*Break Up

The weeks in October flew by quickly. The prefects were finishing their plans for the Halloween Dance, when Lily got a great idea.

"Hey, James?"

"Yeah Lily?"

"Did you guys say you needed a prank to pull at the dance still?"

"Sure so." Sirius joined in on the conversation. "Got any ideas?"

"Well, actually yes. We could make the pumpkins float."

"And then drop them on the Slytherins!" Sirius exclaimed.

"The only problem is Professor McGonagall will know it is us right away." Lily said.

"Aw, what's wrong with that? Getting caught hasn't bothered you before."

"Yeah, but now that I'm working I like to keep my spare time more to myself." Lily had started her undercover waitressing job in Hogsmeade. A week after she started, Sirius started coming into the Three Broomsticks as a regular customer. Dumbledore told them that they shouldn't all start at the same time or someone might get suspicious. James was supposed to start visiting Lily right after Halloween.

"Oh well." Lily sighed. "It will be worth it to see the Slytherins face." Just then, Remus, Sam, and Maggie walked in.

"Hey guys! Whatcha up to?" Samantha asked.

"Just working on party plans."

"Lily got a great idea."

"Let's hear it!" Maggie said. Sirius went on to explain Lily's idea.

"What if we added something to that?" Maggie asked devilishly.

"Like what?" Remus asked.

"Why don't we fill the pumpkins with something?"

"That would work." James replied. The six went on to plan their Halloween prank in the Gryffindor common room.

"All right guys, all set. Let's go to Charms now!" Lily exclaimed. The six walked to charms together passing many envious people. Lily and James were the most sought out people in school, while their friends were very popular right along with them. When they entered the charms classroom, James, Sirius, and Lily were asked to go and see Professor Dumbledore. They began walking to his office and reached his door.

"Is this de ja vou or what?" Sirius asked.

"Snickers." James said. The door opened.

"Hello children. This will be a brief meeting. James, you are going to start undercover tomorrow. Is anything going wrong?" He asked Lily and Sirius.

"No professor. The man I think you are talking about is a toughie to break the ice with. I think I'll get him to talk to me freely soon."

"What about you Sirius?"

"I haven't found out much yet. There is this one man that seems to hear lots of rumors. Nothing about Voldemort yet."

"I guess no news is good news. That is all."

Lily, James, and Sirius friends were starting to get suspicious of where they were always disappearing too.

"Hey Lily?" Maggie asked up in the girls dormitories.

"Yeah?"

"Where did you go during Charms?"

"We had to talk to Dumbledore about the party again." Lily said, avoiding her friends' eyes Maggie didn't really believe Lily, but couldn't force her to tell the truth. "What costume are you wearing to the dance tonight?"

"Oh, I'm going to be a slinky vampire and Sirius is going as a clown."

"Fitting. I take it Sirius finally asked you to the dance?" Maggie blushes and then told her yes.

"So, what are you and James wearing?"

"Well, I'm going as an Angel, and James as a devil."

"Speak of the devil." Maggie said softly.

"James! What are you doing up here?"

"Um, Lily, could I talk to you alone for a minute?"

"Sure. I'll be right back Maggie." Lily followed James to a quiet corner of the common room.

"What do you need to talk about James?"

"Lily, this is hard for me, but it has to be done. I love you, and I always will, as a friend, but we're not going to work out."

"What?" Lily asked. "What's not going to work out?"

"Us. Lily, I'm breaking up with you." James didn't want to break up with Lily. Dumbledore had suggested it would be better if they weren't together while they were undercover. There feelings for each other might give them away. Lily ran up to her room crying. James walked away and sat down on the couch solemnly.

"What's wrong with you James?" Remus asked.

"Lily and I are over." He stated.

"She broke up with you?"

"No, I broke up with her."

"Why? Al I hear about you everyday is how perfect Lily is, and Lily this and Lily that. Why did you break up with her?"

"I had to. I'm going up to the dorm room." Remus decided to leave James alone instead of follow him upstairs. James laid down on his bed and began letting the silent tears fall.

"I hope you understand Lily, I really do."

Author's note ~ I want to thank everyone again for all their reviews, and corrections. I've got a real plot to the story, promise, it's just taking em longer to get there than I thought. BTW, I haven't had much Lily and James romance yet, but I promise that's coming. Thanks for reading :)