Summary: It all started with a simple love letter, for James Potter, from a lovely admirer. Love letters led to friendships; friendships led to confusion; and finally confusion, slowly led to love. With just three meaningful words, it brought joy to young Potter's heart: Love, An Admirer.
Disclaimer: Anything familiar isn't mine, and unfortunately belongs to the oh-so-brilliant JK Rowling, whom I salute to. Creations of mine are : Piper Valentine, Fiona, Jemima, Emily Hart, Dennis Front, Walter Reese, Winston Reese, Marie Lodge, Yvonne West, Gerald Wills, Kurt Randall and Isabelle Frall.
Author's Note: Howdy! I've decided to change the summary, as I was bored with the previous one. What do y'all think? Is it better? Anyhoo, by the look of this chapter, this story is going to end soon, with just one or two more chapters. *Burst into tears* I'm quite happy though, 'cause when I finish this, it'll be the FIRST story I've completed. But, if I have the time, I might make a few problems arouse, and it'll be slightly longer. BUT, I'm not keeping any promises! KEEP ON REVIEWING!
Besides, if you don't want me to end this, give me plots so I can write!
Shout Outs!: 1) thanks to everblue3 for telling me how to use the bold, italic and underline. 2) Happy 19th Birthday to my big sis, Fara. If you somehow miraculously came upon this story, birthday hugs and kisses to you! Good luck for your A-Levels too! 3) Thanks a bunch to Jadesfire28 for editing my callous mistakes, and for giving me suggestions and comments.
Love, An Admirer
Chapter 12: Unbelievable
~James POV~
I ran to the Gryffindor Tower, wanting to settle it there and then. With the help of the training skills I developed from Quidditch, I could run pretty well. My only goal for tonight was to set things straight with Lily. Find out the truth whether she likes me, or not. But the goal I must achieve first is to find out whether I like her.
I muttered the password for the Fat Lady, and rushed to the Girls Dormitory. I knocked, quite impatiently, but alas, only silence greeted me. I just barged in, not caring whether a girl might be undressing. No one was in Lily's dormitory. As quickly as I could, I rushed to the Boys' Dorm, and took out the Marauders' Map. I whipped out my wand and tapped the parchment and said, 'I solemnly swear I'm up to no good.'
A map started to appear, and I waited for the dot labeled "Evans" to appear. My eyes widened to where the dot appeared at – one of the hidden rooms the Marauders and I discovered three years back! Though my brain's a little rusty, I wasn't quite sure of the way to the room, but I remembered the portrait-holder for that particular room – the pretty fairy who blushed when I first discovered her. Even with the aid of the map, I'd probably be lost quite a few times.
Since I had a reputation to live up to (mostly, to create mischief), I knew all the Portraits in Hogwarts, and kept a relationship with each and every one of them, to aid me during pranks. Even though I had this small Portrait Network, they never exploit other portraits, just incase someone wanted to rip him or her. However, the only blunt portrait who would do so, just to help Damsels in Distress, was the one and only, wannabe knight, Sir Cadogan. He first arrived in Hogwarts way back when I was in second year. I would be surprised if he remained alive.
I stepped out of the Gryffindor Tower, and asked the Fat Lady, 'Excuse me, Ma'am. I don't wish to disturb you but –'
'Oh, of course.' She interrupted. 'No one wishes to disturb me, though all of you somehow do!'
I ignored her rudeness, quite annoyed, and carried on. 'Would you please be kind enough to tell me where Sir Cadogan is?'
The Fat Lady snorted. 'Cadogan?' Snort. 'You'd be mad to think he's still here! Unfortunately, he is though. Mad coot, that boy is. Don't have a clue how Dumbledore hired him. Anyway,' she said, fanning herself. 'He probably has nothing to do at the moment, and is in the Great Hall, waiting for students to call him their savior. Never liked knights. Never wi- Ah! There he is!' The Fat Lady said exclaimed, nudging to her far left. 'Disturbing that poor boy. Quick, now! Before he starts scaring the life out of that young one.'
I left the Fat Lady with a charming smile, towards Sir Cadogan. He hasn't changed a bit, since when I first saw him. Clad in armour, with a scabbard, riding on a fat pony. 'Sir Cadogan!' I shouted, interrupting his conversation with the second-year. 'I need help!'
Sir Cadogan's ears perked. 'Help, you say? Quest, is my middle name!' He said, proudly. 'Never fear, Cadogan's here! Now, what may I do for you, young comrade?'
'Do you know the fairy? The one on the Hidden Committee?' I asked.
[a/n: I made up the Hidden Committee and the Portrait-Holder. Hidden Committee is something like a society for Potraits who takes care of the hidden rooms. Portrait-Holder however is the post of the Portrait who takes care of a certain place.]
