Disclaimer: See Prologue
Chapter Six
"I love you," she whispered once she thought he was out of hearing range… but her heard her.
James wasn't sure what he had heard. Had she just said that she loved him? No, that couldn't be he shook his head. He went back to The Sanctuary and lay down on his bed.
But what if she had said what he thought she did?
* * *
James awoke feeling very happy. He jumped out of bed before anyone else was up and took a shower. Damn he felt good.
What had made him so happy you ask? Why, hearing the girl he loved say that she loved him, of course. Anyone would be happy. He dressed in his uniform and robes and went down to the common room, which was now occupied by several students.
"Hey, Sirius." He said as he came down the stairs.
"Hey, Jamesie. How goes it?"
"It goes very well indeed."
"Does it now?"
"Indeed it does."
"And what, may I ask, brought 'round this turn of events? Last night you were moping about the Sanctuary as though the world were going to end."
"Well… I think I heard Lily say something." He smiled brightly.
"Something like what?" Sirius looked interested.
"Something like 'I love you,'"
"Oh, James, I didn't know you felt that way about me!" said Sirius laughingly.
"C'mon, I'm serious."
"Actually I am… but that's beside the point."
"Can I have any kind of serious conversation with you?"
"Ok, I'll stop…"
"Jamesie-poo!" came a shriek from the top of the stairs. James cringed.
"Good morning, Amy," he said. She came over and slipped an arm around his neck.
"How are you, darling?" she said.
"Amy, I told you… we're not going out anymore. Please stop acting like we are,"
"You are such a joker, my love." She said as she pulled him into a kiss. James immediately pulled away. But not before Lily, who was walking down the stairs, saw them. As he saw Lily coming down the stairs he decided he had finally had enough of putting up with Amy. He snapped.
"Amy, I told you! Stop it! I am not your boyfriend, nor have I been for two years!" Amy looked stunned. Her bottom lip began to quiver. James sighed.
"Don't cry." He seemed to say it more out of annoyance than concern. Lily rushed past them toward the portrait door.
"Lily, wait!" James called after her as he saw her rush by. "I need to talk to you!" But she was out the door before he finished talking.
"Crap," he moved toward the door.
"James how could you? We have been going out for two years, and you dump me here in the common room?!"
"Dammit, Amy! We have not been going out for two years! We went out for one month. ONE MONTH! In fifth year! That is two years!! And I didn't dump you in the common room… I dumped in you a broom cupboard." He left through the portrait door to go down to breakfast.
* * *
He was unable to find Lily for most of the day. He simply HAD to talk to her about what she had said… or what he thought she had said. Every time he got anywhere near her she would have someone with her, or he would have to leave. He had thought he would be able to talk to her at lunch, but he hadn't been able to pull her away from the table.
Finally it came to the last class of the day. Double Potions. All through class he tried to get her attention so he could tell her to meet him after class. But she would always look away from him whenever her caught her eye. After a very long hour the class let out. He was one of the first to leave the classroom as he was sitting in the back. He waited for Lily to come out.
* * *
Lily knew James had wanted to talk to her. But she couldn't figure out why. As double potions ended, she and Ebony waited for the classroom to clear out before they got up. Lily began to think.
What could he possibly want to talk to her about? Nothing came to mind. Maybe he would tell her than he wished he had never met her and that she should just leave him alone. Though that didn't make much sense.
"Lily!!" yelled Ebony, waving her hand in front of Lily's face.
"What?" Ebony nodded her head towards James. "I'll see you at supper." She said as she walked off.
"Hello, James."
"Have you been avoiding me?"
"Why would I do that?"
"I don't know… why?" She shrugged. "Well that's not what I wanted to talk to you about anyway."
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Last night."
"And what is that?" he pulled her into a random broom cupboard as two Slytherin passed on the way to their common room. "Hey!"
"I'm sorry, but I don't want anyone listening in." he told her.
"Alright… well I already told you I'm not angry at you about last night, so I really do not see what we have to talk to about." Said Lily.
"It's not about that. It's about later."
