Chapter Two - Charms
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt
Suddenly goes away somehow
One step closer...
He looked at her and his eyes lit up. His ego deflated to make room for his love. His confidence vanished and turned to nerves and hope; he didn't see the same in her. Her copper waves shone brightly as they bounced of her shoulders, but sh wasn't as confident. Her eyes shone brightly but were glazed over often. Her lips were perfectly shaped and soft, but her laughter wasn't as frequent or infectious as before. Something had changed. Why didn't she want THE James Potter? He knew exactly why.
Snivellus. He had said the one word she despised, and led her to him, but she missed thier friendship. She would act all happy and delighted to be with him; but he was scared he was using him to get to snape and make him jelous and toss him aside for a Slytherin.
"What are you even thinking? You're insane!" said Arrogance, inside his head.
Anxiety replied," No, its a scary world, some people are really ignorant to other people's feelings, you know"
"Oh, but Lily isn't like that, you know that don't you? She loves you and you love her." Reasurance reasured.
".. And you're going to have speckly little sprogs with your humor and confidence, and her hair with her firendly, nice-ness, and you'll ride off into the sunset on a red and gold unicorn and..." Hopes and Dreams began a happy conversation with and he was off in dream land, all previous worries forgotten.
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There she was. Sat by the forest, all alone. You can talk to her now. His silky black hair had almost rached his shoulders; he had new robes; he had his gift in hand. He looked down at the fine silver necklace. It was a white lily; its petals were white; the inside were pieces of pure white crystal that changed colour in the light, he thought she would love it. If she looked carefully inside the box, it hid a note, stating his love for her in latin, he knew she loved a puzzle.
He began to walk towards her with her birthday present in hand. She glanced up and looked confused. He ignored it and carried on walking he flopped down beside her and was overwhelmed by all the memories rushing back to him...
The time he told her she was a witch.
The time then just lay by the stream in the park all day.
When he assured her it didn't make a difference if you were muggle born.
When they were sorted. He winced away from that thought.
He had called her a ... No. He was here to apologise and hopfully forget that incident.
"Happy Birthday" Severus whispered softly, as he handed here the now magically and intricatly wrapped in red and gold paper. He hoped she would notice his subtle way of house acceptance.
She carefully unwrapped the small box, sliding her long pale fingers under the creases of the fancy-print of wrapping paper. She unfolded it and out slid a small black box...
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Lily was sat by the forest after her insane birthday celebrations. She had recieved gifts from Alice, Marlene, James, Rems, Siri, Peter, Frank,even Little Molly and Arthur!
Alice: A painting of herself, Lily and Marlene and a sketch of what James and Lily's kids would look like (for a laugh, ending in Alice pinned down in the dorms and promising never to humiliate Lily like that ever again with Marlene bursting with hysterical laughter.) plus a small pair of round specs for the charm bracelet they each got for christmas.
Marlene: A lovely green lava lamp to put next to her bed and a small infinity charm. ( "It represents our forever lasting friendship, Get it?..")
Rems: A book (written by himself, 'Furry Little Problem'. That would be interesting, she giggled to herself) some choccies and a charm of a crescent moon.
Siri: A sneak peak of James' failed love poems for her and a charm of a pawprint. (insert Sirius collapsing into an uncontrollabal fit of laughter at my reactions to the poems)
Peter: A charm of a rat and ornament of a doe; her favourite animal. ("I-I thought you m-might l-like it. J-James said it w-was your f-favourite.)
Frank: A peace sign for her bracelet and a dark purple bookmark that always remembered your page and where to find the book!
Molly: A batch of her delicious pumpkin pasties and a charm of a whisk.
Arthur: A charm of a plug socket and a rubber duck (bless him, forgot I was muggle born)
James: An introduction to Pranks (complete with props), a hoove charm and a birthday kiss.
She was sat down, sketching out the sunset when she saw severus walking towards her. He looked nervous but apolegetic. She decided she would listen to what he had to say. He plonked himself down and said "Happy Birthday" in a gentle whisper, handing her a present wrapped in red and gold paper (did he finally accept her?) and carfully opened it up.
Out slid a small black box. She opened it to find a beautiful white lily on a silver necklace. It had tiny crystals inside that glittered and changed colour in the sunlight; it was breathtaking. He placed it around her neck delicatley as she told him how gorgeous it was. " I've missed you, Sev," She said as she leant into his chest.