Last Chapter! I'm pretty upset that this story is ending so quickly, I remembered when I first started this story like it was yesterday…ah, anyways, I hope you enjoy this final chapter of 'Trust me' and I hope you'll be looking forward with the sequel. I know I am and I'm sorry for updating this so late. Anyways, enjoy!
Trust me
Chapter Thirty
Last Chapter
"Trust me"
Naomi, Nina, Kaytie and Arial smiled and ran to Lily, embracing her tightly. "Lily! You're alright!" Nina cried, hugging her red headed friend.
"You had us all worried." Naomi smiled.
Lily laughed and apologized. "I'm sorry."
Then, the Marauders came running towards Lily and her friends, hugging them all together, all the Marauders except for James who stood at the same spot, beside Professor Dumbledore. "You've done so much for Ms. Evans, Mr Potter. She seems happier than I've ever seen her, when she is with you, Mr. Potter."
James frowned and shook his head as they watched his friends embracing Lily. "I've caused so much trouble for Lily since first year. I've hurt her so much…"
Dumbledore looked down at him. "She loves you so much, Mr. Potter. You have not hurt her; you have healed her from all the pain she's suffering in her past. You've changed her…" Dumbledore patted his back and smiled knowingly, his eyes twinkling. "Go on, she's waiting for you."
James looked at him, "Thanks, Professor." He smiled, before turning to Lily. The Marauders and the girls saw James approaching and made way for him. As James neared Lily, his eyes began to fill with tears. Lily was surprised by James' embrace but then, she relaxed in his arms and hugged him back.
Soon, James lifted his head and looked down at Lily. "You're crying…" Lily whispered, worriedly as she wiped away the tears flowing from his eyes. "Are you alright?" She asked.
James laughed and nodded. "I'm fine…are you?" he asked as he placed his hands on top of hers that were caressing his face. Lily smiled and nodded. "I've been in Professor Dumbledore's office. Stephanie and I talked and didn't want her to get expelled from Hogwarts so I begged Professor not to expel her."
"Why? Don't you remember what she did to us last night?"
"Stephanie loved you so much that she did what she had to do and I understood how she felt when she lost you. She loved you like I loved my parents and it was hard for her to lose you, like it was hard for me to lose my parents." Lily smiled. "Everyone has a reason why they do, we shouldn't be blaming them."
Lily looked at James' hazel eyes and smiled sadly. "I'm sorry for making you worry so much. I just felt that I needed to do this, that's why I asked Madam Pomfrey if I could go see Professor Dumbledore." Her thumb caressed his teary face.
James shook his head and hugged Lily again, burying his head onto her shoulder. Lily wrapped her arms around his neck and when she looked over James' shoulder, she saw all their friends smiling at them. She closed her eyes and enjoying the embrace they were sharing.
"I love you…" James whispered on her shoulder, knowing that it was only for her to hear and not anyone else.
Lily tilted her head a little and asked with a smile. "Really?"
James grinned, pulling back a little; he looked at her emerald-green eyes and rested his forehead on hers. He leaned in closer…
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Before Christmas break came, Lily caught up with the work she missed after staying at the Hospital Wing for so long. She didn't have time to spend with her friends, and especially James who was cranky for months until Christmas break came.
James frowned and watched Lily as she continued doing her work, not even paying attention to James, even if he tried bothering her. "When are you going to be done, Lily?" James asked, whining. "I'm bored…"
As if she didn't hear him at all, Lily continued on her work. "Are you mad at me or something?" James asked, getting off the couch and sat on the floor where Lily was sitting and wrapped his arms around her.
The scratches coming from her quill stopped and James proudly thought he finally got Lily's attention. "Christmas break is coming soon, James…"
James rested his chin on Lily's shoulder and nodded. "Yeah…"
"The day is about to come…" Lily whispered.
"What day?"
Lily turned her head and looked at James. "My Mom and Dad." She replied.
There was silence between them for a few minutes until James looked at Lily and kissed her cheeks. "Don't worry; we'll all be there with you…" James hugged her tightly.
"You will?"
