A/N: Hey, guys! Yeah, I've been writing a second chapter for this "supposed to be" oneshot fic. I couldn't help but to only write another chap. It's Christmas. Lily and James are together for a year...Remus and Sirius are visiting us, yeay! I love the marauders, don't you guys? Well, like I said before, English isn't my first language, so I'm sorry if there are any mistakes. I did my best!
Disclaimer: What mine is mine, what yours is yours, what Lily, Remus, James and Sirius are, is J.K.Rowling's
What only love can do
By PadfootLotte
2. A Christmas Tale
James escorted Lily who was blindfolded. It was difficult but that didn't stop him. He pushed her gently up to the hill, while meanwhile snow had started falling again.
'James,' asked Lily excitedly, 'where are we?'
'In a minute, Lils.'
When they had arrived on the top of the hill, James undid the blindfold. Lily looked surprisingly around.
London was spreading in their views from where they stood. It was night, so everything was dark but the many houses, flats en shops were proceeding for the many little lights. The fact that it was Christmas Eve, made only the atmosphere better than it already was.
'James,' she eventually said, 'how did you know that it would be so perfect?'
James shrugged, 'I used to come here when I wanted to be alone.'
Lily turned at him en gave him a softly kiss onto his lips.
'Come, let's sit down for a while,' James sighed when she pulled back.
Lily ensconced herself against James and they were looking together at the falling snow. Lily tried to catch a snowflake only to fail.
'Snow has always been fascinating me,' James suddenly said.
'Snow has always been fun to me,' Lily responded with a smile, 'but why fascinating, James?'
'Each snowflake is unique. You'll never find somewhere else, where you may be on the world, two flakes that are similar to each other. They'll never have the same crystals and in a certain manor they remind me of humans, of you, Lily.'
Lily frowned and looked astonishingly at James, 'What do you mean?'
'Humans also are unique and wherever you may go, you'll never find two persons who are identical. It makes me sad but at the same time happy. Sad because there should be more people like you in the world and happy because I'm the only one who can protect you, who can love you and can holding you right at this moment.'
'James,' Lily mumbled, 'that counts for you too, honey.'
James smiled and wrapped his arms around her. He brushed his lips against hers and felt her shivering. James took off his coat and gave it to Lily
'Take it,' he said, 'before you've got a cold.'
While he helped her to get his coat around her, something called his attention. Or he started to see things there weren't, or he had seen a shadow in the bushes. Shaking his head he looked back at Lily.
She was beautiful. She was wearing a long, wide, dark green dress, that shined and sparkled when light fell on it. Her red curls were laying onto her shoulders and a simple necklace made her finished. No make-up, no exaggerated accessories, it was the Lily who he had fallen for. Exactly one year had passed by since they first kissed each other, a whole wonderful year. It was not all good, there were sad moments as well. They were both graduated from Hogwarts and had become members for the Order. Still fully training to become Aurors. The war was constantly on their minds and James knew it meant a whole lot more to Lily then to the most wizards and witches in these world. The fact that Lily was Muggleborn made it not safer for her or the people in her area. James knew his life was more in danger when he was with her, but that didn't scare him away. He wanted to protect Lily, even if he had to die for her.
Lily turned at him and emerald green eyes were looking happily into his brown ones.
'I love you, James,' she whispered and he kissed her as respond.
Suddenly, he realised something and could kick himself. His mind on full speed, was he thinking how he could find a solution to get out an upcoming awkward moment. Then an idea came into his mind.
'What do you think Sirius, Remus and Peter are doing?' he asked.
Lily shrugged and watched him carefully, 'Why should I know. Knowing Sirius they're probably busy with opening the presents, just to keep his mouth shut.'
'Yeah, they probably are,' James searched for a diversionary manoeuvre and was looking at the sky and smiled with his brain that came with another idea.
'Look,' he enthusiastically cried out, 'there, a shooting star!'
'Where!' Lily asked excitedly.
James bent behind Lily and pointed vaguely with his free hand at the sky, 'There, don't you see?' en tried to reach his right pocket of his coat. When he felt for what he was searching, he clasped it and jerked away. Lily had felt something and turned round in horror, causing her to knock over James who fell backwards and took Lily along. Snow slipped into the collar of his sweater and Lily yelled out in panic. They stopped rolling and Lily landed on top of James and she smiled mischievously.
'Looks like I've won,' she giggled and tried to get up. James held her against him and pushed her, if possible, closer against him. He putted the object, which was the cause of all this falling down on each other, as fast as he could away and brushed meanwhile with his lips against hers, travelling to the top of her nose and finally at her eyelashes that she had closed. Lily tried yet again to stand up, this time more luckily. She removed the snow from the cloak and shook with her hair. They both walked back from were they came. After a couple of minutes, James glanced at his watch, almost midnight.
