to be visible at all times, only for a limited time. She still wasn't sure if anyone would recognize her.
Not sure when James would return, she tried to shop as quick as possible. First, she stopped into Gringotts and filled up her pockets with galleons, sickles, and knuts. Then, desperately wanting some new clothes, headed over to Madam Malkins. For a while, she debated on whether buying some bigger robes to fit her later on in her pregnancy. She decided not to, for now. Later, she stopped by into the icecream shop and ate a limited amount of junk food.
After a couple of hours, she decided to go back. She had five shopping bags with her, bulging with accessories. She had robes, dress robes, make up, brushes, and the like. She wasn't sure why she was buying them though. She forgot how to apply mascara, didn't really care about her hair a lot since she couldn't go out in public without a wig anyway, and in a couple of months she'd be too fat to fit into her robes. The only reason she bought these was to make herself feel normal again.
She had also bought James a book about quidditch, so he wouldn't be that mad when he found out what she did.
While walking down the alley, a sudden pain erupted within her stomach. She wasn't going to throw up, and she didn't feel sick. But she fell onto her knees, a weird pain like nothing else she had ever felt. Her head felt heavy, and the crowd around her faded. It was all a blur. She was in so much pain, and she was pretty sure the source was from her stomach where that little embryo was.
And then, it stopped. Everything was normal. She stood up again, aware that some people were staring at her weirdly. She gave a weak smile and walked briskly away. She wasn't sure what that was all about, and she was a little scared. That couldn't have been a side effect of pregnancy…or was it just a side effect of her pregnancy, only?
She stepped into the dark and dingy building, the Leaky Cauldron. She was walking quietly over to the fireplace. She never really liked this place. She never understood why it was a famous place when it was always full of old wizards and hags drinking alcohol. It always gave shivers down her spine.
As she reached for the floo powder, she saw Amos. She was going to go over to say his when she remembered her wig, and she saw he was talking to another woman. Suspicious, she sat a few tables behind him, but she couldn't hear their conversation. But from what she saw, they looked happy together.
The other woman had dark hair and features, was attractive, and looked like a pleasant person. But Lily was burning with jealousy. What was Amos doing here with another woman? Who was she? A sister, co-worker, friend, or girlfriend? Lily quickly marched over to the fireplace and flooed back to James's flat.
***
Lily unpacked all of her new belongings into shelves and into her closets. She put James's book on her night stand and began pacing back and forth.
She was still pondering over two things: the weird pain she had felt while walking in Diagon Alley and why Amos was talking to another woman. To be frank, she was more worried about the latter.
Was he cheating on her? No, he wouldn't. Amos wasn't cruel, although a coward and prideful at times, not that cruel. He loved her. Right? They were getting married, and he agreed to it! Was it all a lie? The thought sickened her.
Lily, stop crying, HE LOVES YOU!
But a second voice said slyly, Then what was he doing before?
She was probably just a friend.
Don't assume Lily darling. He's a coward at times, maybe he's chickened out to admit that he likes—or loves—another woman that isn't you!
Oh, you little second voice, if you don't shut up I am going to kick your sorry a—
You can't do that. I'm you Lily. You're the one thinking all these thoughts and being suspicious. That first voice is you too, but the you that's in Happy Dandy land. I'm the voice of reality and the thoughts that almost always come out to be true.
Huh? No! Shut up!
Don't lie to yourself, honey.
Lily hit herself on the head, but regretted it later. She was sure she had made a bump on her head now.
Lily, before you do anything, talk to Amos yourself! Ask him what's going on with that other woman. DON'T ASSUME ANYTHING JUST YET!
Lily heard the front door open, meaning that James had returned from the meeting. She realized that she still had the wig and put it away in her closet. James opened Lily's door and asked, "Had fun?"
"Sure," Lily replied weakly.
"Why so sad?" he asked when he saw her face full of misery. He walked over and sat next to her on her bed. "Is everything okay? Hold on—have you been drinking?"
"What?" Lily shrieked.
James continued smelling her. "You smell like, a bloody mary mixed with butterbeer mixed with other alcohol drinks—you smell like the Leaky Cauldron."
