Lily and James I A/N:I dunno why but when you put the names together I always think 'Lily and James' sound better than 'James and Lily.' Am I the only one? /I walk down the now empty corridors as everyone is already in the Great Hall enjoying a very delicious lunch. They walk in silence for a while until James tried and failed to bring up conversation. After that they fall silent again.
Lily's arms were crossed and she looked as if she was in a daze. It was a good thing James was there with her because she would be so zoned out that she almost ran into wall, suits of armor, statues, and doors countless time. Each time she would be very close to running into one he would take her shoulders and change her direction and she would keep walking as if she'd never been touched.
She was obviously thinking of something and James was very sure of this. He himself was staring at her the whole time trying to figure out what she was thinking. Of course he wasn't so out of it that he didn't watch where he was going, but most of the time his eyes were on her.
"Lily?" Lily jumped as she heard her name being called and wheeled around looking for who'd said it. She must've looked at James three times before realizing it was him.
"Yeah, what is it?" She sounded more coldly then she meant to after being snapped out of her thoughts so suddenly. He looked a bit nervous as he was afraid she might bite his head off but he answered nonetheless.
"I-I was just wondering what you were thinking about. It looked like something was bothering you," he said quite innocently.
She sighed deeply and looked at him, obviously searching for an answer to his question. A lie.
"I was just thinking about my sister back home. Wondering why she hated me so much." She hoped it didn't seem like too much of a lie but James knew it was instantly. In the third year Lily had told one of her friends about her sister and told her that she didn't care what she thought anymore because she was just jealous. James had overheard her and she was using the same tone she used every time she answered James when he asked her out. In a very 'I mean it' kind of way. And so far, she'd never accepted so he knew she did mean it. And the fact that she was lying to him made him feel a little hurt.
"You know you don't have to lie to me," he snapped. "You could have just said you didn't want to talk about it. That would have been fine!" Lily jumped back at his sudden outburst and then looked a bit guilty. This was the first time James had ever talked to her that way and it was true. She could have very well told him that she didn't want to talk about it but she had decided to lie and it actually made her feel bad for hurting James.
"I'm sorry…I just…" She sighed again, "Well, I have no excuse. I'm really sorry." His expression softened again and he gave her a small smile.
"It's all right. I understand. It's not like I don't lie myself. I overreacted." He held onto her wrist and began to pull her along so she would start moving again and they could get down to lunch.
Lily didn't understand it. She couldn't see how James could go from being angry to being understanding and taking blame for himself. It just didn't make sense to her. She shook her head and mumbled, "James Potter, you are an odd one."
James had heard, and he knew he wasn't supposed to but he heard anyway and he couldn't help that he heard. "Tm a what?" Lily looked up at him, surprised that he'd heard. I God I swear, he must have dog-ears or something. /I She shrugged and decided not to lie this time.
"You're odd." She said plainly as if that was obvious.
He laughed, "Well you're not Miss Normal yourself."
"I know that. I get told everyday when I'm home by Petunia that I'm an abnormal freak so I'm quite sure I know I'm not normal. It's just that I you /I are weirder."
He gasped as if that was the worst insult in the world. "I take offence to that Lily." He sniffed and wiped a fake tear away. "You really hurt my feelings, " he said in a mock sad tone before smirking.
"Doesn't seem that way to me." She looked at his smirk and shook her head. That smirk was all too familiar to her and it wasn't her favorite thing in the world about him. She'd gone back to crossing her arms and dazing out but before James had had a chance to bring it up again a loud smacking noise and a thud announce their arrival to the Great Hall. Apparently they had shut the large oak doors to the Great Hall as they thought everyone was at lunch and Lily had run straight into them.
Lily fell to the floor from the impact and was now laughing and clapping as a little leprechaun did an Irish jug in front of her. James looked down at her as if she'd just lost her mind. "Uh Lily, what the hell are you doing?"
Lily didn't bother to look up at him and continued clapping as she laughed out, "Don't you see the leprechaun. Isn't it just adorable." With that she fell over unconscious. James raised an eyebrow at her and then shook his head as he knelt down beside her. "Guess I'll have to be a little more later to lunch than I thought." He put his arms underneath her and then carried an unconscious Lily, bridal style, to the hospital wing. She lay helplessly in his arms, her head and arms dangly and slightly bobbing with every step.
He reached the Hospital Wing, kicked the slightly opened door all the way open, and stepped in with the knocked out Lily. Madam Pomfrey gasped and ran over to them. "What happened to her?" Then looking up at James she glared, "What trick did you and your friends play on her Mister Potter?!" James looked shocked that she would blame him but then, it wasn't so much of a surprise as the four of them always got blamed for anything bad happening here.
"I didn't do anything to her." He replied innocently, "She was dazed out and ran into the doors to the Great Hall causing her to see a leprechaun and then passing out." She glared at him one more time, "We'll see when she wakes up. Won't me Mister Potter?" He sighed as he walked over to the nearest bed and set her down on it. "That we will."
As he laid her down her red hair fanned out underneath her head on the pillow and her arms hung off the sides of the bed. James picked up her right arm and set it beside her and then did the same with her left. He looked down at her, slightly worried, but glad somehow. He sat down on a chair beside the bed and watched her.
Madam Pomfrey came hustling over and was surprised to see him still there. "What are you still doing here? Aren't you going to lunch?" James shook his head, not taking his eyes off Lily. "Not until she wakes up and can come with me." Madam Pomfrey rolled her eyes but James didn't see her. "She'll be up in about half an hour or so. By that time there will only be fifteen minutes left for lunch. So why don't you just go to lunch and I'll feed her here."
He shook his head again, "Nah, I'll eat here too. But I'm not leaving Lily." Madam Pomfrey stormed off mumbled something about stubborn hotheads, which James was sure Lily had called him at least once in his lifetime, and then came back shortly with a steaming, glopping, purple potion. She lifted Lily's head up, opened her mouth, and poured the steaming half-liquid into her mouth, forcing her to swallow it. When the potion was completely gone she laid Lily's head back down on the pillow.
Within a matter of minutes, Lily's eyes fluttered open and she looked around the room with a confused look on her face. When she spotted James she smiled, "'Ello Jimmy. Fancy seeing you here." James raised an eyebrow at her but didn't ask. Madam Pomfrey set a platter of assorted sandwiches and two goblets of never-ending pumpkin juice. James and Lily ate their lunch happily. Lily still looked confused and James kept looking at her with a raised eyebrow. Nevertheless they enjoyed their lunch even though Lily kept making these odd comments about 'Jimmy' and how nice he was or how handsome he looked.
A/N: My worst chapter yet I'd say. That's probably because I actually wrote this on the computer instead of on paper first like I usually do. Anywho, I've decided that I don't want to post my story on here anymore because it's much harder. So I'ved posted about 5 more chapters, and the first three, on My name is the same and the story's title is the same too. So if you want to read it you'll have to read it there. Thanks for all the reveiws and such.