A/N: Dammit, this story is to long. My poor hands hurt real bad. Oh well, they can deal. This is so much fun! I luv this story.

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Lucia and Marci and Linzi are my characters.

"It'll all get better, you'll see." Mrs. Evans said.

"Don't worry Lily. We love you, we'll always be here. And even though you can't see us, where will we be?" Mr. Evans asked, and a crying Lily shook her head. Mr. Evans took her hand into hers and laid it over her heart. "Right here." He said softly, just like he had when Petunia or Lily had gotten upset when they were young. The two adults began to fade into the background,

"I love you daddy. I love you mommy." Lily whispered through her tears. "I miss you." More tears flowed down her cheeks.

"Listen to your friends. They're your family too." Her mom said, but it came out hoarse as she continued fade away. "We love you." As they faded away, Lily's tears only came down faster. She reached out and grasped the hands of both her parents until they were only shadows.

"Bye Mommy. Bye Daddy. I won't ever forget you." Lily murmured before collapsing to the ground in tears.

"Lily. Lily. Lily. Lily. Lily." Her name in her parent's voices echoed around her as she cried and eventually drifted off.

"Lily! Lily! Lily! Lily! Lily!" Kay shouted, jumping up and down on Lily's bed. "C'mon, it's almost noon! We let you sleep forever!" Lily groaned and rolled over. "James Potter was asking about you." Kay whispered in her ear.

"What? Who? What did he say? Not that I care but… he didn't tell everyone did he?"

"No, not a word. He's a good actor. It kind of helps he's was obsessed with you up until this year. I think he's gotten smarter- but don't worry, he still likes you. A lot." Kay said cheerfully.

"You are so unhelpful." Lily whimpered. "I hate mixed messages just after I woke up."

"HE. LIKES. YOU. BUT. HE. IS. NO. LONGER. AN. IDIOT." Kay said loudly in Lily's ear. "Clear enough for ya?"

"I think. Let's go eat breakfast."

"Technically, it's lunch."

"Shut up."

"Lily! Are you alright?" Sari asked when Lily plopped down next to her and across from James, who was looking at her, concerned.

"I'm fine. Thanks though." She said, looking directly at James, who got the message and smiled. She looked towards Sari, who looked at them questioningly. She shook her head.

"Later." She mouthed.

"So, Lily. How did you sleep?" Remus asked.

"The better question would be; what the hell is wrong with you, Lily?" Sirius said. James and Remus glared at him.

"I slept… awfully." Lily said. "And Remus, I will tell you and Peter later. It will be fun to keep Sirius in the dark."

"I resent that."

"It's not funny anymore."

"Sorry."

"No you're not!" Remus said, grinning. "But, okay. Lily, that works for me. He'd spread it in about 10 seconds."

"That's impossible!"

"Sirius, you'll tell Lucia."

"That's not impossible." Sirius said, changing his mind instantly. Lucia was the gossip queen of Hogwarts. She spewed gossip like a fountain spews water. You tell Lucia, and the whole world knew in seconds- she had better connections than Rita Skeeter, the newest addition to the Daily Prophet. With long, sleek brown hair and wide, deep eyes, she had the most trusting look. You couldn't help it… Lucia was the kind of girl you told. The thing was, while she never seemed to keep a secret, she did. She could keep in a secret for a lifetime, unless she was forced to let it out. She was the gossip queen, but nice to everyone. She had to be the greatest enigma that ever set foot in Hogwarts.

"And I have my reasons for not telling you." Lily said confidently. "You would not only tell Lucia, but probably Marci, and Linzi too. They would twist and manipulate it into something like I was the one who killed my parents… I did not just say that." She said, staring at the gawking faces of Remus and Sirius. Peter just kept eating.

"Lily… I won't tell, I promise." Sirius said hoarsely. "Why would I tell somebody that?"

"You are the second biggest gossiper in the entire school."

"Maybe… but I'm not evil!"

"Okay… but no telling!"

"I won't!"

"Hey, guys, don't we have a game to play?" Peter piped up. "We have to pick what we're doing."

"Let's have a Twister tournament!" Sari squealed.

"What?"

