It's Not Over
James x Lily fic-let
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A/N: Marilyn and Annie are my OCs as Lily's friends. I hope you don't mind. :D
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"I'm going out. Where to? I have a date with James Potter. Yes, the James Potter, I wouldn't lie about this sort of thing. I saw him leaving Lily Evans under a tree, and when I said hi to him, he actually started talking to me. The next thing I know, he's asking me out. Of course I said yes, we're talking about James Potter here!"
-7th year Ravenclaw, who's suddenly not so disappointed
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Lily, Marilyn, Annie, Sirius, Remus, and Peter sat in the Gryffindor common room after lunch on a Saturday. "Where's James?" Annie asked, curious.
"Uh, out," Sirius said, giving a wary glance toward Lily.
"I saw him just now, though," Lily said.
"Yeah, he had somewhere to go," Sirius said giving a smile he hoped would get the girls to believe him. He could tell by their unchanged expressions that they didn't.
Lily turned and asked Remus, "Where did James go?"
Remus looked everywhere but at the girls. "Out, like Padfoot said."
Lily bit her lip; this couldn't be good. But to her surprise, Marilyn grabbed Sirius' collar. "Where is James?"
"Whoa there Marilyn, a little close, aren't we?"
"Lily just asked you a question. Answer it." Marilyn said darkly.
Sirius sighed, and Marilyn released him. "He has a date with some Ravenclaw."
"What?" Marilyn demanded. "And you let him, you idiot?"
"Hey, what did I do? I mean, was I supposed to refuse a bloke a date?"
"Yes!" Marilyn demanded.
Lily sat thinking, ignoring the argument that Marilyn was having for her. James was moving on. He was going on a date, and it wasn't with her. She had lost James forever.
No, another side of her demanded, it's not over. It was never over. "Where is he meeting her?" Lily asked suddenly.
"By the lake," Sirius said when Marilyn gave him a threatening look. By the lake, Lily repeated to herself as she got off the couch and ran. It couldn't be too late.
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Lily ran down the stairs from the Gryffindor tower. She had to get to him before he reached the girl. When she saw that messed up, annoyingly untidy hair, she knew it was James. "James!" Lily shouted. He didn't turn around. "James!"
James heard his name in the distance, and he knew it was Lily's. He didn't know if he wanted to turn around, but he had already done it before he could consciously tell himself to walk away.
Lily ran up to him; she was about ten yards away when she slowed down. "James."
James smiled as if to say, I'm right here. "Yes?"
Lily bit her lip; this was the hard part. "Don't go," she said finding her voice had cracked.
James looked at Lily perplexed; it was over between them. "What are you talking about?"
Lily took a step closer. "You never gave me a chance to answer your question yesterday; I do like you more than a friend James."
James tried to piece this together. Lily liked him? She wanted to be with him? But it just didn't make sense. "It's too late, Lily." Lily looked down at the floor as James continued, "I've moved on."
"Oh," Lily said looking down, nodding slowly. She couldn't look at him anymore. She couldn't believe she let this happen. She let James go. After all these years, she lost her chance. "Are you sure?" she tried, looking up at James. "Is it really too late?"
James' pride got the better of him. "Yes," he said, almost coldly.
Lily nodded again. It was too late. She was trying to get it through her head, but she couldn't seem to be able to just accept it. "Okay," she mumbled. She turned without another word and began walking back toward the common room. She only made it to the nearest bench- her strength to move failing. Lily pulled her knees inward and wrapped her arms around them. She felt a warm tear rolling down her cheek. Lily wiped it away with a sniff, as another tear escaped, making it's way down the same path. Lily couldn't believe it, it was over.
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Read the title, Its Not Over... no worries, I'm not done with this story yet :)
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