One SlowDance

This is my first fanfic so be easy on me! I would like to apologize in advance because my spelling is horrible, so I'm sorry if there are any spelling mistakes. Please review so I know whether to post the next chap. Well anyways hope u like it.

N/A- Thanks to my friend gem for proof reading and helping with ideas.

I do not own J.K Rowling's characters or the ending all I own is the plot.

Summary

So what really happened in their final year of school that made Lily changes her mind about James Potter? "You think you're funny, but you're an arrogant, bullying toerag, Potter." Did the infamous Potter grow up for the love of his life? (LJ 4eva)

Chapter three - You Don't Mean Anything

Rose's point of view:

Remus stood by my side as we made our way to the not so horseless carriages I kept my eyes peeled for a flash of auburn. I felt like a dickhead, 'how can I have been so ignorant to her feelings?' I saw Mel next to me she also was keeping an eye out for lily, we both felt so awful.

"Don't worry you will see her at the feast. You and Lily are too good of friends, to not patch things up!" I looked over at Remus and kissed him on the cheek. Of course Mel and I would patch things up with Lily, she was our rock!

"I know I just feel so awful, I didn't mean any of it! I was so stupid" I sobbed.

"Shhhh" Remus pulled me into a tight hug and I clung to him.

Mel's point of view:

'Where is she, I need to apologies, I feel like such a cow!' I turned my head in every direction searching for Lily.

"Clam down!" Sirius said agitatedly.

"I can't! I was such a bitch to her!" I replied forcefully

"Well you're not going to see her in this crowd!"

"I might!" I was tired of Sirius, he had spent the whole of the trip joking around!

"Whatever! I sick of fighting with you!"

"Good! So shut up!" he was so not going to get the last word in this fight! I looked over to see Rose in a tight hug with Remus sobbing. Of course Rose had taken it harder then I had. She had made a promise to Lily about a year ago not to hide anything from each other even if it may make them made each other. I had never been as close to Lily as Rose but I still had a very good relationship with her.

I turned around and scanned the congested crowd for a glint of auburn hair but I saw none! I climbed into one of the carriages which would make the steady trail to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

James point of view:

We spent the remainder of the trip in silence. I didn't take my eyes off of her. She is like the eighth wonder of the world! Strands of her auburn hair would fall in her face and every once in a while she would brush it a way just to find it fall back in her face. Her unique hair was nothing compared to her emerald eyes. They lit up every time she smiled and after many years of observation I had come to find that they often changed shades according to her mood. Oddly her porcelain skin was an even contrast to her bright eyes and auburn hair.

She was the envy of every girl, except for the select few that idolized her. She had the looks, the intelligence and of course you couldn't look past the fiery temper which only I could bring out in her.

Every guy in the school ran after her but yet she had only dated 4 people over the past 6 years. She wasn't like any other girl I know, she didn't drop at my feet and that was what had attracted me first off, but I had come to know her so well that I couldn't help but fall in love with her. She radiated a certain aura that no other girl could compete with.

"Am I that interesting, or do I have dirt on my face?" she asked half amused.

"You're the most fascination creature in the enter universe!"

"You never give up with the charming then, huh?" she said as she pushed one of the strands of hair behind her ear again.

"I don't know what you mean, but it's true I know pretty much everything about you but yet you are a complete and utter mystery to me!" it had bugged me that I had practically followed her around studying her every move and yet she could surprise me. "What are you doing?" I asked. Her pencil stopped moving on the paper.

"I'm drawing"

"Oh, is that a muggle pencil? I think that what it's called" she looked up at me again

"Yeh, it's called a pencil. Looks like you did actually pay attention in muggle studies"

"Hey, I'm not all dumb you know! Just because I muck around a lot doesn't mean that I didn't do the work!"

"Oh, I know you must do the work, but you always get the top marks and I never see you studying or anything! You just lay back and relax and do well!" she sounds a bit agitated as she looked at me.

"Second highest to you! You are definitely the smartest girl! NO person I have every known achieves as much as you do and what makes it even more of an achievement is that you're a muggle born. I grow up with magic but you only found out about it when you were 11!" I couldn't believe that she doubted her own smartness.

"Yeh but I study my ass off and I see you and you sit in class chatting up some girl or planning some prank!"

"Come on Lily, I know you don't study as much as you say you do." I smirked at her

"What's that suppose to mean?" she asks, I could hear anger in her voice.

