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Lily couldn't believe how time had passed. It was already November, and she and Shaun had been dating for nearly a month now. Lily was truly enjoying her final year at Hogwarts.
To make matters even better, there was a meeting with the prefects that night. Lily loved having meetings with them, she always felt that a few of the girls had admired her, making Lily feel special.
"Alright everybody, now that everyone is here lets get down to business," Lily began the meeting. "First things first, I think that some of you may need reminding of your duties. As a prefect you cannot take points away or give detentions. If you see trouble you may report it to one of the professors, James, or me." Lily told them, she was specifically talking to one of the Slytherins though.
"Yes, and as prefects it is your job to report any mishaps," James added to the discussion. It was common knowledge that most people would not rat out their friends, but James felt that he should add that to the group.
"Okay, now we'll talk about the fun stuff," Lily said excitedly.
The group looked up at her with interest.
"We need to plan a Hogsmeade trip sometime before the holidays," Lily began. The group let out a slight groan, not that they didn't love trips to Hogsmeade they were just hoping it would be something really fun, exciting, and different from the usual.
"Now, don't start with the pouting faces, I'm not finished yet. We also need to start thinking about themes for a dance," Lily exclaimed.
The faces of all the girls in the room lit up, this was exactly what they had really wanted, a dance! It was going to be so much fun!
"Lily, James, if you don't mind me asking, why are we having a dance?" Bailey Parry, a Hufflepuff sixth year, asked.
"Oh, well, I asked Dumbledore if we could have one and he said yes, it's really for no reason in particular," Lily responded.
"I think we should have the dance on Valentine's Day," Elizabeth Wimund, a fifth year in Gryffindor, told the group.
"That's a great idea, it'll be so romantic that day!" Lily agreed. All the girls then started discussing details about how much fun it was going to be and how formal or informal the event should be.
James hadn't really been paying very much attention to what they were conversing about, his mind was once again focused on Lily. She looked so beautiful tonight, her hair was once again down (Marissa taught her the charm to make it look nice while being down.) James couldn't help but feel that Lily was the most gorgeous woman that he had ever met, he especially adored her eyes. Now that he wasn't on the receiving end of death glares, James had noticed how kind and welcoming her eyes were. Lily's almond shaped emerald eyes were always sparkling with joy, and had a look to them that made her appear so sweet and gentle.
James was so wrapped up in his thoughts that he hadn't even realized that the meeting was finally finished and he and Lily would soon be walking back to the common room.
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"Well, that was successful, don't you think?" Lily asked James. The two were still in the room where the meeting was held, relaxing on the cozy chairs.
"Yeah," was the response.
"Guess what?"
He looked at her, wondering what she was about to say, and asked, "What?"
"On my date with Shaun last night, he finally took me out flying."
"Did he really?" James asked, not caring at all for the subject of their conversation. He started to dread talking with Lily at times, it seemed that all she wanted to talk about was Shaun Dunstan, James' worse enemy, and that list included Snape and Lord Voldermort and all of Lord Voldermort's supporters.
"Yes, I had so much fun… Of course, I didn't go much higher than twenty feet, but I got up higher than I ever did before," Lily said, excitement filled her voice.
"Why didn't you go any higher?" James asked.
"Well, I got kind of scared and made Shaun bring me down to the ground."
"So it really wasn't flying then," James announced, a slight glimmer in his hazel eyes.
"What are you saying that for? I got on the bloody broom and went in the air, and that is flying."
"No it's not. You have to be up higher than that, and stay up for more than five minutes to really experience the thrill."
"Oh, well, whatever. Oh James, Shaun was being so sweet to me last night. He's got to be the nicest guy that I've ever dated," Lily told James.
James sighed and said, "Lily, do we really have to talk about Shaun?"
"Well, no, it's just that I'm so thrilled and wanted to tell you," Lily responded, there was a tiny amount of hurt in her voice.
"Well, would you stop talking about him? It's driving me crazy," James said, his tone was slightly louder than usual.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know that it bothered you," Lily apologized, wondering what his problem was.
"Well, it does and it always had," his tone was now louder and aggravated.
"Why didn't you say something before then?" she asked.
"Because, because I couldn't."
"And why not? James, we are supposed to be friends, you can tell me anything," Lily responded.
"No I can't."
"James, what's really bothering you?" Lily asked, concern was written all over her face.
"You want to know what's bothering me?" James' voice was now raised into a tone that made him sound a little bit scary.
Lily slowly nodded her head yes.
"How do you think it makes me feel to see you and Shaun together?" he asked.
Lily said nothing, just continued looking at him. She was so confused about what he was going on about. 'Why on earth did he care so much about the matter?' Lily wondered.
"It doesn't feel to great, let me tell you that. I see that bastard kiss you in the halls and it makes me want to tear him to pieces with my bare hands."
Lily couldn't believe what she was hearing, why did James hate Shaun so much?
"And then you come prancing in here going on and on about him. And all I can do is smile and pretend that everything is fine," James yelled.
"James, why do you feel that way? Why do you hate him so much?" Lily asked, her own voice now starting to get louder.
"Why? Bloody hell Lils, are you that thick?" James asked, he was so frustrated at where this conversation was going, and so aggravated at Lily for not understanding everything.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean? What are you trying to say James?"
"I love you Lily," he shouted.
Lily was now at a loss for words, whatever she had been expecting, that was certainly not it.
James looked away from her, his anger was slowly releasing from inside.
"I'm sorry James," was all Lily managed to say before leaving the room.
Author's Note 2: Hope you all liked chapter 10! Don't hate me for not having Lily instantly fall for him right at that moment, just because he told her that he loved her. Please review! And also, Black's Gurl, a reviewer for my other story, asked me to email her when I posted a new chapter, and I said to myself, "Wow, that's a really good idea." So, if anybody would like me to email you when I post another chapter for Loving You, you can either email me your email address or put it in a review, and I'll add you to the list! I find this very helpful for those of you who a) are not a member of or b) don't want to receive emails notifying you that my other story Love Affair, has been updated, but wanting to know when this one has been updated! (My email address is just so you know)