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Lily
"What are we doing tonight?" Celine asked Jess and me as we arrived at the common room.
"The Hogsmeade trip." Jess replied, causing me to groan. There was no way I was going on another of those stupid trips without a date.
"Oh yeah…I have to find someone to go with," Celine commented, sitting down on the couch. I joined her and picked up a nearby book which wasn't mine.
"I'm not going." I announced, reading the back of the novel and letting out a groan of disappointment as I saw it was about two werewolves in love. I sighed and threw the book back to its original place.
"You have that essay for Herbology anyway. I told you never to take that pointless subject." Celine answered me, giving me the 'told-you-so' look she had perfected since first year.
"I'm already going with someone…" Jess said quietly, causing my jaw to drop and a gasp to escape from me.
"Remus finally asked you then?" I squealed in delight, jumping into the other couch to sit with her.
"Yep! And it only took him all of potions to ask me, but at least he got there," She grinned, causing me to grin back despite the fact I was going to be stuck in the library all night writing an essay.
"Anyway, how are things with Sirius going since the whole library fiasco?" Celine queried, changing the subject, much to my disadvantage… I pulled a face and shook my head.
"James doesn't even know who I am, let alone that I exist…There's no point…" I sighed, feeling my stomach tie itself into knots as I thought about those bloody eyes of his…
"Lily, you just have to keep at it! He'll realize you're perfect for each other soon enough. I'm sure of it…" Jess' grin turn into a sad smile and I decided nodding my head and agreeing with her would be best.
"So…" Celine sighed, breaking the thoughtful silence which had enveloped us for the past few minutes.
"I kind of have a confession to make…" She continued, standing up from the couch and beginning to pace in front of Jess and I.
I didn't really pay attention to her. These confessions usually consisted of who she fancied and that she had done for about…a day…before being followed by a pep talk from me and Jess and then having a new boyfriend in a matter of hours.
Instead I thought about the two guys which I was now slightly torn over…
As soon as I had seen Sirius sitting in that library last night I had known this stupid plan had already begun to get confusing. He had just looked so damn…good looking! The grin on his face when I had begun to walk over had made my knees weaken, almost exactly the way I felt when I was near James…Except that James never grinned at me…He still didn't even know I existed…
It sucks being invisible!
"Well, I'm glad she's taking it so well…" I heard Jess muttering to Celine. I snapped back to reality and looked at the two concerned friends of mine who were now standing in front of me.
"Taking what so well?" I queried, not having heard a single thing which had just been said.
"I just told you! About James? How he's going out with Alecia Spence?"
"What?!"
James
"I can't believe you're going out with that girl again. James, she's thicker than you!" Sirius laughed, throwing himself onto a nearby chair as we all sat in the boys dorm room.
"You forget Sirius, that I just did well in a potions essay, so now I'm officially smarter than you." I retorted with a slight smirk in his direction.
"I still don't understand how in Merlin's name you pulled it off." Remus interrupted as Sirius was about to say something.
"Now Remy, I know you're starting to feel threatened by my intelligence, but I promise I'll still act stupid in class to make you look good." I grinned at him, ducking as he swung for my head.
As Remus continued to try and hit me, Sirius stood up suddenly, knocking the chair he had just been sitting on to the floor.
"Is that tradition of a Hogsmeade trip on the first full day back still going?" He cried in shock, pulling Remus off me as the heavy git assaulted me on the ground.
I stopped yelling 'sexual assault' and turned to look at a panicking Sirius.
"Course it is, why?" Remus asked, giving me a hand as I scrambled off the floor.
"Shit…" Sirius muttered angrily, whacking a hand to his forehead.
"What's wrong?" Remus asked curiously. I began to laugh as I remembered what had happened this morning.
"You can't go!" I laughed at him, patting his back as we stood in front of the blazing fire.
"In other words, I can't take Lily out…" He groaned, burying his head in his hands as he sank into a chair which hadn't been flung to the floor. As I continued laughing, I glanced at Remus to see that he was looking at me with a raised eyebrow.
"I don't know what you're laughing at James, you can't go either." He smirked at me.