"Oh, I know about you little outings to Hogsmeade and those clubs you go to," I said still smirking at her.

"Oh and tell how do you know about those things?" She didn't sound upset in fact she seemed very amused.

"Lily I know all about you."

"Have you been stalking me MR. Potter?"

"I wouldn't call it that, I would call it studying, Lily Evan." She just rolled her eyes at me and went back to her drawing. I started at her for at little longer.

"Can I see it?"

Lily's point of view:


Had James nothing better to do then follow me around that place all the time? I rolled my eyes back at him and went back to my drawing. "Can I see it?" came his deep voice.

"See what?" I very well knew what he wanted to look at but no one had ever asked me to see my drawings, except Rose. But that was totally different.

"Your drawing?"

I hesitated a bit.

"Yeh I guess" for some reason I have no idea why I had said yes. I hated showing my drawings to anyone. The only person I have ever shown was Rose I hadn't even let Mel close to them. But for some reason I felt that I could trust him and that he wouldn't make fun of it, he would understand.

"It's not that good though!" I found myself saying, not wanting to disappoint him, what happens if he hates it? He won't hate it! But it's not good it's only a sketch. Lily Evans what has gotten into you? Since when have you cared what James Potter likes and not likes!

He stood up from the opposite bench and sat right next to me and looked at my paper. I couldn't look at him. I heard a sharp intake of breath and I turned expecting to see the disgust in his face but it wasn't there "It's really good!"

I found when I was upset I would draw what was bothering me, I didn't plan the drawing I just let my hand glide over the page letting my emotions take over, spelling out my thoughts, emotions, life and answers. I looked back over what I had drawn. In the right-hand corner was a girl with long hair that seemed to be lost, alone in the dark. In the other corner was a dark figure with dark mess hair and glass. He had his hand in his hair messing it up, very much like the human counter part did. In the middle was written 'when one door closes and one is left a jar, another opens, uncovers a new being' I looked up again "you think so?"

"Wow, Lily its fantastic. The detail, it looks so real and life like." He turned his head to face mine. He looked into my emerald orbs "you shouldn't say it's not that good! Because it's more then good its, its… fantastic!" he paused "How many people have you shown you art work?"

"To be totally honest I've only shown Rose and now of course you" he hadn't taken his eyes of me and I couldn't help but stare right back in to his eyes, blushing a bit.

James point of view:


Was that supposed to mean something? Why did she decide to show me and not Mel? I was so confused by this girl. One minute she hates my guts, the next she wants to be friends and shows me her drawing but she hasn't shown anyone else! She started to blush as I kept my eyes on her trying to get a little insight in what seamed to be a very confusing girl.

I finally gave up my search and went back to looking at her drawing. It was so life like, as though she had taken the people and stuck them on the page rather then draw them. My eyes lingered on the picture of me in the corner; it was exactly correct down to the last strand of hair. I drifted past the words 'uncovers a new beginning' am I the new being? But my thoughts didn't stay on that for much longer. They were more court up on the drawing Lily's counter part, the girl in the corner. I noticed some very indistinct difference that most people would skip over. The picture had less freckles in fact it had very few and her eyes seemed to be smaller, less bright, they were missing their usual spark.

I was distracted from my thoughts by a very soft but distinct girlish giggle. "What?"

"Oh nothing" she said giggling a bit more.

"No really what is it?"

"It's just this is like the most focused I've seen you."

"Are you saying that I don't focus in class" I paused and she didn't say anything so I went on "Nah your right, I don't do I?" I smirked at her.

The train came to a stop. I looked out into the darkness and could see the throng of people rushing to get to the castle. "Come on, we better get to the castle. We can't have the head boy and girl late now can we?"

"No I don't think we can" I laugh along with her. After a few seconds her face went pale and she looked like a ghost. "Are you okay?" I asked a bit concerned.

"Actually I feel a bit dizzy."

"Well do you want to skip the feast and go to bed for some rest?" I reasoned but she looked at me as if I was insane, "I'll cover for you and give you a run-down of the announcements tomorrow."

"Nah, I'll be……" she tried to say as she got up but she had to lean against the wall for support "actually I think that may be a good idea" she said as she regained the ability to stand with out support. I stood up and went to the door as she put her book away "James?"

"Yeh." I said as I turned around.

"I want you to have these" she handed me two pieces of paper. I looked up at her as I took them. She showed no emotion. I looked down at the first piece of paper it was the drawing that she had shown me earlier. I looked back up to find that no one was standing in front of me.

