LIZ NOTE!!!! (Please read)
Okay. This is like, the first time I've updated in a year. And I'm sorry!!!
I PROMISE I won't drag this out another year. My goal is to finish this by
the time I leave to go to camp, which is around the same time the next book
comes out. There are no guarantees, but the guarantee that I will try my
hardest to meet my deadline.
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The next few weeks passed uneventfully, Lily wearing her handprint pyjamas in the common room several times. And it seemed everyone but her knew of the nice signature on her bottom.
Lily wasn't the cleverest witch in the 7th year, she was the cleverest witch in the school. And being the clever witch she was, she was able to see that pretty much the entire school knew something that she didn't. It was the way their eyes flickered downwards as she passed. And the way people said Lily and James when they thought she couldn't hear anything. Lily was far from stupid-she knew something was up. And she was determined to find out what it was.
James, meanwhile, had over the past three weeks been very studious and reserved. He was confused. Since he'd seen Lily dressed in only knickers and bubbles, he'd been very uncomfortable around her. His face heated up and he wasn't quite sure what to say. To cover up his strange behavior until he was able to sort through his brain of mush and find himself again, he tried his best to stay away from the common room and Lily.
Lily's plan to finding out what everyone knew but her was first, to go to James, and if he didn't know, (him not telling was unthinkable) she would do some investigative work herself.
"Hi James!" Lily said happily. She was planning to make casual conversation before she asked him what the big secret was.
"Wha-oh, Lily, don't do that!" James looked quite comical as he jumped about a foot in the air after Lily surprised him.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist." Lily said chuckling lightly. James was always so easy to scare, and the mouse-like noise he made when he was startled was always humoring. 'That's one of the things I love about James. Lily thought, he can always make me laugh..even when he's not trying to..'
"Why is it that you've decided to interrupt my study session?" James asked, pretending to be perturbed. He was doing his best to not think of Lily in the tub. 'Think pure thoughts ... Think pure thoughts.' "Can't you see I'm trying to work here?!"
"Work? Since when does James Potter work?! The very idea is laughable. In fact, I think I'll have a laugh right now." And so Lily went off into fits of laughter. (In the world of public speaking, you know, spontaneous, uncontrollable laughter is a sign of nervousness. But what has Lily to be nervous about?...)
"Okay James," Lily started, her giggles quieting down after a group of studying Ravenclaws shot her dirty looks. "I need to ask you something. Have you noticed lately, how everyone but me seems to know something?"
James knew, alright. The story of his handprint had made its way around the school completely. And the thing that surprised him was that people were taking it seriously. About ten guys had already told him how proud they were, it was "about time", and fifteen girls had asked him, very seriously, when the wedding was. He found it extremely embarrassing and it annoyed him to no end how tongue-tied he got as he was trying to explain it was all just a misunderstanding. Could people not take a joke?.
"Uh.." He stammered out, "Sort of, I guess." James couldn't find it in him to lie, as he would have under normal circumstances. "Oh, good." Lily said, sounding relieved. James, too was relieved for a moment, thinking that was all Lily was going to ask, and he could escape before Lily realized to ask him if he knew why. But he was not so lucky.
"I'm glad I'm not the only one. Do you happen to know what everyone's saying when my back is turned?"
'Uh, yea. That you and I are active and willing participants in a more than friendly relationship.' He thought. But he couldn't very well say that, now could he.
"Well, you see Lily.." James began, choosing his words carefully, but a loud crash and a whole shelf of books tumbling over interrupted him.
"PEEVES!" Mme. Pince shouted.
Everyone ran to the mess on the floor to see if anyone was hurt. James took the opportunity to slip away unnoticed, and hide in the safety of the boy's dorm.
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Lying in the middle of the floor, James, for the life of him, couldn't figure out how to tell Lily what everyone was saying about her-'wait, about us' --he corrected himself, when her back was turned. 'If this was last year, I'd have no problem telling her.' He thought. 'What's so different about now?'
But he knew what was different about now. Where as last year the idea of him ever being with Lily in a more than platonic way was laughable.. Inconceivable, now.. Now it was only laughable he'd never taken the idea seriously before, and the situation was very, very conceivable.
It was the day he woke up to Lily in noting but her knickers, smiling and laughing at him that he realized he wouldn't mind it too terribly much if that sort of thing happened every day. And James hated himself for thinking that.
It was like incest!
Yet.. Very appealing incest.
~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ Thanks for reading. I'd really appreciate it if you'd review. The only thing that motivated me to write this chapter were the 6 month old reviews begging me to finish. So if you wanna see the next chappie, leave me a quick note telling me what u liked, and what u didn't like.
