I leapt on to Teddy and held him to the chair, "Listen Teddy that explains of lot of things. But, I swear to Merlin, if this is some sick, cruel joke to stop me from sleeping with Jeremy it isn't funny."

"It's no joke Lily. I'm serious." He said bowing his head slightly, like it was something he should be ashamed of. "I really do love you, since I can remember."

"Teddy, why couldn't you have told me earlier, not when I'm happy with someone else. You had your chance; in fact you had a million chances to tell me how you felt. You would have made everyone happy. But no, you didn't. And now I need to choose and either way I break someone's heart." I sigh, angry and exhausted. "But for some absurd reason, I choose you."

I snap my head up, did she just say she chooses me, me! Not Jeremy, but me! Lily is still sitting on my lap still, holding me to the chair. I'm so speechless I can only mumble "Me?" apparently this is highly funny because Lily is laughing, that cute laugh she'd always make when her brothers tickled her. When she stops laughing, and I've slightly calmed down, she says

"Yes, Teddy. You it was always going to be you." And she leans forward and kisses me on the cheek. A bit of a disappointment, like a spoilt child I want more, even though today I got more than I could ever imagine. I suddenly hear a loud tapping on the windows; because they are frosted I can only see black. Lily jumps off me and runs to the window.

"Lily, who is it?" I whisper. The tapping has gotten louder. And Lily is unlocking the hatch to open the window.

"Relax Teddy it's just Tiger, you know my owl." And I relax as Lily opens the window as Tiger swoops in and places a letter on the table and then perches on the hat stand near the door. I glance down towards the letter it has 'Lily XOXO' written on the front. I pick it up and look and the back. 'Love J'

"Who is it from?" Lily asked from across the room stroking Tigers beak.

"Jeremy." I answer with my voice hoarse and silent. Lily strides over and opens it. After a minute she lifts her head.

"He wants to know where I am. Wow, I'm just realised how complicated this is going to be, I have to tell Jeremy that I don't want to be with him anymore. And then he will most definitely find out why and then who and he will want to fight you. Compete for my love," Lily scoffs. "Are you ready for that?"

"He will want to fight me?" I ask, Lily nods. "For you Lily, I'm ready."

"Okay, I'm going to tell him now, via a letter." She states.

"Okay."

I have no idea how I am going to explain it to Jeremy. I mean I do love him, but I love Teddy more. So I write down the best I can to explain.

'Jeremy,

I'm really sorry, but I view you too much like a brother then my boyfriend and I'm confused with school. I think it would be best if we just went back to being good friends. I am really sorry.

Lily.'

With a slight pain to my heart I gave the note to Tiger. She flew off into the mid-afternoon sky. What will await me when I return to Hogwarts, will Teddy be mad, of course how could he not be, and I have just broken his heart. I feel the guilt rise up in me.

"Lil," Teddy said, crossing over to me wrapping his arm around my waist and pulling me close till we were mere centimetres apart. "I know you must feel bad or even guilty and I really sorry I made you chose, but I just couldn't hold it in any longer. I was told about this mirror called erised, by your dad, and when you looked into it, it would show what you desire, I'm sure if I looked into it I would see you."