Hey everyone, I'm really really sorry for the long delay...(-_-;) MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL and I'll try to start updating faster...I'm really busy with school, but I'm on break now lol so you're get more of my story! Thanks for your lovely responses, it's nice to know that some people are reading and enjoying!
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"Can we talk?" Lily asked quietly.
"Why? If I say something, you'll just interrupt me and then get in my face again." James replied bitterly.
"Look, I'm sorry about that, but I have my reasons you know."
"I know what your reasons are and they're redundant now, so don't even bother."
"Okay fine, why don't you go first with this little talk."
"That's good because I've got a lot to say. First of all, you need to stop making me seem so predictable."
"How am I doing that?"
"You always assume that I'm going to hurt you or I've got some little prank in store."
"Then stop doing it."
"But I never did it in the first place."
Lily opened her mouth to protest, but James stopped her.
"Let me finish before you jump to conclusions." James said quietly. "I told you in Divination that you were always in the wrong place at the wrong time; which is true because you keep getting in the way when I'm trying to attack Lucius Malfoy and his bitch Severus Snape. Then remember last week when that slime hit you in the face?"
Lily turned red and looked down at James', now color-changing, ball.
"Look Lily, I didn't mean for it to hit you and before I could reverse the spell it had already hit you. It all happened too fast and there was nothing I could do. I'm really really sorry, Lily. Honest to God, I would never let anything bad happen to people I really care about...especially when it's a girl."
Lily raised her head slowly and rested her eyes on James' now blushing face. "You care for me?"
"Yeah...ever since that time I bumped into you at Platform 9 3/4 on the first day at Hogwarts..."
Lily felt really stupid after James said that. She sat back and remembered that day at the Platform where she first met James...
***Lily was really excited and eager to get on the Hogwarts Express to her new school. She wanted to escape reality and enter a new world of magic and enchantment. She said goodbye to her parents and waved to her sister Petunia, who had a very supercilious attitude towards Lily. Lily put her bag on her back and positioned herself and her trolley in front of the barrier between Platforms 9 and 10. Lily sighed deeply and started to jog towards the wall...faster...faster...she closed her eyes as she pushed through the wall and then BAM!
"Oh no! I'm so sorry! Are you okay?"
Lily heard a distant voice that made her open her eyes. She was now face to face with a young boy about her age with messy black hair and gorgeous hazel eyes that were hidden behind round black glasses.
"Can I help you up? I'm so sorry I should have watched where I was going." The boy said again.
Lily shook her head and took the boy's hand. She stared into his hazel eyes and forgot she was still holding his hand. She broke away from her daze and let go of his hand.
"James! Come on, let's go!" A group of boys called from behind the boy. He turned to go and then stopped.
"By the way, my name is James." He said happily as he turned around to face Lily.
"I'm...I'm..." Lily stuttered, she seemed to have a hard time finding her words. "I'm Lily."
"That's a pretty name, I like it. Anyway, I better go. I'll see you at school," James loooked into her emerald green eyes for a minute before finishing his sentence. "Lily."***
Lily felt as though she was going to cry.
"James, I-" She was cut off by the bell and before she knew it, James was gone.
Lily got up and packed her books into her bag. She walked out of class and headed towards the Great Hall for lunch.
Lily couldn't find Jennifer or any of her other friends, so she skipped lunch and went back to the Gryffindor tower. As she walked, she thought of James and everything he had said during Divination and Charms.
...you've just been in the wrong place at the wrong time...
...there's no point in me trying anymore...
...I'm really really sorry, Lily...
...Honest to God, I would never let anything bad happen to people I really care...
Lily could feel the tears, as she tried to fight them she could feel a pain in her throat. She ran in throw the porthole and collapsed on the couch in her tears.
'How could I have been so stupid? All he ever wanted was to be my friend and I threw it back in his face because of insecurities!' She thought to herself as she cried and cried. 'I guess now he'll never talk to me again. I wish I never came here, I wish I wasn't a witch, I wish none of this had ever happened and I never met James in the first place!'
"Lily?"
Lily raised her head slowly to see who was calling her.
"James?" She said slowly.
"Are you okay?"
Lily couldn't take it anymore, all she could think of was James now...She got up and ran straight into James' arms.
"James! I'm so sorry, I've been stupid about your ways and I really hope you can forgive me. After what you said in Divination, I can't stop thinking about you and it's driving me insane. Can we start over and be friends?"
James was still in shock after Lily had ran into him and didn't let go. After a few minutes, he hugged Lily back. "Yeah."
"Really?" Lily raised her head and looked up at James.
