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Too Far

DeeCohen

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Chapter 3

Lily opened her eyes to find complete darkness surrounding her. She had no idea where she was or how she got there. She heard the door open and her instincts told her to pretend to be asleep, and she did just that. She rolled over and closed her eyes, while straining her ears to hear any sound or anyone that she could.

"How is she doing?" Professor Dumbledore said whilst striding into the room. He had been checking on Lily every hour or so.

"She should be awake soon; I can't find any lasting results. It appears that the spell was just to knock her of her feet nothing more."

"Thank you Poppy. Keep her in for a day so that you can make sure that there are no lasting results or complications. Then you may let her go. I must go and sort out why this happened. Good day." With that he turned and strode out of the Hospital wing. He had an air about him that just oozed responsibility and power. He was such a caring person and Lily loved him for that.

Once Lily heard the door shut behind Dumbledore and Madame Pomfrey retreat back to her office, she gave a sigh of relief. At least there would be any lasting damage. At least she would be ok, now she just had to figure out what had happened.

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"Would you care to explain what happened earlier today?" Dumbledore said as he peered over his glasses at James Potter.

"Well, I was walking towards the lake, when I saw Evans talking to Lucius Malfoy. It looked like they were having an argument. He drew his wand and pointed it at her; I hit him with a curse knocking him back a few feet so that he couldn't curse Lily. Then he started throwing curses at me, so I threw some back. He deflected one and it hit Lily. That's what happened."

Dumbledore nodded "Do you remember what spell you sent at him?"

James thought for a moment. In all of the commotion he wasn't exactly thinking of curse or charms they just came to him. "Sorry, I can't remember"

"Ok, well just so you know. Lily is going to be fine. It seems that there are no lasting effects as of yet. You may leave. I will not give you detention as it seems you were acting in self defence. But do not let me find you in this situation again. You may leave"

James nodded and walked out thinking that he had gotten of lightly. Lucius had detention for a month solid. He was tempted to go and see Lily, but he couldn't face her. It was his fault that she was in the hospital wing. Yes he had been trying to protect her but she didn't need to know why either. It was his fault that she was hit with that stupid spell, whatever it was. He just hoped that even though she was ok physically, that she was ok with him too.

Lying in bed that night, James couldn't do anything but think of Lily. He had been arguing with himself for a while now, tossing and turning thoughts over in his head. Reasons why he should go and see her and reasons why he shouldn't. At the moment these thoughts seem to tie. Just then he had a flash of her, standing up to Malfoy. She was the only person in a long time to do that and it made him smile. And that made his decision for him. He decided that he would sneak in and see her, after all it was night. Not many people would be around. It wasn't long after curfew; he could just say he got sidetracked in the library.

He followed the path to the hospital wing and peered in. Pomfrey was in her office making some potions. Lily was the only person in there, and it seemed she was asleep. So he walked in. He would just check and see that she had no physical side affects, and then he would leave. So he thought. That was his reasoning of being there. Just to make sure she was physically ok, although he knew she was. Dumbledore had told him as much.

He walked up to her bed and saw that her eyes were closed. He looked over her, no scaring, no physical effects at all. Had his charm been that flimsy? He had hoped it would do damage if he hit Lucius with it, but was now glad it didn't damage Lily.

Although he didn't know her or even notice her until a few days before. He found an odd sense of belonging when he was near her. He shook off the feelings and walked out, happy that she was ok.

As the doors closed Lily opened her eyes. Maybe she was dreaming but she was sure that James Potter had just been there. Lily shook her head of those thoughts, it was completely impossible; James doesn't even know that she exists. Not that she cared.

Lily found that after James had left, she couldn't sleep; she just kept tossing and turning. Not before long Madam Pomfrey had seen her awake and rushed over to her, pouring various potions down her throat. Lily couldn't find sleep that night. She had an odd feeling in the pit of her stomach. It wasn't something that she had felt before.

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Lily woke up the next morning, finally having fallen asleep around 4am. She woke up to find Dumbledore smiling down at her.

"How are you feeling?" He said as he sat down in a chair next to her bed.

"I'm fine, thank you. When can I get out of here?" She asked as she arranged her pillars so that she could sit up.

Dumbledore chuckled. "Soon, I just want Madam Pomfrey to run some tests on you to make sure that everything is ok. Then you can leave"

Lily nodded. She didn't know what to say. She hadn't spoken to Dumbledore much before. He looked at her with his blue eyes twinkling. Madam Pomfrey walked over to her, and placed her wand on various parts of Lily's body. After every spell she performed a blue smoke rose out of the tip.

Evidently that meant that she was fine and was let go. As she was walking out of the Hospital wing, her stomach started to rumble. She had missed breakfast and was too early for lunch. She had heard about a secret entrance to the kitchens and thought she would try it out.

She got to the painting of the fruit basket and tickled the pear. She laughed as the pear giggled but was shocked when it had turned into a handle.

She opened the door and walked in, closing the door behind her. As soon as the door was shut, four house elves rushed to her side.

"How can we be helping you miss?" One said as it bowed to her.

"Erm I missed breakfast and I'm hungry" Lily said, she didn't know how to talk to them, she didn't know if she was even allowed to eat in here, or if she was allowed to order food.

Within minutes Lily was sitting at a table with a glass of pumpkin juice in front of her as well as a plate of sausages, eggs, bacon, beans and tomatoes. The breakfast was quite large. Lily didn't manage to eat it all, but she ate enough so that she wouldn't have to go to lunch. She thanked the house elves and walked out, bumping into someone as she did.

"Oh sorry" Lily said as she turned around to see the person she had bumped into. It was James.

James looked at her. `What are you doing here? I'm surprised you would come down here being a teachers pet and all. I'm surprised you even know about this place.'

"Hey!" Lily said as a frown crossed her face "there is no need to be rude I apologised"

"I didn't say anything" James said as he looked at her as if she was barking mad.

"Yes you did, I heard you. You said that I am a teachers pet and that you are surprised that I would come down here. Well let me tell you James Potter, I was hungry and I am not a teacher's pet. Just because I get good marks, does not mean that I am a teachers pet. It means I am smart."

"Well, for a smart witch, you sure seem to hear things. I didn't say anything. I thought it but didn't say it."

Lily just looked at him "Whatever" and walked away. In truth Lily was angry; she had heard him say that, she knew she had. His voice was so clear. Although she didn't see his lips move, she had heard his voice.

James stood still in the place where she had left him. He hadn't said anything. He had thought it but didn't say anything he knew he hadn't he hadn't moved his lips; he was too stunned to speak.

Both carried on confused as to what had happened, but carried on the rest of their day as normal.

A/n: Ok another chapter finished. I hope you liked it; it's a little longer than my last few chapters. Let me know what you think. I got a few hits the last two chapters, but not many reviews. I hope that doesn't mean that my story sucks. I hope to update at some point in the next week


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