Hey you guys!! I'm really trying to have all this out soon! But I have to type for my other stories too. I'm not sure how much longer this is gonna be, but we'll see. Here's the next chapter anyway! Enjoy!!!
Lily laughed as Sirius attempted to catch the Snitch. He was flailing his arms as the Snitch raced right back at him. It was almost like he was afraid the tiny thing would knock him off his broom. She clutched at her ribs as searing pain overtook her because of her violent laughing fits.
Sirius looked over at the redhead and noticed that she was doubled over on her broom. He flew over and laid his hand on her back. She immediately straightened, winced, and gave him a grim smile. He gestured for her to land.
As soon as they were safely on the ground, Sirius instructed Lily to lift up her shirt, so that he could see he ribs clearly.
"What?! Are you mad?" Lily demanded.
"No, but it'll be much easier to fix the broken ribs if I can see what I'm doing!" Sirius snapped back, harsher than he intended. He was actually just really worried about her.
She kept quiet and glared at him stubbornly. "I'm fine though!" She insisted.
Sirius 'tutted', and made to lift up her shirt himself. She slapped his hand away, and slowly lifted her shirt up herself. He chuckled to himself when he saw her obstinate glare directed his way.
"Alright, now hold still." He was moving his wand over the injured area, and kept prodding here and there, which made tears spring to her eyes, and had her biting her lip. He looked up and muttered a quick, "Sorry."
"It's alright, but hurry it up, would you? We've still gotta practice!" She sounded like she was in pain, but was trying to keep it from showing too much.
He stared up at her, and then looked down at the two ribs sticking out at irregular angles. He prodded them once more, rather hard, and Lily cried out softly. Sirius snapped his head up. Lily was admitting that she was in pain? Never!
Lily looked at him, trying desperately to keep in the tears that threatened to fall. She bit her lip and whispered, "Just get it over with already!"
"Alright, alright! Don't get your knickers in a knot!" He received a slap on the back of the head for that one. Then, he raised his wand and mumbled a few words that made red and blue light come out of his wand. The light wrapped itself around Lily's middle, and disappeared into her skin.
She breathed a sigh of relief, because, when the light had completely vanished, her ribs no longer stuck out. Oh sure, they were extremely swollen, and she still had a ton of bruises, but at least the major part of the pain was gone. She grinned thankfully at Sirius.
"Thanks. I was so worried for a sec there that you'd muttered the wrong spell!" She got up hastily-as hastily as can be expected- and threw her arms around Sirius' neck.
He smiled back at her, "So was I! But I can't do anything about the bruising or swelling. If you wanna get rid of that, you'll have to go see a doctor, or maybe Madame Pomphrey."
"It's fine Siri. I was just worried that the broken ribs would get worse. Now I'll be fine! Let's play. I've only got a half an hour, before I gotta go shower, and get ready to meet Dumbledore."
"And James." Sirius smirked knowingly. Of course, what he knew that she didn't, she had no clue!
"Yes, and Potter. Unfortunately." She grumbled and glared at a stone on the ground.
"Yeah, so. Let's get up there before your meeting passes and we haven't played yet!" He shot up into the sky, and began looking for the Snitch again.
Lily groaned to herself, and carefully mounted her broom. This was going to be a painful half an hour. She shot up after Sirius, and raced after him to see if she could get to the Snitch first.
Little did they know, they were being watched. James and 'Cissa' turned away from the window with a 'huff'. In James' case, it was because Sirius was spending more time with Evans than with him. That just really got to him!
In 'Cissa's' case, it was for completely other reasons. She grinned to herself, and resolved to talk to her friends later about what she saw. Then, she turned her syrupy smile on James, and leaned in for a good snog. However, James didn't seem to be in the mood for a snog right now, as he slightly shoved her away, and started walking towards the Pitch. What the hell was wrong with Evans? Even he knew that she could fly better than that!? Then again, this provided an excellent chance for mocking and teasing. He walked faster to the Pitch.
'Cissa' was trying to catch up with him, and nearly broke the heel on her shoe. James turned slightly and saw her struggling to perform a binding spell that would hold her heel there for the present. He gave a frustrated groan, and doubled back so that he was standing right above her. He took her shoe, and quickly cast the spell on it. She smiled and tried to give him a kiss, but he was already walking away from her. She growled to herself, and hurried after him.
