A/N: Yay we're over 200. There are approximately only about 4 or 5 chapters left I'm thinking. But there will be a BIG event happening really soon so stay tuned. Oh yeah if you're wondering when the next update will happen check out my profile cause I usually say how the progess on the next chapter is coming along.
Disclaimer: Well…it's not mine. How depressing. Nope it's the fantastic JK Rowling's.
Chapter 15 of After the Quidditch Game
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Lily breathed out in a nervous sigh as she looked at James door. Her sigh turned into a slight white cloud of breath and she started to silently argue with herself whether she should come tomorrow and let him be. He must be so aggravated with her roller coaster of unsteady feelings.
She grimaced and then squared her shoulders as she opened the door and peered in. She quietly slipped off her winter knee boots and her other winter clothing. Lily listened for movement but didn't hear anything as she walked down the hallway. The sound of hard breathing seized Lily and she found herself moving to the living room.
There on the couch James had fallen asleep on his maroon couch. He had an unsettled expression on his face and his forehead was furrowed. Lily walked over to him and slid underneath him putting his head on her lap gingerly. Lily suddenly felt a pull in her sense to put her hand on his head. She could tell from his expression that he must be dreaming of something that wasn't exactly happy.
Lily placed her hand on his forehead and she began to stroke his head. Her eyes soon closed but she kept stroking his head with her soft hand. Unexpectedly Lily began to see slices of scenes taking up the darkness in her mind. Green flashes of light went ringing in her head but then it was quickly replaced with a dark cloaked man holding out his wand menacingly.
Lily squinted her eyes and then she saw the previous camp that was in her dream awhile go with the same teenagers running around. Why was James too dreaming about this? But another flash of a scene came crashing through and an ice blue spell came hurtling out of nowhere at James.
"James!" Lily jerked out from the dreamlike trance breathing hard, her heart racing wildly. James eyes were opened and they widened even bigger as he noticed her sitting there underneath him. He sat up got up from the couch looking at Lily with that bemused expression.
"Lily? What're you doing here?" James asked her in a confused voice.
"I- I came here to say sorry but I saw you on the couch sleeping but you looked like you were having a nightmare so I sat down to wake you but then it seemed like I sunk into your mind and saw your dream!" Lily said in a fast voice to explain herself.
"Wait….did you just see 'me' get hit by a blue spell?" James asked her with a bit of uncertainty in his voice.
Lily bobbed her head up and down. "I saw flashes of scenes of your dream."
"Hmm. That's odd…that you would be able to see my nightmare. Erm so I thought you were still mad?" James asked her with a confused expression in his hazel eyes.
Lily suddenly found herself looking at his lips and then back up to his eyes. A want to taste him overwhelmed her and she threw her arms around his neck and brought her lips to meet his. Lily could feel the surprise reverberate from his body but then he kissed her back. His tongue slipped into her mouth and she inhaled deeply letting his scent of wizarding cologne and cinnamon fill her. His hands found her waist and he pulled her closer.
Lily broke apart slowly and then opened her eyes to see James watching her intently. "I wanted to say sorry…I talked to Dumbledore and he told me that he did indeed send you off. It just seemed to be too much of a coincidence." Lily said in a hoarse voice and she laid her head on his shoulder.
James walked over to the couch and she followed then he nudged her to look at him. "I would have been just as doubtful." James said seriously and Lily nodded.
"So we're ok?" Lily asked quietly.
"More than ok." James said with a smile and he leaned in to give her another kiss. Lily felt her insides glow with happiness as she kissed him back.
Finally Lily let her head rest on his chest and he stroked her long hair softly. "There's a spy in the Order, did you know that?"
"Yes…it seems unreal but Dumbledore told me a few weeks back. The Death Eater's know who is in the Order so they are more easily tracking us. It's getting more dangerous so we must be on our guard." James said wearily.
