Just updated.sorry it's kind of short, but I'm working on it! Tell me what
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"Classes resume tomorrow and James is still in the hospital wing! How am I supposed to survive classes without him?" Sirius complained as a tired looking Lupin stepped off the Hogwarts Express.
As he opened his mouth to respond, Lupin caught a sight of unruly black hair over Sirius' shoulder. Smiling, he answered, "I don't think that we'll be a problem."
"What do you mean?"
"Hey, Black! Thanks for all those lousy 'Get Well' Cards!"
Sirius spun around, grinning at the face of his friend. "Well, you know, I had some homework I needed to catch up on."
"Yeah, right, more likely you were off with Kelly and Maren."
Sirius grinned sheepishly as James turned his attention to Lupin. "Hey Remus, how was your holiday?"
"Well, it just got a whole lot better," he smiled at his bandaged friend. "C'mon, let's get this stuff up to the common room, I'm exhausted." Both his friends grabbed their friend's belongings and made their way up to the Gryffindor Tower.
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Meanwhile
"So where were you last night? I couldn't find you at all during the day; you had to have come back past 11 or so. Now spill." It was noon the next day and Maren was interrogated Lily about her late night.
"Hm, well, I spent most of the night in the Hospital Wing.but you don't want to hear about that," she teased.
"I do! Tell me! Please?" Maren pleaded.
Lily's laugh rang out like thousands of tinkling bells, "Actually I have to tell you, we have a deal."
Maren stared at her questioningly when an expression of understanding dawned on her face. "You don't mean-" Lily nodded, "You do?"
"I think I like him, he was so sweet, talking to me last night even though it hurt for him to talk, explaining things to me, admitting things no other boy would, and," she added as an after thought, "he's so cute when he sleeps!"
"I can't believe you like James Potter! Oh my gosh! He's going to be thrilled!"
"Who's going to be thrilled?" A deep voice called from the entrance way.
Spinning around, Maren and Lily blushed at the sight of Sirius, James, and Remus.
"Hm, judging from the looks of it, they were talking about you, Remus." He laughed, "Or maybe you, boy wonder."
Maren recovered first, "Actually, we were talking about you, handsome."
Sirius just laughed. "In your dreams, Goldberg!"
"Every night," she fluttered her eyelashes, flirting madly with him.
As Maren and Sirius battled, Lily turned her attention to James. "Hey James, how are you feeling?"
"Great, thanks to you and Madam Pomfrey."
Lily's face turned redder than her hair, "I didn't do anything," she mumbled.
"Sure you did," James grinned, completely aware of how uncomfortable he was making her.
"Oh gawd," Maren rolled her eyes, "C'mon you two, let's leave them alone." She linked her arms through Sirius and Remus' then dragged them out through the picture frame.
Shocked at being left alone, Lily and James stared warily at each other, neither one of them quite sure what to say.
James had been fully comfortable teasing Lily while his friends were there, but now that they were alone, he didn't quite know what to say. "So.um."
"Yes?"
His face flushed, as did hers, as he tried to come up with something to say. "Well, thanks again.for what you did."
"I really didn't do anything, it's me who should be thanking you," she whispered in reply.
He looked taken aback by what she had said. "What did I do?"
"You forgave me," she answered quietly. "I've never met anyone else who would have done that, after all I said." When she peered up at him, her almond eyes were full of shimmering tears.
"Lily, don't cry again," James pleaded as he sank down, putting his arm around her.
"I'm sorry," she murmured, "I can't help it." And she couldn't, burying her head in his chest her tears flowed more than ever, not helping his picture of her she was sure. Pulling back, she inhaled sharply. "Now you're shirts all wet." she murmured, as though it was the worst possible thing in the world - for her to have soaked his shirt.
"It's okay, really, it's not like tears are going to hurt it," he joked, "it's been in worse situations."
Lily laughed at his lame joke through her tears, and James noticed that the flow had started to cease. He drew in a deep breath, then let out a sigh of relief. He didn't want things to be like this between them, where they could hardly talk to each other anymore without Lily going into a fit of bottled up emotion, or him storming off in anger. Even if it meant not being together as a couple, James wished things would go back to the way they had been before, with him admiring her from afar, but still being able to crack jokes in her presence or playfully tease her when she got on his nerves.
"James," Lily started hesitantly, noticing his zoned expression.
'Oh, God, this is it!' He thought, 'she's going to say she "just wants to be friends" or that she can't stand being around anymore.' "Yes?" he asked, bracing himself for the brutal attack.
"Did you mean what you said the other day? About rather having me there than Sirius?"
Not having been the question that he had been expecting, James looked taken aback. "I wouldn't have said it if I didn't."
"Then you.you really do like me?" she asked, James thought he noted a bit of hope in her voice.
His face flushing, James whispered, "Yeah, I really do."
