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CH. 11
As Lily ran out I (James) snatched the letter from the floor and read. I sat down on the cold, hard, stone floor and stared in shock. Charly and Tori had grabbed the letter from my hand and are crying now. Their sobs brought me back to reality and I leapt up to find Lily. Running aimlessly I ran through corridors and up stairs until there was nowhere else to look. I was in the astronomy tower fifteen minutes after I read the letter. I looked out the window to the grounds. My eyes swept over the lake and caught on flaming red hair on the bank. There was Lily. I took off bounding down stairs and leaping to moving staircases. I ran past the Great Hall and out the doors. I heard an agonizing cry of why and I knew it was Lily. I saw her hunched figure go limp and I thought the worst. As reach her I felt for her pulse, I was met by a slowing one.
"Lily, come back to me Lily. Come on, girl, come back. Wake up, I know you can hear me. I read a book somewhere that people can still hear when they're unconscious. I dunno if that's true or not but I'm still talking. Lily, come on now." I was almost in tears. Her pulse was slowing rapidly and her breath came in rapid gasps for air. Icarefully picked her up and sprinted as quickly as I could. I stumbled but kept going. I ran through the entrance hall and burst through the large oak doors to the Great Hall. This earned many stares and whispers but I didn't care.
"PROFESSOR…DUMBLE…DOR!" I yelled as Sirius, Remus, Charly, and Tori ran toward me and engulfed the ever-limp Lily.
"Oh my gosh." Was all Charly was able to whisper as Sirius caught her as she fell towards the ground in a dead faint. Dumbledor took charge and swept us all to the Hospital Wing.
Half an hour later I was the only one left sitting next to Lily's still body. The others had been pushed out by Poppy. I take Lily's hand. It is so cold. I rub it to warm it up but it doesn't work. She is so pale. More pale than normal. Her normally vibrant red hair is knotted and limp. I take a brush off the night table next to her bed and begin to softly brush her hair. I look at her peaceful face half expecting to see her open her eyes and start yelling at me not to touch her, but she doesn't. She simply continues to lay there as I gently brush her knotted hair. It has grown longer since she cut it off. It had been about to her shoulder but now it was about a quarter of the way down her back. I look at her small, pale hand and notice a cute color red on her nails. I smile. I want her to wake up so badly and yell at me. I miss her yelling at me. I miss her smile. Will she ever wake up? What would I do if she dies. I would die. I would die of pain and heartbreak. I never thought I had experienced love until now, but I had been wrong all along. I love Lily and always have, since the first day I met her on Platform 9 ¾. I love Lily Evans. I love her. She may never know this now. She may die before I am able to tell her I love her and always have. I love you Lily. I place the brush back on the night table and stroke her now smooth and shining hair. I wish her hands would warm up. The beautiful rosy pink in her cheeks is gone. I may never see her laughing with her friends. I may never have another chance to take her to Hogsmeade on a "Heads Meeting" again. Never make her laugh or see her brilliant smile directed at me, just me.
I stand up and place my hand over her petite, icy one and close my eyes. "I love you Lily Evans." I say and open my eyes shocked as I feel warmth creep into her hand. I look at her face and see the rosy color wash into her cheeks again. I run to get Poppy.
"Poppy! She's…she's…come here, quick!"
