Continued from last chapter…

"Didn't you know? Rose has liked Scorpius way before you did! Oh no! I promised I wouldn't tell you!"

"Why wouldn't she tell me? We've competed for guys before. What's so different about Scorpius?"

"Think, Lily, think."

"Well, she's sharing a dorm with just him, and *gasp* she doesn't want to compete! She wants to win!"

What will happen?

September 12

The Shrieking Shack

6:00

I've been in here all night.

I'm so mad right now!

I'm so mad I can't even write normally!

*deep breath*

Alright. I'm better.

I can't believe that Windy or Rose even told me! They were the two people closest to me. And now I wonder who Scorpius really likes.

Now that I think about it, Rose has red hair, blue eyes, and top marks. (A/N: Finally, Lily's using that brain of hers)

It could be either one of us.

"Lil? Are you in here?" Windy found me?

"Lily? Look, I'm sorry. I should've told you long ago about my feelings for Scorpius," and Rose is here too!

What a perfect day!

"Rose. We can compete for him, but not telling me? That was cruel. You were the one who knew the most about my feelings. Is that why you've been avoiding me?"

"Lily… I didn't want to compete this time! Nearly every time we've competed for someone, you've won. I wanted Scorpius this time. I just want to tell you now, that I'm sure I love him way more than you do, and I am not going to lose to you! You don't even know him! I've known him ever since our first year. He's one of the closest people to me. I'm sure all you know are what all his fangirls know!"

"I AM NOT A FANGIRL! I love him! I do too know him! I know all about him! I know what and who he loves and hates! I know that he'd never show an interest in some tomboy like you! You… You're just… ONE OF HIS GUYFRIENDS!" I was about to cry just then.

"L-Lily, Rose, please… stop shouting," said Windy.

"Shut up! You've known all along, and you've never told me! You'd only tell me in your half-drunken stupor! And you know what? I'll be like you! Merlin, I'm sorry Lorcan… LORCAN LIKES YOU! There! I told a secret that'll hurt one of my best friends! Maybe I'll set Lorcan up with someone else! Someone who won't keep heart-breaking secrets from him!" This time, I did start crying.

With that, I ran off.

And guess where my tear-stained face ended up?

Scorpius.

"IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT YOU STUPID ARSE!" I shouted.

"Lily? Calm down! What happened?"

"Rose! It's her! I hate her now and it's all your effing fault!"

And guess what happened next?

Rose comes out. Her face was still dry, but her eyes weren't

"You hate me, Lil? Just because of that?"

"No! BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SAY A THING! YOU EVEN GOT A HEAD START!"

"WELL EXCUSE ME FOR BEING OLDER!"

"EVERYBODY, SHUT UP!" yelled Scorpius, "Just tell me what happened!"

"Ask Rose," I said still crying like crazy, "And Windy?"

"Yes?" she asked the quietest voice this morning.

"Have fun with your new best friend."

Then I ran.

I ignored them calling me back.

I just kept running to Ollie's in my pajama's

Ollie's Hagrid and Madame Maxime's 20 year old son.

I pounded on his door, "Ollie! Ollie, open up!"

"Hang on Lily! Lemme get some trousers on!"

He opened the door, probably hoping to see a happy Lily.

Sad to say he was disappointed.

"What's wrong? Summin' happen?"

"Ollie? Can you make some tea?" I asked in a shaky voice.

"Sure. C'min, c'min. Just take a seat on the sofa. Tell me what happened."

After he gave me some tea and cookies, I told him about this morning. And even though I didn't want to admit it, saying it aloud like that, made me feel much better. Especially the part about Lorcan and Windy.

"Really? All that… for a boy? Merlin!"

"So… so whaddaya think I should do? I'm lost," I told him quietly.

"I think that you have three options. Go on hating Rose, and win over Scorpius, give up Scorpius and apologize to Rose, or you can go to my mum's school."

"I think I'd do best with the last one, but I don't know French. Is there a fourth option?"

"You can tell Scorpius how you feel, and know for sure who he likes," he said.

"Do you have a French to English dictionary?"

Ollie sighed and took a large gulp from his mug.

"Lily, you can run away, but all you'll feel is regret. You even told Windy that Lorcan likes her? Even after you promised not to? Lily… I know you've been having it rough, but, really?"

"But," I said, "I… I don't really know what made me do that. Can I stay here today, instead of my classes? I don't really think I can face them now."

Ollie sighed again and nodded.

"But, you've gotta help me with the creatures, an' stuff. Deal?"

