Serendipity
Chapter 6: Decisions, Decisions
By: Ruth3
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING that you RECOGNISE all belongs to J.K.'s brilliant mind and the richest woman in Britain!
Warnings: Just Lily and James being in love…without even knowing it! Hehe
Author's Note: Sorry this is up so late, I feel really terrible. As some of you know, I have two other fics going as well! But I ended up getting sick this weekend (boo-hoo), so I have a lot of "down time"
To My Reviewers:
Lily Natalia Evans~Olivia is a true snob! Jeeze someone just needs to slap her…maybe that could be written in somewhere!
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Thank you again to all my wonderful and brilliant reviewers! You all rock my socks! Hehe!
Sadie, Clara, Haylee
Let the Harsh Words Begin…
You can't help who you love,
Your heart just kind of decides for you.
And once your heart decides,
There is no going back.
Usually Lily Evans would be ecstatic to go to any class, especially it being Charms – her favorite and best subject. But right now, at this moment, she would have preferred to go to the Library or outside – somewhere peaceful where she could be alone.
Lily Evans is a strong girl; she doesn't let anyone or anything take her for granted. She does as she pleases, and is the best there is to be. But sometimes, in life, your wall crumbles down within, and all your weaknesses show, that is what happened to Lily Evans.
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Afternoon classes went by quickly, and soon enough Lily was unsteadily sitting down at the Gryffindor Table in the Great Hall, staring straight ahead, and not even touching the food that was forgotten on her plate.
Soon enough, Clara, Haylee, and Sadie were nosily chatting about one unimportant issue after the other, and sat down obnoxiously next to Lily.
"Lily, dear, mind if you pass the potatoes?" Clara asked cheerfully.
Lily completely ignored her.
"Err – Lily?" Sadie tried.
Again, they were ignored.
"Alright then – " Haylee started to reach over to get the potatoes herself.
"You three didn't even wait for me!" Lily said, her voice filled with hurt.
The three girls exchanged quizzical looks – they hadn't waited for her?
"Lily you are the one who didn't wait for us!" Sadie argued.
"What are you talking about?" Lily snapped. "I waited, and waited but not even one of you came!"
"She needs to see Madam Promphrey," Haylee mumbled under her breath.
"Lily, darling, we saw you exit class abruptly, and then walking way ahead of us – as if you were trying to win a race!"
Lily stared at them with disbelief – had she left them?
Wow. The effects of James Potter…
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James was having a mind battle, making his brain work harder than intended. Should he meet Olivia? Olivia was very good looking – but she was fake. Everything about her was annoying.
Do I want to meet Olivia?
James couldn't get the unfortunate incident that happened earlier out of his head, it just keep replaying and replaying. He could have sworn on his soul, that he saw a flicker of pain and sorrow cross Lily's face when Olivia approached.
Then why did she snap at me?
She basically told James to go to his girlfriend. That she didn't care…she couldn't care…she wouldn't care…
James decided that if he had nothing better to do – he would go to the Astronomy Tower to meet Olivia. Not like he didn't know what she wanted – to snog.
James skipped dinner and just sat in the Gryffindor Common Room. After he made his decision, he pulled out his homework and started to get a head start.
Minutes had passed, when James' peaceful silence was disturbed. The portrait hole was opened, and someone walked briskly in, mutter to themselves. The person walked upstairs, and then soon after came back downstairs and sat somewhere in the common room – unnoticed.
James, deciding he didn't care who it was as long as they didn't disturbed him, for once, minded his own work.
After an hour or so, the common room became a little livelier – with people coming and leaving. Soon, James heard a Tap, Tap on the window. He looked up and saw a lovely snowy owl, holding a piece of parchment. James approached the window, and let the owl in. The owl hoed sincerely as it dropped the parchment in James' hands, then took off once again.
James unrolled the parchment and began to read –
Dear Mr. Potter and Miss Evans,
Please understand, under current circumstances, that you each will have to patrol the corridors every other night from 10:00 PM – 12:30 AM.
Since you are Head Boy and Head Girl, you two are the most responsible students for the job. Here is the schedule in which, who patrols what night. Please keep in mind, that this should not harm your grades, so please be as time-consuming as possible.
Lily – Monday, Wednesday, Friday
James – Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday
Thank you again, and hope all goes well.
Sincerely,
Professor Dumbledore
"Oh, Evans, is going to love this! Tonight is her night," James mumbled bitterly. Why couldn't I be tonight, then I wouldn't have to meet Olivia, he thought acidly, besides, Perfect Lily Evans, will end up catching us anyways. Oh this should be interesting…
James decided he should go tell Lily, before it got any later, and her mood gets any worse. He ruffled his hair, trying to figure out where exactly she would be right at this moment. He turned around and scanned the Common Room, in the back corner he saw a red-headed girl deep in thought – completely unnoticed.
