Here I am, back with another chapter :) sorry this one's kind of short, it didnt look as short when I wrote it on my phone, becuase thats what I do :P
Remember, this is non betaed, so please ignore all spelling/grammar mistakes I may have made
Disclaimer: none of the characters or places are mine except for Lucy. All rights go to J.K. Rowling
The best birthday ever
"Lily!"
"Happy birthday Lils!"
Lily was greeted by deafening screams as she and the Maurauders apperated to Diagon Alley, where she was taking her appirition test. She stepped away from James, still tingling. James Potter had held her around the waist and she hadn't said anything. Was it possible that she was starting to fancy him?
Fat chance.
He was an arrogant, annoying, bullying person...and really charming. 'Damn the Potter charm!' Lily thought to herself.
"Hey Lily! Happy birthday!"
Lily turned to see Lucy standing in front of her.
"Hey Lucy, thanks."
"No problem. Say, what do you want for your birthday? Since I haven't gotten you anything yet.
"Its ok Lucy, you don't have to get me anything, everyone has already done enough."
"Oh please! I'm part of the group, as Sirius put it, and I want to do something for you!" She pleaded, tugging on her arm.
"Ok ok." Lily laughed.
"Yay! Just you wait Lily Evans, were going to have the best day ever." She squealed than went to cling onto Sirius's arm.
"You're too nice Evans, I would refused until she ran away." James said as he fell into step beside her.
"Yes James that is the difference between you and I. I'm nicer."
"Yes that's why I fancy you."
"Whatever." Lily said, walking ahead.
"Go out with me?"
"No James."
"But you said yes the last time!" He whined.
"Yes, that's because Remus was there. Besides, Snape ruined it."
"Lily!" A voice said from behind them.
"Speaking of Snape. Don't worry Evans, I won't let him ruin your birthday." James muttered. "Oy, Padfoot, Moony, Arthur, Frank! We have some Slytherins to take care of." The five took out their wands. A boy by the name of Lucius Malfoy, along with his girlfriend Narcissa Black, stood in front of the deatheater pack.
"Hold it you Gryffindor idiots, were not here to fight. Snape's here to give you something." He shoved Snape to the front. "Go on." Snape cautiously stepped forward. James moved in front of Lily, glaring.
"Relax Potter, I only want to give Lily something." Snape snapped.
"That's Evans to you. And your not giving her anything." James answered menacingly.
"Lily, I wanted to give you this." He handed her a red and gold box with a green and silver ribbon. Lily untied the ribbon and opened the box.
"The sneakoscope..." Lily said. When they were children, Snape had a sneakoskope they used to spy on her sister with.
"I gave it to you in hopes that we could become friends again. To go back to the way things were." Lily quietly turned the sneakoscope over in her hand. She saw James watching her intently. As were everyone else.
She knew what she had to do.
Lily slowly wrapped the sneakoscope back up and handed it back to Snape. "That's a nice gift, and I appreciate the offer, but no. I told you we can never go back to the way things were. You've proved that." She said. James put his arm around her shoulder and squeezed it. Surprisingly, she didn't shrug it away. She was going to need all the help she could get.
"Bad mistake Evans." Snape sneered, and took out his wand. He cast a nonverbal dsarming charm, but Lily was too quick. She blocked it and threw one back, knocking Snape's wand out of his hand. Dueling was happening all around her. Lucy and Sirius were head to head with his cousin, Remus was shooting spells at Nott, Frank and Alice were fighting Mulciber, Molly and Arthur were battling against Avery, and James was dueling with Malfoy. Lily worried about him. Lucius Malfoy was the best dueler in Slytherin, not only because he was handy with a wand, but because he was unfair. Lily knocked back all of the spells Snape used on her, throwing in a few of her own. She used levicorpus, which seemed to have pushed him over the edge. When he let himself down, he pointed his wand at Lily, his arm slightly trembling.
"I'm sorry Lily." He whispered, and raised his arm. "Sectumpsemra!" He cried. Lily wasn't sure what happened next. She excpected to get hit with the spell, but she didn't. She felt a thud at her feet. When she looked down, a sob escaped her.
James had been hit instead.
"James!" She cried, knealing down in the snow next to his unconsious body. "Sirius! We've got to get to St. Mungos James's been hurt." Lily cried again. Deep gashes had already appeared all over James, blood pouring steadily out of them. At the sight of James's mangled body, the Slytherins ran away.
"Lily I'm sorry." Snape said, slowly approaching her.
"Go away." She said, her quiet voice edging with anger.
"But Lily-"
"I said GO AWAY! I HATE YOU!" She screamed, sobbing again over James's unconcious body. "Sirius!" She called again.
"Yes Evans? Oh my Merlin, James!" He gasped.
"Get us to St. Mungos." Lily commanded.
"But what about your appirition license?"
"FORGET ABOUT THE BLOODY LICENSE! EVERYONE APPERATE TO ST. MUNGOS NOW!" She rubbed her necklace, feeling the cold gems scratch against her fingers.
"Please let him be ok, please." Lily whispered, before she felt Remus's hand grab her wrist and a wooshing sound filled her ears.
"Don't worry I'm sure he'll be fine Lily." Alice said. When they reached St. Mungos, they checked James in and Molly and Arthur got checked out due to the bruises that they obtained.
"No he won't. Its my fault."
"Don't worry Evans. Its Snape's fault. He just kept trying and trying even when you said no. If he had given up, we wouldn't be here."
