Inspirational Music: I Will Remember You

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It had been barely three weeks since James had still returned, and Lily herself hadn't found the time to catch up with him, and it broke her heart. Sure, they had tried to be alone and talk but it didn't help that Sirius and Remus were still in the habit of popping by all the time. There was definitely no space for them.

But now, they had found luck. It was Valentine's day, and Sirius was off on a date while Remus had decided to go to a muggle Starbucks with one of his old study-partners so the two could read in peace. He definitely knew he wouldn't find it at the house, with Sirius around. Of course, Lily had been lax in telling him the Sirius would be out for the night as well.

Now that it was her and James downstairs on the couch alone, minus the now sleeping Harry, she smiled softly to herself before turning her head towards James. As a strand of her fiery hair fell in front of her translucent face, James smiled before tucking it behind her ear. "And how are you tonight, my love?" he asked, voice calm and caring.

Returning the smile, Lily shrugged her shoulders before sighing slightly. How long she had waited for him, fearing that he would indeed not be coming back. She had thought him dead and gone forever for too long. "I'm alright, but I really wish to talk to you. We haven't had much of a chance…and I think we really need to be together. After what happened and all."

Nodding in agreement, James leaned in and kissed her forehead softly before sighing as well. "I have thought the same. When I saw you lying on the floor, I feared the worse. I thought something had happened to you."

"And none of us are actually certain as to what really happened then. But Dumbledore thinks it might have to do with you coming back, since it happened at the same time," Lily thought to herself, a frown on her face. "And if it was, then I am happy for that pain. Having you back is better than anything else in this world."

"And having you back in my arms is the best thing that has happened to me since our wedding…since Harry's birth…since the day you told me that you loved me," James remembered each of those days, his heart pounding. They had been the best three days of his life, even though the close fourth and fifth were the days she said she'd go out with him and that she'd marry him. Oh, how he had loved her so much. Even in his first year, he had thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world. Now he knew that there love was beyond meant to be. They had both conquered death to be together—what more proof did they need?

"I haven't had a chance to say this to you, no matter how long I've been back. And it kills me to know that I have not had the proper time to tell you my love for you. Lily, you're the only one I have ever loved…the only one I have ever dreamed of loving. Since my first year, the moment I saw you on the stool for the Sorting Hat, while your fingers trembled, I knew that you were the girl for me."

Laughing, Lily shook her head as she remembered her reactions to him throughout Hogwarts. "And it pains me to know that I despised you so much. I don't know how I could have ever hated you like I did then…I guess something about you just made me so upset. After all, I hardly had an opportunity to get to know you. It shames me to think that I was that awful to you."

"Aw, shucks, Lily," James smiled, sticking out his tongue at her playfully. "I knew it was only a matter of time before you came around. Besides, I had a head the size of one of Hagrid's pumpkins back then. Now, it's only the size on one of his under-grown pumpkins. See, I managed to knock down my ego a bit!"

"Yes, you did," Lily giggled as she looked towards him, her emerald eyes sparkling. "And it's a good thing, too. It had been our seventh year and if you hadn't done so quickly enough, I would have been intent on moving to the farthest point of Saturn you."

"And you know that I would have found you and kept pursuing," James chided slightly, a glow in his own hazel eyes as he leaned closer to her. He had never felt such love for anyone like he did Lily, and as their eyes met, he knew the source of attraction without any doubt was because of the sweet look that Lily had always carried. She had always been innocent, and he had loved that about her.

As Lily nearly froze, her eyes glued to his in their gaze, she could hardly breath as she murmured her response. "And I'm glad you never gave up on me," she whispered, as the two of them slowly inched closer together. It couldn't have been more perfect…her and James alone for the first time. And on Valentine's day.

"No problem," he murmured, their lips meeting after his words. Oh, how long it had been since they had had a chance to share their love, even in a simple kiss. It was so hard to do so, when your two best friends were always hanging around.

But they didn't have much of a chance to stay together in the bond before the door slammed open and cheerful laughing and giggling came from behind them. As the two shot Sirius a look, they raised eyebrows as he walked in with his girlfriend, Kayla, and Emily while the three walked in and sat on the floor. Giving Lily an apologetic shrug, Emily nodded towards Sirius. "He made me come. It seems no matter where I am, I run into the guy."

"Yeah, and be happy for that!" Sirius shouted cheerfully, although cringing as he remembered that Harry was upstairs sleeping. Quickly running to perform a silencing charm on the room—they could hear him, but he couldn't hear them—he raced back down with glowing eyes.

"Well, Kayla and I were out and about when we met up with Emily and I had a great idea. Truth or Dare!"

To Be Continued...Part Two Next