Lily sighed and then she pondered to herself whether she should tell James about her gift or not. "When I talked to Dumbledore today he revealed to me that I have a gift. I have the gift of Seeing in my dreams."
James let out a deep breath and then said, "That's why Lucius and his acquaintance Death Eater followed you to my flat thst time. Voldemort must have known about the prophecy before and ordered them to come find you. You're going to have to be on more guard! Wait a minute, maybe that's how you saw my dream." James mused softly and Lily slid over on the other side of the couch on her back thinking deeply.
"Since I'm just getting used to my gift it must by why I only saw flashes of it. In time when I have honed my skills it might be easier." Lily said thoughtfully and then she stood up slowly.
James watched her grab his soft fleecy blanket and wrap it around her. She walked back over and snuggled next to him quietly. They sat there for awhile just thinking and enjoying each others company. Finally Lily couldn't contain herself from one certain question.
"James…what exactly are we?" Lily asked tentatively.
James looked at her with bemused eyes and he asked, "Huh?"
Lily sighed inwardly at the slowness of guys and then she tried again to ask him the pending question. "What's our relationship?"
She waited for his answer wondering if she had been to bold to ask him that question. Maybe they really didn't have anything but she could hardly doubt that after the kisses they had shared. Or maybe he was just a player who-
"I'd say we're more than friends." James said hesitantly breaking off Lily's thoughts but much surprising her from his uncertainty. There were still many things she didn't know about James. When she had first met him she had imagined a cocky sure of himself in everyway guy.
"We could be more than friends officially. Together." Lily said with a soft smile looking at his hazel eyes that were watching her intently.
"I'd like that." James said with a smile and he put his hand under her chin meeting her lips with his.
"So would I." Lily murmured with a smile of her own.
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Lily whistled cheerfully as she waved to James. Her heart felt like it was on fire with happiness. After talking and the occasional snog Lily decided she should probably go see Elissa and Julia to let them know she was okay. Lily stopped into an alley and then turned to apparate back to her flat.
She stepped into her door and slipped off her winter clothing listening intently. She heard laughter coming down the hall and she recognized her two friends voices. She skipped down to the hallway and slid in front of the open door with a giggle at their astonished looks.
"Lily you're back! Are you okay? How are you feeling?" Julia asked after she had given her friend a tight hug.
"I am. I just had a splitting headache. I think he just gave me a really strong drink that knocks out his victims. Sicko." Lily muttered darkly but then she smiled excitedly.
"What a jackass. If I ever see him again he won't know what hit him." Elissa said with an evil laugh.
Julia looked at Lily's happy expression and then said, "What aren't you telling us? You look like you're going to burst from the excitement. Tell!"
Lily laughed and then she fell backwards onto Julia's bed with a light 'thump'. "James and I are together."
Julia let out a girlish squeal and Elissa laughed with a big grin on her face. They both jumped onto the bed next to Lily. "Well fill us in!"
So Lily proceeded to tell them about her argument with James that morning when she awoke, then her apparation to Hogwarts and her interesting chat with Dumbledore. She told them about the prophecy and then told them about going back to James place to say sorry.
"Our Lily is a gifted one!" Julia said with a proud grin.
"Jeez. That's pretty intense stuff." Elissa said thoughtfully.
"Yeah…I'm so happy that things are cleared up with James and I. It was such a ridiculous mess of things before because I wasn't sure if he liked me of if he was just messing around." Lily said honestly lying up against the wall looking at the two girls.
"Well I have something else to tell you two. Kadmus invited me to meet his family. I'm leaving tomorrow for two weeks." Elissa said with a soft excited smile of her own.
"Ahh you both have serious guy relationships. Elissa's getting married soon and Lily is with the most famous quidditch player ever." Julia said meticulously.
Lily through her arms around her friend and gave her a tight hug. "It's got to be the greatest feeling ever!"
"Wanna just hang around and have one last day all together?" Elissa asked her two friends.
