Hey guys! I realized that my chapters are kinda dark. So I filled this with fluff and stuff! This is also me living vicariously through Lily and pretending I have a boyfriend…
Lily bolted up from her sheets, drenched in sweat. Her eyes flashed. Her hands gripped the sheets. She dug her teeth into her lips to bring her back to reality.
"Lily?" A deep voice came from behind her.
She didn't question who it was, she couldn't.
"They – they were there. And I was on the ground. It was happening, it was happening!"
"Lily, calm down," the voice soothed, gently pulling her back against his chest. The man wrapped and arm around her. "It was a dream. Just a dream, nothing more."
Lily shook her head. "It actually happened though, it happened!"
The man pressed his lips to Lily's head. "Not anymore. Never again."
In the haze, and in some bliss, Lily fell back asleep.
The first thing Lily noticed was that it was dark. Very, very dark. Pitch black, almost. That was probably just her eyes adjusting though.
The next thing Lily noticed was the foreignness of her dormitory. Mary's clothes weren't strewn all over the floor. Alice's cat was curled up near the furnace. There was much more Quidditch paraphernalia than she remembered. Adelaide's books weren't covering her bed. In fact, Adelaide wasn't in her bed at all. As Lily looked, she realized no one was in their beds. They were empty.
And finally, Lily noticed the person she was leaning against.
"James?" Lily whispered, sitting up, and looking back and the man she was leaning against.
"Mmyeah?" An exhausted voice muttered back.
"Am I in the boy's dormitory?"
"Oh, Lily!" James said, finally realizing where he was. "Lumos," He tapped his wand, which appeared to be at his side at all times.
James was wearing a white undershirt and pajama pants. He seemed to have fallen asleep in his glasses, as they were slightly askew on his face. His hair was ruffled, his eyes were drooped, and he had a weary grin, all illuminated by the wand he held between them.
Lily adjusted herself so that she sat at the end of the bed, facing James, who was leaning against the head board.
"Do you sleep with your wand?" Lily asked, tucking her hair behind her ear. She then realized she was still in her school blouse and skirt, minus the robe, which was hanging over the furnace.
James face was serious. "You never know what could happen."
Lily looked down at the sheet. She fiddled with a fold. "I'm sorry, James."
He ran a hand through his hair. "What?"
"I'm sorry I was stupid," Lily scoffed. "I was petrified. I couldn't think," She shook her head. "Everything I was supposed to know vanished. I forgot I had my wand in my pocket."
James looked at her with a puzzled expression. "Why are you apologizing?"
"I could've stopped it."
James took off his glasses and set them on his side table. He shook his head.
"Lily," he started, looking her straight in the eye. "You shouldn't have been ready. You shouldn't have had that happen. It won't happen."
Lily looked around the dormitory. "Why am I here?"
For some reason, James flushed. "You fell asleep on the couch, and we couldn't get you into the girl's dormitory."
"Couldn't you have just called another girl down?" Lily asked.
James rubbed the back of his neck. "I guess," he said. "But… I thought… I didn't… I didn't want you to leave my sight, ok?"
Lily smiled. She scooted forward on the bed until she was right in front of him. They both sat with their legs crossed, looking at each other.
"That's cute, you know," Lily joked. "Guys being protective. It's cute."
"Lily," he sighed, turning away. For a second, Lily thought she had offended him. "There's no way I could get anymore cute than I already am!"
She punched his arm. "Where are the other guys?"
"They took our patrol for us," James said, leaning forward on his knees. "Don't worry, they insisted."
"That was nice of them," Lily said quietly.
"They're our friends," James said, still intently looking at Lily.
"Your friends."
"Our friends," James corrected. "They like you a lot, you know."
Lily laughed. "They like me because you like me."
James grinned. "Nah," he murmured. "They're pretty vocal on their opinions, and if they don't like you, you know."
Lily leaned forward. "Because I'm such a social, attractive, star struck kind of person they want to hang out with."
"You are," James said. "And you don't even realize."
Lily had never seen James without his glasses on for longer than a split second. His hazel eyes were beautiful. They changed color in the light and shading of the room, and glowed in the light of his wand.
Lily realized they had been progressively leaning closer and closer. She wasn't more the a few inches away from his face.
She looked down, and started to lean back. "Sorry," she muttered, under her breath.
James caught his hand on the back of her neck. He pulled himself forward, so he was propped up on his knees. His other hand was holding him up on the bed, next to Lily's leg.
Lily's heart beat took off. James was a blink away.
He looked her right in the eye. "Don't apologize."
And they closed the gap. Lily's lips pressed to James with a desperation that wasn't fiery or intense. It was more of a lost longing. It was soft, but strong.
James's hand went underneath her hair and held the back of her head. They intertwined themselves perfectly. One of Lily's hands rested on James's chest. The other covered James's hand that was on the bed.
Lily felt her muscles tighten. For a split second, instead of the warmth that surrounded her, she felt an icy cold.
"James," she whispered, against his lips. He pulled back slightly, studying her eyes, looking apologetic.
"I'm sorry," he muttered. "I shouldn't – you were – I'm sorry…"
"It's not your fault," she rested her forehead against his, their noses barely touching. Her arms wrapped around his neck, looking for an anchor that would pull her to shore. "I just – I see him. I feel him."
James sat back and pulled Lily onto his lap. He wrapped his arms around her, and her head rested in the crook of his neck. Her hands dropped to the pains of his chest.
James grabbed his wand a turned off his light. Darkness filled the room. All you could hear was their steady breathing.
"I wish I could do something," James said. His hand began to stroke her hair. "I want to do something. Anything."
"Don't move, then," Lily whispered into his neck. "Stay right here and don't ever move. Don't ever leave."
After a moment of silence, through the darkness, James's voice was pure, but soft.
"Ok."
And like that, entwined in each others embrace, they fell asleep.
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