Green eyed Blues

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Chapter Two: Water-Lily

When the train halted, Lily closed her eyes then squared her shoulders and jaw, before walking over to the door and throwing it open. Only to be knocked down and sat on by a confused but grinning James potter.

"Well my dear petal and what has that door done to you to be so ruthlessly wrenched off its hinges?" He said making no effort to rise up off her stomach.

"Well, I was just trying to get out of the door, but it seems almost impossible to do without being fallen on by odd little perverts who hang around girls toilets." Lily grinned, quite sure that she was going to like this boy. James's eyes widened in shock, but he carried on grinning.

"Nice to know your feeling better. Now my petal, what do you get up and I'll show you where to go?" He stood up and offered a hand to her. Lily accepted gratefully and he pulled her off the floor.

"Don't call me petal, my names Lily. So why were you here? And how did you end up on top of me?"

"Well, when you ran out of our carriage, I figured you'd come here. So nearer the end of the journey, I came to see if you were still here. I made the mistake of leaning against the door. Of course I didn't expect you to decide to come out at that precise moment. And as for the remark about being a pervert, I would like to request that you remember, a boy thinks about sex every 10 seconds, so in actual fact every male is a pervert. But we better get going, I need to get a carriage and you need to find Hagrid."

"Whose Hagrid?"

"Hogwarts game keeper, my dear Lily flower. He's the one who'll take you over the lake. Watch out though. There is the giant squid that could pose a problem but only if you fall in."

"Two points. One: my name is and always will be Lily. Also, what do you mean 'take us over the lake'? We don't have to go sailing do we?"

"Yep, 'fraid so. Why, your not scared are you?" A mischievous glint sparkled in James's eyes, his face lighting up at the thought of this tiny, possibly irrelevant, but tantalising titbit of information. Lily gulped before closing her eyes and nodding. She was terrified of water. She had no idea where it steamed from, no idea why she was! All she knew was the thought of even going over a bridge had her breaking out in a cold sweat. While wallowing in her juices of fear, she was awoken by a small giggle. Opening one eye, she looked over at James, who had turned away from her, his whole body shaking with suppressed mirth. Drawing herself up haughtily, she stared up at his convulsing figure.

"What, may I ask is so funny, Potter?" He turned round, his face shining with glee. But it was too much for him. One look at Lily, and he collapsed. Great, tumbling laughs rolled out of him, his eyes began to fill up and tears poured down his cheeks.

"You're.....Scared.........Of........Water!" He managed to choke out before dissolving into a pit of giggles. Lily looked at him grumpily then turned and walked away, arms folded across her chest. Her head was down and she muttered angrily under her breath. She heard James calling her back but she just ignored him and walked to the carriage where she had stashed her trunk. When she got there, she was relived to find it empty. She didn't want to talk to anyone in this mood. Hauling down her trunk, she pulled it outside, in her anger not noticing that it was a lot heavier then earlier. She walked over to a large bunch of people and noticed luggage racks, all pinned against the wall with signs for first year to seventh. Following the lead of other people, she threw her trunk into first year, and heard a voice calling.

"First 'ears, first 'ears. Come along now." A giant man was shouting it over to all the station. She walked over and stood. All around her were nervous children, many looking pale and as sick as she felt. She pulled out her hair and re-tied it as they all started walking towards the large lake. Now she wasn't angry, or nervous. This was a stabbing terror.

"Boo!" A familiar voice whispered at her neck. A head sat on her shoulder and looked at the lake with her.

"What the hell are you doing here?" She whispered back, her eyes glancing sideward to look at his face. He took his off her shoulder and replaced it with his elbow. He grinned at her.

"Well, I explained your situation to Hagrid and he said I could come along. For moral support." Lily arched an eyebrow at him. Cocky little boy this was. She stepped backward and smiled as he fell to the muddy ground. He looked at her, shocked. Feeling slightly sorry and regretting what she did, Lily offered a hand to help him up. He took it and before Lily knew what was happening she was next to him. Laughing he pulled himself up and offered his hand. Ignoring it Lily got up herself, trying to muster as much dignity as she possibly could. This made James laugh harder. Once again she stalked off from him, only this time he followed her.

"Oh, come on. It's only a joke!" James said exasperated. Lily noted this tone and turned keeping up her 'anger'. She walked over to him and raised her hand he flinched back obviously think that she was going to slap him. Instead Lily placed a hand onto his stomach and began to tickle him. Now unfortunately for James, his main weakness was the fact he was extremely ticklish. And he hated it. He wriggled and squirmed to Lily saw fit he was punished.

"Now, aren't we supposed to be getting on to the boats?" He muttered once she'd stopped. Lily paled. Walking slowly toward the lapping waves created by the huge wind that had just picked up. Climbing tensely into the boats, Lily shut her eyes. James climbed in and sat opposite her. His foot deliberately touched hers in a gesture of comfort. They travelled in silence, having the boat to themselves. All to soon the winds had turned into full force gales. Lily opened her eyes and panicked. This was too real for her. Too scary and too full on. She hated water. She didn't know how to swim. She looked to James.

"I want to get off. I need to get off. Now!" She could barely be heard of the winds, but even if he didn't quite catch what she was saying he got the jest of it. Concern covered his face in a shawl, and he stood up to come sit next to her. But at that moment, a huge wave hit the boat. James lost his balance. In slow motion, he fell over the side of the boat. Lily screamed. She leant over the edge of the boat. She couldn't breathe, couldn't. .........what if he drowned ? She couldn't breath. She couldn't see him. She was going to pass out. She heard a scrabbling noise on the side of the boat, and she turned round too quickly. She just saw James climbing, but the boat rocked heavily and she was thrown headfirst into the cold, blackened water.

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