Chapter III: The longed date
Lily cried the name of that man in the middle of the street so loud that several people turned their heads because they thought she was out of her mind, but she didn't care. She drew her mind an Apparated in Hogsmeade.
"What the heck am I doing?" she thought. "I didn't want to see him. or do I? Yes, I want to see him - I mean, physically. That's all."
"I don't know why I am so much in a rush, I am sure he won't be there. it's already eleven. he wouldn't wait this long. it's James Potter we're talking about, for Christ's sake! - he waits nobody." she thought.
But she was wrong. The plaza was desserted except for a tall, dark figure - and soaked. "He's been waiting all this time." she thought. Something inside her towards James Potter change, she knew she had been wrong-footed with him. "People can change, after all. I've been an idiot" she added as an afterthought.
"Lily! I thought you wouldn't come" said James, smiling. He looked exactly the same as during their time at Hogwarts. well, maybe a bit taller and fitter (A/N: he he), but he had the same ruffled hair (A/N: ummmm) and hazel eyes behind those round glasses. He was cold and shivering. shivering a lot, actually.
"You are soaked to the bone!"
"What about you? Have you looked you looked yourself in the mirror?" he said, exasperated. Lily gazed at her clothes and admitted that James was right. She had been so worried that James wouldn't be there that she hadn't noticed how cold and wet she was.
"How come you've waited two hours?" she asked.
"I had arranged the date, I couldn't just leave you here."
"You haven't changed a bit. you're still damned stubborn. I am not worth it."
James didn't reply, but his eyes twinkled a bit, something that Lily did not notice.
"We should dry ourselves up, we're going to get a pneumonia if not." said Lily wisely.
"I think - *sneeze* - I've already caught it." he said.
"Where can we go?" asked Lily.
James glanced around and said with an innocent voice. "You live somewhere near, don't you?" But Lily knew better - he hadn't changed that much after all.
"Oh, no - no, no, no, no!" she refused point-blank. "I am not going to take you home, no way José!"
"Oh, come on Lils." he begged with puppy-eyes. "We'd be drier in a swimming pool. and you know it's *your* fault we're like this in the first place. If you had arrived in time. I won't take advantage on you, you know I am not like that. please, pretty please."
"Don't even try it" she said dangerously.
"You could give me one of your ex's shirts, come on."
"Do not bring up the subject!" she warned. "I knew I shouldn't have come." she thought.
"Maybe a snack too - hey! Don't hit me!" he cried, massaging his arm. "Oka doka, no food, you starver. I am hungry, I'll take you out for dinner" he finished.
"Do you think *I* am going to go out with you?" she asked incredously.
"Of course, why not?" he asked, feeling quite elated.
"I *only* came here to know what did you want. do not even imagine that I am going to go out with you!"
"Yeah, yeah, sure." he said offhandedly, ignoring completely what Lily had said. "I know a nice place, I am sure you'll like it."
"Are you deaf of what? Haven't I just said clearly that I am not -"
"Let's get changed at your place, it's getting late." James took Lily's hand and took her to the entrance of her house. She followed him absent-mindedly, thinking about the way he had ignored her comments.
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing. nada de nada.
A/N: Well, this is the last chapter I'm uploading today. I have to more but I'll wait to have some reviews (Because you'll review, won't you? *-*) I hope you enjoy the fic. I've already finished it in Spanish. It has 25 chapters ^^ See you soon (by mail!)
Lily cried the name of that man in the middle of the street so loud that several people turned their heads because they thought she was out of her mind, but she didn't care. She drew her mind an Apparated in Hogsmeade.
"What the heck am I doing?" she thought. "I didn't want to see him. or do I? Yes, I want to see him - I mean, physically. That's all."
"I don't know why I am so much in a rush, I am sure he won't be there. it's already eleven. he wouldn't wait this long. it's James Potter we're talking about, for Christ's sake! - he waits nobody." she thought.
But she was wrong. The plaza was desserted except for a tall, dark figure - and soaked. "He's been waiting all this time." she thought. Something inside her towards James Potter change, she knew she had been wrong-footed with him. "People can change, after all. I've been an idiot" she added as an afterthought.
"Lily! I thought you wouldn't come" said James, smiling. He looked exactly the same as during their time at Hogwarts. well, maybe a bit taller and fitter (A/N: he he), but he had the same ruffled hair (A/N: ummmm) and hazel eyes behind those round glasses. He was cold and shivering. shivering a lot, actually.
"You are soaked to the bone!"
"What about you? Have you looked you looked yourself in the mirror?" he said, exasperated. Lily gazed at her clothes and admitted that James was right. She had been so worried that James wouldn't be there that she hadn't noticed how cold and wet she was.
"How come you've waited two hours?" she asked.
"I had arranged the date, I couldn't just leave you here."
"You haven't changed a bit. you're still damned stubborn. I am not worth it."
James didn't reply, but his eyes twinkled a bit, something that Lily did not notice.
"We should dry ourselves up, we're going to get a pneumonia if not." said Lily wisely.
"I think - *sneeze* - I've already caught it." he said.
"Where can we go?" asked Lily.
James glanced around and said with an innocent voice. "You live somewhere near, don't you?" But Lily knew better - he hadn't changed that much after all.
"Oh, no - no, no, no, no!" she refused point-blank. "I am not going to take you home, no way José!"
"Oh, come on Lils." he begged with puppy-eyes. "We'd be drier in a swimming pool. and you know it's *your* fault we're like this in the first place. If you had arrived in time. I won't take advantage on you, you know I am not like that. please, pretty please."
"Don't even try it" she said dangerously.
"You could give me one of your ex's shirts, come on."
"Do not bring up the subject!" she warned. "I knew I shouldn't have come." she thought.
"Maybe a snack too - hey! Don't hit me!" he cried, massaging his arm. "Oka doka, no food, you starver. I am hungry, I'll take you out for dinner" he finished.
"Do you think *I* am going to go out with you?" she asked incredously.
"Of course, why not?" he asked, feeling quite elated.
"I *only* came here to know what did you want. do not even imagine that I am going to go out with you!"
"Yeah, yeah, sure." he said offhandedly, ignoring completely what Lily had said. "I know a nice place, I am sure you'll like it."
"Are you deaf of what? Haven't I just said clearly that I am not -"
"Let's get changed at your place, it's getting late." James took Lily's hand and took her to the entrance of her house. She followed him absent-mindedly, thinking about the way he had ignored her comments.
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing. nada de nada.
A/N: Well, this is the last chapter I'm uploading today. I have to more but I'll wait to have some reviews (Because you'll review, won't you? *-*) I hope you enjoy the fic. I've already finished it in Spanish. It has 25 chapters ^^ See you soon (by mail!)
