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Chapter Twenty: More Jily Dillema

First Uploaded: September 17th, 2014

Re-done: January 1st, 2016

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, but I sometimes believe that Hogwarts is real, so NOBODY owns Harry!11! (ok i'll just let myself out yes)

Note: Short chapter in which they don't read a story (sorryyy) but next chapter is packed with action, and this is needed to bring the plot (I do actually have something resembling a plot, it's surprising, I know) forwards. Enjoy anyway!

The funny thing was that at the same time as Lily's astonishing (to her, at least) revelation, in a different part of the castle, James had suddenly turned to Sirius and said decidedly: "I am over Lily Evans."

Sirius snorted. "Please."

James scowled. "No, this time I really mean it. I may not be over her yet, but I will be soon. Too much time has been wasted on that girl."

Sirius was starting to get worried. "No, Prongs. Give her some time."

"Time for what? And, like I said before, I've wasted too much time on her."

"Please, James, do you really want all these years plotting how to get her to go to waste? All the sleepless nights, all the tears you've shed?"

James rolled his eyes. "So none? Nope, I mean it. She's not going to realise anything anytime soon, and I'm tired of waiting. Waiting for what, anyway? Waiting for her to marry some bloke so I can die alone?"

"I'm sure she has feelings for you!" Sirius said desperately. "It's just…"

"Just what?"

"She hasn't realised it yet." Sirius finished lamely.

"Ha, ha, ha. I tried telling myself the same thing for the past three years."

Sirius frowned. James sounded serious. "Well, what would you do if she came up to you right now and told you she fancied you?"

James shrugged. "I'd be over the moon! Because, like I said, I'm not over her yet. However, wait for a week or two, and I won't have any feelings left for her. Maybe we can be friends, or something."

"But… But even all the Fanfiction authors seem to be sure that the two of you will get together!" Sirius said.

James sighed. "Padfoot, Fanfiction authors thought you and Moony were gay, Lily was Moony's psychopathic mother, Hogwarts accepts transfer students and that McGonagall has a secret identity as a rapper. And that's just to mention a few."

Sirius sighed. "Please, Prongs. I just know that the two of you were meant to be."

James looked at him. "Fine. I'll wait a week, but after that I'll wait no more, and I'll find myself another girlfriend. It's not too difficult."

Sirius nodded. He had accepted the challenge: make Lily realise her feelings for James in a week.

Oh, no. This was bad.

After Lily realised what she had been feeling, she had three reactions at once: to laugh, to cry and to run to James and give him a hug for all the nastiness she had put him through.

What she did was something of a combination of the first two: she started giggling, but with tears coming out of her eyes.

"Lily, what is it?" Livia asked.

"I- I fancy him!"

Livia rushed to her and gave her a hug. "You do?"

"I… I do!"

"Yes! Yes, yippee, yay! You finally realised it!" Livia said, starting to dance around their dormitory. "James is going to be over the moon!"

Lily gasped. "Oh, Merlin. I have to tell him, don't I? But I can't!"

"Why not?" Livia asked, flopping down onto the bed next to Lily.

Lily winced. "Well, I rejected him so many times, he'll hate me for only realizing that I like him now."

Livia rolled her eyes. "No, he'll be so happy, he'll forget that you ever rejected him."

"But I haven't got time for anything like that now! I've got my N.E.W.T.s coming up!"

"Lily, that's a stupid excuse. Both you and James are great students, and passing your N.E.W.T.s will be no problem."

"They're called nastily exhausting for a reason!"

Livia rolled her eyes, to which Lily sighed.

"Fine. But I don't even know if he still likes me!"

"Lily, I can assure you that he does."

"I only just realized what I feel, it's too soon to tell him!"

"Lily."

"I don't want a boyfriend right now!"

"Lily."

"I- er, I really don't have time with my head girl duties!"

"He's head boy. Lily, why don't you want to tell him?"

Lily buried her head in her pillow and mumbled something.

"What was that?" Livia asked.

Lily raised her head an inch and muttered, "I'm scared to tell him."

