Chapter Three- Confirmation
At dinner that night, Lily noticed that James was constantly glancing down the table at her. He had a slight look of worry and concentration on his face, and Lily was bemused with the attention.
When they had finished eating, and were about to leave the Great Hall, James took Lily aside.
"Can I talk to you for a minute. Please? Lily?" James asked, pleading with her.
"Sure, whatever." Lily replied offhandedly. She knew that he would try to apologize, and signaled to her friends to leave, and go on without her.
James and Lily's friends both departed, going up to the common room in one group.
"I wonder what's going on there?" Remus thought aloud.
"My guess is that he's apologizing," Skye said. "But I doubt it will help. Lily was really pissed this afternoon. I'm surprised she's even letting him talk to her."
"Oh, come on," Sirius reasoned. "It wasn't that bad." He defended James in his absence.
"Sirius," Vanessa exclaimed with wonder in her voice. "He pretty much turned her into a cat. How can she not take that in a bad way?"
"With great difficulty, my dear."
"Anyway," Vanessa went on, "I'm also surprised she's letting him talk to her."
Downstairs in a deserted classroom, Lily was thinking along the same lines as James started to apologize.
"Look, Lily, I'm really sorry about what I did earlier." James began. "I shouldn't have done that, especially in front of everyone. .."
"No. No you shouldn't have. And you shouldn't talk to me now. Why should you be forgiven?" Lily began to lose her temper. " Huh, James? Why should I forgive you? I can't trust anything you say. You're the biggest BS artist in the school. There is no reason for me to listen. There is no reason for me to even be here."
Lily turned and began to leave the room, but James grabbed onto her arm and pulled her into him.
"Lily," he said in a quiet even voice, "There is no reason for you to trust me, or to listen to me. But, my apology is there. Accept it or not, whatever you choose."
Lily stopped struggling to get out of his grip, and looked into his eyes, seeing the honesty and pain.
"And I'd like to broaden that apology," he went on, looking embarrassed and hesitating. " I'm sorry for everything that I've ever done to you, or said to you that has hurt you. I'm sorry if I've ever offended you in anything I've said, because I know that I have. I know that I've teased you. But Lily," James paused and rolled his eyes.
"Lily the reason that I've teased you is because.. I like you Lily. I like you, and I think that you are an absolutely fantastic girl. That's all I wanted to say."
James turned and left the room.
Lily let out a happy squeal. The plan was working Phase Two was complete, confirmed. But Lily still had a few more things to do.
James had heard the squeal, and grinned. If she was happy, he was happy. He was about to depart when Lily burst out of the room with a huge smile on her face.
"JAMES!" Lily shouted out his name and he turned.
"Yeah Lily?" James said hopefully.
Lily walked up to him, a smile on her lips. She stopped just before she reached him, staring into his eyes the entire time. She paused for a second.
"You're forgiven." She said with a small grin.
James laughed in glee.
"Oh, Lily, that's fantastic, Thankyou!" James said, ecstatic. If she forgave him, than maybe she liked him. James decided to make a test to see if she returned his affections.
As they walked back to the common room, James interrupted the silence.
"You know I never would have thought you'd like me after all I put you through."
Lily rounded on him, a look of disbelief on her face. This guy was so self centered that he thought if a girl talked to him, she loved him. What a jerk. Lily came up with her own little plan to screw with him.
"Well James," she said, stopping and moving closer to him, "There's a lesson you must learn. People change. Circumstances change. Sometimes."
Lily moved closer, and raised her hand to touch his face. When their skin touched, Lily felt an unwelcome jolt in her stomach.
She moved her hand, and stroked his bottom lip with her thumb, and moved forward as if to kiss him. When she was only centimetres away, she turned abruptly and kept on walking. After taking three steps, she turned again to face him.
"Unfortunately, this isn't one of those times." She stated matter-of- factly. She began to walk away again.
"Oh come on!" James spluttered.
Lily kept on walking, a huge grin on her face. She was having fun.