"It's a Muggle game. I can teach it to you, it's a lot of fun! What do you think, Lily? You've played Twister, right?"

"Yes… but I don't think it's quite right for what we are doing. I mean, we should do something more dynamic like Truth or Dare… but we should play that later."

"Why?"

"Because it's one of the best games… so we save it for later."

"Okay… what else can we play?"

"Um… there is this one game. It's called Gossip Girl, but I don't really know how to play."

"We'll make it up!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Okay, Sirius, what are your ideas?"

"I don't get ideas, just random thoughts." He replied, shaking his head. Lily sighed. This was going to take some time.

"Okay, since it is called Gossip Girl, it obviously has something to do with Gossip…and a girl." Sirius said, focusing on his 'inner smarticalness.'

"Really? I didn't know that, O Smart One." Tara said sarcastically.

"Aw, thanks, Tara!" Sirius smiled. Nobody really wanted to tell him she was being sarcastic. They all set back and thought for a moment.

"What if we all spread one piece of gossip around the school, and then whoever found out everybody else's piece of gossip first, wins?" James asked.

"How will we do that?" Sirius whined.

"Figure it out for yourself." Tara snapped at him.

"Actually, that might not be so bad… it could be fun!" Lily said, smiling at James. He grinned back at her and quickly she turned her head away, so that he wouldn't see her blushing. He saw it anyway, and it only caused the grin on his face to spread that much more. This made her blush even more. 'It was a vicious circle,' she thought. 'Stupid vicious circles. Stupid, stupid vicious circles. Circles are dumb. They shouldn't exist. And now I'm rambling to myself. Wow. Great. Oh! And complaining about circles. Once again, to myself! Gawd!'

"LILY! LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILYYYYYY!" James yelled, waving his hand in front of my face. "We were ready to start. Are you?"

"What? Oh, yeah. But don't you think circles are stupid?"

"Um…"

"No! What I meant was, don't you think we should have some sort of referee to control the game? It could be one of the people leading in points so far."

"I will!" Peter said automatically. "I don't like gossip. It usually leads to somebody getting hurt." Kay rolled her eyes.

"Okay, so Peter is ref. Now what?" Remus asked.

"GO!" yelled Sirius, running off. The rest of them shrugged, laughed and started off on their own ways.

"I'll be right here!" Peter yelled, grabbing his bag to work on one essay or another. "Don't disturb me unless it's important~ I have like four essays for Slughorn."

"Damn!" James and Lily said at the same time.

"You didn't do the essays, did you?" James said. Lily shook her head grimly. "Me either. We'll do it some other time." They both raced off.

"Hey! Lucia!" Lily yelled. "I have a strange request, but it involves a juicy tidbit."

"I'm game." The small girl said. "What is your strange request?"

"I need you to spread this gossip like wildfire. And nobody can know I am the source. Also, you need to refuse anybody else who tells you they have gossip today such as James, Sirius, Remus, Kay, Tara, or Sari. Though you don't ever really care, I need you to know that all their gossip is fake. Have them tell you the gossip and then report it to me, okay?"

"Sure! Sounds like fun. We're in it together! And I get good gossip with permission to spread it. So what is your gossip?"

"Okay, you'll never guess what happened last night."

"What? What?" Lucia squealed, her eyes lighting up with the prospect of new gossip.

"You know how Tammi and Sam obviously hate each other's guts? AND how they're both going out with each other's best friends? Well, it was all a set up and last night, I saw them sneak out of the passage and into Hogsmeade. They were trying to make the other jealous, and now they're both in trouble for sneaking out. I also heard that when they came back, Tammi got spotted by her boyfriend and he stole Sam's girlfriend to get revenge."

"Seriously?" She asked, eyes wide.

"Seriously." She nodded gravely. "Now, go spread it! Wildfire, Lucia, Wildfire! Do what you do best! Other than keeping serious secrets, that is."

"Alright!" She yelled over her shoulder, already sprinting off into the Great Hall. Lily rolled her eyes at her friend's antics. Lucia knew that Sam and Tammi liked each other, but hey, at least she was doing Lily a favor.

"Lucia!" Sirius said. "I got some gossip you have to spread like butter n bread! Hey, that rhymed! I'm a poet and I didn't know it! I'm amazing!"

