Omg!! I'm so increadibly sorry about the wait! I couldn't get on bec I had to many things dlded on my computer, so just this morning I deleted a whole buttload of stuff and now I can get on to the sight!! I would give you an overview of the other chapters bec I know that's handy, but its been too long and I can't remember! I'm sorry! Anyway, on with the fic!!!!

Disclaimer: nothing is mine…*sniffles*

Tay

The Return of Lily and James

Chapter 4: I did not just think that about Ginny!

Harry had no time over the next few days to think about anything else but Quidditch. The season was fast approaching, and Harry desperatly needed a chaser. He met with the team, which consisted of: Ron Weasley as keeper, a big 3rd year named Jason Carmodie as a beater, a 5th year named Karen Slonane as the other beater, and Hallie Jehnson and Jared Bluff were the two chasers, both 4th years. They decided to hold chaser try outs the next Saturday.

James was, of course, trying out to be the chaser. Harry was hoping that he was as good as he sounded. When he confessed this to Lily, she laughed and told him he would be hard-pressed to find a better chaser.

When Saturday rolled around, Harry got up extra early and went to Quidditch pitch to warm up. He did laps and complicated twists and dives. By now, he was able to go into a Wronski Feint and turn sharply upwards with only and inch to spare before he hit the ground. When he landed he heard applause and whistling. He turned and saw Lily and James watching him from the stands. He blushed and walked over to them.

"That was great flying!" exclaimed James.

"Yes," agreed Lily. "Where did you learn to fly like that?"

Harry looked sad and said, "My godfather told me I inherited it from my father."

At this comment, Lily almost burst into tears, but held it in. "I'm sorry about your parents, Harry." She said softly.

Harry cleared his throat and said, "Well, its all in the past now-no use thinking about it, but-" he abruptly cut off and looked extremely sad. "But... I wish I could have known them." He said in barely a whisper, so that James and Lily had to strain to hear him.

"Well, er, shall we begin then?" Came a voice from behind them. It was Ron, standing with his Nimbus 2001 slung over his shoulder.

Harry snapped out of his reverie and nodded. "Yes, might as well get this over with..." and he grabbed the sign up sheet that he had posted in the common room. About 10 Gryffindor's had signed up and they were now making their way down the field, with Harry and Ron's teammates scattered amongst them.

They decided the best way to try the seeker out was to have a sort of mini-Quidditch game. One of the beaters (Karen) protected the person who was trying out, while the other (Jason) swung a bludger at him whenever he got a chance. The two chasers passed the quaffle to the person trying out whenever it was possible. Ron was working to keep the person trying out from scoring as hard as he could, like when the Gryffindor's played the Slytherin's. Harry hovered around, watching carefully.

When it was James' turn, he amazed the team with his abilities. He was able to dodge every bludger, catch any pass, and make every shot. When Harry declared his tryouts over, the whole team agreed- James was in.

They had a party that lasted long into the night, honoring James. Lily came up to Harry and winked at him. "Told you!" She exclaimed. She held his green-eyed gaze with hers for a minute, and then turned away. Harry blinked. He knew he had seen those eyes before! But where? Oh, well. Its probably just my imagination. He thought. He forced himself to ponder about it later, and resumed celebrating.

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Lily and James crept through the darkened halls the next night under the Invisibility cloak. James had borrowed it from Harry, who had looked very surprised that James knew about it, but had given it to him without any questions.

"How many times to you think we had done his?" asked Lily, a smile playing on her lips.

"I don't know. Hundreds of times, I expect!" Laughed James.

They were going to Remus' office to meet Sirius. James and Lily, but James mostly, were very nervous and excited to see their best friend again after 16 years.

When they finally got to Remus' office, they entered and saw Sirius and Remus sitting at Remus' desk drinking tea. Sirius was white and very jumpy. He jumped at least a foot when Lily and James opened the door and shut it behind them.

