Lily sits, wrapped in blankets, looking at the moon; her green eyes filled with glistening tears. A lone tear rolls down her cheek but is stopped in its path by a large, warm hand, wiping it away.

Green eyes meet hazel as Lily looks into his eyes.

"James," she breathes.

"Lily," he replies, his voice warm and comforting, as he sits beside her.

His arm snakes around her waist and pulls her in close to his chest, what he hopes is a comforting gesture. Surprisingly Lily doesn't push him away but instead rests her head on his chest.

He doesn't ask questions, he doesn't even speak; he just sits with her as she cries into his chest. After almost an hour has passed when Lily finally speaks.

"eymsofrhie," Lily murmurs into his chest.

"What?"

She lifts her head up. "I'm sorry."

James looks her straight in the eye. "For what?"

"For soaking your nice shirt, for using up your time," she pulls away and begins to stand, "I'll just be going then."

James grabs onto her wrist, stopping her from going anywhere.

"You're not leaving until you tell me what's wrong." His words are direct and strong.

Lily sighs and sits back down. "You're going to think I'm unbelievably silly."

"You always think I'm unbelievably silly, it'd be nice if the tables turned for a little." James grins cheekily at her.

Lily ignores him and continues, "It's just that my sister got married yesterday and I wasn't even invited. I didn't even know it was yesterday. We're not very close, at all, and it's not like I've made that much of an effort to patch things up but now I want to patch things up; it's just I think it has been too long a time of us hating each other and that we will never have a friendship. Then I can't help but think what if my future is just full of broken relationships. What if my future is just horrible?"

James looks at her, for the first time seeing the vulnerability behind her fiery exterior, and thinks she is utterly mad for thinking that she won't have a bright future, because she is an amazing witch and she is the brightest thing in his future.

"Lily, your future is so bright, I can see it. It may be dark at times but there will always be a light that never goes out."

Suddenly James leans closer to Lily and kisses her. The sweetest, most heartfelt kiss Lily has ever experienced.

"What is the light you can see James?"

James grins cheekily at her, "Your hair."

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