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Author's Note: I'm working on making the chapters longer because I know mine have been really short. I've been really eager to write lately so here it goes! As always I hope you enjoy and don't forget to review! I crave reviews!!
Chapter Three: Truths are Told
Dinner dates, walks along the beach, and many snog sessions followed their first. The end of the summer was approaching and James had no idea what he was going to do. He was still having trouble making out what he truly felt for Lily. For the most part he just told himself that all he was feeling was hormones. That was all there was to it.
Lily was utterly and completely in love with Jason. She knew that they were meant to be. The only problem was that she couldn't figure out how to tell Jason she was in fact a witch. She was afraid that if she told him, he'd be so disgusted and not have her. She knew that she would die if they weren't together. Thankfully she had Lynn to console and encourage her.
"Lynn! I truly think I love Jason! How am I going to tell him I'm a witch? And if he doesn't care, how will I survive the whole year at Hogwarts without him?" Lily said this all very quickly. She was becoming hysterical.
"Lils, calm down! Everything will be alright! I'm positive Jason adores you! How could he not? You're a fantastic, beautiful person! He'd be a fool not to love you!" Lynn assured her.
"Lynn! I'm becoming hysterical! I've never been this nervous before! Not once! I don't know what I'll do if he hates me! Ahhhhh…" Lily said.
"Lily, it's not like you're asking the guy to marry you. Just go to him tonight and tell him the truth. If he truly loves you for who you are, then he'll accept the fact that you are a witch. Just because you're a witch it doesn't make you less of a human being. Got that?" Lynn asked.
"You're right. Oh, thank you so much, Lynn! I don't know what I'd do without you!" Lily said.
The two girls hugged. Lynn knew Jason would accept Lily, because he wasn't some idiot guy who only wanted to get her into bed.
"What time is your date tonight?" Lynn inquired.
"He's coming around 7:30. What time is it now?" Lily asked.
"Ummm, around 5." Said Lynn.
"It's already 5?!? Oh my! Lynn! I've got to start getting ready! You have to come help me look perfect! I can't believe it's so late! Why didn't you tell me the time sooner?? AGH!!" Lily's complaints could be heard for at least the next five minutes as the girls walked into the bathroom to begin beautifying Lily for the evening.
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James was found circling his room. He was having so many mixed emotions going on in him. Nothing was going to make them go away. He simply didn't know what to do. He knew he didn't really love Lily Evans. It was just his hormones. He did think that she was gorgeous, but that didn't mean he loved her. Along with all of this he had to live with the fact that to Lily, he was Jason. James was beginning to think that all of this wasn't worth it. He'd never thought that he'd be the one to fall in love. That wasn't how his plan was supposed to work. Whoa. Hold up, James. You just said you're 'in love'. You're not in love. Not with Lily Evans. There are better girls out there. WAY better. But were there better girls?
James's thoughts were interrupted by Sirius voice.
"Oy, James! It's 6:30, mate! Don't you need to go get ready for your date with the Lovely Lily?" Sirius asked.
"Oh, yeah. I better do that." James said.
"What's the matter, Prongs?" Sirius asked.
"Nothing. I was just thinking about some stuff that has been bugging me it's nothing." James said, not believing he was lying to his best friend.
Sirius was looking suspicious, but let it pass. "Alright, if you're sure."
"I am." And with that James left to begin getting ready for the night.
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At seven the girls were finally done getting Lily ready. She looked absolutely stunning. Her hair was half up, half down. It was in elegant curls and a few of the pieces were left to hang down and frame her face. She had used a tiny amount of make-up that brought out her eyes. She has white eye shadow and the smallest trace of black eye liner, along with black mascara. She looked like an angel. She wore a short, white halter top dress. The dress has little white rhinestones, which covered the great part of it. Lily truly was an angel.
Lily looked at herself in the mirror and evaluated what she saw.
"Oh my goodness, Lynn! I look gorgeous! What would I do without you?" Lily asked.
"Lils, you don't need me to look gorgeous. You always are. But I did do a great job, didn't I? Lynn said, as the girls began to laugh.
Now all they could do was wait until James arrived. Lily was so anxious to go on this date. This was to be the most important date of them all. Lily just knew tonight would be good.
