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There was nothing needy and passionate about this photo, it was simply happiness, a day of fun captured on film. It was the day before they would return home, after Lily and James had been going out a week.
He studied Lily's face. Her sparkling eyes, her rosy lips, her long blood red hair pulled back into a half pony tail, hanging straight and sleek down her back and cascading over her pale shoulders, dotted with freckles. Her face had a fine dusting of freckles, especially across the bridge of her nose. He watched as her nose wrinkled slightly when she laughed, her hair blowing in the summer breeze.
James remembered this day perfectly. He remembered every second.
FLASHBACK
James, Lily, Remus, Sirius, Peter, Laura, Kayla, and Diane all stood in the courtyard outside, giggling and telling stories. Lily sat on James's lap, his arms around her shoulders, pulling her against him, a foolish and dazed grin on his face, as if he couldn't believe he had her, and was not going to let her go any time soon.
'I know!' exclaimed Kayla. 'Since this is our last day at Hogwarts, and to celebrate Lily and James finally getting together, as we all know they should have ages ago,' she smirked at the glare Lily sent her way, before it was turned into a childish tongue poking, 'let's have a party. Out here. Right now! We're still at Hogwarts, we can conjure! Let's turn this courtyard into a nice party location. We need music, food, drinks, and a dance floor.' She smiled. It was obvious she wasn't joking.
Sirius, being the true leader, conjured up a WWN radio quickly, and tuned it to the local rock station. Diane, always on the same wavelength as Sirius, pushed Lily and James up, causing them to stumble.
'Dance!' she cried triumphantly, smirking.
Lily and James exchanged nervous glances before Lily hesitantly wrapped her arms around James's neck and he wrapped his loosely around her waist. They swayed to the music and Lily giggled and pulled away, doubling over with laughter. James raised an eyebrow and looked at her, causing her to laugh harder. He gave a theatrical sigh, rolled his eyes and turned away.
Lily grinned and ran at his back, jumping on it and wrapping her legs around his waist, her arms around his neck from behind. He gave a distinct 'Oof!' noise and tipped his head forward, causing her to tumble over him and land on her back in front of him.
He picked her up under her arms and swung her around. That's when the bright flash of a camera went off, causing them to realize they weren't alone, and that there were six pairs of eyes firmly trained upon them, all creased into smiles.
'Wow,' breathed Laura. 'You two act like you're the only people on the planet. Like no one else is around, even though you're surrounded. Talk about meant to be!'
Lily blushed a deep crimson and turned away, her arm resting on James's shoulder, his arm resting on her hip, behind her back. He pulled her flush against his body.
'I like to think so...' he muttered and leant down to kiss her. Just before their lips touched, Sirius let out a loud wolf whistle, causing Lily to turn her head and James's lips to instead come into contact with Lily's cheek. So much for their first kiss!
END FLASHBACK
James sighed and closed his eyes, falling back onto the sofa. Why did this have to happen? Why couldn't everything be perfect?
All those girls he had been with over the summer, they had been distractions, girls to keep his mind from wandering constantly to Lily, as it always seemed to. She haunted his thoughts, his dreams, every waking moment of his life, every night that he tossed and turned, there she was, like a constant. Knowing that she wasn't with him, and not knowing if she was okay, or whether it was over between them had been murder, so he sought his old ways to prove he was still desirable, to himself more than to anyone else. Now Lily was gone forever, and he would never get to hold her again.
His heart ached at the thought of Lily with other guys. He didn't think he would be able to stand it. Lily was supposed to be his, and his alone. She wasn't supposed to go out with anyone else. The thought of Lily with someone like Thomas Franklin made him ill, literally.
It was well known that Franklin had a crush – no, an infatuation – with the beautiful Lily Evans. And who could blame him? It was also well known that Lily was practically untouchable. She was the Untouchable Gift of Gryffindor, and to the guys of Hogwarts, that only made her all the more intriguing. A beautiful mystery waiting to be solved, dying to be unraveled and figured out. A thousand secrets held in her soul, waiting to be discovered by the one man she chose.
