1DISCLAIMER: first off I OWN NOTHING BUT THE PLOT! THE CHARATER ARE PROPERTY OF J. ONLY! I ONLY WISH I OWNED THEM but i don't *cry hysterically over James and Sirius* THE SONG BELONGS TO TAYLOR SWIFT I DO NOT OWN THEM *Stay Beautiful*
Lily
FLASHBACK
'It was the last day of 7th year, I felt so sad...I'd be leaving, I couldn't leave...Hogwarts was my home! I felt so scared, like a child lost in a world of strangers!, and that's exactly where I'm going; out into a world where I know no-one. I'll be out in the real world, out into the raging war, where Voldemort is the threat, to where you have no idea when your life could end. I won't have the protection of the walls to keep me safe, no Dumbledore to help me...I'll be on my own...alone!' I look out to the grounds, the sun was shining, the grass was green, students having a good time in the lake, and here I was inside, tears welling up in my eyes. I look away and walked faster up the stairs.
"Lily….Lily wait up!"
'That voice, OH THAT ANNOYING VOICE that drove me up the wall! He just has to do to me now! That...that...that...PRAT! Stupid, annoying, hot, nice, amazing, caring egocentric, big-headed James-Bloody Sodding-Potter!'
"What do you want Potter?" I said spinning around glaring at him, I try not to swoon
"Hey! I only wanted to ask you something!" James said looking at the floor
"No"
"But you don't even-"
"No"
"Bu-"
"The answers still NO Potter, now bugger off I DON'T LIKE YOU! YOU DISGUST ME!" I said, turning around on my heel and stomping up the stairs, leaving James on the steps below, even though I won't admit it to anyone I DO feelings for him, strong ones, I'm just afraid to get hurt again.
END FLASHBACK
Here I was sitting at a table in a coffee shop 4 years later, not having seen a trace of James Potter...sure I see him in the Prophet; him being a aurour and all, not to mention Witch Weekly's number 1 Eligible Bachelor of the year, but I never came face to face with him in 4 bloody years. One reason is probably because he's in a high-end wizarding job while I'm in a muggle job as a no-good club and coffee shop singer. I never really liked my job, I've always wanted to be a healer, but they never hired me even if I had the highest marks in school, HA! funny huh?
Just as everyone started piling in from the cold, I knew that I had to go on stage soon…JOY! The manager who is a very nice young woman tells me I have to set up now as she takes my plates away with her. I grudgingly get up and walk to my guitar by the bar, I pick it up and walked on stage shaking, It's not like I have stage fright or anything because I don't I just hate the way the men look at me...they look so hungry if you get my drift…If you're wondering why they look at me that way, well I have fiery red hair that goes down to my mid-back, my hair curls slightly at the bottom, I'm 5'6, with emerald green eyes and a curvy figure, no wonder they look at me like that!
Having everything set up and ready the lights dimmed, I never really liked that it made it even more…intimidating, Just as I was about to start singing, the door of the café opened and a man stepped in, he had very messy jet black hair that had snow in it, he wore jeans, a red sweater and a leather jacket. My mouth dropped…I knew him…he was my "mortal" enemy at school; it was James Potter, that stubborn prat that always used to ask me out at school. My eyes started to burn with tears that were threatening to fall, what was James Potter aurour extraordinaire and hottest most eligible bachelor in England doing in a low-down muggle coffee shop? I watched him take a seat in the second row of tables and order a drink. Suddenly remembering where I was, I started to strum my guitar and sing.
"Cory's eyes are like a jungle
He smiles, it's like the radio
He whispers songs into my window
in words nobody knows
there's pretty girls on every corner
that watch him as he's walking home
Saying, does he know
Will you ever know"
"You're beautiful
Every little piece love, don't you know
You're really gonna be someone, ask anyone
When you find everything you looked for
I hope your life leads you back to my door
Oh but if it don't, stay beautiful"
"Cory finds another way to be
the highlight of my day
I'm taking pictures in my mind
so I can save them for a rainy day
it's hard to make conversation
when he's taking my breath away
I should say, hey by the way"
I look over at James, I see him looking directly at me listening to every word I've sang, he caught my eye I quickly looked down blushing furiously and kept on singing.
"You're beautiful
Every little piece love, don't you know
You're really gonna be someone, ask anyone
When you find everything you looked for
I hope your life leads you back to my door
Oh but if it don't, stay beautiful"
"If you and I are a story
that never gets told
if what you are is a daydream
I'll never get to hold, at least you'll know"
"You're beautiful
Every little piece love, don't you know
You're really gonna be someone, ask anyone
When you find everything you looked for
I hope your life leads you back to my front door or
Oh but if it don't, will you stay beautiful
Beautiful, beautiful beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, lalalaa
Ohhhh ohhhaohhh oh but if it don't stay beautiful stay beautiful
Dadadatada"
I looked up from my guitar only to see James staring at me with this sort of soft…glitter in his eyes. I stand up as everyone claps, I walk down the stairs of the stage to put my guitar back in its case. When everything is in it's rightful place I walked over to the bar, Amanda smiles at me and complements me on how "fantastic" I was, I smile back and thank her, then order a hot chocolate with cinnamon and whipped cream. As she prepares my order, I start fiddling with the necklace my father gave me at Christmas in my 1st year at Hogwarts. I've worn it everyday since, James and his best friend Sirius Black always used to tease me about it. I smiled inwardly, oh how I would get so angry with them…but I had a good reason to, my father was my best friend, he'd take me everywhere, to sports games, to the park, he taught me how to drive, how to swim, how to do math right, he taught me how to stand up for myself and what I believe in, heck he even took me shopping for crying out loud. After my mother died when I was 16 my father was a wreck but the strong relationship we had together got us through, that's another known fact of why Petunia hated me, our father favored me more as did our mother when she was alive. I was all tears and smiles when my hot chocolate was ready, Amanda asks why I was smiling, I just shook my head and kept on smiling, I thank her and turn around to walk away and guess who I ran into…..literally!
A/N: PLEASE REVIEW, THIS IS MY FIRST STORY THAT I HAVE EVER PUBLISHED, FLAME ME OR DON'T I REALLY DON'T CARE, IT'D BE GREAT TO GET YOUR OPINION! :D PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK! PLEASE! THANK YOU! =D