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James tired as hard as he could to get out of his bitter mood. He knew he was being a bastard to Sirius and he felt horrible. After all, Sirius has helped him get here. He shouldn't treat Sirius like that. Once he was dressed in a pair of khaki pants and a black shirt, he went to go tell Sirius he was sorry.
He found Sirius sitting at the table, looking a little angry.
"Sirius, I'm sorry I was being such a prat. I was just kind of nervous about tonight and all. I promise that once I'm home, I'll tell you everything that's been on my mind. Deal?" James asked.
Sirius seemed to be thinking about it. He then replied, "Alright, James. Just don't lie to me. I'm always here for you, mate. Now, go and sweep Lily off her feet!"
Sirius patted James on the back. They didn't do hugs, they figured they were too manly to hug. Typical boys.
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It was nearly 7:30 and Lily was waiting nervously for Jason's arrival. She was now confident after being assured by Lynn millions of times that tonight would go fine.
"Lynn, why isn't he here yet? He should be here. What's taking him so long?" Lily asked.
"Lils, it's not even 7:30 yet. Remember what I said, just breathe. In the nose, out the mouth. You'll be fine!" Lynn said for about the billionth time.
"Alright, gotcha. In the nose, out the mouth…" Lily said.
Then there was a knock on the door.
"Oh my God! Jason's here!" Lily squealed.
Lynn went to open the door and it was in fact Jason. Lily noticed that he looked incredibly sexy, as always. James couldn't help but notice that Lily really did look like an angel. His eyes were fixed on her and only her. James then knew that he would be having MAJOR mental struggles tonight. James had a bouquet of roses and lilies.
"The Lovely Lily approaches." James said, in a deep, husky voice that made Lily shiver. "You look like an angel, my Lily. And here is a bouquet. The roses stand for our love and there is one lily for every time I thought of you today."
Lily smiled, "The flowers are lovely thank you so much." She gave him a quick kiss. James put one of the lilies into her hair; it finished off her outfit quite well.
"Shall we go?" Lily asked.
"We shall fair maiden." They linked arms, waved goodbye to Lynn, and were off.
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They arrived at an exquisite restaurant that was overlooking the beach; the sun was just beginning to set. It was going to be a beautiful night. James couldn't remember why he was doing this anymore. He didn't really know if he wanted to go through with it. He was beginning to care for Lily so much. He'd just have to wait and see how the night went and wait for the right time to tell Lily of his true identity. Lily's previous nervousness had vanished once Jason had actually come. He made her feel such at ease with everything. She absolutely loved that feeling.
James just kept staring into Lily's captivating, emerald eyes. He felt like such a low, prick for trying to mess with this girl's heart. He was truly ashamed of himself. He decided. He was going to tell her tonight. Hopefully, just hopefully she wouldn't hate him too much for it.
Their appetizers had arrived and neither one of them was eating very much. Both knew they had to tell the other their truths. Lily wasn't afraid, but James certainly was.
"Jason, there's something I've been wanting to tell you since our first date. I just don't know how you'll react to it. Just remember that whatever it is that I tell you doesn't change the person that I am, ok?" Lily asked.
"Ok, you can tell me anything, Lily." James said, wondering what it was that Lily possibly could have to say.
"Well, I don't know if you know this, but there are real witches and wizards in this world. And well, the boarding school I go to is one that teaches witchcraft and wizardry. So obviously, I'm a witch…you don't hate me do you? Do you hate me for not telling you? Oh lord, you do hate me! I knew I should have told you sooner…" Lily said very quickly.
"Lily, calm down. It's ok. I promise I don't hate you. And I did in fact know there were witches and wizards in the world, because I'm a wizard too." James said, not believing that this was Lily's big confession.
"Wait, you're a wizard too? Oh my God! This is perfect! I never expected this to happen! Oh, Jason! I love you so much!" Lily got up and gave James a passionate kiss.
The kiss was torturing James. But worse than the kiss was the words she had spoken. 'Oh, Jason! I love you so much.' The words were taking their toll. Reality struck again.
