I just realized... I never put a disclaimer in this story... so... I don't own
anything that J.K. does... all the original characters are mine and shit... but
don't sue me... there's no point... yeah... shutting up know... ON with the
story!
*Chapter 8*
Lily leaned back into James' chest, their was only a week left of school, the exams were finished, now they were simply waiting for their results, before boarding the Hogwarts express to go home. They were in their secret room just lying together not really saying anything.
"Jay?" she asked.
"What Lily?" he asked using an arm to prop his head up so he could look at her.
"What are you doing when you leave?"
James sighed "Sirius, Remus and I are planning on looking for an apartment this summer, and Sirius and I are planning to go into Auror training."
"Oh."
"What's really on your mind Lily?" She turned over so she could look at him.
"Your not going to be hear next year. I won't see you" She stated simply.
"Then we'll have to make due with letters and Hogsmead visits, maybe I can even talk you into sneaking out a few times."
"Really?" she asked a small smile forming on her face
"I won't... I can't lose you Lily, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me." He said softly before kissing her gently "we'll make it work." He kissed her again, only this time they didn't part.
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Lily and James were walking down to dinner slowly, when someone came rushing around the corner and crashed into them.
"Oh I'm so sorry, it was totally my fault, I should have been watching where I was going." The boy said as he collected the papers he had dropped.
"No problem" James answered bending down to help the boy and Lily pick of the papers.
"Hey Todd, long time no see." Lily said when the three had stood back up. "Lily!" he said smiling as he pulled her into a hug. James watched them curiously, wondering why the name Todd sounded familiar, and how Lily knew the boy. "How've you been?"
"Oh great, You've Know James right?"
"Ah... the new man in your heart." Todd replied smiling, That's when it hit James like a load of bricks, Lily's ex was named Todd, this must be him.
Lily grinned at Todd. "How about you? Anyone new?"
"Eve Jorum, Hufflepuff 5th year, Know her? we've been going out for about a month." Todd told her smiling.
"Oh yeah, I know her from prefect meetings, she is a sweet girl, I'm happy for you to."
"Well I got to get going, people to go places to see, it was good seeing you again Lily!" Todd said before walking off down the hall.
Lily turned to James, who was being oddly silent.
"Jay? What's wrong?"
"He was your ex?"
"Yeah?" she asked confused.
"pretty friendly for an ex."
"James..." she started in a warning tone "Me and Todd we're over long before we broke it off, our relationship was purely routine for about a year, we broke it off mutually, we're on good terms. But... If you need proof..." She said a twinkle in her eye.
"Proof wouldn't be bad" He grinned at her playing along.
Lily grabbed his tie, and pulled it until his face was level with hers, then... she kissed him, a passionate kiss, that ended up with her against the wall for the corridor, his hands on her legs underneath her uniform skirt, hers under his shirt on his chest, when someone cleared their throat behind them. James jumped as her heard the noise pulling away from her. he turned around to see who it was, praying it wasn't a teacher.
"God Padfoot, don't scare me like that." Sirius laughed as Lily and James were still trying to regain their breath from the kiss.
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"I miss them" Lily said. She and James were lying on the grass in May's backyard, It was a Saturday, about three weeks after school had ended. James didn't need to ask who she was talking about.
"I know you do Lily" he replied softly, shifting his head to look at her, instead of the sky, which was growing dark as the sun was setting. He moved his hand so his fingers intertwined with hers. She sighed softly.
"Sometimes I think Petunia was right, it was my fault, if I hadn't been off at school... maybe they would have still been alive."
"Lily" His voice was soft but firm, and his free hand turned her head so she was looking at him. Her eyes avoided his though, and he could see tears forming in them. "Lily, look at me" she shook her head "Lily please" her eyes slowly moved from staring at the ground to his warm hazel ones "This is not your fault, you can't blame yourself, your parents most defiantly wouldn't want you to."
"Thanks Jay." She whispered burying her head in his shoulder. They laid their for awhile, silent, watching the sky grow darker, and stars come out.
"we should probably go in"
"We should, but lets not, I love star gazing. See" She took his hand, in her hand was on top and both were pointing, "there's lyra, the harp" she pointed to each star in the constellation "and there's Cygnus, you know the swan, but its also the northern cross, and Altair, the eagle, Jay, your not looking at the stars anymore"
"No, I'm looking at something much more beautiful." Lily chuckled softly, blushing a bit, as James leaned into kiss her, wrapping her arms around his neck as he rolled on top of her.
