A/N: A brand new fic from me. There are going to be Three Parts, each with several chapters. I hope you enjoy!
PART ONE – BEGINNINGS
Eternity
CHAPTER 1 – MY BIT OF ROUGH
Candle light and soul forever,
A dream of you and me together,
Say you believe it, say you believe it,
Free your mind of doubt and danger
Be for real don't be a stranger,
We can achieve it, we can achieve it,
Come a little bit closer baby, get it on, get it on,
'Cause tonight is the night when two become one
Spice Girls – 2 become 1 - Spice
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"So, I guess what I'm trying to say is, how about we break it off?" Sirius asked.
The girl sitting opposite him nodded.
"I suppose it would be for the best. But can we still be friends?" the girl said.
"Forever," whispered Sirius as he leaned in to give the girl a hug. "Come on. Everyone will be wondering where we are."
He pulled the girl to her feet and together they walked off towards the common room.
* * *
"Lily! Sirius! Where have you been?" asked a girl with purple-streaked black hair.
"Just sorting something out," Lily replied, smiling sadly at the girl, whose name was Kally.
Lily didn't know why she was sad. She and Sirius had only been going out about four months, and she didn't love him, but yet she was feeling unhappy about the break up.
She stood up and walked to the portrait hole, telling her friends she was going to get a breath of fresh air.
Sensing there was something wrong, James announced he was going to get some food from the kitchens. Instead, he followed Lily out of the castle. He wondered where she was going. Surely not to the Forbidden Forest? No, she wouldn't dare.
Lily didn't go to the Forbidden Forest; she went to a tall, forlorn tree, climbed it and sat in the highest branch. This was her thinking place. The place she came to when she needed to be alone. Of course, she wasn't alone, for at the foot of the tree stood James, wondering whether or not to climb up after her.
If he did, would she see it as a gesture of kindness, or as him trying to make a pass at her? For the last four years, he had tried to catch her eye, and had asked her out numerous times, but she had always declined his offer. Yes, he fancied her, what guy in the school didn't? But he also felt something different about Lily than he had for other girls.
After about a minute of silent arguing with himself, James decided to go against his better judgment and climb up the tree. Lily was not deaf, and therefore could hear the leaves rustling below her.
She peered down between the thick foliage and saw a black haired, bespectacled boy climbing the tree.
She panicked. How did he know she was here? Had he followed her? She didn't have time to ask herself anymore questions because James was pulling himself up onto the branch on which Lily sat, smiling inanely at her.
"What do you want?" she asked wearily.
"To see what was wrong," James replied.
"There's nothing wrong, Potter."
"Yes, there is. Your eyes are telling me."
"My eyes?" Lily questioned, "my eyes can't talk."
"Yes, they can. Usually when you're being normal, your eyes are bright and they light up when you speak. Right now they've lost that sparkle and they're dull," James said.
Lily sighed. "Sirius just broke up with me," she said.
"He did?" James looked surprised. Sirius usually talked to him before breaking it off with a girl.
"Yeah." A solitary tear slid down Lily's face.
"Why?"
"He said that his heart wasn't in it. And he also said something strange. He said 'your true love is closer than you think. You just have to use your eyes.'"
James snorted.
"Since when has Sirius taken to Divination?" he asked.
Lily laughed through her tears.
"I don't know why I'm crying. I didn't love him. Not really. I cared for him, of course. He was just my bit of rough, I suppose."
She wiped the tears off her face and smiled at James.
"Thanks."
"What for?"
"For being a friend."
Lily shivered.
"I think it's time we went in, don't you?" James asked.
Lily nodded. Slowly they climbed down from the tree and made their way back up to the castle.
* * *
James pondered over what Lily had said for some time. Why had he broken up with her? He had no reason to. When they reached the Gryffindor common room, James went straight up to his dormitory. There he found Sirius lying on his bed reading. He got straight to the point.
"Sirius, why did you break up with Lily?" he asked.
"Dunno. Just felt like it I suppose." Sirius replied.
"That isn't a reason. Why really?" James said back.
"I did it for a friend."
"I don't understand. What do you mean? Someone asked you to break up so you did?" James looked confused.
"Geez, James! You're more of an idiot than me! I broke up with Lily for you. Get it?"
"Um, not really, no," James answered.
Sirius didn't reply, he just turned around and walked out of the room, muttering about something or other.
James now felt very confused. Sighing, he lay on his bed and fell asleep.
* * *
"Lily, what do you think of Remus Lupin?" Kally asked her friend.
"As what? A friend, boyfriend?" Lily asked.
It was now two weeks after Lily had broken up with Sirius, and she felt much happier.
"A friend," Kally replied, and paused. Then she decided, "boyfriend."
"He's alright. A bit quiet. Why?"
"No reason," Kally replied.
"Come on. There's got to be a reason. You can't just ask me that without giving me a reason," Lily wheedled.
"There's no reason! I just wanted to know!" Kally shouted, then she burst into tears and went and locked herself in the bathroom.
"Kally! Open the door!" Lily banged on the door to the bathroom with her fist. "Let me in!"
* * *
"It's no use," said another of their roommates, and Lily's other best friend, Jenine Watts.
Kally had locked herself in the bathroom two hours ago, and she still hadn't come out. She had magicked the lock on the door with her wand so that only she could open it.
"I'm going to talk to James," Lily said.
"Why?" asked Jenine.
"He's Remus's friend. He might know what's going on."
Lily left the dormitory, and walked down to the common room. She saw James sitting with his friends, Sirius, Peter and Remus. She went over to them.
"James, could I talk to you?"
"Sure."
Lily waited. "Alone."
She looked meaningfully at Sirius, Remus and Peter, and they seemed to get the picture. They went and sat down on the other side of the room.
"So. What do you want to talk about?" James asked, once they were out of earshot.
"Kally. She's being really weird."
"Why?" James frowned. Kally wasn't one of his good friends, why would Lily want to talk to him about her?
"Well, she was talking to me, and she brought Remus up." Lily explained what had happened and asked James if he knew why.
"Has Remus been acting at all strange?"
"Not that I've noticed. I could talk to him."
"No! Don't do that! Kally would kill me!"
"Okay." James looked doubtful. "If I notice anything, I'll tell you."
"Thanks, James." Lily hugged him, the stood up. "I'm going to see if she's come out yet. Oh – you don't know of any spells that can override a Locking Charm, do you?"
James shook his head.
"Okay, thanks. See you later." Lily hurried back up the stairs. Once she had gone, Sirius, Remus and Peter resumed their positions on the couch.
"What'd she want?" Sirius asked.
"She just wanted to talk."
"What about?" probed Peter.
"A girl," James replied.
"Who?" Peter said again.
James hesitated, then looking closely at Remus, he replied "Kally."
To James great surprise, Remus paled, the he stood up and announced that he was going to bed.
That's strange
, James thought. Very strange.* * *
Silly games that you were playing,
Empty words we both were saying,
Let's work it out boy, lets work it out boy,
Any deal that we endeavor,
Boys and girls feel good together,
Take it or leave it, take it or leave it
Spice Girls – 2 become 1 - Spice
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