Thanks for reviewing my last chapter and not giving up on me.
Angelbud2233 - Ye him sorry for the lack of action, that was a kind way of putting it ;) I was just feeling crap because I hadn't updated in months so I sat down at the computer and told myself not to get up until the next chapter was done, incidentally I did get up, but that's not the point. I think this chapter doesn't really fit in with the rest of the story, but I'll put it up anyway and you can tell me what you think
Disclaimer: J.K owns not me.
Chapter 9:
James lay in bed that night wondering what had been wrong with Lily earlier. He had kept to his new plan and hardly talked to her for weeks, but he hadn't really flirted with other girls either. He couldn't really see the fun in it anymore. But Lily had been acting strangely earlier. When Lauren started talking about Lily being really good, Lily had seemed kind of distant and then announced that being good sucks. And after saying that she was boring and predictable she had gone upstairs to bed looking really depressed. This wasn't like Lily at all. She was always happy except when she was shouting at James and, in James's eyes, she was perfect. He never thought she was boring and he liked the way she was always good.
Lily was also lying in bed awake. Rachael and Beth had both come up to the dormitory a while after she had gone upstairs. They had asked if she was all right and she had just said was tired. But she wasn't she wasn't tired at all. She was very awake. She had changed since last year. She had always been happy with being good and the teachers' pet, but now she was beginning to wonder if she had wasted her years in Hogwarts being "good".
"What is wrong with me?" she asked herself, "what the bloody hell is wrong with me?"
A face entered Lily's mind, James Potter. He had changed too. He had grown up. Lily though that maybe he had grown out of his crush on her, but instead of making her feel better, this thought made her feel even worse. "He doesn't like me anymore because I'm too boring, he'll fall for someone like Lauren, she's way more fun than I am." Lily thought. And suddenly she wanted to get out, get out of her school, get out of her life.
She climbed quietly out of bed, pulled on some combat trousers and a sweatshirt and left her dormitory.
"Where do you think you're going?" the fat lady asked her when she left the common room, but Lily ignored her.
"Why do I feel like this?" She kept asking herself over and over. Her parents loved her and were very proud of her, she was head girl, Petunia hated her but that wasn't anything new. She had two great best friends and Potter wasn't following her around like a lost puppy anymore. She had no reason to feel like this at all, but she still did.
When Lily reached the entrance hall she opened the door and was hit by a blast of cold air. She slipped outside and shut the door behind her. The rain was falling fast and hard but Lily felt better already. She suddenly needed to run she had felt trapped for a long time so she sprinted around the grounds for a long time before collapsing under a huge oak tree. Its leaves were beginning to turn brown and some had even fallen off already. "Autumn is coming." Lily thought to herself. She liked autumn. When she and Petunia were younger and still got along, Petunia would bring Lily to their local park and they would spend ages just stamping on all the leaves to hear the crunching sound they made. Lily's eyes began to close and suddenly she was all alone in a small dark space, she wanted to get out, but she couldn't because she knew there was something waiting on the other side of the door to get her. She didn't know what the thing waiting for her was, she just knew that she must not go outside of the room she was in. But the room was getting smaller and she couldn't breath and she knew that she had to get out even if there was something waiting for her, but when she tuned to look for the door it was gone and the walls were nearly touching her now and she couldn't breath and she knew she was going to die and she screamed for help but no one came and she couldn't breath...Her eyes snapped open. She had fallen asleep. She drew deep calming breaths, sucking in the cool early morning air. The sun was beginning to rise over the mountains and although she didn't have her watch, Lily thought that it must be sometime between four and five in the morning.
She felt a lot calmer than he had done the night before, but she was tired so she leant back against the trunk of the tree and closed her eyes.
James got to sleep very late and woke up around half four in the morning with a very sore throat. "Damn" he said to himself. He was meant to be going to Hogsmead with Sirius, Remus and Peter, but his nose was blocked and his throat felt sore and dry.
