Love will come through the dark Ch.4
A Connection is made
I do not own Harry Potter
Ok so I'm back I know it's been a long time since I've updated my story. First problem is that no one reviewed to my 3rd chapter! And the only reason I'm even posting a chapter now is I wanted to write one. So if you haven't read the rest of the chapters to get where I'm coming from here in this chapter, please read them. With that said lets get into the story.
Thoughts
It had been 3 weeks since the little fight in the great hall between Lily and Anna and things were still heated when they were around each other and this was more than usual. But the great thing was that James and Anna where on thin ice with each other. And that is where we pick up our story. Here we find the Marauders in their dorm room discussing what James should do about Anna.
"James man just break up with her and stop worrying over it," said Sirius
"Sirius, you don't get it do you!" James said looking at Sirius like he was crazy, "if I do that she will make my life a living hell."
"Well than James maybe you should have never went out with her in the first place!" Sirius yelled at James, getting annoyed that he was shooting everything down they suggested.
"Don't you think I know that now!?" James yelled back getting up to stand over him glaring.
"Guys, guys lets just calm down ok. James, Sirius is right you need to just break up with her and face the consequences of your actions." Remus said in a calm voice
"I know, I know but that bitch is evil!" James said to Remus downcast
"I know James, now on to other matters. What are we all going to do about this ball coming up?" Remus said with a marauder twinkle in his eyes
"I like the way you think Mooney old pal, what are we going to do with the ball?" Sirius said with a far off daze in his eyes
James looked at Mooney "So are we pranking the ball or spiking the punch and drinking fire whiskey afterwards?"
Sirius looked at James and said, "We can do both you know!"
"Padfoot, I think if we play a prank at the ball Lily would skin Prongs alive. Let's stick with the spiking of the punch and drinking fire whiskey afterwards, Ok" Remus said to Sirius with a look on his face that meant think about it
"Ok, Mooney but you're spiking the punch this year!" Sirius said pointing a finger at him, "You haven't done it since we started this whole spiking of the punch"
"Fine, Sirius but only because McGonagall will be looking for you to be doing it, since last time you got caught!" Remus said with laughter in his voice
But little did the two know was that while their little argument was going on James had slipped out of the room and down to the common room. It was midnight and everyone was asleep or in their dorms. So there he sat by the light of the fire thinking of what he was to tell is two week girlfriend.
Ok it's not like I can tell her we should see other people James thought laughingly hiding is face in his hands maybe I can just tell her that its not working out and that its just over between us or maybe… he was taken out of his thoughts when he heard a creak on the stairs (ok I know the stairs are stone but give me a break I needed an entree) he shot his head around and their she stood, Lily.
"Lily's point of view"
I couldn't sleep because Maggie was snoring and Bonny was talking in her sleep. Plus the nightmares didn't help. For the past 4 months since my parents died I've been having nightmares. So like always I got up and went down to the common room to read by the fire. But when I was almost down in the commons, I saw a shadow on the couch hunched over. Stepping on the next step it squeaked. Dame it! The figures head shot around and I saw who it was, Potter. He looked strung out, hair messier than normal, and he just looked like he had too many things on his mind.
"James point of view"
I turned and there she was the answer to all my problems. The one source where I knew I could break things off with Anna. It was her; it's always been her really. I just wish she would notice that"Hi, Lily" I now noticed what she was wearing, a black tee with gray pajama pants, a book in her hand, Hair in a messy bun and not a care in the world.
"Normal point of view"
"Hello James" Lily said
She looked at him more closely now and noticed that he had blood shot eyes and seemed like he was under a lot of stress. Walking over she took the seat across from him in the other chair. Opening the book she started to read not looking at James, but Lily could feel his eyes on her. Knowing that he wouldn't stop till she said something she looked up at him annoyed.
"What are you staring at? Is there something you want James?" Looking at him slamming the book close.
"Why yes there is Lily, the day of the meeting with the headmaster when I was late you remember right?" James said hoping she would know what he was talking about, even though it had been 3 weeks.
"Yes I do. What about it?" Looking annoyed, but wondering why he was bringing this up?
"Well to tell you strait out I was with Anna that day" He said bracing himself for the explosion he knew would occur.
"I'm glad you told me. But let me just say WHILE I WAS BUSY TAKING MY DUTIES SERIOUSLY YOU WERE OFF SNOGGING YOUR GIRLFRIEND! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BE MATURE ABOUT THIS! But I guess I was wrong." With that said she got up and made her way to the stairs but she didn't make it far, James still had something to say.
James was up fast out of his chair and after Lily. He caught her by the arm when she was a few feet away. Jerking her around he said to her in an icy voice, "I do take my duties seriously! I lied to you and I thought you could handle the truth of what really happened. But I guess I was wrongIt would seem that it's you who needs too grow up." And with that said he let her go with a push and stalked up the steps to sleep in his old dorm, leaving Lily standing in the commons with only the fire light.
