When he gets the chance
The look on her face that night was unforgettable - both scary and amusing at the same time. I'd found it amusing anyway. That night, none of us ever thought that James would ever have his chance, but we were all wrong. In our 6th year, Lily started asking me questions.
"You've known him forever right?" she asked me one night.
"Who?" I asked pulling back my hair into a ponytail.
"James Potter."
I hid my fear and turned to her. "Yeah, why?"
"Do you know why he's like this?" she asked.
"Like what?"
"You know," she told me in frustration, "A stuck-up, bullying jerk!"
She sighed, "I thought he was nice before."
I silently agreed. "You really want to know?" I asked.
She nodded. "It's you Lily. He's head over heels for you and he'd do anything to get your attention!"
"Not to mention getting you away from Sev," I mumbled under my breath.
"Well that's no way to do it!" she exclaimed, "He has absolutely no guts at all!"
"And men have guts?" I laughed.
She laughed in response. "I just wish that he wasn't like that!" she told me.
"Yeah," I agreed, "Me neither."
There was a pause. "Do you know what's been bothering Sev lately?" she asked suddenly.
I laughed incredulously, "How should I know?!"
"If there was something I didn't know I'm sure you'd know it."
"Oh sure," I laughed.
To be honest there was one thing that I did know. Severus was head over heels for her as well. After all these years, you think he would have told her by now. "Gutless – both of them; men…no…guys are so gutless. If there were a real man in this world, he'd have guts."
"You know he's been getting involved in things," Lily sighed.
"Like what?" I asked.
"You know how the Slytherins are."
"And Sev always did love the dark arts."
Lily went silent. "Sorry Lily," I apologised.
"No it's fine," she told me, "It's fine."
I went to sleep worried for her that night and just in the corner of my mind, I was worried for myself too.