You're Such A Baby!
Chapter 8: Surprise, surprise!
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Slowly, James awoke, feeling strangely content. As his mind became clearer, he noticed something wasn't like it was supposed to be, though it felt very comfortable and natural. He was just wondering what was wrong, as he noticed it... there was something warm next to him, better said, he had his arms around the warmth. He inhaled and noticed a very nice smell, coming from long hairs in which his face was burried.
Suddenly, the person stirred.
"James?" Came the feminine voice.
James opened his eyes to see the backside of his current (actually all-time) crush and his eyes almost popped out of his sockets. What was he doing in a bed together with the woman that always seemed to hate him. He was just trying to remember what happened the previous day as he said: "Lily?"
Hearing her name coming from the deep voice, instead of the child-voice she expected, Lily bolted upright.
"JAMES!!!"
Immediately, James jumped out of the bed.
Lily looked around at him incredulously, and immediately regretted doing that as she turned away from him instantly.
James, she noticed, was very poorly covered. Only shreds of material hung around his body and he seemed to notice that too, as he snatched her coveres off the bed, and only then did Lily dare turn around again.
She, too, had trouble remembering what had went on, but then it came back. The spell must have worn off during the night, and, since the clothes he was wearing weren't adapted to his seventeen-year-old size, they had ripped.
James, obviously, didn't remember being a toddler as he asked: "Evans! What the bloody hell am I doing here? We didn't..."
"NO! Two days ago, I accidentally turned you in a three-year-old and since you refused being without me, I took care of you. Last night, you had a nightmare." Lily said, calming down.
"Oh..." James said, turning even more red then he had become after noticing his nakedness, then he seemed to think of something, as his eyes shot up to Lily again. "Did you... we... you know... how did you... you know, shower."
"Don't worry, I didn't see a thing.
"Right. That's good." James said, then turned to go out the door. "I'll bring these covers back in a while."
Lily nodded, though he wasn't able to see that. At the door, James turned around again.
"Lily? Thanks. For taking care of me, you know."
Then, James was gone.
Lily stared at the closed door for a while, and thought about his last words. 'He called me Lily...' She thought with joy, then she realized what she just thought. 'Why would that matter to me?' She started analizing. 'I mean, I don't even like him! Do I?'
She thought it over for a while, untill she came to a conclusion.
'Alright, I do like him. But only platonic. I mean, I just babysat him for two days! You can't do that without going to like him when he's such a cute, funny, adorable, little toddler...'
At that moment, she was pulled out of her thoughts as James knocked on the door.
"Come in."
James entered with the covers of her bed in his hand. He had obviously expanded his clothes to their normal size again, for he had his school-uniform on, only without his robe.
"Here." He said a bit awkwardly.
"Thanks." Lily said, taking her covers back.
"Um, lessons started Wednesday, so today it's Friday, right?" James asked.
"Yes, you were only two days a toddler. Dumbledore expected it to be four or something like that, but obviously, it wore off sooner."
James then turned to leave, but as he reached the door, Lily remembered something.
"James, wait a minute."
"What is it?" James asked.
Lily went over to her desk and grabbed the picture she had looked at when she adjusted James' room.
"This is yours. I took it out of your room, for it would have been strange for you to see a picture of an older you."
"Thanks." James said, taking it back. "It's my favourite picture."
Lily felt her hart lift at that sentense, but didn't pay attention to it.
"So... I guess I'll see you in class..." James said and then left the room.
As the door closed, Lily shook her thoughts off and started dressing and getting ready for school.
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Again, a short chapter, but I didn't want to put two chapters into one. Next chapter will probably be the last of this story, but I'm rather positive I'll make a sequel.
Thanks for all the reviews, and if you have some constructive critisism, please tell me. It really helps.