Really! Cissa was so stupid! He didn't even now why he bothered with her! Oh, that's right! Because she was damn hot! He smirked to himself, and watched as she came bouncing over to him. James rolled his eyes as he noticed that she was rather out of breath from her minor exertion, and attempted to walk faster. As he reached the Pitch, he saw Sirius and Evans up near one of the goal posts. They appeared to be having a rather heated argument, and after five or so minutes, Lily took off after Sirius, chasing him around the Pitch.
Sirius swooped down and flew right past James. He was so close that Cissa gave a little shriek and attempted to keep her fluffy, white skirt down with one hand while trying to keep her hair in place with the other. As Lily neared, she smirked and put on an extra spurt of speed as she passed her. She dimly heard Cissa shriek again and go wailing to James to go back inside.
Finally, when she'd caught up to Sirius and had nearly knocked him off his broom in the process, she hovered beside him as he talked to James.
"Hey Evans, I've noticed you're getting a bit rusty. What? Are your bones already becoming weak? Jeez, I thought they'd at least hold out until you were twenty five." James smirked, but his smirk fell when Lily looked barely interested in his statement.
"That was…lame…" Lily laughed with Sirius as they mocked his pathetic insult.
James' face turned slightly pink, and he spoke up. "Oh yeah? Well, if you're so sure, then why don't we just play and see who's the best Quidditch player of us all!"
Lily's eyes gleamed with the challenge. "You're on Pothead!"
He glared at her and said, "It's Potter. At least remember that!" And he raised his wand and muttered, "Accio Silver Arrow."
Cissa looked at James. "Jamesie, what am I supposed to do? Would you mind terribly if I played?"
Lily snorted. "Yes!"
Cissa glared at her, but turned back to James and gave him puppy dog eyes, which didn't really work because she had slightly beady eyes, so it looked like she was having trouble locating where James was standing.
James smirked at Lily, and said grandly, "I would absolutely love it if you would play with us, Ciss." When he turned his back to mount his broom, Cissa dug her nails into his arm, and held him back.
"Jamesie, would you mind Summoning a broom for me?" She pleaded.
"Fine." He proceeded to do so, and finally, Cissa had it in her hand.
Sirius was floating nearby with Lily as they watched Cissa attempt to mount the broomstick. She had tried to lift her leg high enough to be able to get it over the broom, but that hadn't worked because James had run in front of her and blocked everyone's sight of her, erm, underthings.
Then, she had tried to hover while sitting sideways on the broom, but she fell of and had nearly crushed James to death. Finally, James had gotten frustrated at everyone's obvious amusement, and had muttered a spell to turn her skirt into shorts. Shorts which Cissa had then proceeded to, with her own wand, make as skimpy as possible.
When everyone was finally up in the air, Lily muttered to Sirius, "We only have ten minutes of play time. Then I have to go shower and stuff."
He'd nodded, and had shouted to James and Cissa, "Everyone for themselves. You have to score on that hoop! Everyone got it?" Everyone had nodded, although Cissa looked at James as though willing him to tell her what to do next.
Sirius threw the Quaffle up, and James and Lily had caught it, and had proceeded to insult each other while trying to pull it from each other's grasp.
"Let go, you speccy git!"
"You first, tomboy Evans!"
"You think I care if you call me that?! Work on your comebacks dickhead."
"I'm sorry. I have a life. I don't have time to spend time in front of the mirror trying to think up insulting names to call you."
"Oh right. What was I thinking? You probably don't spend any time in front of the mirror, by the looks of it." Then she looked him up and down critically.
"Who are you to criticize what I look like? At least I can get someone who likes me!"
"Excuse me, the first day here…who kissed who, you asshole?!"
James sputtered. Then, "Figures you still think about that. It was probably the only kiss you've ever received."
"You're just bitter and pissy 'cause you've never been rejected by all the bimbos you go out with. You realize they only want you for your 'fame'." She gritted her teeth.
"I am the best goddamn Chaser in all of England! Who the hell are you?! Nobody!"
Lily looked at him, hurt. Then, her hurt turned to anger and-pity?! Nah, couldn't be! "Whoa, James. If you have to make up stuff just to get people to pay attention to what you have to say, well, that's pretty pathetic. Oh, and I am the 'best goddamn Quidditch coach in all of England!' That's who I am!"
With that, she snatched the Quaffle out of his dazed hands, and dashed up the Pitch with it, and scored. She flew around in a victorious circle, and then joined the game again. Sirius and James were head to head and James was just about to score. On the side, Cissa was cheering James on. Lily flew over to her.
"You realize you should try to get the Quaffle too, right?!" She snapped and then she flew off, satisfied.