"Really." James pulled Lily closer and felt really good about himself.
Lily rested her head on his shoulder and smiled to herself. 'This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.'
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"Can we talk?" Lily asked quietly.
"Why? If I say something, you'll just interrupt me and then get in my face again." James replied bitterly.
"Look, I'm sorry about that, but I have my reasons you know."
"I know what your reasons are and they're redundant now, so don't even bother."
"Okay fine, why don't you go first with this little talk."
"That's good because I've got a lot to say. First of all, you need to stop making me seem so predictable."
"How am I doing that?"
"You always assume that I'm going to hurt you or I've got some little prank in store."
"Then stop doing it."
"But I never did it in the first place."
Lily opened her mouth to protest, but James stopped her.
"Let me finish before you jump to conclusions." James said quietly. "I told you in Divination that you were always in the wrong place at the wrong time; which is true because you keep getting in the way when I'm trying to attack Lucius Malfoy and his bitch Severus Snape. Then remember last week when that slime hit you in the face?"
Lily turned red and looked down at James', now color-changing, ball.
"Look Lily, I didn't mean for it to hit you and before I could reverse the spell it had already hit you. It all happened too fast and there was nothing I could do. I'm really really sorry, Lily. Honest to God, I would never let anything bad happen to people I really care about...especially when it's a girl."
Lily raised her head slowly and rested her eyes on James' now blushing face. "You care for me?"
"Yeah...ever since that time I bumped into you at Platform 9 3/4 on the first day at Hogwarts..."
Lily felt really stupid after James said that. She sat back and remembered that day at the Platform where she first met James...
***Lily was really excited and eager to get on the Hogwarts Express to her new school. She wanted to escape reality and enter a new world of magic and enchantment. She said goodbye to her parents and waved to her sister Petunia, who had a very supercilious attitude towards Lily. Lily put her bag on her back and positioned herself and her trolley in front of the barrier between Platforms 9 and 10. Lily sighed deeply and started to jog towards the wall...faster...faster...she closed her eyes as she pushed through the wall and then BAM!
"Oh no! I'm so sorry! Are you okay?"
Lily heard a distant voice that made her open her eyes. She was now face to face with a young boy about her age with messy black hair and gorgeous hazel eyes that were hidden behind round black glasses.
"Can I help you up? I'm so sorry I should have watched where I was going." The boy said again.
Lily shook her head and took the boy's hand. She stared into his hazel eyes and forgot she was still holding his hand. She broke away from her daze and let go of his hand.
"James! Come on, let's go!" A group of boys called from behind the boy. He turned to go and then stopped.
"By the way, my name is James." He said happily as he turned around to face Lily.
"I'm...I'm..." Lily stuttered, she seemed to have a hard time finding her words. "I'm Lily."
"That's a pretty name, I like it. Anyway, I better go. I'll see you at school," James loooked into her emerald green eyes for a minute before finishing his sentence. "Lily."***
Lily felt as though she was going to cry.
"James, I-" She was cut off by the bell and before she knew it, James was gone.
Lily got up and packed her books into her bag. She walked out of class and headed towards the Great Hall for lunch.
Lily couldn't find Jennifer or any of her other friends, so she skipped lunch and went back to the Gryffindor tower. As she walked, she thought of James and everything he had said during Divination and Charms.
...you've just been in the wrong place at the wrong time...
...there's no point in me trying anymore...
...I'm really really sorry, Lily...
...Honest to God, I would never let anything bad happen to people I really care...
Lily could feel the tears, as she tried to fight them she could feel a pain in her throat. She ran in throw the porthole and collapsed on the couch in her tears.
'How could I have been so stupid? All he ever wanted was to be my friend and I threw it back in his face because of insecurities!' She thought to herself as she cried and cried. 'I guess now he'll never talk to me again. I wish I never came here, I wish I wasn't a witch, I wish none of this had ever happened and I never met James in the first place!'
"Lily?"
Lily raised her head slowly to see who was calling her.
"James?" She said slowly.
"Are you okay?"
Lily couldn't take it anymore, all she could think of was James now...She got up and ran straight into James' arms.
"James! I'm so sorry, I've been stupid about your ways and I really hope you can forgive me. After what you said in Divination, I can't stop thinking about you and it's driving me insane. Can we start over and be friends?"
James was still in shock after Lily had ran into him and didn't let go. After a few minutes, he hugged Lily back. "Yeah."
"Really?" Lily raised her head and looked up at James.
"Really." James pulled Lily closer and felt really good about himself.
Lily rested her head on his shoulder and smiled to herself. 'This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.'