CHAPTER 24 (Finale)
Final Love
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Lily smiled to herself as she turned away. She was really happy for two of her best friends, happy that they've found someone. This time, James didn't need Lily to badger him to look away. He seemed like he had things on his mind as well. The two sat there unmoving for a few seconds, in deep thoughts. It was Lily who snapped back to reality first. She motioned James to get out of the bushes.
Silently they crept out and left the couple to their own devices. Both couples probably had a lot to talk about.
When they were half way across the pitch James suddenly said quietly, "I'm really happy for them, really."
Lily nodded in silent agreement, "I don't feel like going back yet."
"Neither."
They spent the next half hour talking quietly while enjoying the night. Since James didn't have his invisibility cloak with him, they decided it was safer to head back before the 9pm deadline.
"Do you think they'd tell us what was going on?" Lily asked.
"Dunno. they didn't tell us about the notes." James trail off.
"Odd isn't it, this just shows how close who are, we've all got secrets," Lily said frowning.
"Well, some things you just can't help it," James reason, "everyone's got a deep dark secret that no one except them knows. That's just life. Forget about them, didn't you have something you didn't want to tell even your best friends?"
Lily opened, and then closed her mouth, "Suppose you're right."
"Whether they'd tells us what's going on, I haven't got a clue," James said, "it's different this time, Sirius isn't going out with just any girl, it's sort of the girl. He's serious this time."
Lily raised a brow, "that'd be a change." James chuckled.
"And Remus and Bev?" "That pair. no idea. They're the shy sort of people though aren't they," James replied. Suddenly they jumped up, "is that Filch?"
Lily turned and saw a yellow light from a distance, "yeh probably. Came to break apart all the couples," Lily grinned, "come on let's go then."
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By the time Lily went to bed last night, Nikki and Bev still haven't come back. She presumed they had a pretty late night with their guys. Even though it was Saturday, Lily automatically woke at the crack of dawn.
She didn't feel like getting up so she laid silently for a few minutes, reflecting on the year. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a shuffle from her right, Nikki bed. That shuffle was enough to make her get out of bed. Instead of going for a shower, she changed into some flying gear and quietly took out her broom from her trunk.
When she walked out of the castle, there was a cool morning breeze, perfect for some casual flying. Sky was still in shades of yellow and orange.
When she arrived at the pitch, she unexpectedly found James already flying. He waved when he spotted her. Quickly she mounted her broom to join him.
"Morning," Lily greeted as she did a couple of loops.
'Early I see," James said.
The two raced each other around the pitch, laughing and joking. Later they took out the Quaffles to practice passing and scoring.
When the morning sun was too bright, they left the pitch and returned to the castle for breakfast. As they couldn't be bothered going back to the common room to store their brooms, they brought it with them for breakfast.
When they walked down the Gryffindor table, they found Remus and Bev talking intimately, and Nikki and Sirius, who were opposite them mucking about or rather flirting quite loudly. When James and Lily approach, they fell silent.
"Morning," James said casually as he took a seat next to Bev.
"Everyone had a good night's sleep?" Lily asked, equally casually.
The others murmured mornings and yeses.
For some reason, there was an awkward silence and they continued their breakfast. James and Lily were wondering when they would crack and tell them the truth, however, Lily like James was enjoying tormenting them. It so happens after 10 minutes, it was Nikki who cracked first.
"Sirius and I are together," Nikki burst out, and a flood of relief came back to her face. Several Gryffindors around her turned and look at her.
For once in Sirius' life, he looked speechless and continued on his bacon and eggs. Bev was cracked right after Nikki did. She saw no point to hide it anyway.
"And I'm with Remus," Bev said holding her head high.
James and Lily merely nodded solemnly.
Remus stared at the pair, "is that all you have to say?"
James and Lily looked at each other, and then burst out in laughter. James was almost to tears.
"Hey what's so funny," Sirius frowned as he asked.
When Lily calmed down and her words were audible she said, "We set you guys up."
"What?" Bev asked sharply, "the notes."
James nodded while still laughing.
"You two." Nikki was half furious half can't help but laugh with them.
"We should have known," Sirius said shaking his head, "but Lily. Lily out of all people, Lily."
"Well, you should take a goody two shoes too lightly," Lily said smugly as she grinned uncontrollably.
"But I can't believe you guys could keep a secret for a whole week," James said when he was in control again.
"Bev grinned, "Well sometimes, our curiosity is ours."
James raised a brow at Lily and she knew immediately that he was referring to Snape. She laughed.
"As out first official date, we're going to Hogsmeade," Sirius said as he put his arm around Nikki once more, "a double date, leaving you trouble makers behind."
James tried to look offended, "well excuse me, I would think you four need to reward us for getting you together."
Lily nodded, "unlimited Butterbeers on you!"
