Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters except Miranda Grisham and a later a girl named Chloe Teofila. I don't own the poem, either.

Miranda Grisham walked into the Girl's Dormitories to see all of Lily's bed curtains pulled shut. That's strange, she thought, Lily is so open to her fellow girls. She never shuts herself away like that. When she walked closer she heard crying and paused. She tapped the bed curtains.

"Lily?"

"What?"

"Can I come in?"

At first she thought Lily wouldn't reply even though Miranda was her best friend. There was a short pause.

"I guess." Lily sniffed.

Miranda pulled back the curtain and was amazed at what she saw. Lily was sitting in the middle of her bed amidst what seemed to be about a million letter and notes. But she was crying. It just didn't make sense. Then she saw the name 'Lilykins' written in an masculine, yet careful scrawl across the top of one and knew they were from him.

"Oh, Lily."

"How long do you think I've been getting these? How long?" She said shoving a stack in Miranda's face.

"I don't know, Lily." Miranda whispered sadly. She'd never seen Lily like this. She was always so cheerful and strong. Now she was heartbroken.

Lily held up a letter for Miranda to read.

Dear Lily,

I really like you. I don't know yet, but I think I might love you. I hope you don't think I'm a bit out of it.

PS: You have the prettiest eyes I have ever seen.

Love, James Potter

It was obviously written a long time ago. The edges were yellowed and the parchment was soft from years of existence. The writing was slightly messy, as thought it had been written by a ten-year-old. And the language sounded like a kid who was trying to sound cool.

"Look at the date, Miranda."

It had been sent September 1st, 1976. The day they had boarded the train for the first time. The day James had first set eyes on Lily. Lily handed her another one, from yesterday.

Lilykins,

I know you hate that name, but I love it and I love you. The first time I saw you, I knew I had to have you.

All I ever wanted was to be part of your heart,
And for us to be together, to never be apart.

No one else in the world can even compare,
You're perfect and so is the love that I wish we shared

We could have so much more than you ever thought we would,
I love you more than I ever thought I could.

I promise to give you all I have to give;
I'll do anything for you as long as I live.

In your eyes I see my present, my future and past,
By the way you look at me I know we will last.

I hope that one day you'll come to realize,
How perfect you are when seen through my eyes.

Ashley Borden

I love you, Lily, and I hope you know how perfect you are. Not just through my eyes, but to the world. To me, you are the world. To me, you are everything I need, everything I want. I want you now and always.

PS: you have the prettiest eyes I have ever seen

I love you,

James Potter.

This was the sweetest thing Miranda had ever read. James had taken the time to find the words to Lily's favourite love poem. Lily had been obsessed with 'Perfection In My Eyes' since they were nine years old.

"Six years he's claimed to love me. Six years, Miranda! You'd think he would mean it by now, but no! No, he gave up on me. I mean, I would understand if he was angry, but giving up after six years?" Lily was not doing well. She was in love with James, but she probably wouldn't tell a soul. It was just like James to do this, too. He'd made Lily fall in love with him, then decided he didn't want her. Now it was time for 'Operation Make Her Admit It'.

"You love him, don't you?" It was a statement, not a question. Lily looked down and nodded faintly. Miranda smiled. "There. That wasn't so hard, was it? Now go tell him that."

Lily looked long and hard at Miranda. She sighed exhaustedly. There was no getting out of this one.

"Fine." Lily gave in, pretending to be snotty.

"Good." Miranda replied just as pretend-snottily.

"Humph." Lily moaned sadly.

"That's not a word, Lily." Miranda reasoned pretending to be sad that Lily didn't know this.

"I don't care, Grisham!"

"Humph."

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Lily made her way down to the common room to see James jabbing his finger furiously into a 5th year boy's chest. The 5th year looked quite terrified.

"You're asking me for advice? On how to get a girl no less!" James roared at the boy. What was so interesting about someone asking James for advice on girls? Everyone had done it at some time or another. Even Sirius had and he was like the 'Girl Guru'. "I can't even get the girl I want and you want me to help you? Well, listen up, okay? If the is the girl you want forever then don't tell her! You know why? Because she's gonna mess you up. She's gonna mess you up bad! You're going to tell her you love her everyday for six years and she's going to kiss you once! Then she's going to use that kiss to break your heart. Got it, kid?"

The boy cowered before James looking half terrified, half confused. Then he turned on his heel and ran as fast as he could, not looking back once. James stared after him for a minute until he heard a sniffle from across the room. He looked over to see Lily crying as she watched him pour his soul out in a lecture to the boy.

"I'm sorry." She whispered. James met her gaze and a single, solitary tear slipped down his face. Lily spun around and ran back up the stairs, but not before James could hear the racking sob that escaped her.

"And you don't make them cry, either." He whispered to himself.

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Author's Notes: Hi Readers! I hope you like Chapter 5! Sorry it took so long to update. So much SCHOOL! Argh! And the document updater thingy was down, too! It's like the internet is against my story! I hope next Chapter doesn't take so long, but you never know what a teacher will give you! Haha. That was a nerdy thing to say. Haha. Again. REVIEW!!!!

I am thinking of translating my story into French so more people can read it. I'll have my English one, too. Good idea? Yes? No? Review with an answer! REVIEW!!!