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Chapter 8Daydream
The next day, Sirius and James sat in History of Magic, but instead of their usual behaviour (calling out rude comments and spitting paper at the ghost of Professor Binns) they sat, staring out the window, wondering what Snape knew.
Lily sat in the back corner and instead her usual behaviour (last periods homework and occasional note taking), she sat, staring at the empty desks of Snape, wondering what could have happened to make him miss class. Her eyes also slid to the empty desk of Remus and the empty faces of Sirius and James. She knew they were somehow involved, but how? If they had hurt Snape, they wouldn't be staring blankly into space, they would be celebrating and congratulating each other on a job well done.
But it was late, the last period of the day, and Lily's mind wasn't in the mood for thinking. It wanted to dream. So once again, she slipped out of reality and into the world of James Potter.
He was on the other side of the classroom, behind his glasses, his deep dark eyes were staring into Lily's. She stared back, an unfightable urge forcing her to. The bell went, but they did not move. They were alone now; just the two of them, the world fell away. There was nothing more important than keeping eye contact. Lily kept staring at those handsome brown eyes that were getting closer and closer until they stopped in front of her face. She reached out and took off his glasses. He stroked her cheek lightly with the tips of his fingers. She closed her eyes, knowing it was wrong, but wanting it all the same. He licked his lips, trying to withhold his passion. He wanted nothing more than to take her there and then. Instead, he slipped his hands around her waist, drawing her closer with his strong, but gentle arms. She opened her eyes again; wanting to see his beautiful eyes once more before…
Ding ding ding.
The real bell went, forcing Lily back into reality. She shook her head and looked around. Most of the class were already rushing out of the classroom. James, however, remained seated, watching as Professor Binns floated out through the blackboard, leaving nothing but a puff of chalk dust in his wake. They were alone now, just like in Lily's thoughts. But she wasn't staring into his eyes, in fact, she was avoiding his gaze altogether, not sure what he wanted from her.
James reached up to run his hand through his hair, but remembered that she didn't like that and put it back down again. He grabbed his books and made his way to her table. Lily packed up the last of her things and stood up, not sure whether to give him acknowledgment or to ignore him and leave. Before she had the chance to make up her mind, he spoke. Not in his usual cruel, mocking voice, but in a kind, mature voice. A voice that Lily had only heard when he was talking to her.
"You looked like you were falling asleep there."
"Yeah, almost did." Lily admitted as she stopped walking and turned around to look at James. "You looked like you were having a hard time keeping your eyes open too."
*Your big, brown, beautiful eyes*
"I was awake enough to notice that you looked like you were dreaming. You looked happy."
"Happy, yeah. I was dreaming of falling asleep"
*With you*
James noticed a suspicious look creeping onto Lily's face and went straight to the back-up plan. "Well, anyway. I wanted to ask you something, that's why I'm here."
"Ask away, but if you ask me to go out with you, I'm afraid I'm going to have to slap you."
*Oh, please ask me out, I won't slap- unless you like that kind of thing. My God! What is wrong with me?*
"Oh, It's no big deal. It's just you already know about Mooney, so I figured it's all right to ask you. Um, we usually take notes for him, while he's…er…away. But if you didn't notice, Sirius and I kind of forgot to show up to Charms today. Mooney kind of likes to catch up on the stuff he's missed, so I thought maybe you could lend him your work?"
Lily smiled at the nervous James and shrugged her shoulders. "Why not? You had the initiative to ask so I might as well help out a friend." Neither of them knew which friend she was helping out. She had called Remus a friend before, but was she doing this for James as well? That daydream and they polite manner in which he had talked to her had left her with a tingly feeling. So as she pulled out a neatly covered workbook and handed it to James, she added.
"You know, sometimes you can be a really nice guy. It's normally when no one else is around, but it's good to know you're capable of it."
With that, she turned and left the classroom, long red hair swaying slightly as she turned the corner.
*You know, she really is perfect. What would she ever see in me?*
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A/N so did you all like? I wanted Lily's thoughts to be a little more 'intimate', but I wasn't sure if she would think such thoughts in the middle of class. I'm not sure if James actually has glasses and I couldn't be bothered to check up on it, but it worked so I stayed with it.