A loud whoop interrupted her thoughts, and she looked at James fuming, and at Sirius swooping after the Quaffle with a huge smile on his face. He had scored before James could have.
This continued on for another five minutes, and by then, Lily and James were only competing with each other. Lily had the ball, she was hurtling up the Pitch and towards the hoop. James was right beside her, and he was desperately trying to take the Quaffle from her. Lily was so close she could almost feel herself scoring.
She was so close…
And out of nowhere, Cissa flew up at the last moment and roughly hit her broom handle. Before Lily knew what was happening, she was hurtling downwards in a daze.
She dimly heard Sirius yell something, and then she heard, rather than felt, a sickening thud as she landed roughly on the Pitch. Not even so much as a Softening Charm has been cast…That was the last though she had before she blacked out as the pain reached her full force.
Sirius landed beside her moments afterwards. "Dammit!" He kneeled next to her, and felt for a pulse. It was still there. He exhaled slowly and looked at her. She looked very pale.
He heard James land next to him and glared at him as he also sank to his knees next to Lily's limp form. Then, Sirius looked behind them at Cissa who was wearing a rather smug expression on her face, but quickly sobered up when she saw Sirius watching her.
He clenched his fists, but turned back to Lily to see James checking for a pulse.
"I thought you didn't even want to be in the same country as her." He hissed at him.
"Oh shut up Sirius. I was angry when I said that." James pulled his wand out, and quickly said a spell to reduce some of the pain in hopes that Lily would maybe come to again.
When nothing happened, he tried a more powerful spell. Still, nothing happened. James began to get frustrated and began lightly hitting her cheeks.
Sirius slapped his hand away hard. Then, he conjured up a stretcher and he and James lifted Lily's limp, pale, and battered form onto it.
James walked silently beside the stretcher as Sirius levitated it back toward the mansion. He stared stonily ahead as Cissa came up to his with a sickly sweet smile on her face.
"Oh, Jamie! You won didn't you?! I'm so proud of you! And you owe your triumph over Evans all to me!" Cissa cooed happily, and was slightly taken aback when he stopped and rigidly turned to her with anger radiating from him.
"You did this?! You meant to do this? You actually meant to get her to fall off her broom?!" He growled threateningly.
"Well…I mean, I thought it was what you wanted…" Cissa looked around in vain.
"What the hell!? I never meant to actually hurt her! God Cissa! I would have never even thought of sinking this low! This is lower than low! This is…argh! I don't even know what to say!" And with that, James and Sirius marched up the lawn, and to their mansion with Lily floating between them, still unconscious.
James looked down at her face, which he expected to find peaceful. He was therefore surprised when he saw that her face was twisted in agony. He nudged Sirius, and they slowed down once they reached the main Hall of the mansion.
"Let's take her up to her room. We can Summon help if she doesn't wake up in the next half hour or so." James suggested. Sirius nodded and they started to float Lily up the stairs.
When they neared a corner, one of Cissa's friends ran around it and ran smack dab into Lily's stretcher, causing Lily to go flying out of it and land dangerously close to the stairs. She appeared to be teetering between rolling down the stairs and staying put. James dashed after her and grabbed one of her still hands. He gave her a good, hard tug in his direction, not expecting her to be so light, and wound up with her in his lap. He felt his face heat up, but picked her up and deposited her back onto the stretcher.
Sirius grinned cheekily and they began moving again.
"Wipe that grin off your face!" James snapped, embarrassed slightly at having had such a reaction to touching Lily. But then again, he'd had that same reaction when he'd first laid eyes on her in Dumbledore's office when they first came here.
"I wasn't saying anything though!" Sirius protested, but kept on smiling nonetheless.
When they reached Lily's room, James stared at Lily's Hogwarts picture. Whoa! How had he missed her?! She looked gorgeous in that picture! But maybe that was just on picture day? Maybe the rest of her time at Hogwarts, she was hideous. Yes, that was it. And if anyone asked him about anything to do with this, that was his story and he was sticking to it!
James gave a sigh of relief and helped Sirius slowly lower Lily onto her bed. Gods, he wished he would just hurry up and wake up so he could talk to her and apologize…
Hey you guys….sorry this is kinda late. I actually started writing it the day after I posted the last chapter, but now it's like a month after that….lol…yeah, ummm, please review!!! please?! /Begs/ lol…alright, so, give me feedback, and I'll try to post the next chapter soon, ok?! Good, TAH for now!!!
~lilypad