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A/n: I am sorry, I know that it has been a while since i have posted but I have a lot of things going on at the moment. This is the last of my pre-written stuff. I just needed to go over it.
Chapter 5
Lily had headed to the hospital wing after lessons and Madam Pomfrey had done a few tests to try and determine what was making Lily hear James' thoughts and for him to hear hers. The tests showed that Lily was perfectly healthy and the only thing that was out of the ordinary was that she was linked to someone telepathically. Something which Lily knew already, however it wasn't damaging her and Madame Pomfrey had told her that it should wear off in a few days to a few weeks with no lasting effects.
As she was walking to the Great Hall Lily's mind began to wonder, now it made sense, when she would hear something James said and he claimed that he hadn't. He was telling the truth, he hadn't said it he had just thought it.
Lily shook her head and walked down to breakfast. As usual Lucius was bearing down on her as soon as she entered the Great Hall.
"Lily, I do not need to repeat myself over and over again do I? You will be coming to the ball with me. Malfoy's do not get rejected."
Lily laughed, "Well there is always a first for everything. I don't plan on going with you to the ball or anyone else to the ball as a matter of fact. I am not going. So please leave me the hell alone."
"You have to go, everyone in the school has to go, and there is no choice in the matter." Lucius drawled. Obviously very pleased with himself for knowing something that she didn't.
Lily looked around a little panicked and then she saw James looking at her. She used their telepathy to ask him for help. "James, you know how I would hate to admit this, but the only way I can get rid of this idiot is to go to the ball with someone…. Will you go with me?"
Lily saw the smile on James' lips. "Of course."
Lily then turned to Lucius. "In that case I will be going with James Potter. Good bye." Lily then turned to sit next to her friends. She could almost feel the anger radiating of Lucius as he sat down with his friends.
She turned to look at James. "Thanks, he was beginning to annoy me."
James just smiled. "Oh don't pretend that was the only reason you chose me Lily. You know you want me really."
Lily merely sighed "I chose you because there and then you would be the only person who I could ask without Lucius hearing."
James just smirked and continued to eat breakfast, as did Lily. Both unaware that Lucius planned on doing something to both of them, for no one humiliates and rejects a Malfoy and gets away with it.
Lily looked up as she left the Great Hall and saw that Lucius was talking to Snape. She had never seen them talking before, at least not very often. She however just walked away, not caring. At least he was off her back now, although she would have James and his big ego to deal with before, during and after the ball.
"Your joking with us right?" Sirius said later that day as he and the rest of the marauders where sitting by the lake.
James just laughed "No mate, seriously she asked me. I think it's this telepathy thing, she's always in my head now, and I'm always in hers. Kind of hard to keep secrets that way don't you think?"
Remus and Peter just laughed at how big headed James was being. Sirius however was astounded that he finally got Lily to be his date. He knew however that it wasn't long before Lily would fall in love with James. Remus knew it too. Lily and James were perfect for each other. Lily was a rule abiding witch, and James was a rule breaking wizard.
Lily would help calm him down, and James would help lighten Lily up. They were perfect for each other; Lily's friends knew that, as did James', Lily and James however didn't know. James was infatuated and Lily was just naïve.
It was the day before the ball and Lily was yet walking away from a laughing James. Since she had asked him to the ball he had been gloating ever since, and not always in front of people.
Their telepathy had seemed to grow rather than weaken over the past few days. They could now hear each others thoughts while in completely separate parts of the building. The only thoughts they seemed to pick up over the long distances were those of extreme anger and happiness. Of course James was happy that he could gloat as much as he did therefore she could hear him, and he could hear her anger. He just didn't care.
`James I am not in the mood for this, I have a two foot long essay to write up for defence and a one and a half foot essay for potions. I need to get them done before I fail my classes. So could you please leave me alone?'
Lily felt a mental shrug `fine' and then there was silence. James hadn't sounded angry or upset. But there was something in his voice, that had made Lily feel bad, she had been shouting at him a lot… even though sometimes he had needed it.
She just sighed and carried on to the library to finish her essays.
As Lily came to the end of her essay's she could hear a bunch of giggling girls from behind the one stack of books. She just rolled her eyes and started to pack away her things.
As she walked past she heard her name being shouted. She turned around to find Caidence, a girl in her year walking up to her, with her friends behind her.
"I was just wondering what you were planning to wear to the ball. I mean you have the best looking guy in Hogwarts, save for Sirius that is, as a date you wouldn't want to look like anything less than what he deserves would you?"
Before Lily could reply the girls walked away giggling. `Great, now I have to look fantastic so I don't look like a fool.'
`You always look fantastic and would never look like a fool' James' head floated into her thoughts.
`How can I hear you? Your not in the immediate area, I'm not angry or happy so why can you hear me?' Lily though as she walked towards the common room as it was starting to get late.
`Dunno, maybe the links getting stronger or something. Whatever, anyway Lils you would look TONS better than Christine if you were in a black bin bag and she was in the most expensive dress ever made. Don't hang up on it'
And with that he was gone, and instead of feeling annoyed as usual. She felt relaxed and … happy, but why, Because James had complemented her? No, he always did that.
Maybe just maybe she had started to like him and maybe she loved that he called her `Lils'
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