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Lily groaned as she woke up, it was bright, very bright, why was it so bright, and her eyes weren't even open. She felt a warm arm around her waist, and tensed, before she realized it was James, and relaxed. Slowly she opened her eyes, blinking as she adjusted to the intense light. She looked around and realized she was outside, they must have fallen asleep.
"Jay?" she asked softly shaking him a little "come on Jay wake up."
"whayawa?" he groaned
"Jay wake up" he only response was another indecipherable groan. She smirked "well if you want to do it the hard way..." She moved from her position on the ground next to him, so she was straddling him, leaning down she licked his ear, and blew into it softly before using a fake high voice that sounded like it was trying to be sexy, trying being the key word, "James, last night was so much fun" she nipped his ear before sitting back up "we should go again right now"
"WHAT THE FUCK?" James sat bolt upright, while Lily off him laughing.
"Your face... priceless..." was all she could manage through her hysterics.
"Don't EVER do that again, I thought I got drunk and did something stupid like hooking up again with..." he cut off remembering she was there.
"With who Jay?" he looked away not answering her question. "You know not answering will make it worse" she continued, all amusement whipped from her face.
He sighed and turned his head toward her. "Sirius got me drunk one night in 6th year, I hooked up with Tammy Dillon, Hufflepuff 7th year at the time. She pounced, and I was falling over drunk, I don't even remember what happened, all I know is I woke up naked in her bed, damnit, I don't even remember if we slept together or not, I don't remember anything, hell I don't know if I'm a virgin or not. Please don't be mad."
"Jay... I don't know what to say... I'm not mad, we weren't going out at the time, and you didn't do anything wrong... 'cept maybe letting yourself get that drunk. I'm sorry you don't remember"
He grinned at her "God your amazing Lil"
"I know, I know" she grinned, then her stomach growled "but now, its time for food, what time is it anyway?"
"er... 11:30... wow we slept late"
"that we did" she said, taking his hand and leading him into the kitchen. "Do you have anything to do today?"
"uh... oh shit... I'm supposed to be apartment hunting... as of... and hour ago... oops..."
Lily laughed and handed him the sandwich she had been making. "alright go, I'll see you later."
"Bye babe!" he teased before diapperating with a soft pop, the last thing he heard being lily saying "Don't call me that!"
Lily sighed and leaned against the counter, thinking as she chewed on her sandwich, trying to think of something to do. She looked at the calendar seeing the date was circled she wondered why or a second, before it came to mind. The next thing she knew, she had showered and changed and was grabbing her car keys from the hook on the wall, her purse from the chair by the garage, and climbing into her car.
She drove for awhile before turning let into a drive and parking her car, she climbed out, grabbing a sketchbook, and some pencils. Walking through the quiet she felt tears come to her eyes, pushing them back she sunk to the ground in front of a head stone. Tracing the words engraved in it a tear ran down her cheek.
Maria Albe Evans
Loving Mother and Wife
Robert Alexander Evans
Loving Father, Brother, and Husband
"What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to
belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever."
She sat there just running her fingers over the letters for a moment, before taking out her sketchpad, and starting to draw. The sun had set before she was finished. Slowly, she stood up, taking her drawing out of the book and folding it in half finding a rock near her she put it on top of the drawing near the headstone, before slowly walking away. What she didn't see, was the wind blowing hard enough to take one half of the drawing out from under the stone, reveling a drawing of a little girl sitting with a man on the end of a dock, looking over a lake, the little girl was looking up at her father. On the top of the picture, Lily had written these words 'Happy Birthday Daddy, I'll always love you.'
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sorry... that was short... and it took awhile.. I had serious writers block... arg... well...
Thanks to:
Perfect-Skye
LJ smiles
firewalker32 – oops... thanks for telling me... my head must of been in the clouds... or maybe I was because I was typing in the dark.. hrm.. lights might be good
Elspeth Renee - :-)
iamaiceskater08 – heehee :-) OMG I WANT IT TO I swear I spent like 10 minutes just looking at the picture, its amazing, I'm not sure if I'm letting her do magic until her birthday or not... Notice how I avoided that whole thing... yeah... go me...
