A/N: Ok well after this chapter it's the thank you page, which I will
update regularly when I get new reviews. Anyway I will be writing a sequel
but it will be a lil different. Sorry if this is a bit boring at the
beginning but I promise it well worth the dramatic end!
Disclaim: What you know from books is not mine what you know and is on this fan fiction is mine.
Thanks to... EVERYONE WHOS REVIEWED!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! (Ok I'm just gonna shut up now because you lot will think I'm silly or something and its just not true...honestly!)
Chapter ten – The last chime
When James woke up he felt quite relaxed and he instantly smiled when he thought of how far things had got with Lily, only his smile suddenly vanished when he also realised that today was the last day and Lily still hadn't either told him that she liked him, loved him or even just kissed him to show her feelings so he still might lose this whole thing. This prospect alone changed James's mood dramatically.
He found himself alone in the great hall eating breakfast it was still early and not many people were up and about. James again found he couldn't eat and he really didn't know what to say to Lily today. Every sentimental, funny and crude chat up line James could think of he had already used and no new ones seemed to want to be produced.
For the first time in his existence James was sorry to see Lily up and smiling, little did she know what was going on behind closed hearts
"Morning James" Lily smiled and sat down opposite him he looked up at Lily and returned her with a weak smile of his own.
"Don't worry James I don't expect you to answer with anything normal or anything at all in fact" Lily wasn't being snide in fact she was still smiling and James couldn't help but chuckle, in fact he even managed to eat a slice of toast.
Gradually the hall started to fill with students and it seemed that neither James nor Lily found the silent presence of each other uncomfortable. When Sirius, Remus, Peter, Lehanna and Jade came and sat down with them they all seemed to carry an air of tension with them.
"How you doing James?" Asked Sirius trying to cover up the sincerity in his voice from Lily. Lehanna and Jade had been told about the deal James had signed the night before and suddenly realised how serious the whole thing had become.
James merely gave Sirius an odd look that showed Sirius it was a rather stupid thing to ask. "Ok stupid question" muttered Sirius but Lily heard him.
"Whys it a stupid question?" Asked lily perplexed. "Err...Well" Sirius hesitated before answering. "Well its James isn't it he's always ok!" Sirius smiled and tried to loosen the atmosphere that had settled like dust around them.
When they all left for lessons James pulled Sirius, Remus and Peter behind so that he could talk to them and Lily wouldn't be able to hear them.
"Guys I have no more chat up lines not one and I can't think of any more. Please help me I cant lose her today just when we were getting close cause I'll lose forever else." James looked pleadingly at his friends for help.
The full force of the situation hit them all at James's words. "What about 'your so hot you melt the plastic in my underwear'?" said Sirius.
"Yeah I tried that one. I'll never forget that one that's the one that really broke the ice between us...she laughed" James smiled distantly and shoved his hands in his pockets and looked at the floor as he could no longer look ahead of himself because all he could see was Lily.
Remus, Sirius and Peter all looked hopeless and their hearts just broke at the sight of their best friend.
Meanwhile further down the corridor Lehanna and Jade were unusually quiet and Lily noticed it. "Are you two ok? You've been really quiet since breakfast."
Both Lehanna and Jade looked at each other they didn't want to tell Lily about the document because they felt it would some how influence any decision she might make, so they cheered themselves up on James's behalf and tried to see if they could find out what Lily REALLY thought about James.
"We were just thinking earlier you and James...well what's the story are you two going to get together?" Asked Lehanna cunningly.
"James and I are just friends...well I think we'll be better friends when he stops this thing this faze." Lily felt her cheeks flush but quickly dismissed any thoughts and hoped that Jade and Lehanna hadn't noticed...but they had. They'd been watching her like a hawk.
"Lily...you really like James don't you?" Asked Jade bluntly. "Well...I mean...OH OK!!! I do, well I think I do. It's just so strange. I mean when he was normal with me and just annoying I don't think I was really interested in him. Now he uses these ridiculous chat up lines and its going to sound stupid but they are SO him. They reflect his personality in many ways." Lily stopped talking to see her friend's reaction, they looked interested.
"What do you mean they reflect his personality? I mean you said he was rude and undignified and well I don't think James is quite like that." Said Jade.
"I know but I mean from a friends point of view, or sort of a friends point of view. For example the really nice chat up lines show a caring, loving side to James. The plastic underwear one and the crumpled up clothes one" Lehanna and Jade raised their eyebrows. This they didn't know about.