SNEAK PREVIEW!!
Lily manages to find the hiding James..
We visit Hogsmeade..
And some other stuff that will be a surprise! (haha)
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~
The next few weeks passed uneventfully, Lily wearing her handprint pyjamas in the common room several times. And it seemed everyone but her knew of the nice signature on her bottom.
Lily wasn't the cleverest witch in the 7th year, she was the cleverest witch in the school. And being the clever witch she was, she was able to see that pretty much the entire school knew something that she didn't. It was the way their eyes flickered downwards as she passed. And the way people said Lily and James when they thought she couldn't hear anything. Lily was far from stupid-she knew something was up. And she was determined to find out what it was.
James, meanwhile, had over the past three weeks been very studious and reserved. He was confused. Since he'd seen Lily dressed in only knickers and bubbles, he'd been very uncomfortable around her. His face heated up and he wasn't quite sure what to say. To cover up his strange behavior until he was able to sort through his brain of mush and find himself again, he tried his best to stay away from the common room and Lily.
Lily's plan to finding out what everyone knew but her was first, to go to James, and if he didn't know, (him not telling was unthinkable) she would do some investigative work herself.
"Hi James!" Lily said happily. She was planning to make casual conversation before she asked him what the big secret was.
"Wha-oh, Lily, don't do that!" James looked quite comical as he jumped about a foot in the air after Lily surprised him.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist." Lily said chuckling lightly. James was always so easy to scare, and the mouse-like noise he made when he was startled was always humoring. 'That's one of the things I love about James. Lily thought, he can always make me laugh..even when he's not trying to..'
"Why is it that you've decided to interrupt my study session?" James asked, pretending to be perturbed. He was doing his best to not think of Lily in the tub. 'Think pure thoughts ... Think pure thoughts.' "Can't you see I'm trying to work here?!"
"Work? Since when does James Potter work?! The very idea is laughable. In fact, I think I'll have a laugh right now." And so Lily went off into fits of laughter. (In the world of public speaking, you know, spontaneous, uncontrollable laughter is a sign of nervousness. But what has Lily to be nervous about?...)
"Okay James," Lily started, her giggles quieting down after a group of studying Ravenclaws shot her dirty looks. "I need to ask you something. Have you noticed lately, how everyone but me seems to know something?"
James knew, alright. The story of his handprint had made its way around the school completely. And the thing that surprised him was that people were taking it seriously. About ten guys had already told him how proud they were, it was "about time", and fifteen girls had asked him, very seriously, when the wedding was. He found it extremely embarrassing and it annoyed him to no end how tongue-tied he got as he was trying to explain it was all just a misunderstanding. Could people not take a joke?.
"Uh.." He stammered out, "Sort of, I guess." James couldn't find it in him to lie, as he would have under normal circumstances. "Oh, good." Lily said, sounding relieved. James, too was relieved for a moment, thinking that was all Lily was going to ask, and he could escape before Lily realized to ask him if he knew why. But he was not so lucky.
"I'm glad I'm not the only one. Do you happen to know what everyone's saying when my back is turned?"
'Uh, yea. That you and I are active and willing participants in a more than friendly relationship.' He thought. But he couldn't very well say that, now could he.
"Well, you see Lily.." James began, choosing his words carefully, but a loud crash and a whole shelf of books tumbling over interrupted him.
"PEEVES!" Mme. Pince shouted.
Everyone ran to the mess on the floor to see if anyone was hurt. James took the opportunity to slip away unnoticed, and hide in the safety of the boy's dorm.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
Lying in the middle of the floor, James, for the life of him, couldn't figure out how to tell Lily what everyone was saying about her-'wait, about us' --he corrected himself, when her back was turned. 'If this was last year, I'd have no problem telling her.' He thought. 'What's so different about now?'
But he knew what was different about now. Where as last year the idea of him ever being with Lily in a more than platonic way was laughable.. Inconceivable, now.. Now it was only laughable he'd never taken the idea seriously before, and the situation was very, very conceivable.
It was the day he woke up to Lily in noting but her knickers, smiling and laughing at him that he realized he wouldn't mind it too terribly much if that sort of thing happened every day. And James hated himself for thinking that.
It was like incest!
Yet.. Very appealing incest.
~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ Thanks for reading. I'd really appreciate it if you'd review. The only thing that motivated me to write this chapter were the 6 month old reviews begging me to finish. So if you wanna see the next chappie, leave me a quick note telling me what u liked, and what u didn't like.
SNEAK PREVIEW!!
Lily manages to find the hiding James..
We visit Hogsmeade..
And some other stuff that will be a surprise! (haha)