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AN: I try to update on this story once a day, but on weekdays it is hard… Please Review and tell me what you think! I've decided that Remus' thoughts might be needed so whenever you see this: ' or ' you know that shows he it thinking it and not saying it.
Never Meant To Hurt You
Chapter Four
Remus always got Lily a gift for her birthday. It was a little tradition he had. He usually bought a book for her, one she has been dying to read, but this year he wanted something different. He wanted to go and get one for her three weeks ago, but he was busy helping Peter study. Today he could buy her something; the problem was he didn't know what to buy her.
'Lily always liked Quidditch Perhaps I could get her something that has to do with Quidditch!' Remus thought to himself as he entered Quality Quidditch Supplies 2 ½. There were about a thousand different things in the store; books on Quidditch, brooms dating back to the sixteenth century, different safety equipment, and broom care supplies.
'This was probably were all the famous quidditch flyers shopped. Well, probably not.' He thought to himself. Remus decided to look at the different brooms. He stopped looking at all the brooms when he came across the newest one. It was a timing broom. You could time it to see how long a game is, how long it takes you to score, catch the snitch and it told you your speed. 'This is awesome. Lily would love this.' Remus went up to the clerk and asked him how much the broom was. As always the new broom was pricey, but that didn't stop Remus. Remus had been saving up his money for a new locater that could tell him where the stars were and when certain ones would rise, but he could always save up again; Lily's birthday only comes once a year.
He bought it for her and the book that they recommend you buy with it. He was having it ordered to Lily, so it would arrive there on her birthday. He left the store rather pleased, but worried Lily wouldn't like it. He knew that was a lie; no matter if she liked a gift she got or not, Lily always found a way to use her gifts. That's what made Lily so special, she hated nothing, and always found something to do with the gifts that were giving to her by people she cared about.
Remus walked back to The Three Broomsticks happily. He wished he could go back and study, but he told his friends he would be back. By now, Sirius and James would have had Peter so loaded with beer it would be unbelievable.
When he entered he saw what he thought he would see: animals. Leave it up to James and Sirius…
He sat down next to a clapping Peter and put his head in hands and watched Sirius and James dance around their table. Soon, the two decided to sit down and drink some more; the even convinced Remus too, but only one or two. James was dancing near Lily's table to get her detention, and it worked.
"Evans, do you want to dance?" James asked leaning over her table. Lily stood up and said, "Why you ain't got no rhythm." She smiled after she said this and James took her hand, "I don't have rhythm, yes, but that can all change if we dance,"
They started dancing to the slow songs and when the fast ones came on they would sit down. Lily decided to sit down at the boys' table and talked to Peter. Peter stuttered, he always did when he talked to a girl, even when he didn't think that girl was cute. Peter knew Lily was being polite, as always, talking to him and things, but he hated talking to girls especially the beautiful ones like Lily even though he wasn't crazy about her.
When the next slow song came on Lily and James danced again. Remus watched her having a great time, and smiling, wishing he was dancing with her instead. Lily only danced to slow songs, which showed how gentle she was. Lily smiled the whole time the two of them were dancing and this made Remus feel much better, at least she was having a great time.
After the last slow song, James managed to get Lily to drink a bit, but after four, Remus took the drink away from her and stayed close by to make sure James wasn't going to give her another one. She was very clumsy and fell on the floor, at this point Remus told the guys that he was bringing her back to Hogwarts. Some guys complained, but Remus still brought her back; he didn't want her to get hurt.
By the time they were going up the stairs to the entrance hall at Hogwarts, Lily was leaning on Remus and he didn't stop her. He brought her back to thee Gryffindor Common Room and brought her to the stairs. He would have went all the way up, but boys were not aloud in the girls' dormitory, so he kissed her on the forehead and watched her walk up the steps. He didn't here a thud, so that was a good sign; it meant she fell on her bed and not the floor.
He sat on the cough replaying the night in his head and decided it was time to write in his journal. He had to; he wrote about every night he saw Lily.
October 1, 1978Tonight wasn't bad, except for the killing pain at the back of my head, but Lily made it better when she smiled. She made it all worth it when she laughed. She made it all seem amazing when looked like a floating angel, dancing. She always did.
I got her a present this evening, though, I'm not sure she'll be happy with it. It was a lot of money, but I'd buy Hogwarts if it made Lily happy. She danced tonight. Not with me, but with James. He always finds away to get what he wants. If I weren't so careful and strict I'd probably be that way too. I am happy for James; well, I am trying to be happy. It's hard when you love someone who doesn't love you, but that same person loves your best friend. Lily doesn't love him, but she could one day. And that would be the day I die…
It's funny how someone so close to you could take your heart and soul and not even know it. It's amazing how Lily does things with her beauty not even knowing it, but it hurts. It hurts when I know she has my heart and soul, but she doesn't want mine, she wants someone else's… Anyone's but the one she has…
I feel that one day she'll rid me completely. That one day she'll drop my heart and sould as quickly as they fell into her hands. I worry that that day will be soon and I hope that who ever she decides to be the keeper of her heart treats her like she should be; like the angel she is…
-Remus
AN2: Please Review and tell me what you think!
What day is Lily's birthday?
Or rather, what day is it in this story?