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"James! Stop it. He's not doing anything." I snap as my boyfriend growls under his breath, glaring over at Benji Fenwick, who's stopped smiling at me and now looks scared.
"He's leering at you," he mutters, eyes still fixed on the boy. "He's leering at you, and I don't like it."
"Yes, well, I gathered that. Just leave it. He's not doing anything, he just smiled at me, okay? It's not bothering me, so just leave it."
Thankfully, James nods reluctantly from his seat next to me in Charms, the only lesson he sits next to me in, and grabs his quill, dips it in ink and starts to write.
Unfortunately Benji has to choose that moment to catch my eye and wave. I raise my arm to wave discreetly back, but James grabs my arm and guides it back down onto the table, mouthing obscenities about a certain Fenwick's mother to the once again scared looking boy.
"James!" I hiss, furious: HOW DARE HE THINK HE CAN TELL ME WHAT TO DO?, but before I can let out my anger Flitwick interrupts.
"Now, now, Mr Potter, Miss Evans, let's show me the progress you've made on the Emotion Detection Charm. Come on then, Miss Evans."
Still seething, I grit my teeth and point my wand at my head. "Adfectus." A red smoke billows from the end of my wand, circling James' head and making him cough. Red signifies "Anger? Is this the emotion you are experiencing currently, Miss Evans?"
"Yes, I wonder why!" I spit sarcastically, and James flinches. Flitwick, however, sounds delighted.
"Excellent Miss Evans! 5 points to Gryffindor." With that, he pats me on the shoulder and walks off to inspect the other tables.
"Lily-" James starts to whisper but I cut him off.
"What was that? I can wave at someone if I want to! How dare you stop me?!"
"Because don't you think it's a little weird that you're waving at a boy who isn't your boyfriend?"
"I wave at Sirius and Remus and Peter all the time!"
"Well they're okay!"
"What you really mean is that approve of them."
"Yeah, I am your boyfriend. Yeah, I get a bit protective if another guy waves at you. So sue me."
"It's not even that that annoyed me! It's that you think you can just stop me doing something. You're not the boss of me James!"
"Well, you're not the boss of me either!"
"That's beside the point! I'm not the one whose stopping you waving at someone."
"But you are the one who's moaning at me for no reason! You would do the same thing to me if you got jealous."
"So I'm jealous now?!"
"Yeah! You do get jealous. Don't tell me you yelled at me in sixth year because you were mad at me! Nicole didn't even do anything wrong!"
"How...I just...I honestly can't believe that one person could have such a big ego! I didn't yell at you because I liked you, I yelled at you because you're an arrogant toerag! I hated you!"
"You hated me?!"
"Yeah, and I'm not sure I ever stopped!"
Then. That's when I know I've gone too far.
James stands up abruptly and mutters something to Professor Flitwick, who nods, then he storms out, leaving me close to tears and speechless. I stare blankly at the door for a minute as it swings shut, and then slowly pull out a piece of parchment and start trying to write. The only thing is, the tears are blurring my vision. Wiping them angrily away, I mentally berate myself.
Why? Why did I have to say that? It was a stupid thing to argue about anyway. Why didn't I just give it up and let him apologise? It wasn't even a big deal. We do that kind of thing all the time! He was stressed anyway, about the match tomorrow, and then I had to go and do that!
Merlin, I don't hate him. I might even...love him.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Someone prods me in the back, and I turn around to look at Alice, who looks concerned. "Are you okay? What happened? Where's James?"
I scribble onto a piece of parchment what happened and shove it in her direction, biting my lip to hold back tears.
(A/N: ITALICS-LILY UNDERLINED- Alice)
We had an argument and I was an idiot and I said that I still hate him and that's so not true!
Ok, then what?
He stormed out and I was making a mountain out of a molehill and being an idiot and it was ridiculous and I started an argument for no reason because I was just mad and I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, ALICE!
Breathe, Lils. Breathe, and apologise a lot.
But I don't know where he is and I messed up and Alice...
Oh, Lily...
Alice, HELP! What do I say? I'm so so sorry and I didn't mean to and I was being an idiot and stupid and bratty and Fenwick waved at me and James glared at him and was all sweet and protective and then I was stupid and bratty and an idiot. I am stupid and bratty and an idiot.
Lily, you are NOT stupid, or bratty, but you have been a little bit of an idiot. Talk to him, and tell him what you just told me and he'll forgive you because he likes you a lot and you definitely like him a lot because you're freaking out because you hurt him.
I said I hated him Alice.
He knows that you don't.
But what if he doesn't?
Of course you don't...do you?
NO! I think I might, you know. The L-WORD!
Like?
NO!
Lick?
EWWW NO. COME ON ALICE...
L-o-v-e?
Maybe.
Then tell him that!
But I can't! What if he doesn't say it back?
Are you kidding me? Have you seen the way that he looks at you? He definitely l-words you.
So I should tell him?
YES. GO. AS SOON AS LUNCH STARTS. I'll save you a croissant.
Thanks Alice.
Go get him. Again.
Did you like it? I'm open to suggestions for what should happen in the next chapter, so feel free to let me know your ideas!
A/N: Hi, JoyI9199, it's great to know that you liked it! It is absolutely fine for you to use the time frame for your fanfic, and if you can, please let me know what it's called; I'd love to read it. I've done something similar in a one-shot called Blind, but it doesn't follow this story, so it would be great to read BbB from Snape's point of view. Have fun!
2nd A/N: So, J , I love the idea of Hypothetically, and I've got a sneaking suspicion that your Marauders story is about a girl Marauder, which sounds great! Very secretive and fun... I love Summer Changes, I think it's really good, and it makes me laugh, which is always a plus! Happy Writing!
Ta ta,
She-who-loves-fanfiction xx
