Time Heals Everything: Chapter 4
A/N:Before I start writing this chapter, I would like to thank my faithful reviewers who are so encouraging and its all because of them that I have the confidence to continue writing. Please keep reading and reviewing. ) Oh by the way, I might have forgotten to add a page breaker to separate the Lily parts from the James. Anyways, now when you see one, it just means that the point of view is changing characters. Well, this chapter is going to be my longest yet, and I'm going to try really hard to make my chapters longer, as most people requested. But the change is going to come slowly, so please bear with me. OMG I am so sorry about that huge space at the topof the page. I can't get it to go away. Oh well, thanks for understanding.
James woke up in the morning, to find himself alone in the Heads' common room. He remembered after a moment that Lily was at a sleepover with her friends. Stretching, he walked out of the room and into the bathroom to take a shower. He grinned when he remembered that he had it all to himself for today. His grin grew even wider, when he remembered that he only had 4 more days of Hogwarts, and then it was off to the Leaky Cauldron for him and Lily. He wasn't exactly sure what they were going to do there, but the letter had said something about getting special Head Boy/Girl training, plus some time alone to sort out their troubles. Now, James could definitely admit that they did have some areas to work out. Anyways December to March was a pretty long time. No, wait…he remembered something.
Flashback
James was in Potions class when suddenly he heard a loud knock at the door. Professor Plankton sharply called "Come In!" To everyone's surprise, it was Professor Dumbledore. Although nobody spoke, James could tell that the same question was whirring through everyone's heads'. "Why is Dumbledore here? He never comes to classes unless somebody is in big trouble. Well, I wonder who the lucky person is." Actually, it was "lucky" two people, as Dumbledore asked to see James and Lily. Most of the crowd had calmed down by then, seeing that James and Lily were Head Boy and Girl. It was probably Heads' business. James' table was by the door so he stood up and waited for Lily. They both walked out together and for once Lily didn't object to James.
Dumbledore had just briefly told the two teens that there had been a change of plans and instead of staying four months, he had arranged it to two, deciding that their NEWTs were coming up and they needed to go to their classes in order to pass.
James just stood there, under the water, letting it take away all his troubles. Not that there were many, but only one seemed to stick out most. A certain redhead that he had set his heart for. Lily.
Lily woke up early, to find herself back in the Gryffindor common room where she had spent so many years, doing what it is that first years, to sixth years do. Well, she had taken a shower and was all ready for the Saturday. The only problem was, that none of her friends had even woken up yet. She decided to go down to the Great Hall to have a breakfast, and then return to her room to do some studying as she would be missing out on two month's worth of classes. Lily quietly made her way to the hall, trying not to wake up the remaining sleeping Hogwarts. The Great Hall was mostly empty, containing only the "early risers" of the weekends.
Lily was surprised to see James sitting alone at the table. Suddenly, she found herself seated beside him. Lily had no idea why she had to go and sit by him, but now she was there and there wasn't anything she could do about it.
"Good morning, my Lily flower."
"Don't call me that."
"Anything for you, my Lily flower."
"Ugh, I give up."
She groaned and started to ignore him. It felt weird now, the special little nickname he had for her wasn't bothering her as much, and it was getting hard to hide the fact that her feelings were changing. Rapidly. For a certain raven-haired boy that she was beginning to like. James.