James and Lily were lying on the ground hand in hand in the shade beneath the oak tree beside the lake. They’ve been dating for seven months now and it was the start of June, their last month as Hogwarts students. The exams would be coming up in the next few weeks and all the 7th Years were really stressed out and were studying and revising whenever they got the chance, but it was a beautiful afternoon and lessons were over for the day, so they decided to take a break from studying and relax. Students from all years could be seen scattered around the grounds, enjoying the warm weather.
“See that cloud there? It looks like a duck”, James said. Lily frowned, “looks more like a tea pot to me”. “Nah, it’s definitely a duck”.
“How about a duck shaped tea pot?” James said grinning. Lily looked up at him in amusement, “where exactly have you seen a duck shaped tea pot?” He smirked “in my brilliant mind” he said. Lily laughed and snuggled closer to him, resting her head on his chest”. She sighed, “I love Hogwarts, I can’t believe we’re going to be leaving soon”. James ran his tanned fingers through her red hair, “I know. The years have flown by”. Lily smiled, “I almost wish I could do it all over again”, “I get what you mean” James said. Lily turned her head to look up at him, “what do you want to do once you leave school?” He looked up at the sky and scrunched up his face, “a professional Quidditch player I suppose, but that probably won’t happen what with the war and stuff”, he sighed sadly. Lily stroked his cheek and said softly, "hey, it can still happen. The war won’t last forever, give it four, maybe five years and you’ll be out there playing, the crowd cheering your name and I’ll be there cheering the loudest”. James laughed, “you make it sound easy”. “Well, you’re definitely good enough”. He smiled, “maybe you’re right. How about you? What do you want to be?”.Lily furrowed her eyebrows, “A healer I suppose or maybe an Auror” she answered. “You’d be amazing at both” James said, smiling. Lily bit her lip, “are you scared of leaving school, being an actual adult, being in the real world? Because I know I am”. James laughed, “I’m terrified, I don’t like change. But I’m excited as well. Our whole lives are ahead of us; we can travel the world, have adventures and make friends with even more amazing people. We just have to be brave enough to take a leap of faith”. Lily laughed, “you’re surprisingly wise considering how dumb you are”. James smirked, “beneath this mask of mischief and trouble, lies an old soul, a romantic poet” he said in a posh voice, Lily grinned, “oh really?”, “uh huh, I’m like a young Shakespeare”. This made Lily laugh again. “I’m going to have to stop you th-“
“I love you” James blurted out. He felt Lily stiffen in his arms. She sat up slowly and stared down at him, “what?” she said dully. He looked at her eyes, “I love you, Lily”. She just stared at him, wide eyed for a moment before the words sank in. Her eyes lit up and she smiled the most beautiful smile he’d ever seen, “I love you too”. He sat up as well, grinning and wrapped his arms around her. “I love you!” Lily laughed, hugging him back. He smirked, “5th year you would never have thought of saying that huh?" “Nope” she said grinning. She let go of him and stood, turning to look at the lake. James got up and stood beside her, “what‘s wrong?” Lily turned to him a soft smile playing at her lips, “nothing, it’s just I’m so happy and my life is so perfect right now”. “I want to keep it that way, I want you to be happy” he said quietly, cupping the right side of her face in his hand and leaning down. “Being with you makes me very happy” Lily said taking his free hand in hers. He leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers; she closed her eyes and kissed him back. Even though they’ve been dating for over half a year, Lily always got butterflies in her tummy every time they kissed. James pulled away and rested his forehead on hers, “being with you makes me the happiest guy in the world”.
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