A Place Where The Sun Is Silent (Emilia)

[james t. potter]

It had been a long day the rain threatened to keep the quidditch team from practice. But they'd missed a few days already and they were to to play slytherin soon. James did not want to come out rusty. So they practiced in the chilly rain and he'd ordered everyone to go down to get a little pick up from Madam Pomfrey to keep from getting sick. James however decided to skip that as he was too amazing or something to get sick. Anyone else would know very well no one is immune to sickness because they are simply too cool for germs.

Bounding up to the common room he shook out his sopping wet hair and peeled off the cold drenched robe he wore. Hanging it by the fire place he kicked off his trainers and set them out to dry as well. Running up to his dorm, James noted how quiet everything was. With a shrug he slipped into dry clothes and pulled his watch onto his wrist. Looking at the time he sighed. Where was Sirius? Remus? Peter? Maybe they'd gone down to dinner already. Was Lily there too? He hoped there would be a spot near her for him to sit. Or maybe he should play it cool and just sit a bit away and admire her from afar like he usually did while snickering at the slytherins with his mates.

James made his way back to the fire and pulled his wand from his drying robes. Tucking it into his pocket he heard a sound. A door and some foot steps. From the girls dorm. Something in him desperately hoped it was Lily. He'd have given his wand arm up if it could be her and they could just have one private moment together. He wasn't entirely sure what he'd do with that moment but... He wanted it!

As he turned around slowly he ran a hand through his wet hair and tried to put on his most charming suave smile. "Hey, Lily.... walk you to dinner?" That was all he needed to say. He played it in his mind a few times before he'd gotten turned all the way. But....That was not Lily. Though she usually tailed after this particular 6th year girl. James' face faltered and his smile got lost somewhere on its way to being bewildered and sort of just ended up looking stupid.

"Uh... Emilia! Hey! Uhh....How's it going???" Good catch mate. Why did he have to be so idiotic sometimes? Inside James Potter was kicking himself in the ass for looking so stupid. How did he manage to go around in public sometimes?! He needed to get one of the guys to just stay with him at all times. Very simply to just keep him from doing ridiculously stupid things like say "uhhh..." or make that stupid lost face. What a dolt he could be. He hoped she wouldn't tell Lily...

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Tags: Emilia!!!
Comments: He's so dumb sometimes.
outfit: cuz James Potter is girly enough for me to dress up! XP

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[Emilia L. Mcinnis]

She was tricked! She should always know not to trust boys from Ravenclaw. They've always seemed to screw her over in the past, why does she keep trying for them? probably because they all say that they are going to be different but in reality they aren't. This morning, she had received word from a recent boy she had been slightly crushing on that he wanted to meet her out by the lake... Well, turns out he stood her up and it started raining cats and dogs while she was there. This royally pissed her off. she walked from the lake back to Hogwarts soaking wet, and it got worse. as soon as she walked in, there was the arse. She wasn't crying or even upset. She was just beyond pissed. He, however looked disappointed, maybe it was because she wasn't crying or anything but Emilia marched her drenched self over to him. as she got closer to him, her hand formed into a fist as soon as she was in arm's reach of his face, she wined her arm back and let all hell out with a punch to his face "oh sorry, I thought there was a bug on your face.." she said with a cute tone in her voice like she hadn't done anything wrong.

Then she kicked him in the shine. "That's for being an arse" she grinned before walking away like nothing happened. of course, this would be around the school by dinner time thanks to all the gossips, and it would probably alter to her ripping out his heart and eating it, throwing it back up and shoving it back in his chest. The stories people come up with these days... She made her way to her dorm. While in her room, she traded her cold heavy wet clothes for dry soft towel to finish drying herself. She preceded to change her clothes and pulled her hair to once side and braided it to where it rested in front of her. she stretched before making her way to the common room.

Emilia didn't expect anyone to the in the common room still, seeing at dinner was close to starting so it scared her when she noticed James. what mainly shocked her was that he wasn't creeping on Lily at this time. although, she didn't really know James as well as Lily or Sirius did... she certainly knew of him. She knew he was an arse a lot of the time but behind most arseholes there's a sweetheart... but she didn't really know if James actually had that capability other than to be a creeper. To Emilia that's what he seemed like most of the time...

Emilia gave him look, not a 'i'm checking you out' look but a 'what the hell are you doing' look. He looked ridiculous, which actually amused her a lot."Hi James, I've been better, how are you?" she asked, resisting the urge to laugh at how idiotic he looked to her. She noticed his hair looked a little damp and figured he must have been creeping on Lily from the outside of a window or something. That thought made her cringe slightly, " If you're waiting for Lily, I didn't see her upstairs..." she added, honestly, she would have felt bad if he had been waiting all night for her to come from girl'd dorm room when Emilia didn't even see her up there.

