The Flower's story chp13

"Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye."
-H. Jackson Brown Jr.


James sat in the compartment waiting for his friends. Remus was off looking in other compartments for them and Lily was waiting outside for them. Lily. So much is going on with her that he doesn't understand. He feels strange whenever she's around him, but, it doesn't seem that she feels the same way as he does. 'James just shut up and tell her!' He thought to himself with an aggravated look.

"Well, there not here yet!" Lily walked into the compartment

"Hmm? Oh." He was still very distracted

Lily gathered up her courage. "James?"

"Yes?"

"Umm...............I wanted to thank you." She paused for a moment "Thank you!"
She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

"Is this going to become a habit?" James asked

She gave a quick giggle.

"Maybe." They smiled at each other. Maybe she did feel something after all!

"Jamsey-poo!" They heard Sirius scream. They instantly moved away from each other. It was just a reflex.

Sirius literally hopped into the compartment. He then did a tiny little dance on the seat cushions. For his finally he jumped off the seats, gave a little shriek and fainted.

Lily's eyes sparked with light.

"Really Sirius? Oh I have to go find her!" Lily ran out of the compartment.

"What is going on?" James was extremely confused.

"I have a date for the Hogwarts dances! Each and everyone one of them!" He batted his eyelashes at James

"And why is it that Lily knows who it is by just looking at you?"

"Honestly James! You'd think with all your high grades that you would have at least the tiniest bit of common sense. But NOOOOO you have to be a dolt!" Sirius sat back and stared out the window.

James stuck his tongue out at him.

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"Lily! You have no idea how much of a shock it came as to me! I was just about to follow you onto the train when he grabbed me by the arm and asked.............................. actually it was more like a demand. But that's beside the point" Lily rolled her eyes "Anyway he pulled me aside and said 'go to all the dances with me!' But Lil, you should've seen his eyes!" After Tasha flopped onto the floor and closed her eyes Lily finally got a chance to ask something.

"So, I assume your happy about it!" Lily ducked a flying bad of 'Bertie Blott's every flavored Beans'.

"Hello girls!" Tasha looked up at Molly and ran to her. Lily escaped while she could.

Lily thought to herself as she walked back to the boys' compartment. What if I don't get a date to the dances? She stopped herself for about five minutes as the train shook, but she dismissed it. What happens if... James goes with another girl? He kissed me! I kissed him! But only on the cheek, what if that didn't mean anything to him? Lily slapped herself out of the trance when she walked into compartment. What she saw shocked her.

James was lying on the floor with a big scratch down the side of his head. And his side seemed to be bleeding. He looked like he didn't know who or where he was. Her eyes then flashed over to Remus, his hand had been practically cut off and he was hunched over. Lily heard a wheezing noise. She looked at her feet towards Sirius. He was hurt the most it seemed. His left eye seemed to be flooding with blood. It also seemed like he was struggling to breathe.

"Sirius! Sirius can you hear me?" She knelt down to him. She saw the side of his throat was slashed. "Great Wizards. SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE! HELP!" She tore a piece of cloth off a cushion and held it to his neck. "Put pressure on it Sirius. Don't let go!" She heard people running over to the compartment.

"What happened?"

"I don't know I found them like this! Go get help."

"Lil, what in Hogsmeade is going o-" Tasha shrieked when they saw the boys in this condition.

"Molly you go help Remus, I'll help James, Tasha you have to keep Sirius awake okay? OKAY?" she yelled to wake Tasha out of her trance. They all went to help their friends.

"James are you OK? James?"

"What happened? I remember laughter................................................then my head hurt-"

Lily knew there was only one thing she could do to shut him up and get him to show her how bad his side was. She took his hands, pulled him over to her and gently kissed him. When she finally pulled away he just stared at her. Good, it had the affect she wanted.

"What happened here?" A man said

"We found them like this, please help us."

The man dissaperated.

"Great help he was" She heard Tasha mutter through tears.

He Apparated back with Dumbledore and Madame Pompfrey at hand.

"Girls please go wait outside." Dumbledore asked.

Lily, more reluctant then any of them, went outside with Molly and Tasha. She looked to Molly who looked lost. Her face was pale and her skin was all clammy.
Tasha was trying not to go into hysterics. Her boyfriend's throat had been slashed and he could be dead for all we know. But the only thing Lily could think of was her mother and father at the moment. She lost them to Voldemort, she couldn't lose the rest of her real family to him. Not now! Dumbledore walked out of the room. They all looked up to him with hope in their eyes. The few seconds they waited for him to say something were torture.

"We must get them to the infirmary quicky. But they'll be fine. Ms. Evan's?"

She looked up while the feeling went back to her body.

"Y-yes?" she asked shakily

"Come with me for a moment, will you?"

