Chapter XI:
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"Are you always that accurate?" Lily asked as she, Lin and Jamie walked through the halls of Hogwarts.
"Whatever do you mean, Lady Lily?" he asked innocently. But the twin cousins saw through the façade. Lin was inordinately pleased with himself, and ever since they left the great hall he hasn't stop grinning.
"Lin, this is us," Jamie smiled. "Don't tell us that you didn't have something to do with that prank with the pie." She hooked her arm around his and drew her near making Lin blush. "You struck that pie so far up that the angle was just right and the pie met its mark."
Lily mirrored her cousin and hooked her arm on his free arm. They were looking at him expectantly waiting for an answer.
"I... ah... well..." Lin was suddenly tongue tied as his gaze change from one girl to another. "It made me feel good."
"Thank you," they said in unison and kissed him on the cheek, making him blush even more.
"But how would we be able to thank you?" Lily asked
"I know," Jamie smiled as a thought had occurred to her. "Let's have a picnic."
"A picnic?" Lin asked in amusement. "I've never been to a picnic." The girl's smile widened when they heard this.
"Then it's settled," Jamie smiled. "We'll have a picnic as a reward for your heroism."
"I'm not a hero," Lin said softly. It wasn't shyness that prompted that response but something else.
"You are to us," Lily said softly as she rested her head on his shoulder. The girls felt him relax as if he conceded to their opinion of him.
"I am not a hero," he smiled as he said softly. "But I will be your protector, your guardian, your friend. And you, my ladies, are my savior when I fall."
Touched by this, both of them blush a deep crimson.
"We will never let you fall," Lily said with such certainty he believed it.
"We will be your wings for you to soar," Jamie smiled as she looked at him sweetly. Lin smiled, oddly pleased that he had someone to lean on.
"I shall prepare the basket," Lin said and made towards the kitchen but the girls held on. Sighing, Lin faces them and smiled. "My ladies, I cannot prepare for our picnic of you do not release me."
"One way to prevent you from falling is that we keep an eye on you," Jamie smiled as she leaned closer to him.
"And with that episode with that ogre, we decided that we'd be keeping a close eye on you," Lily mirrored Jamie's smile making him blush. "There are things that are unexplainable whenever you're involved."
"Like how'd you defeat that ogre?" Jamie asked.
"Or how'd you get my diary back?" Lily inquired softly.
"Or how'd he command a broom with ease," Jamie smiled at her cousin.
"Or how'd he find our home," Lily smiled back.
"Or how come he's so sweet."
"Or how come he's so kind."
"Or how come..." Jamie suddenly felt something amiss. For one thing, she was clinging to thin air. To their surprise, Lin had disappeared. "Where did he go?"
"How did he do that?" Lily asked as she looked around but found no trace of him.
"If you're looking for the Angel, he has left to prepare for your picnic," the Grey Lady said as she passed by. "He requested your presence after classes at the lake."
"How ungentlemanly of him to leave us like that," Jamie smirked as she frowned in irritation.
"Well, we did kind of keep him from making our picnic," Lily defended him making Jamie sigh in exasperation.
"We did, didn't we," she smirked. "Do you think we scared him off?"
"Probably," Lily shared her sigh. "He's so shy,"
"I'm surprised that you had the guts to kiss him," Jamie smiled making her cousin frown.
"You, on the other hand, couldn't get enough of him," Lily glared but her heart wasn't on it. "No fair."
Jamie laughed and took her cousin's hand.
"I promise that Lin won't come between our friendship. Instead, it would flourish."
"Somehow, I believe that," Lily smiled and started to walk towards the lake. "Do you think he would chose between us?"
"I doubt it," Jamie assured her. "But we won't let him." Smiling, Lily agreed.
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A/n: Sorry for the delay and the shortness of this chap. I promise that the next will be longer.
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"Are you always that accurate?" Lily asked as she, Lin and Jamie walked through the halls of Hogwarts.
"Whatever do you mean, Lady Lily?" he asked innocently. But the twin cousins saw through the façade. Lin was inordinately pleased with himself, and ever since they left the great hall he hasn't stop grinning.
"Lin, this is us," Jamie smiled. "Don't tell us that you didn't have something to do with that prank with the pie." She hooked her arm around his and drew her near making Lin blush. "You struck that pie so far up that the angle was just right and the pie met its mark."
Lily mirrored her cousin and hooked her arm on his free arm. They were looking at him expectantly waiting for an answer.
"I... ah... well..." Lin was suddenly tongue tied as his gaze change from one girl to another. "It made me feel good."
"Thank you," they said in unison and kissed him on the cheek, making him blush even more.
"But how would we be able to thank you?" Lily asked
"I know," Jamie smiled as a thought had occurred to her. "Let's have a picnic."
"A picnic?" Lin asked in amusement. "I've never been to a picnic." The girl's smile widened when they heard this.
"Then it's settled," Jamie smiled. "We'll have a picnic as a reward for your heroism."
"I'm not a hero," Lin said softly. It wasn't shyness that prompted that response but something else.
"You are to us," Lily said softly as she rested her head on his shoulder. The girls felt him relax as if he conceded to their opinion of him.
"I am not a hero," he smiled as he said softly. "But I will be your protector, your guardian, your friend. And you, my ladies, are my savior when I fall."
Touched by this, both of them blush a deep crimson.
"We will never let you fall," Lily said with such certainty he believed it.
"We will be your wings for you to soar," Jamie smiled as she looked at him sweetly. Lin smiled, oddly pleased that he had someone to lean on.
"I shall prepare the basket," Lin said and made towards the kitchen but the girls held on. Sighing, Lin faces them and smiled. "My ladies, I cannot prepare for our picnic of you do not release me."
"One way to prevent you from falling is that we keep an eye on you," Jamie smiled as she leaned closer to him.
"And with that episode with that ogre, we decided that we'd be keeping a close eye on you," Lily mirrored Jamie's smile making him blush. "There are things that are unexplainable whenever you're involved."
"Like how'd you defeat that ogre?" Jamie asked.
"Or how'd you get my diary back?" Lily inquired softly.
"Or how'd he command a broom with ease," Jamie smiled at her cousin.
"Or how'd he find our home," Lily smiled back.
"Or how come he's so sweet."
"Or how come he's so kind."
"Or how come..." Jamie suddenly felt something amiss. For one thing, she was clinging to thin air. To their surprise, Lin had disappeared. "Where did he go?"
"How did he do that?" Lily asked as she looked around but found no trace of him.
"If you're looking for the Angel, he has left to prepare for your picnic," the Grey Lady said as she passed by. "He requested your presence after classes at the lake."
"How ungentlemanly of him to leave us like that," Jamie smirked as she frowned in irritation.
"Well, we did kind of keep him from making our picnic," Lily defended him making Jamie sigh in exasperation.
"We did, didn't we," she smirked. "Do you think we scared him off?"
"Probably," Lily shared her sigh. "He's so shy,"
"I'm surprised that you had the guts to kiss him," Jamie smiled making her cousin frown.
"You, on the other hand, couldn't get enough of him," Lily glared but her heart wasn't on it. "No fair."
Jamie laughed and took her cousin's hand.
"I promise that Lin won't come between our friendship. Instead, it would flourish."
"Somehow, I believe that," Lily smiled and started to walk towards the lake. "Do you think he would chose between us?"
"I doubt it," Jamie assured her. "But we won't let him." Smiling, Lily agreed.
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A/n: Sorry for the delay and the shortness of this chap. I promise that the next will be longer.