AN: Hey guys! HAPPY HALLOWEEN and a HAPPY DIWALI to any Hindus reading. See you at the bottom.
Lily was taking a little time to get used to the strange looks the students, and even some teachers, we're giving her when she walked down the corridors with James. People would shamelessly stare and she found herself wanting to hex the lot.
Had someone told her eleven year old self, heck had she even been told at the age of sixteen that she'd date James Potter, she'd probably book a room at St. Mungo's mental illness ward for them. Even though she was with James, that didn't mean that he didn't absolutely infuriate her. He was annoying to no extent and knew just how to get on her nerves. He was always doing things that made her mad.
"You look so adorable when you're flustered, " he would say. A solid bat bogey hex ought to shut him up.
Lily still remembers her friends faces when she told them what happened that Christmas night, excluding any details of the kiss. That was something she'd rather keep to herself; for the time being, at least.
Their nightly rounds were a lot more enjoyable these days, something she looked forward to, seeing as they hardly got any time to themselves with all the N.E.W.T. preparation and interrupting friends. Sirius was most curious of all.
"Is James a good kisser?" he asked once, completely out of the blue while they were sat I the common room surrounded by transfiguration homework.
"Sirius!" James exclaimed, turning slightly pink while Remus howled with laughter.
"No, seriously! Is he as great as Christina Jenkins says?"
"Why don't you find out for yourself?" Lily interjected jokingly but to no surprise, Sirius had already grabbed hold of James' robes and was fake kissing him all over his face.
James finally managed to pry Sirius off him, with great difficulty, but all eyes were already on their group. Some of the seniors were even shielding the first years eyes with their hands and Lily laughed at James, who had gone an even brighter shade of pink.
It was mid January, Lily had hardly climbed into the portrait hole when Alice rushed to her. Her face was pale and she looked quite shaken.
"It's his father," Alice said, her voice trembling. Lily was confused for a second and then it dawned on her. She ran up the story the boys dormitory and a gut wrenching sight greeted her.
James was sitting on the floor, staring into space, with Sirius gripping his hand, Remus rubbing circles on his back and Peter looking terrified as he set next to Sirius. James held a crumpled up piece of parchment in his free hand and didn't even acknowledge Lily's presence.
Lily feared the worst.
AN: I'm so sorry. It had to be done. To anyone not following, it will be clear in the next chapter. Also, I'm typing this on my phone so I apologise for any spelling/grammatical errors and the length of this chapter, if you found it a little short. I honestly can't tell how much I've typed.
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