James's Lily
Her laughter. How I love her laughter. You see, when she laughs, her emerald eyes glitter and sparkle, even more so in the firelight, making her even more beautiful. How I love her eyes...and her smile. Her smile can light up a room!
To put it simply, I love her.
I always have; ever since that first day I truly saw her for what she is.
It was third year, during the Feast. I had noticed a lot of us had changed over the summer- some taller, some thinner and the like. It was like we finally grew into ourselves.
But it was Lily I noticed more than the others.
Her hair was in big, red curls, falling down onto her shoulders, bouncing as she walked.
She was a little taller, but not too much, I was still a head taller than she was.
Her eyes were the thing that really got me.
So green!
Such a dazzling, shade of emerald that I had never seen before.
They mesmerized me, pulling me into their depths, so deep that I thought I might drown in those pools of pure emerald.
She was beautiful.
In classes, I began paying attention just so that I might hear her voice.
I visited the library just so that I might see her there.
I loved pestering her, just to see her face when she yelled at me.
I was crazy.
Eventually, I just had to ask her something.
"Will you go out with me, Evans?"
"...No, Potter, I won't."
Her response killed me.
Now, I never showed it, but it did.
I was wounded on the inside, but for some reason, I kept asking her, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year.
Each time she turned me down the wound grew bigger until one day, I couldn't stand it.
So I tried to give up on her.
I tried ignoring her.
I tried to date other girls to get my mind of her.
Nothing worked.
And finally, in 7th year, I made up my mind to change for her.
I practiced so hard over the summer- what to say, what not to say.
When I got back to school, I treated her like a friend.
I didn't ask her out.
I didn't annoy her.
I just spoke to her, like a normal person.
Even though to me, she was never normal.
She was...and is so much more than normal.
She's i perfect i .
At last, my work paid off, as I noticed she began to warm up to me, and soon, we were spending afternoons together, eating meals together, and talking (not yelling) in the halls between classes.
A few months of being 'just friends' later, I decided to ask her that question one last time.
"Lily..."
"Yes, James?"
"I promise to never ever ask you this question again, if you say no..."
"What?"
I took a deep breath.
"Willyougooutwithme?"
"What? Sorry James, I didn't quite catch that."
"Will...you go out with me."
A long silence.
"Yes."
"I-I'm sorry Lily, I know I shouldn't have asked you, you probably hate me-" I blurted out.
She was laughing.
"D-did you s-say..." I stammered, staring at her in wonder.
"Yes, I did." she said, blushing.
"Yes!"
"Um...guys? Is something wrong?"
I look up, and realize that I've been silent for the past...however long it's been.
Strange enough, so have the others.
She looks confused now, so I quickly say,
"What? Oh, sorry Lily, just thinking."
"Yeah..." agrees Sirius, shaking his head.
"What about?" she asks.
"Oh, just old times." replies Remus.
Peter nods at Remus' answer as Lily looked around at us, before laughing quietly.
"Oh you silly boys..."
"That's us!" Sirius grinned, "Forever silly and immature."
"Speak for yourself, Padfoot." Remus says, snorting.
This makes Lily laugh again.
"Well, you're all my silly boys." she says, resting her head on my shoulder.
"And you're my beautiful Lily." I say, looking down at the incredible young woman resting on my shoulder.
"Hey what about us!" protests Sirius.
"Oh alright, alright!" I say, faking annoyance.
"So she's our Lily." Remus says, smiling.
"For immature idiots, you all sure are sweet." Lily comments, grinning.
"Aw, thanks Lils." Sirius says.
"And just so you know, I love you all very much." she adds.
"But you love me most!" Sirius says, "Right?"
"I'm sorry Siri, I'm afraid James holds that title." she says, kissing my cheek.
I feel like I'm flying.
I'm so in love with this woman, it's not even funny.
"Aww." Sirius pouts, causing us all to have a quiet chuckle.
A few minutes later, Lily stands.
"Well it is getting late, I'm off to bed. Goodnight!"
"Goodnight Lily!" we all say, and I watch her until she enters her room and shuts the door.
"Night guys, I'm going to sleep." I say, heading off to my dorm, now that I know Lily's up in hers.
"Goodnight." my friends mumble, as I leave for the comfort of my bed.
"Lily, Lily, Lily." I breathe, falling backwards onto my bed.
Goodnight, Lily.