The whole of Hogwarts had waited with baited breath for confirmation after it had leaked out that Lily had accepted James's offer to go out. No one would believe that their resident Ice Queen had picked the one person she truly despised, the one person with whom she was always fighting. It made no sense!
The whole mass of students in the Great Hall collectively gasped when Lily Evans walked through the doors, laughing, smiling, but most importantly, hand-in-hand with James Potter, who was grinning like he'd just been appointed Head Boy, won the lottery and been told that he and the Marauder's could pull as many pranks as they wanted to without getting any punishment.
All eyes glued on the couple as they walked down the aisle between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor table, finally stopping and hugging, finally sitting down so close to each other, that it was impossible to think they were anything but a couple.
James drifted off into an uneasy sleep, dreaming of Lily in the arms of another guy, or possibly guys, driven into it by his womanizing ways throughout the summer holidays that she somehow got footage of.
His eyes snapped open.
'How did she get photos of me with other girls unless she was there?' he questioned himself. 'And if she was there, why didn't she say something at the time?'
A/N: Okay, this is once again to the people who have read up to chapter six... I pulled the story because there were a few clerical errors pointed out by one of my reviewers, and the only way to fix it was to pull the story and start again, plus this time I was able to add italics and bold to emphasise certain points of the story. Also under this persons advice, I will gain more readers if I post my story at a slightly slower rate, and that's something all authors want - for people to read their story. However, because I had promised you all up to chapter seven, I will load these chapters to give you something new to read, and then start with the slower loading. I am sorry for the inconvenience this has caused many of my readers.
As always, thank you for the reveiws, and welcome to all new readers, please review the story as your opinions help me shape the story, and if you leave me your email address, I can get into contact with you directly as it would be great to be able to talk to some of the people who enjoy my story.
There was nothing needy and passionate about this photo, it was simply happiness, a day of fun captured on film. It was the day before they would return home, after Lily and James had been going out a week.
He studied Lily's face. Her sparkling eyes, her rosy lips, her long blood red hair pulled back into a half pony tail, hanging straight and sleek down her back and cascading over her pale shoulders, dotted with freckles. Her face had a fine dusting of freckles, especially across the bridge of her nose. He watched as her nose wrinkled slightly when she laughed, her hair blowing in the summer breeze.
James remembered this day perfectly. He remembered every second.
FLASHBACK
James, Lily, Remus, Sirius, Peter, Laura, Kayla, and Diane all stood in the courtyard outside, giggling and telling stories. Lily sat on James's lap, his arms around her shoulders, pulling her against him, a foolish and dazed grin on his face, as if he couldn't believe he had her, and was not going to let her go any time soon.
'I know!' exclaimed Kayla. 'Since this is our last day at Hogwarts, and to celebrate Lily and James finally getting together, as we all know they should have ages ago,' she smirked at the glare Lily sent her way, before it was turned into a childish tongue poking, 'let's have a party. Out here. Right now! We're still at Hogwarts, we can conjure! Let's turn this courtyard into a nice party location. We need music, food, drinks, and a dance floor.' She smiled. It was obvious she wasn't joking.
Sirius, being the true leader, conjured up a WWN radio quickly, and tuned it to the local rock station. Diane, always on the same wavelength as Sirius, pushed Lily and James up, causing them to stumble.
'Dance!' she cried triumphantly, smirking.
Lily and James exchanged nervous glances before Lily hesitantly wrapped her arms around James's neck and he wrapped his loosely around her waist. They swayed to the music and Lily giggled and pulled away, doubling over with laughter. James raised an eyebrow and looked at her, causing her to laugh harder. He gave a theatrical sigh, rolled his eyes and turned away.
