Chapter 7: Dreams
Lily's POV:
"Sirius, can't you-"
"No, Lily, we've been over this before."
Sirius and I were arguing for the umpteenth time about whether he should go try and talk to James.
"Why do you even care, anyway? You don't like him, Lil, you think he's a git!"
I wanted to shout at him, I care because you don't even notice your best mate anymore! Doesn't it bother you that he hasn't smiled in ages, that you haven't talked to each other since the middle of fifth year, that he's obviously wasting away? Don't you even care about James at all? But instead, I replied meekly,
"Well, Sirius, I did, bu-"
"See? Case closed."
It was at times like this that I wondered what I had ever seen Sirius. Sure, he was good looking, but had I ever imagined that he'd have a bigger head (not literally) than James? But then he started kissing me, and my thoughts melted away.
After a minute, I pulled away and buried my head in his chest. "Cheater," I mumbled.
"What was that?" Sirius replied, lightheartedly.
I looked up into his beautiful face, and mock pouted, "Whenever we fight, you start kissing me to distract me and cheer me up."
"And…?" he asked, a glint of amusement in his eyes, "Do you have a problem with that, love?"
"I suppose not," I replied, kissing him back. We broke apart when someone walked through the portrait hole.
It was James.
James' POV:
When I came into the common room, my heart skipped a beat. Lily was sitting on one of the couches, legs wrapped around Sirius' middle, her hair disheveled, looking as if they had just stopped snogging each other.
Lily's cheeks went pink, but Sirius ignored me. I walked quickly past them, hurrying up to the dormitory I shared with Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Frank Longbottom. I got into bed, but I lay awake, staring at my canopy.
After a while, I heard Sirius creep in and get into bed. I let my mind wander back to the moment I had seen in the common room, and wondered, Could that ever have been me, sitting there, Lily Evans' legs wrapped around my middle?
My ache started throbbing painfully, and I was forced to choke down the sob that had almost emerged, as it had almost done many times before.
Taking deep, gulping breaths, I forced myself into a sleep riddled with dreams varying between a scene where I walked in on Lily and Sirius snogging, and a scene where Sirius had walked in on me and Lily.
When I woke up the next morning, my pillow was damp.
AN: -sniff, sniff- Don't worry, this "James is moping around endlessly" won't go on and on. I just have a couple good chapters planned, and I wanted a quick chapter in between. So, because I'm being so good and updating frequently, I want to know what you guys think!