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A/N Well, I hope you like this chapter…fifth year to be done soon! 35 reviews last time I checked! Wow! That's so cooooooooooooool!!! I love my wonderful reviewers; gosh some of you seem to know what's gonna happen…Eh, who cares! Okay I'm calm. In this chapter Lily and James have an…interesting dream…Lol its amusing at first! Uh, but then it gets worse, so sorry!
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CHAPTER 17
January went by and Remus getting back to his old self. But Voldemort seemed to be killing more and more people. The Slytherins all the while were being very smug about everything. Muggle borns like Lily were afraid of all Slytherins, because more and more of them had turned to the dark side. Lily's friends were very protective of her, and didn't let he go anywhere alone, to be on the safe side; especially James, Lily was of course getting annoyed.
There was one, very exciting thing that happened during January, Lily went to bed a few days after losing her memory. She'd been thinking about how fun potions had been. That day they'd made a potion that would bring out your happiest memory and help you dream of it.
Lily was wondering what she would dream about, as were all the Gryffindors. Sierra, Jimena, Vanessa, Catty and Lily had promised to tell each other what their dreams were just in case they got something good out of it.
Lily had no clue that she was going to be in for a very confusing dream. (A/N Muhahaha! This is making me laugh and I am still on a review high!!!) Lily also didn't know that James Potter had the same dream as she did, and yet neither of them could remember it.
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Lily fell asleep and found herself in her own dormitory, watching herself…Well it was an odd sight. She seemed to be pretending to kiss someone. Then she stopped, then Lily watched herself put her arms around them and the person was revealed.
'James?! What the hell, did he sneak in my room and do that for? I can't remember, oh I'm letting HIM!' Lily thought worriedly, but couldn't help but notice that she seemed to be enjoying herself greatly. 'God shove your tongue down my throat!' Lily thought, watching angrily. 'I can't believe this!' With that Lily walked over and tried to pull James off herself, which is a weird thing to do when your hands go right through him.
Then Lily and James were interrupted by Vanessa and James left the room. Lily watched herself fall asleep looking very happy. Lily suddenly figured out it was a dream, and strained to remember when this dream 'happened' but it was gone from her memories… 'Did that mean it happened that Sunday the day before I lost my memories?' Lily glanced at the clock that had the dates on it and it read: January Eighth, Sunday. 11:47pm.
Lily was about to freak when the dream was over, and Lily awoke suddenly. 'That was my happiest memory!? Wow, I've got problems! What happened that night…Something happened, but I'll never find out. God I'm never going to get to sleep!' Lily glanced at her clock and it was three in the morning, she didn't have classes the next day, so she climbed out of bed and went down to the common room and found she wasn't the only person awake this early in the morning.
"Hullo James." Lily said nervously.
"H-hullo Lils." James said just as nervous as her 'Does he know?!' Lily thought worriedly.
"What are you doing up at this time of night?" Lily asked sitting next to him.
"I woke up from this dream…You remember that potions from Potions?" Lily gulped.
"Uh, yes."
"The dream I had was totally twisted, I don't remember it happening, but I know it did. And now I can't sleep." James admitted.
"That's exactly what happened to me, Erm, James what did you dream about?" Lily asked worried that he was going to tell her what she already knew.
"Uh don't laugh or anything, but I dreamt about you and me…and we were in your room, it was that day we lost our memories." James said turning red.
"James, I have a funny feeling you and I had the exact same dream!" Lily exclaimed, and then blushed, this was an uncomfortable topic. "I wonder what happened that made us…Do that."
"I have no idea, but it was probably something big." James said thoughtfully.
"All I managed to get from that day was the food fight, talking to Sierra and Jimena, talking to Mindy then Mindy left… Maybe that's when you and I talked or something, or you followed me into my room under you invisibility cloak." Lily said with a small laugh.
"You had a very vague day, mine was similar…but the weird part was Sirius said I disappeared somewhere. Now I know where." James said grinning.
"James, there's some thing I forgot to tell you about. After the food fight, Jimena and Sierra said you tried to kiss me, but I refused, and you and I decided to pretend it never happened, but I think you or me change our minds…to not pretend." Lily said quickly.
"Well, it would have been nice if you would have told me that earlier. Damn it sucks not being able to remember what the hell I was thinking!" James grunted and leaned back in his chair, closing his eyes to think.
"You know James we can't be together. It would never ever work! We'd end up killing each other indirectly!" Lily told him knowing his thoughts.
"Lily, we can still try right?"
"No James, we can't we never can. All though my friends-…No that would only complicate things."
"What about your friends?" James asked wondering what she had almost said.
"They thought…they thought it woodbfnifwhehadafwing." Lily mumbled inaudibly.
"Huh?" James asked, looking confused.
"They thought it would be fun if we had a fling, but that's out of the question!" Lily told him firmly, and glared when he grinned mischievously at her.
"Well, I think it could work, just senseless snogging like no tomorrow-." James said happily, but was cut off by Lily.
"NO James, that's NEVER going to happen, not between you and me!"
"Funny, but it seems to me that it already did." Lily glared at him again.
"Shut up, now think about this, remember the only person who knew about what happened was Vanessa, and look what happened to her, it's a sign that we aren't suppose to be together!"
"Or it's a sign that we should!" James said standing up ready to fight.
"James, I'm not fighting with you, so sit back down." Lily told him, reading his body language. James obeyed Lily's command with a scowl on his face. "James, I wish you weren't the bloody heir of Gryffindor, or I might actually give us a chance, but you are, and we can't."
"Lily, why do you do this?! It won't last-."
"That makes me just want to jump into your arms and say yes, now doesn't it?!" Lily yelped, getting annoyed at this pointless conversation.
"Oh come on Lils, you know you want to go out with me! Just say yes, and we'll see what it's like!" James pleaded. "I know you like me, and I like you how else would we have dreamt about…THAT?"
"Urgh! Your getting on my nerves James Potter, now please, let's just forget about this okay?" Lily begged.
James sighed deeply. "Okay, if that's what you want…" Lily nodded vigorously, "Okay then I'll pretend it never happened. I hope I don't hate you or myself for this."
James looked longingly after her as she went back to her dorm.
When Lily got to her bed, she held back tears 'Life is not supposed to be this complicated! I want to be normal! At least Sierra and Jimena reminded me that we're going to grow up and never stop being friends…Or I would just end this right now!' Lily thought angrily, and hid under her covers of her bed until morning.
