A/N: I was checking my email when Stolen by Dashboard Confessional came on iTunes and it made me want to write this chapter. I know its kind of old, but its one of my favorites.

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Nova was angry, Lucy could tell. She was full of hate and angst but she was keeping her composure calm and cool. Lucy also knew that it was only temporary and that she would be rounding on her once they were in the safety of their dorm room.

She was talking to James, making up excuses for her absence during the majority of the party and Lucy wished she could escape from the fat boy next to her.

"You aren't in Gryffindor are you?" His breath smelled of something stronger than butterbeer.

"No." She graced him with a response.

"Then what's a Slytherin doing in here?"

Her lip curled. "I am not in Slytherin." She tried to walk away, but there was no room on the makeshift dance floor for her to exit.

"You seem like a Slytherin to me." He laughed.

"Yeah, okay." She'd had enough of this and forced her way out of the throng.

She pulled her way up to Nova. "Nova honey. We have to go back early remember."

Nova looked at her coldly. "No I don't."

Shit, she's mad. "Um, yes. We have our Transfiguration homework to finish."

"Fine." She stood up. "Bye James."

Once they were clear of any passersby Nova attacked. "That's all we could get out of her?!"

"At least it's something." Lucy offered.

"Something?! Now we're stuck with a drunk Gryffindor and sooner or later someone will figure out she's missing!"

"That's what that was?" Lucy didn't know the details of the plan.

"Of course it was!" Nova exclaimed. "What did you think it was?"

"I dunno, Veritaserum?"

Nova shook her head in dismay. "But the fact remains that she's near unconscious, probably puking all over the broom closet and all we got out of her was a confirmation that she's making James jealous!"

"Why don't we just slip her into the Gryffindor common room?"

"At least it'll clear our names for now." Nova settled. "Which broom cupboard was it again?"

"Like I would remember." Lucy laughed. "They all look the same."

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Lily didn't like large parties. The loud music and drunken people always sent her over the edge. She was walking to an empty seat when she noticed someone slumped on the floor. She went over them to see if they were conscious or not and when she saw who it was, she gasped.

"Dany?" Lily got down beside her. She knew that her friend lived for affairs like this, but she hardly became this intoxicated. Shot glasses surrounded her and the area smelled like firewhiskey.

A groan answered her and Dany opened an eyelid. "Lily! Having fun?" Her head was swaying dangerously.

"Oh God Dany. I've got to get you upstairs."

Dany opened her mouth to respond but she threw up all over herself.

"Hold on." Lily pressed Dany's palm. "I'm going to get Heidi and we'll get you out of here."

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Heidi could never remember a more awkward moment then when she and Remus broke apart from their kiss. They were both silent for a long moment before she averted her eyes, blushing wildly. Remus was the first to speak.

"Wow. Er. Do you want to talk?" His voice was stiff.

She nodded. "I'm sorry. I just, sort of, wasn't thinking properly." She made to get up, but Remus grabbed her hand.

"No! I mean- wait." It was Remus' turn to blush. And the two burst out laughing. Heidi laughed until she was crying and somehow ended up back in Remus' arms in the armchair.

They were having a comfortable conversation when Lily interrupted them.

"Heidi. You may want to come see this." Lily's face was pale and she didn't seem to notice who her friend was sitting with.

"Sure." She got up and Remus followed her. Once they reached where Dany lay, she cried out.

"Dany!" She was close to tears. "Oh God! Is she okay?"

Lily looked shocked at her alarm. "She's just drunk, Heidi."

"Oh okay." She relaxed a bit. "How are we going to get her upstairs?" She looked up at Remus.

"I have an idea." He said. "I'll be right back." He ran off towards the boy's dormitory.

He came back a minute later with a silvery cloak in his hands. He draped it over Dany's unconscious body and Heidi watched wide-eyed as her sister disappeared before her eyes.

"Invisibility cloak?" She asked.