Sir Cadogan blushed, which could even be seen under his visor. 'Ah, yes. The pretty one... With yellow wings? Fair features? Very soft voice?'
I smiled, 'Yes. Er, that one.'
'Why of course!' He bellowed. 'Come on then! I'll bring you to her! Tally Ho!' He nudged his sword upward, which caused a fall. He just laughed weakly, and climbed on his fat pony once again.
I followed Sir Cadogan, through a few passage ways and finally reached the room. 'Thank you, Sir.' I said, expressing my gratitude.
'No need to thank me, young one. It was a task well done. Let's be off now, Francesca!' He said, waving a goodbye to me, and the pretty Fairy.
I walked up to her, and said, 'Ah, do you still remember me?'
The Fairy blushed. 'Of course, I do,' she said in her timid voice. 'The one who found me. Where are you other three friends?'
'Oh, I'm here alone,' I smiled.
She blushed again. 'Would you let me in? It's quite important,' I urged.
The Fairy looked confused and said, 'I don't know... The wonderful girl who found me two years ago is in there, and she's not quite happy. She doesn't look like one who wishes to be disturbed.'
I pleaded, with my special charm. 'Please? This is for her! Won't you feel better, if she feels better?'
She smiled. 'I – I guess. Oh well,' she gave up. 'If it's to make her happy. Go on in then, lad.' Once again she blushed, while letting me in.
~Third Person's POV~
[a/n: I'm very sorry if I'm confusing all of you with the switch of POV's. It's just that sometimes I want it to be from HIS POV, and sometimes HERs, and sometimes them both! Please understand.]
Lily sat on the couch, dazing off into space, looking at the cackling fire to keep herself warm. She sighed, and sighed repeatedly.
She didn't notice the Portait opening, as she was too busy reminiscing...
'My dear Lilliana...' James whispered, as he slowly leaned in.
She sipped the hot cocoa which was prepared by the kind House Elves. 'Lily?' whispered the quite familiar voice. She thought she was hallucinating, as she turned around, shocked.
Lily stood up abruptly at the sight of the voice owner. She nearly spilled the hot cocoa, but was clever enough to leave it on the side table.
'W-What are you doing here? I – but – no one –' Lily stuttered.
'Hush...' James raised his finger to silence Lily on the lips, but drew back his hand, not wanting to know the consequences. 'I – well... I went back to the ball.'
Lily snorted, but soon silenced herself.
'And I went to see Remus, and asked him for advice.'
Lily dived into the couch. 'And what may I ask was the advice about?'
James gulped and said, 'Girls.'
Lily shot a questioning glance at him. 'What?'
'I, well...' He cleared his throat, not wanting to sound like an idiot. 'Anyway, I saw Winston Reese, and he said that,' James inhaled deeply. 'You. Like. Me. Is it true?'
Her eyes widened. How on earth did Win find out? I never told anyone, except Fi and Jem! That's unless... Fiona told Jeremy, and Jeremy told Winston?!, she thought.
'In case you're thinking someone blabbed out anything, Win said he overheard you, well, saying something about,' James inhaled again. [a/n: LOL!] 'You liking me.'
Lily looked down, and was embarrassed. 'I do,' she said, ever so softly.
James looked up. 'What?'
'I do! I do alright, I DO!' Lily was frustrated. Was everyone deaf? 'I have ever since,' Lily slowed down. 'Fourth year... I mean, what is there not to like in you? You're just... You're just... God, I don't even know! After seeing the countless times when you and the Marauders teased Snape; protected the first and second years from the Slytherins; who wouldn't like you, James Potter? Sometimes I get so mad that you're so oblivious to the fact that I am alive! I get so mad that you never notice me! Even at the prefect meetings... I get so mad! And yet, I still like you...!' Lily took a gulp of air to continue. 'Yet, I don't blame you for not noticing me, on account of my shrinking attitude... What does it take to get a popular (person) to notice a wall flower?' Lily sat on the floor, not caring whether it might ruin her robes. 'And somehow miraculously, we're paired up this year in Charms. Finally, you noticed me, and we became friends.'
'Lily?' James asked.
She ignored him, and continued. 'But what if Professor Flitwick hadn't paired us? You would have still ignored me. You would have never known that Lily Evans existed. Do you know James, that sometimes, I just hope, let alone wish that you would like me...'
'Lily?'
