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Chapter 3: Disappointment
The party finally died down, and Lily managed to usher a bunch of complaining
underclassman off to sleep. As she was forcing a group of second year girls up
the stairs she caught James Potter smiling pleasantly at her.
"Always the responsible one?" he asked mock casual.
"Always," she replied.
"Hey Evans, listen, I'm sorry about going over your head about the dance, I
brought it up to Professor McGonagall and I presented the idea as ours," James
started. "She loved it, and went to Dumbledore, next thing I know these
announcements were posted." He trailed off, expecting the worst reaction from
Lily, for bringing up the subject.
Lily didn't have much of a reaction, she just stared at him in disbelief, was
James Potter apologizing to her for the second time that day.
"We could always cancel the dance and plan something together," he suggested
when she didn't respond.
She finally smiled and said, "no James, I think it's a good idea. Next time,
just tell me about our ideas before I read them on an announcement board."
He felt his palms getting sweaty and his stomach turning knots. She was turning
away and walking up the steps to her dorm. He knew if he didn't ask her soon,
somebody else would. She was almost out of sight; he had to do it, now or never.
"HEY EVANS!"
She paused, came back down a few steps, and looked at him in amusement, "yes."
"I know you hate me and all, but would you go to the dance with me, seriously,"
he spoke quickly.
"Potter, don't be silly," she giggled, " I don't hate you."
James held his breath, and felt his face going white. If she didn't answer soon
he felt he might die right there on the spot. "So does that mean you will?"
Lily bowed her head and finally said, "I'm sorry James, but I'm going with
someone else."
She turned quickly and disappeared out of sight.
He felt his heart fall into his stomach. Had he just heard her correctly? She
was going to the dance with someone else? For the first time since he had laid
eyes on her, she was pleasant to him. He had asked her out and she didn't say
no, if he had asked sooner, she could have been his. He walked over to the
couch and collapsed. He stared into the fire in disbelief.
"Prongs, you okay mate?" asked Sirius from behind.
James didn't move, he didn't react, he wasn't really sure if he was okay.
Sirius sat down next to him and waved his hand in front of James face, "mate,
are you there?"
"She going with somebody else," James said emotionless.
Sirius patted his friend on the back, "Yea, I know."
Sirius stood up, glanced at his friend and said, "it will be okay, mate, there
are tons of available girls at Hogwarts." Sirius knew it didn't matter how many
available girls there were, none of there were Lily Evans.
Upstairs Lily was crawling into bed, she was completely worn out.
"Oh no you don't, you can't get off the hook that easy," December said suddenly.
"D, I'm so tired, can't I just tell you guys tomorrow?" Lily asked pitifully.
"NO! you promised you'd tell us tonight!" Beth argued.
"I did no such thing," Lily said as she turned her head into her pillow.
"It's simple, either tell us and get some sleep, or we keep you up all night,"
December said flatly. "Your choice of course."
Lily knew it was hopeless, she huffed and sat up and started her story,
"Remember when I went to go tell Professor McGonagall about the party?" Beth
stared at December who nodded. "Well, when I got outside the portrait, Mikel
Thatcher was waiting. He asked if he could walk me to wherever it was I was
going."
December and Beth were both staring intensely at Lily, and she could tell
Dreamy was paying attention also. "Anyway, when we reached Professor McGonagall's
office, he asked if I'd go the dance with him. End of story."
"No, what did you say, did you kiss him?" Beth insisted.
"Not everyone kisses every guy that talks to them," December joked.
"I don't kiss every guy that talks to me," Beth said defensively.
Lily giggled at her friends, and said, "no, I didn't kiss him. But, I did say
I'd go to the dance with him." She smiled buried her head in her pillow.
Mikel Thatcher was a Hufflepuff sixth year. He was athletic, handsome and
intelligent. He was also a Hufflepuff prefect and a beater for the Hufflepuff
house team.
December smiled for a second and suddenly said, "what about James?"
"What about him?" Lily asked
December smiled slyly and said, "never mind."
