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Amber's Note: Gosh, all our disclaimers and notes are oh so long and take quite a bit of time to read, don't they? And not to mention that, but I've noticed it's more like the conversations we have with the readers. That's pretty cool! *wags tail that I wish I had* Believe it or not, thanks to CSTs, we're updating more often than we usually do O.o We're not exactly the best role models, are we? So don't learn from us. And especially don't try and steal the characters from J.K Rowling. I'm warning you! *bares perfectly symmetrical dinosaur teeth*
The world had gone mad. That was the only explanation. The entire day past had been filled with the craziest events that had left Lily feeling like she was the only sane one in this world.
"You're not," Lara said suddenly. The two were sitting in the Gryffindor common room studying for their Transfiguration test tomorrow.
"Huh?" Lily asked blankly.
"Not the only sane person in the world. I am sane! (I think!)" she said.
"Whaa?" Lily looked bewildered and rather frightened now. "CAN YOU READ MINDS NOW?"
"Umm...no," Lara answered matter-of-factly.
"THEN HOW IN THE NAME OF MERLIN'S BEARD DID YOU KNOW I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT?" Lily screeched.
"Geez, calm down!" Lara said, scribbling some notes onto a scrap of parchment. "How many years have I known you? I can just...tell. How you feel, and stuff like that. Just by your actions and how you look. I guess it's just natural...we've known each other so long!" Lara shrugged.
"Oh." Lily stared into space. Could she tell when Lara was feeling off? She sure hoped she did.
Lara grinned. "Like, for example, I can tell how you feel about James. And I know what you think about when you think no one is listening to the gears turning in your head," she sang.
"How I feel about-What! The only feeling I feel towards James is pure annoyance! I mean... I think. NO! I hate his stinking guts!"
Lara smirked. "Ohhh, defensive much? Lily, calm down. It's fine, just chill for a moment. You know how Nadia is. She'll be fine tomorrow acting like her usual morbid self and cuddling Death like there is no tomorrow. Maybe even staring into the lake with Alice while looking for the squid to surface! Alice...well...About her, I we already knew that she lost it ages ago, so no worries there!" Lara beamed happily.
"Remus...he kissed Alice. I don't know if she will recover soon...It probably came as a shock to her," Lily said.
Lara gasped. "He did? Kyaaaaaaa! Oh my Merlin. But, poor Alice. No, I don't mean it that way, I'm sure he's a fine kisser, but...Alice? Oh Merlin. This is brilliant, our own Alice...Ha! Ha! Oooh!" Then she burst out laughing.
"Yeah," Lily said thoughtfully. "But, she'll get over it. Alice will grow up, too, you know. She'll like boys and go on dates, like the rest of us. But it might take her some time to get used to the idea of being... un-unique? And haven't you noticed that Remus always liked Alice? It was pretty obvious."
Lara nodded. "Come to think of it, yeah...Anyway, what are you going to do about James? Shred him to pieces with hexes? Die of embarrassment? Heh, can I plan your funeral?"
"What do you mean?" Lily answered, turning cotton candy pink.
"You know what I mean!" Lara said, shaking her head. "I want to be able to plan a marvelous funeral for you in which we cremate you into a diamond then have Alice tap dance on the coffin in which we place the diamond. It will be tons of fun! We can have fireworks and explosions, and -"
"Hey, are you enjoying the prospect of me dying?" Lily protested.
"Uh-huh! So now tell me what actually happened. You suddenly appear with a bouquet of lilies on you dresser and they are amazing, only a true wizard *cough cough James* could have come up with ones that won't wither... Now you are lost in thought... Heh, they were probably stuffed into your hands by a very shy James, no?"
Lily sighed. "...yeah...well, um, no."
"No?" Lara raised an eyebrow.
"He didn't stuff it in my hand. He gave it to me, he handed it to me in this beautiful garden he..." Lily said, her eyes twinkling at the thought.
"WHAT? And you didn't tell me of this life changing event?" Lara seemed shocked.
"Hey, I thought you could feel what happened to me?" Lily said teasingly.
"Well, not everything! UGH! TELL ME!" Lara said shrilly. "ALL ABOUT IT!"
"Basically, he dragged me to the Room of Requirements where he had made this botanical garden type thing and we just talked...and stuff," Lily said reluctantly.
"That's all?" Lara looked at Lily slyly.
"Yeah," Lily turned slightly red but her voice was firm.
"Okay," Lara decided to let her go...for the meantime. "Yesterday, Sirius and I, we had fun! He turned into a dog, and oh Merlin, I thought I saw the grim, but it was him. So we played
fetch and he carried me-"
"CARRIED YOU?"
"Well, yeah. He carried me to the kitchen where we had all sorts of desserts and stuff," Lara smiled. "It was yummy,"
"What? Sirius? Or your desserts?" Lily teased.
"LILY! What is up with you!" Lara said, blushing indignantly.
"Nothing..." Lily answered innocently with a small wink and a giggle. "Just making sure..."
"Anyway, that's not the issue here! You and James, you know, is the real problem!"
"How? He and I have no relationship other than same year and house!" Lily said, pouting.
"Yeah...right. And well, James probably thought you kissed Remus! There are rumors going around the whole school about how you are playing James and Remus!" Lara said.
"Yeah? Well-" Lily stopped short, the meaning of what Lara had just said dawned on her. "What did you say?"
Lara impatiently sighed. "Rumors are going around the school that you kissed Remus yesterday, and that you are playing with James."