"Oh… my little talk with Amy? Well she was¾"
"No, not about that… I didn't know that you and Amy had spoken."
"Then what about?"
"Something I think I heard you say."
"Oh?" the colour drained from Lily's face. Had he heard her say she loved him? She braced herself for the rejection.
"Yes… did you say," he paused and took a breath, his unease showing on his face. "Did you say you love me?" Lily looked away from him.
"What a silly notion." She said avoiding his eyes.
"Did you?" he shook her shoulders slightly.
"James¾"
"Give me a straight answer!" She sighed and looked away.
"Yes."
"Really?" his face softened.
"Yes." She was still looking away from him.
"Look at me," he said softly. She looked up at him sadly.
"I know you don't love me back. You don't have to say that you ¾" He interrupted her with a small kiss.
"I love you too."
"Really?" she breathed.
"Really." He agreed. They kissed once more.
"We had better get back to the common room, or we'll get in trouble." Lily nodded. They came out of the broom cupboard and walked back to Gryffindor tower hand- in –hand.
* * *
Late that night James sat up in bed thinking about what had happened. He looked over at Lily sleeping next to him and smiled.
The girl he loved felt the same way he did. He was more than happy. He was ecstatic. Then he began thinking and his smile faded. What about his fiancé? His father would kill him if the marriage didn't go through. Here he was sleeping with the girl he loved when right across the hall was the girl he was to marry. He had sure put his foot in it this time.
TBC
A/N: I realize this was mostly fluff. I'm sorry!! Watch as I run around trying to dodge the rotten fruit being thrown in my general direction. All right, all right!
Who knows… next chapter you may even find out WHO James' fiancé is!! Or maybe I'll let you dangle for a little. I am that kind (again w/ the NLP). Okay, I'm done now. If you love me, hate me, don't care either way me, you'll review!!
o! btw... the whole ¾ thing... it's not supposed to do that. It's supposed to be one of those thingies that says they were cut off or w/e. the notepad on my comp just hates me so it does that.
~Psycho Psychic
Chapter Six
"I love you," she whispered once she thought he was out of hearing range… but her heard her.
James wasn't sure what he had heard. Had she just said that she loved him? No, that couldn't be he shook his head. He went back to The Sanctuary and lay down on his bed.
But what if she had said what he thought she did?
* * *
James awoke feeling very happy. He jumped out of bed before anyone else was up and took a shower. Damn he felt good.
What had made him so happy you ask? Why, hearing the girl he loved say that she loved him, of course. Anyone would be happy. He dressed in his uniform and robes and went down to the common room, which was now occupied by several students.
"Hey, Sirius." He said as he came down the stairs.
"Hey, Jamesie. How goes it?"
"It goes very well indeed."
"Does it now?"
"Indeed it does."
"And what, may I ask, brought 'round this turn of events? Last night you were moping about the Sanctuary as though the world were going to end."
"Well… I think I heard Lily say something." He smiled brightly.
"Something like what?" Sirius looked interested.
"Something like 'I love you,'"
"Oh, James, I didn't know you felt that way about me!" said Sirius laughingly.
"C'mon, I'm serious."
"Actually I am… but that's beside the point."
"Can I have any kind of serious conversation with you?"
"Ok, I'll stop…"
"Jamesie-poo!" came a shriek from the top of the stairs. James cringed.
"Good morning, Amy," he said. She came over and slipped an arm around his neck.
"How are you, darling?" she said.
"Amy, I told you… we're not going out anymore. Please stop acting like we are,"
"You are such a joker, my love." She said as she pulled him into a kiss. James immediately pulled away. But not before Lily, who was walking down the stairs, saw them. As he saw Lily coming down the stairs he decided he had finally had enough of putting up with Amy. He snapped.
"Amy, I told you! Stop it! I am not your boyfriend, nor have I been for two years!" Amy looked stunned. Her bottom lip began to quiver. James sighed.
"Don't cry." He seemed to say it more out of annoyance than concern. Lily rushed past them toward the portrait door.