(A/N that conversation was a bit of a repeat, but oh well it gets through to your heads!)
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February started, and Lily was studying like the exams were the next day. She always had a text book with her, just in case she had time to study. The only other person who came close to studying as much as her was James, but he would still have fun, unlike Lily.
The quidditch team practically had to drag her onto the field to get her away from studying.
That type of situation was happening during the first week of February.
"Lily hurry, we're going to be late for practice!" Sirius whined.
"Just a moment, I've almost finished this essay, and then I'll be there."
"LILY! Your coming right now or Rob will kill us all!" Sirius roared, and dragged Lily to practice against her will. ("Sirius, Sirius! My books! OWLS! I'M GOING TO FAIL!) Could be heard all the way there. (A/N this reminds me vaguely of myself right before a big test, except no one drags me off to practice)
Quidditch practice was getting difficult, they had a match against Slytherin very soon, and everyone was working hard trying to get into top shape. James, Lily and Steven were going through plays like crazy. Sirius and Winnie were beating their brains out during practice (not literally). Samuel was working hard defending the goal post. Robert was trying to be captain and seeker at the same time and often got himself confused. Mindy was often there after or during or before practices to see him play. Most of the time she would talk to Lily too.
The new Flying Professor scared Lily a lot and she was always running from her. Her name was Professor Deathems (Pronounced Dee A Thums) Lily just got creeped out around her
And of course the Professor had to supervise all of their practices, and Lily was constantly on her guard. Lily was afraid of playing quidditch around professors Lily had a strong reason to believe Professor Blint had sabotaged the bludger the year it went hay wire on her.
Lily had a feeling everyone was out to get her these days. Nothing had happened for so long, she was beginning to get worried about herself. She knew Voldemort was still after James, and she being who she was, ended up on his list of people to kill too. 'Thanks a lot James.' Lily thought to herself with sarcasm.
You should always go with your instincts, unfortunately at this moment Lily didn't.
Lily had a bad feeling when she saw the Professor show up at practice that day. She wasn't the only one of course. When you are up fifty feet in the air talking to James Potter about it though you tend to not notice what is going on fifty feet below you.
"James, I want to get back to the common room RIGHT now. I'm getting freaked out! I should get on the ground before I find myself with a broken neck or something!" Lily complained nervously to him.
"Calm down Lils, I'm here for ya if anything bad happens. Has that Professor ever been mean to you?'
"Um no."
"So why do you suspect her?"
"I suspect every professor I don't know personally." Lily said in a matter- of-factly way.
"So that's everyone?"
"No! I don't worry about McGonagall, or Dumbledore. They know about my…situation."
"Lily you need to take a break a think through this, seriously you're getting paranoid!"
"Sorry to interrupt you but there's a bludger coming AT US!!" And the two of them leapt out of the mad bludger's path.
"Well, you're still alive; I think this day is going well."
"Shut up Potter."
"You know when you say my last name like that it kind of turns-."
"Shut up James."
"Awe Lils, your no fun today." James was trying to calm Lily down as best he could, while he himself was keeping a close watch out for anything strange, and wasn't leaving Lily alone.
"I'm trying to stay alive until I'm sixteen thank you very much, so excuse me for being UN fun today!" Lily yelped, partly because she was mad and partly because another bludger just barely missed her.
Lily and James were continuing to bicker, while they did this they managed to miss something they desperately shouldn't have missed.
I cannot tell you how this happened; I can only tell you that it did happen. While Lily and James were up fifty feet in the air, they missed watching their Professor turn into a dreadful Dementor.
No one in school liked the Professor, but now they knew why. Who the hell wants a Dementor for a teacher?!
"JAMES! LILY!!" James and Lily swiveled around and saw on the other side of the pitch the rest of the team waving for them to get over there. Lily and James headed over there, and Lily noticed how she couldn't keep the sad thoughts from entering her head. Her parents dying, Petunia abandoning her as a sister, James and Lily's curse.
Then Lily and James noticed the Dementor, and stopped in mid air to look at it..
"What the hell is that!?!" Lily screamed.
"A Dementor." James said quietly, but loud enough for her to hear. Then Lily remembered what she had read about them, and immediately wanted to get away.
Lily felt fear creeping into her, seeping into her skin, and scaring her to death. James noticed her state of being, and brought his broom closer to hers, and urged her to get to the rest of the team.
"Come on Lils; let's get moving quickly, the team is over there, see…there goes Sam and Winnie to get some help right now! Let's go meet up with everyone they're waiting for us."
Lily didn't budge, she was too afraid and her thoughts were controlling her. James was having troubles of his own and was having problems convincing Lily to move.
James was starting to panic, and Lily was crying, he was trying to think of what to do, when a beam of gray light (A/N which is weird in itself) came up to James and knocked him off his broom.
James lay on the ground gasping for the air that had been knocked out of him. He looked for Lily, thinking she'd been knocked off her broom to, and might need help, but noticed she wasn't on the ground he looked up in the air, to see both of their brooms falling to the ground. 'Where's Lily at?'
He looked at the Dementor, and saw it holding Lily with its gruesome hands. James struggled to get up to get to Lily; he knew she was in trouble. 'Happy thoughts, happy thoughts!' James told himself preparing to use the advanced spell. 'Hmm, Lily and me…'
James took out his wand and walked over to where the Dementor was pulling off it's hood; 'That's not a good sign!' James thought scared. 'Concentrate or this isn't going to work!' James thought forcefully to himself.
He stood in front of the Dementor and yelled out "Expecto Patronus!" (A/N I don't know if that's right because I couldn't find my third book to check! My HP books have gone missing!) A large stag poured out of his wand and charged at the Dementor.
The Dementor let go of Lily and she fell to the ground, then before his eyes the Dementor disappeared in a poof of gray smoke. James ran over to Lily who was looking very shook up. "Lils? You okay?" James asked leaning over her.
"I'm no Damsel in Distress Potter, I can take care of myself." Lily mumbled quietly.
The rest of the Quidditch Team had flown down, with the arrival of Professor Dumbledore, and McGonagall.
"Mister Potter would you explain to us what happened here?!" McGonagall said.
