Lana
As Lily took a seat next to James, she noticed Remus giving her a curious look. Avoiding his eyes, she slide the necklace with her ring on it down the front of her robes so only he caught sight.
"Lily… You're here finally. How've you been?" James noticed her a moment later and immediately stopped eating.
"I've been better." She answered honestly.
"What's wrong?" his eyes were filled with concern, but she knew the look all too well.
"Severus and I just broke up."
She noticed his expression change from concern to shock to relief within a moment's time. "I'm so sorry, Lil… He didn't hurt you, did he?"
Not like you ever did, she thought. "No, of course not, he would never do that."
"Then what happened?" James pushed on.
"We just decided it would be best to go our separate ways…" all of the sudden, a loud scrapping noise came from the opposite side of the room. Looking over her shoulder, she saw Severus standing over what looked like a crumpled Lucius Malfoy. She strained to hear what he was saying, but unfortunately she couldn't even hear his voice. Wishing he was there with her instead of over with his god-awful Slytherin house mates, she turned back to James before she could catch Severus' eye.
"What do you mean, 'it was for the best'?" James asked, his eyes still on Lily's pale face.
"I meant exactly what I said. It just didn't work out James."
He nodded, accepting this. "I guess that means you and me…?"
Lily shrugged, "If you want to."
He shook his head, "Only if your heart's in it."
She looked up and him with a weak smile and a look of defeat. "Give me a few days and I'll be ok… You know how the whole breakup thing goes. I'm gonna miss him for a while, but I'll get over him."
I'll get over him the moment Papa joins Lord Voldemort. Lily smiled inwardly. James finished eating and looked over at her plate, which was empty.
"You're not eating?"
"Not hungry." Lily sighed, leaning back in her chair.
"Do you want to go back to the common room then? We've missed you." James offered, looking at his three friends to see if they were done. Getting a look of approval from the three of them, he gently guided her up and out of the Great Hall. She felt Severus' eyes watching her, but she was took afraid to turn around to see his expression. She knew he must be feeling betrayed, but he knew it was for the best; in order to lead a 'normal' life, she had to be with James. She had no choice.
Back in the common room, James, Sirius, and Peter went up the stairs to the seventh year boy dorms, leaving Remus with Lily. She glanced over towards Remus with a worried expression on her face.
"It's a full moon tonight… They just want to get ready." He explained, moving over to sit with her in an overstuffed couch. "So tell me, what's the real reason you and Severus broke up? Don't give me any of that 'it was for the best' bull, I know that's not the truth."
Lily sighed once again, "I can't tell you."
Remus shook his head, "Lily, you have to tell someone. I swear, James will never know, nor will anyone else. I won't let Severus know I have any clue of what's going on, I promise."
Lily thought about this for a moment, then decided she could trust him. She reached under her robes and pulled out her chain with her wedding ring on the end.
"Your engagement ring?" Remus questioned, eyeing the jewelry.
"No." Lily breathed in deeply, "My wedding ring."
Remus' face froze in shock. What ever he had been expecting, that was most certainly not it.
"You mean… You and Severus…?" he asked when he finally gained his voice back.
"December 26th. We've been married for nearly a month." Lily confirmed.
"And you didn't tell anyone?" Remus exclaimed, the glanced around the room to make sure no one was listening. "You two got a divorce, then?"
Lily shook her head, "Papa married us in secret. You must understand, no one must EVER know. It's a matter of life and death."
Remus nodded, "Why though?"
"Voldemort found out… He didn't want his most promising
spawn to be mingling with the enemy, therefore he told us it was either
break up or die. We got married the next day, in secret." Lily admitted
quietly.
"Does this have anything to do with the baby?" Remus asked cautiously.
"Voldemort took my baby before he found out who I was… who I was related to. It was mistake, he realized it, and therefore he tried to break us up. Papa told us to try and live normal lives, and my normal life without Severus would be with James."
"So you two are still married, but you're going to be dating James? You know he was planning on proposing to you, right?"
Lily nodded, "Papa said it was ok, it wouldn't be illegal under the circumstances. All I have to do is wait until Voldemort is defeated, then I plan on ditching James and going back to Severus."
"Poor James… Can't say the bastard doesn't deserve it though." Remus smirked, "He is a bit of a prick."
"A bit? Remus, he put the 'p' in prick."
"He put the 'd' in dick."
"The 'a' in asshole."
"The 'm' and 'f' in mother f-"
"REMUS!"