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Earlier, at lunch, James and I decided to do rounds tonight, as a kind of practice for next week, so that we know the quickest routes. If I'm being honest, I just glad for an excuse to be alone with him.
I'm pacing in our common room, nervously biting my nails, when he walks in from the portrait hole, clutching his beloved broom. He's covered in mud and sweat, and still wearing his Quidditch robes.
"Hey Petal. I'll be down in a sec, I just want to change out of these."
"Ok then. I'll stay down here."
Five minutes later, he comes bounding down the stairs, clutching his Invisibility Cloak and stuffing a piece of parchment into his pocket. "What have you got the Cloak for?"
"I thought we could have some fun, if we do find anyone." He grins, and I find myself grinning too; his enthusiasm is infectious. "Cool. Let's go, then."
We're just passing the Ravenclaw common room, when I see him checking his weird pocket watch, the one covered with suns and planets, and roman numerals, with seven hands. I tap him on the shoulder and smile as he nearly drops the watch. "How do you tell the time with that?"
He chuckles, and ducks inside an empty classroom, sitting on top of one of the desks. Placing it carefully on the desk in front of me, he points at the different hands.
"These two hands tell the time, you know, hour and minute hands. This one tells the month, and this one tells the year, and these three tell you where the moon is, Mars is, and Saturn, as they are the most important planets for Astronomy and Divination."
I'm stunned, grinning faintly. "So, what can you find out using the positions of those planets?"
He mock-groans, and runs his hand through his hair. "Well...give me your hand, I'll read your palm."
"Okay..." I'm a bit nervous; I've never liked Divination.
He strokes the lines down my palm, making me shiver, and my palm feels like it's on fire.
"Your head line...connects...here." he's muttering under his breath, and I strain to hear what he's saying. "Love line...there. Petal, you have an interesting hand, that's for sure."
"Awww, thanks Porcupine, I've always liked it." We laugh quietly, and as he releases my hand, I release a breath that I didn't realise I was holding. "So...your verdict, Dr Potter?"
"You will find love sometime in the near future, and it will surprise everyone, but not you, because you already love them." He relays in an ominous voice.
I gasp, drawing in a sharp intake of breath, and beam at him. "Thanks James."
"You're welcome? You should know though, that palm-reading isn't always reliable, and I'm crap at Divination." I giggle, and drag him out of the classroom.
We walk along in silence for a while, my palm still tingling. It's only when we reach the Astronomy Tower that we find two Slytherins, snogging, hiding behind a pillar. Laughing silently, James impersonates the blond boy. "Narcissa..." he moans, and I giggle, then clap my hands over my mouth, praying they didn't hear.
"Let's do the plan then." he whispers, and I tilt my chin up defiantly, tightening my ponytail.
I step forward, with James next to me, hidden by the Invisibility Cloak, his hand on my shoulder. "20 points from Slytherin." The couple breaks apart, and I realise that the boy is Malfoy. James' grip tightens on my shoulder, and I can feel him tensing, going into the fighting stance.
"What is the Mudblood doing so far from home?"
"You probably don't remember, Malfoy, but I'm Head Girl, and it's my job to remove scum from the castle." I smile sweetly, and I can feel James shaking with laughter next to me. "Get going, Malfoy, Narcissa."
"You expect me to listen to filth like you?"
" Well, obviously, or I wouldn't have bothered to tell you what to do." James snorts, and the sound makes me bold.
"Do you need me to spell it out? Go back to your cave. NOW!"
"Where's the so-called noble Head Boy, huh? He'll probably appear to save his b-" I'm shaking with fury and I can feel James drawing his wand, so I wave my hand down, the signal that we agreed on.
Malfoy goes flying backwards, and falls to the floor, and Narcissa shrieks, staring at my empty hands.
"Never learnt wandless magic, huh, Malfoy? It's something only good wizards learn though, so I doubt you could manage it. Oh, and yes, I do dare to say your name blah...blah...blah. I am NOT worthless. I am worth a damn sight more than YOU. Go back to your dormitories."
With that, I turn and skip around the corner, out of their sight.
James and I run through the corridor until we reach our dorms, and we burst into the room, laughing hysterically. He's impersonating Malfoy, and I'm just laughing, doubled over, gasping for breath.
"Then you said...you said...'It's my job to remove scum from this castle'..." he's still laughing, collapsed on the rug in front of the coffee table.
Hiccupping, I have a sudden brainwave, and summon my camera from my bedroom, and call James over.
"Come here, I want to take a picture." Picking himself up, he calls out "Sooky!" I stare at him, confused, until the house-elf apparates into the room with a loud 'crack'.
"Can you take a picture, please, Sooky?"
"Course, Mister James." James slips his arm around my waist, and we laugh at the camera. The house-elf hands me back my camera, curtseys, and disappears with a 'pop'. Waiting for the picture for develop, he grabs his homework and starts to write the Potions essay due tomorrow, the one I did weeks ago.
I wave the picture around, and smile as the picture comes into view. Tapping it with my wand, I smile happily at the sight of us laughing at the camera, hanging onto each other. "James..."
"Yes Petal?"
"Look at this..." He takes the picture out of my outstretched hand and looks down at it, grinning.
"It's beautiful, Lily." I go up to the mantelpiece and slide the picture of the castle out of its frame, then take the picture gently out of James' hand, and set the picture in pride of place in the center of mantelpiece.
James comes up behind me and slides his arms around me. "You were brilliant, Lily."
"You were too."
"I was nothing compared to you." His voice sounds strange, so I turn to look at him.
I turn to look at him and..
He leans down and kisses me.
I'm sorry! You'll have to wait for the next one!
Obrigada,
She-who-loves-fanfiction xx