"Well Professor, I think that you need to choose which teachers you hire a little more carefully. Because so far three of them have tried to kill Lily or me." James said with a slight smile, while Lily tried to sit up
"Mister Potter we shall try harder to pick out good professor from now on." Dumbledore said with his eyes twinkling. (A/N now we know while Dumbledore started getting more 'good' professors, ones that don't kill people. He now only hires people he trusts, thank you very much…Except for Quirrel and Gilderoy and that fake moody, I think he's done okay.)
James told them most of what happened while Lily ate a piece of chocolate, James barely ate his piece. Remus had appeared with Sirius while they told the story. (A/N that's how Remus knew to give Harry the chocolate!)
Lily told the only part she could remember well. "I remember being in the air and then this gray light thing, came and knocked James off his broom, and I panicked some more, then the light wrapped around my body and pulled me to the Dementor." Lily took a deep breath. "I tried to get away but it was like suffocating me, it pulled me right off my broom. Then the Dementor got hold of me and was going to…going to…" Lily's voice trailed off in fear. Everyone shuddered at the thought of a Dementor's Kiss, and James gave Lily a hug to comfort her since she had started crying again.
"Let's get back to school you two need some rest! I don't want to see you over stressing yourselves." McGonagall said this and gave Lily a glance.
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Lily and James sat in the common room talking to all their friends about it, later that evening.
"They sure do try a lot of things to get at you Lils." Sierra said after they had explained what happened.
"Yeah, they always go after you; I'm surprised they haven't gone for James." Remus said.
"Maybe because he has more strength then her when they get together." Jimena wondered.
"I think we should try an experiment to see if this curse really works." Remus suggested.
"Yeah, but what can we do?" Jimena asked, but her eyes showed that she was already planning something.
"Remember how it gives you more strength in courage, physical strength, and magical ability when you're together. Well I think what it meant by that was that when one of you is in danger you can do things to save the other, you normally couldn't have." Remus explained his theory.
"Yeah, how else could James have produced that Patronus if he's never done it before successfully?" Jimena asked.
Lily looked at Remus and Jimena they were a lot a like, constantly thinking about what could happen, everybody else was just watching them brain storm.
"Then back in the beginning of fourth year, we couldn't figure out what had happened to drive the death eaters away…maybe it was the magic ability getting strengthened." Sirius joined in.
"Then that time James caught Lily during that insane bludger bit? Physical strength and I think courage comes in every time." Sirius said.
"Poor Lils nothing seems to happen to you except getting saved, unless-."
"That time Lily knocked out the professor with a base ball bat! That was wicked!" Sirius said excitedly.
"Yeah, that's strength and courage, I doubt Lily could've knocked out a professor she'd wimp out or she wouldn't be strong enough." Jimena said thoughtfully.
Lily and James watches their best-friends talk about everything, the two of them were just laying back on the couches relaxing.
"Do you think there's more to this curse then we know about? I mean some times I fell like there's something missing. Do you know anything guys?" Remus asked James and Lily.
"I don't know anything much, Professor Dumbledore took away the books we had been researching that one night so we haven't been able to find anything out, we could possibly find something out ourselves, but normally that involves putting Lily in a life threatening state. Because that's what the whole curse is basically about." James said not missing a beat.
"Uh, that just about sums it up." Lily said grinning at how well James had explained it.
"Lily it's quite sad everyone's out to kill you." Peter said dumbly.
"Yes, I know Pete." Lily said smiling sweetly at him. (A/N Lily you are too trusting dear, don't you see him for the scum he really is??!) "Well, I'm going to bed, I'm really tired."
"Wait up I'm coming too!" Sirius yelled at her.
"Yeah right Sirius." Lily said rolling her eyes. "Good night guys." Lily said and went up to the dorms.
"PLEASANT DREAMS!!" Sirius bellowed, just as Lily was closing her door, making a few fourth years open their doors to see what was up.
"I hope I do Sirius." Lily mumbled, it was still early yet, so Lily couldn't find sleep immediately, but soon it came and Lily wished it hadn't.
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Lily awoke screaming; from her nightmare. It had been about the Dementor coming to steal her soul away. Lily hated Dementors and they scared her more than anything.
"Lily? You okay?" It was Catty's voice.
"Um, yeah just a nightmare, you know those purple polka dotted crocodiles again."
"Yeah, whatever Lils." Catty went back to sleep.
Lily remembered that James had been coming to save her just as the dream ended. She felt bad plaguing him with her nightmares, but maybe sometimes; when she didn't know it, he plagued her with HIS dreams, she wouldn't have been able to tell much difference.
Lily went back to an uneasy sleep, and didn't dream anymore.
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~A few hours before, Boys dormitories. ~
"So James…you like Lily?" Sirius asked casually.
"Yeah, why?"
"You ask her out?" Remus asked getting interested.
"Yeah."
"So why didn't you tell us about this?!" Sirius said in mock horror.
"Because we decided to ignore our feelings and-."
"WHAT!? Why? Who the hell does that?!" Sirius yelled.
"We have our reasons which I'm not at liberty to talk about with out her consent." James said simply.
"Well, I think that being your best friends, me and Remus should get to know."
"Hey what about me?!" Peter squeaked.
"Wormtail too." Sirius said.
"I can't, sorry guys, now I'm going to bed so leave me alone." James muttered closing the hangings of the bed.
"Prongs is really starting to worry me." Remus grumbled. "He forgot we came up here so we could go to the kitchens!"
"Ah, forget about it I'm not that hungry anyway." Sirius said with a grumble of his stomach. "Eh, maybe that's not true but whatever I can live with out food."
"Let's go to the common room for a minute." Remus said, while gesturing with his arms that he had an idea.
"Uh yeah sure, I think I left my book down there anyways." Sirius said. Peter came along in a rush behind them as they left for the common room.
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(A/N I'm nervous about going back to school tomorrow so I'm staying up late writing this if my parents don't make me go to bed!)
Lily came down to breakfast and was very shocked when she saw James with some Ravenclaw bimbo drooling all over him. It was a sickening sight. Lily grimaced as a pang of jealousy pelted her in the stomach, but she ignored it and went to sit by Sierra and Jimena who were waving down.
Sierra and Jimena were talking about the upcoming quidditch game soon, but Lily couldn't listen, she was too busy watching James fawn over that slutty Ravenclaw. It was a sickening sight. 'Well I guess James gets over crushes quicker then I imagined.' Lily thought miserably. 'Damn he's actually liking it! That's not how it's supposed to happen!' Lily was snapped from her thoughts by Jimena.
