:: Chapter Two ::
Downfall of Love
Nighttime confessions and Spying

Disclaimer: if you recognize it, it's JK Rowling's, if you don't, it's mine.

Lily didn't know where she was running; she just let her feet lead the way. If there was one thing that scared her more than anything, it was falling in love.
Why did that scare her so much?
"Because," she whispered fiercely as she ran, "it just does."

She ran past Hagrid's hut and was about to run head long into the Forbidden Forest when two arms wrapped themselves securely around her waist.

"Hold on there Lily." Sirius said, hardly even struggling to hold onto her as she squirmed to get out of his grip.

"Let me go!" she shrieked, pelting his chest with weak punches.

"Not until you listen! Don't make me get physical with you because I am fully prepared to do so!"

"Let go!"

Sirius pulled back his hand and slapped her forcefully across the face. It wasn't hard enough to leave a mark, but it stung enough to bring her back to her senses.

"Now stop and listen to me. I don't care what the hell is wrong with you, I don't care if you turn out to be a god damned lesbian, but I *DO* care what you are doing to James. He's in love with you Lily. Head-over-heals, sky high and all the rest of that crap in love with you. You can't ignore that!"

"I can and I will!"

She broke free of Sirius' grip and made a mad dash for the forest. He tackled her to the ground and pinned her beneath him, eyes full of rage.

"Quit fighting me Lily! I'm you're friend, not your enemy!"

"No you're not! You've always been his friend…standing up for him…bending over backwards to do things for him…"

"That's BS Lily and you know it! I love you both, and I know how you feel about James! You love him just as much as he loves you, if not more."

"I don't…I can't…"

"You do, admit it damnit!"

Lily started to sob again now, and turned her face away from him. He let go of her writs and she curled into a ball a few yards away from him.

"Come on Lily, talk to me. I'm sorry if I hurt you, but…this was the only way I could think to get your attention."

He received no response from her, just a soft sob echoing through the dark night.

After a few minutes, which passed slow and heavy, Lily stopped sobbing and gazed off into the distance. When she spoke, her voice was hoarse from crying, and he had to strain to hear it.

"Do you remember our final exam in Divination last year?" she asked.

"Yeah,"

"Professor Trelawney gave me a prediction-"

"Lily, the woman's a kook, everyone knows that! If that's why you're afraid of James, I'd say to get your head examined girl!"

Lily shook her head.

"No, this was different. She went all rigid and her voice was deep and gravely. I thought she was having an episode or something, but what she told me was so…scary.

'You'll die alone,' she said, 'the one you love now will die defending your heir. They will go from this world into the next, but you will remain in this world tormented with flashbacks of their deaths. You will die alone, forgotten, and the Dark Lord will rein forever.'"

Sirius paled slightly, but waved off the comment.

"Oh come off it, Trelawney is a terrible fraud and everyone knows it."

"No, I'm telling you this time it was an honest prediction! She said other stuff, I forget it all, but how did she know that I was in love with James then?"

"Lucky guess?"

"It was real, I know it was. And I can't lay down James' life and our unborn child's just for my own selfish pleasure."

"Listen to me! I'm telling you it was fake!"

"It wasn't, I just know it…"

Sirius rubbed his forehead, as if warding off a huge headache.

"Fine, tell James about it."

Lily colored. Tell James she was expecting to have a baby with him? Not bloody likely.

"Look, it makes perfect sense. If James is still willing to go through with this after you've told him that story, then it'll be a decision you made TOGETHER, and it won't be out of your own selfishness."

"Okay, it's work a shot."

"I know that it sounds crazy, but it's the truth."

Lily fidgeted in her seat, waiting for James' reply.

"And that's why you've been avoiding my like the plague?"

Lily chewed on the inside of her lip, and nodded slowly.

"Yeah."

James closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose.

It was so far-fetched, so unbelievable, and yet…it would explain a lot. Lily finicky behavior for example.

He opened his eyes and say Lily looking at him with expectant eyes.
She doesn't think I'll believe her. What if this is just a sick twisted Sirius thought up? But he wouldn't do that, not when he knows how much I love Lily. Neither of them is that cruel. She's telling the truth.

James framed Lily's face with his hands and brushed a few stray hairs away from her face.

"I believe you." He said and Lily burst into tears.

I didn't want her to do that! Jeez…

"I-I'm sorry," he stuttered, "I didn't mean to-"
"No James! I'm happy!" she cried and flung her arms around him.

He stumbled backwards and into the desk behind him. She had dragged him to the empty Charms room an hour after lights out, and now he knew that following her was quiet possibly the best decision of his young life.

She pulled back away from him and looked deeply into his chocolate color eyes.

"I love you James Potter." She whispered and stood on tiptoes to place a light kiss on his lips. He blinked, smiled stupidly, and then caught her lips in his.
Her eyes grew instantly to the size of saucers, but soon started to drift shut.

And then the classroom door burst open.

"I don't know about this Sirius…shouldn't we let them work this out on their own?"

"Hell no! Look at how long it took them to get this far Moony! I'm going to make sure that they don't leave that classroom until they either dead or laid."

Remus looked positively scandalized.

"SIRIUS!"

"Sh! Shut up or they'll hear you!" Peter hissed.

"Fine, be a spoil sport."
They watched as James contemplated what Lily had just told him.

He leaned foreword, placed his hands around her face and said something to her.

She burst into tears.

Sirius groaned.

"The dunderhead! He's screwing up! I've gotta go help him!" Sirius made to shove Peter aside.

"No! Look!"

Lily was hugging James now and from the look on his face James looked like he was on cloud nine.

When Lily pulled away, they heard a faint 'I love you James Potter,' before the two started to kiss.

"YAY!!" Sirius exclaimed and started to do a tap dance up and down the hallway.

Remus laughed.

Peter shushed them and went back to spying.

"Mrow?"

All three of them stopped what they were doing and looked down toward the end of the hallway. Ms. Norris cocked her head to the side, blinked at them, and then took off down the opposite hallway.

"SHIT!"

Remus made a mad dash for the stairs, Peter stumbled into Sirius, Sirius grabbed Remus to steady himself, and the whole lot of them fell into a heap.

"Wak!" Remus exclaimed, as Sirius and Peter landed on top of him.

Shoes squeaked as Filch neared and the three untangled themselves hurriedly.

"Quick! Up the stairs!"

"No, we've got to find a place to hide!"

"Come on, in here!"

Sirius pulled Remus toward the Charms classroom and he balked.

"Noway! They'll know we where spying on them!"

"It's better to face James' wrath than lose50 points for Gryffindor!"

"Good point."

All three of them dashed into the Charms classroom and slammed the door shut. They waited until the squeaking of Filch's shoes passed before turning to face their two friends.

Both were quite a delightful shade of red, but James' face was red with anger, NOT with embarrassment.

"Er, hi?" Sirius squeaked.

*^_^* I like that chapter. Waii! Sirius is so cute when he's being naughty…

ANYWAY, please review with C&C, because God knows I could use some!

Next Chapter:: James is mad at Sirius, and Lily and Remus devise a plan to get them to make up. Poor Peter…everyone picks on him.

Owari,

Ember