Chapter 3
When James awoke the next day it was still dark and the others were still sleeping. When he looked at his watch it was 4:00. He tried to go back to sleep, but after 5 minutes decided he couldn't and got up. He searched his trunk for his stuff and then went down to the Head bathroom.
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As soon as he entered he noticed that this bathroom was even nicer than the one he got to use as a Prefect. The bath the size of a swimming pool was even bigger than the one of the Prefects an had twice the number of taps, there was a diving board, something the Prefects were missing.
He locked the door, filled the bath and than stripped himself from his pyjamas. After that he dived in and swam for a few minutes and then sat down on a stair that was part of the pool. He didn't know how long he sat there, but suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"Are you in there James?"
"Yes."
"Are you almost ready? I'd like to take a bath to."
"Sure, got a minute?"
"I'll wait."
It took James five minutes to get dressed, but when he came out Lily didn't seem to mind.
"Thanks, I'll see you at breakfast."
"Yeah, see you Lily."
'That was really strange, first we had a normal conversation and now she didn't yell at me for taken so long to get out of the bathroom like last year. Oh well, maybe we can even become friends.'
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As soon as James entered the 7th year dorm he was confronted with a miniature war.
"What the hell is going on here?"
"Well, unlike some people we have to share a bathroom."
"I have to share that bathroom too you know."
"Yeah, but you two don't need to use it at same time."
"Says who?" "Says me."
"Well, you're wrong Padfoot. When I was taking a bath Lily came knocking on the door if I was done."
"And were you done?"
"Well yeah. I woke up 4 in the morning and was in bath for and hour and a half or so."
Those words silenced Remus and Peter, who had still been fighting.
"Why, in Merlin's name, do you take a bath of an hour and a half?"
"Next time I'll take a picture. You wouldn't believe the size of that bath."
"Deal." Remus answered.
"I have a better idea. Why don't you just give the password so we can see for ourselves?"
"Yeah."
"Oh shut up Padfoot, and you to Wormtail."
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Meanwhile in the Head bathroom Lily was sitting in the exact same spot James sat just a few minutes ago.
"What is wrong with me? Am I finally falling for James Potter, a Marauders, one of the biggest players in the school?"
'What makes you think you're falling in love with him?'
There was that annoying voice in her head again. She only heard it three times before.
"Trying to make a point?"
'I'm just asking what makes you so sure you're falling in love with him now. You could have falling in love with him at first sight and just kept denying it.'
"Just shut up"
'I'm right, aren't I?'
"SHUT UP!"
She put her head under water as if trying to wash the voice away, but when air became an issue, it was still there.
'You won't get me away that easy. I'll only shut up if you give in to your feelings and stop suppressing them.'
"But I don't know just what to feel. James is everything I despise and yet he seems to find a way in to my hart. It's so confusing."
'Now we're getting somewhere. Just think of what you just said. I'll be there when you need me.'
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At breakfast the students got there schedules. Lily and James were the only ones of the six to take every one of there subjects at advanced level, so they had exactly the same schedule. (A/N: I don't really know the names of the subjects because I'm from the Netherlands and I got the books in Dutch, so if anyone cares to make a schedule for me, I'd be more than happy to put it in somewhere.)
Lucky for the students it was Saturday, so they had a whole weekend to relax before school really started and for the first years to learn to find there way around. Under the rustling of wings, hundreds of owls came into the Great Hall bringing the mail. One owl landed in front of James to deliver the Daily Prophet.
"Some interesting news?"
"Apart from an other attack from Voldemort, not really."
"Don't say that name" Peter squeaked
"How come you say that so lightly?"
"And why do you say that name anyway Prongs?"
"Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself. Dumbledore told me and he's right. After I began using Voldemorts name, it just didn't scare me anymore. I just excepted it's the situation and it doesn't look like it's gonna change soon, so I just learned to live with it."
Lily noticed that James had turned a few shades paler and she remembered the conversation in the carriage the night before, but choose not to ask him about it again until he was ready.
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After breakfast they made their way back to Gryffindor common room. James walked a few feet behind them and Lily dropped behind and when the others turned a corner she pulled him in an empty classroom.
"What did you do that for, Lily?"
"I just wanted to speak to you in private."
"Oke, spill it."