'Do you remember, James,' Lily asked softly, 'last year?'
He nodded, 'How couldn't I?'
He took a lock of her hair and stroked it gently, played with it and laid it behind her ear. He kissed her tenderly on her cold cheek, caused by the weather, and kissed her on the lips.
DONG, DONG, DONG…, midnight, it was Christmas.
'Merry Christmas,' Lily whispered. James laughed mysterious when suddenly the ringing sound of little bells was heard.
Santa Claus, his sledge and his reindeers appeared. They were flying loaded with presents for the many children. Lily smiled amazingly at the scene she was seeing.
'Ho, ho, ho,' Santa Claus yelled into the night, 'Merry Christmas!' Santa Claus took his wand, tapped twice with it and lights appeared by magic behind the sledge.
'Lily Evans, will you marry me?' was reading and Lily looked at James which was found on his knees.
'Lily Evans, will you marry me?' James repeated the words who were standing in the sky and showed her the box that he had taken out of his pocket, within it a silver ring.
Astonished for what was happening to her, Lily looked at her boyfriend with tears of happiness in her eyes.
'I wanna marry you, but I don't know if that's okay with Santa Claus,'
James laughed and pulled the ring round her finger. He clutched Lily wickedly and was spinning her when a voice interrupted them.
'Hey, Mooney,' a voice came from behind the same bushes James had earlier examined, 'What 'd she said?'
'Shush, Sirius,'
Lily questioned at James and then at the bushed. James only shook his head.
'Padfoot, Mooney, come out!'
The two of them listened and Sirius jumped with a Santa Claus hat at the couple, while Remus slowly walked to the them, feeling obviously guilty.
'So,' Sirius kept jumping wildly, 'when's the wedding? May I be best man? When come the little kids?'
'Sirius, shut up!' James snarled, angry because their moment was gone.
Lily smiled nicely at James and Sirius, 'Sirius, only time can tell. By the way, it's clearly who Santa was.'
She pointed at the clothes Sirius was wearing, the beard that was shoved under his chin and the bag who Sirius had thrown away that Remus was dragging.
'Guys, can we have a private moment for once?' James asked his best friends.
'Oh, but Jamesie,' Sirius whined, 'I didn't know you had feelings for me that way! I'm sorry Lils, but It's obvious he's in love with me.'
'Sirius!'
'Oh, okay, really good to know who your friend are in times like these!' Sirius winked and nodded, 'Come on, Remmie, allow their privacy and freedom!'
Remus only shook his head while he was rolling with his eyes, 'See you later, Lils, Prongs.'
'They are crazy,' Lily laughed.
'They are insane,' James replied.
'They're your friends, James.'
'No, they are our friends, my flower.'
'They are our friends,' Lily repeated.
'So, miss Evans,' James said lovingly, 'are you looking out for being called Mrs. Potter very soon?'
'Why, of course, mister Potter,' Lily giggled, 'Are you looking out for the many children?'
James smiled faded away, 'Children?'
'Well, I was thinking about a couple of ten.'
'A couple of ten?' he whispered and swallowed. Lily was shocking a little and fell into hysterical laughter.
'Oh, James, I was just kidding!' she smiled loudly, 'Let we first see where marriage bring us.'
James breathed out, 'Oh, yeah, I knew that!'
Lily hit him playfully on his chest and James wrapped his arms around her.
'Merry Christmas,' James said and leaned in for a kiss.
While their lips tenderly met, snow was falling softly down onto the couple. Behind them a beautiful scene was seen because of London in the dark.
It was Christmas.
It was romantic.
It was love.
It was what only love can do…
A/N: I know, I ended lamely, but I just wanted to stress the title of this fic. I've got some ideas for this "oneshot" fic. I'm thinking: maybe I could write some fragments out of their lives...that's why I keep withending what only love can do...I think it would be better if I wrote, in this chapter, "It was what only love COULD do, but, if this fits better, I don't use it! Sue me! I'm just kidding. Oh, can you hear me babbling... The reviewers:
Callisto Nicol: yeay, my first reviewer! Lots of hugs for you! I also want a James Potter like you want. I've met this guy and he's very sweet..ah, well, like Lily says in this chapter: "only time can tell". Thanks for your review!
BrazilianPrincess: I'm glad you loved it. Thanks for your review!
Harry Potter Veela: I've created a new chapter, so that's something :) Thanks for your review.
Genevieve Grensburg: I'm happy you don't think it's crap, made me really happy :d Thanks for your review.
I was thinking, when I get 10 reviews in total, I may considder perhaps another chapter...It's up to you, guys!
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