Disclaimer: I disclaim all names of characters, places, and things, from
the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling.
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Did You Find What You Were Looking For?
Chapter 5: Nostalgia
By: Taiyourshoes
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1979
Lily has that expression on her face; the one that always tells me she's thinking and drifting off into those nostalgic thoughts of hers.
I really hope her thoughts are in my favor.
I wish she'd just answer me. I hope that the answer is yes.
Why am I even bothering with this? Things were just fine with me carrying around the ring like a maniac for a year and a half, weren't they? I didn't have to put my self through this, did I?
Sirius told me if she's worth it, she's worth it.
Well, she's worth it.
Those dazzling green eyes of hers are sparkling and unfocused, and her eyebrows—those perfect eyebrows to go with her perfect face—are furrowed slightly. I wonder what she's thinking.
There should have been classes on how to figure out women back at Hogwarts. It certainly would have been more helpful than Divination.
I can hear a clock ticking in the other room. Isn't it weird that you don't notice those sounds, like a clock ticking, a faucet dripping, a muggle airplane flying overhead, until there's nothing else to hear and you need a distraction?
It's then that the sound drives you crazy.
Or maybe it's just a certain red-haired someone who's driving me crazy. Just answer the question Lily. Don't make me beg.
I've never been very patient.
I'll give her time though. She's always been a thinker, which was one of the millions of reasons I fell for her in the first place. Well, can she think any faster?
Stop being impossible James, she'd say if she heard me now. Or maybe she'd just drop me and say she couldn't take the pressure.
It's a good think she was never that good at Legilimency then, isn't it?
Wow, the things you're grateful for when the pressures on...
Is the ring getting heavier? Maybe she should take it then instead of reliving a past that should just be left at that... Unless, of course, it's something about how dashing and charming I am. If that's the case, think on, m'dear, think on.
And don't forget to remember when you admitted you loved me. That was fun.
I wonder what she's thinking now? I bet it's something completely un-James related, and I'm just on my knees for no reason.
Did she forget I'm down here?
I was really scared at first, and maybe I'm still scared, but I'm not gonna admit that. Nope, not me, a Potter.
Are you going to join me, Lily? Lily Potter. Sounds good to me.
Well I can remember too, Lily. And because I can remember, you'll just have to say yes.
Because no matter what you say tonight even, you'll say yes some day.
I know this because I know you, Lily. I know the way your eyes sparkle when you're thinking; I know the way you scowl at me but smile all the same; I know the way you feel when I hug you and I know you want it to last forever.
I know because I feel the same way too.
Seventh year was a huge milestone in our friendship and in our lives. Is it wrong if I want to spend the rest of my life with you? Is it wrong if I remember that milestone too, and everything that followed it?
I can remember too, Lily. I can remember too...
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Taiyourshoes: Yay for James. That's all I'm saying.
Thank you to the people who reviewed and read!
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Did You Find What You Were Looking For?
Chapter 5: Nostalgia
By: Taiyourshoes
~*~*~*~*~*~
1979
Lily has that expression on her face; the one that always tells me she's thinking and drifting off into those nostalgic thoughts of hers.
I really hope her thoughts are in my favor.
I wish she'd just answer me. I hope that the answer is yes.
Why am I even bothering with this? Things were just fine with me carrying around the ring like a maniac for a year and a half, weren't they? I didn't have to put my self through this, did I?
Sirius told me if she's worth it, she's worth it.
Well, she's worth it.
Those dazzling green eyes of hers are sparkling and unfocused, and her eyebrows—those perfect eyebrows to go with her perfect face—are furrowed slightly. I wonder what she's thinking.
There should have been classes on how to figure out women back at Hogwarts. It certainly would have been more helpful than Divination.
I can hear a clock ticking in the other room. Isn't it weird that you don't notice those sounds, like a clock ticking, a faucet dripping, a muggle airplane flying overhead, until there's nothing else to hear and you need a distraction?
It's then that the sound drives you crazy.
Or maybe it's just a certain red-haired someone who's driving me crazy. Just answer the question Lily. Don't make me beg.
I've never been very patient.
I'll give her time though. She's always been a thinker, which was one of the millions of reasons I fell for her in the first place. Well, can she think any faster?
Stop being impossible James, she'd say if she heard me now. Or maybe she'd just drop me and say she couldn't take the pressure.
It's a good think she was never that good at Legilimency then, isn't it?
Wow, the things you're grateful for when the pressures on...
Is the ring getting heavier? Maybe she should take it then instead of reliving a past that should just be left at that... Unless, of course, it's something about how dashing and charming I am. If that's the case, think on, m'dear, think on.
And don't forget to remember when you admitted you loved me. That was fun.
I wonder what she's thinking now? I bet it's something completely un-James related, and I'm just on my knees for no reason.
Did she forget I'm down here?
I was really scared at first, and maybe I'm still scared, but I'm not gonna admit that. Nope, not me, a Potter.
Are you going to join me, Lily? Lily Potter. Sounds good to me.
Well I can remember too, Lily. And because I can remember, you'll just have to say yes.
Because no matter what you say tonight even, you'll say yes some day.
I know this because I know you, Lily. I know the way your eyes sparkle when you're thinking; I know the way you scowl at me but smile all the same; I know the way you feel when I hug you and I know you want it to last forever.
I know because I feel the same way too.
Seventh year was a huge milestone in our friendship and in our lives. Is it wrong if I want to spend the rest of my life with you? Is it wrong if I remember that milestone too, and everything that followed it?
I can remember too, Lily. I can remember too...
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Taiyourshoes: Yay for James. That's all I'm saying.
Thank you to the people who reviewed and read!
