"What's up?" Lily inquired of her friend.
"Umm... Nothing! Nothing at all!"
Lily looked at her friend skeptically. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah! Positive!" Molly cast a frightened look behind Lily.
Lily turned around to see what Molly was looking at "Wha-" Molly grabbed her friend's shoulders and turned her back around
"Nothing! It's really nothing at all! No need to worry! Let's just go this way!" Molly pulled Lily in the away from whatever she was scared about, and started walking in the opposite direction. "He's the last thing we need right now," Molly said under her breath.
"What was that?" Lily asked. Her friend was acting very oddly... Maybe the fact that they were leaving Hogwarts forever in 2 days was starting to hit her. Or maybe she was experiencing the after-math of exams... Everyone handled them differently...
"What? I didn't say anything!" Molly started walking faster.
"Lily!" As she heard her name being called, Lily started to turn around.
"HEY! I have an idea! Let's go to the common room!" Molly said quite loudly.
"But... I heard my name!" Lily protested.
"No you didnt'! It was a figment of your imagination! Let's go!" But before Molly could drag Lily up to the common room, she whipped around to see who was calling her name. Now she knew why Molly was so keen on leaving...
There he stood. Helpless. He was staring at her, with a defeated look on his face. Time froze. It was just the two of him. He was walking toward her.
She couldn't even move her feet to walk away. She had said so many brutal things to him. She had to at least apologize...
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There she stood. She had never looked so beautiful. He had to do this. It was now or never. He started walking toward her. He saw no one but her. He had expected her to turn away. To walk away. But she didn't. She stood still, looking at him. A million thoughts ran through his head as he made his way to her. It was now or never. Apologize, and then just do it. He knew she's still love him. She had to...
"Lily I-" But he was cut short.
"Don't say anything. I owe you an apology. I'm truly sorry for what I said. I didn't mean any of it. I mean, I-" James put a finger on her lips, silencing her.
"No, Lily. I'm sorry. Am I forgiven?" Hope swelled up inside of him as he awaited her answer.
Lily looked at James. She had never seen him look so gorgeous. His eyes hypnotized her. "Of course," Lily replied.
A huge weight had left James at that moment; a weight he had been carrying since their fight. This was it. He had to do it now. No better time than this... "Lily?" James looked at her as he pulled a box from his robes.
Lily's eyes widened at the sight of the box. "Yeah?" She couldn't breath...
James got down on his knee, in front of the entire school. "Will you marry me?" Had he said it? Should he say it again just to make sure? But the look on Lily's face showed that he didn't need to. She had heard him.
"James, I..." She looked surprised.
James didn't know what to do. She looked like she didn't want to... He just had to walk away before he embarassed himself. He pocketed the ring again, stood up, and turned to walk away.
"James! James wait!" Lily saw him turn around and acted on impulse. She reached up for his face and stood on her toes. "Of course I will." She had not expected James to act with such enthusiasm. He picked her up at the waist and kissed her as he had never kissed her before. There were so many emotions packed into the kiss, that not even the couple couple could name them all. By this time, all of the Great Hall was staring at them. But they didn't care. They had each other, and nothing could separate them.