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CHAPTER 5
It had started to rain. The weather seemed to be portraying Lily's emotions. Sad and drizzly. When she sobbed louder, the rain poured harder. James felt hopeless. It was getting harsher, and the wind was snapping, he wanted more than anything to comfort Lily, he didn't know why, but he did. He wanted to reach out and hold her tight and tell that everything would be alright. He wanted to protect her from the harshness of the world, forever. But he couldn't, he had caused this pain, and he couldn't fix it, for fear of his reputation. James did not was not afraid of many things but being deserted was amongst the few. He could not handle being alone.
He watched the weeping figure from the safety of behind an elderly tree and once again he felt his heart ache, he had caused her this agony. He felt a few tears well up in his eyes and looked away before they could fall.
Why am I acting like this? He asked himself. Why is this happening? Why do I feel this way?
He turned to look back at the castle, he strained his eyes to see inside the windows. It may have been the rain, but he could have sworn he saw Remus' figure motioning him to go to her. So he did.
He approached her carefully as not to startle the redhead. He stood behind her for a few moments, gazing in wonder. The moonlight was bouncing off of her creamy skin and wet hair causing her to look stunning. Even as the tears flowed freely down her face she looked the best James had ever seen her. He let out a sigh which caused the redhead to jump slightly.
Lily slowly turned around her eyes wide. Oh no, she thought, I've been caught out. With my luck I bet I know who it is.
Her guess was correct. She turned to lock eyes with James Potter. She stood, wiping herself off, trying to stop the tears but failing. The rain still pelted down heavier with each passing moment, they stood once again holding each others stare.
"What do you want, Potter?" she spat, "Here to make fun of me?" She continued, her eyes looking lost. "Well, laugh it up Potter, you made Lily Evans cry, you finally did it, I suppose that makes you better than me?"
James let out a breath. He looked down. Why did he do this to her? Why did he feel this way? He wanted to protect her so much. He longed take her away from all the pain. Yet, he still couldn't.
"No." he quietly spoke.
"What's the matter Potter?" she continued, getting angry but still the tears gushed down. "Aren't I crying enough for you? Did you want me to commit suicide or something? Is it not good enough that you are the first person to make me cry since I was eleven? Don't you feel better now you've proved I'm weak, now you've proved I'm a wimp?"
"Evans…" he trailed off looking at his feet. "I'm…I'm sorry."
Lily was astonished. James Potter was apologizing, she never thought shed see the day. But it only contributed to her rage. He thinks he can make it all better by saying sorry? HOW DARE HE?
"You are unbelievable. You think you can turn my simple, two colour world upside down then fix it by saying sorry?"
She turned around to look to the rough lake.
James went from feeling pathetic and remorseful to angry in a heartbeat. How dare this girl! She was the first person I EVER said sorry to and meant it and she's throwing it back in my face!
"Life isn't always black and white, Evans!" James shouted putting his hand on her shoulder, turning her around.
"It is in my world, it just makes it so much simpler," Lily yelled back her tears mixing with the rain.
"You can't keep looking at the world as if it's just black and white or what would happen when the two colours overlap, it's no longer black and white," James spoke in a whisper "life isn't always simple, Evans, you have to look at the world in shades of grey."
"How insightful of you.' She snorted and with that he turned on his heel and stomped off angrily, leaving Lily in the rain to think.
SCENE CHANGE
Lily woke the next morning feeling drained and exhausted. The sun was beaming over her bed, and she had no recollection as to how she got there or what happened last night.
Then it hit her, remembrance. God, she thought, I will never ever let that happen again. I'm weak. I can't believe I cried over THAT PRAT! Ok, ill just try forget it, and everything can go back to the way it was.
With that in mind she walked in a daydream down to the great hall. Ally was waiting for her at the Gryffindor table and waved for Lily to join her.
"Lils, where have you been?"
"Oh, just sleeping." Lily replied grabbing a piece of toast.
"No, I mean last night, after your detention, you didn't come in until three in the morning. Surely they didn't make you stay that long."
"No I was…uh, walking. Yes, I fancied a walk outside." Lily could tell Ally didn't believe her but was grateful when she dropped the subject.
"Lily, you look terrible."
"Well, thanks. Now I see why I'm friends with you, you boost my ego." She said sarcastically.
"That's what I'm here for." She replied cheerily.
Why the hell does she have to be so damn cheerful in the morning? Lily wondered.
"You know Lily, Potter keeps looking over here, it's quite disturbing. He also doesn't look too good. Do you suppose he fancied a walk last night as well?" Ally asked her suspiciously.
"No Ally. Maybe he and his friends were dreaming up a silly prank. I don't really care what Potter looks like."
"Well you should tell him to stop looking at you, it's quite creepy."
Lily turned to face James, and they locked eyes. Crap, she thought before turning away.
"He's still doing it." Ally chanted.
