Chapter 2.
"Evans!" he called. She didn't turn around. "Evans!" he shouted again. "Come on Evans, listen!" He approached her, running.
She knew what was coming and she was tired of it. "No, I WILL NOT GO OUT WITH YOU!" she threw in his face when he stood right in front of her. "I am so sick of you trying to always get my attention or asking me out. When will you get it? Even if it was my duty to save the population and you were the last man on earth, I still wouldn't go out with you. I hate you, James Potter, with every peace of my soul. Just leave me alone and don't speak to me ever again." She screamed. "Just leave me alone." She sighed, shook her head and barged away, leaving him standing there in the corridor, feeling as if his heart had just been ripped out and stomped on.
The next few days at Hogwarts were really different, and everybody noticed it, teachers and students as well as the ghosts.
Normally, it was never quiet in class. The Marauders always cracked jokes, pulled pranks or were mainly distracting the other students, and at least three times a day James Potter would ask Lily Evans out.
Now, James didn't even look at Lily once during classes. He and his three best friends always choose the table at the very back of the classroom and they were speaking to each other in low voices. Nobody noticed them as much as before, but they were still the centre of attention, since people weren't used to their silence.
Lily's P.O.V
"What is wrong with them?" she heard her friend Mary ask when they were sitting in the great hall for lunch this Tuesday afternoon. "There's always so much chaos and noise around them. I haven't heard any of them say anything out loud for days."
Lily knew whom she talked about. She had definitely noticed the difference. And to be honest, she really liked the silence and stillness, and she was glad that James Potter seemed to have finally gotten the hint and left her alone, though she felt a bit guilty because of they way she had treated him. She knew she might have been a bit too harsh.
"Well, I kind of got into a row with Potter.", she mumbled and her two friends, Alice and Mary looked at her with questioning expressions.
"He was calling after me in the corridor, and I knew what he was going to ask me, what he always asks me. I told him that I hated him and that I would not go out with him even if he was the last man on earth. I might have been a bit to harsh, but he finally got the hint.", Lily told them.
The friends' eyes grew wide. "God, Lily! No wonder he is distraught, poor guy.", Mary exclaimed. "How could you be so mean? I mean, no one can blame a guy for being in love.", Alice said.
"I can't believe you two take his side in this.", Lily accused. "James Potter has, and will always be an arrogant self-centred prat. And don't give me that crap about the guy being in love with me, I know he's not. He's just in it for the fun of the chase. If I give in to him he'll just move on to the next girl in line." She sighed and rose from the seat. "Well, if you guys feel so sorry for him, why don't you go over there and comfort him? I will see you back in the common room later." Lily hurried out of the great hall, leaving her two stunned friends behind.
She felt betrayed by her two best friends. She couldn't believe they stood up for Potter of all people.
In her hurry to get to the Gryffindor-tower she ran into someone. "Sorry", she mumbled. But when she looked up she saw the face of Remus Lupin, who, even though his choice of friends, she really liked and thought of as a good friend. "Oh, Remus. I didn't realize it was you. How are you, it's been a while since we spoke", she said.
"I'm fine, thank you.", he answered curtly. "I really have to go now, Lily. I guess I'll see you around.", he said before he left her.
She was stunned. Remus didn't want to speak to her. It felt like a bit of a loss. What happened, was all of her friends going to leave her? She ran all the way to the empty common room and dropped down into one of the couches.