They spent the next few hours visiting the Shrieking Shack, the place where Remus lives while he becomes a werewolf. After that they headed to the Three Broom Sticks for lunch instead of going back to school.
When lunch ended, the two couples left to their own romance, leaving James and Lily wondering around Hogsmeade alone. James led Lily to the outskirts of Hosmeade. They sat at the top of a boulder, overlooking some forest and rivers, quite a sight. They talked about Bev, Remus, Sirius and Nikki for a while, recalling their faces from this morning's breakfast and laughing at the thoughts. Suddenly James became serious.
"Lily. do you. like anyone at the moment?" James asked as his ears went a shade of pink.
Lily who was quite take aback from the question, felt her heart skip ten beats, "um. yes. yes I think I do. Do you?"
James shuffled his feet and examined his hands, "there's someone. she seems so close, yet she's far, far from my grasp."
Lily drew a sharp breath, "do I know this person?"
"Yes. yes you do, quite well. Almost inside out," James said carefully, "she's a brilliant person, never realised until recently. Every time I see her, she makes my heart pound. I want to be close to her, feel her, kiss her." He stopped abruptly, "sorry."
"And. what can't you have this girl?
"Because. it seems impossible, she'd never like me," James said looking down.
Lily laughed nervously, "You, James Potter, can't get the girl you want?"
James looked at Lily closely, "she's different form any other girl I've ever known. Not a million of other girls can replace this one girl. She has the most brilliant green eyes."
Lily froze. She couldn't believe he was actually talking about her. It seemed almost impossible for him to like her more than friends. Without thinking, she bent forward and placed her lips onto James'. He moved closer and put his arms around her waist as she put hers around his shoulders. It was a passionate kiss.
Finally, after what felt like forever, Lily opened her eyes and torn her lips away from James'. They continued to look at each other, not believing that the people in longed for were right in front of them.
Lily hugged him tightly and he did the same back.
"You're the one," Lily whispered to him, "Ever since the ball, you were the one I couldn't stop thinking about."
They remained silent for a few minutes, in a deep embrace, neither wanting to let go just yet. Lily was the first to pull away, thinking what was going to happen next.
"Um. So where do we go from here?" James said, reading her mind.
Lily looked down half embarrassed, "I suppose. you could ask me out?"
James laughed nervously, "yeh, that'd be a good idea. So, would you like to go out with me?"
"Of course," Lily gave James a quick kiss and jumped up, holding his hand, "ironic isn't it, we set the two pairs up and we end up being together."
"One of life's quirks I suppose," James shrugged as they walked back to Hogsmeade hand in hand.
"I wonder what everyone's gonna say," Lily pondered, "It's odd you know, all time rivalries falling in love."
James chuckled, "it's what we see in those Muggle movies. I think I know how Sirius and them felt about telling us they're going out. I don't know how to tell them."
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Lily and James didn't see the other musketeers until dinner. The pair purposely waited until the hall would be at least half full to head down for dinner. That way, Remus, Bev, Sirius and Nikki would just see them together without actually telling them.
Well that was the plan anyway. They might not even be there, they might be off to who knows where. But fortunately they were already there when Lily and James walked in hand in hand. Lily's ears were going mighty red from embarrassment, James had insisted on doing so.
As they walked down the aisles between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, students began to stare and whisper. Lily could just imagine what they were whispering about. "oh, is that Lily and James? Together? No way."
As they headed towards Sirius, they saw his jaw drop. Bev who was wondering what Sirius was so stunned about looked up and dropped hr spoon of apple tart.
"Good evening," Lily said all to formally and she tried not to laugh.
"Uh... hi." Nikki said with a look of uncertainty.
James laughed out loud, unable to stand the tension. They began telling them what happened.
"Talk about hard love," Bev said once they finished
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The last morning of Hogwarts arrived quite quickly. With a blink of an eye, Lily was moving her truck onto the Hogwarts Express heading back to London. The students boarded the train as Lily took one last look at Hogwarts for the year.
The ride home was quite memorable as used magic for one last time before the summer holidays. First they had pillow fights, then played Exploding Snap under a chicken-feathered floor. After lunch, they held a "kissing contest' so to speak, seeing who could remain kissing for the longest. Naturally, Nikki and Sirius held out the longest, with Remus and Bev first to go. Lily had to admit though, James was a mighty good kisser, and his lap was very comfortable to sit on.
They clapped and cheered as Sirius and Nikki continued to kiss.
"Ok ok, we get the point, you can stop snogging now," James said laughing as he tried to look disgusted.
As the train came to halt, Lily thought, her next stage in life would soon begin. Another two years at Hogwarts and she would become a full witch. She felt that she could take come anything that hit her. She never knew finding love would be this wonderful.
