You're Such A Baby!
Chapter 7: Flying
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As they sat down for dinner, James turned to Lily once again.
"When are we going to fly, Lily?"
"You can go flying with Sirius after dinner."
"Don't you fly?"
"No, I didn't bring my broom with me, and I'm not that good at Quidditch. I'm more of a racer." Lily explained.
"What is Kiddish?"
After that question, Sirius and Hallie, who were both on the team, started explaining everything there was to know about Quidditch to the three-year-old. Resulting in a quiet dinner.
After dinner, they made their way to the Quidditch-pitch. As Sirius and Hallie showed James everything, Remus and Peter went to sit on the stands. Lily sat there too, grabbing a book with the intention to read.
The first couple of minutes, that went just fine, untill Sirius and Hallie pulled out their brooms.
Lily watched with prying eyes how first Hallie and then Sirius took James up in the air.
They zoomed around the pitch a couple of times, when Sirius stopped in mid-air. He obviously showed James how to hold the broom.
Without noticing herself, Lily had stood up, watching as Sirius removed his hands from the broom. Lily was ready to hex Sirius right there and then, had James not been on the broom with him.
"Look Lily! I'm flying!" Lily was snapped out of her thoughts by the voice and she couldn't help but feel a little proud about James, behind her fears for him falling.
She sighed in relief as Sirius got hold of the broom again.
They zoomed around the pitch once more, untill Lily's hart was ready to stop.
She watched in horror as Sirius dived down, going almost vertically to the ground.
The squeels of delight that came from James were lost to Lily's ears as she was sure they were going to crash.
Then, Sirius pulled up again and Lily's felt relief, immediately followed with anger.
She stormed down the stands.
"Black! Get that cursed ass of yours down here this minute!" Lily yelled furious.
"Aw, Lily... it was just a little dive!"
Hallie, who had gone to shower and change came out of the changing rooms at that moment.
"He dived?!" Hallie asked incredulously.
"Yes." Remus said, who had just come down the stands followed by Peter.
"Don't you 'aw, Lily' me, Black!" Lily continued, without paying attention to the others. "If you don't get down here..."
"I'm not going down there untill I'm sure you won't lynch me." Sirius yelled back.
James looked back and forth between the two and obviously didn't understand what was the matter.
"You've got fifteen seconds to get down here Black! Or I promise you won't reach the common room alive this night!"
Sirius seemed to get the hint and descended to the ground.
"What? Why are we stopping?" James asked disappointed.
"Because it's been enough for today." Lily said, glaring daggers at Sirius and grabbing James by the hand.
"But I don't want to!" James said, trying to convince Lily. "I want to fly some more!"
"Not today, James. We're going inside."
James seemed ready to throw a tantrum, but Lily seemed surrounded by a power field that seemed almost tangible and he kept his mouth shut, feeling that now wasn't a good time to test Lily.
"Are we going to fly tomorrow?" James asked as they walked back to the castle, leaving Remus and Peter who were going to wait for Sirius to change.
Lily, who was more calm now, nodded. "I'll borrow Sirius' broom and then I'll take you."
James' smile got back on his face again and they went into the castle as the last rays of sun shone over the world.
"You can borrow mine too, you know." Hallie said.
"I know, but then you wouldn't be able to fly with me."
Soon, they entered Gryffindor common room that was still rather full of students.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow?" Hallie said as Lily immediately made her way to her and James' common room.
"Yeah, good night." Lily said, entering her common room.
Lily almost immediately plumped down on the couch in front of the roaring fire and James sat down next to her.
"Will you read me a story, Lily?" James asked.
"Sure, let me think... Once upon a time, there was a little girl..." Lily started looking into the fire as James snuggled close to her.
"This little girl had a nice life, but always felt like something was missing in her life. Then, one day, the little girl got a letter, saying she was accepted to attend Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry..."
It wasn't long untill Lily heard the steady breathing of James and she smiled as she saw he was asleep already.
She put him in his pyjamas and put him in bed, kissing his forehead again.
At the door, she looked back at the sleeping form and leaned her head against the doorframe for a moment, engraving the picture in her mind.
Three hours later, Lily went to bed too, having finished her homework again and within minutes, she was fast asleep.
"Lily?"
Slowly, Lily woke out of her sleep, wondering what had awoken her, when she heard it again.
"Lily?"
Lily sat up, rubbing her eyes. "What's wrong love?"
James moved towards her bed, looking scared.
"Did you have a nightmare?"
James nodded. "I'm afraid to go back asleep." He whispered.
"It's alright love." Lily said, lifting James up on the bed. "It's not real."
"There was this awful man, with red eyes, and then there was a whole lot of green light... and you were dead."
Lily wrapped her arms around James. "I'm right here, love, and I'm not dead. You know what, you can sleep here tonight, if it makes you feel better?"
James nodded and Lily pulled back the covers for him to get under.
She took him in her arms again, and he snuggled close to her. "Thank you, Lily." James whispered softly as he drifted back asleep, soon followed by Lily.
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I know it's a bit short and not too much happens, but this was the best place to stop, since there will be something big happening really soon.