"Yeah, Aunt Carrie and your sister will be there. Of course, the Marauders will be there, so will Nina, Naomi, Kaytie and Arial. We will all be there to support you, just think, while you see your parents; think of us and you'll do fine."
Lily smiled and nodded. "Thank you."
Soon, the door to the Gryffindor common room opened and all their friends were there. "Hey, lovebirds, aren't you guys going to eat?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah, I'm really hungry. Can we hurry it up?" Peter asked, complaining about his grumbling stomach.
Lily looked at James. "You go on ahead, I still have work to do…"
"I'm not leaving you here."
"Well? Don't leave a hungry man waiting." Sirius laughed, putting an arm around Peter. "A growing man needs his food you know."
James turned to his mates and smiled. "You guys go on ahead, I'm going to wait until Lily finishes."
"Suit yourself." Sirius and the rest of the gang headed out the door and headed to the Great Hall to eat some dinner, leaving James and Lily alone. On the way there, they found Kat and Rossy eating together and decided to join them.
"Where's Angel?" Naomi asked.
"She's with her boyfriend." Kat pointed to the Slytherin table and they saw Angel and Snape eating together.
"They didn't end up fighting much during the incident, did they?" Kaytie asked, remembering about their small fight about what happened between James and Lily.
Rossy shook her head. "They're okay now. Their argument wasn't really serious." Then Rossy turned to Sirius. "Don't even go there, Sirius."
"Not in a mood for jokes, I can handle that."
The Gryffindor common room was quiet; the only thing heard was Lily's quill scratching onto her parchment. Dinner has already finished and Lily still wasn't finished. James seems to be falling asleep and was bored the entire time he waited for Lily.
"Maybe you should go to bed; I'm almost finished anyways…"
"Don't worry about me, Lily. I'll wait for you any day…" He yawned, falling back to sleep with his head on Lily's shoulder. Lily sighed, feeling guilty for making him wait for so long. "I still have a few more days; I'll just finish it tomorrow." She mumbled.
Soon, she realized that she couldn't remove the extra weight that was leaning on her. Not wanting to wake him up anyways, she leaned her head back on his shoulder and closed her eyes, soon falling asleep with him.
The next morning, James woke up feeling really comfortable and when he opened his eyes, he realized where he had fallen asleep. He shot up and looked at the redhead leaning on him. "Lily…" Lily didn't stir and was snoring softly onto James. He smiled and watched his girlfriend sleeping soundly.
"Lily pulled an all-nighter again?" A voice behind him asked.
James turned around and found his sister standing there with her pajamas on. James nodded and looked at Lily's parchment sitting on the table. "I didn't find Lily on her bed so I thought she might have been down here again, doing homework…"
James lifted his glasses and rubbed his sleepy eyes. "I guess I dozed off while she was doing her work…" He looked down at his sleeping girlfriend. "I hope she didn't stay up all night again."
"As long as she gets some sleep, she'll be fine." Nina looked at her brother and then to her best-friend. "Are you going to stay here until she wakes up?" She asked. James nodded and suggested that she and the others go on ahead to breakfast.
"Be sure you guys get something to eat when she wakes up, okay?"
"Yeah, okay." James smiled.
Nina smiled and nodded, leaving the two alone. As soon as she vanished up the stairs, Lily suddenly stirred and opened her eyes slowly. James smiled. "Good morning, love."
Lily stretched a little and smiled sleepily. "Good morning…"
"Were you up all night doing your work?" James asked.
Lily shook her head, rubbing her eyes gently and stretched again. "No, after you fell asleep, I thought of doing some work tomorrow since I have time to do it but I couldn't really carry you so I ended up falling asleep here with you." Lily smiled, tiredly.
James laughed. "I see. You could have woken me up…"
"I didn't want to, you looked so sleepy so I didn't bother." Lily yawned and gathered up her work. "I'm going to take a shower and when I'm finish, let's go get some breakfast okay?" James nodded with a smile as he watched Lily heading up the stairs to the girl's dormitory.
Days passed by and finally, Christmas break came. Lily stretched her arms and sighed in relief. "Christmas break! Aren't you glad its here?" She smiled.