Lily caught their stare but continued. "They reflect this funny side to James. The ones I said were undignified well I was a bit hot headed at the time I think they reflect this cheeky side to James. Do you get what I mean?"
Both Lehanna and Jade nodded.
"Lily why don't you tell James how you feel. I mean everyone knows he loves you loads why don't you just tell him that you like him and you want to give it a go?" Jade made it sound like the most obvious and easy thing to do in the world. Lily had to admit that yes that would be the best thing to do were it not for the fact that she was scared.
"I know what I'll do when James uses a chat up line on me today, I'll answer in a way that will let him know that yes I do like him and it will all be over...hopefully."
(A/N: Oh by the way you may be thinking Lily has admitted she likes him why hasn't the spell broke. Well because she personally has to admit that she likes him face to face no one else can do it for her so that's why.)
With this new plan in mind they at in lesson and got on with day. The pressure Lily felt was unbearable she really wanted for James to come out with a chat up line no matter how stupid, funny, absurd, or ridiculous it was.
Everything that had been confusing Lily and nagging at her brain seem to fit into place now that she had in her mind admitted that yes she loved James very much and though only small silly comments had passed between them she felt she now knew the real James, the James she had dismissed all these years as a big headed idiot.
Lily noticed James wasn't being himself and normally when she turned round she found him boring a hole into the back of her head...but not today. Remus and Sirius also noticed this. Peter well Peter actually appeared to be thinking.
"James you haven't lifted your head up so that you can look at anything other than the surface of your desk. Why?" Asked Remus.
"I'm preparing myself...I may as well get used to just leaving Lily out of my life. She's not going to fall for me and lets face it who could blame her she can do better than me-" James was interrupted by Sirius.
"Prongs mate I did not just hear that! God damn it you will try and try again. That girls loves you or are you forgetting that you two actually get along now that you kissed her hand and cheek WITHOUT being slapped and that is saying something when its Lily Evans." A few people had turned to see why Sirius had started making so much racket including Lily who just smiled at all four of them a smile which James returned.
"Your right Padfoot. She's too god damn good to just let slip through my fingers, and who else has been as devoted to her as I have...No one that's who." With some confidence gained James got to thinking...if only he could think of some chat up lines anything that might help.
At break time James consulted Remus, after all Remus had come up with the idea of using sentimental loving caring chat up lines. Maybe Remus would have another trick up his sleeve.
"Mooney do you know any other chat up lines or like with the caring stuff...please anything" Remus looked apprehensive.
"Well I have been thinking and well...I'm not sure but give me till dinner time and I think I might have cracked it...but I'm getting there." Remus smiled reassuringly and James took a deep breath and relaxed.
It was double transfiguration and James sat next to Lily as he usually would now, just because he didn't have anything he could say to her didn't mean he had to be distant. Lily was normally fine with this if were not for the fact that she was expecting him at some point to chat her up and then...then it would all be over. But he didn't not once, they had looked at each other many times but the most either of them had managed to produce was a smile and then to look away again.
At dinner as soon as the four marauders sat down it was like any other lunchtime except that James couldn't settle.
"Mooney...have you worked it out?" asked James. Both Peter and Sirius looked up and replied with the same thing simultaneously. "Figure what out?"
"Yes I have Prongs. All chat up lines are made up by people based on what other people do, say or react to. So what you have to do is make up your own chat up line based on what Lily does, says or reacts to or something along those sorts of lines. And that's all I can come up with Prongs mate I hope it helps."
James smiled and nodded and carried on eating his dinner an idea had entered James's head he just had to develop it and what better time than the rest of the afternoon and tell Lily as soon as it was developed.
James watched Lily closely all afternoon in lessons, which did put her mind at ease that maybe things were getting back to what normal had become the past week. Though he still hadn't spoke to her.
James started to panic when he was leaving for the great hall for dinner in the evening, he was hoping to have his idea fully developed for Lily by now but he was having trouble putting it into words.
Lily too was panicking she wanted more than anything to get it out of the way but she told herself firmly that there was always tomorrow and James would probably be back on form be then.
After dinner James was sat in a chair in the common room and practically bit the head of anyone who interrupted him when he was trying to think. Lily who had noticed James's concentrated state refused to leave for bed until after he had...just in case.
