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CH. 12
nobody's pov
"James!?" came Lily's frantic whisper. She had just woken up as Poppy left from administering more medicine to her.
"I can't remember what happened." She said with a hint of annoyance. James tried to cover a smile. "Leave it to Lily to beat herself up for not remembering." He thought. He turned to her and gave a small smile.
"We thought we had lost you, Lils." James said softly. Lily looked confused. "Bless her soul." James thought as he smiled down at her. Lily looked up at him.
"We?" still in a hoarse whisper. James nodded and answered her question.
"Yes, Sirius, Remus, Tori, Charly, and me. They left about two hours ago." He stifled a yawn and stood to stretch. Sitting back down Lily asked another of her many questions.
"What happened to me? Why am I here?" fear ebbing into her voice. James placed a large hand over her petite one. He let out a sigh and began to tell the tale.
"Do you want me to start when you read the letter?" Lily nodded and James continued. "You dropped the letter and ran out of the Great Hall. I picked up the letter and read it. I ran after you but I had no idea where you could have gone. I ran all over until I reached the Astronomy Tower. I looked out the window and saw your red hair by the lake. I rushed down to you and heard you screaming why. I saw you go limp and I took you to Dumbledor. We all accompanied you to the hospital wing. Poppy had no idea what to do because there didn't seem to be anything wrong. We explained the situation to her and she gave you a few potions. Sirius, Remus, Chary, Tori and I stayed until Poppy literally threw us out. I snuck back in with the invisibility cloak and here we are, at two o'clock in the morning." James concluded.
"James Potter, are you still here?" Poppy stuck her head out of her office. James nodded.
"What are you hiding from me?" Lily scrutinized James. Heaving a sigh, not wanting to tell her, James wrung his hands in his lap. James would not look at Lily.
"James." Lily whispered angrily.
"Ok, ok!" he said looking worried.
"Well, when I came back Poppy was looking really worried and running around frantically around your bed. When I walked up to her, leaving my cloak by the door I asked her what was wrong. Lily, you were techniquly dead. Your heart stopped." James' voice caught and he couldn't continue. He looked away so Lily could not see the tears in his eyes. A hand pulled his face towards her.
"James, how?" he could tell she was in agony. She hated not knowing.
"According to Poppy your body went into automatic withdraw and simply shutdown, stopped working. Lily," James stopped and looked down. "Lily." James sighed and stood up.
"I had better let you rest now." Lily looked slightly disappointed and looked down at her clasped hands. Looking at James she noticed the dark circles under his eyes and the sag in his normally perfect posture. To Lily, James looked worn and much older than his seventeen years.
"James, thank you for telling me." Lily was still only staring at her hands. "I want to get out of here. I don't want to be in here anymore." Tears were spilling from Lily's eyes.
James sat down on the edge of Lily's bed and put his arms around her. Tears soaked James' white t-shirt while her petite hands clutched forcefully at his shoulders. James softly rubbed her back in tiny circles.
"I almost died! I would have never been able to tell everyone how much I appreciate them!" Lily sobbed softly. She moaned quietly as James kneaded a sore spot on her shoulder.
"Sorry." Came his deep, gentle voice. Lily shook her head against his shoulder as if to tell him it was no problem. Lily's tears had slowed and she wrapped her arms around James' neck, leaning her head on his shoulder. James sighed softly and continued to rub her back.
"Oh, Lily. Oh, Lily." James murmured as Lily drifted into a peaceful sleep. Laying her softly James tucked Lily snuggly in bed. Twirling a thin strand of her red hair between his fingers James stood, bent down and kissed Lily on the forehead before leaving the one he loved.