He got out of bed to get a drink of water. Once he had filled a glass with water he went over to window and looked out. The rain from the day before seemed to have cleared the sky and it was now a pinkish colour. He could feel a cold draft from under the window and was about to step back from the window and climb back into his bed when a bright spot under a tree in the grounds caught his eye. He stepped forward to press his face against the window to try and see what the thing in the grounds was. After a squinting in that direction for a minute or two, he realised that it was a person. "Shit, what the hell is a person doing out there at this time" he exclaimed.
"Whatdyasay?" Sirius said, his eyes still closed.
"There's someone out there Sirius," James told him.
"Mmm." Sirius turned over and James heard his breathing becoming loud and steady.
"Thanks a lot Sirius." James said. He went over to his wardrobe and pulled out some clothes. He thought that he better go out to tell the person to come in if they didn't want to die of hypothermia and he wasn't remotely tired anymore.
He climbed out of the portrait hole and down the many steps until he was in the entrance hall. He heard someone walking along a corridor leading onto the great hall and cursed himself for not bringing his invisibility cloak. He pulled himself up against the wall, but the person didn't come into the hall, they stepped through a door on the right of the corridor and James heard their footsteps die away. He pulled open the door and went outside before anyone else came through the entrance hall. He headed towards the tree he had seen the person under.
As he got closer he saw hair that had turned a very deep red colour from the rain, the person's face was almost yellow, tinged with purple. They had their eyes shut, but even from a distance James could tell it was Lily.
He ran towards her and kneeled down beside her. "Shit Lily, wake up." He shook her gently but she didn't stir. He picked up her hand which was freezing. It was yellow, and the skin beneath her nails was blue. "Please don't be dead Lily." He said to her.
She opened her eyes. "I'm not dead Potter, just absolutely freezing." And before she knew it, James had pulled her into a bone crunching hug.
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I said at the beginning of this that I don't really think it fits in with the story and I did try to change it so it would, but review and tell me what you think. Thanks xx
Angelbud2233 - Ye him sorry for the lack of action, that was a kind way of putting it ;) I was just feeling crap because I hadn't updated in months so I sat down at the computer and told myself not to get up until the next chapter was done, incidentally I did get up, but that's not the point. I think this chapter doesn't really fit in with the rest of the story, but I'll put it up anyway and you can tell me what you think
Disclaimer: J.K owns not me.
Chapter 9:
James lay in bed that night wondering what had been wrong with Lily earlier. He had kept to his new plan and hardly talked to her for weeks, but he hadn't really flirted with other girls either. He couldn't really see the fun in it anymore. But Lily had been acting strangely earlier. When Lauren started talking about Lily being really good, Lily had seemed kind of distant and then announced that being good sucks. And after saying that she was boring and predictable she had gone upstairs to bed looking really depressed. This wasn't like Lily at all. She was always happy except when she was shouting at James and, in James's eyes, she was perfect. He never thought she was boring and he liked the way she was always good.
Lily was also lying in bed awake. Rachael and Beth had both come up to the dormitory a while after she had gone upstairs. They had asked if she was all right and she had just said was tired. But she wasn't she wasn't tired at all. She was very awake. She had changed since last year. She had always been happy with being good and the teachers' pet, but now she was beginning to wonder if she had wasted her years in Hogwarts being "good".
"What is wrong with me?" she asked herself, "what the bloody hell is wrong with me?"
A face entered Lily's mind, James Potter. He had changed too. He had grown up. Lily though that maybe he had grown out of his crush on her, but instead of making her feel better, this thought made her feel even worse. "He doesn't like me anymore because I'm too boring, he'll fall for someone like Lauren, she's way more fun than I am." Lily thought. And suddenly she wanted to get out, get out of her school, get out of her life.
She climbed quietly out of bed, pulled on some combat trousers and a sweatshirt and left her dormitory.