SCENE CHANGE
James was continuously looking over at Lily. He couldn't help it. It was like she was a magnet, yet no one else was affected. Remus noticed the glances and shrugged it off as guilt. James had told him all about last night, and what he had said, and Remus thought he deserved to feel guilty, but forgave him none the less.
"Ah, Prongsie dear, I see you keep looking down that way." Sirius pointed down towards Evans. "Planning your next prank?"
"Yeah…that's it Paddy."
"What? Did you just call me Paddy? What did I tell you about that?" Sirius cried shocked.
"Whoops Sorry Paddy- I mean Padfoot, I'm just tired this morning."
"Uh uh, if I didn't know any better I'd say Mr Prongs was a little distracted, with a certain redhead Gryffindor sixth year." He said grinning. "Could it be…Maybe love is in the air."
James was snapped out of his morning reverie.
"No Padfoot, it could not so stop saying that." He snapped. How could he even suggest that? It was absolutely absurd.
"Easy there Prongs. I was just joking, we all know of your mutual hate for Evans."
"Well don't suggest it again." He quipped before reverting back to his morning state.
Remus didn't fail to notice the twinkle in his eyes though, when Sirius had suggested he liked Lily.
Interesting, Remus thought, very interesting.
"Prongs?"
"Yes, Wormtail?"
"Whatever happened to breaking Evans?" Peter asked.
James looked around. It was breakfast time and the great hall was full. Remus and Sirius were seated across from James and Peter. Remus and James looked at each other for a few seconds, before Remus turned his pleading look into a pointed one, telling him Peter was waiting for an answer. Peter you idiot! Why did you bring that up?
"Well…" James started, he had to think on his feet. He couldn't tell them about what had happened in their detention or Evans would get hurt. Not that he cared, but Remus would get mad.
"Well, um, I decided to take Padfoot's advice after all she is just a girl and in our house after all I mean what would be the point?" James was quite pleased with himself for thinking up that answer so quickly.
Remus on the other hand was deep in thought. Why didn't he tell them? He thought. Why? I mean he hates Lily, right? So he should want her to get hurt and telling them would do just that. Unless…Remus thought very hard about this, he doesn't hate her at all. He does act differently around her. In fact I have never seen him act like that before, and he always talks about her. He even hexed that 5th year Hufflepuff who tried to ask her out, although, he said it was because he had stepped on his foot earlier. But maybe he just doesn't like Hufflepuffs because he keeps hexing Bert snuff. But he dates Hufflepuffs and he's never had a problem with them before. No perhaps Bert and Lily have some sort of connection. I remember they kissed in first year as a dare but James isn't that over protective. Is he? Yes, he likes her. The pieces all fit. I think I've stumbled across something great. I'll have to watch and see if I'm right.
"Remus, Remy, Moony." Sirius was trying to snap him out of his thoughts.
"Oh…um…yeah…I was just thinking about…that prank we're going to play on Snape."
"Snivellus, call him Snivellus…and anyway its going to be great I've worked out the details and…"
But Remus didn't continue listening and apparently he wasn't the only one, he watched as James shot glances at Lily every few minutes, when he thought no one was looking. He saw James face tense when a few Ravenclaw boys went to talk to her, and his brows furrow. She has become a lot more popular with the males now that she stood up to James so it's his fault if he's jealous. He saw James face relax and get a peaceful expression as Lily laughed with Ally.
Remus smirked to himself. Moony, old buddy, sometimes you are too smart for your own good.
SCENE CHANGE
"Lily, James is scaring me. Tell him to stop looking at you."
Lily sighed, she knew she would have to do it or Ally would get suspicious.
"Oi, Potter," she called down the table, shocking James out of his daydream.
She's talking to me, he thought excitedly. She's talking to me. Wait, don't loose your cool James. Act Normal.
"What Evans?" He called back. Real smooth.
"Kindly stop looking at me or I may melt."
James was ecstatic, she wanted to go back to the way things were. Thank Merlin.
"For your information, Evans, I wasn't looking at you. I was looking at your gorgeous friend. Does everything have to be about you?" He asked. What a lie, he thought.
"No Potter, it's you who thinks you're Gods gift to women and they should worship the ground you walk on, it's not their fault they're ditzy." Many of the females in the hall glared at Lily. How dare she insult them?
"They're not ditzy, you're just stupid." He retorted, winking at a few of the ladies in Hufflepuff.
Lily snorted. "Me stupid, Mr 23 percent? I'm top in most of my classes, including charms." She smirked. "Wingardium Leviosa!" She cried, and he flew into the air. She walked below him. "Oh look Potter, you're not blue." Then she smiled sweetly and walked away.
Though James was still in the air he was also smiling. He had butterflies, though he dismissed it as food poisoning.
Remus didn't fail to notice the goofy grin on James' face and chalked that up to his theory.
Moony, don't you get tired of always being right?