The girls stayed up a while longer, talking about the dance, boys and
everything else seventeen-year old girls talk about.
The next week went by quickly. The entire school was buzzing about the dance.
The older students were busy getting dates. The younger students were excited
about the pre-dance feast.
Also, the entire school was telling the heroic story about James' snitch
capturing victory. It was turning into a school legend.
Lily and December were sitting in their normal Charm seats, talking about the
previous night's chess meeting. James, Sirius and Remus came bouncing in, almost
late. Sirius rubbed December's neck flirtatiously. The strange thing was when
James walked by he didn't even glance at Lily. Lily thought this was weird, in
fact James had practically ignored her since the night he had asked her to the
dance.
"Hear who James is going to the dance with," December said noticing Lily
expression.
"No, who," she said suddenly, her response caught her off guard, what did she
care?
"Rebecca Blair, miss conceded herself," December spat.
Rebecca Blair was miss popular; she was rich girl from a well-known family. She
had long silky brown hair, and deep gorgeous blue eyes. She was the girl every
guy wanted to talk to. She was a Ravenclaw and a member of every club in
school.
"Good for him," Lily said unconcerned.
That night was the dance, and Lily was nervous. "Where are meeting Mikel?"
December asked.
"I'm just meeting up with him in the Great Hall after the feast," Lily
responded.
Lily was going to the dance Mikel Thatcher, Beth was going with Rodney Smith,
December was going with Sirius Black, and Dreamy was going with Peter Pettigrew.
After the girls finished getting ready they parted ways. Dreamy and December
went down to the Gryffindor common room, and Lily and Beth left through the
portrait to head down to the Great Hall to meet up with their dates. The
pre-feast meeting was pleasant. Everyone who had a date from a different house
met up with their partners to discuss where they would meet after the feast.
Lily saw James flirting with Rebecca Blair, and she felt a pain twinge in her
chest.
The feast finally began. Lily and Beth chatted together as December and Dreamy,
well December anyway, talked with their dates. Finally, Professor Dumbledore
stood up and dismissed all second and first years to their common rooms and
announced the dance could begin.
The Great Hall's ceiling turned into the night sky and the candles suddenly
dimmed. Couples slowly started penetrating the dance floor. Lily was lead out
onto the floor by Mikel, and she saw Rodney and Beth quickly following. Lily
hated Slytherin, but she didn't want to ruin the evening for Beth by flashing
Rodney mistrusting looks.
"You really don't like Beth's date, do you?" Mikel asked Lily.
"No, I don't," Lily responded. She felt Mikel pull her closer, and she smiled at
him. He was so charming, not at all like arrogant James Potter. Why was she
thinking about James Potter?
"Lily, is something wrong?" he asked her concerned.
"No, nothing at all," she smiled.
James was sitting next to Remus, who didn't have a date, talking about
Quidditch.
"James, aren't you going to ask me to dance?" Rebecca asked sweetly.
James smiled forcefully, "yea, I'm just talking to Remus about something
important."
She pouted and walked over towards the refreshments.
"You really don't want to be here with her, do you?" Rumus asked
"Oh course I do, I mean, she's great," James lied.
"Sirius set you up?" Remus smirked.
James smiled, "yea."
"He tried to set-me up to, but I've learned from my past mistakes," Remus joked.
The two boys laughed, suddenly James caught the image of Lily and Mikel dancing
out of the corner of his eye. He sat there, his stomach turning somersaults, his
head feeling heavy.
"You know what the solution is," Remus said watching James. "Ask her to dance."
James stared blankly back at Remus, he looked helpless, pitiful.
"Come on Jameys, sweep me off my feet!" exclaimed a smiling Rebecca as she
pulled James to his feet.
Rebecca pulled James close to her, placed her head on his shoulder, and began
to dance.
James stomach gave an uncomfortable lunge, he sighed and rolled his eyes at his
good fortune.
Suddenly he looked up, and saw the beautiful green eyes of Lily Potter staring
at him. He couldn't turn away. Even though they weren't there at the dance
together, they were.