"Sirius, honestly?"

"Okay, okay. Anyway, this piece of gossip I have… uh… Lily and James are secretly married!" Sirius said excitedly.

"Really?" Lucia said, sounding interested. "I need details!"

"Oh, um, well, they had the ceremony over the summer and I went. The theme was… Pinky Pinkiness." Sirius said, oblivious to Lucia's rolling eyes.

"Okay Sirius. It'll be around school in a half hour, tops." Then she looked at him expectantly, as if waiting for him to ask something else of her.

"Uh… that's all!" He said, darting away as she glared.

"Idiot." She mumbled, and then turned on her heel to go find Lily and spread the rumor. Of course, she had to spread the rumor first, because Lily wouldn't let her.

"Lucia! My bestest-estest-estest friend!" James said joyfully. "I need you to tell everybody that Peter is now officially part of the Gobstones secret society!"

"James, why the hell would anybody care?"

"I dunno, I hadn't thought that far ahead yet. But scandalize that as much as you want, and DON'T TELL ANYBODY I said it. Also, any gossip you get from, say, my fellow marauders or Lily and her friends, pray do tell!"

"Sure James, I'll see what I can do." Lucia said, a plan already forming in her mind. "Now, if you excuse me, I really must go speak with a fellow partner-in-crime!"

"Thanks Lucia, I owe you one!"

"Seeing you and Lily get together would be enough." She mumbled under her breath and continued down the hallway while James hurried off in another direction.

"Hey, Lucia. You'll never guess what I heard the other day!" Kay said, with an aura of excitement. "I heard that Celestina Warbeck is cheating on her boyfriend with Arnie!"

"You're not serious!"

"I am so serious!"

"Oh my god! The press is going to be all over her! And her new album is coming out. My question is, how does she juggle Hogwarts and recording her sappy love songs at the same time?"

"I don't know! But she's like, a total multitasker. Have you seen her cook? She talks on the phone at the same time, and also listens and sings along to the radio, and cooks at least 4 things at once. She likes to help the house elves."

"That's really good! She can at least cover up her scandals with good deeds!" Lucia laughed.

"Also, Lucia, I'd rather nobody know that I was spreading the rumor, I actually really like Celestina, and I don't want her angry at me!"

"No problem!"

"And you're going to keep me updated on any new gossip that goes around, right?"

"Of course! I have a few new things I got to go spread, so I'll be back soon!"

"Bye! Thanks so much, Lucia!" Kay called after her, smirking slightly as she bounced off. 'That was easy.' She thought, copying a Staples easy button and laughing.

"Lucia!" A voice called when Lucia flipped open her Wiz-Talk 800. It was a sleek, new phone centuries ahead of the clunky things Muggles used. "I heard you and Carl were back on! Is it true? Cuz the hottest new couple is so off the list if it is!"

"Which hottest new couple? And no, Carl and I are so not back on!"

"Okay then! Well, duh, Lily and James are. Oh, and it is SO not true that they got married, cuz I would be invited!"

"Sari, I know for a fact that they are together now. Thanks so much! I'll have to talk to that slimebag who gave me that tip."

"Which slimebag might that have been, may I ask?"

"I have to narrow it down to the source, so I may not even be able to find it. But you'll know once I do, I'm telling ya!"

"Ooh, I can't wait! Pray do tell any new gossip."

"Not much right now. My two people of the day have already been picked, sorry!"

"Ugh! I'm not too late! Who is it?"

"No can do, Sari. You know that!"

"Fine. Bye!" Sari said. She knew that if Lucia's two people were picked, she was in serious trouble.

"Tara! Hey, Tara!" Lucia yelled.

"Lucia! The very person I wanted to see." Tara said, grinning. "You know all about Remus and Sari, I presume."

"No, I don't!"

"Well, other than the obvious…"

"What obvious?"

"Well, everybody knows that obvious! Don't tell me the gossip queen doesn't know! Are you getting behind, Lucia?" Tara said, her eyes widening. She knew exactly how to push Lucia's buttons just the right way.

"No, I just was making sure we were talking about the same thing. So what are you talking about?"

