Lily flopped down on her bed.
"Ugh! I hate James Potter! He's just so…" She threw her hand up in the air in exasperation.
"What did he do this time?" sighed Dorcas Meadowes, distinctly annoyed.
"Everything! You know that ruffly thing he does with his hair? As if it's not messy enough as it is. God! He's always trying to impress anything with a skirt."
"I dunno Lily; he seems to be pretty into you."
"Yeah, he's like your shadow" Marlene McKinnon added.
"A very annoying shadow" Lily retorted.
Dorcas and Marlene were her two very best friends since day one when they arrived at Hogwarts. Dorcas Meadowes could have been a model. She had white blonde hair and bubbly blue eyes. She knew everything about relationships since she'd had so many herself. Marlene was shorter than the other two and had a brunette bob. She had eyes that seemed a different colour every day. Lily suspected that she might be a metamorphmagus.
"Anyway, enough about Potter, how was your date with Mungdungus Fletcher?"
Realisation hit Lily like a tonne of bricks. Tears flooded her eyes, obscuring her vision.
"What happened? Did he try and steal your bra again?"
"Dorcas!" reproached Marlene. "Bit of sensitivity might be nice. What happened hun?"
"He- hebrokeupwithme." Her words came out in a rush.
"Oh." Suddenly the girls were there, embracing her tightly.
"Oh my god!" Marlene had a brainwave. "You should SO go on the rebound. It always makes me feel better."
Dorcas rolled her eyes. "Come off it Marlene. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."
"I was only trying to help!"
"Lily dear, why don't you go for a long bath in the prefect place?" She went over to her trunk and rooted out a small, white bottle of Lily's favourite shampoo.
"Oh Dorcas. You're a sweetheart!" Lily hugged her friends. "I think I'll do that." She grabbed a towel and a box of chocolate frogs and headed to the bathroom.
Lily let out a mournful sigh. Even the multi coloured bubbles couldn't lift her spirits. Moaning Myrtle squeezed out of a tap on the other side of the bath, startling her. The ghost looked surprised as the girl frantically tried to pull bubbles towards herself. She didn't need to worry though since Myrtle floated through the wall without saying a word. Lily couldn't help but think that she had been expecting someone else.
Shrugging her shoulders, she indulged herself in a big chocolate frog. Just then, the doorknob rattled and swung open. She had forgotten to lock it in her moment of desperation. There stood James Potter. He hadn't seemed to have seen her yet. Lily stayed very still and didn't make a sound. He locked the door and pulled off his shirt. When he started to unbuckle his belt, she couldn't stop herself. A tiny gasp escaped her lips. James spun around and froze.
"Lily!" he breathed. "I'msosorryIdidn'trealise! Thedoorwasopen!"
"GET OUT POTTER!!!" She screamed.
Myrtle was back in an instant. Looking from one face to the other, she smiled ruefully. "I'll leave you to it then." She said in her high pitched voice.
James scrambled to pick up his shirt. Lily couldn't help but admire his muscles. She shook her head, desperately trying to dislodge those thoughts.
"Sorry sorry sorry." He nearly ran into the door, forgetting it was locked. Turning the key, he wrenched it open and ran out into the hallway, slamming it behind him. Lily sat there for some time staring at the door. Although she didn't realise it now. She missed him.
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