"Lily….Oh Lily come here girl!" Jimena laughed. Lily looked at her friends.
"What?"
"You've been staring at James for an hour, and we KNOW you like him especially after that dream you told us about." Sierra said with a smile.
"It wasn't an HOUR, and the only reason I told you was because I promised, I do recall a certain person dreaming about a certain best friend of his. And his name rhymes with seri-."
"Lily shut up! You promised!" Sierra yelped covering Lily's mouth.
"I said I wouldn't tell anyone else, but you didn't say I couldn't tell you." Lily smirked.
"Lily just admit that you like him a lot and that you are jealous and want to go out with him." Jimena said laughing a bit.
"Jimena I'd watch it I remember what you dreamed about too, and it's funny how we all seem to like the same group of guys." Lily said, and Jimena glared at her.
"Don't say a word Lily Evans." Jimena said firmly.
"I won't don't you guys trust me?" Lily said with an innocent look.
"No." They said in unison.
Lily looked away from her friends and continued to stare at the Ravenclaw while getting more and more evil looking by the minute.
"Lils think he hasn't noticed yet?" Sierra piped in.
"Uh, sorry can't help it! I'm off to Charms you coming?" Lily said grabbing her bag.
Her and her friends left in a hurry; mostly because Lily was practically running out of the hall.
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All day long was spent with Lily glaring at James while he flirted endlessly with that Ravenclaw, or when SHE wasn't around it was that Hufflepuff. Lily didn't bother to learn their names.
Lily was getting really jealous. It was obvious to her friends, even Peter caught on. Lily would get one look at James and her face would grow red, and she would glare at him for the rest of the time they were in that class, or until he moved out of view.
This went on for a week.
During Quidditch Lily lost her temper and through the Quaffle at his head. Of course he yelled in pain and Lily got chewed out by Robert. "Can you get over this lovers spat and get on with the game!?" Which only made him get hit by a Quaffle in his head too.
"Lily, calm down girl you have to get over this! The Slytherin game is tomorrow!" Winnie said as she knocked a bludger away from Lily.
"Well, if HE wasn't being such an ass, I wouldn't be acting this way!" Lily said casually, but the anger was still there.
"Lils, he's a guy, get used to it." Winnie said. Lily was glad Winnie was on the team or she might have blown her top already and knocked James into oblivion.
"Steve, bludger!" Lily called, and continued the plays, but never warned James of a bludger…unless it came out deadly or something.
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Lily managed to get over her hatred for James enough to play Quidditch with him. And they managed to beat Slytherin 250-100 after Robert caught the snitch during a dead tie.
Lily was really fed up with James by then, and needed to get revenge and quick, and then the idea came to her. It was down right perfect, after all he wasn't that bad looking, he was quite attractive if you went for guys like. Him.
The day after defeating the Slytherins Lily decided would be the perfect time to make her scene. She knew he'd started liking her, because at the match he had made several comments, and kept winking at her. She was confident her plan would work.
The morning flew by, partly because Lily was in good spirits, but at the same time she was dreading what she had to do.
Lily had told Jimena and Sierra what she planned to do, they just shook their heads and muttered something about "Hopeless".
"Hey Lils, still planning to…go through with it?" Jimena asked worriedly as they walked to the Great Hall for lunch.
"Of course, I just hope it goes as well as I've planned. James is already there right?" Lily asked.
"Yeah, I saw him head down with Sirius and Remus, have you thought about what THEY are going to think about this situation?" Sierra asked.
"Yes, but I don't care, they're the ones letting him…be the disgusting git that he is!"
"Lily it's not like they can control him." Jimena interjected.
"There he is Lils, good luck. I hope it works…Sort of." Sierra mumbled that last part so Lily wouldn't hear.
Lily walked over to the Slytherin table, and made sure that James was looking at her, and could hear her well.
"Hello Lucius, would you be so kind to give me a moment of your time. I know how busy you are, but would you mind?" Lily said in a sickeningly sweet voice.
"Uh, sure Lily." Lucius said and stood up, the two of them only walked a little farther away from the Slytherin table, but closer to the Gryffindors.
Lily whispered her proposition to him, and he was about to say no when she told him who it would make the angriest and he agreed eagerly. Especially since it helped him get the girl he liked, Narcissa Hathaway.
"So Lucius, you DO like me?" Lily said pretending to be happy. Lucius was grinning cheekily at her. Lily took a chance and glanced at James and noticed he was turning red in the face and staring at the two of them, as were others all over the hall.
"Of course I do Lily, you're beautiful, popular, brilliant, and everything I could ask for!" Lucius said, and tried not to gag, Lily tried not to laugh. If looks could kill Lucius would have been good and buried.
"Oh Lucius, that's the sweetest thing anyone's ever said to me!" Lily exclaimed with more false happiness.
"With my charm, and your beauty we'll rule the school." Lucius was just about to seal the deal; 'Oh God, I hope I can do this I hope I can do this!' Lily thought and went to kiss him, when they were rudely interrupted by a loud cough.
"Oh hello Potter." Lucius said coldly. Lily just sneered at James.
"I just need to deliver a message all of Gryffindor would like me to give." James said hotly and punched Lucius straight on the face.
"JAMES!" Lily screeched if fake horror, honestly though she was a bit happy, and at the moment Narcissa ran over and started fondling over Lucius, and Lily went back to sit with her friends. James all of a sudden figured out that he was tricked, but he was already losing points for Gryffindor for fighting and had gotten detention.
"Lily, I guess you accomplished your plan!" Sierra said with a laugh.
"IT was nice seeing Malfoy get punched, that's what she means." Jimena stated.
"Eh, so what I got James back didn't I?" Lily said curtly. Her two friends just rolled their eyes, and continued to eating lunch.
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Lily was hiding from James all day, she knew she was dead. He would be getting her back sooner or later. But through out the day nothing happened. It wasn't a good sign.
(A/N Sorry this is short, but I just wanted to get it posted…I hope you liked it. I couldn't have them forget EVERYTHING could I? I'm too nice, oh well REVIEW please…damn I've got 37 reviews! Thanks to those reviewers who keep reviewing! Later!)
