Wildest Dreams | A James and Lily Love Story ✅

Chapter Thirty - Legends

James:

We. Are. Legends.

It's official. After that banger last week, we have cemented ourselves as the BEST party planners in history! (And the best Karaoke singers - don't tell the girls!). Anyways, it's nearing the end of November now, and it was just announced that at the very start of December we are going to be performing our Patronuses! 

Truth be told, I CANNOT wait for me and the boys to get to show off a bit!

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I hop in the hot shower, allowing the water to soak all over me. It's Thursday morning now, and we are starting our Patronuses today. I run my fingers through my hair, which has grown far too long, and then wash down before I hop out of the shower. I brush my teeth and wrap a towel around my waste before leaving the bathroom and walking straight into Lily.

Lily:

"Oh! Ummm...hey!" James says, surprised. "Hey!" I respond, a little embarrassed. He moves out of the way to let me into the bathroom, and then danders on up to his room. I shut the door in the bathroom, and sigh against it, closing my eyes. Ugh, he is hot! As much as my past self would HATE to admit it - James Potter is really hot!

I visualise his muscular chest, and rippling abs, and how his body felt as I crashed into him, waking myself up with alarm. I barely got any sleep last night, just thinking about Potter.This feeling will pass. It'll pass. It. Will. Pass.

I have a quick shower and just braid my hair into one long French plait that travels to about mid way down my back. I love my hair when it is this length - it's long enough to be able to do nice hairstyles with but not too long that it gets messy really easily and feels horribly heavy on my head. And I do have to say, I am proud of Mar's bob. It looks simply fantastic! She really suits that shiny black bob!

I also noticed that James is in a SERIOUS need of a haircut! I'll need to offer to give him one soon, or else Sirius and him really will be twins!

I am really excited to get to work on our Patronuses! Eeeekkkk! (Sorry - that was most certainly not a sound the Head Girl of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry should make!). Obviously the boys have already done theirs before (they will just LOVE showing off!) but I can't wait to see what mine will be!

After I get dressed and ready to go, I head out of the Head's common room with James by my side, just like always. I am so glad that we have been able to keep this little tradition going, especially after his...illness. I don't really know what to call it! I've always had problems with nightmares, but in recent weeks they have not gotten any better. They have got way worse, as a matter of fact.

Every night that vision of Snape slowly coming towards me keeps replaying, and then it skips to James laying half-dead on the floor, blood surrounding his lifeless corpse. And every morning I wake up with tears in my eyes, trying to calm myself down and stop screaming so as not to wake James up and worry him. It is getting quite out of control though.

"Hey Lils, did you get enough sleep last night? You've got bags under your eyes - do you need to take a day off?" James asks me as we walk down to breakfast, worried. "I...ummm...no. I'm fine. Just up late reading - you know me!" I reply, not wanting to let anyone know about my problem. I guess that I have always been this way - ever since I was nine anyways. Independent. 'I can handle this by myself - I don't need help' I always think to myself. I suppose that I just don't like letting people know that I have problems. 

James looks a me, a little suspicious, but says anyways, "Yes Lily - I know you. But try not to do it again, k?". "Ok." I say, and then change the conversation. "I'm so glad that we get to do our Patronuses! And for an entire week too! What's yours again?" I say, and all though I can vividly remember what James' Patronus is, I still ask. "A stag." he replies, grinning proudly.