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Well that was the end of it. phew. it took a while. And that was my first Harry Potter fan-fiction. Hope it was an ok fluffy fic ^^
Final Love
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Lily smiled to herself as she turned away. She was really happy for two of her best friends, happy that they've found someone. This time, James didn't need Lily to badger him to look away. He seemed like he had things on his mind as well. The two sat there unmoving for a few seconds, in deep thoughts. It was Lily who snapped back to reality first. She motioned James to get out of the bushes.
Silently they crept out and left the couple to their own devices. Both couples probably had a lot to talk about.
When they were half way across the pitch James suddenly said quietly, "I'm really happy for them, really."
Lily nodded in silent agreement, "I don't feel like going back yet."
"Neither."
They spent the next half hour talking quietly while enjoying the night. Since James didn't have his invisibility cloak with him, they decided it was safer to head back before the 9pm deadline.
"Do you think they'd tell us what was going on?" Lily asked.
"Dunno. they didn't tell us about the notes." James trail off.
"Odd isn't it, this just shows how close who are, we've all got secrets," Lily said frowning.
"Well, some things you just can't help it," James reason, "everyone's got a deep dark secret that no one except them knows. That's just life. Forget about them, didn't you have something you didn't want to tell even your best friends?"
Lily opened, and then closed her mouth, "Suppose you're right."
"Whether they'd tells us what's going on, I haven't got a clue," James said, "it's different this time, Sirius isn't going out with just any girl, it's sort of the girl. He's serious this time."
Lily raised a brow, "that'd be a change." James chuckled.
"And Remus and Bev?" "That pair. no idea. They're the shy sort of people though aren't they," James replied. Suddenly they jumped up, "is that Filch?"
Lily turned and saw a yellow light from a distance, "yeh probably. Came to break apart all the couples," Lily grinned, "come on let's go then."
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By the time Lily went to bed last night, Nikki and Bev still haven't come back. She presumed they had a pretty late night with their guys. Even though it was Saturday, Lily automatically woke at the crack of dawn.
She didn't feel like getting up so she laid silently for a few minutes, reflecting on the year. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a shuffle from her right, Nikki bed. That shuffle was enough to make her get out of bed. Instead of going for a shower, she changed into some flying gear and quietly took out her broom from her trunk.
When she walked out of the castle, there was a cool morning breeze, perfect for some casual flying. Sky was still in shades of yellow and orange.
When she arrived at the pitch, she unexpectedly found James already flying. He waved when he spotted her. Quickly she mounted her broom to join him.
"Morning," Lily greeted as she did a couple of loops.
'Early I see," James said.
The two raced each other around the pitch, laughing and joking. Later they took out the Quaffles to practice passing and scoring.
When the morning sun was too bright, they left the pitch and returned to the castle for breakfast. As they couldn't be bothered going back to the common room to store their brooms, they brought it with them for breakfast.
When they walked down the Gryffindor table, they found Remus and Bev talking intimately, and Nikki and Sirius, who were opposite them mucking about or rather flirting quite loudly. When James and Lily approach, they fell silent.
"Morning," James said casually as he took a seat next to Bev.
"Everyone had a good night's sleep?" Lily asked, equally casually.
The others murmured mornings and yeses.
For some reason, there was an awkward silence and they continued their breakfast. James and Lily were wondering when they would crack and tell them the truth, however, Lily like James was enjoying tormenting them. It so happens after 10 minutes, it was Nikki who cracked first.
"Sirius and I are together," Nikki burst out, and a flood of relief came back to her face. Several Gryffindors around her turned and look at her.
For once in Sirius' life, he looked speechless and continued on his bacon and eggs. Bev was cracked right after Nikki did. She saw no point to hide it anyway.
"And I'm with Remus," Bev said holding her head high.
James and Lily merely nodded solemnly.
Remus stared at the pair, "is that all you have to say?"
James and Lily looked at each other, and then burst out in laughter. James was almost to tears.
"Hey what's so funny," Sirius frowned as he asked.
When Lily calmed down and her words were audible she said, "We set you guys up."
"What?" Bev asked sharply, "the notes."
James nodded while still laughing.
"You two." Nikki was half furious half can't help but laugh with them.
"We should have known," Sirius said shaking his head, "but Lily. Lily out of all people, Lily."
"Well, you should take a goody two shoes too lightly," Lily said smugly as she grinned uncontrollably.
"But I can't believe you guys could keep a secret for a whole week," James said when he was in control again.
"Bev grinned, "Well sometimes, our curiosity is ours."
James raised a brow at Lily and she knew immediately that he was referring to Snape. She laughed.
"As out first official date, we're going to Hogsmeade," Sirius said as he put his arm around Nikki once more, "a double date, leaving you trouble makers behind."
James tried to look offended, "well excuse me, I would think you four need to reward us for getting you together."
Lily nodded, "unlimited Butterbeers on you!"