*~Sierra~*
A/N Well, I hope you like this chapter…fifth year to be done soon! 35 reviews last time I checked! Wow! That's so cooooooooooooool!!! I love my wonderful reviewers; gosh some of you seem to know what's gonna happen…Eh, who cares! Okay I'm calm. In this chapter Lily and James have an…interesting dream…Lol its amusing at first! Uh, but then it gets worse, so sorry!
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CHAPTER 17
January went by and Remus getting back to his old self. But Voldemort seemed to be killing more and more people. The Slytherins all the while were being very smug about everything. Muggle borns like Lily were afraid of all Slytherins, because more and more of them had turned to the dark side. Lily's friends were very protective of her, and didn't let he go anywhere alone, to be on the safe side; especially James, Lily was of course getting annoyed.
There was one, very exciting thing that happened during January, Lily went to bed a few days after losing her memory. She'd been thinking about how fun potions had been. That day they'd made a potion that would bring out your happiest memory and help you dream of it.
Lily was wondering what she would dream about, as were all the Gryffindors. Sierra, Jimena, Vanessa, Catty and Lily had promised to tell each other what their dreams were just in case they got something good out of it.
Lily had no clue that she was going to be in for a very confusing dream. (A/N Muhahaha! This is making me laugh and I am still on a review high!!!) Lily also didn't know that James Potter had the same dream as she did, and yet neither of them could remember it.
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Lily fell asleep and found herself in her own dormitory, watching herself…Well it was an odd sight. She seemed to be pretending to kiss someone. Then she stopped, then Lily watched herself put her arms around them and the person was revealed.
'James?! What the hell, did he sneak in my room and do that for? I can't remember, oh I'm letting HIM!' Lily thought worriedly, but couldn't help but notice that she seemed to be enjoying herself greatly. 'God shove your tongue down my throat!' Lily thought, watching angrily. 'I can't believe this!' With that Lily walked over and tried to pull James off herself, which is a weird thing to do when your hands go right through him.
Then Lily and James were interrupted by Vanessa and James left the room. Lily watched herself fall asleep looking very happy. Lily suddenly figured out it was a dream, and strained to remember when this dream 'happened' but it was gone from her memories… 'Did that mean it happened that Sunday the day before I lost my memories?' Lily glanced at the clock that had the dates on it and it read: January Eighth, Sunday. 11:47pm.
Lily was about to freak when the dream was over, and Lily awoke suddenly. 'That was my happiest memory!? Wow, I've got problems! What happened that night…Something happened, but I'll never find out. God I'm never going to get to sleep!' Lily glanced at her clock and it was three in the morning, she didn't have classes the next day, so she climbed out of bed and went down to the common room and found she wasn't the only person awake this early in the morning.
"Hullo James." Lily said nervously.
"H-hullo Lils." James said just as nervous as her 'Does he know?!' Lily thought worriedly.
"What are you doing up at this time of night?" Lily asked sitting next to him.
"I woke up from this dream…You remember that potions from Potions?" Lily gulped.
"Uh, yes."
"The dream I had was totally twisted, I don't remember it happening, but I know it did. And now I can't sleep." James admitted.
"That's exactly what happened to me, Erm, James what did you dream about?" Lily asked worried that he was going to tell her what she already knew.
"Uh don't laugh or anything, but I dreamt about you and me…and we were in your room, it was that day we lost our memories." James said turning red.
"James, I have a funny feeling you and I had the exact same dream!" Lily exclaimed, and then blushed, this was an uncomfortable topic. "I wonder what happened that made us…Do that."
"I have no idea, but it was probably something big." James said thoughtfully.
"All I managed to get from that day was the food fight, talking to Sierra and Jimena, talking to Mindy then Mindy left… Maybe that's when you and I talked or something, or you followed me into my room under you invisibility cloak." Lily said with a small laugh.
"You had a very vague day, mine was similar…but the weird part was Sirius said I disappeared somewhere. Now I know where." James said grinning.
"James, there's some thing I forgot to tell you about. After the food fight, Jimena and Sierra said you tried to kiss me, but I refused, and you and I decided to pretend it never happened, but I think you or me change our minds…to not pretend." Lily said quickly.
"Well, it would have been nice if you would have told me that earlier. Damn it sucks not being able to remember what the hell I was thinking!" James grunted and leaned back in his chair, closing his eyes to think.
"You know James we can't be together. It would never ever work! We'd end up killing each other indirectly!" Lily told him knowing his thoughts.
"Lily, we can still try right?"
"No James, we can't we never can. All though my friends-…No that would only complicate things."
"What about your friends?" James asked wondering what she had almost said.
"They thought…they thought it woodbfnifwhehadafwing." Lily mumbled inaudibly.
"Huh?" James asked, looking confused.
"They thought it would be fun if we had a fling, but that's out of the question!" Lily told him firmly, and glared when he grinned mischievously at her.
"Well, I think it could work, just senseless snogging like no tomorrow-." James said happily, but was cut off by Lily.
"NO James, that's NEVER going to happen, not between you and me!"
"Funny, but it seems to me that it already did." Lily glared at him again.
"Shut up, now think about this, remember the only person who knew about what happened was Vanessa, and look what happened to her, it's a sign that we aren't suppose to be together!"
"Or it's a sign that we should!" James said standing up ready to fight.
"James, I'm not fighting with you, so sit back down." Lily told him, reading his body language. James obeyed Lily's command with a scowl on his face. "James, I wish you weren't the bloody heir of Gryffindor, or I might actually give us a chance, but you are, and we can't."
"Lily, why do you do this?! It won't last-."
"That makes me just want to jump into your arms and say yes, now doesn't it?!" Lily yelped, getting annoyed at this pointless conversation.
"Oh come on Lils, you know you want to go out with me! Just say yes, and we'll see what it's like!" James pleaded. "I know you like me, and I like you how else would we have dreamt about…THAT?"
"Urgh! Your getting on my nerves James Potter, now please, let's just forget about this okay?" Lily begged.
James sighed deeply. "Okay, if that's what you want…" Lily nodded vigorously, "Okay then I'll pretend it never happened. I hope I don't hate you or myself for this."
James looked longingly after her as she went back to her dorm.
When Lily got to her bed, she held back tears 'Life is not supposed to be this complicated! I want to be normal! At least Sierra and Jimena reminded me that we're going to grow up and never stop being friends…Or I would just end this right now!' Lily thought angrily, and hid under her covers of her bed until morning.