"Everyone was waiting for this day to come." Naomi laughed.
"Thankfully, I have handed my work in time, just before the break started." Lily sighed and turned towards the way to Hogwarts, taking one last look before getting inside the Hogwarts Express.
"Are you guys going to plan a Christmas Eve party anytime soon?" Sirius asked, opening and closing compartments to see if there empty or not.
"Mum's already planning everything at home…" Nina replied.
"She's already got the house decorated." James laughed, running his hand through his messy hair. "She also wants us to help with it, she wants us to buy some other stuff when we go Christmas shopping…"
"Um…"
"What's wrong, love?"
"I-I can't go Christmas shopping with you guys…"
"Why not?" Nina asked.
"Well, not yet, I mean. I have to be somewhere before I can do anything else."
"What are you going to do, Lilies?" Sirius asked.
Lily smiled weakly. "My parents…"
Suddenly, the compartment was quiet, everyone exchanged glances and then they turned to Lily. Lily smiled, feeling a little uncomfortable. "I'm ready to face them again after all these years…" She explained. "If I don't do this now, who knows when I'd be able to have the courage to talk to them again…so, I'm going to visit them this Christmas break and though, I'd feel a little scared, I'm ready and I know it."
Though there was a small silence from her friends, she saw them smile and nod. "We'll be there for you Lily…" Nina said. "I mean, you're our best-friend and we'll always have your back."
"Yeah, when you need us, we'll be right there, waiting for you." Naomi smiled.
Lily looked like she was about to cry, she smiled and gathered up the group. "Thank you so much…" She thanked and hugged her friends.
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"Are you ready, Lily?" James asked, as Lily tightened her grip on James while they stood in front of the cemetery. Lily nodded, but James knew she wasn't really sure, so James kissed her on the cheeks and wished her luck.
As she entered the cemetery, she looked back and saw her friends and family signaling her to go on. She nodded and continued her way to her parent's graveyard where they were buried together. When she arrived, she was a little afraid to approach them but she knew she had to, since this was the day. She tightly held on the bouquet of lilies and petunias and neared them.
She looked at each other her parent's gravestones and opened her mouth. "Mum…Dad…"
James stood in front of the entrance and was a little nervous what would happen. He pictured Lily crying in front of her parents or probably running away from them but he knew he shouldn't really worry since Lily told him she would be alright.
As Lily exited the cemetery, she looked up and saw her best-friends, Nina, Naomi, Kaytie and Arial standing there, beside them were the Marauders, her Aunt and sister, and furthermore, James was there, waiting her. Lily wiped her remaining tears and smiled at them, knowing that no matter how much it hurt, she knew her family and friends were always there to help her.
Lily ran to her Aunt, hugging her tightly and thanking her for everything. Then, she moved to her best-friends, Nina, Naomi, Kaytie and Arial, hugging them together, thanking them also, the Marauders, who joined the embrace smiled down at Lily. "Good job, Lils." Sirius grinned, Remus nodded in agreement and so did Peter. Soon, Lily was standing in front of James and before James could congratulate her, Lily wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly. "Thank you, for everything…" She whispered into his shoulder with a smile.
"Anything for you, love." James wiped away her fresh tears and kissed her forehead.
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Ding Dong
"Nina!"
"What?" Nina turned around and looked at her brother. "What is it?"
James approached Nina and took her hand. "C'mon, I've got my early Christmas eve present for you."
"Early Christmas Eve Present?!" Nina exclaimed before James covered her eyes with his hands and led her towards the door. "What is it, anyways?" Nina asked.
"You'll be really surprise, I promise." James smiled.
"The last time you made a promise, you ended up breaking it. Anyways, what is it?"
James signaled Sirius to open the door and at the same time, James took off his hands off Nina's eyes. Nina gasped and stared at someone standing right in front of her. "M-Mum!" She cried, tackling her with a huge embrace.
"I knew you'd be surprise…" James laughed, putting an arm around Sirius as they watched Nina and her genetic mother embracing. James' mother went to the door and opened it fully. "Come on in, and welcome to the party." She giggled.
