Lily's Final Answer
Chapter 10 - First Patrol
James and Lily left the Gryffindor common room and decided to just walk around. Yes, they were patrolling, but they just called it a walk. They walked hand in hand while discussing anything from books to music to social events. They decided upon the topic of the Halloween ball.
"So, this Halloween ball is coming up pretty quickly. We should really start planning for it." Lily said.
"Yeah, you're right! So what should we do about mus-?"
THUD! Followed by a fit of giggles. Lily gripped James's hand a little tighter because she was frightened.
"Ja-James, Wh-what was that?" Lily stumbled.
"I don't know. It came from over there." He pointed over to a statue of an intricate golden sphinx.
James let go of Lily's hand and walked towards the statue. Lily walked behind him. James crept behind the statue and saw an interesting sight. James signaled Lily to come and take a look. Lily walked up to James and started to laugh hysterically. They saw Sirius and Rosie. Sirius and Rosie were full on snogging. Lily and James couldn't help but laugh. Rosie looked up and was surprised to see her best friend staring at her.
"Umm… sorry to interrupt this little 'tutoring session', but you are supposed to be in your common room. It is past your curfew. Sorry guys, but I'll have to take five points each. I'm really sorry guys!" James said.
"Sorry James, sorry Lils, we'll just go." Sirius said.
"Yeah, see you guys tomorrow." Rosie called as they walked away.
"Well we're done patrolling in 10 minutes. You want to just go for a walk now?" James asked.
"Not tonight James. I'm really tired. Let's head back to our common room." Lily replied.
"Alright." James said while taking a hold of Lily's hand.
They walked into their common room and kissed one another goodnight and went to bed.
Lily awoke with the sun shining on her face. She slowly got up and got on a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and flip-flops. She walked out of her room and into James's. He was still asleep, so Lily walked over to him and began whispering in his ear.
"James, it's time to wake up!"
"Wha? Lily? Oh hey! Good morning beautiful!" James said.
Lily smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
"Hurry up and wake up, its breakfast time and we have to receive our schedules." Lily said.
Lily exited the room and went into the bathroom. She flicked her wand and her blazing red hair went up into a loose ponytail. Lily then went into the common room to find James waiting for her. He offered his hand to her and she graciously took it. They walked to the Great Hall together.
"Hey Prongs!" Sirius called.
"Hey Padfoot, how was your night?" James asked while winking at him.
They all went and sat down together. Remus and Elise walked in and joined them. They all grabbed a few pieces of toast and jelly. Lily conjured up a cup of coffee and grabbed James's hand.
"You want to go for a walk outside?" she asked him.
James agreed and said goodbye to all of their friends. Lily walked James outside. They were walking in silence for five minutes when they sat on a bench by the pond.
"James…umm…I need to talk about us." Lily said.
Her eyes began to water and a tear ran down her cheek.
"Lily, what is it?" James wiped the tear from her cheek.
She sniffed, "I'm so sorry!" She began to cry and ran away.
"Lily! Wait!" James called after her.
Lily just kept running. She needed someone to talk to. She needed to find her friends, and fast!