At ten to twelve Lily got up to leave and go to bed, she would have to wait and see what tomorrow would bring.
Sirius, Remus and Peter all noticed that Lily was leaving and shook James to his senses and pointed Lily out to him and the time. James had to think quick, very quick...but it was no good what Remus had told him to do had made things difficult. What he wanted to say seemed too long and you don't really get long chat up lines do you??
"Remus...does it matter about how much I have to say?" "No James just call her down she wont have fallen asleep yet...at least not deeply you still have what four minutes."
James sprinted over to the bottom of the girl's steps and for the second time shouted.
"LILY! LILY!" James shouted so loud not only did it seem to wake Lily but before even she had made an appearance nearly everyone else had even jade and Lehanna came down before Lily. When she did come down there was only three minutes left on the clock so James rushed.
"Lily you're the reason for everything that's been going on lately, you're the reason I wake up in the morning because I can see you, you're the reason I pay attention and try my hardest in lessons so that I can impress you, you're the reason I sometimes make a complete fool and prat of myself because I want you to notice me. And purely for you just standing and being you that's the reason I love you!" James took a deep breath and waited for Lily to reply, as everyone watching waited in anticipation and stunned silence.
"When my mum used to talk about me one day falling in love I'd always say no way not me, and she'd tell me that when I'd fall I'd fall hard...and you know what she was right because I've fallen hard for you James Potter and purely for you being the silly pillock you are I love you" Just as Lily said the last word the clock that hung in the Gryffindore common room chimed for midnight.
The document seemed to float down from nowhere and slowly turn to ash in front of everyone. Lily looked at James with interest. "Believe me you don't want to know," said James. As the last bit of document turned to ash, Sirius skilfully flicked his wand and transfigured the ask into a rose before it hit the ground and James caught it.
"Thanks Padfoot...for everything and you Mooney...Peter"
"Ah we'd have only had to have cleaned that ash up if I hadn't have don't something useful with it." Said Sirius.
James gave the rose to Lily and they kissed on the lips for the first time and not the last. Everyone cheered and clapped and the last chime of the clock could only be heard echoing in the distance.
THE END!!!
A/N: OK well THE END!!! AWWW I want to cry now. Anyway I am doing a sequel, which will be along the same lines, but a lil bit different as I have said many times anyway PLEASE REVIEW and let me know what you think.
Disclaim: What you know from books is not mine what you know and is on this fan fiction is mine.
Thanks to... EVERYONE WHOS REVIEWED!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! (Ok I'm just gonna shut up now because you lot will think I'm silly or something and its just not true...honestly!)
Chapter ten – The last chime
When James woke up he felt quite relaxed and he instantly smiled when he thought of how far things had got with Lily, only his smile suddenly vanished when he also realised that today was the last day and Lily still hadn't either told him that she liked him, loved him or even just kissed him to show her feelings so he still might lose this whole thing. This prospect alone changed James's mood dramatically.
He found himself alone in the great hall eating breakfast it was still early and not many people were up and about. James again found he couldn't eat and he really didn't know what to say to Lily today. Every sentimental, funny and crude chat up line James could think of he had already used and no new ones seemed to want to be produced.
For the first time in his existence James was sorry to see Lily up and smiling, little did she know what was going on behind closed hearts
"Morning James" Lily smiled and sat down opposite him he looked up at Lily and returned her with a weak smile of his own.
"Don't worry James I don't expect you to answer with anything normal or anything at all in fact" Lily wasn't being snide in fact she was still smiling and James couldn't help but chuckle, in fact he even managed to eat a slice of toast.
Gradually the hall started to fill with students and it seemed that neither James nor Lily found the silent presence of each other uncomfortable. When Sirius, Remus, Peter, Lehanna and Jade came and sat down with them they all seemed to carry an air of tension with them.
"How you doing James?" Asked Sirius trying to cover up the sincerity in his voice from Lily. Lehanna and Jade had been told about the deal James had signed the night before and suddenly realised how serious the whole thing had become.
James merely gave Sirius an odd look that showed Sirius it was a rather stupid thing to ask. "Ok stupid question" muttered Sirius but Lily heard him.
"Whys it a stupid question?" Asked lily perplexed. "Err...Well" Sirius hesitated before answering. "Well its James isn't it he's always ok!" Sirius smiled and tried to loosen the atmosphere that had settled like dust around them.