"Sure." Julia said enthusiastically.
"We should go through our old pictures at Beauxbatons." Lily said thoughtfully.
"Yeah that's a good idea. I'll go to my flat and bring over some of my stuff." Elissa said standing up to apparate.
"Alright. See ya in a few." Julia said and Lily got up to find some of her stuff in her room.
Opening up her closet she grimaced at the mess inside. There was an assortment of various things strewn everywhere in the closet. Lily leaned on her tippy-toes and pushed off some clothes to find a dark blue box with lots of dust on it. She pulled it down and then proceeded to open it.
There in an order were pictures in categories. She found a Beauxbatons category, a friend's category and then a family category that brought tears to her face as she looked at the pictures that she had mercilessly shoved inside after she had managed to salvage some from Petunia.
Lily took out the pile of pictures from Beauxbatons and noticed that she only had a small pile of pictures. She took out the 'friends' pile and then put the box underneath her bed. Lily wiped away the tears from her eyes and then stood up to go back to Julia's room. Elissa had already gotten back because she could hear her voice.
When she got to Julia's room she found the two girls laughing their heads off at a picture. Lily dropped her pictures on Julia's table and picked up the picture that was causing Julia to convulse. Lily began to laugh at the picture as well. It was an EXTREMELY old picture of the three girls when they were in first year at Beauxbatons.
Lily's hair was cut boyishly short because she had informed her mother that it was too much of a hassle to tend to while she was at school. Unsurprisingly, many had wondered why there was a red haired boy at an all-girls magic school. Elissa was very short which made her look like a toad and Julia was the most normal looking out of the three but she hadn't grown into her face so her big blue eyes made her look like a bug.
They were quite unusual looking at that age. Or that was the nice way to go about it. "I got so many looks of disgust from all those prissy air heads at Beauxbatons after they found out I was a girl." Lily said with a giggle.
"Just look at us now. We're the most beautiful." Julia said, dramatically striking a pose.
The girls carried on through their dip back into their younger days at Beauxbatons. They got up through the year five and were talking about the lack of pictures and remembrance from that summer before year 6 when Lily suddenly felt an odd tugging in her mind. Soon the tugging turned into her vision going spotty and sounds leaving her senses. Lily could see the dreamlike Elissa and Julia looking at her worriedly but then all was gone for Lily was rushing through darkness.
She slowly found color returning and she stepped up in her dream/vision or whatever she was having at the moment. Familiar green trees enclosed an area and Lily saw a bunch of scattered cabins in the distance. She began to run towards the cabins, following the slight tug that was pulling her along. It was the same from the glimpse of James dream that morning.
The same boy jumped out of the cabin with his can of whipping cream and he began to chase the girl from the dream Lily had a few months ago. The scene changed and Death Eater's littered the campground shooting spells at the teens. Lily let out a scream as a flash of green light came hurtling her way.
Her eyes snapped open and she could feel the cold sweat on her face along with the forbidden tears that were leaking away from her eyes. Lily pushed herself up off from the ground where she must have fallen but then swayed backwards slightly to then feel a pair of hands steady her.
"Lily! Are you okay? Lily?" Julia asked in a concerned voice.
"Yeah. Must've fainted eh?" Lily asked in a mumble.
"I dunno. You kinda went in a dreamlike trance and then you fell to the floor." Elissa said nervously regarding her friend then handed her the glass of water that she had summoned from the kitchen.
"Weird. I'm okay. You guys don't have to look at me as if I'm going to die. It's what Dumbledore said that would happen to me." Lily said reasonably and the features on both girls' faces softened.
"Well…okay. How bout we take a break from the pictures and eat some food? I brought over some of your guys favorite chocolate cheesecake that I made." Elissa said enticingly and Lily grinned already feeling better.
"I'm game." Lily said and she followed the two down to their kitchen.