(A/N that conversation was a bit of a repeat, but oh well it gets through to your heads!)
*~*~*~*~*
February started, and Lily was studying like the exams were the next day. She always had a text book with her, just in case she had time to study. The only other person who came close to studying as much as her was James, but he would still have fun, unlike Lily.
The quidditch team practically had to drag her onto the field to get her away from studying.
That type of situation was happening during the first week of February.
"Lily hurry, we're going to be late for practice!" Sirius whined.
"Just a moment, I've almost finished this essay, and then I'll be there."
"LILY! Your coming right now or Rob will kill us all!" Sirius roared, and dragged Lily to practice against her will. ("Sirius, Sirius! My books! OWLS! I'M GOING TO FAIL!) Could be heard all the way there. (A/N this reminds me vaguely of myself right before a big test, except no one drags me off to practice)
Quidditch practice was getting difficult, they had a match against Slytherin very soon, and everyone was working hard trying to get into top shape. James, Lily and Steven were going through plays like crazy. Sirius and Winnie were beating their brains out during practice (not literally). Samuel was working hard defending the goal post. Robert was trying to be captain and seeker at the same time and often got himself confused. Mindy was often there after or during or before practices to see him play. Most of the time she would talk to Lily too.
The new Flying Professor scared Lily a lot and she was always running from her. Her name was Professor Deathems (Pronounced Dee A Thums) Lily just got creeped out around her
And of course the Professor had to supervise all of their practices, and Lily was constantly on her guard. Lily was afraid of playing quidditch around professors Lily had a strong reason to believe Professor Blint had sabotaged the bludger the year it went hay wire on her.
Lily had a feeling everyone was out to get her these days. Nothing had happened for so long, she was beginning to get worried about herself. She knew Voldemort was still after James, and she being who she was, ended up on his list of people to kill too. 'Thanks a lot James.' Lily thought to herself with sarcasm.
You should always go with your instincts, unfortunately at this moment Lily didn't.
Lily had a bad feeling when she saw the Professor show up at practice that day. She wasn't the only one of course. When you are up fifty feet in the air talking to James Potter about it though you tend to not notice what is going on fifty feet below you.
"James, I want to get back to the common room RIGHT now. I'm getting freaked out! I should get on the ground before I find myself with a broken neck or something!" Lily complained nervously to him.
"Calm down Lils, I'm here for ya if anything bad happens. Has that Professor ever been mean to you?'
"Um no."
"So why do you suspect her?"
"I suspect every professor I don't know personally." Lily said in a matter- of-factly way.
"So that's everyone?"
"No! I don't worry about McGonagall, or Dumbledore. They know about my…situation."
"Lily you need to take a break a think through this, seriously you're getting paranoid!"
"Sorry to interrupt you but there's a bludger coming AT US!!" And the two of them leapt out of the mad bludger's path.
"Well, you're still alive; I think this day is going well."
"Shut up Potter."
"You know when you say my last name like that it kind of turns-."
"Shut up James."
"Awe Lils, your no fun today." James was trying to calm Lily down as best he could, while he himself was keeping a close watch out for anything strange, and wasn't leaving Lily alone.
"I'm trying to stay alive until I'm sixteen thank you very much, so excuse me for being UN fun today!" Lily yelped, partly because she was mad and partly because another bludger just barely missed her.
Lily and James were continuing to bicker, while they did this they managed to miss something they desperately shouldn't have missed.
I cannot tell you how this happened; I can only tell you that it did happen. While Lily and James were up fifty feet in the air, they missed watching their Professor turn into a dreadful Dementor.
No one in school liked the Professor, but now they knew why. Who the hell wants a Dementor for a teacher?!
"JAMES! LILY!!" James and Lily swiveled around and saw on the other side of the pitch the rest of the team waving for them to get over there. Lily and James headed over there, and Lily noticed how she couldn't keep the sad thoughts from entering her head. Her parents dying, Petunia abandoning her as a sister, James and Lily's curse.
Then Lily and James noticed the Dementor, and stopped in mid air to look at it..
"What the hell is that!?!" Lily screamed.
"A Dementor." James said quietly, but loud enough for her to hear. Then Lily remembered what she had read about them, and immediately wanted to get away.
Lily felt fear creeping into her, seeping into her skin, and scaring her to death. James noticed her state of being, and brought his broom closer to hers, and urged her to get to the rest of the team.
"Come on Lils; let's get moving quickly, the team is over there, see…there goes Sam and Winnie to get some help right now! Let's go meet up with everyone they're waiting for us."
Lily didn't budge, she was too afraid and her thoughts were controlling her. James was having troubles of his own and was having problems convincing Lily to move.
James was starting to panic, and Lily was crying, he was trying to think of what to do, when a beam of gray light (A/N which is weird in itself) came up to James and knocked him off his broom.
James lay on the ground gasping for the air that had been knocked out of him. He looked for Lily, thinking she'd been knocked off her broom to, and might need help, but noticed she wasn't on the ground he looked up in the air, to see both of their brooms falling to the ground. 'Where's Lily at?'
He looked at the Dementor, and saw it holding Lily with its gruesome hands. James struggled to get up to get to Lily; he knew she was in trouble. 'Happy thoughts, happy thoughts!' James told himself preparing to use the advanced spell. 'Hmm, Lily and me…'
James took out his wand and walked over to where the Dementor was pulling off it's hood; 'That's not a good sign!' James thought scared. 'Concentrate or this isn't going to work!' James thought forcefully to himself.
He stood in front of the Dementor and yelled out "Expecto Patronus!" (A/N I don't know if that's right because I couldn't find my third book to check! My HP books have gone missing!) A large stag poured out of his wand and charged at the Dementor.
The Dementor let go of Lily and she fell to the ground, then before his eyes the Dementor disappeared in a poof of gray smoke. James ran over to Lily who was looking very shook up. "Lils? You okay?" James asked leaning over her.
"I'm no Damsel in Distress Potter, I can take care of myself." Lily mumbled quietly.
The rest of the Quidditch Team had flown down, with the arrival of Professor Dumbledore, and McGonagall.
"Mister Potter would you explain to us what happened here?!" McGonagall said.