When they all left for lessons James pulled Sirius, Remus and Peter behind so that he could talk to them and Lily wouldn't be able to hear them.
"Guys I have no more chat up lines not one and I can't think of any more. Please help me I cant lose her today just when we were getting close cause I'll lose forever else." James looked pleadingly at his friends for help.
The full force of the situation hit them all at James's words. "What about 'your so hot you melt the plastic in my underwear'?" said Sirius.
"Yeah I tried that one. I'll never forget that one that's the one that really broke the ice between us...she laughed" James smiled distantly and shoved his hands in his pockets and looked at the floor as he could no longer look ahead of himself because all he could see was Lily.
Remus, Sirius and Peter all looked hopeless and their hearts just broke at the sight of their best friend.
Meanwhile further down the corridor Lehanna and Jade were unusually quiet and Lily noticed it. "Are you two ok? You've been really quiet since breakfast."
Both Lehanna and Jade looked at each other they didn't want to tell Lily about the document because they felt it would some how influence any decision she might make, so they cheered themselves up on James's behalf and tried to see if they could find out what Lily REALLY thought about James.
"We were just thinking earlier you and James...well what's the story are you two going to get together?" Asked Lehanna cunningly.
"James and I are just friends...well I think we'll be better friends when he stops this thing this faze." Lily felt her cheeks flush but quickly dismissed any thoughts and hoped that Jade and Lehanna hadn't noticed...but they had. They'd been watching her like a hawk.
"Lily...you really like James don't you?" Asked Jade bluntly. "Well...I mean...OH OK!!! I do, well I think I do. It's just so strange. I mean when he was normal with me and just annoying I don't think I was really interested in him. Now he uses these ridiculous chat up lines and its going to sound stupid but they are SO him. They reflect his personality in many ways." Lily stopped talking to see her friend's reaction, they looked interested.
"What do you mean they reflect his personality? I mean you said he was rude and undignified and well I don't think James is quite like that." Said Jade.
"I know but I mean from a friends point of view, or sort of a friends point of view. For example the really nice chat up lines show a caring, loving side to James. The plastic underwear one and the crumpled up clothes one" Lehanna and Jade raised their eyebrows. This they didn't know about.
Lily caught their stare but continued. "They reflect this funny side to James. The ones I said were undignified well I was a bit hot headed at the time I think they reflect this cheeky side to James. Do you get what I mean?"
Both Lehanna and Jade nodded.
"Lily why don't you tell James how you feel. I mean everyone knows he loves you loads why don't you just tell him that you like him and you want to give it a go?" Jade made it sound like the most obvious and easy thing to do in the world. Lily had to admit that yes that would be the best thing to do were it not for the fact that she was scared.
"I know what I'll do when James uses a chat up line on me today, I'll answer in a way that will let him know that yes I do like him and it will all be over...hopefully."
(A/N: Oh by the way you may be thinking Lily has admitted she likes him why hasn't the spell broke. Well because she personally has to admit that she likes him face to face no one else can do it for her so that's why.)
With this new plan in mind they at in lesson and got on with day. The pressure Lily felt was unbearable she really wanted for James to come out with a chat up line no matter how stupid, funny, absurd, or ridiculous it was.
Everything that had been confusing Lily and nagging at her brain seem to fit into place now that she had in her mind admitted that yes she loved James very much and though only small silly comments had passed between them she felt she now knew the real James, the James she had dismissed all these years as a big headed idiot.
Lily noticed James wasn't being himself and normally when she turned round she found him boring a hole into the back of her head...but not today. Remus and Sirius also noticed this. Peter well Peter actually appeared to be thinking.
"James you haven't lifted your head up so that you can look at anything other than the surface of your desk. Why?" Asked Remus.
"I'm preparing myself...I may as well get used to just leaving Lily out of my life. She's not going to fall for me and lets face it who could blame her she can do better than me-" James was interrupted by Sirius.
"Prongs mate I did not just hear that! God damn it you will try and try again. That girls loves you or are you forgetting that you two actually get along now that you kissed her hand and cheek WITHOUT being slapped and that is saying something when its Lily Evans." A few people had turned to see why Sirius had started making so much racket including Lily who just smiled at all four of them a smile which James returned.
"Your right Padfoot. She's too god damn good to just let slip through my fingers, and who else has been as devoted to her as I have...No one that's who." With some confidence gained James got to thinking...if only he could think of some chat up lines anything that might help.