SCENE CHANGE
The rest of the day went off great. Until Divinitation that is.
"Ok class," the boring Professor Français drawled in her French accent.
"We will be studying Crystal balls today. I will put you in pairs, so you do not throw out your auras."
The class groaned.
"Right, Avoca with Nat, Puget and Anders, Knight and Potter…"
Phew Lily thought, I'm not with Potter, poor Ally though.
"Heart and Lucid, Evans and Black, Jude with Kiths."
Damn, Lily groaned, Potters' right hand man.
"Ok class get your crystal balls, divide into your pairs and I will be wandering around the class to check on you."
"Lily, Lily, I want to go first." Lily and Sirius had set up the equipment.
"Fine go, tell me what my future is."
"Hmm…" he looked hard, nothing. He screwed his eyes up in concentration, nothing. So he decided to make something up.
"Lily, I'm very sorry but it says here you will be killed by a rampaging Hippogriff that breaks into your dormitory and goes nuts. Oh look, it says here it will be tonight. I'm very sorry." He grinned. Lily raised an eyebrow.
"Not amusing, Mr Black." Professor Français said from behind him. "Let me show you how to do it."
She gazed into Lily's crystal ball. Her eyes widened and she began mumbling. The class turned to look at her and her words became clear.
"Prendre garde Mon Cher,"
At this a student pulled out a piece of paper and started translating what the Professor was saying.
"Bientôt vous vous unirez avec le garçon aux cheveux sombre,
Vous l'avez su que pourtant l'a méprisé du début à la fin,
Vos vraies sensations viendront bientôt allumé,
Et votre unité amènera beaucoup de choses grandes,
Mais hélas, seulement votre mort amènera le plus grand de tout,
Seulement dans la mort peut le deux nous épargnent tout.
Le temps est bientôt."
The class stared at her silently, in awe.
"Well dear I'm very sorry but I do not see anything in your crystal ball, how peculiar."
"What! What are you talking about, you just told me about my future! But you said it in French."
"Oh I'm sorry dear, you must be mistaken, I have almost forgotten almost all my native language, and I could not possibly have done such a thing."
"Professor, Dumbledore wishes to see you for a moment." A plump student poked his head in the classroom.
"Ah, yes, Miss Evans, could you possibly watch the class for a few minutes."
"Sure." Lily said confusedly.
When Professor Français had left Lily turned to the quiet class.
"You all heard her I'm not crazy, she was speaking in French, right?" There were murmurs of agreement. "Right, so can anyone speak French?" She glanced around doubtfully.
"Me, me, I do!" Sirius shouted. Lily gaped at him, Sirius Black knows French? She then cocked her eyebrow.
"Ok, did you get that?"
"Um, only parts of it."
"So, does anyone speak French who actually got ALL of that?"
"I can." A voice spoke calmly, holding out a piece of paper.
"Potter, you speak French?" She asked.
"Yes. All the Potters' do."
"And you got that, everything she said?"
"Yes, I did." He stopped. "But I don't think you want to see it."
"Nonsense, give it here." She made a grab for the paper.
"No." He said as if it were final.
"Potter, give me that paper."
"No, it's for your own good."
"Give it, I will decide about my own good, not you."
"Yes well, that may be, but I translated it and it's my paper, so NO."
"GIVE IT TO ME!" She yelled tackling him off his seat and sitting on him.
She wrenched the paper from his hands, and stood up smugly.
"IT'S MINE EVANS!" He yelled trying to get it back, but Lily ran around the classroom reading the paper. Suddenly she stopped. Her eyes went wide. James bumped into her.
"This can't be it! You're lying, that's not what she said!" She said glaring at him.
"Yes it is! I told you not to read it." He too looked a little stunned.
"Give it to me, Lily, I'll tell you if that's what she said." Sirius said grabbing the paper.
Beware my dear,
Soon you will unite with the dark haired boy,
You have known him all along yet despised him,
Your true feelings will soon come alight,
And your unity will bring many great things,
But alas, only your death will bring the greatest of all,
Only in death can the two save us all.
The time is soon.
Sirius gulped.
"See that's not what she said!" Lily said to James.
"Yes it is." Sirius said. "That's roughly what she said." He handed the paper to Lily.
"But it can't be!" She cried. The rest of the class stared, wondering what was on the paper.
Ally stood up and took the paper from Lily. She read it and gasped.
"But that would mean," Ally started, "Lily and James."
"Yes, Lily and James." Sirius agreed.
Lily laughed. "Français is an old crackpot, she's never made a real prediction in her life."
But Lily wasn't so sure this time.
"Oh Look, time to go." She packed her bag and hurriedly exited the classroom.
AN. Sorry if the translation is wrong (which it probably is)but I don't know French so I just looked it up on the translation website. Also sorry if the chapter was a disappointment for you all.
Bye everyone.