"But he'd be so happy!"

Lily blushed. "I don't know how all this even works! I've only ever had two boyfriends, and Simon doesn't even count because we only spoke about studying. I have no idea what to say or do, or how to kiss properly or anything!"

Livia giggled. When Lily glared at her she raised her hands in defence. "Hey, do I look like some professional on the subject? And what makes you think James is such an expert?"

"At least he's had other girlfriends…"

"Out of which only one lasted longer than a month."

"Better than none."

"Really, Lily, you've never had a girlfriend? You never cease to amaze me."

Lily chucked a pillow at her friend's head. "You know what I mean."

"Lily, nobody cares that you haven't had a million boyfriends. In fact, James wouldn't even like you if you had. He likes you for you, little studious-"

"Hey!"

"Unexperienced Lily. Please, just tell him."

Lily sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "But how? I can't just go up to him and say, 'hey, James, after many years of rejecting you and making you suffer, I've realized that I have a crush on you.'"

"Not like that…"

"'Hey James, I fancy you.' Better?"

Livia grinned and nodded, to which Lily groaned. "I was being sarcastic!"

"Whatever. He wouldn't mind."

Lily got up and went over to the desk. "I'm not going to tell him."

Livia groaned loudly. "And what do you think is going to happen? He'll magically realise what you're thinking, and walk up to you and snog you."

"I was kind of hoping something like that would happen." Lily said sheepishly.

"As much as I'm sure he would like to; he still thinks you would slap him into the next millennia."

"Couldn't you just tell him?"

"Me? Nope. He wouldn't believe me." Livia said.

"Why?"

Livia grinned. "Might have something to do with the fact that me and Sirius ganged up together and wrote him a love letter in your name, then sent it to him, got him all excited, and then revealed it was us."

Lily stared at her. "What did he do?"

"Well, do you remember that time I went to the hospital wing with tentacles sprouting on my arms? And Sirius was bald for a week. He still claims it was the worst seven days of his life."

"You told me the Slytherins did that to you!"

"Well, I couldn't tell you what we did, you would have skinned us alive."

Lily turned to look at Livia. "Why did James make such a big deal out of it? It was just a prank…"

"Lily," Livia sighed. "This conversation is going round in circles. Let me state the known facts: James likes you. A lot. You like James. The two of you would be perfect for each other. What else is there to say? You tell him, he's happy and the two of you get together."

Lily turned to face out of the window thoughtfully. Her brain was telling her to not tell him, and keep things the way they are, but her heart wanted him to know…

Remus sat down on the grass.

"That," he panted, "has to be one of the top ten most epic things I've ever done."

Peter grinned. "Are you kidding? It's in my top three!"

Remus shrugged. "Well, some of the pranks have been pretty impressive."

"But nothing comes close to Snape's reaction. I mean, did you see him? He looked like he had seen a naked Hippogriff dancing the salsa in the great hall!"

Remus looked at him. "Where did that comparison come from? And, anyway, aren't all Hippogriffs naked?"

"You know what I mean."

"I don't."

"What I meant to say was: His reaction was absolutely priceless." Peter said happily. "But, now I'm kind of peckish, seeing as we lost all those delicious muffins."

Remus laughed. "How were you imagining that we could have eaten all those muffins?"

"Well, I don't know. It's just, when you ask the house elves for muffins, they go and make about fifty. And how can you say no to fifty delicious muffins, fresh from the oven, and with slightly gooey chocolate on the inside? Oh, darn, now I really want some more."

"I wouldn't have swapped Snape's reaction for anything, not even a thousand muffins."

Peter shrugged and started walking back to the castle.

"Where are you going?" Remus called.

"To check up on the others. For all we know, James and Lily could be engaged by now." Peter answered.

Remus snorted. "As if. But wait for me!" He shouted, before picking himself up and following Peter.

A/N: Sorry for not having them read a story – this'll probably be the last chapter like that. I've just had enough of them not reading stuff together (although I did enjoy writing the Sirius/James bonding bits) but next chapter will be extremely exciting.

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