The song suddenly ended, and the eye contact between them was broken. James saw
Lily smile, whisper something in Mikel's ear, and walk away. This was his chance
to talk to her, to ask her to dance.
"Rebecca, I need to ask Sirius something, I'll be back in a second," he lied.
He acted like he was going to talk to Sirius that was where Lily was now. Over
there talking to December and Sirius. He approached, and he felt a jolt of pain
shoot through his chest.
"Hey guys, how is it going," he choked out.
Sirius gave him a puzzled expression, he looked over towards Rebecca direction
and back at James.
"Where is your date Prongs?" Sirius asked.
"I think she went to take a break," he lied.
December and Lily were chatting to themselves, ignoring the guys. James stared
at her, wanting to speak, wanting to hear her sweet voice, and see her kind
smile. She looked up and smiled at James and he felt his heart stop in his
chest, then she was gone. Again, he had missed his opportunity, he had frozen
up.
"Bad luck Prongs," Sirius muttered watching his friend's reaction.
"What were you two chatting about?" James asked December calmly.
December looked wearily, "nothing James."
She was desperate to avoid the conversation, the normally calm collected
December seemed rattled.
"What is it, tell me," he demanded.
"Mikel Thatcher just asked Lily to be his steady," December replied without
looking James in the eyes.
"BLOODY SHIT!" Sirius cried out.
James felt the room spin, and his chest erupt in a surge of pain. Lily had
boyfriends in the past, and James had made it a personal mission to torture each
and every one of them. He'd hex them in the hallways, or curse them on the
Quidditch field. Very careful never to lead the tracks back to himself.
"James, you okay," December asked concerned. He looked like he was on the verge
of tears, and his face was contoured in an uncomfortable smug.
"Fine," James finally answered.
He walked towards the doors of the Great Hall. He didn't say goodnight to
anyone, not even his date. He just disappeared into the night. He felt he had
lost his reason for living. Lily Potter was out of reach, she could never be
his.
Lily was on the dance floor once again with Mikel. He was smiling at her,
holding her close and whispering sweet nothings in her ear, "you look wonderful
tonight, I'm so lucky to be here with you."
Lily smiled weakly at him, she really like him, but her mind kept wandering back
to James Potter. She saw him leave December and Sirius and head for the Great
Hall doors. He looked hurt and upset. Surely December didn't tell him what Mikel
had just asked her.
"So, will you be my one and only Lily," Mikel said sweetly.
Lily smiled and replied, " I really like you Mikel, I'm just too busy for a
serious relationship, can we just take it slow?"
He frowned for a second then pulled her close, "of course we can. As slow as you
need me to go, I just want to make you happy."
She looked up at him with a sign of relief on her face, he bend down and kissed
her gently. Lily was taken off guard and pulled away.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you," he said as she looked at him like he
had just betrayed her.
Lily realized how silly she was being and smiled, "no it's okay, I'm just acting
weird tonight, I'm sorry."
He smiled and kissed her again, "beautiful Lily Evans, you never need to
apologize to me about anything."
He twirled her around the dance floor, and she tried to keep her mind off James
Potter.
The night was coming to a close. The Great Hall was thinning out. Lily saw Beth
being led away by Rodney and she felt a twinge of fear creep into her throat.
She hated the thought of any of her friends getting hurt. Dreamy was smiling at
Peter, who was napping in his chair. She apparently was deciding whether wake
him or not. Sirius and December had already left, and Rebecca was still looking
for James.
"Can I escort you back to your common room?" Mikel asked Lily politely. She
smiled and took his outstretched arm. They didn't talk as they walked up the
stairwell. He just stared at her , and she stared at her feet.