They sat down at the table and Elissa summoned the cheesecake over with her wand. "Alright lets dig in!" She cried enthusiastically and they all dug their forks into the delicate cheesecake with chocolate drizzled on top.
Lily raised the fork to her mouth and a grin fell across her face. Cheesecake, especially chocolate was one of her favorite foods. A soft meow came down near her foot and Lily raised up Doe to place her on her lap.
"Guys this is the kitten James got me for Christmas." Lily said with an impish grin at the thought of James.
"Oh my gosh it has the same color eyes as you!" Julia exclaimed as she looked down at the kitten.
"That's bizarre." Elissa commented when she saw with her own eyes that it had the exact same shade.
They sat there in silence looking at the kitten and eating more cheesecake out of the plate. Lily looked up at Elissa and felt sadness gnaw at her stomach. She was leaving for two weeks and probably after Elissa married Kadmus Lily wouldn't be seeing much of her.
"Liss we're gonna miss you!" Lily exclaimed and Elissa smiled softly.
"I know. I'm gonna miss you two. What am I gonna do without my two best friends to bug me?" Elissa said with a playful grin but Lily saw behind the façade.
"Find me a guy." Julia said dreamily as she placed yet another bite of cheesecake in her mouth.
"I will." Elissa promised and then stood up.
"You're leaving?" Lily asked with her fork caught midway.
"Yeah…I've gotta do some packing and pick out some respectable outfits if I'm meeting his family. They say a mother is the hardest to please." Elissa said and Lily noticed with interest that there was some nervousness to Elissa's voice.
"Don't you worry. You'll win her over with the Elissa charm. You two will be chummy in no time." Julia said bracingly and Elissa sent her a smile.
"Alright well give me a hug. I'll owl you. And don't let James hurt you. I know you're together and all but do remember he is the famous quidditch player." Elissa said seriously as she reached over to give Lily a hug.
"Don't worry. I will watch out for myself." Lily said and she watched her friend give Julia a hug then straightened to apparate.
"Well see you!" Elissa said and she blew them a kiss as she turned to apparate.
Lily noticed it had gotten quite late and she bid a goodnight to Julia then ambled down to her room. She closed the door then slipped into some warm fleecy pajamas along with her knit socks. A sot tapping on her window caused her to stop and look up to see an owl hovering near the window. She recognized it as James owl.
She excitedly crossed the room and let the door open for the owl to come in. Taking the scrawl from the owl's beak she turned it over to read it.
Dear Lily,
We're all going out tomorrow evening for dinner as a group. We
as in Remus, Sirius, maybe Peter and I. Wanna come? Hope so. I
also hope what happened this morning wasn't all a dream. Write
me back and reassure me.
James.
Lily laughed softly at James flirty writing. She summoned a pen and then wrote on the back of the parchment.
Don't worry James, as much as it'sunbelievable that I, the one and only
Lily Evans am giving YOU a chance it is
quite real. Don't hurt yourself thinking
about it hun. See you tomorrow. Lily xo.
Lily placed the parchment in the owl's waiting beak and then let it out through the window watching it fly up in the dark sky. She closed the window and then sunk into her delightfully warm bed. Once she was snuggled down and thinking about the days events only then did her mind come back to her dreaming/fainting event. What was with that same dream about the campground?
Lily began to think more about it but sleep evaded and she soon fell surrender to it.
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A/N: I am so getting good at this 'updating frequently!" thing haha. Well actually it's probably the whole 'I'm off of school and it's summer deal'. So yep the writing is going to get more exciting. Ah well. Jeez I have school beginning in exactly a week! Has anyone else started or is about to begin? I'm beginning a new load of honors courses so my free time is gonna be zilch and my dance teacher is adding a bunch of new classes. Back to the story though haha, there are some interesting hints stringing through this chapter.
But alas I can't be kept away from fanfiction too long! Where there is a will there is a way. Haha.
ANYWAYS please please review and reward me of my fast updates?