A time to gather stones together

[ginger_rage]

~ Most girls Lily knows, by nineteen, have done some things marking their passage into early adulthood. Things like traveling to another country, riding on the back of a motorbike, finding a boyfriend and fallen in love, maybe gotten a tattoo or found their own place to live or possibly even had the luck of having that boyfriend of theirs pop the

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[constantbedhair]

*James glances at Lily, and it gives him the same feeling it did back at Hogwarts when she first walked with him by the lake-like his heart is one size too big for the space between his ribs… But even the dress Lily’s wearing doesn’t hide a few tell-tale black and blue marks.*

How’re the bruises healing up?

[ginger_rage]

I guess I do still look like I fell down some stairs. They look worse than they feel.

[constantbedhair]

*runs a finger softly across the one on her wrist*

Just so long as your mum and dad don't see them before we leave...

[ginger_rage]

Don't worry, they'll just assume you beat me. *flashes a kind but mischievous smile before returning to the matter at hand*

I haven't told them much about everything that's happening. I don't want them to worry, just for them to be careful.

[constantbedhair]

I wish it weren't like this. If your parents knew the half of it, they'd probably wish you were marrying the bloke from down the street.

[ginger_rage]

Probably, yeah. But that's not what I want. Besides. It's not like you're the cause, I came into this on my own, they should be happy I'm with someone like you. They are - they just don't know the whole story.

[constantbedhair]

*manages a feeble smile*

D'you think they'd mind if we just apparated out tonight without saying goodbye? They know we're just going to dinner, right?