"Thank you, I'm sorry for coming late." Madelyn Lockhart entered the mansion with her daughter clinging on her arm.
"It's alright, better late then never, right?" The two mums laughed as they entered the living room full of guests.
While Sirius chatted with the Andersons, James stood there watching Lily as she laughed with her friends and was enjoying her evening. Suddenly, he felt someone hugging him from behind and when he turned around, he saw Nina smiling up at him. "Thank you, James."
"No need to thank me, all you need to ,do is to say you've got the best brother in the whole wide world."
Nina laughed. "Oh, please, you're so full of yourself." She embraced him again and smiled. "Not the best, but the greatest."
"Don't go soft on me, Nina. It's really weird."
"Way to ruin the moment, idiot." Nina pushed her brother out of the way and headed to the couch where the rest of the Marauders were sitting on.
"That was really sweet of you to do that for your sister, James." Lily voice was heard behind him and as he turned around, he gave her a smile.
"I do my best." He wrapped his arms around her and held her close. "Enjoying your evening, love?"
"Yes, I am enjoying my evening, thank you for asking." Lily smiled. "And you, Mr. James Potter?"
"Now, I am." He leaned in but was stopped by her small hands pushing his head back. He looked between her fingers and saw her glaring at him playfully.
"Not here, James. People will be watching!" Lily whispered, looking behind him and found some of his guests were watching them.
"So, if you love me, you wouldn't care whether people are watching or not if we do kiss." James grinned.
"Who said I loved you?" Lily stuck out her tongue and smiled playfully at him.
"You did, don't you remember?"
"I never once said 'I love you' to you, James Potter."
"Well, you did once; I think…Lily, are you trying to hurt my feeling?" He asked, pouting at her.
Lily smiled, "Of course not."
"Then, tell me you love me."
Before Lily could reply back, she looked behind James and found everyone was watching the whole scene they were making. She looked away, blushing with embarrassment and tried to push James away from her, but he wouldn't let go. "Don't mind the people watching us…"
"How do you know they're watching us?" She whispered, still embarrassed.
"I feel their eyes watching us." He laughed quietly. "Just tell me you love me and they'll go away."
"No, I'm going to the kitchen…" She tried pushing herself off him once again but he was too strong. Lily felt more embarrassed, her face was probably about the same color as her hair so she buried her head on James' chest to hide her red face. James laughed and kissed the top of her head before hugging her tightly. "Now, everybody go back to what all of you were doing, it's over now."
His guests whined, and complained on how they wanted to see Lily confess. To them, it looked like a love scene from a romantic movie. They went back to what they were doing and the room was once again noisy.
"I hate you…" Lily mumbled on his shirt before feeling James burying his head on her shoulder. "I love you." He whispered.
Lily closed her eyes and turned her head, facing James. "Liar." She whispered.
"I love you." He whispered again.
Lily smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Liar." She repeated in a soft whisper.
"I love you." He repeated again.
There was a short pause and when Lily pulled back a little, she looked at his hazel eyes deeply, tilted her head a little and asked with a smile. "Really?"
James smiled and he stared back at her emerald-green eyes deeply. He leaned in and caressed her face before kissed her tenderly. After they broke apart, James looked down at Lily and grinned.
After a short pause, he pecked on her nose and rested his forehead onto hers. "Lily, I'm completely in love with you, and I promise I will forever."
"How do I know that for sure?"
"Trust me."
Last Chapter and 'Trust me' is finish.
I'd like to take this opportunity to THANK Kat, Rossy, Angel and EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED MY STORY AND TOOK THEIR TIME READING IT. Thank you all so MUCH! For supporting my story and I hope you it. If it wasn't for all of you, this story wouldn't be completed. Thank you for reviewing and I hope you will look forward to the sequel coming up.
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Thank you so much for your help! Even though it was almost the end of the story, you still helped me. If it wasn't for you, I'd still have grammar mistakes so thank you so, so much! Also, I'm sorry for troubling you since you had so much stuff happening in school. I'm really sorry and really grateful for having a little time with me. By the way, the ending is made by Hmphh! So I'd like to thank you for it too!