"And why not?" I questioned him, raising an eyebrow of my own in his direction.
"You have a Divinations essay to do for tomorrow, remember? The subject you said you'd never have to work in?" Remus grinned, shaking his head as he began to laugh.
"Shit!"
Lily
"Since when was the Alkava plant poisonous?" I muttered under my breath, flicking through the thick 'Herbology: A Way of Life' book and not understanding any of the notes.
Celine had found a guy to go with last minute and joined Jess and Remus on the Hogsmeade trip, damn her…But at least she had promised to spy on James for me, since he was obviously going to be taking Alecia on their first date…
Why did he have to go out with her?!
"You mean, why her and not you?" The voice in my head smirked. I let out a quiet groan and returned to the stupid book that was supposed to be helping me but was doing a crap job of doing so.
I was so intent on trying not to think of James that I didn't even glance up when the library doors were thrown open…
James
I threw open the library doors and stepped inside angrily. My supposed girlfriend had decided she would go on the Hogsmeade trip anyway with somebody else.
I dropped my parchment and ink onto the desk and sank into my seat. I glanced up and my gaze slammed to a stop as I looked round the library and caught sight of someone.
My eyes focused and I saw that it was just a girl resting her head on the desk. I watched as she let out a sigh and raised her head to keep writing, revealing her face as she flicked her long red hair over her shoulder.
Holy Merlin…
Lily
'The Alkava plant is able to move its roots to another location, but it detests the sunlight…' I wrote onto the parchment.
"What kind of bloody plant doesn't like sunlight?" I cried in frustration at the stupid subject of my essay. It was only then I realized how loud I had just said this, especially in a library.
I glanced up to see a furious librarian staring at me from her desk.
"Sorry," I apologized with a small smile, before looking back down at my essay. I glanced over the two-foot long parchment that I was supposed to fill with writing. I decided it would be best if I finished this off in the common room. At least I wouldn't have the constant feeling that I was being watched, probably by that weirdo librarian over there…
I packed up my things and began to head for the library doors.
Alkava plant? I hate you…
James
The read headed babe, which still hadn't noticed me, began to pack up her things. My eyes widened as I scrambled in my mind to find a way to stop her. A grin spread on my face as the perfect plan formed in my head. The girl slowly began to walk past me and I decided now was the perfect time to stretch my legs.
"Oh-!" I heard her cry as she tripped over my ankle. I grinned inwardly as I expertly reached out my arm and stopped her fall.
"Are you alright?" I asked her gently, my arm strangely tingling as it held onto her firmly.
"Yeah I'm…" she began, before looking up at me. Her green eyes widened as she met my gaze.
Jesus she was gorgeous…
Lily
It was like I was still falling…First you think you're on the ground and then you're thinking you're in James Potter's arms…I really must be hallucinating! It was only when I looked up that I realized this wasn't a dream…
"Hey…" James said in a husky voice. I tried to reply, but my feet had other ideas. I picked up my dropped bag and headed for the doors.
"Lily, you wanted this to happen! Why are you running away?" The voice in my head questioned me. I ignored it and left the library with a slight slam of the doors. Probably earning me a week ban from the library, but right now the library was the last thing on my mind…
As I kept walking I realized something inside me was no longer moving. I didn't think it was possible for hearts to stop beating…Merlin how I'd been wrong.
James
I didn't hesitate in following her as she ran from the library.
"Wait up!" I called after her, throwing my stuff into my bag and ignoring the librarian's furious stare as I ran to catch up with the girl. I caught up with her and slowed down.
"I'm James." I told her, outstretching my hand and smiling at her.
"I know." She replied, beginning to walk faster. I paused before catching up with her once more.
"And you are?" I grinned, not feeling disheveled by her blunt answer.
Her sparkling eyes looked up as she turned to stand in front of me.
"I'm…" She began, biting her lip in a way that showed she was nervous.
She didn't have to finish…I was already in love with her…
"I'm Lily." She whispered, looking straight into my eyes.
"That's a nice…" I began to compliment her, before realizing who exactly she was.
This time when she ran off, I didn't follow her. She wasn't mine to follow…She was Sirius'…
Shit.