Day 3: Dumbledore's offer./Order
"Lily is James," that's all that she heard from Remus before storming out of the flat that she shared with his boyfriend. She Flooed to St Mungo's and ran after Lupin looking for the door that would lead to her loved one. She couldn't loose him. She just couldn't.
Every time he went on a mission for the Order she worried it was the last time she saw him; the last time that mischievous smile crept to his mouth.
Now she was by his bedside. He had a slice on his left eyebrow; a sling in his right arm and his right leg was on top of pillows. Just to let the bones settle for the potion to work; she thought; but nonetheless it looked horrible.
She approached his head and grabbed, gently, a couple of his disheveled curls. She noticed that he wasn't wearing any glasses; he looked kind of weird without his trademark look.
Tears began to fall from Lily's eyes and she felt someone grab her from the shoulders and give her a little "side" hug.
"He'll be ok, Lils," Remus said as quietly as possible. She only nodded, unable to look away from James.
She began to imagine what happened, who could possibly hurt his love this badly. She remember the vague details James was able to give her; it was a stake out to see if they could find out more about the Death Eaters and their new recruits, it didn't seem to dangerous because they weren't allowed to attack without orders. Sirius was supposed to go with him just if things turned out for the bad.
Sirius, Lily soon realized.
"Where is Sirius?" she asked with a hoarse voice, so different from her usual one. Remus tensed besides her.
"He's next door, he…" Remus doubted for a minute.
"He's what, Remus?" Lily began to freak out.
"He got some kind a poison, gas, so he's quarantined, they hope they can take the poison out of his system and fix him…" he finally told her.
She started to cry uncontrollably, not a sound scape her mouth but the tears seemed to no end. After Marlene she didn't think she was capable to endure that again; and now Sirius was… no, she told herself,he's going to be fine.
After a while Remus went to ask on an update on Sirius, and maybe find them something to eat or drink, leaving Lily to James. Lily just stood there for a while, until she found a chair and sat there holding James' good hand.
He's going to be fine, they're both going to be fine, she repeated once and again in her head. She rubbed a thumb over James' hand trying to fill his warmth, a sparkle of what she usually felt when he hugged her. Last time she did that, holding up to something; holding up to him; was before they joined the Order, before they decided to fight. She knew she couldn't do it alone, and he'll never let her.
Forever and Always, Lily, he said.
He was going to be fine; he wasn't going to leave her, not so soon, not like that.
Another sob scape her lips, and she felt a light squeeze on her hand, she immediately raised her head to look at the bed.
"Hey," he said softly with a crooked smile.
"Hey," she replied back and started crying tears of joy.