James sighed, and approached Lily with caution. James was feet in front of her, and she just started straight through him, unnoticing any change in her environment. Truth be told, it made James feel like she could see and understand his soul.
"Err – Evans?" James choked.
Lily didn't even move, she just mumbled, "Hm?"
"This is from Professor Dumbledore to both of us," James said calmly, holding the letter out to her.
Lily grabbed it slowly and read it carefully.
"Alright," she whispered as she let the letter drop to the floor. She then turned her gaze to the nearest window, studying it, but her once lively emerald eyes, now held something else. Something that made James want to know why Lily was acting so civilized towards him, in a depressing manner.
James crouched next to her chair and softly said, "Evans – is everything okay?"
"No," she said flatly, but slowly, her gaze was still towards the window.
James realized what her beautiful emerald eyes now held – a pinch of sorrow and loneliness. Oh! How he wanted to just take it away, tell her everything will be okay…but he couldn't.
James got up, and whispered soothingly to her, "Well, Evans, if you ever want to talk about it, I'll be more here for you…"
"Thanks," she mumbled, as James saw a silent tear trickle down the side of her face.
…Always and forever, James thought.
James went back to his work, until it reached 10:00 and he noticed someone silently slip out of the Common Room, Lily, he thought. He decided he would go and grab his Invisibility Cloak, just incase. He came back downstairs and just sat there thinking, letting his mind wander.
At 11:30, he decided he'd start walking towards the Astronomy Tower, giving him enough time to slowly get there. He wrapped his cloak around him, and exited the Common Room. As he started to climb the many stairs to get to the top of the Astronomy Tower, he saw a beautiful delicate figure feet in front of him. She was standing next to the window, staring determinedly out of it, as the moonlight hit her face. James could see that she had been crying silently, her face had tear stains, and was filled with sorrow.
James got closer, and noticed it was Lily Evans.
"Why me?" Lily mumbled allowed, as more tears silently crept down her porcelain cheeks. James deciding he had a few minutes to spare, walked closer to her, all he wanted to do was embrace her – be the one to wipe away or tears and sorrow.
Have you ever really cried for someone more then you wanted to? Have you ever tried to not like someone even though you do? Will you keep on liking him, even though he's whispering someone else's name? Lily thought to herself.
"…Yes." And more tears rolled down her face.
"Yes, what?" James asked, removing his cloak.
Lily didn't even need to turn around – she wasn't surprised that he was here, he was everywhere. In her thoughts, in her dreams, everywhere she went…there was always James…
"Nothing," Lily mumbled.
"It's not nothing," James protested, "You've been crying for hours! Why won't you tell me what's wrong?"
"You wouldn't understand," Lily said slightly more than a whisper.
"Try me," James hissed.
At that, Lily spun around, a little more aggressively than she anticipated.
"Try you? Try you?! James Potter…just go!" Lily cried venomously, "Your girlfriend is waiting for you up in the tower! I saw her walking, and I just let her go, knowing exactly what was going to happen."
Lily saw the shocked and hurt look on James' face, but continued nonetheless, "Don't worry, I won't take points or put you into detention. I won't tell anyone or make a scence. Just go."
James opened and closed his mouth in protest – not sure what he should say.
"She's waiting James," Lily added, pain written all over her face, "And it's rude to keep a lady waiting." Lily turned to stare out the window once more.
"I don't care if she's waiting!" James yelled frustrated, "She doesn't mean anything to me – nothing!"
Lily turned to glare at him, "Nothing? That's not what it looked like earlier!"
"You say I'm thick-headed! Look at you! You are so stubborn!" He cried out once more, frustrated all the same.
"I'm sorry, James," Lily acidly whispered, "that I don't want to be another number, another girl that you will just end up trashing anyways."
James gritted his teath, "Lily! Why can't you understand? You mean more to me than that!"
"I don't mean more," Lily with no-tone said, "I'm just a chase, you want me – only because you know you can't have me."
With that, Lily stormed off, not looking back, for if she did, James would have been able to see all of the hurt and pain that had caused her to say.
James had finally…let something that meant so much to him…gradually slip away…
Author's Note: Jeeze! That sure was a deep chapter…poor Lily I feel so sorry for her! I was going to add in a case but I'd figure that that would of made it seem like things were moving too fast…way too fast…
I hope you enjoyed it – whether for good or bad…thank you for taking your precious time to read it!
Much Luv *xoxo* *MWAH!*
Ruth3
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