Dani – your silly – I miss you, come visit me – I'm officially on medical leave... how sad
*Chapter 8*
Lily leaned back into James' chest, their was only a week left of school, the exams were finished, now they were simply waiting for their results, before boarding the Hogwarts express to go home. They were in their secret room just lying together not really saying anything.
"Jay?" she asked.
"What Lily?" he asked using an arm to prop his head up so he could look at her.
"What are you doing when you leave?"
James sighed "Sirius, Remus and I are planning on looking for an apartment this summer, and Sirius and I are planning to go into Auror training."
"Oh."
"What's really on your mind Lily?" She turned over so she could look at him.
"Your not going to be hear next year. I won't see you" She stated simply.
"Then we'll have to make due with letters and Hogsmead visits, maybe I can even talk you into sneaking out a few times."
"Really?" she asked a small smile forming on her face
"I won't... I can't lose you Lily, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me." He said softly before kissing her gently "we'll make it work." He kissed her again, only this time they didn't part.
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Lily and James were walking down to dinner slowly, when someone came rushing around the corner and crashed into them.
"Oh I'm so sorry, it was totally my fault, I should have been watching where I was going." The boy said as he collected the papers he had dropped.
"No problem" James answered bending down to help the boy and Lily pick of the papers.
"Hey Todd, long time no see." Lily said when the three had stood back up. "Lily!" he said smiling as he pulled her into a hug. James watched them curiously, wondering why the name Todd sounded familiar, and how Lily knew the boy. "How've you been?"
"Oh great, You've Know James right?"
"Ah... the new man in your heart." Todd replied smiling, That's when it hit James like a load of bricks, Lily's ex was named Todd, this must be him.
Lily grinned at Todd. "How about you? Anyone new?"
"Eve Jorum, Hufflepuff 5th year, Know her? we've been going out for about a month." Todd told her smiling.
"Oh yeah, I know her from prefect meetings, she is a sweet girl, I'm happy for you to."
"Well I got to get going, people to go places to see, it was good seeing you again Lily!" Todd said before walking off down the hall.
Lily turned to James, who was being oddly silent.
"Jay? What's wrong?"
"He was your ex?"
"Yeah?" she asked confused.
"pretty friendly for an ex."
"James..." she started in a warning tone "Me and Todd we're over long before we broke it off, our relationship was purely routine for about a year, we broke it off mutually, we're on good terms. But... If you need proof..." She said a twinkle in her eye.
"Proof wouldn't be bad" He grinned at her playing along.
Lily grabbed his tie, and pulled it until his face was level with hers, then... she kissed him, a passionate kiss, that ended up with her against the wall for the corridor, his hands on her legs underneath her uniform skirt, hers under his shirt on his chest, when someone cleared their throat behind them. James jumped as her heard the noise pulling away from her. he turned around to see who it was, praying it wasn't a teacher.
"God Padfoot, don't scare me like that." Sirius laughed as Lily and James were still trying to regain their breath from the kiss.
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"I miss them" Lily said. She and James were lying on the grass in May's backyard, It was a Saturday, about three weeks after school had ended. James didn't need to ask who she was talking about.
"I know you do Lily" he replied softly, shifting his head to look at her, instead of the sky, which was growing dark as the sun was setting. He moved his hand so his fingers intertwined with hers. She sighed softly.
"Sometimes I think Petunia was right, it was my fault, if I hadn't been off at school... maybe they would have still been alive."
"Lily" His voice was soft but firm, and his free hand turned her head so she was looking at him. Her eyes avoided his though, and he could see tears forming in them. "Lily, look at me" she shook her head "Lily please" her eyes slowly moved from staring at the ground to his warm hazel ones "This is not your fault, you can't blame yourself, your parents most defiantly wouldn't want you to."
"Thanks Jay." She whispered burying her head in his shoulder. They laid their for awhile, silent, watching the sky grow darker, and stars come out.
"we should probably go in"
"We should, but lets not, I love star gazing. See" She took his hand, in her hand was on top and both were pointing, "there's lyra, the harp" she pointed to each star in the constellation "and there's Cygnus, you know the swan, but its also the northern cross, and Altair, the eagle, Jay, your not looking at the stars anymore"
"No, I'm looking at something much more beautiful." Lily chuckled softly, blushing a bit, as James leaned into kiss her, wrapping her arms around his neck as he rolled on top of her.
