My cheeks flushed, and it brought a question to my lips. "Exactly how long have you loved me, Teddy?" I asked. I'm not sure I knew the velocity to which he felt about me, and how long it took to build that kind of love for another.

"Well, if you want to be really specific one day when your family and I went out for a picnic on my 14th birthday, we had just finished playing Quidditch, when you wanted to fly around with me, we started gliding around together and while we were I looked at you, and I saw you smiling content with joy soaring high above the skies, but the way I looked at you changed not a way I used to, it was a looked filled with love and caring beyond anything I have ever felt. It was like you suddenly carved yourself into my soul." Teddy explained.

"I was 10 then, I remember it, it was the first time on a broom by myself and I felt amazing," I recalled. "I also remember that Dad gave you a bit of a scolding for letting me." I laughed.

"Yeah he did but it was worth it. Just…to see you…like that…free." He mumbled. My heart fluttered. "Lily, you're my horcux you have taken a bit of my soul, without you I'm destroyed, but with you I can live forever." My heart flipped. My breathing became rapid and heavy. I loved him, I really did but, not to the extent to which he felt for me.

"That is so beautiful Teddy. But I have to go it's almost lunch and I'm famished." I said.

"Of course. Goodbye." He said kissing me softly on the lips, but like a whisper it was gone. And I left.

When I got back to the Great Hall, I sat two people away from Jeremy but I could still hear him ranting on to Jeffery,

"How could she break up with me? Me! I have always been there for her as her friend and I was even more willing to be there as her boyfriend. We almost did it you know. Yep all her idea had a grape flavoured one and everything, then her stupid I don't know adopted brother walks in. That's it! I bet it was him who made her break up with me. I mean what other possible reason is there." He ranted on and on to Jeff, who was obviously paying more attention to his chocolate pudding with Jaffa sauce than Jeremy. I ate listening to his bogus ideas, but was I wrong to discard Jeremy so quickly, in the last 24hrs only I tried to have sex with Jeremy, now I'm dating Teddy. Was I so stupid to fall out of love so fast? Was Jeremy true or was Teddy my knight in shining armour all along? Just when I finished my rambling thoughts I felt a fairly harsh tap on my shoulder. I turned abruptly to the slightly redden face of Jeremy.

"Lily, was it Teddy who made you break up with me?" he asked trying to remain calm.

"He was a contributing factor, but I broke up with you because of my own decisions. Teddy just help me to see the truth that it would be better to just be friends than anything serious." I replied.

"So it was Teddy!" he shouted. And half of the school turned around.

"Jeremy let's go outside." I said lightly dragging him outside. As soon as we were outside I turned to Jeremy.

"Jeremy just because Teddy helped me see the truth didn't mean it wasn't there." I retorted.

"Ah-ha see you do admit he was involved." Jeremy accused, he looked rabid. "I'll get him I swear I will."

"Jeremy just stop!" I shouted so almost in the Great Hall heard me and half of them turned around. "Just stop, okay. I'm…I'm in love with Teddy okay." He looked like he had just been slapped in the face.

"So, you dumped me for that freak!" Jeremy yelled twice as loud as I had, so everyone turned.

"Well, when he came in, it was like a sign." I mumbled.

"Where's that fucker?"