Chapter 2
A.N. Thanks for all your reviews. Some of you have asked me if you need to read Hidden Identity, which is the prequel to this story, you do need to know the story but since its 18chapters long I will just give you a summary and then you can decide if you want to read Hidden Identity or not.
Summary of Hidden Identity
Lily goes to Beauxbatons but is sent to teach Hogwarts the meaning of the phrase "Beauty comes from within". So she disguises her appearance. James falls in love with her. She makes friends with a girl called Ashleigh. Then her friends come over from Beauxbatons and at first everything is ok then Lily enters a magical coma one which only her true love can break. James breaks the coma and everything is cheerful again. Dumbledore suddenly decides to send Lily, Elle and Pierre back to Beauxbatons, which prompts the marauders, and Ashleigh to rescue them, which they do. However when they apparate back to Hogsmeade Pierre takes James somewhere and Pierre and Elle set Lily up on a date with James one that James doesn't turn up for because Pierre is holding him hostage. Then they sent a note to Lily telling her that James hates her and never really loved her. This of course isn't true but Lily flees the country, which leads onto this story…
On with the story…
There was a pause for what seemed like an eternity and Lily looked up at James with silent tears running down her cheeks
"Yes its me James and if you excuse me there is my taxi driver has come to collect me." And with that Lily melted into the crowds. James looked hopelessly after her said his voice trailing off at the end
"When can I see you again?" Melinda comforted James and presently they left the airport and disapparated to their family home.
In the taxi a turmoil of emotions where flowing through Lily she realised as soon as she saw James that time didn't change a thing, she still loved James as much as ever. So why oh why did I run away she thought bitterly. After 1/2 hour she had arrived at the hotel where she was staying. She stepped into her hotel room and gasped. It was the largest suite that she had stayed in, which was being paid for by an unknown donor. Then she saw it a trail of red rose petals leading off into the bedroom, intrigued she followed it into the bedroom then stopped dead. There was Jacques bending down on one knee with a diamond engagement ring in his hand.
"Lily Rose Marie Evans will you take my hand in marriage?" Jacques asked her. Lily stared at him lost for words, yesterday there would have been no hesitation it would have been yes but today everything was different. She had seen James for the first time in 10 years but what she had noticed but Melinda obviously hadn't was the brand new engagement ring. Then she smiled if James has moved on so can I.
"Jacques Isadore Freeman I accept your hand in marriage…" Jacques stood up and slid the engagement ring on Lily's finger then kissed her hard on the lips. It was pleasant and that was it but what was so disturbing was the fact that as she was kissing Jacques an image of James Potter appeared in her mind, which she tried to banish, but obstinately stayed there.
The next morning (Jacques had spent the night) Lily woke sleepily to find Jacques smiling down at her
"What?" she asked him playfully
"Your just so beautiful, I can't believe I'm marrying you, that's what." Jacques said
"I love you too Jacques but I've got to go to this place I London to get ready for the show I'm holding." Lily said though her heart wasn't really in it. Lily got dressed and chose a simple black suit with a red fitted shirt on underneath. 10 minutes later she arrived at a huge museum, which specialised in jewellery to find James Potter standing on the steps. Lily got out and attempted to walk past him without looking at him but it didn't work.
"Lily, wait a second, can we talk?" James asked her a pleading sound coming into his voice. Lily smiled a little but she couldn't resist the puppy dog voice James was using
"Well it depends how long it will take, the most I have got is 1hr and that is pushing it to the max."
"That will be fine, can you still apparate?" James asked her and in response Lily shrugged her shoulders
"I don't know I haven't used magic for 10 years so I don't know if I can." Lily said and James looked up at the mention of ten years.
"It should be fine, your magic doesn't desert you if you just don't use it." Lily smiled timidly then a small pop and she vanished in another second James followed suit with the porter on the steps of the museum blinking and rubbing his eyes in amazement.
Lily and James appeared in an outside café with shady ferns and those umbrella things that provide shade for every table. Lily looked around in her amazement
"James where are we?" James smiled annoyingly and beckoned for a waiter to come over to them so they could be seated only when they were seated and served did James begin to talk.
"Where have you been for these last 10 years Lily, you have no idea how much I've missed you, why did you leave?"
"I have been living in Italy, doing muggle work and that note you sent me made me decide to leave if you really must know." Lily said her voice get slightly higher and louder at the end. James looked confused but then he remembered what Ashleigh had said about a letter, which Pierre had obviously sent.
"Lily, you have to believe me that wasn't me, it was your friend Pierre. He was and still is presumably a mad man though no one has seen him since you left. He was trying to get you to go out with him and eventually marry him."
"Well that won't be a problem as I'm engaged and by the looks of him so are you?"
"I'm not, you got the hands confused, I haven't proposed or been out with anyone since you left and now you tell me you're engaged?" There was a silence then a little beeping sound rang out coming out from Lily's bag.
"Its my pager, gotta go" and with that Lily disapparated leaving James with a confused look on his face thinking to himself what's a pager?
A.N. Next chapter James is faced with the whole two weeks to marry proposition. Now if you want to find out what will happen next
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