"What are you thinking of?"

"No fair! I asked first." Lucia said, pouting.

"Well, first of all they got together."

"I knew that."

"That was the obvious part!"

"So what, there's a non-obvious part?" Lucia replied, smirking.

"Yes." Tara growled back. "They also are the reason Sari broke up with Tyler who is swearing revenge on any guy who dates her in the next three months after they broke up because he thinks she dumped him for another guy. It's been two and a half months… Remus better watch it."

"Alright, Tara. Listen, I have to go. Bye!"

"Wait!" Tara called after her desperately. "What- oh, shit. She's gone." Tara slumped and strolled away unhappily.

"Hey, um, Lucia! Remus here." Remus said into his Wiz-Talk.

"Remus, how are you and Sari?"

"Me and who?" Remus panicked.

"Oops, slip of the tongue. Sorry, hun, but that's the gossip of the day! You and Sari and Lily and James." Remus groaned.

"Wait- what about Tara and Sirius?" He asked. "Surely they're pretty high up there."

"OH. Really. Well, they will be, and I really must go. Buh-bye!"

"Lucia- oh, never mind." He said angrily and walked off.

"Peter!" Identical shouts came from across the room. "Peter, I'm done!"

"Oh. It's a tie then… if you both have it right. Let's do it like this. Lily, conjure two mini white boards. James, conjure two white board markers."

"Okay!" The two immediately conjured the items and Lily gave a white board to James, and James a marker to Lily.

"We'll start with each other. Write down the other's piece of gossip." James sprawled 'dirt on Tammi and Sam.' Lily neatly wrote 'Peter joined the Gobstomes Club which really is a secret dark organization.'

"Both of you are right. By the way, thanks James."

"Actually, I said Peter joined a secret Gobstones organization, spice it up Lucia."

"M-hm, right. Now, Remus said what?"

Tara and Sirius are together and Tara and Sirius are going out behind their friends' backs THANX FOR TELLING ME TARA!!!

Sari- Me and Lily are together… and Sari is evil and Me and James are together. What a gawd awful friend.

Kay- Celestina's a cheater and Celestina is cheating- I happen to like Celestina!

Sirius- Me and Lily got secretly married- Pinky Pinkiness? Honestly? and James and I got secretly married and he was a witness and our theme was BLOODY PINKY PINKINESS!

Tara- Remus and Sari! Always knew they were cute together! and Sari and Remus- ADORABLE

"Well, it's a tie! You both get a point. It's all tied up for first- Lily, James, Me, Kay, and Sari. Basically, not Sirius, Tara or Remus."

"You're so kind, Peter."

"Thank you, Remus."

"Lily! Can I talk to you a bit?" James asked. "ALONE, THANKS, SIRIUS!"

"Sure, James, what is it?"

"Um… this way." James pulled her down a few hallways, making sure they were alone. "Are you okay? You seem a bit off today- not just in a sadness way, ya know why."

"Uh-huh." Lily smiled sadly. "I'm fine James. Don't worry, I really am okay."

"You know you can come to me with anything you don't fell right about, right?"

"I know James. This means a lot to me. I'm glad you've been there." She stretched up on her toes, kissed him on the cheek and darted off. James was left standing there like a dumb ass- holding his hand to his cheek and staring off to where Lily had just run off too.

'That was stupid, that was stupid, oh my gawd, that was idiotic.' Lily thought as she raced towards the dorm. She flew up the stairs and threw herself into the room, breathing heavily from the run. "I hope he didn't take that too seriously!" She squealed.

"Who didn't take what too seriously, Lily?"

A/N: Well, here we are! At the end of a second chapter. Sorry this one took a while. I have one note to make. While I am writing this story for your enjoyment and I normally don't care much about reviews, I've only had one. And I know you guys sometimes just don't feel like it, sometimes I get that way too! But if any of you are authors of stories that say 'Oh, oh please review.' You know what I'm talking about. If there aren't any reviews, I will continue the story, I'm not going to stop it. But reviews always boost my confidence- right now I fell like I have a few people liking my story and the rest are all like "This is a gawd awful story!" Anyway, thanks to lovefrog159- you rock!