"Where do you think you're going?" the fat lady asked her when she left the common room, but Lily ignored her.
"Why do I feel like this?" She kept asking herself over and over. Her parents loved her and were very proud of her, she was head girl, Petunia hated her but that wasn't anything new. She had two great best friends and Potter wasn't following her around like a lost puppy anymore. She had no reason to feel like this at all, but she still did.
When Lily reached the entrance hall she opened the door and was hit by a blast of cold air. She slipped outside and shut the door behind her. The rain was falling fast and hard but Lily felt better already. She suddenly needed to run she had felt trapped for a long time so she sprinted around the grounds for a long time before collapsing under a huge oak tree. Its leaves were beginning to turn brown and some had even fallen off already. "Autumn is coming." Lily thought to herself. She liked autumn. When she and Petunia were younger and still got along, Petunia would bring Lily to their local park and they would spend ages just stamping on all the leaves to hear the crunching sound they made. Lily's eyes began to close and suddenly she was all alone in a small dark space, she wanted to get out, but she couldn't because she knew there was something waiting on the other side of the door to get her. She didn't know what the thing waiting for her was, she just knew that she must not go outside of the room she was in. But the room was getting smaller and she couldn't breath and she knew that she had to get out even if there was something waiting for her, but when she tuned to look for the door it was gone and the walls were nearly touching her now and she couldn't breath and she knew she was going to die and she screamed for help but no one came and she couldn't breath...Her eyes snapped open. She had fallen asleep. She drew deep calming breaths, sucking in the cool early morning air. The sun was beginning to rise over the mountains and although she didn't have her watch, Lily thought that it must be sometime between four and five in the morning.
She felt a lot calmer than he had done the night before, but she was tired so she leant back against the trunk of the tree and closed her eyes.
James got to sleep very late and woke up around half four in the morning with a very sore throat. "Damn" he said to himself. He was meant to be going to Hogsmead with Sirius, Remus and Peter, but his nose was blocked and his throat felt sore and dry.
He got out of bed to get a drink of water. Once he had filled a glass with water he went over to window and looked out. The rain from the day before seemed to have cleared the sky and it was now a pinkish colour. He could feel a cold draft from under the window and was about to step back from the window and climb back into his bed when a bright spot under a tree in the grounds caught his eye. He stepped forward to press his face against the window to try and see what the thing in the grounds was. After a squinting in that direction for a minute or two, he realised that it was a person. "Shit, what the hell is a person doing out there at this time" he exclaimed.
"Whatdyasay?" Sirius said, his eyes still closed.
"There's someone out there Sirius," James told him.
"Mmm." Sirius turned over and James heard his breathing becoming loud and steady.
"Thanks a lot Sirius." James said. He went over to his wardrobe and pulled out some clothes. He thought that he better go out to tell the person to come in if they didn't want to die of hypothermia and he wasn't remotely tired anymore.
He climbed out of the portrait hole and down the many steps until he was in the entrance hall. He heard someone walking along a corridor leading onto the great hall and cursed himself for not bringing his invisibility cloak. He pulled himself up against the wall, but the person didn't come into the hall, they stepped through a door on the right of the corridor and James heard their footsteps die away. He pulled open the door and went outside before anyone else came through the entrance hall. He headed towards the tree he had seen the person under.
As he got closer he saw hair that had turned a very deep red colour from the rain, the person's face was almost yellow, tinged with purple. They had their eyes shut, but even from a distance James could tell it was Lily.
He ran towards her and kneeled down beside her. "Shit Lily, wake up." He shook her gently but she didn't stir. He picked up her hand which was freezing. It was yellow, and the skin beneath her nails was blue. "Please don't be dead Lily." He said to her.
She opened her eyes. "I'm not dead Potter, just absolutely freezing." And before she knew it, James had pulled her into a bone crunching hug.
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I said at the beginning of this that I don't really think it fits in with the story and I did try to change it so it would, but review and tell me what you think. Thanks xx