A/N: Because I got so many reviews, and the few people that actually decided to review this story wanted a few more chapters, I'm giving them one, well actually two. My other stories are not finished yet, and I'm actually in the middle of writing the next chapters to both of them. It just depends when I feel like typing them up now P.
In Fifth Year, I thought my life was perfect. I had a wonderful boyfriend, and my best friend and I were as close as we were ever going to be. At that moment in time, James and I were inseparable. The only problem was that she was in Hufflepuff, and I was in Gryffindor, and sometimes things went on in our common rooms and dorms that the other didn't find out about until after the fact. Like her first kiss, or my nervous breakdown, or even, my boyfriend, cheating on me with her.
Yes James and I, well, I guess my love for him was one-sided. I loved James Potter, and I still loved him after he cheated, even though I didn't want to, and my anger towards him and James overpowered my love.
I can remember it clearly, because things like your boyfriend cheating on you with your best friend stays with you forever. IT was March of my fifth year, and I was going to turn 15. James and I had been together for a little more than a month, since February 14th to be exact. James had been so romantic, and asked me to be his girlfriend on Valentine's Day.
That morning Jane sat with me at breakfast, with the rest of the Gryffindors. She and I sat alone this morning, just like most.
"Good morning, Lily," James whispered in my ear, and kissed my on the cheek as he, Sirius, Remus, and Peter sat down for the last five minutes of breakfast. We all chatted a little, and James talked with Sirius and Remus, as well as with Jane and I. After breakfast, we all walked down to Charms together, and the rest of the day was just as normal as any other day at Hogwarts, and since it was a Friday, we only had 1 period worth of potions, and the rest of the day after that off. So after class, Jane and I sat down by the lake, talking, giggling and enjoying each others company as best friends are supposed to.
"…And did you see Sirius in History of Magic today?" I asked in between giggles. By now, we were both rolling, and not because everything we were saying was incredibly funny, but because we were both giddy, in great moods because we were together.
"Yes! He was drooling all over himself…"
"...Even worse than last week!" That's how close we were, we could finish each other's sentences, and we both knew how to make the other laugh uncontrollably.
That perfect hour, however, had to come to an end. The sun went down, and we went inside. I was supposed to go with her to her common room, to get some more laughs in before bed, but we met Sirius in the hallway
"Lily! Fancy meeting you here! Remus was looking for you in the library; he said something about prefect duties." I guess I didn't notice it then, well, I did, but I didn't pay much attention to the wink and look Sirius and Jane shared at that moment. That should have been a signal for me to be suspicious, but I wasn't, and I turned and walked away from her like a fool.
"Hey Remus, Sirius said you were looking for me?" Remus looked surprised for a second when I finally found him in the common room. But of course that didn't concern me, and the surprised look in his eyes disappeared almost instantly.
"Yeah, I need to change my patrolling tomorrow, and I was going to ask to switch with you, but because you're already filling in for Longbottom, I switched with Diggory instead.
"Oh great," I thought, "I get to patrol with Amos Diggory! James will be so please," even my thoughts were sarcastic, but James didn't care, and I doubt he ever did, not about me or my feeling towards him (maybe about someone else, but not me).
"Oh, okay, well I guess I'll se you around," and as I turned to leave, Remus just had to touch my arm and I spun around again.
I couldn't do anything at that point to keep him from seeing my cry. Because by then, I put two and two together, and realized what was going on: James was supposed to meet us in Jane's common room, and Sirius winked at her to tell her that James was there, and he had told me Remus was looking for me, and told me that wrong place to go, so it would buy time, and Remus looked surprised because he didn't realize that James and Jane would actually do something like that to me, and that's why he's looking at me that way.
"Lily…"
"No, I'm not an idiot! I know what's going on, and it's been going on for a while, hasn't it?" Remus just nodded sadly at me, while I stood there, like an idiot, crying my eyes out. "Well, I guess I'll go tell them I know..."
"I'll come with you, for moral support," Remus put an arm around me as we walked down to the Hufflepuff common room, he felt like me only friend at that moment, and for the rest of that year, he would be the only person I felt comfortable enough to laugh around.
We walked not the common room, and it was empty except for James and Jane, who were currently sprawled on a couch in front of the fire on top of one another. They didn't even care to see who just walked in on them snogging. I just stood there for a while, staring at the blurry floor, grinding my teeth, and trying not to look up. Before that moment, I avoided really acknowledging the truth: my boyfriend, the person I loved, is cheating on my; has been cheating on me not with some bimbo- but with my best friend. Eventually, I let a sob slip from my mouth, and James and Jane looked up. They were definitely not expecting to see me standing there, with Remus's arm around me. I turned away from their shocked faces and ruffled appearances, and Remus pulled me into a brotherly, protective hug. I didn't know it then, but he shot James a glare before saying,
"Se figured it out, you idiot! Why would you do something like this!?" James didn't even say anything, Jane spoke next,
"Lily….oh Lily…..you have to understand, I love him….Lily, I'm sorry….," she went on and on for I don't know how long, but finally realized that I couldn't stand to listen to her talk, she was making me feel worse.
"JUST STOP IT!" I tried to yell, but it came out as a half-sob. "You love him!? Well, so did I! And you're not sorry, because if you were, you wouldn't be stand here, apologizing for this! You wouldn't have done this behind my back in the first place!! How could you do this to me?"
"Lily…" James tried to defend Jane, his obvious favorite in this moment.
"No, James," Remus suddenly but in, "Don't you even try and defend yourself. You, least of all people should be talking to Lily right now." James just looked dumbfounded, staying at Lily's crying figure in Remus's arms, feeling like he should be the one holding her, not the one making her cry. He was at a loss for words, and even if he did have something to say to her, he wouldn't have the courage to actually say it. He stood there like a baffling idiot, and let the only girl he ever loved walk out the door (of the common room).