"Lily, wait!" James called after her as he saw her rush by. "I need to talk to you!" But she was out the door before he finished talking.
"Crap," he moved toward the door.
"James how could you? We have been going out for two years, and you dump me here in the common room?!"
"Dammit, Amy! We have not been going out for two years! We went out for one month. ONE MONTH! In fifth year! That is two years!! And I didn't dump you in the common room… I dumped in you a broom cupboard." He left through the portrait door to go down to breakfast.
* * *
He was unable to find Lily for most of the day. He simply HAD to talk to her about what she had said… or what he thought she had said. Every time he got anywhere near her she would have someone with her, or he would have to leave. He had thought he would be able to talk to her at lunch, but he hadn't been able to pull her away from the table.
Finally it came to the last class of the day. Double Potions. All through class he tried to get her attention so he could tell her to meet him after class. But she would always look away from him whenever her caught her eye. After a very long hour the class let out. He was one of the first to leave the classroom as he was sitting in the back. He waited for Lily to come out.
* * *
Lily knew James had wanted to talk to her. But she couldn't figure out why. As double potions ended, she and Ebony waited for the classroom to clear out before they got up. Lily began to think.
What could he possibly want to talk to her about? Nothing came to mind. Maybe he would tell her than he wished he had never met her and that she should just leave him alone. Though that didn't make much sense.
"Lily!!" yelled Ebony, waving her hand in front of Lily's face.
"What?" Ebony nodded her head towards James. "I'll see you at supper." She said as she walked off.
"Hello, James."
"Have you been avoiding me?"
"Why would I do that?"
"I don't know… why?" She shrugged. "Well that's not what I wanted to talk to you about anyway."
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Last night."
"And what is that?" he pulled her into a random broom cupboard as two Slytherin passed on the way to their common room. "Hey!"
"I'm sorry, but I don't want anyone listening in." he told her.
"Alright… well I already told you I'm not angry at you about last night, so I really do not see what we have to talk to about." Said Lily.
"It's not about that. It's about later."
"Oh… my little talk with Amy? Well she was¾"
"No, not about that… I didn't know that you and Amy had spoken."
"Then what about?"
"Something I think I heard you say."
"Oh?" the colour drained from Lily's face. Had he heard her say she loved him? She braced herself for the rejection.
"Yes… did you say," he paused and took a breath, his unease showing on his face. "Did you say you love me?" Lily looked away from him.
"What a silly notion." She said avoiding his eyes.
"Did you?" he shook her shoulders slightly.
"James¾"
"Give me a straight answer!" She sighed and looked away.
"Yes."
"Really?" his face softened.
"Yes." She was still looking away from him.
"Look at me," he said softly. She looked up at him sadly.
"I know you don't love me back. You don't have to say that you ¾" He interrupted her with a small kiss.
"I love you too."
"Really?" she breathed.
"Really." He agreed. They kissed once more.
"We had better get back to the common room, or we'll get in trouble." Lily nodded. They came out of the broom cupboard and walked back to Gryffindor tower hand- in –hand.
* * *
Late that night James sat up in bed thinking about what had happened. He looked over at Lily sleeping next to him and smiled.
The girl he loved felt the same way he did. He was more than happy. He was ecstatic. Then he began thinking and his smile faded. What about his fiancé? His father would kill him if the marriage didn't go through. Here he was sleeping with the girl he loved when right across the hall was the girl he was to marry. He had sure put his foot in it this time.
TBC
A/N: I realize this was mostly fluff. I'm sorry!! Watch as I run around trying to dodge the rotten fruit being thrown in my general direction. All right, all right!
Who knows… next chapter you may even find out WHO James' fiancé is!! Or maybe I'll let you dangle for a little. I am that kind (again w/ the NLP). Okay, I'm done now. If you love me, hate me, don't care either way me, you'll review!!
o! btw... the whole ¾ thing... it's not supposed to do that. It's supposed to be one of those thingies that says they were cut off or w/e. the notepad on my comp just hates me so it does that.
~Psycho Psychic