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James' POV
Why tonight? Out of everynight, how did Sirius manage to convince me to go this party? Well, he doesn't know. No one but me knows. He probably wouldn't have insisted on me going if I had told him what had happened.
I looked around the room I was in. I saw that there were pictures everywhere. Lots and lots of books too. The bed I was sitting on had a deep green comforter, and black pillows. I could hear the laughter from the party I excluded myself from.
Okay, so maybe I was hiding, but I had really good reasons. So what if no one but me knew them. It wasn't like I had to tell them. Well, except for that person who just opened the door.
I jumped off the bed, and saw the one and only Lily Evans shutting the door. When she turned, she screamed, but stopped shortly after the saw that it was only me. Yes, only me. The man she had rejected for three years straight. Just me.
"I'm sorry, I'll just leave." I mumbled, making my way to the door.
"Well, alright. But I don't mind you staying in here. I was actually coming in here to hide from them too." I noticed that when she walked to her dresser, her long auburn locks didn't move. The short, black dress she was in only swayed a little bit.
"I'm not hiding...I just..." What are you going to say, James? My little sister just died, and I'm not in the mood for comforting, so I came in here. That wouldn't work, that would then lead into Lily trying to comfort you. My thoughts were interuppted by her laugh.
"James, it's fine if you're hiding. I understand. You don't look okay though...Are you sure you're just intimidated by them? Nothing more?" Wait, what? I'm intimidated? No way.
"Lily, I'm not hiding, and I'm not intimidated. I'm one of them, remember?" I stuffed my left hand into my slacks, and rubbed my head with my right. "It's just...everything is my fault."
"Well, that makes no sense at all. What's wrong?" She sat down on her own bed, and patted down next to her, gersturing me to sit down next to her. I did what I was told, and rubbed my eyes.
"Did you know I had a little sister?" It was silent for a while, and then she answered.
"Well, no. You never told me you had one." I wanted to tell her that she didn't allow me to talk to her at all, but instead continued with my story.
"Well I did. She was nine years younger. She turned eleven in Janurary. Supposed to go to Hogwarts next week."
"Tell her to have fun, and study hard for me!" Lily smiled at me, and I couldn't help but laugh.
"Lily, she died yesterday. She was murdered by some Death Eater." I shook my head, and her eyes got wide.
"I'm so sorry, James. I didn't mean to-"
"I know you didn't. Don't worry about it. But the thing is, because I'm an Auror, my family and friends are getting punished. I feel so selfish. I get everything I've ever wanted, but everyone who has helped me get here gets the arse of it." Out of the corner of my eye, I watched Lily scratch her head.
"I don't understand why you think that, James...You didn't do anything."
"I'm a threat to Voldemort. Which means that if my little sister were to become an Auror, there would be one more. So he kills her, makes me weak, and then kills me. Do you understand that?"
"James, that's a stupid way to think of things! Everyone is in danger! Not just the Aurors' friends, family, and whatever! Everyone!"
"I'm not saying that we aren't...it's just that I feel more in danger than most other people do."
"That's because you're fighting him everyday. Everyone else is working on something else everyday." She paused. I could tell she was thinking of what to say. "I'm really sorry about your sister, James."
"Yeah. So am I." I lied back on her bed, and looked up at the ceiling. Lily stood up off the bed, took her shoes off, and layed down on her bed. I sat up, and looked back at her. She had a remote in her hand, and was leaning against her headboard.
"The Price is Right is on." She smiled at me, and turned the weird box on. I joined her, and laughed when I saw the man talk through the box.
"That is weird." Lily laughed.
"It's called a tele-vis-ion." I laughed. It was nice to see her again.
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Sirius' POV
The Next Morning
"Huh. That's weird." I said, sitting up in my bed. "Sirius doesn't smell breakfast." I rolled out of bed, and grabbed a shirt and pants. I walked out of my room, and to James' room. I knocked on the door.
"Prongs? You awake?" I opened the door, and there he was. Wrapped around in his own sheets. How pathetic.
"What do you want, Sirius? I'm sleeping." He mumbled through his pillow.
"Sirius was just wondering why breakfast wasn't ready, but I'll make some this time." I walked out the door, and to the kitchen.
'He is one weird friend. Not making me breakfast.' I thought.
'You don't make breakfast for him.' Another thought responded.
"Psh! I'll make him breakfast today!" I said aloud. I took out some box that said 'Flakes', and poured them into a bowl. I pulled out a spoon, and had a bite, which I then spit back into the bowl.
"Weird. Doesn't taste the same. Missing something cold..." I opened the freezer, and put a chunk of ice into the bowl, tried it again, and gave up.
"Prongs! How do you make 'Flakes'?" I grabbed the box, and walked down to James' room.
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Random Sirius moment at the end, but we didn't see much of him in this chapter. Kind of boring chapter if you ask me. Probably because James is depressed. Anyways, please review with some good critism! Thanks!
