Amour

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"WHAT!?" James exclaimed, "LILY I'M COMING!" 

Lily lifted her head from the ground, "Ugh" 

"Are you alright?" He asked, sitting cross legged beside her. 

"Y-" She looked over at his genuinely concerned face. You know what...

"No Potter, I am not alright!" She started, sitting up properly. 

His eyes widened, She is engaging in conversation, be cool be cool...

I am blinking way too fast, is me being weird? Oh Merlin. Fuck my eyes are dry!

"I have just been running around that forest for like 3 HOURS just to fight to the bloody death with a giant spider monster--which by the way is MUCH too dangerous to be near a school of CHILDREN--and for WHAT? So DUMBLEDORE could just set it free again the second I got here!" She was waving her arms around now. 

" 'Too dangerous to be near all the students' NEWS FLASH I just had to hunt..it..DOWN old man, yeah sure I got first place but MY HEAD HURTS OKAY? AND MY FEET HURT AND MY ARMS HURT AND NOW MY CONSCIENCE HURTS BECAUSE I'M YELLING IN A FIELD FULL OF PEOPLE!" 

Everyone was silent now, Sirius was running up towards the school for some reason.

A few people started to laugh, people being Lucius Malfoy and his friends. 

Lily was going redder by the second, blending in with her hair as she tried to hide behind it. 

"Did you want to talk about it? I mean like over there or something, away from Luscious locks" James smiled, trying to lighten her mood a bit. 

She looked around, despite 'being alone with James Potter' high on her list of things never to do, everyone was staring at her. 

Marlene would be here soon anyway....

"Okay" 

James got up, offering her a hand. She said yes she said yes I can die happy, my life's purpose is fulfilled. Lily Evans is coming to talk to me, remember James this isn't about you, just listen and listen and listen, you got this hot guy!

 Thank you inner me. 

"So what do Acromantulas look like?" He asked her, leaning against a tree. 

"We don't have to talk about that it's fine-" 

"No, really I want to know" 

Lily faltered for a second, trying to keep the smallest of smiles down, "Well- it's got eight legs and all furry and....." 

She carried on describing it to him, James was definitely hearing her, just not so much listening. 

He preferred to watch. To watch how how she talked and stood with such grace, how her hair reflected the sun and her eyes always looked down when she was mentioning herself. 

James didn't understand this, if he was Lily, he would be bragging to everyone about how smart and talented and funny he was, how great with the younger students he was, how dedicated- 

Something white caught his eye, weaving in and out of the trees.

"....and then it tried to bite me!" She sighed, absently rubbing her arm. 

"Did the little fucker hurt you!?" James snapped his attention back, looking to her arm. 

I will NOT hesitate to extinctify them....

"I- uh well it hit me aside a few times but nothing Madame Pomfrey can't fix" 

"Okay, good, not that anything could ruin your unwavering beauty-"