Lily sat cross-legged by the lake, munching on an apple. "I can't believe I like him," Lily thought, kicking herself mentally. "After 6 years of hating him I've gone and fallen for him. How stupid can you get? I mean he's my worst enemy."
"Well he's not you're worst enemy any more now, is he?" replied her annoying little conscience, smartly.
"Shut-up," Lily told herself, angrily. "Concentrate on someone else. ANYONE else. I mean there are plenty of other guys in this place."
"Yea but none of them are like James."
"Look you're not making this any easier for me so just go away!"
"Leah have you noticed anything, er, different about Lily lately?" Arabella asked, lightly.
"Now that you mention it I suppose she has been sort of quit or something. And she's been friends with James since the dance. It's scary actually."
"Yea," Arabella said, absently. "You know what? I think she likes James." Leah looked at Arabella as if she were a mad woman.
"Lily like James? Impossible. She hates the guy. She says it every other day."
"Yea but she hasn't actually said it since the dance," Arabella commented.
"That's true," Leah said. "But how can she like him? She's hated him for as long as I've known her."
"Longer," Arabella corrected. "But things change. And they say
hate is just one step away from love." The door of the cabin and James,
Remus, Peter and, of course, Sirius filed in. James looked ecstatically
Happy and Arabella immediately demanded to know why.
"Because, Bella dearest," Sirius said. "The love of his life just
agreed to go out with him."
"And who might the love of his life be?" questioned Arabella.
"Jamie Mitchell," James answered, smiling as he said her name.
"Jamie Mitchell?" chorused Arabella and Leah.
"That slut?" Arabella asked.
"She's not a slut!" defended James.
"Whatever you say, Jamsie hun," Arabella said, rolling her eyes
over-dramatically. "Oh my God, we'd better go find Lily," she added.
Leah, who had been desperately avoiding Remus eyes, nodded and they
Flew out the door.
"What's up with them?" Remus asked. Sirius shrugged, looking
bewildered as his girlfriend almost flew to the door.
"Lily?" called Arabella, opening the door of her cabin. "Are you
in here?"
"In the kitchen," came Lily's voice.
"Lils, are you ok?" Arabella asked, concerned.
"No." Lily shook her head. "I'm not. I hate him and I hate myself
for liking him." "Him" was obviously James.
"Oh Lily," breathed Leah. "You fell for him?" Lily nodded, slightly.
"Yea and I hate myself for it."
"Well he's not you're worst enemy any more now, is he?" replied her annoying little conscience, smartly.
"Shut-up," Lily told herself, angrily. "Concentrate on someone else. ANYONE else. I mean there are plenty of other guys in this place."
"Yea but none of them are like James."
"Look you're not making this any easier for me so just go away!"
"Leah have you noticed anything, er, different about Lily lately?" Arabella asked, lightly.
"Now that you mention it I suppose she has been sort of quit or something. And she's been friends with James since the dance. It's scary actually."
"Yea," Arabella said, absently. "You know what? I think she likes James." Leah looked at Arabella as if she were a mad woman.
"Lily like James? Impossible. She hates the guy. She says it every other day."
"Yea but she hasn't actually said it since the dance," Arabella commented.
"That's true," Leah said. "But how can she like him? She's hated him for as long as I've known her."
"Longer," Arabella corrected. "But things change. And they say
hate is just one step away from love." The door of the cabin and James,
Remus, Peter and, of course, Sirius filed in. James looked ecstatically
Happy and Arabella immediately demanded to know why.
"Because, Bella dearest," Sirius said. "The love of his life just
agreed to go out with him."
"And who might the love of his life be?" questioned Arabella.
"Jamie Mitchell," James answered, smiling as he said her name.
"Jamie Mitchell?" chorused Arabella and Leah.
"That slut?" Arabella asked.
"She's not a slut!" defended James.
"Whatever you say, Jamsie hun," Arabella said, rolling her eyes
over-dramatically. "Oh my God, we'd better go find Lily," she added.
Leah, who had been desperately avoiding Remus eyes, nodded and they
Flew out the door.
"What's up with them?" Remus asked. Sirius shrugged, looking
bewildered as his girlfriend almost flew to the door.
"Lily?" called Arabella, opening the door of her cabin. "Are you
in here?"
"In the kitchen," came Lily's voice.
"Lils, are you ok?" Arabella asked, concerned.
"No." Lily shook her head. "I'm not. I hate him and I hate myself
for liking him." "Him" was obviously James.
"Oh Lily," breathed Leah. "You fell for him?" Lily nodded, slightly.
"Yea and I hate myself for it."