Lily McCleary Part 3
**Hermione**
(a/n) I love to get feedback!! But be warned...I only like constructive criticism!
"What Happened?" Lily asked professor Delaney in a shriek.
"Well, when Peter and Remus woke up, the two were unconscious. Their wands were thrown aside."
"Will they be alright?" Lily asked. But professor Delaney didn't respond, not knowing what to say. Lily burst into tears as she ran back to her dormitory. She grabbed the invisibility cloak, knowing she might not make it to her morning classes.
When she got to the infirmary, Sirius was still unconscious, but James' eyes were fluttering slightly.
"James?" Lily said in a whisper even though Madam Perenelle, the nurse, wasn't there. "What Happened?" Lily asked, though she thought she already knew.
"Lily?" Said James in a broken whisper. "Where are you? Have I gone blind?"
"No James," Lily chuckled. "I'm wearing your invisibility cloak. Though, you might be crazy."
James smiled, "I'm so sorry."
"No, It's okay. I deserve whatever I get now."
"No, Lily. You deserve the world. If you are happier with Sirius then be with him. Really, I just want to see you happy." James sighed with a pained expression on his face.
"I don't know who I want to be with. I don't know anything anymore. For all I know, It could be you."
James smiled warmly, as if remembering a happy memory, and he closed his eyes and let his head fall back onto the pillow. "I'll give you time, if that is what you want." Then with a deep breath he fell back into the black, dreamless sleep known as unconsciousness. Lily kissed him on the cheek and then walked over to Sirius' bed.
"Sirius, can you here me?" She got no reply and decided to come back around lunch hour when he would hopefully be awake.
After Lily left the infirmary, she took off the invisibility cloak and headed back to her dorm to get her materials for the second half of potions. When she got to her room she thought it wasn't worth getting yelled at by Professor Salazar, who was the extremely nasty potions teacher, though it may be priceless to see his reaction. But playing it safe, she would just wait for divination.
She lied down on her bed and shut her eyes, not sleeping, but just resting, and thinking.
"Ms. McCleary! What in Dumbledore's name are you doing?" Lily's eyes flew open and she saw a deep blue pair reflecting in her own.
"Professor Delaney!" Lily now knew what it felt like to be speechless.
"Go to class right now, Lily." The professor sounded very disappointed.
Lily, scared to death, shaking, grabbed her things and ran at top speed out of Gryffindor tower, and to divination.
"Lily, dear." Professor Trelawny said in a high, floaty, whisper of a voice, after Lily had walked in late. "I knew you would be late. It was in the stars, also, I am terribly sorry for your loss."
Lily muttered under her breath, as she was taking a seat next to Remus, so that no one would hear her, because, what she said, she didn't want to have the reputation of saying.
"What happened?" Remus asked, elbowing her.
"I went to visit James and Sirius, then I skipped Potions, but Professor Delaney caught me. I'm surprised she didn't give me a weeks detention, she just yelled at me a bit."
"Jeez, Lily, I never thought you, of all people would skip school! You are almost top of your class! That wasn't for nothing. Don't waste it." Remus gave her a disgusted look.
"Well, if two of your best friends could have been dead, you would have skipped too. But you wouldn't know that because your best friend is Peter, who I can see isn't here either. Do you know why?" Remus was silent and Lily new she had beaten him at his own game. . .for now.
Lily hadn't been listening to Professor Trelawny, but suddenly her voice broke its way into Lily's mind." For Homework, you shall use your star charts to determine the outcome of an important event happening in your life, and if there isn't one, predict one for a friend."
Then the high, bloody loud bell magicked its way through the halls, telling the students it was time for lunch.
Walking ahead of everyone else, so she wouldn't be bothered, Lily rushed back to the infirmary, praying to the Sages that Sirius would be awake. He looked up from the clipboard he was holding that must have held homework. He looked up into Lily's deep, green eyes. "Lily, go get the invisibility cloak, I need to talk to you, alone." He looked over at James.
"Ok, I'll be back in a minute." Without another word, Lily ran to her dorm, grabbed the cloak and ran back to the infirmary.
When she got back, James was still sleeping, so quietly, Sirius and herself, put on the cloak, and walked out of the castle, onto the sunny Hogwarts grounds.
"So what did you want to talk about?"
"It's James, I think that. . .well, I don't think its right that I go out with you. James. . .He's my best friend."
"Oh, I well. . .whatever." Lily may have said whatever, but with a peck on the cheek for Sirius, she ran back full speed to the castle, with tears streaming down her face.
When Lily got to the common room, she sank into a poofy couch, laid down and put a pillow over her face, not wanting contact with anyone, yet, maybe someone.
As she lay on the couch, she though about it over and over again in her head. It didn't make any sense. If she was with Sirius, James would be unhappy, and if she went out with James, Sirius would be unhappy.
It looked like there was only one option left for the guys. . .and Lily didn't want to do it. . .Severus. Now, Lily decided, It's Sirius, James, or no one. I'm not that desperate.
Somebody put a hand on Lily's shoulder. When she turned around to see who it was, they were gone, yet somehow, she felt better now.
She collected herself and walked up stairs to her dormitory, sat on her bed, head in her hand, and looked out the window at the lake on Hogwarts.
It was time for transfiguration, with professor Delaney,. The halls seemed to wind around her as she made her way to class. She was the first one there and in behind her, seeming to come from no where, walked in Sirius, who had a black eye, followed by James with his arm in a sling.
After them came Severus, with a particularly mean look on his face, and grease in his hair, he was looking very nasty, not at all his usual self. With an even nastier look, he asked, "Where were you all morning?"
