Romance in the Wrong
His girl
Everyone had witnessed James' confusion and how he ran away from the hall. In the afternoon, he was not seen at all.
It soon floated around that Sirius and Lily had been together the whole night, as nobody had seen them in their dorms till breakfast when they had strode in from the grounds. Whispers when around.
The two of them sat down, isolated from the rest of the table. The were very aware of the whispers about them floating passed them, but pretended not to notice. They were an item, they were 'the' item,. The boys started to look at Lily Evans in a whole new light. James had been brushed aside in a moment and forgotten the next. Nobody cared about James Potter. All eyes followed them as the two of them walked out of the Great hall, hand in hand. And as soon as the great wooden door had closed behind them, the Great Hall erupted in chatter. They both walked up to Gryffindor tower to get ready for school. They parted on the stairs each of them going off and day dreaming about their nights. Lily hopped into the shower and got changed, nothing out of the ordinary happened to her. Sirius however…
Sirius sauntered into his room but stopped short when he saw James sitting on his bed, looking shattered and lost. Sirius didn't want to think about James now and he had turned to leave, but James called to him, "Sirius?"
"Yeah?" he turned back to face him.
"Come here," Sirius wasn't sure whether or not to trust James, he half expected him to jump on him and half expected him to break down and cry. But James did neither.
"What do you see in Lily when you look at her?" he asked, his eyes not looking at Sirius but at the spot behind his shoulder, his eyes glazed.
"I see… her. She's beautiful, and wonderful. She stubborn, and has those little freckled around her eyes so when she smiles she lights up."
"I don't get it," said James, shifting in his seat.
"Get what?" Sirius sat down beside him.
"You know how when you see a girl you get all weak in the knees and stuff?"
"Yeah,"
"Well, I feel that with Lily, but she's just so… I don't know, different. She's not like me. She's studious, and well kempt and mannered, it's unnerving. How do you do it?"
"Do what?"
"How do you hang around her and not get all… " he paused, thinking of the word.
"Gooey?"
"Yeah," James never once blushed or felt awkward around Sirius and he never would. Sirius was his best friend through thick and thin and anywhere in between.
"I don't know, I just try to act natural around her,"
"I can't, she makes me all squirmy inside. I can't sit still,"
"Man, you got it bad,"
James looked lost, "Yeah, I know," he muttered helplessly.
"So tell her,"
"But after what I did? It'll take her a little while to- I don't know. It'll just take a while." James paused, "How can you be so calm right now. I mean, you two are practically labeled in item right now, and here I am asking your advice on how to win her back."
"James, if you love her, you have to fight for her. It's just up to her to choose the winner."
"Yeah," James nodded his head, "yeah," his gaze seemed far away.
"I'm going to shower, I'm meeting her afterward so we can walk to class together."
"Alright," but he was still far away. Sirius went into the bathroom. James head was abuzz with thought. He had to win her over.
He had to win back his girl.
