A/N- Here is Part 2! I don't know what I think of it overall, so I hope it does justice to the first part. Enjoy!


She loved him. It was said in a moment of desperate anger. It was said and she couldn't take it back. So when they stood there in shocked silence he repeated those five words that caused him so much pain.

"I could never love you."


"Why?" She asked, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Why?"

"Yes, you used to love me."

He laughed, "I was a fool. I let you control my whole heart, I gave you the power to destroy me and you used it. I let you define me and when you were gone what was I then? So do you think I could love you again?" How could she do this. How could she cause so much pain and just when the scars started healing she rips them open again.

They stood there for a long time, neither moving. "What about you?"

"What?" Lily jerked her head up at his voice breaking the silence.

"Why did you say it first." He was cracking, he needed to know why she had done this to him.

"You scared me." she whispered, "You could make me angry, or sad, or happy. It seemed like you could make me feel whatever you bloody well wanted me to feel. I couldn't concentrate, you made everything confusing and I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't have you invading my mind and taking hold of my thoughts. You scared me and I had to get rid of you before something worse happened. So I got rid of you, and it happened anyway. I got rid of James Potter, and replaced him with a ghost. They were right, whoever said you don't know what you have until it's gone, and now you're gone. I destroyed you and then I realized, that I loved you."

"Perfect timing Evans." James all but spat.

"So you think this is my fault?"

"Yes,"

"Well it isn't, it's your's," Lily glared. She had spilled her heart out to him and he didn't even have the decency to forgive her.

"Don't you dare say this is my fault. I wasn't the one who said it first!" James fumed.

"It? I wouldn't have said it if it hadn't been for you." Lily yelled.

"Me?"

"Yes, you! If you weren't so bloody distracting."

"How am I distracting?"

"The way you run your hands through your hair-"

"I thought you hated that?"

"I do, it's bloody distracting, how many times do I have to say it. You run your hands through your hair and I can't think. I can't do my homework, because you're sitting right there, and... What?"

James was grinning at her. "You know you sound ridiculous, don't you?"

Lily huffed and blew the hair out of her eyes, "And you're smiling."

James laughed, "We're the most ridiculous, dim witted people who ever lived."

Lily laughed too, "Love makes you do crazy things."

James sobered up at that, "I still love you."

Lily smiled, tears glistening in her eyes, "I should have realized I loved you sooner."

"It's not going to be perfect between us, Lily. We've both done things we regret."

"We made mistakes, but we learned from them."

"Is that enough?"

"It is for now."

"And what if it isn't, later?"

"James, let's not dwell on the past, or worry about the future. What matters is how you feel right here, right now." She grabbed his hand and laced her fingers through his. "Go out with me?"

James grinned and, in answer, bent down and kissed her.


A/N- What did you think? Please review! Even though it's finished it still helps me get motivated to write more if you review.