Here we go folks...
Breaking the Code:
Chapter One: The Date.
Lily
"It was terrible!" Lily exclaimed, flopping down on her bed. "He officially hates me!"
"Officially?" Alice asked dryly, "or in your over-active imagination"
"Honestly Lils! The guy chased after you for four years. I doubt he hates you" Emily added. The girls all laughed until they noticed the tears in Lily's eyes.
"Aw, Lils what happened?" Mary asked as they crowded onto her bed. Lily sniffed.
"I stuffed up."
FLASHBACK
The Hogwarts House Elves cleared the table, quickly and efficiently, before asking sir if he and miss desired anything else. He shook his head smiling kindly at them.
Lily sat nervously across from James, her boyfriend, she smiled at the thought, wriggling in her seat as a warm glow spread across her.
"What?" James asked, watching her suspiciously.
"Nothing" She giggled. She had no idea why she was acting so strange. Then again she'd never been in love before, she smiled again savouring the thought, Love… she sighed.
James raised his eyebrow, "Lily love…?" she giggled again then covered her mouth with her hand. She tried desperately to control herself but it only made the giggles worse.
She ended up rolling around on the kitchen floor in hysterics, the only reason she managed to chock out was "you…love…me!" she clutched her stomach, which was beginning to hurt as tears rolled down her cheeks. Eventually she calmed down enough to sit up, wiping her streaming eyes, "Oh Merlin, "she exclaimed, still slightly giggly, "I'm sorry."
One look at his face sobered her completely. "James?"
"Let's go." He said gruffly before striding out of the kitchen without waiting for her. Lily hurried after him, wondering what she'd done wrong. The walk back to the Common Room was made awkward not only by the silence but by their nearness to each other made inevitable by James Invisibility Cloak.
END FLASHBACK
…And then he didn't even say goodbye. He just sort of grunted…it was kind of cute…and ran up to his dormitory" She wiped her eyes again and looked at her friends for advice.
"James has an Invisibility Cloak?" Alice asked.
"Oops" Lily bit her lip "please don't tell"
"You think grunting is cute" Mary grimaced. When James does it Lily thought blushing.
"He probably thought you were laughing at him." Emily said wisely. The other two clamoured to agree. Lily stared at them. "Why would he…"she trailed off burying her face in her arms. "Oh Merlin I've really ruined it now."
Emily patted her on the back, "No you haven't"
"Yeah," Alice agreed, "all you have to do is explain why you were really laughing."
"Why were you laughing?" Mary asked. Lily turned bright red. Mumbling into her arms.
"Sorry didn't catch that?"
"I said I think I'm in love with James Potter!" she scowled at her friends as they burst out laughing.
James
"It was a disaster!" James sighed dramatically as he stormed into the Maurauders' Dorm. Sirius started laughing,
"Please Padfoot. I've been laughed at enough tonight" James said lying down on the floor, Sirius immediately stopped, last time James hadn't made it to his bed had been when his father had died.
"Tell Old' Padfoot what happened." He said sitting down next to his best friend and patting him comfortingly on the back. Remus came and sat on James' other side. Peter also wandered over…
"Well I thought it was going okay. In fact it was going great but then….
FLASHBACK
The Hogwarts House Elves cleared the table, quickly and efficiently, before asking sir if he and miss desired anything else. He shook his head smiling kindly at them. Then looked across at Lily. She smiled nervously and wriggling. She was completely absorbed in her thoughts. He wondered what they were.
"What?" James asked, curiously.
"Nothing" She giggled. Girls are so weird James thought, still watching Lily. She sighed.
James raised his eyebrow, "Lily love…?" He tried again, the term slipping out accidentally. She giggled again, covering her mouth with a dainty hand. James watched helplessly as the love of his life rolled around on floor in hysterics, "you…love…me!" she spluttered, clutching her stomach as tears rolled down her cheeks. James felt a deep sense of horror fill him. She was laughing at him. He loved her and she…laughed? "James?" her voice broke his thoughts. She was no longer laughing.
"Let's go." He said gruffly before striding out of the kitchen, he could sense her behind him, following silently.
END FLASHBACK
…And then we had to go under the stupid cloak! It was so awkward!"
"Well maybe it was kind of soon to tell her you love her." Remus said
"But I've been telling her since fourth year?"
"Well things don't look to great…I mean it wasn't so bad. Maybe she thinks it's cute?" Sirius attempted to comfort his friend. James shoulders slumped as he sighed. "I suppose I'll go to bed."
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not quite sure where this one is going.