"I just wanted to say that if you want to talk about whatever happened during the summer, I'll be right here to listen."
"Thanks Lils, maybe I'll do that, but not now. It's just to early to talk, I haven't even had time yet to process what happened."
"I'll be willing to listen to you when you're ready, even if it is in the middle of the night."
"Promise?"
"Promise." With that James pulled out a mirror and gave it to Lily.
"What is it?"
"It's more like; What does it do."
"Oke, what does it do?"
"Well, if you say my name to the mirror, this one," James pulled an other mirror out of his robs. "will start shaking and I'll answer you, and of course the other way around, so you'll keep you're promise. Sirius and I always use them if we're in separate."
A smile appeared on both Lilys and James' face.
"I think it's time to go back to the tower or else people might get ideas and we wouldn't want that now don't we?"
"And why not?"
"Because you're confusing me right now, and I don't know what to do about it yet."
"Very funny, James."
"No, I mean it, first you say you hate me and yell at me, and now we're acting like friends."
"I know what you mean. I'm confusing myself too."
Lily never know if James wanted to answers that, 'cause at that moment they reached the common room.
"Where were you two, not snogging I hope."
"No, just talking."
"About what, may I ask."
"No, you may not ask."
When Lily locked eyes with James, she saw him look very thankful at her.
'What made you change James? What did you see that has this effect on you? I can't wait till the day you decided to tell me and I'll keep my promise. No matter what time of the day it is, I'll be there to listen to you. It must be really bad if he hasn't even told Sirius yet, there like brothers.'
"Something wrong, Lily?"
Lily looked up and saw the Marauders were gone.
"Where did the guys go?"
"Up to there dorm to check on Remus, he doesn't look to well you know, so he went back to bed for a few hours. But that doesn't answer my question."
"Well, I was just worried about James. So I just told him that if he wanted to talk about what ever happened during the summer, he could come to me and I'll listen."
"Oh, so that's why one moment you walked right behind us and the next you were gone. But why did you say Sirius couldn't ask, he and James are like brothers."
"Yeah, but I figured that if we told the truth, Sirius would puss James until he told him if he is ready for it or not. What ever happened it really got to him."
When James awoke the next day it was still dark and the others were still sleeping. When he looked at his watch it was 4:00. He tried to go back to sleep, but after 5 minutes decided he couldn't and got up. He searched his trunk for his stuff and then went down to the Head bathroom.
~~~~~~
As soon as he entered he noticed that this bathroom was even nicer than the one he got to use as a Prefect. The bath the size of a swimming pool was even bigger than the one of the Prefects an had twice the number of taps, there was a diving board, something the Prefects were missing.
He locked the door, filled the bath and than stripped himself from his pyjamas. After that he dived in and swam for a few minutes and then sat down on a stair that was part of the pool. He didn't know how long he sat there, but suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"Are you in there James?"
"Yes."
"Are you almost ready? I'd like to take a bath to."
"Sure, got a minute?"
"I'll wait."
It took James five minutes to get dressed, but when he came out Lily didn't seem to mind.
"Thanks, I'll see you at breakfast."
"Yeah, see you Lily."
'That was really strange, first we had a normal conversation and now she didn't yell at me for taken so long to get out of the bathroom like last year. Oh well, maybe we can even become friends.'
~~~~~~
As soon as James entered the 7th year dorm he was confronted with a miniature war.
"What the hell is going on here?"
"Well, unlike some people we have to share a bathroom."
"I have to share that bathroom too you know."
"Yeah, but you two don't need to use it at same time."
"Says who?" "Says me."
"Well, you're wrong Padfoot. When I was taking a bath Lily came knocking on the door if I was done."
"And were you done?"
"Well yeah. I woke up 4 in the morning and was in bath for and hour and a half or so."
Those words silenced Remus and Peter, who had still been fighting.
"Why, in Merlin's name, do you take a bath of an hour and a half?"
"Next time I'll take a picture. You wouldn't believe the size of that bath."
"Deal." Remus answered.
"I have a better idea. Why don't you just give the password so we can see for ourselves?"
"Yeah."
"Oh shut up Padfoot, and you to Wormtail."
~~~~~~
Meanwhile in the Head bathroom Lily was sitting in the exact same spot James sat just a few minutes ago.
"What is wrong with me? Am I finally falling for James Potter, a Marauders, one of the biggest players in the school?"