Lily grinned and ran at his back, jumping on it and wrapping her legs around his waist, her arms around his neck from behind. He gave a distinct 'Oof!' noise and tipped his head forward, causing her to tumble over him and land on her back in front of him.
He picked her up under her arms and swung her around. That's when the bright flash of a camera went off, causing them to realize they weren't alone, and that there were six pairs of eyes firmly trained upon them, all creased into smiles.
'Wow,' breathed Laura. 'You two act like you're the only people on the planet. Like no one else is around, even though you're surrounded. Talk about meant to be!'
Lily blushed a deep crimson and turned away, her arm resting on James's shoulder, his arm resting on her hip, behind her back. He pulled her flush against his body.
'I like to think so...' he muttered and leant down to kiss her. Just before their lips touched, Sirius let out a loud wolf whistle, causing Lily to turn her head and James's lips to instead come into contact with Lily's cheek. So much for their first kiss!
END FLASHBACK
James sighed and closed his eyes, falling back onto the sofa. Why did this have to happen? Why couldn't everything be perfect?
All those girls he had been with over the summer, they had been distractions, girls to keep his mind from wandering constantly to Lily, as it always seemed to. She haunted his thoughts, his dreams, every waking moment of his life, every night that he tossed and turned, there she was, like a constant. Knowing that she wasn't with him, and not knowing if she was okay, or whether it was over between them had been murder, so he sought his old ways to prove he was still desirable, to himself more than to anyone else. Now Lily was gone forever, and he would never get to hold her again.
His heart ached at the thought of Lily with other guys. He didn't think he would be able to stand it. Lily was supposed to be his, and his alone. She wasn't supposed to go out with anyone else. The thought of Lily with someone like Thomas Franklin made him ill, literally.
It was well known that Franklin had a crush – no, an infatuation – with the beautiful Lily Evans. And who could blame him? It was also well known that Lily was practically untouchable. She was the Untouchable Gift of Gryffindor, and to the guys of Hogwarts, that only made her all the more intriguing. A beautiful mystery waiting to be solved, dying to be unraveled and figured out. A thousand secrets held in her soul, waiting to be discovered by the one man she chose.
The whole of Hogwarts had waited with baited breath for confirmation after it had leaked out that Lily had accepted James's offer to go out. No one would believe that their resident Ice Queen had picked the one person she truly despised, the one person with whom she was always fighting. It made no sense!
The whole mass of students in the Great Hall collectively gasped when Lily Evans walked through the doors, laughing, smiling, but most importantly, hand-in-hand with James Potter, who was grinning like he'd just been appointed Head Boy, won the lottery and been told that he and the Marauder's could pull as many pranks as they wanted to without getting any punishment.
All eyes glued on the couple as they walked down the aisle between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor table, finally stopping and hugging, finally sitting down so close to each other, that it was impossible to think they were anything but a couple.
James drifted off into an uneasy sleep, dreaming of Lily in the arms of another guy, or possibly guys, driven into it by his womanizing ways throughout the summer holidays that she somehow got footage of.
His eyes snapped open.
'How did she get photos of me with other girls unless she was there?' he questioned himself. 'And if she was there, why didn't she say something at the time?'
A/N: Okay, this is once again to the people who have read up to chapter six... I pulled the story because there were a few clerical errors pointed out by one of my reviewers, and the only way to fix it was to pull the story and start again, plus this time I was able to add italics and bold to emphasise certain points of the story. Also under this persons advice, I will gain more readers if I post my story at a slightly slower rate, and that's something all authors want - for people to read their story. However, because I had promised you all up to chapter seven, I will load these chapters to give you something new to read, and then start with the slower loading. I am sorry for the inconvenience this has caused many of my readers.
As always, thank you for the reveiws, and welcome to all new readers, please review the story as your opinions help me shape the story, and if you leave me your email address, I can get into contact with you directly as it would be great to be able to talk to some of the people who enjoy my story.