James was coming back from the astronomy tower, he had went up there to calm
himself and sort things out. He was going to confess him love to Lily, he had to
have her know how he felt. He had watched for seven long years. Beautiful Lily
Evans, she barely noticed him. No matter how hard he had tried to win her
attention, she had always turned her head and ignored him. Finally, in their
fifth year, when he had almost given up hope, she finally took notice. She
hadn't been very friendly to him, but she did know who he was. He tried to get
her attention even more, getting into trouble, letting her fuss at him about
being arrogant. Now they were in their last year, if he didn't win her affection
now, he might lose his chance forever. Next year there would be no Hogwarts, no
Lily. He spent hours doodling her name on his assignments, daydreaming about
them together. There was no girl as wonderful as Lily, in James opinion.
He walked down the corridor toward the fat lady's portrait, suddenly he heard
voices and he stopped. A young couple was saying goodnight to each other.
"Lily, I had a wonderful evening," Mikel said sweetly.
"So did I," she blushed.
"I was wondering if you would come to Hogmeade with me next weekend?" Mikel
asked.
"Oh, I don't know, I promised December I'd help her find an owl for her
birthday," Lily said sadly.
"I'll get back to you after I talk to her, okay."
Mikel smiled and nodded okay. He bend down a gave her a deep goodnight kiss.
James felt his pulse race, and his anger rise. He was jealous and wanted to
nothing more than to hex that scum Thatcher all the way back to the Hufflepuff
common room.
Lily said the password and retreated inside. Mikel stood there watching Lily
disappear, and he sighed with a smile. James felt heat on his face, he took out
his wand and softly muttered, "pimpluls," at Mikel.
The spell hit Mikel so softly that he didn't even flinch. James gave and evil
grin and watched him disappear into the darkness.
"That wasn't very nice," comment the fat lady when she saw James. She apparently
had witness the entire hexing. James smiled at shouted the password, the fat
lady reluctantly opened the entrance.
Inside Lily had already disappeared, what had he expected her to wait up for
him. He made his way up to his dorm where he found Moony and Wormtail already
asleep. He pulled back his sheets and trying to go to sleep. The image of Lily
and Mikel kissing was playing over and over again in his mind. He knew he wasn't
getting much sleep that night.
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Chapter 3: Disappointment
The party finally died down, and Lily managed to usher a bunch of complaining
underclassman off to sleep. As she was forcing a group of second year girls up
the stairs she caught James Potter smiling pleasantly at her.
"Always the responsible one?" he asked mock casual.
"Always," she replied.
"Hey Evans, listen, I'm sorry about going over your head about the dance, I
brought it up to Professor McGonagall and I presented the idea as ours," James
started. "She loved it, and went to Dumbledore, next thing I know these
announcements were posted." He trailed off, expecting the worst reaction from
Lily, for bringing up the subject.
Lily didn't have much of a reaction, she just stared at him in disbelief, was
James Potter apologizing to her for the second time that day.
"We could always cancel the dance and plan something together," he suggested
when she didn't respond.
She finally smiled and said, "no James, I think it's a good idea. Next time,
just tell me about our ideas before I read them on an announcement board."
He felt his palms getting sweaty and his stomach turning knots. She was turning
away and walking up the steps to her dorm. He knew if he didn't ask her soon,
somebody else would. She was almost out of sight; he had to do it, now or never.
"HEY EVANS!"
She paused, came back down a few steps, and looked at him in amusement, "yes."
"I know you hate me and all, but would you go to the dance with me, seriously,"
he spoke quickly.
"Potter, don't be silly," she giggled, " I don't hate you."
James held his breath, and felt his face going white. If she didn't answer soon
he felt he might die right there on the spot. "So does that mean you will?"
Lily bowed her head and finally said, "I'm sorry James, but I'm going with
someone else."
She turned quickly and disappeared out of sight.
He felt his heart fall into his stomach. Had he just heard her correctly? She
was going to the dance with someone else? For the first time since he had laid
eyes on her, she was pleasant to him. He had asked her out and she didn't say
no, if he had asked sooner, she could have been his. He walked over to the
couch and collapsed. He stared into the fire in disbelief.
"Prongs, you okay mate?" asked Sirius from behind.