Remus nodded. "Just promise me you won't tell James that I let you borrow it."

Remus carried the invisible bundle to the stairs leading up to the girl's dorm. He slid the cloak off of Dany and gave her to Lily, who then proceeded to pull her up the stairs with help from Heidi. Once they reached the 7th year room, they rolled Dany onto her bed and covered her with blankets.

Heidi relaxed and leaned against the wall.

Lily turned to her. "So you and Remus, huh?"

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The first snowfall of the year fell on December 3rd. The marauders were outside immediately after class acting like children on Christmas. James and Sirius were pelting each other with snowballs, Peter was making a snow angel and Remus was building a rather deformed snowman.

When it was time for dinner, the boys traded the snow for the warmth of the castle.

After dinner, James wandered around the corridors, snow-drunk and happy. He walked down the hall leading to the Head's dorm, where he saw Lily walking.

"Hey Lily!" He called feeling ecstatic at the sight of her.

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Lily was walking through the halls thinking about her parents when she heard James call out to her. A warmth spread up her body from her toes when she saw him standing there smiling at her.

"Hi James." She said when he reached her.

"I haven't seen you much this year." James said casually.

"I love you." Lily put a hand to her mouth. It just slipped out. She didn't know if it was true or not, but it felt true.

James looked astounded. "What?"

Lily sucked up all the courage she had. "I think I love you, James."

They moved closer together until they were inches from each other's face. "Lily, I've loved you for years."

They were touching now. She put her arms around his neck and closed her eyes. Then-

"Get your hands off my boyfriend you bitch!"

Lily looked around in time to see Nova come sprinting towards her and push her away from James and against the wall. She heard James call her name but he sounded as if he got punched in the gut. Lily didn't care enough to find out who it was that did it.

"How dare you, you slut!" Nova was screaming curses at her.

Lily dodged a burst of yellow light that streamed from Nova's wand. Lily sent a disarming spell back at her, and then the two were in a duel.

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James had been shocked to see Nova attack Lily like that.

"Lily!" He had called, but then found that Sirius had delivered him a punch to the gut. "How the hell did you get here?" He asked him, breathless.

"What do you think you're doing with Lily? You bastard!" Sirius pushed him to the ground, and they fought, wands inches away, forgotten.

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Remus looked at Peter, wondering what to do. They had just finished dinner and Nova had joined them asking where James went, so they went out to search for him. And then they had walked in on James and Lily's close embrace and Nova and Sirius had attacked.

"Peter, I'll break them up, you go get help or something!" Remus rushed, running over to where the girl's were dueling. Unable to stop them, he hurried over to Sirius and James, failing to break them apart. McGonagall had come running with Peter behind her.

"What is going on here?" She demanded and the fighting stopped immediately. She led them back to her office and they sat there, looking like children that had been caught sneaking cookies out of the cookie jar.

"Would anyone like to tell me what happened?" Minerva didn't wait for an answer. "You two are Head students!" She pointed to Lily and James. "You two were fighting like rabid muggles!" She indicated Sirius and James. "You know that no magic is allowed in the corridors!" She yelled to Nova and Lily.

"Why'd you get McGonagall?" Remus whispered to Peter.

"You told me to get help." Peter argued.

"Not from someone that'll give them detention for the rest of the term!" Remus hissed back.

"Sorry." Peter shrugged.

Nova had broken down in tears and Sirius looked murderous. Lily and James had expressions of great regret etched across their faces and Remus wondered if he was allowed to leave. He ducked through the door and was relieved to find that no one protested.

He walked down the corridor where he met Heidi and Dany walking towards Gryffindor tower.

"Have you seen Lily?" Heidi asked him.

"She's in McGonagall's office." He replied.

"What? Why?" Asked Dany.

"It's a long story."

"We've got time." Dany crossed her arms.

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A/N: Juicy, bitter drama. Here's proof that the story's progressing.