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They left the restaurant and James still hadn't told Lily who he was. He couldn't bring himself to do it. She was too overjoyed to be given the sad truth. James knew he had been doing her wrong, but he just couldn't tell her. He vowed he would tell her before the summer was over. But there was only a week left until September 1st. They would both be leaving the next day from Hawaii. James didn't know what to do. The only thing that he truly knew was that he loved Lily. James Potter loved Lily Evans. The same Lily Evans that had been his enemy for the past six years. The world no longer made sense to James. The only thing that made sense to him was Lily. James swore to himself that he would tell Lily the very next morning that he was indeed James Potter, not Jason Peterson.
The rest of their night involved snogging and small conversation. James tried as hard as he could to push the nagging at the back of him mind away. He has already agreed to tell Lily the next morning; why couldn't he conscious leave him alone! Why couldn't it let him have one last night together with Lily? The world was so unfair.
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After one last kiss, Lily entered a room. She still had the same goofy smile on her face that she always had after a night with Jason. Lynn came rushing and knew because of the smile on her face that obviously the night had gone well.
"So Lils, I take it he took your news well?" Lynn asked.
"Lynn, he took it better than well! He's a wizard!" Lily practically shouted.
"Are you serious?" Lynn asked.
"No, that would be your boyfriend, Lynn!" Lily said, laughing at how funny she thought she was.
"Lils, that joke is so old. Trust me, Sirius uses that joke all the time." Lynn said, laughing at Lily.
"Sorry Lynn. I couldn't resist, I'm just so happy right now. I didn't know it was possible to be as happy as I am."
"Well, what are you going to go about tomorrow? We're leaving remember? Are you guys going to stay in contact?" Lynn asked.
"Oh, we haven't talked about that stuff yet. He's coming over tomorrow morning before out flight leaves to talk about it. He said he had something really important to tell me. I have no idea what it is." Lily replied.
Lynn gasped. "Lil, what if he asks you to marry him? He could ask you know! You both only have one more year of school left! Oh my gosh, Lils, you're going to be engaged!" Lynn squealed in delight.
"Lynn, don't jump to conclusions! I don't want any false hope!" Lily said.
"Come on, Lils. What would you do if he did ask you to marry him? Would you say yes?" Lynn inquired.
"I don't know. I love him, but long distance relationships hardly ever work. But I think I would say yes." Lily said, beginning to get excited.
"Awww, my wittle Wily is in wuv!" Lynn exclaimed.
The two girls spent the rest of the night giggling and making up their own theories of what Jason had to say.
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James returned to his room. Sirius was sitting waiting for him. James just remembered he had promised to tell Sirius what had been on his mind. James sat down next to him and sighed. He began to tell Sirius everything. Everything from how he thought Lily was beautiful to the fact that he was in love with her.
"I knew it, Prongs. It was obvious you really were in love with the girl." Sirius said once James had finished.
"Padfoot, what would you know about love? You're Mr. I've-got-a-new-girl-every-week." James said.
"Well, Prongs, let me share something with you. I really am in love with Lynn. She's made me realize that there really is something called love." Sirius said seriously.
"How do you know you really love her, Padfoot." James asked.
"Trust me, Prongs. You just know. It's the feeling you get in the pit of your stomach every time you see them. It's the fact that no matter what you're doing they're always on your mind. No matter how many time you see them, they just get prettier every time. You feel like you can trust them with your deepest secrets. You just know, that they are the one." Sirius said.
James couldn't believe that Sirius had just said that. Sirius Black, the biggest player at Hogwarts, actually was in love and knew what it was too. James could say anything, he just stared at Sirius like he was some weird specimen.
"James, don't say that I was keeping this from you, alright? Because I wasn't keeping it from you. I just wanted to wait for the right time to tell you. But right now you're biggest problem is how to tell Lily who you really are. I don't know what you're going to do, Prongs. You've kind of screwed yourself over." Sirius said in all honesty.
"Thanks, Sirius." James said somewhat sarcastically.
They spent the rest of the night figuring out the best way to break the news to Lily. James knew the next morning was going to be tough. But he knew in his heart that he was doing the right thing.
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Author's Note: So that chapter was a bit longer than the others. I've decided that I'm gonna stick to writing shorter chapters, but update more frequently. Is that cool with everyone? Or would you prefer long chapters, but longer waits for updates? Anyways, no school for me today. Gotta love having Veteran's Day! I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. As always please, please, please review. I love getting them and hearing from all of you.
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