It was a bleary Saturday morning when Lily awoke, groggily rubbing her eyes. She pulled aside her bed covers and looked out the window. Grey clouds covered the sun, which would have otherwise been shining brightly. It was almost the end of October and getting quite chilly. Lily shivered slightly, stifled a yawn and tried to find out what time it was. She walked over to Alice and looked at her watch, it was 9:37 a.m. Lily's mind slowly remembered what had happened the night before. James, she thought, with a knot in her stomach. She quickly got dressed, pulling a long grey sweater over her and ran down to the hospital wing, hoping that she would be allowed in. She knocked softly on the door and the round face of Madam Florentine greeted her with a smile.
"I've been expecting you, Miss Evans," she chuckled, ushering her in the room. Lily pulled her sweater close to her, shivering in the sterility of the hospital wing. She passed a young boy, probably second or third year, with bandages wrapped around his hand, that had grown to twice its size. A girl lay on the bed opposite him, coming in and out of focus. It looked like she was suffering from some sort of invisibility spell gone wrong. Lily walked behind the nurse, anxiously waiting to see James. She didn't know why she felt so worried…she hated him after all. Or did she? Lily's emotions were all over the place. They ended up at the end of the long row of beds, to where James lay, silently sleeping on his back. Madam Florentine left as soon as Lily sat down beside him and told her that James was somewhat unconscious, but almost completely back to normal. Lily nodded, sitting down on a stool next to him. She stared at his motionless figure and very messy hair.
"Why can't it ever flatten?" she whispered, shaking her head in annoyance. She smiled weakly and took his hand in her own. She stroked his fingers gingerly and took a deep breath, her lip beginning to tremble. A single tear escaped her eye, followed by more.
"Oh, James…" she said, sensitively. She didn't know why she was crying, only that the thing she wanted most was to see his face, talking to her again. Aggravating her again and making her blood boil. She noticed that he was missing his glasses and pulled out the broken parts from her sweater pocket. She muttered a spell and mended them, placing them on the bedside table. Her stomach growled with hunger and she held it tightly. Lily wanted to speak to James, but he was still sleeping. She opened the table drawer and took out a piece of parchment and a quill.
Dear James,
I came to see you but you weren't awake, so I'm leaving you this note. And I brought you your glasses, they had snapped when you were attacked. I don't even know where to start…I can only hope that you're okay. I don't know who did this to you, but I have an idea…talk to me when you wake up. Hope you feel better,
Lily Evans
She hesitated at the end, not knowing whether she should put 'love' or 'from', and then decided to sign her name. She folded the letter once and placed it under the glasses. She stood up and walked out, heading to the Great Hall for breakfast. The Gryffindor table was sparse with students and Lily sat down by herself to calm down a little. She helped herself to a large spoonful of honey and cinnamon oatmeal. It steamed as she ate and it warmed her face in the chilling room. She sipped her orange juice and thought about what James would think once he awoke. Would he torment her and tell her how foolish she sounded, or would he return her extension of friendship? She didn't know. She hated herself for worrying about him. Only just two days ago she absolutely loathed James, but now her heart told her otherwise. She had tried to suppress it but she couldn't. She was falling in love with James. She headed back to her dormitory to find her roommates still sleeping. She quietly slipped back under her warm blanket and stared at the greyness outside. She obviously couldn't fall asleep again so she pulled out a book and started reading. Anything to get her mind off James, she thought.
A/N: I know this chapter is short, but in my defence--I posted two chapters at once so go read the next one! Please Review and thanks for the comments!