CH. 18

After we get out of the common room, I drop James hand and ask him to walk with me I want to explain everything that just happen. I start walking out on to the grounds with James by my side and I can't get my thoughts in a straight line. Merlin's pants this shouldn't be that hard, I stop at the black lake and turn around to see James standing there smiling at me. I laugh at the situation we are in now. James takes a step forward to me and gives me a hug. He just holds me for a few minutes, we just stand there holding each other and it is amazing.

"Lily you don't have to say anything okay? I'm not going to rush you into going out with me, when your ready I'll be here promise."

I just stand there holding James and feeling safe and protected, and I haven't felt that way in a long time. I sigh there is so much James needs to hear I just don't know where to start.

"James, I do like you and I guess I have been falling for you for a while, but like I said before I'm not ready for a relationship, not yet at least and I don't know when I will be, it might be next month or next year but when I'm ready you will be the first to know."

He pulls me back "Lily haven't you heard one word I have said? I told you I will wait no matter how long it is."

We sit down and start talking about everything possible from our favorite color to what we hope our futures will hold. James talks a lot about his family and how every male in his family as become an Aurora and he wants to follow in his family footsteps not because he feels like he has to but because that is all he ever dreamed of. He told me about how is mom caught him in his dad's study when he was a little boy looking over papers and muttering that the evil wizard Monkey was somewhere and he had to find him. When his mom came in and looked on the table all she saw were blank papers on there, and he ran out of the room cause there was a hint on the documents that Evil Monkey Wizard was close by. He ran out into his back yard and his stuff monkey was holding a wand (which was actually a stick) and they had to duel, of course he came out as the hero. He tells me more about his childhood. I then tell him some stories of my childhood, he asks me about how I found out I was a witch.

"Well I didn't know I was a witch until Snap told me."

"What?!"

"Yha I never thought all this special stuff I could was magic, and neither did my parents they try to control it telling me not to do it but sometimes I couldn't help it. Petunia and me went to the park one day and I always loved to swing, so we ran to the swing set well Petunia never liked going high but I loved it the wind on my face, kind of made me feel like I was flying. Well I got really high up and I jumped of the swing and did a few somersaults and Petunia screamed in fear that I would get hurt, and then when she saw I was find she yelled at me telling me Mummy and Daddy said not to do that. Well I picked up a flower and I started to make it dance and other things and Petunia asked how I was doing it, Snape came out from the bushes and told me. A few week later my Hogwarts letter came by Professor McGonagall, and my parents where so happy to finally have an explanation of why I was special. Ever since Snape told me we where best friends, until last June."

"Oh Lily, I never knew that's why you were so close to Snape."

"Yha well things change, people change and to be honest I wasn't surprised he called me that word because I always had the feeling he wanted to become a death eater after school, I mean he was hanging out with all those creeps before he called me a mudblood. So that was the last wake up call."

I take a few deep breaths and try to hold back my tears I never told anyone any of that but Em and Dar when I was defending Snape to them. I never really talked to James about Snape either, after what happen last year he never brought up Snape again, I guess he didn't want to open old wounds. We sit and talk for a little longer, after a while James says its time for dinner so he helps me up and we walk up to the great hall together. All of our friends are sitting down, Em notice us first and waves us over to them. Em and Dar are giving me questioning looks and I give them a look saying I'll tell you later.

"So where have you two been?" asks Remus

"Out snogging somewhere most like it." says Sirius

I give him the most evil look I could summon up, he is too far away for me to slap him, but luckily Dar and James are not and they both smack him for me. I laugh at his shock and continue eating. James tell Sirius that we were actually talking and getting to know one another better since we really don't know each other. I smile at my plate, this thing between me and James could really work, in some weird way it really could. After we are all done eating, we go up to the common room, Sirius has begged us to play a game of exploding snaps forever, since tomorrow is Saturday we all agree that we will play tonight and do our homework tomorrow, together as a group because Sirius started to moan about it. James pulls me aside before we get up to the common room.

"I just wanted to know is it okay if I get you a Christmas gift? I mean as a friend not as a boyfriend, I know you don't want us holding hand or anything a boyfriend and girlfriend would do but I though as a..."

I put my hands up and laugh start laughing "Of course it is okay, I plan on getting you something for Christ mas too."

He smiles at me and we continue up to the common room, once we get there Sirius is complaining that we are taking to long and how we need to learn a little self-control of ourselves. I grab for a pillow and chuck it at his face it hits him head on. We sit down and get this game started before we all want to send a curse at Sirius.

Happy Halloween, So three updates in a matter of days, I'm doing good life has been a little calmer lately so hopefully I can get a few more chapters in. I try to make the a thousand words of more but it is hard. What did you all think of the prank I could not for the life of me think of anything to get back at them for, and really to get back at someone for cheating is impossible. So please Read and Review.