Looking down again at the second piece of paper she has handed me I found myself looking at some detailed sketches of me and one of her. Her long hair falling down her back, cascading like a water fall as she looked over her shoulder her eyes seemed to be directly looking at me. This sketch of her was a little bigger then an A5 sheet of paper and all ready I could see that this picture was more accurate. It was like staring into a black and white version of her.

--- IN THE GREAT HALL---

Rose's point of view:

I stared from my seat at the great halls entrance keeping my eyes open for Lily but the crowds had grown thin. Where is she?

"Don't worry she'll be here!" Remus said in my ear. He knows me too well. James came through the doors signaling that no one else would be coming through the door till the first years made there foreboding way to the front to be sorted. He made his way directly towards us but I was still keeping a close eye out for Lily. Maybe she had something she had to help with?

"Hey mate, where's Lily flower?" all the guys had adopted James nickname for Lily because it suited her so well.

"She's skipping the feast because she wasn't feeling well" he sat down beside me sounding exhausted.

"Lily missing out on something important? I don't believe it" Sirius said sarcastically.

"It took me some convincing and her inability to stand up properly to get her to go take a rest, but she did." He laughed. He turned to Rose and Mel "you can talk to her tomorrow, she really needs the rest, I don't think she's slept for days!"

"Yeh you're probably right. I just wanted to make it up with her, I feel so bad. We tried to get in to the head compartment but no one answered!" I said.

"Yeh sorry about that .She wasn't up for talking, she practically sat there and drew the whole time."

"Yeh she loves to draw. She has never let me see her stuff though!" Mel said a bit disappointed.

"I have and it's so good! She loves to draw what she's feeling and usually when she has a problem her drawings give her an answer; well that's what she told me!" oh shit I shouldn't have said that. It has made Mel all upset! Well at less I'm the only one she has ever shown so it's not like Mel has to be scared. Lily's not going to show Potter before she shows her!

"Yeh I know" I looked over at James who seemed to be in a daze "her drawings are so good, I mean I've only see two but they are so life like!"

My mouth dropped open! Lily Evan had shown James Potter her drawings when no other person except me, not even Mel had seen them! Does she like him? She would only show him if she trusted him, that's why she had said she showed me! I had known that Lily wasn't that close to Mel ever since she had went behind her back and slept with her boyfriend in 6th year.

I looked over at Mel who seemed to be fighting tears or a rage of anger. I couldn't work out which one.

The headmaster, Dumbledore stood up "Welcome one and all to another year at Hogwarts……"

Reviews:

ToXiC PrInCeSs – Yeh the weathers been pretty random! Lol! There's nothing wrong with your lengths! Yellowcard are so cool! But Good Charlotte are better and Simple Plan are even better! But the GOOD CHARLOTTE concert rocked! Thanks for letting me come with u!

Greengrl – lol, yeh. I love reading a story with tension, but there is going to be a bit more till they actually get together because it adds excitement coz if they get together straight away its boring. Glad u like my story! Thanks for the review!

SweetSouthernGal – thanks for the review….it took me a while but I got it done, soz for the wait.

Too lazy to sign in… - Before I put my story up I checked and I couldn't find any story that was about Lily and James named One SlowDance and after I got your review I looked up my summary and I couldn't see any story that had a summary the same. Well if there is one I didn't intentionally copy.

I haven't yet got up to the R rated part it's the lead up to it….. So later on is where the R kicks in. thanks for your review!

Matty – I'm glad you liked it! Yeh I like putting music in it to sorta break it up and to give some perspective on the emotions in the scene following. Thanks for the review! Soz it took me long to update its just I have a lot of school work (VCE and all) and then I had the Good Charlotte concert which delayed me even more! Anyways hope to hear from you more!

The all mighty and powerfulM – glad u liked it! Soz about the long wait. Hope to here from u more!

hpandfriendsruletheworld – lol yeh I'm from Australia too and her songs (delta) are really good! My friend introduced me to Yellowcard about a month ago and their songs are really good! Yeh I had to add Good Charlotte they're my second fav band. They were so good in concert! Did u know that delta went out with Good charlotte for dinner recently? Well anyways thanks for the review!

hpjsr – Yeh Mel is half based on people I know/ use to know. Glad u liked it! Hope to hear from u more!

Thanks for all the reviews soz for the wait but I've been really busy. I've started work on the next chap and hope it won't take too long!

Read and review!