The weeks went by and Lily and Sirius were still together, obviously as in love as ever. You would think that James would get over Lily, right? Wrong. Every day, James' love for Lily grew, and with it his jealousy. Lily was still absolutely clueless to the depth of James' feelings for her, Sirius however, was not. Sirius took the liberty of expressing his love for Lily very publicly. This made James even more furious than he already was at his ex-best friend. After six and a half years of longing for Lily Evans, James had finally accepted that she would never be his. He finally decided to give up on Lily. There was no hope for him. Or was there?
"I knew you couldn't commit!" Lily's voice rang through the Gryffindor common room.
"Lily it wasn't what it looked like!" Sirius shouted.
"Do you honestly expect me to believe you? You have a reputation you know. I thought you had changed! I thought I could put your reputation as a player behind us. But I obviously can't. All those times you said 'I love you' were fake"
"Lily! How could you say that! Every single time I said that it was true! Lily I love you so much! Can't you understand?" Sirius pleaded.
"No Sirius, I can't" Lily said, her eyes full of tears. She turned away from him. "Until you learn that you can only have me if you're willing to have me alone, we can't be together," and with that she left the common room. Obviously this was very public and most Gryffindors witnessed it, including James. He knew he should be upset for Lily and possibly even Sirius, for he looked geniunely upset, but he wasn't. He actually found himself glad that they had broken up. Now was his chance. Lily was on the rebound and he could be the one to console her. So on that note, James went on his search for Lily.
James didn't have to look far. He entered the heads common room and found Lily on the floor by the fireplace, sobbing uncontrollably. Without thinking, James went over to Lily and put his arms around her, and to his surprise she didn't push him away. She leaned into him and sobbed into his school robes. But James didn't mind. This was Lily Evans! James didn't know how long they stayed like that but it seemed to end too quickly. Lily sat up and wiped her tears. Her emerald green eyes were blood shot and puffy. Her face was red and tear streaked, but James still thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. "I hate him," she said bitterly. "I hate him, but I love him!" This hurt James but he tried not to show it. "I want him back but not until he can learn to commit. What do I do? It could be forever until he learns that!" Suddenly an idea struck James. "I could help you," he said softly, praying that she would go for it. Lily looked up at him with a puzzled frown.
"How?" James quickly explained his idea to her, his hope faltering at her incredulous expression. "That is the dumbest idea I have ever heard!" Lily cried when he was finished. James' face fell but his hope was reignited at her addition to the sentence, "But it just might work. Now where would I get a guy dumb enough to go along with it?" she said sarcastically. James blushed crimson.
"I'll do it," he said.
I know it was short! I promise I will try to make the chapters longer! But right now I don't have a lot of time and I don't like to do my chapters in sections.