**Hermione**
(a/n) I love to get feedback!! But be warned...I only like constructive criticism!
"What Happened?" Lily asked professor Delaney in a shriek.
"Well, when Peter and Remus woke up, the two were unconscious. Their wands were thrown aside."
"Will they be alright?" Lily asked. But professor Delaney didn't respond, not knowing what to say. Lily burst into tears as she ran back to her dormitory. She grabbed the invisibility cloak, knowing she might not make it to her morning classes.
When she got to the infirmary, Sirius was still unconscious, but James' eyes were fluttering slightly.
"James?" Lily said in a whisper even though Madam Perenelle, the nurse, wasn't there. "What Happened?" Lily asked, though she thought she already knew.
"Lily?" Said James in a broken whisper. "Where are you? Have I gone blind?"
"No James," Lily chuckled. "I'm wearing your invisibility cloak. Though, you might be crazy."
James smiled, "I'm so sorry."
"No, It's okay. I deserve whatever I get now."
"No, Lily. You deserve the world. If you are happier with Sirius then be with him. Really, I just want to see you happy." James sighed with a pained expression on his face.
"I don't know who I want to be with. I don't know anything anymore. For all I know, It could be you."
James smiled warmly, as if remembering a happy memory, and he closed his eyes and let his head fall back onto the pillow. "I'll give you time, if that is what you want." Then with a deep breath he fell back into the black, dreamless sleep known as unconsciousness. Lily kissed him on the cheek and then walked over to Sirius' bed.
"Sirius, can you here me?" She got no reply and decided to come back around lunch hour when he would hopefully be awake.
After Lily left the infirmary, she took off the invisibility cloak and headed back to her dorm to get her materials for the second half of potions. When she got to her room she thought it wasn't worth getting yelled at by Professor Salazar, who was the extremely nasty potions teacher, though it may be priceless to see his reaction. But playing it safe, she would just wait for divination.
She lied down on her bed and shut her eyes, not sleeping, but just resting, and thinking.
"Ms. McCleary! What in Dumbledore's name are you doing?" Lily's eyes flew open and she saw a deep blue pair reflecting in her own.
"Professor Delaney!" Lily now knew what it felt like to be speechless.
"Go to class right now, Lily." The professor sounded very disappointed.
Lily, scared to death, shaking, grabbed her things and ran at top speed out of Gryffindor tower, and to divination.
"Lily, dear." Professor Trelawny said in a high, floaty, whisper of a voice, after Lily had walked in late. "I knew you would be late. It was in the stars, also, I am terribly sorry for your loss."
Lily muttered under her breath, as she was taking a seat next to Remus, so that no one would hear her, because, what she said, she didn't want to have the reputation of saying.
"What happened?" Remus asked, elbowing her.
"I went to visit James and Sirius, then I skipped Potions, but Professor Delaney caught me. I'm surprised she didn't give me a weeks detention, she just yelled at me a bit."
"Jeez, Lily, I never thought you, of all people would skip school! You are almost top of your class! That wasn't for nothing. Don't waste it." Remus gave her a disgusted look.
"Well, if two of your best friends could have been dead, you would have skipped too. But you wouldn't know that because your best friend is Peter, who I can see isn't here either. Do you know why?" Remus was silent and Lily new she had beaten him at his own game. . .for now.
Lily hadn't been listening to Professor Trelawny, but suddenly her voice broke its way into Lily's mind." For Homework, you shall use your star charts to determine the outcome of an important event happening in your life, and if there isn't one, predict one for a friend."
Then the high, bloody loud bell magicked its way through the halls, telling the students it was time for lunch.
Walking ahead of everyone else, so she wouldn't be bothered, Lily rushed back to the infirmary, praying to the Sages that Sirius would be awake. He looked up from the clipboard he was holding that must have held homework. He looked up into Lily's deep, green eyes. "Lily, go get the invisibility cloak, I need to talk to you, alone." He looked over at James.
"Ok, I'll be back in a minute." Without another word, Lily ran to her dorm, grabbed the cloak and ran back to the infirmary.
When she got back, James was still sleeping, so quietly, Sirius and herself, put on the cloak, and walked out of the castle, onto the sunny Hogwarts grounds.
"So what did you want to talk about?"
"It's James, I think that. . .well, I don't think its right that I go out with you. James. . .He's my best friend."
"Oh, I well. . .whatever." Lily may have said whatever, but with a peck on the cheek for Sirius, she ran back full speed to the castle, with tears streaming down her face.
When Lily got to the common room, she sank into a poofy couch, laid down and put a pillow over her face, not wanting contact with anyone, yet, maybe someone.
As she lay on the couch, she though about it over and over again in her head. It didn't make any sense. If she was with Sirius, James would be unhappy, and if she went out with James, Sirius would be unhappy.
It looked like there was only one option left for the guys. . .and Lily didn't want to do it. . .Severus. Now, Lily decided, It's Sirius, James, or no one. I'm not that desperate.
Somebody put a hand on Lily's shoulder. When she turned around to see who it was, they were gone, yet somehow, she felt better now.
She collected herself and walked up stairs to her dormitory, sat on her bed, head in her hand, and looked out the window at the lake on Hogwarts.
It was time for transfiguration, with professor Delaney,. The halls seemed to wind around her as she made her way to class. She was the first one there and in behind her, seeming to come from no where, walked in Sirius, who had a black eye, followed by James with his arm in a sling.
After them came Severus, with a particularly mean look on his face, and grease in his hair, he was looking very nasty, not at all his usual self. With an even nastier look, he asked, "Where were you all morning?"