"But Sirius, that spell was aimed for me. I should be in that hospital bed, not me." Sirius squeezed her arm reassuringly.
"Ah but Lilykins, James wanted it that way. I don't know if you know this, but he fancies you. He'll kill himself if you ever get hurt under his watch."
Lily never thought of it that way. She always knew he liked her, but she didn't know that there was another side, a serious one. He would die protecting her. A sudden realization crept onto Lily like sunrise on the horizon.
Lily Evans liked James Potter.
She liked how he always protected her, how he went out of his way to make her smile. She liked the piece of hair that fell behind his glasses and into his eyes. Hell, she even liked how he pulled pranks with the other Maurauders.
"Are you all friends with James Potter?" A nurse asked, bringing Lily out of her thoughts.
"Yes. How is he?" She asked, her grip on Remus's wrist.
"The bleeding has stopped, and the scars have closed up, but he's still unconcious. You may visit him if you want." The group nodded and followed the nurse to James's room. When they opened the door, he stirred a little.
"Oh he woke up. Good." The nurse walked away.
"James!"
"Prongs!" Lily and the two Maurauders rushed over to James's bedside.
"Wh-wha? St. Mungos? What the hell am I doing here?"
"You were hit by Snape's spell. We're lucky you weren't killed." Lily explained softly.
"What spell?"
"Sectumsempra. He made it himself."
"Snivellus made that spell? Bloody hell, that's powerful." Sirius whistled, tightening his grip on Lucy's hand.
"It is. I want to thank you James."
"For what Evans?"
"For protecting me all the time. I never thank you." He smilled weakly.
"Its ok. So much for not letting Snape ruin your birthday." He paused for a moment.
"Hey Evans?"
"Yes James?"
"Go to Hogsmede with me when we get back to school?"
"Yes James." Lily smiled. Everyone stared dumbstruck at her. What did she say?
"I'm sorry, did you say yes?"
"I did." Lily answered.
"No Maurauders?"
"None." She answered again. Sirius wooped and wolf whistled. James stood up.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes I am."
He lifted her up and spun her around.
"Merlin yes!" He cried.
"James calm down, I need to tell you something first."
"What?" He asked, bouncing on his toes, a new found energy flooding through him.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for ever wrapping you up in this. If I hadn't become friends with Snape in the first place, all those years ago, you wouldn't hate him and it wouldn't have resulted in fighting everytime he called me Mudblood. Oh stuff it." She said, when James cringed at the name. "Its all my fault, I'm sorry."
"Quit saying your sorry, Evans."
"Quit calling me Evans, James. Were going on a date, remember?"
James smiled. "Right, force of habit. Lily, its not your fault. I wouldve hated grease pants even if he didn't like you, he's just that annoying. Now, I'll go check myself out, now that I'm awake, and then we'll go get your license, seeing as you haven't gotten it yet. Probably Snape's fault." Lily nodded. He took her hand and squeezed it, walking out of the room. James Potter couldn't be happier.
"Are you ready Lils?" Molly asked. Once James checked out of the hospital, they all apperated back to Diagon Alley to get Lily's license.
"No! I'm terrified, I don't know if I can do it." She responded, slightly shaking.
"You can do it Lilykins, just remember, were all here for you." Lily nodded at Sirius and walked inside the building.
"Prongs, you've got yourself a good girl there." Sirius said, putting his hand on his best friend's shoulder.
"I do? Oh right, I forgot." James's face split into a grin.
"I agree. But I'm surpised." Remus said, joining the conversation.
"Surprised by what Moony? That ol' Evans finally said yes?" Sirius laughed.
"Yes actually. During our patrols, she always hated talking about you." "
Well I suppose I've grown on her." James said, winking.
"Are you boys talking about Lily?" Alice and Molly stepped up to them.
"Yep, we were wondering why Lily finally said yes in the first place. I still say he jinxed her or something."
"Padfoot, your not helping. Go snog Lucy or something." Remus said.
"Right-o." Sirius grabbed Lucy and strode away.
"Now, about Lily-"
"What about Lily?" Lily had emerged from the building and was walking to them, grinning.
"Nothing Lily. How did your test go?" James asked. Lily suddenly dissapeared, and a large crack was heard at the end of the street. Everyone ran down to where the crack was heard.
"You tell me." Lily giggled, her eyes wild with excitement.
"You passed! Yay Lily!" Molly and Alice cried, hugging her.
"It was so easy." She smiled.
"Padfoot told you it would be." James said.
"Right. I don't know what you guys were so worried about." Lily giggled.
"Us? Worried? You were distraught!" Remus said, laughing.
"Let's go to my house. There's cake there." James said, taking Lily's hand.
"Cake?"
"Well yes. It is still your birthday isn't it?"
"Oh yeah! I nearly forgot, what with all that went on." Lily exclaimed sheepishly.
"Well I don't blame you. I wouldve forgotten it was Christmas if something happened to you."
"And Christmas is James's favorite holiday." Remus added.
"Alright let's go! Oh! Almost forgot. Padfoot!" James called out. "When you come up for air, meet us at our house ok?" They heard a distant mumbling. "Alright, let's go! Oh and Lily?"
"Yes James."
"Best birthday ever?" Lily smiled.
"Best birthday ever." She agreed.
Aww yay! I loved writing this chapter 3 hope you guys read and review
lots of love, Sam