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Summary- James has always been in love with Lily, and Lily has always though that James was a bigheaded toe rag. It is there last year at Hogwarts, and James knows that it is now or never to finally get Lily. James even has the advantage of being head boy and Lily being head girl. Well we all know that he gets her in the end…but here is how he did it.

Chapter 11-Handeling the Truth

FROM LAST CHAPTER:

In the heads room--

Lily just looked at James in disbelief.

"YOU WHAT?"

"I can't believe you!" Lily yelled. "How could you possibly be so stupid!"

"Lily, let me finish explaining." James said, trying to calm her down. This was not going well.

"Oh do go on! Go on, tell me WHY you are an ILLEGAL ANIMAGIUS!" Lily yelled.

"Well you see…um…well…" James started to say.

"Yeah, I'm still listening." Lily said.

"Remus…he's…he's a werewolf." James said.

Lily just stared in disbelief. "Oh my god." She said quietly, and then headed to the balcony to go outside.

"Lily-" James started to say.

Lily just held up one hand as she walked out, signaling that she has heard enough.

Lily rushed down the spiral staircase from the balcony, and ran to a tree by the lake, sat down and started crying.

James had to go after her, he couldn't stand for her to be like this. Maybe telling her wasn't the best idea, but he had to be honest. Why couldn't she have taken it so well like Kendall did?

He rushed down the stairs and found Lily crying by a tree.

"Lily." He said walking over to her. "Lily please don't cry." He said.

Lily stood up, and looked him straight in the eyes. And for once, she didn't get lost in them.

"I gave you my trust." She said. "I forgave you for everything that you have done to me, I gave you my trust, and my heart, and you couldn't spare a moments time to tell me that you are a bloody animagius, and an illegal one at that!"

"Well that's why I'm telling you now!" James said defending himself. "I was afraid of what you would do when you found out, so that's why I stalled." He said.

"You wonder why I never would go out with you! Well here is living proof that James Potter cares about no one but himself!"

"You know Remus told Kendall about him being a werewolf and she didn't blow up at him like you are blowing up at me!" James said. Bad move.

"Well Remus isn't a arrogant prat! Remus didn't play mean jokes and pranks on Kendall for 6 years, and claimed that he liked her!" Lily spat back. "Remus didn't CHOOSE to be a werewolf. YOU CHOSE to be an animagius!"

"Lily-" James said, putting his hand on her arm, but she slapped him away, crossed her arms, and turned to the lake.

"Is that what you still think of me?" James asked Lily.

"Maybe." She said.

James was a little angry now. "Well just for your information, I didn't become a stag for selfish reasons." He said.

Lily still was turned away, but she was listening.

"You have never seen someone turn into a werewolf, and how much pain they go through. Me and Sirius and Peter became animagius' so we could be there for him when he was changing." James said.

"Oh." Lily said, starting to feel a little bad now.

"Yeah, 'oh' is right. You know what, I don't 'claim to like you'." James said.

Lily turned halfway towards him.

"I love you okay." James said. Lily's eyes widened, she had heard that from other people, that James loved her, but she never heard it from him. "Yeah, that's right Lily, I love you. And believe me, I know I'm not the most bloody perfect student, and I don't follow all of the rules, but I would think that being in love with you would make up for some of that." James said.

"James I didn't-" Lily started to say.

"No, no you didn't Lily. You didn't even want to hear my side, you may be the smartest girl in the entire school, but that doesn't mean that your side is always the right side. And believe me, it hurts really bad to be called an arrogant prat from the only person I have ever loved, and the only person I ever will love." James said.

Tears were flowing down Lily's cheeks, and she was turned completely facing him.

"I gotta go." James said, and started walking away.

After a minute, Lily came back to her senses, chased after him, and grabbed onto his arm, hoping he would stop. He did.

"James, I'm so sorry…" Lily said. "I just didn't…I mean I over reacted because if…if you got caught, who knows what would happen to you…and I mean…if you got hurt, I…I don't know what I would do because…because I love you to." Lily said, sobbing now.

James was in shock. "You do?" He asked.

"I do." She said. "I do." Lily repeated. "So much…so much I can hardly stand it." She said now whispering.

At this point, the only thing James could do was snatch Lily up in his arms and kiss her hard on the lips.

Lily was so happy that he forgave her. Once he let her go she said, "Oh James, I'm so sorry." And then she gave him a big hug, and to her great fortune, he hugged her back.

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