She looked to the girls, they nodded. Lily got up and followed him into the compartment and shut the door. Lily looked at them. They were still sitting on the floor but at least had color in their faces. She looked to Sirius. His neck was bandaged up but he smiled at her. She smiled weekly back. Madame Pompfrey was tending to Remus' hand, but he seemed distracted by something other then his almost severed hand. Then James. Her heart gave a slight jump when she saw him shirtless. But her eyes darted to his bandaged side, then to his scratched head, and then his eyes. Those bright blue eyes. She smiled slightly.

"Ms. Evan's I assume you know who did this." She nodded solemnly "Good. But we have a problem that you just might be able to help us with!"

"What's that?"

"Tonight is the full moon, and the sun is setting at an unseemly pace. Mr. Lupin here is in no condition to go to the Shrieking shack tonight!"

"Oh so that's where it leads!" Sirius said hoarsly

"Hush your mouth young man!" Madame Pompfrey snapped

"As I was saying, we have to keep Remus locked up in the infirmary so he doesn't tear his hand off. But we need someone to watch over him. Make sure he doesn't break the chains. I know this isn't fair, but I'm asking you to do it!"

Remus snapped out of his trance.

"No! I'll tear her to Mince meat!!"

"Mr. Lupin please." He calmed down "Lily, you'll have a Charm on you that the Remus here won't sense or smell your present. Meaning you could touch him and he wouldn't feel it. But he still could hurt you if you came to close! And if anyone came into the room with you, Which I highly doubt will happen, you would touch them and they to would be under the charm. But the second you let go, Mr. Lupin would see them. Will you help us?"

This was too overwhelming for lily. How could she spend a whole night looking at her best friend being tortured by an animal! But she looked to the window and saw the sun setting, she knew she had to. No matter how much afraid she was.

Her throat to tight to speak, she nodded.

"Thank you Ms. Evan's. Now, We must hurry. Madame Pompfrey you take Mr. Potter and Ms. Evan's. I'll take Mr. Lupin and Mr. Black.

"Wait we have to tell Molly and Tasha where we went!" Lily piped up

"The driver will them! Lets go!"

Madame Popmfrey took Lily and James' hands and dissaperated to Hogwarts. Dumbledore had altered the charm that doesn't allow people to do that so they could. Dumble, Sirius, and Remus, soon followed.

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When Lily opened her they were in the infirmary. Dumbledore was already there.
He was taking Remus into a back room with some type of steal door. He came back soon after.

"Are you ready Ms. Evan's?" They heard a strangled scream. Lily closed her eyes, put on a brave face and nodded. "hold still then"

Lily felt a tickling sensation. She felt like no gravity pulled her down to the earth. She opened her eyes. James and Sirius were staring at her. Her skin was glowing red and blue.

"All right Ms. Evan's, we have a chair set up in their for you. Please try to stay awake as long as possible. I must leave on urgent buisness. Good luck. I will see you all in the morning."

He dissaperated away.

"Come now say goodnight and then go to Mr. Lupin." Madame Pompfrey left them alone.

"See you in the morning" Lily muttered. She cast a sideway's glance at James, he smiled at her.

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The night was terrible. Lily kept trying to go up to Remus to calm him down, but he kept slashing at the air. He hit Lily the moment she came to close and left a deep cut on her arm.

"Shoot" she muttered to herself. She realized then and there that she was petrified of her friend. She felt ashamed of herself.

Lily didn't go to sleep until the sun started to rise. Remus changing back to his human form was the last thing she remembered seeing. Professor Dumbledore hurried to the infirmary to se if she was alright. She found lily asleep on the chair and Remus huddled in the corner with his chains still on him.

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Lily woke up looking at something very shiny. It was her bracelet. She had to get it back, but her arms were to heavy. The thing came into focus and it turned out that it was James Potter's glasses staring into her.

"Will you stop that! I have quite a head ache as it is!" She sat up

"Everyone is at lunch. I just wasn't hungry." He said off her look

"Sure you wern't!" she smiled at him.

"Lily, if it wasn't for you we could've been dead. So thank you!"

She wondered if he was going to lean over and kiss her cheek like she had when she thanked him the day before. But he didn't. 'Darn' she thought to herself.

"Lily? Will you go to the dance with me this month?"

Her heart skipped a beat.

"On one condition!" she said

"Name it!"

"Only if you reserve a place for me at all the other dances!"

He smiled at her. They leaned towards each other and kissed. The one moment their lips touched seemed like an hour. And that is how she wanted to stay for the rest of her life. Kissing James Potter.

AN: Okay! I'm am very happy to get that chapter out of my system! I want to say thank you to some very loyal readers! Thank you loyal readers! You should know who you are just by the amount of times you have reviewed my story. Please R&R and no flames. Don't worry you guys there is more to come!

Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JK Rowling except the obvious! DUH!