Storm
She wouldn't have noticed him had his shoe not made a rather loud squeak on a loose floorboard near the portrait hole.
Curiosity piqued, she abandoned her nightmares in front of the roaring fire and crept after him, slipping out of the hole before it closed.
The boy was unaware of his company, but the girl was very aware of hers.
His pace quickened after a glance out a nearby window, forcing her to adjust her gait as well.
I never would have done this two months ago, the redhead thought to herself as she jogged along quietly.
With no idea how he did it, she watched as the boy opened the massive front doors without so much as a squeak. She made it out the small space just in the nick of time, nearly catching the bottom of her robes in the doors.
Without previous warning, the boy stopped, lifted his arms above his head, and just stood in the chilly night air, as if waiting to be lifted from the ground by some unseen force.
And then, it poured.
Buckets of rain and clouds and lightning stole the night from the blinking stars, but something else rent the night in two.
Lily Evans witnessed a completely different side of her sworn enemy, the child who had stolen her best friend from her, the boy who had teased her mercilessly, the classmate who had once been capable of only one kind of life.
Lily Evans, sixth year prefect and proud Gryffindor, saw James Potter leaping to and fro on the front lawns of Hogwarts castle, an unabashed smile on his face as the rain pelted him mercilessly.
I want to marry that man, she smiled to herself.
So yeah... I kinda had inspiration from the weather report for my area as of right now. And The Shawshank Redemption. If you've seen it, you know what scene I'm talking about. If you haven't seen it, WATCH IT NOW! At this point in the timeline, they're both in sixth year, and James has toned his pursuit down quite a bit. I imagined this as the first time Lily witnessed the true James Potter, a James Potter who is unafraid to be himself. Hope you like it!