A/N- Thank you everyone who's reviewed! I'm sorry I couldn't get this
chapter up sooner but I had a bit of writer's block and then the site
didn't work and all. I'll try to get the next chapter up ASAP but it you
might have to wait a while... Sorry!
I'm not really sure how a Pensieve works- I'm just going to assume that for Harry, they show memories in chronological order... And I'm assuming that the loose floorboard is big enough to hold a pensieve.
Disclaimer: blah blah and blah... you all know that I don't own a thing right? Cool.
Living Through Memories
Chapter 7
The first few memories that Harry watched in his pensieve did not fill him with any true meaning. Sometimes he thought that his parent's story was extremely clichéd. Apart from the whole magic thing.
It was obvious that James and Lily would eventually get together. He was living proof of that.
But as he watched those two seventeen year old teenagers change and fall for each other, he began to feel a sense of well-being. That his parents were there for him.
***
*A/N: Sorry for interrupting but this is set 2 weeks after the last chapter. I couldn't really think of a way to work that into the story that
wasn't totally stupid so this will have to do. Sorry*
Things ultimately cooled down between Lily and James. They got along heaps better and those who did not know the story wondered what was behind the sudden change of attitude.
The only two that knew the whole story were the people involved and they never let anything slip.
***
"He's going to ask you." Vanessa told her friend one morning at breakfast when they were together.
"Ask me what?" Lily inquired, at a loss to who 'he' was.
"Out."
Lily looked perplexed, either because she was or as Vanessa suggested, she was a brilliant actress.
"Who are we talking about again?"
"James, of course."
"James is going to..." Lily recapitulated.
"Ask you out.." Vanessa repeated with a strange patience.
Lily looked over at him. He was sitting, further down the table and he looked perfectly normal. Except for the fact that he was not eating, talking or actually doing anything at all.
As she watched, Sirius looked over at his best friend and hit him on his back. That gesture pulled James out of his reverie and back into focus.
He didn't really look like he was preparing to ask her out. She turned back to Vanessa who also regarding James.
"And why would he do that?" She asked unfeelingly.
Vanessa stared at her. " Well, I don't know. Maybe because he's in love with you."
Lily opened her mouth to say something in protest and was immediately cut off.
"And anyway, he hasn't been all conceited, as you say it. And he doesn't hex anyone. You remember last week?"
Lily remembered. Snape had caught up with James and while Lily hadn't been there, she was sure that James had done nothing to Snape.
If he had, it would have probably been Snape taken to the hospital wing instead of James.
"Yeah. I remember." She said quietly.
"So, will you say yes?" Vanessa asked in a fake I-don't-really-care voice.
"You'll just have to wait and see." Lily said, smiling a little.
***
"Hey Lily!" James called, hurrying to catch up with her as they left Herbology and headed for the Dining Hall for lunch.
"Yeah?" she asked turning and stopping so that he could catch up.
"Um- could I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure.." she said, waving her friends ahead, to their clear disappointment.
They walked around the lake a bit in silence.
"James.."
"Yeah?" he asked quickly.
"What'd you want to talk about?" she asked candidly.
"Oh. Well. I-I- was. Wondering. If. You'dgooutwithme?" he asked completely incomprehensibly.
"You were wondering if?" Lily recapped.
"If. You'd. Go. Out. With. Me." He said slowly this time.
Vanessa had been right. He had just asked her out. Her words rang in Lily's mind: "Will you say yes?"
Would she?
"I mean, you don't have to... I just thought, you know, that if you wanted to, like it could just be on the school grounds, you know at dinner or at lunch...I mean, it wouldn't be much ..but you know, I just thought it'd be cool..." James said extraordinarily quickly.
Lily laughed. "You're funny when you're nervous..." she said through her giggles.
He smiled weakly but obviously did not find the subject as humorous as her.
"Lily..." he queried after a few more seconds.
"Yes."
"Well?"
"What?"
"Will you?"
"I already said yes."
"You did?"
"Yes."
He beamed, and all his nervousness fell away. He took her by the hand and dropped it when he heard the echoing shrieks of "She said yes!" coming from behind a large clump of bushes.
"I know I'd said I wouldn't hex anyone but-" he asked intently.
"Go ahead." She maintained and pulled out her wand, smiling maliciously.
TBC....