Lily tried to smile innocently. Under her breath she muttered, "Why do you have to be so smart like that?" Then, catching James's eye, she tried to say as casually as possible ,"Well, I didn't want to be stuck here…so…
"So?" James echoed, his brows furrowed.
"I kinda went out…did some shopping…"
"WHAT?" James bellowed, jumping up from the bed. "What did you do?"
"It was just shopping, nothing serious," Lily tried to repeat in a casual tone.
"YOU WENT OUT?" James shouted furiously. "Are you insane? You are not to be spotted! You are not to be seen! You can't just leave like that! No one knows you're alive! Do you really want You-Know-Who to kidnap you again?"
"No! I don't want Voldemort to kidnap me again! And do you know why I went out? Cause for two years I wasn't aloud to go out! I am sick of it! I thought when I came out of that hellhole I could be normal again like a human being! But no, I was locked up in St. Mungo's with tests running through me, Ministry members come and interrogate me and make me relive all of that mess, and I come here! And you were my only friend who knew I was alive, but you won't let me out of the house either! It's like, it's like—it's like for two years now I haven't been breathing. I've just been locked up in a box with nothing to do but eat, sleep, and go to the bathroom. And frankly, it SUCKS!"
Lily's face was all red, and she was out of breath by the time she was done ranting. She was now standing up, her fists clenched, her teeth gritted, hair dishelved, but suddenly lighter. By letting her anger out, she felt so much better.
"I'm sorry Lily," James said quietly.
"No, no, I'm sorry," Lily drawled. "It's my fault. I know why I'm being treated like this. I know it's for my own protection. I shouldn't have been so rash. James, I promise I won't do that again. I promise."
James smiled and said, "I should be more mad at you, but I understand how you feel. So, everything okay between us?"
"Yes," Lily smiled.
Both she and James sat on Lily's bed next to each other.
"Any other problems in Lily World?" James questioned.
"Actually, yes," Lily nodded. She turned and faced James to look him in the eye. She asked, "Do you think Amos would ever go out with another woman behind my back?"
"What? Why would he do that? No, Lils, he loves you," James reassured her.
Lily nodded and continued, "At the Leaky Cauldron I saw him talking to another woman. It might just be the insecurities of Lily World but I'm all jealous and suspicious now."
"Well, that's normal. You love him, of course you don't want any other woman talking to him," James laughed, "Maybe, you should talk to him about it. Get everything straight."
Lily nodded to show she understood. She let herself fall backwards so her head fell onto her comfortable pillows.
"Thanks, James," she called. "How was the meeting at the Order?"
"Ah, it was okay. Kind of depressing after a while really," James replied. He craned his neck around to look at Lily, but his eyes met a book on Lily's night stand. It was the quidditch book that Lily had bought for him, but she had totally forgot about it.
"You read about quidditch?" he asked, his eyes fixed on the book.
"Hmm? Oh!" Lily saw the book and handed it over to James. "That's for you. I thought if I was going to buy five billion things, I should buy at least one thing for you. Actually, it was going to be a bribe so you wouldn't be so mad at me for sneaking off. But you can have it anyway!"
James automatically began flipping through the pages. He laid down next to Lily on his stomach, reading page after page.
"Gee, I didn't know you liked to read so much," Lily said offhandedly while she snuggled under the covers.
"Huh? Did you say something?" James asked.
"I said nothing," Lily grinned as she fell off into Happy Dandy land, dreaming of a wardrobe with a thousand dress robes. Surprisingly, James was there dressed as Madam Malkin.
For the next hour, James just read the book. But after a while, the book began to be boring, and he fell asleep too.
The scene was set. It was perfect. It was just Lily's plain room, and it was littered with empty shopping bags. On her neat bed, she was fast asleep, and James was right next to her. His head was resting on his book, but during their five hour nap, his arms had managed to close around Lily shoulders.
Author's Note: Aww…how was it? Good? Bad? Mediocre? D'you think I'm going to fast as far with the L/J action? For now they're just friends and falling asleep on the same bed was meant to just be an accident. I was going to put in Remus and Peter in this chapter, but I decided to hold it off to the next chapter. But I thought it was cute…hehe…so…..
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