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Notes: hope ya like it
Outfit: the templates were being rude.. but here's her snazzy outfit xD

[james t. potter]

He'd made an ass of himself and was quickly trying to come out of it. "She's not up....Bullocks. I mean..... That's a shame." He blushed a little knowing Lily might not like him cursing in the presence of one of her friends. Girls were so tender eared. Well... The nice ones were. "I really was hoping to catch her privately to have a word or two with her. Perhaps she's already gone downstairs."

For a moment James forgot he was on earth let alone that there was someone else standing there. "Forgive me... Uhhh... Can I offer you an escort to dinner?" He very nicely presented his arm to her. If he made a good impressing on Emilia, maybe she would tell Lily. Who else was Lily friends with? That Alice girl! Before she'd graduated Alice and Lily had studied together a few times. James was definitely going to be nicer to her, rather than trip her as she bussed tables like he had last week. He did feel bad about that. Alice was a nice girl. The gang had always gotten along with her. Maybe he could write her a love note from that Frank boy who liked her so much. He could set them up on a date! Oh.... but what if Frank didn't want to? Thant would just be more mean stuff for Alice. He'd think of something. In the mean time he was going to be very nice to Emilia. "And I promise not to let any one give you trouble. I hear the Slytherins are fighting with eachother, Merlin only knows what trouble they look to cause at dinner. What do ya say?" He put on his best smile for her. It sometimes made him look like an even bigger jack ass, but he was trying very hard and did look very sincere this time.

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[Emilia L. Mcinnis]

He always amused her, all the time, when he made an ass of himself. Some would be offended and some would just ignore it. Emilia did neither, she laughed at the fact that he was looking like an idiot and for Lily's sake, James didn't seem like the psycho stalker type so she didn't have to worry about James wanted to murder Lily. That's what friends are for anyways, to look out for one another. Emilia nodded when he guessed she had already gone down stairs, She honestly didn't know for sure if Lily had gone downstairs or if she hasn't even came back to the tower to change out of her school clothes.

Emilia eyed him closely, trying to figure out what was his plan was. She couldn't tell if he was just being a thoughtful person or tricking her into doing something that would only make him look good in Lily's eyes. She wasn't quite sure but she decided to take the chance he was being nice. although, she didn't give him a direct answer, she eyed him looking for any chance in his face to see if he was actually going to be true to his words.

She was offended! That he would think she couldn't take care of herself... but then again, it was only natural for the male mind to define women as unable to defend themselves. Women are naturally more likely to run away from a fight or try to escape from being harassed by men. She was just about to argue about it, say something like how she could take care of herself but lily would probably get mad at her if she yelled at James for something as silly as that, That didn't matter at her. Emilia opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by her stomach growling loudly with hunger. She realized if she started an augment she'd miss part of dinner which means there probably wouldn't be any more cake left for dessert... " I don't see why not, Slytherins are always fighting, I would be surprised if we didn't run into of them." she said smiling softly. She tried to ignore the blush that had taken over her face from when her stomach growled but it couldn't be helped. It was quite embarrassing to say the least and she was almost sure that James could of heard it from where he was standing. Emilia moved closer and happily took his arm. "James, When did you become so nice?" she asked before laughed slightly. She was joking of course, He was only ever this nice when Lily was around but then again when she was around he was always was making a fool out of him self... but then again when wasn't he being a fool?

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[james t. potter]

James smiled at the noise her stomach had made and was quietly glad her's had spoken up before his had. Giving her a little shrug he gave her a goofy smile."When did I get so nice? Good question!" He patted her hand that rested in the bend of his arm and turned them toward the door and into the hall. He was a total of nine inches taller than she was. He was realizing this at that moment and wanted to blurt out "Wow you are short!" But he quickly thought better of it and just chuckled to himself. "I really don't mean to be rude... But you're...You're adorably travel sized!" He squeezed her hand and shook his head. "Okay.. maybe you are normal and I'm a giant or something."

They walked for a while coming to the stairs and he stopped to wait for a set leading down to the next level. "I like Lily more than I've ever thought I'd ever like anyone. I just...I don't think she sees that. He sighed and stepped onto the stairs. They could be tricky but James had memorized the timing of them so never had to wait long for them. He honestly wasn't being nice to Emilia just to benefit himself. He really did think she was a nice girl. And he'd grown out of pulling senseless pranks on innocent people. Now.. Snape constantly had it coming to him. Emilia had always been kind to James.

With a deep breath drawn he looked at the girl as they made their way down the ever changing stair case and sighed. "What... What do I do? To make her believe me. To get her to like me? I need your advice.. You being her friend and all. And.. A girl.." Blinking at her he looked over the edge and checked for anyone who would stir trouble or Lily who could be listening in. He really really liked her. He was so hopeless.

