Changing For You

This has been brewing in my brain for a while and I couldn't think of something else to put up (I was going to put up one about if I could go back and kill Tom Riddle Sr. but I was afraid someone would take offense) So I decided I'd put up some good ol' JamesXLily fluffyness. Last time I checked there isn't a part in the book about what happened when Severus and Lily had their falling out sooooo I decided to do something for it. Now Severus isn't my most favorite character but I don't want to be unintentionally mean to him, hell I cry every time I see his part in the movie/read it in the book, but for this, I kind of have to be. I'll do one where they make up after death but I'm doing this now.

Lily felt like she'd been slapped. She'd just heard the most vile slur come out of her best friends mouth. Worse, it had been directed at her. Her face grew hot and she felt the angry tears begin to well in her eyes. She couldn't believe it, didn't want to believe it, but she'd heard him. And she heard his mates congratulating him. She bit her lip and glared at him before turning away. It was all she could do to stumble over the hill back towards the castle. She had to get away, just run away from what had happened, and most importantly get away from James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter . They'd been there, down by the lake, and had heard everything. Now, she couldn't let James see her crying, just couldn't.

Back by the lake, James looked like he was about to sock the still shocked looking Severus. All he could think about was Lily's hurt expression and totally missed Severus's pained expression. His knuckles were white as he clenched his hands and attempted to leap at Severus, probably to beat him to a bloody pulp, but Sirius and Remus both grabbed his arms and hauled him back. He glared at them but Sirius and Remus pushed him back and pointed towards the castle.

"Go." Remus said.

James was still angry, but he knew Remus and Sirius were right. He had to comfort Lily, had to catch her before she fell. He'd made fun of her for being best friends with a Slytherin, but it was only because he was jealous of their friendship. Sure he had the three best mates in the world and he loved them to death, but Severus Snape, stupid slimy git Snivilus, had Lily. And he'd just seen him insult her! What an idiot!

He pounded up the slope back towards the castle and just spotted Lily's red hair across the grounds disappearing through the front doors. He started running, the slight slope giving him some added momentum. The only thought on his mind was "Lily."

James stepped through the portal hole into Gryffindor common room. He didn't see Lily anywhere, but he'd already checked the library, all the girls bathrooms, even the one with Moaning Myrtle, and every cubby hole he could think of. The only place left was the Gryffindor dorms. He hoped she wasn't flung onto her bed in the girls dormitory cause he'd never be able to get up there with the spell on the stairs. He checked every corner of the common room and was nearing the stairs when he heard the sniffling. He peeked through the archway up the stairs to the girl's dormitory. He saw her long legs splayed out on the stairs. They shook with her sobbing. James felt his heart cracking for her.

Setting a foot on the bottom stair, James prayed that the spell wouldn't work since Lily was sitting on them. He had a feeling she would not be a happy camper if she slid down the stairs. He walked up and stood over her for a moment, unsure of what to do now. He was a heterosexual male with bully tendencies, how could he be comforting? Especially to this girl that positively hated him. (Does that count as an oxymoron?) Oh what did he care? He'd comfort her anyway.

Lily didn't notice at first when he plunked himself down beside her, but she did notice it when he put his arm around her. She stopped mid-sob and her head whipped around fast enough to give her whiplash. "Go away Potter!"

He wasn't even looking at her.

"You know Lily, its okay to cry." He whispered.

To say the least, Lily was shocked. And much to her despair, she felt tears well in her eyes again. So much was happening today though that she decided it was probably okay to cry; Severus's betrayal, James's odd behavior (not to mention him calling her by her first name). Really, it was almost too much. She began to cry in earnest and James pulled her into his shoulder. She cried harder.

James didn't speak the entire time they sat there. He only held her, sometimes stroking her hair comfortingly. Well he did speak, but only to mutter sweet nothings into her ear to make her feel better. Really, after a while they just grew to a steady buzzing in her mind and she felt herself drifting off, exhausted. She knew now why people went to bed after crying. You felt so drained and aching that you just had to lie down and sleep until the pain left you alone.

She barely noticed when James shifted, but definitely felt it when he lifted her smoothly into the air. What seemed like moments later, he was placing her as gently as if she were a child onto her bed. As he began to draw back the heavy maroon hangings, she peeked one eye open.

"James?" she called.

He looked at her.

She hesitated a moment longer.

"Thank you."

James seemed taken aback a moment, but then a smile stretched itself across his face. It was a genuine smile, not a smirk, not a flirtatious grin, not that smug smile that always meant he'd pulled something, but a real smile. Lily pulled the blanket up to cover her blush.

"You're welcome Evans. So does that mean we're friends?" He asked hopefully. She nodded and closed her eyes.

James sighed happily. Then another idea struck him. "So about Snivilus...can I-?"

She opened one eye. That look told him everything. "No. Uh, never mind then. I guess I'll see you later Ev-er...Lily."

She nodded sleepily and turned over. She watched through slit lids as he walked out of the dorm and heard him step onto the stairs before sliding down them.

Her smile lit up her face before bowing to unconsciousness and freeing her from the thoughts buzzing around her brain.

This was the start of a beautiful friendship.

The end makes me smile. I hope it makes you smile too.

Tell me if there's some scene you've been imagining and if you'd like me to type it up. I'd give you full credit of course.

Next planned story is one about revenge. Includes Naked!MaraudersBoys and Devious!Lily. And Neville's mum Alice. And Frank, his dad, also naked. .; could this be considered a complex...