"Deal. Thanks, Ollie."

"It's the least I can do. I don't think I'd be allowed here if your dad didn't prove my dad innocent."

"What's that gotta do with me?"

"I'll tell you when you try the fourth option," he said with a small smile.

The Forbidden Forest

4:00 PM

Ollie's working with the Thestrals, and since I can't see them, I can't really help.

Ollie's seen his dog die. Must've been very sad. (A/N: I don't know if that counts as seeing death, but no one's gonna die in my story. I think…)

"Lily? Can you go back and start making lunch?" he asked. I was more than happy to.

Living on scheduled meals my whole life, I wasn't used to eating this late.

On my way back to the hut, I ran into Thomas Finnegan.

Why he was there, I have no clue.

"Afternoon, Lily! What're you doing here instead of your class?" he asked in his Irish accent. "He should've been named Seamus the second," my dad always said. That's true. From what I've seen of Seamus, they look as alike as Al and Dad.

"I should be asking that question! Actually, Ollie's got me permission to skip my classes today. So, why're you out here?" I asked in an obviously annoyed tone.

"Neville wants me to get some meat for the new plants. I can't really say the name. It's too long and weird."

"What kind of meat do you need? I'll get it for you."

"Uhh… something bloody. Maybe, dragon's?"

"Gimme a moment," I said. A minute later I came out with a pound of dragon's meat, "Here, anything else?"

"Yeah. There's been a rumor of you and Rosie fighting. And now Windy's skipping class too. Wanna tell me what happened?" he asked.

Tom's been known to like every other girl in the school. Sadly, I'm one of them. But, it's useful at times like this.

"Windy's skipping class? That's not like her. What about Lorcan?"

"I heard from Eniya that she's just locked herself in your dormitory. She's put a charm on her curtains that won't let them open from the outside. And Lorcan's just been smacking his books against his head. Neville's already sent him to the hospital wing because he was starting to bleed, and needed a calming drought."

"I can't believe it. I caused all this! What've I done? I've caused my best friend and my old best friend emotional trauma! Tom, can you tell them I'm sorry. Tell Windy I still don't forgive her, but I'm sorry for what I said."

"I don't think that'll do much, but, okay," he muttered.

"As for Lorcan, can you tell him that I was stupid and angry when I told his secret?"

"If you're talking about the fact that Lorcan fancies Windy, we all know about it," he told me. I froze. Did I scream that loud that Hogwarts could hear me?

"Wha- how? Did… What?" he just laughed at my shock.

"Windy came walking in the common room saying, 'He likes me… He likes me...' over and over again. Lorcan was coming down the stairs just then and heard Windy. Then he went up to her and grabbed her shoulders and said, 'Lily told you?' By then it was pretty obvious that it was Lorcan who liked her, so he went bright red, and Windy ran upstairs crying."

I told him to leave then. I told a heart breaking secret. Now Lorcan's in the hospital wing because he was beating himself up!

I wrote a note to Ollie, saying that I was going back, and left it with the sandwiches I made for lunch.

First, I went to the hospital wing.

I found Lorcan sitting in a bed, eating a cucumber sandwich.

"L-Lorcan?" I said quietly. So quietly, I was surprised he heard it.

"Lily," he said. Then he just turned over so that he wasn't facing me.

I walked over to his bed and sat down. I wanted to tell him I was sorry, and if he doesn't forgive me, I'll have no more friends. I was about to, too, but he decided to talk first.

"It's okay. Don't say you're sorry. I should've just kept it from you. You can't keep a secret, even if your family depended on it. You've never kept a secret in your entire life! I- I don't think I even want to forgive you," he said. I think he was gonna go on, but I cut him off.

"Lorcan, I am sorry. You know I am. I don't know why I did what I did. But I can't take it back. Tom told me you were beating yourself up. I was planning on avoiding you for a while, but Ollie made me think better of it. Windy's locked herself up, you know. I heard that you pretty much told everyone that you like her this morning," I told him. I felt so bad. He wouldn't even look at my face.

"Yeah… I guess I did. I really like her, too. I'd go up and tell her to her face, but if I tried, I wouldn't be able too."

"Why's that?"

The stairs turn into a slide if a boy tries to go in the girls' dormitories, remember?" He hit my head lightly. The gesture made me feel a lot better, because if he was really mad at me, he'd hit me for real.

"I'm going to go apologize to Windy now. See you later…"

Girl's dormitory

6:26 PM

I saw that Windy's curtains were drawn, but I could still hear her. She was crying. A lot. This made me a little less angry at her.