"Well Professor, I think that you need to choose which teachers you hire a little more carefully. Because so far three of them have tried to kill Lily or me." James said with a slight smile, while Lily tried to sit up
"Mister Potter we shall try harder to pick out good professor from now on." Dumbledore said with his eyes twinkling. (A/N now we know while Dumbledore started getting more 'good' professors, ones that don't kill people. He now only hires people he trusts, thank you very much…Except for Quirrel and Gilderoy and that fake moody, I think he's done okay.)
James told them most of what happened while Lily ate a piece of chocolate, James barely ate his piece. Remus had appeared with Sirius while they told the story. (A/N that's how Remus knew to give Harry the chocolate!)
Lily told the only part she could remember well. "I remember being in the air and then this gray light thing, came and knocked James off his broom, and I panicked some more, then the light wrapped around my body and pulled me to the Dementor." Lily took a deep breath. "I tried to get away but it was like suffocating me, it pulled me right off my broom. Then the Dementor got hold of me and was going to…going to…" Lily's voice trailed off in fear. Everyone shuddered at the thought of a Dementor's Kiss, and James gave Lily a hug to comfort her since she had started crying again.
"Let's get back to school you two need some rest! I don't want to see you over stressing yourselves." McGonagall said this and gave Lily a glance.
*~*~*~*~*
Lily and James sat in the common room talking to all their friends about it, later that evening.
"They sure do try a lot of things to get at you Lils." Sierra said after they had explained what happened.
"Yeah, they always go after you; I'm surprised they haven't gone for James." Remus said.
"Maybe because he has more strength then her when they get together." Jimena wondered.
"I think we should try an experiment to see if this curse really works." Remus suggested.
"Yeah, but what can we do?" Jimena asked, but her eyes showed that she was already planning something.
"Remember how it gives you more strength in courage, physical strength, and magical ability when you're together. Well I think what it meant by that was that when one of you is in danger you can do things to save the other, you normally couldn't have." Remus explained his theory.
"Yeah, how else could James have produced that Patronus if he's never done it before successfully?" Jimena asked.
Lily looked at Remus and Jimena they were a lot a like, constantly thinking about what could happen, everybody else was just watching them brain storm.
"Then back in the beginning of fourth year, we couldn't figure out what had happened to drive the death eaters away…maybe it was the magic ability getting strengthened." Sirius joined in.
"Then that time James caught Lily during that insane bludger bit? Physical strength and I think courage comes in every time." Sirius said.
"Poor Lils nothing seems to happen to you except getting saved, unless-."
"That time Lily knocked out the professor with a base ball bat! That was wicked!" Sirius said excitedly.
"Yeah, that's strength and courage, I doubt Lily could've knocked out a professor she'd wimp out or she wouldn't be strong enough." Jimena said thoughtfully.
Lily and James watches their best-friends talk about everything, the two of them were just laying back on the couches relaxing.
"Do you think there's more to this curse then we know about? I mean some times I fell like there's something missing. Do you know anything guys?" Remus asked James and Lily.
"I don't know anything much, Professor Dumbledore took away the books we had been researching that one night so we haven't been able to find anything out, we could possibly find something out ourselves, but normally that involves putting Lily in a life threatening state. Because that's what the whole curse is basically about." James said not missing a beat.
"Uh, that just about sums it up." Lily said grinning at how well James had explained it.
"Lily it's quite sad everyone's out to kill you." Peter said dumbly.
"Yes, I know Pete." Lily said smiling sweetly at him. (A/N Lily you are too trusting dear, don't you see him for the scum he really is??!) "Well, I'm going to bed, I'm really tired."
"Wait up I'm coming too!" Sirius yelled at her.
"Yeah right Sirius." Lily said rolling her eyes. "Good night guys." Lily said and went up to the dorms.
"PLEASANT DREAMS!!" Sirius bellowed, just as Lily was closing her door, making a few fourth years open their doors to see what was up.
"I hope I do Sirius." Lily mumbled, it was still early yet, so Lily couldn't find sleep immediately, but soon it came and Lily wished it hadn't.
*~*~*~*~*
Lily awoke screaming; from her nightmare. It had been about the Dementor coming to steal her soul away. Lily hated Dementors and they scared her more than anything.
"Lily? You okay?" It was Catty's voice.
"Um, yeah just a nightmare, you know those purple polka dotted crocodiles again."
"Yeah, whatever Lils." Catty went back to sleep.
Lily remembered that James had been coming to save her just as the dream ended. She felt bad plaguing him with her nightmares, but maybe sometimes; when she didn't know it, he plagued her with HIS dreams, she wouldn't have been able to tell much difference.
Lily went back to an uneasy sleep, and didn't dream anymore.
*~*~*~*~*
~A few hours before, Boys dormitories. ~
"So James…you like Lily?" Sirius asked casually.
"Yeah, why?"
"You ask her out?" Remus asked getting interested.
"Yeah."
"So why didn't you tell us about this?!" Sirius said in mock horror.
"Because we decided to ignore our feelings and-."
"WHAT!? Why? Who the hell does that?!" Sirius yelled.
"We have our reasons which I'm not at liberty to talk about with out her consent." James said simply.
"Well, I think that being your best friends, me and Remus should get to know."
"Hey what about me?!" Peter squeaked.
"Wormtail too." Sirius said.
"I can't, sorry guys, now I'm going to bed so leave me alone." James muttered closing the hangings of the bed.
"Prongs is really starting to worry me." Remus grumbled. "He forgot we came up here so we could go to the kitchens!"
"Ah, forget about it I'm not that hungry anyway." Sirius said with a grumble of his stomach. "Eh, maybe that's not true but whatever I can live with out food."
"Let's go to the common room for a minute." Remus said, while gesturing with his arms that he had an idea.
"Uh yeah sure, I think I left my book down there anyways." Sirius said. Peter came along in a rush behind them as they left for the common room.
*~*~*~*~*
(A/N I'm nervous about going back to school tomorrow so I'm staying up late writing this if my parents don't make me go to bed!)
Lily came down to breakfast and was very shocked when she saw James with some Ravenclaw bimbo drooling all over him. It was a sickening sight. Lily grimaced as a pang of jealousy pelted her in the stomach, but she ignored it and went to sit by Sierra and Jimena who were waving down.
Sierra and Jimena were talking about the upcoming quidditch game soon, but Lily couldn't listen, she was too busy watching James fawn over that slutty Ravenclaw. It was a sickening sight. 'Well I guess James gets over crushes quicker then I imagined.' Lily thought miserably. 'Damn he's actually liking it! That's not how it's supposed to happen!' Lily was snapped from her thoughts by Jimena.
