As soon as Alex left, Lily collapsed in tears. James went over to her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Shhh" he said softly, "it's okay he's gone. I'm not gonna let anything happen to you"
"I was s-so st-stupid, he said he wanted t-to show me the s-stars and then he..." sobbed Lily, "If y-you hadn't came when you did, h-he would have r-raped me"
Just hearing her say the word rape, almost brought tears to James eyes, he pulled her closer to him.
'How could anyone even think about doing that to her. She's too sweet, too special' he thought
"It's okay I did come and that animal's not gonna come near you again" he said
James spent the next hour holding and comforting Lily until she eventually calmed down.
"We should probably get out of here," she whispered
"Okay"
They managed to get back to the common room without getting caught.
"I can't go up there," said Lily looking towards her dormitory. James could hear the girls up there giggling.
"It's okay you don't have to" he said, "You can stay down here tonight"
Lily face looked alarmed and then James realised that she thought she would have to stay here alone.
"I'll stay with you," he added quickly
"Oh god I'm such a baby" said Lily
"No you're not," said James and he went over and arranged the huge cushion so that they would be comfortable.
Lily went over and lay down; James lay down next to her but kept a distance between them so that she wouldn't feel uncomfortable. He reached for the light switch and was startled to see Lily sit straight up and grab for his arm.
"Please don't turn it off. Not just yet" she said frightened
Suddenly James remembered what she must have gone through, in the complete darkness with that bastard on top of her.
"We can leave it on all night, if you want no problem" he said dropping his hand from the light switch.
Then James moved closer to Lily and put his arms round her. She didn't argue or pull away instead she cuddled in against him.
"Go to sleep Lily, it's late and the train leaves at 10am tomorrow" whispered James.
"I can't" Lily whispered back
"Why not?"
"Because when you hold me I can't seem to do anything I can't even think straight" murmured Lily as she fell asleep.
James lay awake for hours thinking about what had happened and what Lily had said before she fell asleep.
'She still has feelings for me. I can't rush her though especially after what happened tonight'thought James.
The next morning Lily woke up first, at first she was confused.
'Where am I?' then she looked around and saw James and smiled. She remembered everything that had happened the night before and how James had saved her. She looked at his face. 'I love him so much. I thought I had decided to be just friends for a good reason. But no reason's good enough to keep us apart, not if he feels the same way'
Lily crept up to her dormitory before anyone got up. James woke up later at the same time as everyone else, (when the bell went). By the time Lily had gotten dressed and mad it back down to the common room James had gone up to his dormitory.
Lily didn't see James again until the Hogwarts Express arrived at Kings Cross, she stopped him on the platform.
"Hi I uh just wanted to say thanks for last night" she said
"That's okay anyone would have done the same" he said
"Not everyone would have held me for an hour and then spent the night on lumpy pillows so that I wouldn't be alone" said Lily
"I told you, I care about you" said James then he saw his parent and Sirius motioning for him to hurry up, "I uh gotta go, see you in two weeks" and then he rushed off.
Lily stood there watching him leave.
'Maybe he doesn't feel the same way'Then she saw James turn round and wink at her and then he left.