"Good," she whispered back, "Because I think I've fallen in love with you."
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"Classes resume tomorrow and James is still in the hospital wing! How am I supposed to survive classes without him?" Sirius complained as a tired looking Lupin stepped off the Hogwarts Express.
As he opened his mouth to respond, Lupin caught a sight of unruly black hair over Sirius' shoulder. Smiling, he answered, "I don't think that we'll be a problem."
"What do you mean?"
"Hey, Black! Thanks for all those lousy 'Get Well' Cards!"
Sirius spun around, grinning at the face of his friend. "Well, you know, I had some homework I needed to catch up on."
"Yeah, right, more likely you were off with Kelly and Maren."
Sirius grinned sheepishly as James turned his attention to Lupin. "Hey Remus, how was your holiday?"
"Well, it just got a whole lot better," he smiled at his bandaged friend. "C'mon, let's get this stuff up to the common room, I'm exhausted." Both his friends grabbed their friend's belongings and made their way up to the Gryffindor Tower.
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Meanwhile
"So where were you last night? I couldn't find you at all during the day; you had to have come back past 11 or so. Now spill." It was noon the next day and Maren was interrogated Lily about her late night.
"Hm, well, I spent most of the night in the Hospital Wing.but you don't want to hear about that," she teased.
"I do! Tell me! Please?" Maren pleaded.
Lily's laugh rang out like thousands of tinkling bells, "Actually I have to tell you, we have a deal."
Maren stared at her questioningly when an expression of understanding dawned on her face. "You don't mean-" Lily nodded, "You do?"
"I think I like him, he was so sweet, talking to me last night even though it hurt for him to talk, explaining things to me, admitting things no other boy would, and," she added as an after thought, "he's so cute when he sleeps!"
"I can't believe you like James Potter! Oh my gosh! He's going to be thrilled!"
"Who's going to be thrilled?" A deep voice called from the entrance way.
Spinning around, Maren and Lily blushed at the sight of Sirius, James, and Remus.
"Hm, judging from the looks of it, they were talking about you, Remus." He laughed, "Or maybe you, boy wonder."
Maren recovered first, "Actually, we were talking about you, handsome."
Sirius just laughed. "In your dreams, Goldberg!"
"Every night," she fluttered her eyelashes, flirting madly with him.
As Maren and Sirius battled, Lily turned her attention to James. "Hey James, how are you feeling?"
"Great, thanks to you and Madam Pomfrey."
Lily's face turned redder than her hair, "I didn't do anything," she mumbled.
"Sure you did," James grinned, completely aware of how uncomfortable he was making her.
"Oh gawd," Maren rolled her eyes, "C'mon you two, let's leave them alone." She linked her arms through Sirius and Remus' then dragged them out through the picture frame.
Shocked at being left alone, Lily and James stared warily at each other, neither one of them quite sure what to say.
James had been fully comfortable teasing Lily while his friends were there, but now that they were alone, he didn't quite know what to say. "So.um."
"Yes?"
His face flushed, as did hers, as he tried to come up with something to say. "Well, thanks again.for what you did."
"I really didn't do anything, it's me who should be thanking you," she whispered in reply.
He looked taken aback by what she had said. "What did I do?"
"You forgave me," she answered quietly. "I've never met anyone else who would have done that, after all I said." When she peered up at him, her almond eyes were full of shimmering tears.
"Lily, don't cry again," James pleaded as he sank down, putting his arm around her.
"I'm sorry," she murmured, "I can't help it." And she couldn't, burying her head in his chest her tears flowed more than ever, not helping his picture of her she was sure. Pulling back, she inhaled sharply. "Now you're shirts all wet." she murmured, as though it was the worst possible thing in the world - for her to have soaked his shirt.
"It's okay, really, it's not like tears are going to hurt it," he joked, "it's been in worse situations."
Lily laughed at his lame joke through her tears, and James noticed that the flow had started to cease. He drew in a deep breath, then let out a sigh of relief. He didn't want things to be like this between them, where they could hardly talk to each other anymore without Lily going into a fit of bottled up emotion, or him storming off in anger. Even if it meant not being together as a couple, James wished things would go back to the way they had been before, with him admiring her from afar, but still being able to crack jokes in her presence or playfully tease her when she got on his nerves.
"James," Lily started hesitantly, noticing his zoned expression.
'Oh, God, this is it!' He thought, 'she's going to say she "just wants to be friends" or that she can't stand being around anymore.' "Yes?" he asked, bracing himself for the brutal attack.
"Did you mean what you said the other day? About rather having me there than Sirius?"
Not having been the question that he had been expecting, James looked taken aback. "I wouldn't have said it if I didn't."
"Then you.you really do like me?" she asked, James thought he noted a bit of hope in her voice.
His face flushing, James whispered, "Yeah, I really do."
"Good," she whispered back, "Because I think I've fallen in love with you."
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