Attempt eight
"You know Potter, you're not a bad singer..." Lily complimented him as they both hung from their wrists in the dungeons.
"Thanks Lily."
"No problem."
Silence took over the dungeon once more.
"Why do you hate me Lily?"
"Hate you?"
"You always seem to find me repulsive...Why?"
"You just seemed too big for your boots."
"Oh."
Silence.
"I'm really sorry about the flowers."
"Yea, I know. But how were you supposed to know?"
"I should've asked Becca first."
"Really, James, it's fine."
"Okay," James's face broke into a grin.
"What are you grinning about?"
"Oh nothing..."
"James...? What is it?"
James's grin became wider,
"You're calling me James."
"Yea, I know..."
Silence once more.
"Lily?"
"Yea?"
"What are you thinking right now?"
"What am I thinking?"
"Right now."
"I'm thinking...How much longer do we have?"
"Well it depends."
"On what?"
"On whether you want to go for a walk or not."
"Walk where?"
James tried to shrug,
"I don't know...Around."
"Okay."
"With me?"
"Sure."
James's heart skipped a beat, she preferred him over torture! He was back on track!
"Hang tight..." he said as he used his feet to push himself up the wall a bit more, giving his chained arms more slack. He then put his hand up his sleeve and pulled out his collection of many hand chain keys, he spoke to Lily as he worked on which hand chain they'd used that night,
"I used a replica charm, to get copies of all the keys they use for these things. It's one of the few things in the whole school they haven't updated to block new magic..."
"Impressive..." Lily said as she heard James's left hand hand chain unlock with a click. Soon James was down and unlocking Lily,
"Now, I believe I owe you a walk..." Lily said with a laugh as James walked her out of the dungeon.