James removed the Invisibility cloak from him and Lily. Sirius just stood there, a look of shock on him face. Suddenly, he walked forward in two brisk strides and hugged James tightly, tears of joy streaming down his face. James hugged him, if possible, harder back. They remained in each other's embrace for a long time, and then pulled slowly back. Sirius immidiatly pulled Lily into a huge hug, with, of course, more tears. All four were rather wet when the hugging was done, and they stayed up until 4:30 talking and catching up. Lily and James told Sirius about their mission, and he scolded them and told them to get started on it! Finally, Lily decided it was time to go to bed, and Sirius told them he would be staying in the castle for another day to visit with Harry. They promised Sirius that they would try to start on their mission and left.

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Neither Lily nor James could start on their mission that week because it was full to the brim with homework and Quidditch practice. On Saturday, Lily decided that it would be a perfect day to get Ginny to tell her about her feelings for Harry. Lily wanted to approach the subject carefully, because she new that Ginny was suicidal.

"Hey Gin!" exclaimed Lily cheerfully as she plopped down on the couch next to her.

"Hey," replied Ginny sadly. She was staring at something across the common room.

Lily followed her gaze and saw she was staring at Harry, who was flirting with Jenna. Lily sighed. "Do you want to talk about it, Gin?"

Ginny nodded and stood up. Lily led her out of the common room and behind a tapestry where there was a door. Lily whispered the password to the door handle and it swung open, revealing a circular room with plush purple furniture of all shapes, sizes, and shades or purple. Lily sat on the couch and motioned for Ginny to sit with her. They sat for a little while in silence, but Lily could tell that Ginny was holding back tears.

"Ginny, I know I've only known you for about a month, and I'm not your best friend, but I'm always here for you and you can tell me anything. So, if you want to tell me what's wrong, I can help you!" Lily urged.

They sat in silence for a little while longer, and just when Lily was about to give up, Ginny burst into the story about how she was madly in love with Harry and had been since she first layed eyes on him and how he never notices her except as a sister. He was so popular and handsome, so what were the odds of her even being noticed? And how he liked her ex best friend, and whenever she saw them flirting she felt as if her heart was being ripped out and stepped on.

When she was finished with her tirade, she broke down in great, heaving sobs. Lily held her close.

When her sobs subsided, Ginny said, "You know what, Lily? Sometimes I feel like just ending it all...putting my self out of misery..."

Lily gasped. "Oh, no, Ginny! No, don't even think about that! There are so many people who love you so much!"

"I know," whispered Ginny, "but not the one I want."

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"James!" cried Lily as she pulled him out of his chair by the fire where he was sitting with, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Jenna, and a group of girls who worshipped James, Ron, and Harry. She pulled him into the secret passage. "We have a serious problem!"

"Well, no, really?" said James sarcastically.

"Just listen to me!" she cried in frusturation. "Ginny told me that she was in love with Harry! But the most important thing is that she wants to committe suicide!" Lily screamed.

"Whoa, Lily! Calm down!" Lily glared at him. "I'm sorry Lil, but I don't know what to do! Harry really likes that girl Jenna!" James sighed.

"Yeah, I know...hey! I've got an idea! Ginny and Jenna are best friends, right? Jenna wouldn't do this to Ginny on purpose!" James looked at her confused. "What I mean is, maybe Jenna doesn't know!" Realization dawned on James' face. "So, if this girl has any humanity in her, she'll tell Harry she doesn't like him! Of course," she added as an afterthought, "Harry will be heartbroken, but we can fix that!" she rubbed her hands together eagerly, "Thanks for the help, Jamie!" She kissed him quickly on the cheek and bounded out of the room.

James looked at her with an amused expression on his face. "Glad I could help!" he called after her.

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Lily ran back to the Gryffindor common room. She spotted Jenna sitting by the fire (by herself, luckily), doing the Charms homework that Professor Flitwick assigned them to do over the weekend.

When Lily approached her, she could see why Harry would be attracted to her. She really was very pretty.

"Hey, Jenna! Where is Harry?"

