"Ministry official," said a stone cold voice behind them. "We are evacuating this area, deatheaters are nearby and you need to clear the area."

Chapter 5

"James!" gasped Lily. He was standing right there in front of her in his dark uniform, his expression was emotionless. His eyes darted down to her, he grabbed her arm.

"Uh...okay we'll go," said Brad. "If you just..."

"No you go," said James. "Miss Evans lives close by, I will take her from here."

"No she can come back to my place until the danger passes," said Brad.

"Over your dead body," said James grimly.

"Brad it's fine," said Lily. "I'll see you at work tomorrow."

"Okay, be careful," said Brad grudgingly then he apparated.

"What's going on?" Lily demanded.

James looked around the empty street, he pulled her into the doorway of a closed shop. He pinned her against the wall, blocking her from view of the street. He stroked the side of her face.

"Thank God you're alright," he whispered as he traced the features of her face with his index finger. "I was so scared that I wouldn't get here in time...if something had happened to you...I just..."

"James," said Lily softly. "What is going on? Are you hurt?"

"It's really bad this time," he said as he kissed her head. "Then I heard they were heading this way..."

"We have to get out of here then," said Lily tugging on his arm. "James we have to go."

James leaned down and kissed her. He pulled his arms around her waist, desperately holding onto her. Lily kissed him back, clutching onto his shirt to pull him closer to her. Then she pulled her arms around his neck. When he pulled away he rested his forehead against hers.

"Why did you do that?" Lily asked as she tried to get her breath back.

"Because I have been dying to kiss you for weeks and...if I die tonight then the last person I want to have kissed is you," said James.

"If...If you die?" said Lily feeling panic rise in her chest. "W-What do you mean? How...No..."

"I have to get you somewhere safe," said James.

"No," said Lily. "I want to stay with you...please..."

"No!" said James. "You are not staying here for...it is too dangerous. I have to protect you from this..."

"James, look at me," Lily pleaded. "I'm scared, and I can't leave you if you think you're going to die! I can help, please..."

"No don't ask me that," said James. "I will give you anything you want, just not that. You can't stay here."

"I don't want to stay here, I want to stay with you," said Lily.

"But I have to..."

"I can't leave you to die James," said Lily as tears started to fall from her eyes.

"It's my job to fight them," said James. "I have to do this. I can take care of myself."

"You have to...take care of yourself," said Lily. "Because if you die...well you just can't... because if you did I would fall apart."

"Let me take you somewhere safe?"

"Let me stay with you, please?" said Lily clinging onto his hand. "We can run away right now."

"I can't do that," said James through clenched teeth. "I can't leave innocent people to die, it is my job to stop those people."

"I know but..."

"No buts," said James. "I have to stay, I came here to get you somewhere safe."

"I'm not leaving you to die!"

"And I'm not putting you in danger," said James shaking her shoulders. He looked up and saw a dark shadow approaching. "Remus is going to take care of you. It should be safe in your building...at least that it what they are telling us, I don't have time to set up more..."

"I'm apologize for my friend Lily," said Remus who was now standing next to him.

"Why?" said Lily not taking her eyes off James.

"Because he is harassing you in the street, and I am under instruction to protect you whether you want me to or not," said Remus.

"He isn't harassing me," said Lily reaching up and stroking the side of James' face. "My building is just up the street."

"Take care of her for me," said James. "I don't want a single hair on her head harmed."

"I'll take care of her I promise," said Remus.

"I can take care of myself," said Lily huffily.

"Forgive him he's a masochistic," said Remus. "I'm sure your building will be just fine."

"If it gets too dangerous..." Lily started.

"I'll get you out of there before anyone can hurt you I promise," said James.

"I was going to say you get yourself out of there," said Lily.

"You have to get inside now," said James. "Remus..."

"I know," said Remus. "One hair on her head harmed, one dead werewolf."

"Thanks mate," said James. He stared down at Lily, he kissed the top of head and whispered to her. "I love you."

"Be careful," said Lily. "Come on Remus I'll show you the way to my place."

"I hate being stuck in here," said Lily. It had been an hour since they had left James in the street, they could hear a battle being fought a few streets away. Lily was pacing in her living room while Remus sat and looked out of the window.

"I know," said Remus. "Try doing it all the time."

"They won't let you be an Auror?" said Lily, she knew that Remus was a werewolf, she had known for almost a year.

"No they won't," he said. "I've been studying up on Defence against the Dark Arts, maybe I'll teach."

"You will be a great teacher," said Lily. "You were the best tutor at Hogwarts."

"Well it's definitely option, maybe one day they will let werewolves teach."

"Well I think you would be great," said Lily.

"Thank you," said Remus.

Lily turned to look out of the window, she could see lights from the battle over the buildings. She shuddered as she saw yet more green lights flying around, she knew what that meant someone was dead, it could be James.

"He will be alright," said Remus. "He's a good fighter."

"It just takes one second for him to lose concentration," said Lily. "Both James and Sirius could die out there. How can you be so calm?"

"I'm not calm," said Remus. "I know that there is a good chance that two of my best friends might never come back, but I have to have faith in them."

"Well I'm terrified for them," said Lily. "Why couldn't he just run away?"

"Because that's not James, you know that," said Remus. "He wouldn't be able to run away, it's just not in his nature."

"Sometimes I wish he was more of a coward," said Lily.

"Sometimes so do I," Remus confessed.

"I hate this," Lily muttered.

She just wanted to see James, she couldn't bear not knowing if he was alive. He could be lying in the street, wounded and she was just standing around doing nothing. She needed to see him, she had to tell him that she loved him. She had never actually told him that she loved him, she never got the chance when they were at school and she had never said the words to him since. He had told her a lot and she had never told him. What if now she never got the chance?

"He's been miserable without you," said Remus. "We knew as soon as the two of you got together, and as soon as you broke up. He was never the same after we left school. You should have seen him the night you had your drink spiked, we thought he was going to go back and kill that guy, not that Sirius hadn't already roughed him up a bit."

"James isn't violent," said Lily.

"I never thought so either," said Remus. "You don't know what it took to stop him."

"Do you think he knows that I love him?" Lily asked softly. "He asked me a few weeks ago if I loved him and I wouldn't answer. I've never told him, well I did tell him that I used to love him but not that I still do."

"I'm sure he does."

"Liar," said Lily sadly. "How would he know? I never told him, I spent weeks telling him to leave me alone..."

"Lily he knows you," said Remus softly. "He knows everything about you, he spent years watching you. He knows you love him."

"I hope so," said Lily then she turned suddenly. "Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"James," said Lily. She was sure she had just heard James' voice out in the lobby. She ran to her front door and flung it open.

"Lily!" Remus called.

Lily ran into the hallway and ran towards the stairs. She ran down the first flight of stairs and found James pinned against the wall by a familiar deatheater...

Thanks to the reviewers of the last chapter; GreysAddict21, TheFifthCharmedOne, Grace Potter Evans, LilyXJames, Lxavier, muddy worm, XJamesBondX and my most loyal reviewer lilxjames.

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