James didn't move, he didn't react, he wasn't really sure if he was okay.
Sirius sat down next to him and waved his hand in front of James face, "mate,
are you there?"
"She going with somebody else," James said emotionless.
Sirius patted his friend on the back, "Yea, I know."
Sirius stood up, glanced at his friend and said, "it will be okay, mate, there
are tons of available girls at Hogwarts." Sirius knew it didn't matter how many
available girls there were, none of there were Lily Evans.
Upstairs Lily was crawling into bed, she was completely worn out.
"Oh no you don't, you can't get off the hook that easy," December said suddenly.
"D, I'm so tired, can't I just tell you guys tomorrow?" Lily asked pitifully.
"NO! you promised you'd tell us tonight!" Beth argued.
"I did no such thing," Lily said as she turned her head into her pillow.
"It's simple, either tell us and get some sleep, or we keep you up all night,"
December said flatly. "Your choice of course."
Lily knew it was hopeless, she huffed and sat up and started her story,
"Remember when I went to go tell Professor McGonagall about the party?" Beth
stared at December who nodded. "Well, when I got outside the portrait, Mikel
Thatcher was waiting. He asked if he could walk me to wherever it was I was
going."
December and Beth were both staring intensely at Lily, and she could tell
Dreamy was paying attention also. "Anyway, when we reached Professor McGonagall's
office, he asked if I'd go the dance with him. End of story."
"No, what did you say, did you kiss him?" Beth insisted.
"Not everyone kisses every guy that talks to them," December joked.
"I don't kiss every guy that talks to me," Beth said defensively.
Lily giggled at her friends, and said, "no, I didn't kiss him. But, I did say
I'd go to the dance with him." She smiled buried her head in her pillow.
Mikel Thatcher was a Hufflepuff sixth year. He was athletic, handsome and
intelligent. He was also a Hufflepuff prefect and a beater for the Hufflepuff
house team.
December smiled for a second and suddenly said, "what about James?"
"What about him?" Lily asked
December smiled slyly and said, "never mind."
The girls stayed up a while longer, talking about the dance, boys and
everything else seventeen-year old girls talk about.
The next week went by quickly. The entire school was buzzing about the dance.
The older students were busy getting dates. The younger students were excited
about the pre-dance feast.
Also, the entire school was telling the heroic story about James' snitch
capturing victory. It was turning into a school legend.
Lily and December were sitting in their normal Charm seats, talking about the
previous night's chess meeting. James, Sirius and Remus came bouncing in, almost
late. Sirius rubbed December's neck flirtatiously. The strange thing was when
James walked by he didn't even glance at Lily. Lily thought this was weird, in
fact James had practically ignored her since the night he had asked her to the
dance.
"Hear who James is going to the dance with," December said noticing Lily
expression.
"No, who," she said suddenly, her response caught her off guard, what did she
care?
"Rebecca Blair, miss conceded herself," December spat.
Rebecca Blair was miss popular; she was rich girl from a well-known family. She
had long silky brown hair, and deep gorgeous blue eyes. She was the girl every
guy wanted to talk to. She was a Ravenclaw and a member of every club in
school.
"Good for him," Lily said unconcerned.
That night was the dance, and Lily was nervous. "Where are meeting Mikel?"
December asked.
"I'm just meeting up with him in the Great Hall after the feast," Lily
responded.
Lily was going to the dance Mikel Thatcher, Beth was going with Rodney Smith,
December was going with Sirius Black, and Dreamy was going with Peter Pettigrew.
After the girls finished getting ready they parted ways. Dreamy and December
went down to the Gryffindor common room, and Lily and Beth left through the
portrait to head down to the Great Hall to meet up with their dates. The
pre-feast meeting was pleasant. Everyone who had a date from a different house
met up with their partners to discuss where they would meet after the feast.
Lily saw James flirting with Rebecca Blair, and she felt a pain twinge in her
chest.