Jenna smiled at her. "Where else would he be? Quidditch practice!"

Lily laughed. "I should have known!"

Jenna looked around the room and saw Ginny sitting by herself, looking into the fire sadly. "Hey, Emily," she hesitated for a minute, "D'you-d'you know what's wrong with Ginny? I mean, it could just be my imagination, but she seems to be-er-occupied with something all the time! She is hardly speaking to me!" Jenna bit her lip worriedly, "And we are best friends! She's never kept anything from me!" She looked at Lily, her features full of concern.

Lily opened her mouth in pretend shock. "You mean...she never told you...oh jeez, this is going to take a while..."

"What! What is it?!" Asked Jenna, alarmed.

Lily looked at her and sighed. "Come on, follow me..." And she got up and walked out of the portrait hole, Jenna at her heels.

"Where are we going?" asked Jenna, plainly confused.

"Just somewhere where we can talk in private." Replied Lily. She ducked behind the tapestry and whispered the password to the door. It swung open, and she heard Jenna gasp.

"Oh, Emily! When did you find this?"

"Oh, uhm, a long time ago..." then Lily started in with the explanation of Ginny's strange behavior. When she was finished, Jenna's eyes were as wide as saucers.

"Ohmigod! I had no idea! Oh, how could I have been so stupid! Ginny told me about her obsession with Harry, but I thought she was over it this year, because I asked her about it and she shrugged and changed the subject! Oh she must simply hate me! And she wants to commite suicide? Oh God! I have to go apologize now!" Jenna looked so upset that Lily felt extremely bad for her.

"Wait!" exclaimed Lily, pulling Jenna back down to the floor, "What should we do about Harry?"

"Oh, uhm...well just so you know, I never really liked him, he's just fun to flirt with!" she giggled, but then immidiatly sobered. "Just tell him that I am going out with a Hufflepuff or something. Then say something about Ginny or something!"

"Ok, will do! Now you go find Ginny and make up!"

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"-so she wanted me to tell you that she's dating a Hufflepuff-" Lily paused, "and she is really sorry if she hurt you." Lily looked concernedly at her son, "Harry, are you ok?"

Her voice was so full of compassion and so gentle that it caused Harry to look up in surprise. He had that strange sense of belonging when he looked at her. There seemed to be a powerful bong between them, it wasn't love, no, but the kind of bond that could only be shared between mother and child. Of course, Harry didn't know this, but he certainly felt something...

"Harry?"

Harry jerked out of his trance and flushed. "Ah, yeah, I'm ok Emily."

Lily looked doubtful. "You're sure you're ok?"

"Yeah, I'm sure."

"Well…ok…" Lily looked around the common room until she found the person she was looking for. Harry followed her gaze.

Lily grinned and turned her attention back to Harry. "Ginny sure is pretty!" She said, hopefully giving him the hint. "Well, I'd better be off, gotta go do some, uh, History of Magic! 'Bye Harry!" She got up and left Harry alone with his confused thoughts.

Oh, well. He thought, Jenna is nice, but I never really liked her…I don't think that she is the one. Ah! What am I thinking! I'm too young to fall in love…His gaze was still on Ginny. Come to think of it, Emily is right, Ginny is pretty…very pretty…He was admiring the way the fire made her hair shimmer. Ginny must have felt his gaze, because she looked up. Harry suddenly blushed and looked away. What just happened?! He thought incredulously. I'm not actually falling for Ginny Weasley, am I? He shook the thought from his head. No way! She's Ron's little sister! But for an unexplained reason, he found himself thinking, so what?

Harry was unaware that he was being watched. James an Lily were sitting on the girl's stairs.

"You know, darling, I think our mission might be successful!" said James.

Lily giggled and kissed him on the cheek before running up the stairs to tell Jenna the news.

There was Chapter four! I hope you liked it! Write a review if you did! Or you can email me at tenniscutie12@hotmail.com. I promise I'll w/b if you have a question! Thanks to:

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