[Emilia L. Mcinnis]

Emilia laughed softly when he commented on how she was travel size. She was shorter than average. " Yup, I know I'm fun sized and I love it." she said but ended up singing the last part. She never really noticed exactly how much taller James was standing next to her. normally she never stood this close to him, so it was quite a shocker to her. "But really, I never noticed how tall you were. " she eyed up him and down. She literally had to tilt her head up to look him in the eyes to talk to him. she laughed softly when he commented on how she might be normal sized. " Well, technically, I'm actually shorter than the average woman, and you seem about the average height... So I think i just got shafted in the genetic category" she laughed softly.

As they waited for the stairs to change as they normally did. She finally understood exactly what James was up too. He was going to try to use her to get the Lily, well That certainly wasn't going to happen... but as he talked about how much he liked Lily, she couldn't help but feel a little sorry for him. He was exactly like a lost puppy looking for his owner. It almost started to melt her heart while she looked up at him. "D'aww" was the only word that could escape her lips for the time being.

Her entire thought process canceled and revered when he asked for her help. She didn't really expect this, what she expected was for him to bribe her into helping him which she wouldn't have taken and probably would tell Lily that James was trying to bribe her. " you want my help?" she questioned before looking at the ground. a giggle escaped her lips, " Well thank you noticing i am a girl as well as her friend" she giggled once more. Emilia looked up at his face as he guided them down the turning stairs. He looked hopelessly lost, she let out a little sigh and concluding that she would help him. "Well, First, you probably shouldn't follow her like an intense creeper as much... " she paused for a moment. " Oh! i know! The Lilanator, yes i did get give her the most bad-ass nickname ever that is besides the point. She is very smart, and you don't seem to be as smart as her, I'm not calling you dumb, I'm calling you average." she paused again, really thinking through this plan she had created in her mind.

She bit her bottom lip as she put in the final touches in her mind. "on a weekend, why don't you ask her to help you study for a class, but don't make it seem like a date and I mean it. Just plain old helping you with homework or help you study for an upcoming quiz" she looked up at him and smiled. "But, take as much time as you can, stall, at dumb do what ever it takes but make sure that you both miss dinner." she started to nod as she continued. " Because if you both miss dinner, you can be all like 'Oh dear I'm so sorry because of me, we both missed dinner! let me treat you to a dinner at Hogsmeade' or something similar to that. If it works, then you'll basically be on a date with Lily and have her all to yourself for that time and that is when you ask about her, how's she's been doing, if she's done anything fun lately, basically ask about her. Because if I was her and a guy was asking about me I'd be flattered and ask about them." she nodded with satisfaction. "OH! and compliment her... Not all the time but when you first see her, not something like "my you look sexy" but "you're cute or pretty today. I like it" she added... "Compliments aren't for every day use i mean unless you've been telling her every time you see her that you think she looks pretty, if you have, because she might think she looks horrible today and become super worried that she looks gross or something." she added in with a laugh.

She tried to think of why exactly she was helping him. She looked at the ground for a moment before looking at him again, with a questioning look on her face. She wasn't asking him a question but herself. Why was she helping him? Why was she so willing to help him to get with Lily. She looked forward still questioning herself, until she found and answer... "I was thinking to myself... Why in the world was i helping you... I couldn't come up with an answer until just now... I think you should really make her happy. " she looked looked up at him and gave him the "I approve" look.

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[james t. potter]

Emilia McInnis Talked seemed to talk very very fast. At least to James she did. But as fast as all that went through he picked up most of it. The plan was really very brilliant. James was very glad to have run into her and had nearly forgotten all about his washed out practice session. The team really did need to get things in gear. They had a match next week that was very important. He grinned at her and gave her arm a light squeeze. She was a very very sweet girl.

"That is an amazing plan. Emilia, you are honestly a genius!" Stepping onto the next floor down then turning for the next set of stairs he looked down and her. "I'm really....really glad you think I'll be good for her. I want to be fantastic for her." James sort of checked out for a bit daydreaming about Lily. About her hair. Her voice. The way she walked. They way she held her quill. Everything about Lily Evans was absolutly amaxing in every single way possible. She was so brilliant. This little study plan of Emilia's may just work.

"How did you come up with all of that so quickly? That's a detailed plan that would have taken me weeks to come up with. Here you've done it before the stair case changes." He smiled at her and straightened his back. Emilia was a really nice person. James would think of something extra special for her to thank her for helping him out. That would be the nice thing to do. Well.... He was pretty sure that was what was supposed to go on after helping someone.

