A/N: Okay, so this is sort of a filler chapter, because I didnt wanted Lily to finally fully open up and admit to her feelings for James, and her fear of being hurt, before just jumping to another James/Lily scene.

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Chapter Ten: Much Needed Girl Talk

Lily walked out of the hospital wing as fast as she could, fighting back the tears until she was out of James's sight and hearing range. Ugh, she was so foolish, thinking that he would have feelings for her. She really needed to talk to Marlene and Alice about all this, so she headed towards the Gryffindor common room.

"Password?" asked the Fat Lady once Lily was standing in front of the portrait that lead into the common room.

"Gillyweed." Lily said absently. Marlene and Alice had better be somewhere in there, she thought as the Fat Lady nodded and the portrait swung open, revealing the entrance. Lily climbed in and looked around the room. Luckily, both girls were sitting on the floor in front of the fire, their books and papers spread out in front of them. They had been working on the Charms assignment, which Lily had yet to even look at. Just another thing to add to her list, she thought, annoyed.

"I need to talk to you guys. Now." Lily said, walking over to stand in front of them. They both looked up at her, surprised.

"Lily, what are you doing back so soon?" Alice asked, pushing the papers away from her.

Marlene stretched and rubbed her eyes. "What happened to your date with Dean?"

"Well, that's sort of what I need to talk to you guys about. Can we go somewhere more private, d'you think?" Lily asked.

Marlene and Alice looked at each other, and then back up at Lily. She obviously really needed them, so they would abandon their assignments for her. It's what friends did for one another. Without another word, they gathered their papers, shoving them into their bags.

"Let's just go back to my common room. Nobody's there, and only James and I have the password so nobody can come in either." Lily said, turning and heading back towards the portrait hole. Marlene and Alice followed, wondering what in the hell was so important that Lily was acting this unlike herself.

When they were finally in the Head's common room, Marlene plopped down on the couch, Alice and Lily following her lead.

"Okay Lils. Explain." Marlene demanded, making herself comfortable.

"Well, it's about James. And Dean." Lily said, pausing. Now that they were alone, she didn't really know how to explain everything she was feeling.

Alice raised her eyebrow. "James? And Dean? Lily, you have to explain everything. Start at why you aren't on your date with Dean, then you can work the rest in."

"The match was over. We won, but James got hurt. Avery, that stupid Slytherin beater, hit a bludger right at the back of his head and knocked him unconscious. He fell off of his broom and if Sirius hadn't have caught him, who knows how badly he would be injured." Lily explained. "Well, when I saw that James was hurt, I kind of freaked out, and left Dean in the stands and went straight to the hospital wing with Remus, where we meet Sirius."

"Whoa, wait a minute. Let me get this straight," Marlene interrupted, holding her hand up to stop Lily from continuing. "You left Dean, in the middle of a date, the date you've been dying to get, to go to the hospital wing to make sure James Potter was okay?"

"Well, yes, I did. See the thing is, my date with Dean was horrible. He's horrible. It was nothing like it was supposed to be, and I honestly have no bloody clue why I liked him so much in the first place. The truth is…I think I have feelings for James." Lily said quietly, chewing on her bottom lip.

She looked up at her two best friends, who were sitting there staring at her as if she had grown another head or something.

"You, Lily Evans, have feelings for James Potter?" Alice choked out, her eyes open so wide Lily couldn't help but worry that they would pop out of her head any minute now.

Lily nodded. She hadn't thought they would take it like this…she had hoped they would be a bit more supportive, but at least she had been honest with them.

Then Marlene started laughing. Lily looked at her, completely shocked. Her she was, telling her about her feelings for the elusive James Potter, and Marlene was laughing. Her head thrown back, mouth open, laughing.

"I…so…knew….it!" Marlene gasped between fits of laughter, clutching her stomach.

"What? You knew what?" Lily asked, totally confused. She looked at Alice, who was starting to smile. What the hell was going on here?

"I knew you were going to fall for James! As soon as you told us you were going to kiss him, I knew it." Marlene explained, trying to control her laughter. Alice started giggling as Lily looked from one to the other exasperatedly.

"Well, it doesn't matter anyways. It didn't mean anything to him, it was just a part of the plan." Lily said. Both girls stopped laughing at this.

"What Lily? Why do you say that?" Alice asked.

"When I went to see him in the hospital wing, I was going to tell him how I feel, but he asked me why I was even there, like he didn't want me there or something. I left after that, I couldn't tell him."

"Lily! Are you sure he was saying it like that? He could have just been wondering why you weren't with Dean." Marlene exclaimed.

"No, you don't understand. James is…well, he's perfect. There is no reason he would even look at me in that way. He can have any girl in this school. He wouldn't want me, that's for sure."

Alice and Marlene shook their heads. Lily was their best friend, but she was so unaware of how beautiful she was, and how many guys would be lucky to have her.

"Lils, I think you just need to talk to James. Tell him how you really feel. I'm pretty sure he feels the same way. Remember, we were there when you kissed. We saw his face when he pulled away, and he definitely wanted to kiss you again." Marlene said, always the voice of reason.

"I'll think about it, how about that?" Lily said, slouching down on the couch. All she wanted to do now that she had everything off her chest was curl up and go to bed.

"As long as you really think about it, and you aren't just saying that, then okay." Alice said, as she stood up. Marlene followed suite and they both hugged Lily.

"Now, missy, you go up to your bed, curl up under the covers, and think about this. You really do need to talk to him about this, you know you do, but you're stubborn. So go." Marlene said, pulling Lily up from the couch.

"Thank you guys. Really, I'm so lucky to have you as my friends."

With one last goodnight, Marlene and Alice walked out of the Head's common room, returning to the Gryffindor common room, and Lily walked up the stairs, taking her friends' advice.

She was going to climb in bed and think about James and all that she felt for him. And then she was going to plan out a way to tell him, and just hope with all her being that she didn't get hurt in the end.

A/N: So what did you think? You know what to do ;D