James

We ran to the great hall and sat down at the table.

"That was so much fun, thank you for letting me feel what its like to be mischievous." Lily said grinning. She has such a beautiful smile, her mouth was calling to me, 'kiss me.kiss me'. I quickly blinked and turned my head away.

"No problem, Hey Lily I was wondering if you'd help me with my astronomy homework tonight?"

"Sure thing, let's meet in the tower at nine ok?" She asked happily.

"Alright see you then!" I told her and gave her a quick hug. I stood up and walked out of the great hall before a bunch of girls came and started surrounding me like always.

Lily

I stood just inside the door of the astronomy tower at 8:45 PM. It was a cloudless night and the stars were shining so brightly I felt like I could reach out and touch them. 'It would be so perfect if James and I were a couple.' I thought. Just then I heard the door open. I turned around and saw James' handsome face.

"Hey Lils! Ready to study?"

"Sure."

We lay down on the floor so we could get a better look. The view of the stars was great but the view of the boy next to me was better.

"James?" I said shyly.

"Yes Lily?"

"Do you think I'm pretty?" I asked in a whisper.

"No." He told me.

"Do you want to be with me forever?"

"No." He said, his voice strong.

"Would you cry if I walked away?" I sat up quickly.

"No." He sat up and looked into my green eyes with his deep brown ones. "I don't think your pretty I think your beautiful. I don't want to be with you forever, I need to be with you forever. And I wouldn't cry if you walked away, I would die." By the end I could barely hear his voice, it had gotten so small. I couldn't see him either because my eyes were filled with tears.

He took my face in his one hand and wiped away my tears with his other. Not saying a word he stared into my eyes. I felt as if he could read what I was thinking. Before I knew it his lips were on mine. I blinked.

"Lily?" A masculine voice called out. "Lily, wake up, you must have fallen asleep waiting for me."

'Oh no. It was only a dream.' I sprang from the ground with a start. My vision was getting blurry again. I looked in the doorway and saw James standing there looking at me like I was stupid.

"Lily are you ok, why are you crying?" He asked.

I couldn't answer him. I couldn't even speak. I quickly picked up my astronomy book and brushed past him as I ran out the door.

James

"Lily?" I called after her as she ran down the stairs. I glanced at my watch. 9:05 PM, I was only a little late, she couldn't be that mad. I couldn't hear footsteps anymore so I walked down the stairs hoping to find her. I kept calling her name.

"What?" I heard a small voice say. I looked towards the ground and saw the girl of my dreams sitting on the bottom stair, her head rested in her hands and her eyes filled with tears.

I sat down next to her and put my arm around her. "What's wrong?"

"If only I could tell you." Her small voice answered.

"Why can't you?" I asked.

"It's too complicated, you wouldn't understand." She told me.

"I'm a pretty understanding person, shoot." I said.

"No. Now please leave me alone." Her voice was cold.

"As you wish." I stood up and walked all the way back to the common room without giving her a second glance.

2 hours later

'Why was Lily so harsh?' 'What did I do that was wrong?' I was tossing and turning in my bed for two hours and I still couldn't figure what was up with Lily.

Finally I decided to just go down to the common room and read a book, maybe it would take my mind off of it. I grabbed my newest book about quidditch and headed down the stairs.

When I reached the bottom I saw a girl sitting on the couch. It wasn't Lily this time, it was someone else. I tiptoed closer to see if I could get a better view and figure out who it was. She had brown hair and a dash of freckles over her nose. She wasn't exactly pretty but she was cute. Her clear crystal blue eyes were filled with tears and her whole body was shaking.

"Sam?" I said, moving closer and sitting next to her.

Her head jumped up in alert and she looked me right in the eye.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Lily hasn't come back yet, I saw you come back looking angry two and a half hours ago but she still hasn't returned, I hope she's ok." She said her voice squeaky from just crying.

"Want to go look for her?" I said, worrying about Lily.

"How? We're not allowed out of our common rooms this late."

"I can go get my invisibility cloak." I explained.

"You have an invisibility cloak?" She asked, her eyes getting wide.

"Yeah, hold on I'll be right back." I said turning back to the stairs.

Half hour later

"Ouch that was my foot." Sam squealed

"Sorry I can't see anything."

"What is that there on the ground?"

I lifted my invisibility cloak up. We were at the stairs of the astronomy tower. Something was lying on the ground and whatever it was looked hurt.

"It's Lily!" Sam screamed lifting her hair. "And she's not breathing!"