A/N: Thank you to all my readers for all your wonderful reviews. They truly inspired me to write more. So, back by popular demand, here is the next chapter of The First War: Marauder Era Drabbles. (P.S. Note the sarcasm. I can not believe I got ZERO reviews! Please, PLEASE, review for this! I'm virtually begging on my knees! I don't care if it is a bad review, please review!) And without further ado, here it is (featuring Snow Patrol, Wicked, the Foo Fighters, Anna Nalick, Ashley Tisdale, Willy Wonka, and the Fray. Yes, I have a wide range of tastes.):
Set Down Your Glass, Snow Patrol
Lily was nervous. She was tense and nervous and pacing. James laughed at his girlfriend; Lily actually thought she could fail the NEWTs. Then James got up, finally sick of Lily's rambling about how she failed. He kissed her. "Calm down, Lily. It's over, you're fine. Let's just be happy we're together." Lily was surprised. A year ago, James wouldn't have done this. He was changed. Lily changed him. They sat, in perfect peace basking in the moment.
For Good, Wicked
It was gone. Their friendship was gone. They would never see each other again. Severus was going to join the Death Eaters. Lily was already in the Order. They were best friends, but they were on different sides. They couldn't see each other. Lily and Sev's friendship had survived when they were sorted into different houses, when Petunia got mad, even when he called her a Mudblood. But their friendship was over. They had been best friends. They changed each other. They knew they would be changed forever.
Come Alive, Foo Fighters
James was alive for the first time. Without Lily, he was nobody. He was just any other regular person. He was dead without Lily. In sixth year, he didn't associate with anyone. He was not anyone like he used to be. But now, Lily was with him. Lily saved him. James realized just how much he loved Lily right now. He now lived. He was awake. He was alive. He was with Lily. Everything was perfect. He lay in his bed in the pitch dark and knew he was nothing without her. Nobody.
Breathe (2AM), Anna Nalick
They had tried. Lily and Sev, they had tried. Severus confessed his true feelings. Lily wanted to get over James. So they tried. They didn't want to be together. But they tried. Lily was completely broken over James. She couldn't get over him. So in the end, Sev just had to be her friend. He knew how in love they were with each other. He couldn't stand the fact that James made her cry so often, when she was so strong otherwise. He had to be there for his friend, even though he loved her. She loved James. He missed her. But Sev knew that he couldn't change the truth. So he watched them fall in love all over again. And breathed, knowing that he couldn't choke himself any longer.
Love Me for Me, Ashley Tisdale
Lily wasn't anything special. She didn't do anything out of the ordinary. She was just herself. So why did James Potter just ask her out? It wasn't that she didn't want to go out with him, it was that she wasn't who James thought she was. James thought that she was some sort of amazing goddess who he could fantasize about. She couldn't be that girl, ever. She felt that James didn't like her for who she was. So she said no. Not only did she say no, she completely humiliated him. But little did she know, he really did love her for her.
Pure Imagination, Willy Wonka
Lily was finally at Hogwarts. It was she and Sev had talked about all summer long. She was here. She saw it from across the lake, and the castle was beautiful, but she wanted nothing more than to go inside the Great Hall. Professor McGonagall and her fellow students were already at the doors of the Great Hall, but they hadn't entered yet. Everyone was so excited; she could feel the intensity in the air. Everyone had the same sparkling, nervous eyes she had. And the doors opened, Lily was amazed.
How to Save a Life, the Fray
He saw her walking through the hallways, laughing with her friends, knowing that he will never be one of those friends again. He still remembered that fateful day when he called her the worst possible thing ever, the day he lost his best friend. She was right to never acknowledge him again, and he knew that he was in the wrong. It was wrong for him to even ask her to hear him out. Severus knew that he would have been able to save her from James, and have her fall in love with him, but instead he lost his friendship. He lost the only thing he had with Lily. Although he knew they were falling apart before, they always held on. But saying those words to her was the final strike. He was invisible to her. He lost his best friend, and could never have her again. She was gone from his life, as he was gone from hers. And it was the most heartbreaking thing in the world.
