"James I have to leave, I can't do this anymore!" Lily screamed. At the moment she was being held back by James. She had had enough of James Potter. They had been living together and it was too stressful for Lily. It always looked like he was cheating on her, but he swore that it was just the other girls, not him. He was also always getting himself into sticky messes with Voldemort and his death eaters. She didn't want to spend the rest of her life living with a man that almost died every other week. It was too much for her.
She had thought of all of the pros and cons of leaving James last night when she was waiting for him to come home from work. He somehow always got the night shifts and they hardly saw each other anymore. The pros were him being her soul mate (both knew that it was true), the fact that they had the most amazing connection, and the sex was the most amazing Lily had ever had. James had admitted that too, and that was saying something.
The cons Lily thought were: his never being home, his situations with the Dark Lord, her blood pressure, and the fact that she was always seeing James with other women. She knew it wasn't all him, and she was seriously doubting his love for her.
"Lily please don't do this to me!" James yelled at her. "I can do whatever I want James Potter!" Lily screamed at him. She got away from him finally and headed for the door, grabbing her suitcase. "What did I ever do to deserve this, Lily?" he asked quietly. Lily had another secret reason that she was leaving him. "Lily please at least tell me what I did," he pleaded with her. "No, I can't tell you James," she replied, calmly, tears starting to form in her eyes. James walked toward her quickly. Lily backed away, scared.
All of a sudden she saw tears form in his eyes, "Oh Merlin, you're scared of me, what the hell have I done?" he muttered, running a hand through his jet black hair. "Lily I love you," he whispered, and pulled her into a hug. Lily pulled away, he was making it so much harder for her.
"Goodbye, James," she said quietly.
It had been eight months since Lily had dumped James. He was coping pretty badly after Lily had left him. He had gone through a series of rebounds. Right now he was with one, it had been his record since Lily. They were approaching their six month anniversary. He sort of loved this woman, her name was Belle. She had pretty blonde curls that reached just above her shoulders. Her blue eyes twinkled, resembling his old Headmaster's. Her face was round, but slender. She had a cute button nose, she was tall, but a little on the thin side. Ok, a lot on the thin side, she was like a model skinny. And he was late to meet her in a café.
He walked down a series of streets, turning the corners, humming to himself the whole time. It wasthe middle of Juneand it smelled so good outside, even in the streets of London. On his way he picked up a bouquet of flowers to maybe gain some points after being late. He reached the small café after a few more minutes, Belle would understand. He could have easily apparated to the coffee shop, but the would raise too many questions and he preferred walking in this weather anyway.
He walked into the small place, but realized it was way larger on the inside. He quickly found Belle and sat down with her at a table for two, she smiled when she saw the flowers he brought for her. There was an extra chair at the table and a thirty-something year old bald man grabbed it, while smiling at them. "Do you need this? It's getting really crowded, and my group is expecting a couple more," he said. James shook his head, "Take it," he said smiling at him. The man thanked him quickly and walked away. "So what shall we do for the rest of the day, James," Belle said, smiling. God she had a great smile. "I don't know, you pick," he said, taking a sip of his drink that Belle had already ordered. He smiled, it was exactly how he liked it. Lily had always had trouble remembering how he liked things. He shook his head, why did he think things like that? It always messed him up afterwards.
"James, are you listening?" Belle asked. James looked up. "Yeah, sorry I just spaced out for a minute, could you repeat that?" he asked. Belle smirked at him. "I said maybe we should leave now, we can figure out what to do today out in the fresh air," she said. "Oh yeah sure, good idea, I like the fresh air," he said. Belle picked up her bagand they left. They were just outside the door when Belle stopped him, she handed him money that had been in her hand, "We forgot to pay, would you go run in and pay the redheaded waitress?" Belle asked, "I don't want to go back into the crowded place again," she added as an afterthought. James grabbed the money and walked back in. He went over to the counter. There was a redhead bent over the counter, she was working on a crossword puzzle.
"Excuse me, Miss," he said. She wrote another word in. "Miss," he said a little louder. "If you have another complaint about the coffee don't complain to me, that's what the comment card is for," said a familiar voice. "No, this isn't about the coffee," he said a little annoyed. Yet he couldn't place the voice. She looked up. James couldn't believe who he saw.
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