"Lily….Oh Lily come here girl!" Jimena laughed. Lily looked at her friends.
"What?"
"You've been staring at James for an hour, and we KNOW you like him especially after that dream you told us about." Sierra said with a smile.
"It wasn't an HOUR, and the only reason I told you was because I promised, I do recall a certain person dreaming about a certain best friend of his. And his name rhymes with seri-."
"Lily shut up! You promised!" Sierra yelped covering Lily's mouth.
"I said I wouldn't tell anyone else, but you didn't say I couldn't tell you." Lily smirked.
"Lily just admit that you like him a lot and that you are jealous and want to go out with him." Jimena said laughing a bit.
"Jimena I'd watch it I remember what you dreamed about too, and it's funny how we all seem to like the same group of guys." Lily said, and Jimena glared at her.
"Don't say a word Lily Evans." Jimena said firmly.
"I won't don't you guys trust me?" Lily said with an innocent look.
"No." They said in unison.
Lily looked away from her friends and continued to stare at the Ravenclaw while getting more and more evil looking by the minute.
"Lils think he hasn't noticed yet?" Sierra piped in.
"Uh, sorry can't help it! I'm off to Charms you coming?" Lily said grabbing her bag.
Her and her friends left in a hurry; mostly because Lily was practically running out of the hall.
*~*~*~*~*
All day long was spent with Lily glaring at James while he flirted endlessly with that Ravenclaw, or when SHE wasn't around it was that Hufflepuff. Lily didn't bother to learn their names.
Lily was getting really jealous. It was obvious to her friends, even Peter caught on. Lily would get one look at James and her face would grow red, and she would glare at him for the rest of the time they were in that class, or until he moved out of view.
This went on for a week.
During Quidditch Lily lost her temper and through the Quaffle at his head. Of course he yelled in pain and Lily got chewed out by Robert. "Can you get over this lovers spat and get on with the game!?" Which only made him get hit by a Quaffle in his head too.
"Lily, calm down girl you have to get over this! The Slytherin game is tomorrow!" Winnie said as she knocked a bludger away from Lily.
"Well, if HE wasn't being such an ass, I wouldn't be acting this way!" Lily said casually, but the anger was still there.
"Lils, he's a guy, get used to it." Winnie said. Lily was glad Winnie was on the team or she might have blown her top already and knocked James into oblivion.
"Steve, bludger!" Lily called, and continued the plays, but never warned James of a bludger…unless it came out deadly or something.
*~*~*~*~*
Lily managed to get over her hatred for James enough to play Quidditch with him. And they managed to beat Slytherin 250-100 after Robert caught the snitch during a dead tie.
Lily was really fed up with James by then, and needed to get revenge and quick, and then the idea came to her. It was down right perfect, after all he wasn't that bad looking, he was quite attractive if you went for guys like. Him.
The day after defeating the Slytherins Lily decided would be the perfect time to make her scene. She knew he'd started liking her, because at the match he had made several comments, and kept winking at her. She was confident her plan would work.
The morning flew by, partly because Lily was in good spirits, but at the same time she was dreading what she had to do.
Lily had told Jimena and Sierra what she planned to do, they just shook their heads and muttered something about "Hopeless".
"Hey Lils, still planning to…go through with it?" Jimena asked worriedly as they walked to the Great Hall for lunch.
"Of course, I just hope it goes as well as I've planned. James is already there right?" Lily asked.
"Yeah, I saw him head down with Sirius and Remus, have you thought about what THEY are going to think about this situation?" Sierra asked.
"Yes, but I don't care, they're the ones letting him…be the disgusting git that he is!"
"Lily it's not like they can control him." Jimena interjected.
"There he is Lils, good luck. I hope it works…Sort of." Sierra mumbled that last part so Lily wouldn't hear.
Lily walked over to the Slytherin table, and made sure that James was looking at her, and could hear her well.
"Hello Lucius, would you be so kind to give me a moment of your time. I know how busy you are, but would you mind?" Lily said in a sickeningly sweet voice.
"Uh, sure Lily." Lucius said and stood up, the two of them only walked a little farther away from the Slytherin table, but closer to the Gryffindors.
Lily whispered her proposition to him, and he was about to say no when she told him who it would make the angriest and he agreed eagerly. Especially since it helped him get the girl he liked, Narcissa Hathaway.
"So Lucius, you DO like me?" Lily said pretending to be happy. Lucius was grinning cheekily at her. Lily took a chance and glanced at James and noticed he was turning red in the face and staring at the two of them, as were others all over the hall.
"Of course I do Lily, you're beautiful, popular, brilliant, and everything I could ask for!" Lucius said, and tried not to gag, Lily tried not to laugh. If looks could kill Lucius would have been good and buried.
"Oh Lucius, that's the sweetest thing anyone's ever said to me!" Lily exclaimed with more false happiness.
"With my charm, and your beauty we'll rule the school." Lucius was just about to seal the deal; 'Oh God, I hope I can do this I hope I can do this!' Lily thought and went to kiss him, when they were rudely interrupted by a loud cough.
"Oh hello Potter." Lucius said coldly. Lily just sneered at James.
"I just need to deliver a message all of Gryffindor would like me to give." James said hotly and punched Lucius straight on the face.
"JAMES!" Lily screeched if fake horror, honestly though she was a bit happy, and at the moment Narcissa ran over and started fondling over Lucius, and Lily went back to sit with her friends. James all of a sudden figured out that he was tricked, but he was already losing points for Gryffindor for fighting and had gotten detention.
"Lily, I guess you accomplished your plan!" Sierra said with a laugh.
"IT was nice seeing Malfoy get punched, that's what she means." Jimena stated.
"Eh, so what I got James back didn't I?" Lily said curtly. Her two friends just rolled their eyes, and continued to eating lunch.
*~*~*~*~*
Lily was hiding from James all day, she knew she was dead. He would be getting her back sooner or later. But through out the day nothing happened. It wasn't a good sign.
(A/N Sorry this is short, but I just wanted to get it posted…I hope you liked it. I couldn't have them forget EVERYTHING could I? I'm too nice, oh well REVIEW please…damn I've got 37 reviews! Thanks to those reviewers who keep reviewing! Later!)
*~Sierra~*