They spent the next few hours visiting the Shrieking Shack, the place where Remus lives while he becomes a werewolf. After that they headed to the Three Broom Sticks for lunch instead of going back to school.
When lunch ended, the two couples left to their own romance, leaving James and Lily wondering around Hogsmeade alone. James led Lily to the outskirts of Hosmeade. They sat at the top of a boulder, overlooking some forest and rivers, quite a sight. They talked about Bev, Remus, Sirius and Nikki for a while, recalling their faces from this morning's breakfast and laughing at the thoughts. Suddenly James became serious.
"Lily. do you. like anyone at the moment?" James asked as his ears went a shade of pink.
Lily who was quite take aback from the question, felt her heart skip ten beats, "um. yes. yes I think I do. Do you?"
James shuffled his feet and examined his hands, "there's someone. she seems so close, yet she's far, far from my grasp."
Lily drew a sharp breath, "do I know this person?"
"Yes. yes you do, quite well. Almost inside out," James said carefully, "she's a brilliant person, never realised until recently. Every time I see her, she makes my heart pound. I want to be close to her, feel her, kiss her." He stopped abruptly, "sorry."
"And. what can't you have this girl?
"Because. it seems impossible, she'd never like me," James said looking down.
Lily laughed nervously, "You, James Potter, can't get the girl you want?"
James looked at Lily closely, "she's different form any other girl I've ever known. Not a million of other girls can replace this one girl. She has the most brilliant green eyes."
Lily froze. She couldn't believe he was actually talking about her. It seemed almost impossible for him to like her more than friends. Without thinking, she bent forward and placed her lips onto James'. He moved closer and put his arms around her waist as she put hers around his shoulders. It was a passionate kiss.
Finally, after what felt like forever, Lily opened her eyes and torn her lips away from James'. They continued to look at each other, not believing that the people in longed for were right in front of them.
Lily hugged him tightly and he did the same back.
"You're the one," Lily whispered to him, "Ever since the ball, you were the one I couldn't stop thinking about."
They remained silent for a few minutes, in a deep embrace, neither wanting to let go just yet. Lily was the first to pull away, thinking what was going to happen next.
"Um. So where do we go from here?" James said, reading her mind.
Lily looked down half embarrassed, "I suppose. you could ask me out?"
James laughed nervously, "yeh, that'd be a good idea. So, would you like to go out with me?"
"Of course," Lily gave James a quick kiss and jumped up, holding his hand, "ironic isn't it, we set the two pairs up and we end up being together."
"One of life's quirks I suppose," James shrugged as they walked back to Hogsmeade hand in hand.
"I wonder what everyone's gonna say," Lily pondered, "It's odd you know, all time rivalries falling in love."
James chuckled, "it's what we see in those Muggle movies. I think I know how Sirius and them felt about telling us they're going out. I don't know how to tell them."
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Lily and James didn't see the other musketeers until dinner. The pair purposely waited until the hall would be at least half full to head down for dinner. That way, Remus, Bev, Sirius and Nikki would just see them together without actually telling them.
Well that was the plan anyway. They might not even be there, they might be off to who knows where. But fortunately they were already there when Lily and James walked in hand in hand. Lily's ears were going mighty red from embarrassment, James had insisted on doing so.
As they walked down the aisles between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, students began to stare and whisper. Lily could just imagine what they were whispering about. "oh, is that Lily and James? Together? No way."
As they headed towards Sirius, they saw his jaw drop. Bev who was wondering what Sirius was so stunned about looked up and dropped hr spoon of apple tart.
"Good evening," Lily said all to formally and she tried not to laugh.
"Uh... hi." Nikki said with a look of uncertainty.
James laughed out loud, unable to stand the tension. They began telling them what happened.
"Talk about hard love," Bev said once they finished
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The last morning of Hogwarts arrived quite quickly. With a blink of an eye, Lily was moving her truck onto the Hogwarts Express heading back to London. The students boarded the train as Lily took one last look at Hogwarts for the year.
The ride home was quite memorable as used magic for one last time before the summer holidays. First they had pillow fights, then played Exploding Snap under a chicken-feathered floor. After lunch, they held a "kissing contest' so to speak, seeing who could remain kissing for the longest. Naturally, Nikki and Sirius held out the longest, with Remus and Bev first to go. Lily had to admit though, James was a mighty good kisser, and his lap was very comfortable to sit on.
They clapped and cheered as Sirius and Nikki continued to kiss.
"Ok ok, we get the point, you can stop snogging now," James said laughing as he tried to look disgusted.
As the train came to halt, Lily thought, her next stage in life would soon begin. Another two years at Hogwarts and she would become a full witch. She felt that she could take come anything that hit her. She never knew finding love would be this wonderful.
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Well that was the end of it. phew. it took a while. And that was my first Harry Potter fan-fiction. Hope it was an ok fluffy fic ^^