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Lily groaned as she woke up, it was bright, very bright, why was it so bright, and her eyes weren't even open. She felt a warm arm around her waist, and tensed, before she realized it was James, and relaxed. Slowly she opened her eyes, blinking as she adjusted to the intense light. She looked around and realized she was outside, they must have fallen asleep.
"Jay?" she asked softly shaking him a little "come on Jay wake up."
"whayawa?" he groaned
"Jay wake up" he only response was another indecipherable groan. She smirked "well if you want to do it the hard way..." She moved from her position on the ground next to him, so she was straddling him, leaning down she licked his ear, and blew into it softly before using a fake high voice that sounded like it was trying to be sexy, trying being the key word, "James, last night was so much fun" she nipped his ear before sitting back up "we should go again right now"
"WHAT THE FUCK?" James sat bolt upright, while Lily off him laughing.
"Your face... priceless..." was all she could manage through her hysterics.
"Don't EVER do that again, I thought I got drunk and did something stupid like hooking up again with..." he cut off remembering she was there.
"With who Jay?" he looked away not answering her question. "You know not answering will make it worse" she continued, all amusement whipped from her face.
He sighed and turned his head toward her. "Sirius got me drunk one night in 6th year, I hooked up with Tammy Dillon, Hufflepuff 7th year at the time. She pounced, and I was falling over drunk, I don't even remember what happened, all I know is I woke up naked in her bed, damnit, I don't even remember if we slept together or not, I don't remember anything, hell I don't know if I'm a virgin or not. Please don't be mad."
"Jay... I don't know what to say... I'm not mad, we weren't going out at the time, and you didn't do anything wrong... 'cept maybe letting yourself get that drunk. I'm sorry you don't remember"
He grinned at her "God your amazing Lil"
"I know, I know" she grinned, then her stomach growled "but now, its time for food, what time is it anyway?"
"er... 11:30... wow we slept late"
"that we did" she said, taking his hand and leading him into the kitchen. "Do you have anything to do today?"
"uh... oh shit... I'm supposed to be apartment hunting... as of... and hour ago... oops..."
Lily laughed and handed him the sandwich she had been making. "alright go, I'll see you later."
"Bye babe!" he teased before diapperating with a soft pop, the last thing he heard being lily saying "Don't call me that!"
Lily sighed and leaned against the counter, thinking as she chewed on her sandwich, trying to think of something to do. She looked at the calendar seeing the date was circled she wondered why or a second, before it came to mind. The next thing she knew, she had showered and changed and was grabbing her car keys from the hook on the wall, her purse from the chair by the garage, and climbing into her car.
She drove for awhile before turning let into a drive and parking her car, she climbed out, grabbing a sketchbook, and some pencils. Walking through the quiet she felt tears come to her eyes, pushing them back she sunk to the ground in front of a head stone. Tracing the words engraved in it a tear ran down her cheek.
Maria Albe Evans
Loving Mother and Wife
Robert Alexander Evans
Loving Father, Brother, and Husband
"What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to
belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever."
She sat there just running her fingers over the letters for a moment, before taking out her sketchpad, and starting to draw. The sun had set before she was finished. Slowly, she stood up, taking her drawing out of the book and folding it in half finding a rock near her she put it on top of the drawing near the headstone, before slowly walking away. What she didn't see, was the wind blowing hard enough to take one half of the drawing out from under the stone, reveling a drawing of a little girl sitting with a man on the end of a dock, looking over a lake, the little girl was looking up at her father. On the top of the picture, Lily had written these words 'Happy Birthday Daddy, I'll always love you.'
$********$!$********$!$********$!$********$!$********$!$********$!$********$ !$********$!$********$!$********$
sorry... that was short... and it took awhile.. I had serious writers block... arg... well...
Thanks to:
Perfect-Skye
LJ smiles
firewalker32 – oops... thanks for telling me... my head must of been in the clouds... or maybe I was because I was typing in the dark.. hrm.. lights might be good
Elspeth Renee - :-)
iamaiceskater08 – heehee :-) OMG I WANT IT TO I swear I spent like 10 minutes just looking at the picture, its amazing, I'm not sure if I'm letting her do magic until her birthday or not... Notice how I avoided that whole thing... yeah... go me...
Dani – your silly – I miss you, come visit me – I'm officially on medical leave... how sad