A/N: This is only a short chapter. Once again, there's swearing involved, and a little violence.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter (these get really annoying to do haha).

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It felt like James had just gone to sleep when he woke up the next day. When he looked around at the other four-posters, he noticed that Remus and Peter were there… He was too upset lat night to have even noticed them in the common room. It must be early.

Slowly, James got out of bed and gathered his clothes so he could have a shower. After his shower, he made he was towards the Great hall for breakfast and was pleased to see he was the first in there. Eager to avoid questions, he grabbed two pieces of buttered toast and set off towards the library.

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Lily's POV

"Lily! Wait up!" called Liz.

Lily stopped walking. She was so tired she was surprised she hadn't fallen asleep just standing there.

"H-Have you been crying?" asked Emer, who was on Liz's other side.

"No," she replied. This was a lie. Lily had been so upset because of the way James had talked to her that she hardly got any sleep. Maybe she did care about James after all…

"Oh, that's alright then. Did you get much sleep last night, Lily, because you look like shit?" asked Emer again.

"Yeah, I had a rough night. Don't worry about it though, I'll catch up tonight." Lily replied.

"Ok then. Did you hear about James?" Liz asked.

"No, what happened?" Lily said; this made a mixture of feelings run through her stomach.

"Oh it was terrible," Emer answered, pulling out the daily profit from inside her bag and handing it to her.

It read:

He Who Must Not Be Named Strikes… Yet again.

Late yesterday afternoon the ministry was tipped on the whereabouts of You Know Who, but unfortunately, were too late. The ministry's arrival at Goddricks Hollow was moments too late, when they discovered the Potter family's house had been destroyed (see picture). Following this, the body's of the parent's of James Potter, who resides at Hogwarts, were found later that night by none other than Albus Dumbledore…

Lily dropped the paper, with silent tears streaming down her face.

No wonder he was so upset…

Guilt ran through Lily's veins as she picked up the Daily Profit and handed back to Emer.

"Lily? Are you ok?" Liz asked, pulling her into a bear hug.

"Y-Yeah I'm fine… That's just so h-horrible," Lily replied.

"Have you seen James today?" asked Emer.

"No, n-not yet. Dumbledore must have t-told him last night after our meeting. H-he came out upset and I asked w-what was wrong and he yelled at me."

"Lily, he would have been emotional… Hell, if my parents were killed by You Know Who, I'd be like that," Lily said.

"I know. But I've never seen so much… hate in his eyes."

"I think you might be exaggerating this a bit," Emer replied, "Lily, he has liked you since he met you, and I'm sure he won't be over you yet… Trust me," she added.

"See, now that's where you go wrong, Emer. James would not have spoken to me like that if he cared about me that much," she said, talking more to her shoes then to Liz or Emer. This was until Lily heard someone call her name out from behind her.

The three of them turned around to see who it was.

"Seth…" Emer mumbled with a look of annoyance, which made Lily shoot her a nasty look.

"Hey Seth," Lily said, smiling.

"We'll meet you in charms," Emer said, before they both walked away.

"How have you been?" he asked, returning the smile.

"Not so good," she admitted. "But a lot better now," she began to flirt with him.

If James was that angry at her then she might as well make him jealous…

Wait… Why would I want to make him jealous?

He took a step closer to Lily, before grabbing both of her hands in his.

"You know, Lily, I've never felt so attached to anyone… Ever," he said, moving closer.

Lily didn't know what to say. Instead, she looked into his eyes and smiled again, feeling rather stupid.

He moved even closer, closing the gap between them. Lily, slightly alarmed, took a step backwards and hit the corridor wall. Seth laughed, taken this as a sign for him to move even closer.

What is this kid playing at?

Being taller than Lily was, he began to move his face down closer to hers. He was so close that she could count the freckles on his face… Not that he had any. Lily didn't know what to do, when suddenly…

"LILY!"

This made Seth jump about a meter backwards, putting his heads on his head.

It was Sirius.

"What the?"

…And Remus.

"James, I know you're Head Boy… But can you look away for a second?" asked Sirius.

…And James. Lily's heart sank.

But Sirius did something that Lily never thought he was capable of… anymore that is. He walked up to Seth, grabbed him by the shirt and punched him right in the jaw. Lily screamed, and stood there in shock, while Remus and James attempted to pull Sirius off him.

But something even more unexpected happened. Seth advanced on Sirius, knocking James out of the way and began to punch every part of Sirius that he could reach.

"SETH!" Lily yelled. He ignored her.

"SETH, DAMMIT!" she yelled again, before taking out her wand and yelling, "Expelliarmus!"

Seth's body shot backwards, along with Sirius and Remus. Apparently it had not only hit its target, but hit everyone around him.

Seth quickly got up, before turning to Lily and saying," Ill talk to you later," and walked away briskly.

"That fucking bastard!" said Sirius, "I swear if I could get my hands on him one more time…"

Tears started to well up in Lily's eyes, which made Sirius stop halfway through his sentence.

"I'm sorry Lily. I swear I didn't mean for that to happen. It's just…" he broke off, looking in James' direction. James was still on the ground, staring at a spot on the wall.

"Potter…I-I'm sorry about… this… about everything," she said.

"It doesn't matter anymore," he said, before getting up and walking away, leaving her to watch him do this for the third time.

"Lily, don't worry about it. He has been like that to everyone… He's been through a lot lately," Remus said.

Lily smiled. Remus was always one to cheer someone up. "Thanks," she managed to say.

"He's actually a great guy," Sirius said.

"I know," she agreed.

"Wait up… The Lily Evans just admitted that James was a great guy? Wow, today really has been weird," Sirius said, shaking his head as if he wanted to wake up from a dream.

Lily laughed. "Promise me one thing, Mr. Black."

"Do go on, I'm intrigued," he replied.

"Give him a hug for me," She said, looking into his hansom face.

"Woah…Too much homosexuality within a small period of time, Evans."

She laughed again, "Do I want to know what you're talking about?"

"Oh it's not that bad. I just gave him a hug last night; he might start to get the wrong idea that's all. But since you're Head Girl, I better do it otherwise you might put me on more detention then you're already about to."

"I'll make you a deal, Black. You give him a hug; I won't give you any detentions whatsoever."

"Lily Evans, you are an angel!" he replied, offering her a high five.

Ignoring it, she said, "But that doesn't mean Seth won't tell anyone about your little episode."

With that, she walked away, only looking back to give him a cheeky smile.

"Now that's that bullshit, right there, Evans…" Sirius shouted after her. This made her laugh.

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A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter… Don't worry, James and Lily WILL be together Lol, just not yet.

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