The feast finally began. Lily and Beth chatted together as December and Dreamy,
well December anyway, talked with their dates. Finally, Professor Dumbledore
stood up and dismissed all second and first years to their common rooms and
announced the dance could begin.
The Great Hall's ceiling turned into the night sky and the candles suddenly
dimmed. Couples slowly started penetrating the dance floor. Lily was lead out
onto the floor by Mikel, and she saw Rodney and Beth quickly following. Lily
hated Slytherin, but she didn't want to ruin the evening for Beth by flashing
Rodney mistrusting looks.
"You really don't like Beth's date, do you?" Mikel asked Lily.
"No, I don't," Lily responded. She felt Mikel pull her closer, and she smiled at
him. He was so charming, not at all like arrogant James Potter. Why was she
thinking about James Potter?
"Lily, is something wrong?" he asked her concerned.
"No, nothing at all," she smiled.
James was sitting next to Remus, who didn't have a date, talking about
Quidditch.
"James, aren't you going to ask me to dance?" Rebecca asked sweetly.
James smiled forcefully, "yea, I'm just talking to Remus about something
important."
She pouted and walked over towards the refreshments.
"You really don't want to be here with her, do you?" Rumus asked
"Oh course I do, I mean, she's great," James lied.
"Sirius set you up?" Remus smirked.
James smiled, "yea."
"He tried to set-me up to, but I've learned from my past mistakes," Remus joked.
The two boys laughed, suddenly James caught the image of Lily and Mikel dancing
out of the corner of his eye. He sat there, his stomach turning somersaults, his
head feeling heavy.
"You know what the solution is," Remus said watching James. "Ask her to dance."
James stared blankly back at Remus, he looked helpless, pitiful.
"Come on Jameys, sweep me off my feet!" exclaimed a smiling Rebecca as she
pulled James to his feet.
Rebecca pulled James close to her, placed her head on his shoulder, and began
to dance.
James stomach gave an uncomfortable lunge, he sighed and rolled his eyes at his
good fortune.
Suddenly he looked up, and saw the beautiful green eyes of Lily Potter staring
at him. He couldn't turn away. Even though they weren't there at the dance
together, they were.
The song suddenly ended, and the eye contact between them was broken. James saw
Lily smile, whisper something in Mikel's ear, and walk away. This was his chance
to talk to her, to ask her to dance.
"Rebecca, I need to ask Sirius something, I'll be back in a second," he lied.
He acted like he was going to talk to Sirius that was where Lily was now. Over
there talking to December and Sirius. He approached, and he felt a jolt of pain
shoot through his chest.
"Hey guys, how is it going," he choked out.
Sirius gave him a puzzled expression, he looked over towards Rebecca direction
and back at James.
"Where is your date Prongs?" Sirius asked.
"I think she went to take a break," he lied.
December and Lily were chatting to themselves, ignoring the guys. James stared
at her, wanting to speak, wanting to hear her sweet voice, and see her kind
smile. She looked up and smiled at James and he felt his heart stop in his
chest, then she was gone. Again, he had missed his opportunity, he had frozen
up.
"Bad luck Prongs," Sirius muttered watching his friend's reaction.
"What were you two chatting about?" James asked December calmly.
December looked wearily, "nothing James."
She was desperate to avoid the conversation, the normally calm collected
December seemed rattled.
"What is it, tell me," he demanded.
"Mikel Thatcher just asked Lily to be his steady," December replied without
looking James in the eyes.
"BLOODY SHIT!" Sirius cried out.
James felt the room spin, and his chest erupt in a surge of pain. Lily had
boyfriends in the past, and James had made it a personal mission to torture each
and every one of them. He'd hex them in the hallways, or curse them on the
Quidditch field. Very careful never to lead the tracks back to himself.
"James, you okay," December asked concerned. He looked like he was on the verge
of tears, and his face was contoured in an uncomfortable smug.
"Fine," James finally answered.
He walked towards the doors of the Great Hall. He didn't say goodnight to
anyone, not even his date. He just disappeared into the night. He felt he had
lost his reason for living. Lily Potter was out of reach, she could never be
his.