A/N Sorry this chapter was shorter than usual...or maybe you didn't notice. Whatever. Please review my fic! I'm so happy with all the feedback I'm getting and would love more *wink wink*. Bye for now...
I'm not really sure how a Pensieve works- I'm just going to assume that for Harry, they show memories in chronological order... And I'm assuming that the loose floorboard is big enough to hold a pensieve.
Disclaimer: blah blah and blah... you all know that I don't own a thing right? Cool.
Living Through Memories
Chapter 7
The first few memories that Harry watched in his pensieve did not fill him with any true meaning. Sometimes he thought that his parent's story was extremely clichéd. Apart from the whole magic thing.
It was obvious that James and Lily would eventually get together. He was living proof of that.
But as he watched those two seventeen year old teenagers change and fall for each other, he began to feel a sense of well-being. That his parents were there for him.
***
*A/N: Sorry for interrupting but this is set 2 weeks after the last chapter. I couldn't really think of a way to work that into the story that
wasn't totally stupid so this will have to do. Sorry*
Things ultimately cooled down between Lily and James. They got along heaps better and those who did not know the story wondered what was behind the sudden change of attitude.
The only two that knew the whole story were the people involved and they never let anything slip.
***
"He's going to ask you." Vanessa told her friend one morning at breakfast when they were together.
"Ask me what?" Lily inquired, at a loss to who 'he' was.
"Out."
Lily looked perplexed, either because she was or as Vanessa suggested, she was a brilliant actress.
"Who are we talking about again?"
"James, of course."
"James is going to..." Lily recapitulated.
"Ask you out.." Vanessa repeated with a strange patience.
Lily looked over at him. He was sitting, further down the table and he looked perfectly normal. Except for the fact that he was not eating, talking or actually doing anything at all.
As she watched, Sirius looked over at his best friend and hit him on his back. That gesture pulled James out of his reverie and back into focus.
He didn't really look like he was preparing to ask her out. She turned back to Vanessa who also regarding James.
"And why would he do that?" She asked unfeelingly.
Vanessa stared at her. " Well, I don't know. Maybe because he's in love with you."
Lily opened her mouth to say something in protest and was immediately cut off.
"And anyway, he hasn't been all conceited, as you say it. And he doesn't hex anyone. You remember last week?"
Lily remembered. Snape had caught up with James and while Lily hadn't been there, she was sure that James had done nothing to Snape.
If he had, it would have probably been Snape taken to the hospital wing instead of James.
"Yeah. I remember." She said quietly.
"So, will you say yes?" Vanessa asked in a fake I-don't-really-care voice.
"You'll just have to wait and see." Lily said, smiling a little.
***
"Hey Lily!" James called, hurrying to catch up with her as they left Herbology and headed for the Dining Hall for lunch.
"Yeah?" she asked turning and stopping so that he could catch up.
"Um- could I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure.." she said, waving her friends ahead, to their clear disappointment.
They walked around the lake a bit in silence.
"James.."
"Yeah?" he asked quickly.
"What'd you want to talk about?" she asked candidly.
"Oh. Well. I-I- was. Wondering. If. You'dgooutwithme?" he asked completely incomprehensibly.
"You were wondering if?" Lily recapped.
"If. You'd. Go. Out. With. Me." He said slowly this time.
Vanessa had been right. He had just asked her out. Her words rang in Lily's mind: "Will you say yes?"
Would she?
"I mean, you don't have to... I just thought, you know, that if you wanted to, like it could just be on the school grounds, you know at dinner or at lunch...I mean, it wouldn't be much ..but you know, I just thought it'd be cool..." James said extraordinarily quickly.
Lily laughed. "You're funny when you're nervous..." she said through her giggles.
He smiled weakly but obviously did not find the subject as humorous as her.
"Lily..." he queried after a few more seconds.
"Yes."
"Well?"
"What?"
"Will you?"
"I already said yes."
"You did?"
"Yes."
He beamed, and all his nervousness fell away. He took her by the hand and dropped it when he heard the echoing shrieks of "She said yes!" coming from behind a large clump of bushes.
"I know I'd said I wouldn't hex anyone but-" he asked intently.
"Go ahead." She maintained and pulled out her wand, smiling maliciously.
TBC....
A/N Sorry this chapter was shorter than usual...or maybe you didn't notice. Whatever. Please review my fic! I'm so happy with all the feedback I'm getting and would love more *wink wink*. Bye for now...