.
At dinner that night, Lily noticed that James was constantly glancing down the table at her. He had a slight look of worry and concentration on his face, and Lily was bemused with the attention.
When they had finished eating, and were about to leave the Great Hall, James took Lily aside.
"Can I talk to you for a minute. Please? Lily?" James asked, pleading with her.
"Sure, whatever." Lily replied offhandedly. She knew that he would try to apologize, and signaled to her friends to leave, and go on without her.
James and Lily's friends both departed, going up to the common room in one group.
"I wonder what's going on there?" Remus thought aloud.
"My guess is that he's apologizing," Skye said. "But I doubt it will help. Lily was really pissed this afternoon. I'm surprised she's even letting him talk to her."
"Oh, come on," Sirius reasoned. "It wasn't that bad." He defended James in his absence.
"Sirius," Vanessa exclaimed with wonder in her voice. "He pretty much turned her into a cat. How can she not take that in a bad way?"
"With great difficulty, my dear."
"Anyway," Vanessa went on, "I'm also surprised she's letting him talk to her."
Downstairs in a deserted classroom, Lily was thinking along the same lines as James started to apologize.
"Look, Lily, I'm really sorry about what I did earlier." James began. "I shouldn't have done that, especially in front of everyone. .."
"No. No you shouldn't have. And you shouldn't talk to me now. Why should you be forgiven?" Lily began to lose her temper. " Huh, James? Why should I forgive you? I can't trust anything you say. You're the biggest BS artist in the school. There is no reason for me to listen. There is no reason for me to even be here."
Lily turned and began to leave the room, but James grabbed onto her arm and pulled her into him.
"Lily," he said in a quiet even voice, "There is no reason for you to trust me, or to listen to me. But, my apology is there. Accept it or not, whatever you choose."
Lily stopped struggling to get out of his grip, and looked into his eyes, seeing the honesty and pain.
"And I'd like to broaden that apology," he went on, looking embarrassed and hesitating. " I'm sorry for everything that I've ever done to you, or said to you that has hurt you. I'm sorry if I've ever offended you in anything I've said, because I know that I have. I know that I've teased you. But Lily," James paused and rolled his eyes.
"Lily the reason that I've teased you is because.. I like you Lily. I like you, and I think that you are an absolutely fantastic girl. That's all I wanted to say."
James turned and left the room.
Lily let out a happy squeal. The plan was working Phase Two was complete, confirmed. But Lily still had a few more things to do.
James had heard the squeal, and grinned. If she was happy, he was happy. He was about to depart when Lily burst out of the room with a huge smile on her face.
"JAMES!" Lily shouted out his name and he turned.
"Yeah Lily?" James said hopefully.
Lily walked up to him, a smile on her lips. She stopped just before she reached him, staring into his eyes the entire time. She paused for a second.
"You're forgiven." She said with a small grin.
James laughed in glee.
"Oh, Lily, that's fantastic, Thankyou!" James said, ecstatic. If she forgave him, than maybe she liked him. James decided to make a test to see if she returned his affections.
As they walked back to the common room, James interrupted the silence.
"You know I never would have thought you'd like me after all I put you through."
Lily rounded on him, a look of disbelief on her face. This guy was so self centered that he thought if a girl talked to him, she loved him. What a jerk. Lily came up with her own little plan to screw with him.
"Well James," she said, stopping and moving closer to him, "There's a lesson you must learn. People change. Circumstances change. Sometimes."
Lily moved closer, and raised her hand to touch his face. When their skin touched, Lily felt an unwelcome jolt in her stomach.
She moved her hand, and stroked his bottom lip with her thumb, and moved forward as if to kiss him. When she was only centimetres away, she turned abruptly and kept on walking. After taking three steps, she turned again to face him.
"Unfortunately, this isn't one of those times." She stated matter-of- factly. She began to walk away again.
"Oh come on!" James spluttered.
Lily kept on walking, a huge grin on her face. She was having fun.
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