Lily was on the dance floor once again with Mikel. He was smiling at her,
holding her close and whispering sweet nothings in her ear, "you look wonderful
tonight, I'm so lucky to be here with you."
Lily smiled weakly at him, she really like him, but her mind kept wandering back
to James Potter. She saw him leave December and Sirius and head for the Great
Hall doors. He looked hurt and upset. Surely December didn't tell him what Mikel
had just asked her.
"So, will you be my one and only Lily," Mikel said sweetly.
Lily smiled and replied, " I really like you Mikel, I'm just too busy for a
serious relationship, can we just take it slow?"
He frowned for a second then pulled her close, "of course we can. As slow as you
need me to go, I just want to make you happy."
She looked up at him with a sign of relief on her face, he bend down and kissed
her gently. Lily was taken off guard and pulled away.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you," he said as she looked at him like he
had just betrayed her.
Lily realized how silly she was being and smiled, "no it's okay, I'm just acting
weird tonight, I'm sorry."
He smiled and kissed her again, "beautiful Lily Evans, you never need to
apologize to me about anything."
He twirled her around the dance floor, and she tried to keep her mind off James
Potter.
The night was coming to a close. The Great Hall was thinning out. Lily saw Beth
being led away by Rodney and she felt a twinge of fear creep into her throat.
She hated the thought of any of her friends getting hurt. Dreamy was smiling at
Peter, who was napping in his chair. She apparently was deciding whether wake
him or not. Sirius and December had already left, and Rebecca was still looking
for James.
"Can I escort you back to your common room?" Mikel asked Lily politely. She
smiled and took his outstretched arm. They didn't talk as they walked up the
stairwell. He just stared at her , and she stared at her feet.
James was coming back from the astronomy tower, he had went up there to calm
himself and sort things out. He was going to confess him love to Lily, he had to
have her know how he felt. He had watched for seven long years. Beautiful Lily
Evans, she barely noticed him. No matter how hard he had tried to win her
attention, she had always turned her head and ignored him. Finally, in their
fifth year, when he had almost given up hope, she finally took notice. She
hadn't been very friendly to him, but she did know who he was. He tried to get
her attention even more, getting into trouble, letting her fuss at him about
being arrogant. Now they were in their last year, if he didn't win her affection
now, he might lose his chance forever. Next year there would be no Hogwarts, no
Lily. He spent hours doodling her name on his assignments, daydreaming about
them together. There was no girl as wonderful as Lily, in James opinion.
He walked down the corridor toward the fat lady's portrait, suddenly he heard
voices and he stopped. A young couple was saying goodnight to each other.
"Lily, I had a wonderful evening," Mikel said sweetly.
"So did I," she blushed.
"I was wondering if you would come to Hogmeade with me next weekend?" Mikel
asked.
"Oh, I don't know, I promised December I'd help her find an owl for her
birthday," Lily said sadly.
"I'll get back to you after I talk to her, okay."
Mikel smiled and nodded okay. He bend down a gave her a deep goodnight kiss.
James felt his pulse race, and his anger rise. He was jealous and wanted to
nothing more than to hex that scum Thatcher all the way back to the Hufflepuff
common room.
Lily said the password and retreated inside. Mikel stood there watching Lily
disappear, and he sighed with a smile. James felt heat on his face, he took out
his wand and softly muttered, "pimpluls," at Mikel.
The spell hit Mikel so softly that he didn't even flinch. James gave and evil
grin and watched him disappear into the darkness.
"That wasn't very nice," comment the fat lady when she saw James. She apparently
had witness the entire hexing. James smiled at shouted the password, the fat
lady reluctantly opened the entrance.
Inside Lily had already disappeared, what had he expected her to wait up for
him. He made his way up to his dorm where he found Moony and Wormtail already
asleep. He pulled back his sheets and trying to go to sleep. The image of Lily
and Mikel kissing was playing over and over again in his mind. He knew he wasn't
getting much sleep that night.