[Emilia L. Mcinnis]

Emilia smiled softly as she looked a James. It was just a gut feeling she had that he would be good for her. Although, not all gut feelings were good but this one seemed to be good. When James proceeded to ask her how she came up with it so fast. " To be completely honest, I spend most of my time day dreaming. Day dreaming of situations, what would happen or what I would do, all that kind of stuff." she explained before shrugging. " It's just what I do I guess, My mind drifts off a lot during class or when I'm suppose to be studying and.. bam! I think of creative ways to do things..." she said laughing softly.

"Oh! make sure you're wearing red. If I remember right, when that wear red are more likely to attract a lady. I think it was the color red..." she said as she tried her best to recall the color but couldn't fully do it. Red sounded right but she wasn't one-hundred percent sure. Emilia nibbled on the inside of her cheek trying to think of anything else he should do. "If you wanna be punny, I'm not saying this is a good idea but if you want to be silly, then do it. I have no idea how she'd even react to it. but, you could give her a Lily, the flower of course and then say something like 'I saw this and thought of you' something cheesy like that." she added.

She regretted saying that. "That is risky though, I'm not sure how she'd react to that, She could either think it's cute, or think you're making fun of her..." she laughed nervously. Emilia used her free hand to scratch her face. James wasn't as bad as some people made him seem to be. Maybe it was because they actually got along, had something to talk about. Emilia wouldn't know for sure but at this moment, He was the idiot bully as some people would say he was.

Emilia started to nibble on her lip, due to the fact that she couldn't think of anything else to talk about. She had thought about rambling on about something but figured that wouldn't be the best thing to do at this moment. She also tried to think of what other advice she could give to James... " It'd be best if you didn't make it seem like a date.. until the very end of the dinner with just her." she added. "It'd be funny if at the end before she heads up to the girl's dorms if you said something catchy like 'until our next date' and wink... well, I think that would be funny..." she laughed softly as she imagined it in her mind.

_{SO SORRY IT'S SOO LATE. got sick, then holidays, then skyrim and got sick again :[ so so so so so so so so so sorry :[}

[james t. potter]

James had nothing in red. Which, wasn't terrible. He was sure Remus or Sirius had a nice shirt he could wear. How was he a gryffindor and didn't have anything in red that didn't have a lion on it. Bahh.. he decided he'd think about all that later. Now he was focused on Emilia. She was a genuinely sweet girl and she could see why Lily liked her. Plus she was rather witty. "That would be really funny actually. Next Date. Hope that doesn't freak her out. He grinned crookedly at Emilia and hopped down the rest of the steps.

"Are you starving?! I'm starving!! All your brilliance is making me so hungry! He laughed and nudged her in the side a little. He wasn't sure why he hadn't had this sort of conversation with her before. Probably because he was too busy being a jack ass to everyone else. What a damn putts. "I'm so glad I ran into you." He put a hand to her shoulder and gave it a little clap. Smiling he had an idea. "Why don't you sit with us? Me and the boys. We'll be on our best behavior I promise. 'Sides... I think a nice girl like you would do our gang a little good. Perhaps you can teach us how to sit and fold our napkins and all that other junk that they teach girls to make them perfectly perfect little women who cook and clean and say thanks. You can teach us manners can't you?" It was a little ass-ish of him to assume she was a proper girl and to assume that women were to cook and clean and such as. But James hadn't even noticed that his remark could have even been slightly offensive. So he was left standing there smiling like an idiot. Which at that second.. he probably was.

[Emilia L. Mcinnis]

Emilia agreed, she had grown rather hungry since she had left the common room. It was only natural of course. "I'm not sure I've grown hungry from my Brilliance... but more of lack of food today." she laughed lightly. This moment, she decided that she would try to befriend everyone from every house if it was possible. Slytherins would be hard, and Ravenclaws she'd probably have to friend zone a lot of the guys from there. no one should not have a friend in Hogwarts.

At this point, Emilia wanted to smack the back of his head... She kept telling herself he didn't mean to say it like an ass. " you know, If I was any other girl, I would have possibly slapped you and stormed away angerly... but, If I know you as well as I believe I do, you didn't mean to sound like an ass." she stared up at him. Her face lacked emotion for a moment before a smile creeped up.

"and I'm sure my past isn't that well known around this school" she added. The fact was, she grew up in a rather wealthy family, meaning; she did learn all the proper manners that women should know. How to stand straight, table manners, all that boring stuff. "I guess I could show you're little group a few things... plus, I think girls normally think the most attractive thing about a man are manners..." she laughed softly.

Subconsciously, Emilia's mind forgot to pick up her foot causing it to hit the ground lightly, almost making to trip and fall. If her arm hadn't been interlocked with Jame's still, she probably would have. "Just because I'm a bit clumsy doesn't mean I don't know proper etiquette." she laughed at herself as she defended herself before James could comment on it.