Next day
Lily had spent most of the night down by the fire and has eventually fell asleep on the couch. She awoke the next morning early and made it out to her private common room to her room to get ready for the day. (She was only spending the night in the house dorm because her friends had said they missed her being there) When she walked into the common room she saw James at one of the tables finishing some last minute homework. She made a Bee-line for him, she wanted to apologies for what happened last night in the common room.
"James" she said gently when she made it over to him
"What do you want Lily" James replied a little roughly
Choosing to ignore his tone Lily went on "I just want to apologies for what happened last nigh. I'm sorry I snapped at you like that. I've not been sleeping that well and I guess it's finally caught up to me in the attitude." Looking at him hoping he would lift his head so he could see just how sorry she was.
Sighing James looked up at her and saw in her eyes that she truly was sorry for what had occurred last night.
"It's ok Lily I've just been so stressed lately that I didn't mean to take it out on you. Things with Anna aren't looking good and I can't find away to tell her that we should break up. But what's this about you not sleeping?" Looking at her with curiosity
"Oh, that's nothing just some little nightmares and just being back." Lily replied not able to meet his eyes
"Wait you're having nightmares? Do you want to talk about? I mean you don't have to if you don't want to."
Taking the seat across from James Lily began to tell him what was going on in her dreams.
"Well I'm at my house and my parents are there with my sister and I. Were sitting in the Lounge watching the telly like we use to do every Sunday. Were all real happy, I look around at their smiling happy faces. Than it changes I'm at the hospital and there in the hospital room are my parents lying covered over with a white sheet. I go over and pull the sheet back and my parents wake up and my dad grabs me by the throat and says you're the reason were here. He lets me go, and I fall to the floor struggling to ketch my breath, when my mother comes over to me. I scramble on the floor to get away from her, but I hit a wall. She stands over me and say "Look what you've done Lily! Petunia was right you really are a freak!" (Lily started shaking and crying, James gets up and grabs her in a hug. holding her to him while she finishes her story) I keep shaking my head and looking at my parents with wide eyes and telling them that it's not my fault and that I'm not a freak! Than when my parents start to reach for me I wake up. "O god when I wake up I'm so scared I can't stand it anymore I don't want this dream anymore I don't want it" Lily tells him breaking out in a sob, holding tightly by his shirt.
"It's ok Lily, you know your parents wouldn't be like that, and you're not a freak! Ok your not! It's only a nightmare it's not real." James said to her hugging her crying body to him.
"But you don't know what my sisters like, (she said pulling back from him to look him in the eye's) that's what she calls me all the time. My parents just ignored her and said that I had a gift. And to not be discouraged by what she was saying. When my parents died Petunia blamed me, she asked me to bring them back and I told her I couldn't do that. She told me what use is a gift if I can't bring back the people you love. Before she left me in the hospital she told me that I was dead to her."
"Lily you don't need to listen to your sister she was just distraught at the time, she can't really mean that" he said looking in her eyes
"She meant it all right, that's just how she is. For the first time in my life I'll be spending my holiday at Hogwarts, I won't be getting any presents and no dinner from mum." She said looking deeply saddened
"No, you're coming to stay with me over the holidays. You need some way to keep your mind happy. You don't need to be here being depressed during the holidays." He said standing up with her
"I can't ask you to do the James it's all right I can stay here"
"I'm not asking you Lily I'm telling you. Even if I have to stun you, you're coming home with me for break." He told her all serious, but with laughter in his eyes
"Ok, I'll come no need to stun me" she said Looking at him she could see that he meant every word he spoke to her maybe he's not so bad after all.
With no warning she hugged him and said "thank you for listening to me babble on about my problems. It's nice to have someone to talk to that knows what its like to loose a parent." When did he get so caring, maybe Em's right? Maybe he does love me.
"You're right I do know what its like. And it will get better, but you will always remember them. They wouldn't want you to become all depressed they would want you to be happy." He replied holding her in the hug god she feels so great right here in my arms, It's like she was meant to be there
"We need to get ready Lily or we'll be late for class" He spoke down to her
"I know" she replied letting go from him to make her way to her room to get ready
"Lily" He spoke to her as she was climbing the stairs
"Ya, James"
"You're going to be ok right."
"I think so"
With that said he went to gather up his homework so he could make his way to the Great Hall while Lily retired to her bedroom to get ready for the day.
Ok totally added the end part, since people were saying that it was too short. So while I was at a end to what I should do for chapter 5 I figured that I would go back and add more to the others and see what I could do for 5. And now I know where to go. Hope people like the Lily and James moment in the part of Next Day. I like dividing the story into different sections. Well I hope after you read this you REVIEW it would mean so much to me, really it would. And to all the 12 people who have reviewed to my story I would just like to say THANK YOU ALL SOOO MUCH! You Guys Are Great To ME! To you 12 keep reviewing!
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