At break time James consulted Remus, after all Remus had come up with the idea of using sentimental loving caring chat up lines. Maybe Remus would have another trick up his sleeve.
"Mooney do you know any other chat up lines or like with the caring stuff...please anything" Remus looked apprehensive.
"Well I have been thinking and well...I'm not sure but give me till dinner time and I think I might have cracked it...but I'm getting there." Remus smiled reassuringly and James took a deep breath and relaxed.
It was double transfiguration and James sat next to Lily as he usually would now, just because he didn't have anything he could say to her didn't mean he had to be distant. Lily was normally fine with this if were not for the fact that she was expecting him at some point to chat her up and then...then it would all be over. But he didn't not once, they had looked at each other many times but the most either of them had managed to produce was a smile and then to look away again.
At dinner as soon as the four marauders sat down it was like any other lunchtime except that James couldn't settle.
"Mooney...have you worked it out?" asked James. Both Peter and Sirius looked up and replied with the same thing simultaneously. "Figure what out?"
"Yes I have Prongs. All chat up lines are made up by people based on what other people do, say or react to. So what you have to do is make up your own chat up line based on what Lily does, says or reacts to or something along those sorts of lines. And that's all I can come up with Prongs mate I hope it helps."
James smiled and nodded and carried on eating his dinner an idea had entered James's head he just had to develop it and what better time than the rest of the afternoon and tell Lily as soon as it was developed.
James watched Lily closely all afternoon in lessons, which did put her mind at ease that maybe things were getting back to what normal had become the past week. Though he still hadn't spoke to her.
James started to panic when he was leaving for the great hall for dinner in the evening, he was hoping to have his idea fully developed for Lily by now but he was having trouble putting it into words.
Lily too was panicking she wanted more than anything to get it out of the way but she told herself firmly that there was always tomorrow and James would probably be back on form be then.
After dinner James was sat in a chair in the common room and practically bit the head of anyone who interrupted him when he was trying to think. Lily who had noticed James's concentrated state refused to leave for bed until after he had...just in case.
At ten to twelve Lily got up to leave and go to bed, she would have to wait and see what tomorrow would bring.
Sirius, Remus and Peter all noticed that Lily was leaving and shook James to his senses and pointed Lily out to him and the time. James had to think quick, very quick...but it was no good what Remus had told him to do had made things difficult. What he wanted to say seemed too long and you don't really get long chat up lines do you??
"Remus...does it matter about how much I have to say?" "No James just call her down she wont have fallen asleep yet...at least not deeply you still have what four minutes."
James sprinted over to the bottom of the girl's steps and for the second time shouted.
"LILY! LILY!" James shouted so loud not only did it seem to wake Lily but before even she had made an appearance nearly everyone else had even jade and Lehanna came down before Lily. When she did come down there was only three minutes left on the clock so James rushed.
"Lily you're the reason for everything that's been going on lately, you're the reason I wake up in the morning because I can see you, you're the reason I pay attention and try my hardest in lessons so that I can impress you, you're the reason I sometimes make a complete fool and prat of myself because I want you to notice me. And purely for you just standing and being you that's the reason I love you!" James took a deep breath and waited for Lily to reply, as everyone watching waited in anticipation and stunned silence.
"When my mum used to talk about me one day falling in love I'd always say no way not me, and she'd tell me that when I'd fall I'd fall hard...and you know what she was right because I've fallen hard for you James Potter and purely for you being the silly pillock you are I love you" Just as Lily said the last word the clock that hung in the Gryffindore common room chimed for midnight.
The document seemed to float down from nowhere and slowly turn to ash in front of everyone. Lily looked at James with interest. "Believe me you don't want to know," said James. As the last bit of document turned to ash, Sirius skilfully flicked his wand and transfigured the ask into a rose before it hit the ground and James caught it.
"Thanks Padfoot...for everything and you Mooney...Peter"
"Ah we'd have only had to have cleaned that ash up if I hadn't have don't something useful with it." Said Sirius.
James gave the rose to Lily and they kissed on the lips for the first time and not the last. Everyone cheered and clapped and the last chime of the clock could only be heard echoing in the distance.
THE END!!!
A/N: OK well THE END!!! AWWW I want to cry now. Anyway I am doing a sequel, which will be along the same lines, but a lil bit different as I have said many times anyway PLEASE REVIEW and let me know what you think.