You belong with me - Chap. 42 by bluebran, literature
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You belong with me - Chap. 42
SEVENTH YEAR
Going back to Hogwarts had always felt like going back home, but Lily didn't remember to have ever wished to go back as badly as that year. The sound of the trunk's rollers accompanied the one of her anxious steps, which quickly led her across the station despite it was still early. The slight, inexplicable ghost of a smile flickered across her lips, responding to whatever her mind was thinking as she walked through King's Cross. As she approached the platform 9 ¾, her heart beat faster and faster, and even though she pretended she didn't know the reason, deep inside she knew what was that impatient joy all about.
After
You belong with me - Chap. 41 by bluebran, literature
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You belong with me - Chap. 41
The voices woke her up; a soft, unintelligible whisper that penetrated her conscience, making way through her dreams. It took her some minutes to realize she wasn't asleep anymore, and as she woke up, the sounds around her became more and more clear, and she could distinguish the voices of Sirius, Sam, Peter and Eli chatting cheerfully a few feet away, though not too loudly, probably to avoid waking everybody up. It took her a few more seconds to remember where they were, but she didn't open her eyes nor she moved; she just laid there observing the back of her eyelids, gathering energies to get up.
Then (when her body was still in the proces
You belong with me - Chap. 40 by bluebran, literature
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You belong with me - Chap. 40
Even if she had wondered about it, Lily would have never imagined that her sixth year would turno ut the way it had. Not only because she couldn't have predicted the situation the wizarding world would be in, or how much that would change her ideas and outlook, but also because she would have never thought she would be looking forward to coming back to Hogwarts from the holidays to see James Potter. As she walked across King's Cross, the redhead recalled the last few years of her life, thinking about her new friends, her old friends, and the new memories she had of them. She remembered the little things, and she noticed how much she valued th
You belong with me - Chap. 39 by bluebran, literature
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You belong with me - Chap. 39
Lily's green eyes were fixed on the handsome, dark-haired boy who absently scribbled on the parchment, observing every one of his movements. When he looked up, the redhead quickly looked away, pretending to be focused on her essay, but when he looked back at his parchment, her emerald eyes glued to him again.
Lily was marveled at how patient James was. Since they had had that conversation, weeks ago, she had started noticing all she did for her, how he treated her so sweetly and chivalrously, how he was always trying to make her laugh… Actually, their relationship had changed very little, but there was something different: Lily was no
You belong with me - Chap. 38 by bluebran, literature
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You belong with me - Chap. 38
"Are you sure, Lils?" Sam asked, leaving the bathroom as she brushed her hair. Bree was ready, sitting on the edge of the bed, waiting for her friend.
"I'm sure, have fun," Lily answered, barely looking up from the book she was reading. "I'll be fine."
"Bye, girls!" Mary said, leaving the room with a smile; she had a date with the seventh-year she was seeing.
"Tell us how it went!" Brianna yelled at her when she was already gone, but they could hear her giggling as she went down the stairs.
Sam looked at Lily again, leaving the brush on the night table, and her friend stared at her raising her eyebrows.
"Go!"
They finally did as she tol
You belong with me - Chap. 37 by bluebran, literature
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You belong with me - Chap. 37
Lily shifted on the bed, frowning without opening her eyes at the powerful ray of sunshine entering through the window and hiting her right on the face. She covered her head with the pillow, groaning; since when entered so many light through her room’s window? Even when she forgot to lower the blinds …
Then she opened her eyes, her head still covered by the pillow and her face buried into the blankets, and she remembered it. She wasn’t at her bedroom. She wasn’t at her house. She was at the Potters’, and a group of Death Eaters had destroyed half of the town.
“Bree,” She called her outloud, suddenl
You belong with me - Chap. 36 by bluebran, literature
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You belong with me - Chap. 36
They went down the stairs quietly, and James couldn't help thinking about Lily's forced smile. He wasn't sure about what he had done wrong, but after thinking about it for a while he had come to the conclusion that the redhead had gotten mad, despite she was making an effort to smile at him with alleged naturalness. He rekindled the moment in his mind, remembering her sweet expression as she looked at the photographs. James had found it so adorable that he had instinctively approached to her, tempted to wrap his arms around her and bury his face in her fragrant red hair. He had noticed her slight start when she saw his parents' picture, and o
You belong with me - Chap. 35 by bluebran, literature
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You belong with me - Chap. 35
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December's glacial weather made no one wait, and the students swarmed around the Castle, wrapped in wool hats, gloves and scarves, their noses red and their breaths shaped as white trails of fog. The grounds offered a splendid view, with the frozen lake and the grass covered by a thick and spotless layer of snow; apart from being a source of enjoyment for those bold enough to leave the shelter of the school's walls to embark in snowball wars or ice-skating races on the freezing lake.
For the older students, however, December implied a great deal of study and infinite homework, especially for those in fifth or seventh, although the sixth-
You belong with me - Chap. 34 by bluebran, literature
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You belong with me - Chap. 34
It wasn’t a surprise for anyone that, during the following week, Lily made everything she could to avoid James, ignoring him and scowling every time they were forced to be together; after all, the redhead had always claimed her supposed hatred for the boy, and everyone had thought that the past days of nice words and smiles were just some kind of ‘truce’. But what had actually been a surprise was that Potter was just as mad at her, and he hadn’t even told his friends what they had argued aboyt; he just folded his arms and pressed his lips every time the redhead appeared, which complicated the relationship between the t
You belong with me - Chap. 33 by bluebran, literature
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You belong with me - Chap. 33
"Excellent work, Potter!" Lily exclaimed, clapping her hands. James smiled satisfied, bowing deeply and making the redhead laugh.
They had been practising all morning, during which the boy had pretended to improve a lot with non-verbal spells, to the point of realizing them perfectly, even as good as Lily; though of course she didn't know that wasn't the product of hours of hard work, but Potter had mastered the technique since the very beginning. However, the whole time they had dedicated to practice hadn't been entirely fruitless; James had achieved what he wanted when he had first pretended to be useless: thinking about teaching him, the