"Go away. Whoever you are! Leave me alone!" I take it back.

"Too bad. Now hear what I have to say," I said. After seeing this, I wasn't too mad.

"Lily? What're you doing here? Shouldn't you be yelling at someone else by now?" I can tell she's mad at me.

"No. I'm here to tell you that Lorcan's in the hospital, and that I'm sorry."

"No, I should be sorry. I betrayed your trust by keeping a secret from y- wait. Lorcan's in the hospital? Why? What happened?" She opened the curtains, finally.

"He's been beating himself up, ever since this morning. He started bleeding a while ago. I was just there a couple minutes ago, to tell him I was sorry. I've been with Ollie all day," I told her quietly.

Turns out she's already forgiven me! Since neither of us want to go to our classes, we just sat there and talked. We mostly talked about Lorcan and Scorpius.

"God, Lily, never let me challenge Hugo to another butterbeer contest. Turns out if you drink too much you can get tipsy."

Eniya came back with Izumi. She's from Japan, but came here to Hogwarts on an exchange program. (A/N: Izumi's a girl name right? I just had to have someone Japanese in this!)

"Finally! You came out Windy!" she said.

"Izumi, here's you backwards book," she said giving back Izumi's book.

"I've told you, it's called manga! And it's not backwards where I come from," she replied. (A/N: I also needed manga)

"Whatever. I don't really get it anyway. Why did she just tell the guy she liked him? He had a girlfriend! And now that stupid guy realized his true feelings, and had an affair! What a bad example for people under 10," Windy explained shaking her head.

When I heard that, I thought of Rose, Scorpius, and myself. I see myself as the girlfriend, and Rose as the rival. He was mine first! And now Rose is taking him away. I feel like the baby people always take candy from. I know it's only seven, but, I feel pretty sleepy now.

9:12 PM

Girls Dormitory

I CANNOT GET TO SLEEP!

They keep saying, "manga" this and "Hogsmeade" that!

Then they started talking about me!

Do they think I'm asleep through all my grumbling and fidgeting?

"I've hear that Lily skipped class because of our favorite Ravenclaw, Scorpius Malfoy! Is that true Windy?" asked Harriet Hathrough. The most annoying girl in the world! Her stupid high pitched voice, plus her annoying laugh, makes her one of the most hated people in Hogwarts. Not just that. She's snobby, up-tight, and spoiled. She has her own little gang, and threatens people. With first year hexes!

"Sorry, Hathrough. You're gonna have to ask Lily about that!" exclaimed Windy. Hated Harriet Hathrough would never ask me, because I can really hit when I want to.

"Well, what about Rose and Scorpius? Aren't they dating now?" asked Melanie Rooter. My heart jumped then.

They can't be dating! They can't! James would've come marching down to school and pummel Scorpius if they were!

"No," Windy answered, "They're not dating. Don't tell Lily this, but, they've kissed before!" My eyes widened at this. They've kissed?

"WHAT?" yelled the rest of them, and inside, I did too.

"From what I've heard, it was completely accidental. Last year, they were cleaning up the Transfiguration classroom after school one day, Rose tripped, and Scorpius caught her. And her mouth."

"How did they take it?" asked Izumi, "Like, did they enjoy it, or were they just embarrassed?"

"Well, obviously Rose enjoyed it. She's fancied him ever since her third year! She's told Al, and he didn't take it well, but he accepted it. I've talked to Scorpius, and he said he did enjoy it!" my heart completely sank, "He even kissed her back! Rosie told her feelings. Scorpius said he liked her a little. But, he wasn't eager for a relationship with a Weasley. So Rose started crying and yelling at him saying, 'You'll never find love even if you tried! And if you can, I'll give up on you. If you don't… You'll have to admit to the school that you like… The giant squid!' Scorpius told me that he can't say no to tears, so he took the bet. Apparently the one he likes is either Rose or Lily," Windy finished.

"How do you know?" asked Eniya.

"His three clues. The girl he likes has red hair, blue eyes, and top marks. And, please don't tell Lily this, but, I think it's Rose. OWW! HEY! LILY! You're s'posed to be asleep!" she said after I threw a pillow at her.

"Who could be asleep with you guys flapping you lips for the last two hours? I'll forgive that last bit, because you're free to your own opinion." I said matter-of-factly, holding another pillow.

And even though it hurt to say it, I thought it was Rose, too.

End chapter 4! At least seven more chapters to go!