DISCLAIMER: The Song Hey Jude is by the Beatles and I wrote none of it. I'm just borrowing the lyrics.

CHAPTER: HEY JUDE

When it was approaching seven o'clock Lily finally decided to quite the quiet comfort the potions dungeons provided and head up stairs to the common room. She figured all the post- match buzz would have died down considerably and it would now be safe to attempt to sneak into the dorms undetected.

The Gryffindor common room was almost empty except for Sirius, James and Peter, a mousy boys who followed them all over. She was not at all surprise to see that Remus was not with them.

It had been only last year when she discovered the weird illness that always caused him to disappear every moth coincided with the full moon. The list of full moon associated illnesses was regrettably short. It didn't take much for her to put together that he must be a werewolf. However, she still felt the need to confirm her theory. On the day he vanished she went up to the hospital wing to visit him only to be scolded by Madame Pomfrey who greeted her with cold civility and regarded her more as a vicious spy than a concerned friend when she noticed that he was not in the hospital wing.

Looking back on it she remembered the cold sadness she felt when she realized what he was going through. The first thing Lily could think of doing was to seek solace in the unpopular potions section of the library. She was certain there was something he could take to cure him. No matter how difficult it would be to make it she would do it in a heartbeat for him. Remus was simply one of the nicest, most fair- minded people she ever met. She wrecked her brain trying to figure out why he associated with Potter and his lot.

After days of searching and questioning Professor Slughorn it became clear that no such potion existed. Bitterly disappointed by the news, she resigned the idea of telling him that she knew about his condition. He would probably be more at ease feeling that no one knew about his condition.

She sighed at the thought of Remus and quietly made her way the spiraling staircase to the girl's dormitories.

"Lily, where have you been," asked when Victoria and she entered the room.

"Here and there," she replied with a faint smile on her face.

"You should have seen how quickly James caught the snitch. He did it in no time at all." Lily nodded at this; she knew that he caught it early in the game it ended so quickly. "Then he just charged off the field like a mad man and ran into the castle," Victoria added and Lily nodded again. James came to the dungeons immediately after the game. She would have told her this but decided against it as there would be too much explaining to do concerning Severus. In stead she felt quite contented to sit and listen to the strange behavior James was displaying whole day.

SOSOSOSOSOSOSO

In her six years at Hogwarts Valentine's day never fell on a Saturday or Sunday. So while the day would usually be filled with classes that year they would get to spend it in Hogsmade

It was seven o'clock when Lily woke. Most of the other girls were up and were already half way through the candy they got from their admirers. The elves usually visited the common rooms of all the houses and left gifts for the students from other students. She knew this year that she would get at least one card. James always sent her cards for every occasion, once he sent her a Happy, 28th of September card. There was nothing special about that day. He just felt like being an idiot as always.

Her pile was considerably large this year. She picked them up and examined them one by one. They were all different sizes, all with wonderful moving pictures. There was a large stack that was wrapped in a red ribbon that she already knew was from James. She didn't have to count them. He did the same thing last year. He sent 365 cards, each containing a different reason why she should be his girlfriend, 'one per day' and each more ridiculous that the other. In stead she focused on a pile she received from other people. Most of them weren't signed and some of them she could tell came from students younger than her. It was all very sweet. She looked at it smiling and the thought of how long it would take her to get through all the chocolates that came along with them.

"Wow Evans, Looks like you got yourself a deck there."

She turned around to see James smiling with his arms crossed. "Did you have a look at the one with the red bow?"

"I'm about to have breakfast James, I wouldn't go near it."

He ignored this comment. He seemed to be immune to criticism. "Reason number one: Because you can only deny your undying love for me for so long."

She rolled her eyes at this. Then taking out her wand levitated her stack of gifts up the stairs to the girl's room and on her bed.

AOAOAO

Lily was slowly nibbling on a heart shaped pancake when she heard a loud crack. A house elf apparated next to her.

"Libby has a gift for Lily," said the elf in squeaky voice. People were beginning to stare.

"Let's have it then," she said quickly. She was not familiar with this particular elf and knew it was not the elf assigned to Gryffindor. The elf then held out a small black box with a red ribbon around it. "Who is it from?" she asked.

The house elf shook her head. "Master 376 has requested that Libby not tell Master 096 who he is."

Lily looked at the elf in confusion. She was assuming that she was Master 096 but she wanted to know who was Master 376. She had a strange feeling it was James. She thought about how she could get the elf to reveal the identity. She smiled. "Well Master 096 commands that you tell her who master 376 is."

Out of thin air the elf pulled out an old scroll of parchment. "Rules Chapter 152: Verse: 15: Sentence 3 says; When Libby is faced with contradicting request form various masters. The masters who first made the request should be obeyed. Lily made request after master 376. Libby can only obey 376."

She had no idea that there were rules regarding this stuff. She sighed in the defeat and told elf goodbye. After the elf had vanished she sat staring at the box. A group of Ravenclaw girls were looking her way. She had a weird feeling about this. She opened the box slowly and peered in side. Someone sent her a bug, in particular a beetle. Her brows were beginning to frown but then the bug stated to move. It hopped out the box and onto the table and began to shake in a weird kind of way. If she didn't know any better she'd say it was dancing. Then suddenly it burst into song.

'Hey Jude Don't make it bad

Take a sad song and make it better

Remember to let her into your heart

Then you can start to make it better.

She giggled at it as it continued its song. The people who were looking her way before were now leaning over her shoulder.

"Why did someone send you a singing bug?" asked someone from behind.

"Don't you get it?" Lilly replied. "It's not just any bug, it's a beetle. Like the Beatles."

Then someone said, "I get it, a beetle singing a Beatles song." Lily turned around to see a Huffelpuff girl that she knew was muggle born like her. The rest of kids looked confused. "It's a muggle thing she explained. She turned her attention back to the beetle.

And any time you feel the pain, hey, Jude, refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
Well don't you know that its a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder

No one moved they all sat transfixed by the song. But by the time it got to the Na Na Na Na Na Na Nas the spell was wearing off the singing was starting to sound like stretched A- Track tape and the beetle was no longer dancing but now sitting quietly.

That was possibly the best Valentines gift she had ever received. She knew it wasn't from James now, He wouldn't know about Muggle music. Even though she spent a great deal of time trying to figure out who sent it, her mind never lingered on the most obvious candidate until later that night at Slughorn's Party.

NOTE: This chapter was a lot longer than I thought it would be. I even cut out a lot of what I wanted to write, yet it was still long.

Anyway. Nothing really happened in this chapter. Next One will have a lot of stuff. Reviews are welcomed.