"Guess what's next weekend?" James asked, sitting down beside her at the Gryffindor table.

"Hogsmeade." She said with a huge, notorious grin. He smirked.

"That's right. Surely you can't wait?" He guessed, raising an eyebrow. She mock-thought for a long time, and he elbowed her gently and jokingly. She laughed, and dug in to her food. He did the same, pausing every couple minutes to watch her.

How in the world did I ever manage to get Lily Evans? He asked himself, bewildered.

She caught him looking, and he tossed her a wide grin.

"What?" She asked curiously, looking at him.

"Just trying to figure out how I ever managed to get the most beautiful girl in the world as my girlfriend." He said casually, as if he were commenting on the weather.

She beamed at him.

"You know, sometimes I wonder how you ever managed it too." She said, winking.

He grinned, but turned thoughtful. "I'm serious. I mean, you used to hate me."

"And I still don't now?" She joked again, sipping some juice.

"No. Now you love me." He said, inching close to her face. "Remember?" He whispered in her ear. It tickled, and she laughed.

"As a matter of fact, I do." She said, putting her arms around his waist, ready to kiss him.

"Save that for later." A voice interrupted. Lily pouted, and James laughed.

"Hey Sirius." James said casually, as Sirius reached over and grabbed the juice.

"Prongs." Sirius acknowledged, giving him a nod, then leaning on his elbows, trying to get his face close to Lily's from across the table. "Lily. Your friend, Marlene… Does she fancy me?" He murmured seriously, and she laughed.

"No beating around the bush, huh Sirius?" Lily laughed, contemplating. "Hmm… I can't say she does Sirius. She likes a guy who's bold, you know, makes the first move." Lily said.

Sirius scoffed. "I'm bold."

"Mm-hmm? So why are you asking me if she fancies you?" She asked, sipping some juice again and raising an eyebrow.

He thought for a moment. "Bloody hell, you're right!" He exclaimed, getting out of his seat and running out of the Great Hall.

"Alone again." Lily murmured to James, and he chuckled in response. She kissed him gently on the jaw affectionately. He sighed impatiently and she pulled back quickly, wondering what was wrong, when she saw the cause of their second interruption.

"Hey guys!" Jane chirped in a false-cheery tone a second later, walking in with Remus, an awkward distance from her.

They sat on the other side of the table from them and started piling food onto their plates in silence. James raised an eyebrow at the pair of them, and made to say something, but Remus silenced him with a look.

It was about 5 more minutes of silent eating and forks scraping against plates before Marlene and Sirius showed up together.

"Hey," Marlene said sitting down on Jane's left, Sirius sitting beside her. People mumbled hellos and then came a long silence.

She sighed. "What did I miss?" Evidently, the awkwardness was obvious.

"No idea." Lily said, glancing pointedly at Jane. Jane was frowning at Remus, who was doing everything he could to avoid her eyes.

Jane let out an emotionless laugh.

"I'll be going then." She said, getting up and starting to walk away from them.

Lily and Marlene got up at the exact same time and ran after her, not even bothering to say goodbye to the guys. They caught up to her and they walked to the girls' dorm, that Lily was no longer a part of. Jane not uttering a word until the door was closed, she let out a long breath.

"Remus wants to break up with me." She said, voice shaking. As shy as she was, Jane never cried. "And, I mean, we've only been dating for like, 2 days, but… I dunno guys, this just feels right. That's why it came as such a shock."

Lily nodded. "I understand. James and I haven't been dating more than a week, but if he were to break up with me today…" Her lower lip trembled slightly, and she didn't say any more.

Marlene however, scoffed. "Well what's wrong with the loser?"

They both stared at her, jaws hanging open.

"You heard me. He must be mentally deranged if he broke up with you. Did he say why?"

Jane recovered slightly from her stunned expression.

"No. Well, I mean yes but… it was oddly vague."

They waited, but she didn't say anything more.

"Now look who's being vague." Marlene said impatiently.

"Sorry."

"What exactly did he say Jane?" Lily asked. She couldn't even imagine Remus breaking up with someone. He was one of the nicest people she knew. They had grown fairly close to each other over last year, what with them both being Prefects together.

"He said something about how he didn't deserve me, and how I'd be happier with someone else. But I won't!" She exclaimed, causing both Lily and Marlene to jump slightly, as her soft voice turned harsher. "I will only be happy with Remus! If I can't have him, I don't want anyone else!" She said, getting angry now.

"Er, so what are you going to do about it?" Marlene asked curiously, raising her eyebrows.

Suddenly, Jane bounced up from her bed and walked to the door, a determined spring in her step.

"I'm going to tell him, that's what." She said, and, with two shorts nods to her friends, she was gone. There was a long silence, then-

"Who is that and what have they done with Gentle Jane?" Marlene asked incredulously, using the old nickname her and Lily had made up for Jane.

"No idea. But I kind of like her."

Marlene nodded enthusiastically, and they both broke out into laughter.

"Remus is totally screwed."

As usual, hope you all liked this chapter! Please please review! It really helps me know that people are liking this story, and that I'm not just posting this for no one. ;)
Thanks all, have a magical day* (thought i should add in a reference. Don't know why.)
-Taylor :)