'But, that's impossible, now isn't it?' Lily started walking back and forth. 'I mean why would James Potter, fancy Lily Evans, of all people? ME?' Lily breathed in and out. 'Suddenly, you started getting closer to me. I started feeling scared, yet more comfortable around me. And then, you asked me to the ball, perhaps maybe Carissa agreed to go with Kurt –'
'Now wait a moment –'
'And then the near-kiss! Do you know how I felt when you called me Lilliana? Do you know how many sad and happy moments you brought back to me? Do you know how it affected me? But of course, you were just caught in the moment with Peter singing in the background and all...' Lily looked down, eyeing the burgundy carpet. 'Do you know how sad I felt, to think that maybe, you might have thought of Carissa when you were leaning in, but only mentioned my name, because you knew it was me?'
'Lily!'
She looked up, stared straight into James' eyes, and teardrops were seen forming.
'I, I –' James breathed in. 'What's that?' James said, pointing to the desk where Lily wrote the love letter, once upon a time.
Lily had made the scrunched up balls of paper disappear, but not destroyed. The familiar handwriting caught his eye.
'Excuse me.' James' hand reached out for one of the crumpled papers, and opened it. It read,
Dear James Earl Potter,
This is probably your –
And then there were words which were cancelled with a long line. James shot a questioning glance at Lily, and she gasped.
'What are these?' He said, holding up the unfinished letters.
'N-nothing!' She said, quickly grabbing, and tearing them up, throwing it into the dust bin. How could I have been so stupid to not burn them!, she thought, mentally slapping herself. Why did he have to find it?
His eyes widened. 'You're the admirer, aren't you?'
Lily kept quiet, and crept back.
'You're the one who wrote that letter!' James exclaimed. 'You're the one who dropped that letter purposely!'
Lily shivered, afraid that he was going to hate her, after discovering it was her all along.
James neared Lily and said softly, 'You're the angel who had the heart to write me that anonymous letter...'
Lily looked up into James' eyes, and a blush was creeping up on her cheeks.
'W-what?'
'Did you think I was joking when I said the person who wrote the letter was a doll?' asked James. He ran a hand through his thick hair. 'Lily, do me a favour, would you?'
She looked up.
'Close your eyes.'
'What?' Lily asked, puzzled.
'Just close your eyes...' said James.
~*~Lily's POV~*~
Is James mad?, I thought. Why would he want me to close my eyes?
I just closed my eyes, not caring what he was going to do. I stood there, waiting for him to do something.
'James, I swear if you don't –' I tried to say.
But I was cut off abruptly, by a sweet tingling kiss. I felt a special feeling, one which still remained undiscovered by Lily Evans. I was shocked, surprised, happy, beyond happy!
James. Potter. Is. Kissing. Me!!!, I shouted and squealed inside.
So I did what my instincts told me to do: I kissed him back. He finally pulled away, ending the sweet kiss.
My fingers went up to my lips, and I could still feel the tingling sensation. 'My first kiss,' I whispered. And yes, it was. To think that my first kiss was from James Potter!
I swear I had this dazed and dreamy look on my face, but all I could see on James was his triumphant grin.
'I like you, Lily,' said James, seriously.
I pinched James on the arm, causing him to yelp.
'Ow! Why did you do that, Lily? I was telling you I like you!'
'To make sure you're not dreaming,' I said softly.
He just laughed, but kept quiet. 'And to answer your question previous question, no, I wasn't thinking about Carissa, nor have I liked her before. I guess, as shallow as it may sound, I only liked her for her outside, not the inside, even though I never really liked her. I was thinking of you, and only you, Lily. You were, well are now, the only person occupying my thoughts.' Said James, filling my heart with joy.
'Lilliana...' He said, making me tremble all over. He cupped my face in his hands. 'I like you, and this is no joke. I – I've liked you since the meeting by the lake, but just never realized it was you who I liked.' James kissed me on my forehead. 'You're unbelievable, Lily. You really are. I ask for one simple question to be answered, and you start spilling out your life story,' James grinned.
'It's not my fault some people are deaf,' I mumbled.
'Pardon?' James said, lifting up my chin.
'Nothing. I – Are you sure this isn't some kind of cruel prank you're playing? I mean, the whole thing you said, and the kiss.' I asked, blushing.
'No, Lily. Never,' he whispered.
'Good, then I can do this,' I smiled, and kissed him. I was equally shocked as he was. Never before have I been brave, never was I straight-forward. Till this day, it amazed me how I got into Gryffindor.
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Author's Note: WEEEE!! Finally, they KISS, and James finds out she wrote the letter. I'm very sorry if this is too short! I just HAD to end it there. Short and sweet, right? Before I stop, your comments! Is it too fast? Did he find out too fast? If he did, TELL ME, and I'll rewrite this chapter (I'm willing to. :D) and post it up again!
Questions that I really have to ask:
1) Is this too fast?
2) Should she have kissed him back?
3) Should James have been mad at Lily for not telling him about the letter?
4) Should Lily have not be all giddy about James' kiss?
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