'What makes you think you're falling in love with him?'
There was that annoying voice in her head again. She only heard it three times before.
"Trying to make a point?"
'I'm just asking what makes you so sure you're falling in love with him now. You could have falling in love with him at first sight and just kept denying it.'
"Just shut up"
'I'm right, aren't I?'
"SHUT UP!"
She put her head under water as if trying to wash the voice away, but when air became an issue, it was still there.
'You won't get me away that easy. I'll only shut up if you give in to your feelings and stop suppressing them.'
"But I don't know just what to feel. James is everything I despise and yet he seems to find a way in to my hart. It's so confusing."
'Now we're getting somewhere. Just think of what you just said. I'll be there when you need me.'
~~~~~~
At breakfast the students got there schedules. Lily and James were the only ones of the six to take every one of there subjects at advanced level, so they had exactly the same schedule. (A/N: I don't really know the names of the subjects because I'm from the Netherlands and I got the books in Dutch, so if anyone cares to make a schedule for me, I'd be more than happy to put it in somewhere.)
Lucky for the students it was Saturday, so they had a whole weekend to relax before school really started and for the first years to learn to find there way around. Under the rustling of wings, hundreds of owls came into the Great Hall bringing the mail. One owl landed in front of James to deliver the Daily Prophet.
"Some interesting news?"
"Apart from an other attack from Voldemort, not really."
"Don't say that name" Peter squeaked
"How come you say that so lightly?"
"And why do you say that name anyway Prongs?"
"Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself. Dumbledore told me and he's right. After I began using Voldemorts name, it just didn't scare me anymore. I just excepted it's the situation and it doesn't look like it's gonna change soon, so I just learned to live with it."
Lily noticed that James had turned a few shades paler and she remembered the conversation in the carriage the night before, but choose not to ask him about it again until he was ready.
~~~~~~
After breakfast they made their way back to Gryffindor common room. James walked a few feet behind them and Lily dropped behind and when the others turned a corner she pulled him in an empty classroom.
"What did you do that for, Lily?"
"I just wanted to speak to you in private."
"Oke, spill it."
"I just wanted to say that if you want to talk about whatever happened during the summer, I'll be right here to listen."
"Thanks Lils, maybe I'll do that, but not now. It's just to early to talk, I haven't even had time yet to process what happened."
"I'll be willing to listen to you when you're ready, even if it is in the middle of the night."
"Promise?"
"Promise." With that James pulled out a mirror and gave it to Lily.
"What is it?"
"It's more like; What does it do."
"Oke, what does it do?"
"Well, if you say my name to the mirror, this one," James pulled an other mirror out of his robs. "will start shaking and I'll answer you, and of course the other way around, so you'll keep you're promise. Sirius and I always use them if we're in separate."
A smile appeared on both Lilys and James' face.
"I think it's time to go back to the tower or else people might get ideas and we wouldn't want that now don't we?"
"And why not?"
"Because you're confusing me right now, and I don't know what to do about it yet."
"Very funny, James."
"No, I mean it, first you say you hate me and yell at me, and now we're acting like friends."
"I know what you mean. I'm confusing myself too."
Lily never know if James wanted to answers that, 'cause at that moment they reached the common room.
"Where were you two, not snogging I hope."
"No, just talking."
"About what, may I ask."
"No, you may not ask."
When Lily locked eyes with James, she saw him look very thankful at her.
'What made you change James? What did you see that has this effect on you? I can't wait till the day you decided to tell me and I'll keep my promise. No matter what time of the day it is, I'll be there to listen to you. It must be really bad if he hasn't even told Sirius yet, there like brothers.'
"Something wrong, Lily?"
Lily looked up and saw the Marauders were gone.
"Where did the guys go?"
"Up to there dorm to check on Remus, he doesn't look to well you know, so he went back to bed for a few hours. But that doesn't answer my question."
"Well, I was just worried about James. So I just told him that if he wanted to talk about what ever happened during the summer, he could come to me and I'll listen."
"Oh, so that's why one moment you walked right behind us and the next you were gone. But why did you say Sirius couldn't ask, he and James are like brothers."
"Yeah, but I figured that if we told the truth, Sirius would puss James until he told him if he is ready for it or not. What ever happened it really got to him."