Lily opened her mouth to scream, but caught herself at the last minute, and took many forced deep breaths. "Oh. My. Merlin. James thought that I kissed Remus?"
Lara nodded.
"Crud. Crud, crud, that's why he was acting so strange yesterday," she said, as though everything made sense now.
Once again, Lara nodded. "What happened?"
Lily completely ignored Lara. "And he thought I played him?" she whispered.
Lara nodded, this time impatiently. "No duh, Sherlock. But what did you do to Remus to make James assume something like that?"
"Oh trust me Watson, this is most definitely a lot of poop. Anyhow, I...kind of...forced him to tell me what he did to Alice."
"What? How?"
Lily blushed. "By leaning in unnecessarily close and whispering taunts in his ear."
Lara gasped. "...That is not good. Imagine how it must've looked to James. Oh. Oh. Oh. That is so bad."
"Lara, you're not making me feel any better than I was feeling before you said that. What should I do?", she groaned.
"And that, my friend, is where you're on your own. I'm going to see if Sirius is busy, okay? Good luck!" Lara said, turning around and skipping out of the portrait daintily.
"...And she calls herself my best friend," Lily muttered, rolling her eyes. Now she was going to have to see James.
"Have you seen James Potter?" asked Lily to a group of third year girls chatting in the hallways.
A girl giggled. "Are you going to say sorry for cheating on him?" she asked.
"What? I-" Lily spluttered. What were people thinking? They were not even dating for he to cheat on him.
"Oooh, I heard that it was with his friend! Remus? Was it really him? Can you tell us about it?" another squealed, eagerly rushing forward.
"Bloody Hell, I don't even like-"
"Don't say that; we all know." A blonde girl smiled and said, "James isn't the hottest guy ever. Frankly Remus is better; I understand you completely and-"
"WHAT? First off, I am NOT dating anyone in this school. I never was, I don't know if I ever will. I just wanted to know if you saw him?" Lily was boiling with anger. "JUST TELL ME IF YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS!" she said through gritted teeth.
"Sheesh, no need to get mad! You can trust us, we won't-" the first girl started.
"Shut. Up. One more word and I swear I will hex your little gossiping mouths into dinosaur snouts!" Lily hissed and pulled out her wand.
The girls whimpered and shook their heads, slowly backing away from the fuming Lily.
Lily tossed her hair and stalked away angrily-and walked right into the hardened face of James Potter.
"James?" Lily growled in a surprised tone.
James ignored her and started to walk away.
"Wait! I need to talk to you. Can we go somewhere? Please?" Lily begged.
James stopped and turned around. His eyes softened as he saw Lily's anxious face. "Let's go somewhere quieter," he muttered, and led the way out.
"What do you need to tell me?" James said, his voice sharp.
They were at the astronomy tower, which was empty at the time of day.
"James, I don't know what you're thinking-It's just-I didn't..." Lily didn't know how to say this.
"Lily, I saw you. I saw you with Remus and what you did with him. In front of our entire History of Magic Class, practically. So do I need you to tell me something more?" he asked angrily.
"It's not that! I promise! I'm not interested in Remus! At all!" Lily protested.
"And you played with me! You-in the Room of Requirement-how could you do that to me? I thought you finally understood how I felt, but you were only playing with me!" James roared.
"James, it's not-"
"I don't have anything more to say!" James started down the astronomy tower.
Lily stared at him and said quietly, "I still have the lilies..."
James halted and turned around. His face was like a sculpture. There was no expression, no emotion in it whatsoever. "Really? Why don't you toss them in the trash like you did my heart
-no, more like cursed it into flames and a pile of ashes." His words were like arrows. "Why do you still have it?"
"...Because...whenever I see it, I remember you, and I..." Lily's voice wilted away. "And I...want to be with you," she confessed, her face burning scarlet.
James stared. "What? Say that again?"
"I want to...," Lily glanced at James, who still was frozen, "be with you."
"Really?" James said, a small smile breaking out on his face. A moment later, however, he composed his expression and settled back into his steady glare. "You're lying. You just want me to shut up and leave you alone."
"What? No! James, don't think that!"
"Why not? Sure seems like you do." He glared at her.
"James, stop!" Lily yelled. Then she quieted her voice. "James, I like you."
James turned to Lily, his expression doubting. "How much?"
"More than you think," she said with a small smile.
He looked up at her, quite disbelieving. "Prove it."
She gave an inward groan. Of course he'd want her to prove that she liked him. She'd been stupid to hope that he wouldn't. Well, Lily certainly didn't want James to hate her. So, Lily supposed that there was absolutely no way to avoid him hating her unless...
Lily looked at him, studying his expression. His face was pulled into a small dubious frown. His eyes, however, had a touch of mischief in them.
James continued looking at Lily with an unreadable expression on his face. Inside, though, he was hoping...
Lily slowly walked forward until the gap between the two was gone. She closed her eyes for a moment, then raised her arm to the back of his neck. She gently pulled his head down to hers, and rose onto her tiptoes to close the height difference. She smiled as James closed his eyes.
When their noses were almost touching, Lily giggled. At the sound, James opened his eyes. Lily tilted her head back and kissed his nose, then turned around and toward the door. Right before she made it out the door, she turned around and blew a kiss to James.
She giggled again, and ran down the steps. When she got to her dorm, she said the password, ran to her bed and plopped down. Smiling, she replayed the last few minutes in her mind. When she came to the part where she blew him a kiss, she laughed out loud.
The look on his face was priceless.
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