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Chapter 7 Telling Lily

James found himself back in Lily's room later that night. He sat on the floor, arms wrapped around his knees. Wanting to, but knowing that it was wrong, was killing James. He stared at her sleeping figure, wondering if she was dreaming of him.

"I know I shouldn't tell you, but I feel like I need to," James whispered.

James began to panic as Lily started to wake. He covered her mouth before she had to chance to scream.

"Please, just hear me out," James begged.

He slowly lowered his hand from Lily's mouth.

"What… how did you…" Lily asked.

James looked down, smiled, and then gestured to the window. Lily looked at him in shock.

"The window was unlocked," James said.

Lily's eyes were still glued to the window. This made James wonder if she was now considering locking it from now on.

"Do you do that much," Lily asked, turned back to James.

James had to smile at the look on her face.

"This is actually only my second time," he admitted with a little laugh.

"I see," Lily said.

James sighed and looked down. He knew it was now or never to tell her.

"I just couldn't… I needed you to know that Snape and I weren't trying to mock you," he said.

"Then what were you two planning to do with sticks," Lily asked.

"Just do it," James kept telling himself.

He took a deep breath and looked into Lily's eyes.

"Snape and I have been arguing about whether or not to tell you," James said.

"Tell me what," Lily asked.

James looked down. Inside, he was still yelling at himself to keep going.

"It's really against my world's law for people like you to know," he said.

Lily looked at him in confusion. He had no idea what James was talking about.

"People like me," she asked.

James looked up into Lily's longing eyes. At that moment, there was no more questioning himself. He knew telling her was right.

"In my word, you're a Muggle. Someone that can't do magic," James said.

Something in Lily's eyes told James that everything was going to be all right.

"Magic? Are you telling me that you're…" Lily began.

James couldn't help but smile.

"A wizard," he said.

"And Snape and Sirius…" Lily began.

She gave a little gasp when James nodded.

"Yup. Along with Remus and Peter," James said.

Lily then said something that shocked James.

"Prove it," she said.

James didn't know what to say at first. He would have never guessed Lily would want him to prove that he was telling the truth.

"Believe me, are wish I could, but I'm not aloud to use magic outside school until I come of age," James said.

Lily looked away, which James didn't know if that was a good or bad thing.

"Wizards, huh," she finally asked.

"Yes," James nodded.

Lily pushed her covers back a little, reliving the pink nightdress she was wearing.

"And my dream," she asked.

James shook away his thoughts of Lily's action.

"Well, for one, the stick is called a wand," he said.

"What else," Lily asked.

James smiled as Lily leaned forward, eager to know more.

"I have two theories about your dream. One, it was just a dream and nothing else. Second, it was showing what would happen if we don't do something else," he said.

"I'm not sure I quite follow," Lily admitted.

James then realized that Lily was oblivious to the war going on in the Wizarding World.

"There's a dark wizard out to take control of not just the Wizarding World, but the Muggle Word as well," he said.

James paused for a moment, debating on going farther.

"Your dream suggests that we marry, and he comes and kills us. It's possible that our house wasn't protected," he said.

"Protected," Lily asked.

James smiled. There was so much she didn't know.

"There's a charm one of my professors told us about that shields you by having only one other person knowing where you are. That way, no one but us and the other person, which is called a Secret Keeper, would know," he said.

Lily leaned back in her bed. James was now sitting at the tip of the bed.

"I… I don't know what to say," Lily said.

James looked down and grinned.

"I know it's hard to believe. I better go," he said.

James got up and headed for the window

"Wait," Lily called.

James turned from the window.

I… I don't want you to go," Lily said.

James smiled and walked over to Lily. She laughed and pulled him onto the bed.

"What if your parents…" James began.

Lily started shaking her head.

"I don't care if they walk in. I don't care about… about you being a wizard either," she said.

James's eyes widened in shock.

"Really," he asked.

Lily smiled and before James knew it, their lips were crushing together.

AN:

Hopefully I'll have the next chapter up soon.