A/N: Right this is the, lets see. . . . . . . . . . . . . . second or third last chapter. I THINK. I REALLY hope you guys are enjoying this. Well lets see what happens in this chapter cos I haven't a clue. I have a faint (VERY faint) idea but I dunno my typing fingers will probably just twist everything up again.
Disclaimer: See previous chapters! I'm getting really sick of writing these things.
From that day on Lily and James were considered inspirable. Every waking moment they had was spent together. Holding hands through the hallways, sneaky kisses in between classes, one was never seen without the other. It was sweet. Sickeningly sweet as Phoebe had remarked to Alyson just the day before. Phoebe and Sirius had decided to "see" each other but not exclusively, therefore giving neither a reason to be jealous on seeing the other with someone else.
Shannon looked at herself in the mirror. She looked AWFUL! Her blond hair was lank and stuck up in directions she hadn't known it could go, her skin was pasty, their were big purplish/blue bags under her eyes, which by the way looked hollow, and she was getting horribly thin. It wasn't just in her appearance she was suffering, however. Her grades were suffering on top of that. Deep inside she knew it was because of James and Lily. Lily and James who had all of a sudden become closerthanthis. No matter what she said to Lily or any of her friends she couldn't bear seeing her favourite cousin and her ex-boyfriend, whom she still loved madly, truly, deeply, together. It was the hardest thing she had ever had to do. Watch them as they held hands on their way to classes or make kissy-kissy faces at each other from opposite sides of the table at dinner. She was just grateful that she wasn't in Gryfinndor. Nothing would have been worse than seeing Lily perched on his lap or lying sprawled out on top of him as they lay on a couch, talking to their friends in between little kisses.
"Shannon, I'm sorry but you look terrible," Mena commented, coming out of the bathroom. She looked the picture of health with her dark wavy hair freshly washed and brushed and her eyes sparkling. "Oh my God, you've lost so much weight!" she cried, her hand flying up to her mouth. Shannon hurriedly pulled on her robe, which hung off her. "You're skin and bone, girl. Shannon?" She eyed her friend. "Are you anorexic?" Shannon burst into tears.
"Mena!" she sobbed. "I can't handle it anymore. Seeing them together, doing all the same things WE used to do rips up my heart. I can't eat, I can't sleep, I feel like crying all the time and worst of all my grades are slipping. I just can't concentrate! He destroyed me, Mena! That asshole destroyed me!" She bawled even louder as her friend comforted her.
"Lily?" Mena approached Shannon's cousin later on, after insisting that Shannon skip classes today and stay in bed to try and get some sleep. "Can I talk to you for just a minute?" Lily untangled James' arms from around her waist.
"Sure Mena," she said, walking over to the girl. "Where's Shannon today?" she asked, cheerily.
"Well that's sorta what I wanted to talk to you about," Mena said, hesitantly. Lily nodded.
"She's not doing too well, Lily," blurted out Shannon's friend. "She's can't sleep or eat, I fact I think she's heading towards anorexia." Lily gasped. "She doesn't take care of her appearance anymore and her grades have slipped further than I even thought was possible," explained Mena.
"Oh my God," Lily breathed. "Because of James?" she whispered, dreading the answer. Mena nodded slowly. Lily buried her head in her hand.
"Now don't get me wrong Lily. I think you and James are an adorable couple and I can see Shannon is trying to be happy for you two but it's breaking her heart into millions of little pieces." Lily nodded and gulped back the knot in her throat. She could feel tears welling up in her eyes. James meant so much to her!
"I'll talk to James about it," she whispered, unable to talk properly in case the hot tears spilled out down her cheeks. Mena nodded.
"I'm sorry Lily," she said, biting her lip.
"It's ok. I knew this would happen I just didn't want to believe it." Lily walked back to James, deciding to keep this nugget of information to herself until she had talked to Shannon.
It wasn't until Shannon passed out, just utterly collapsed from exhaustion and starvation, that Lily decided she really would have to do something about it. She slipped James a note telling him to meet her that night in the charms classroom and spent the day with Phoebe, Alyson and Tara, both to inform them on what she was doing and to avoid James, much as she didn't want to.
Seeing James sitting on the table she sat at with him to her left and Alyson to her right, twisted her heart a little. She took a deep breath, realizing she HAD to do this. She was stronger than Shannon. James face split into a grin when he saw her approaching and moved to kiss her.
"No, James," she said. "Not now. I have to talk to you." He nodded, on sight of how serious her face had become. "James…I…we…" she began stuttering. "What I mean is…"
"Just tell me, Lily," James said. "I'm beginning to get worried." He laughed, uneasily.
"We have to break up, James," she blurted out, looking at his feet and allowing the tears to start rolling down her cheeks.
"We what?" he said, disbelievingly.
"We have to break up," she repeated. "Shannon is destroyed over our relationship. I just can't do this to her anymore. It's not very fair to her. I hate doing this James but I have to." James looked at his girlfriend.
"Lily, you can't be serious? Please don't do this," he begged.
"I am serious and I have to James. It's for the bet anyway." She turned to leave but James grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
"Please Lily! I…I…I love you," he stammered, linking his blue eyes, which seemed to have lost their sparkle, with her emerald ones.
"I love you too James," Lily answered, throwing her arms around him and kissing him deeply, one last time. "I love you so much but I CAN'T do this anymore. I'm so sorry." James nodded and stormed out of the classroom. Lily stood there alone, clutching her arm, sobbing. "I love you James," she whispered into the darkness. "I love you." Her voice trailed away.
Author's note: Ohhhhh. That was so unbelievably sad to write. I don't want them to break up!!! They're a dotey couple!!! I want them to stay together. Well once again I wasn't expecting that to happen!!!! Silly me, eh?
Disclaimer: See previous chapters and don't sue me!!!
Disclaimer: See previous chapters! I'm getting really sick of writing these things.
From that day on Lily and James were considered inspirable. Every waking moment they had was spent together. Holding hands through the hallways, sneaky kisses in between classes, one was never seen without the other. It was sweet. Sickeningly sweet as Phoebe had remarked to Alyson just the day before. Phoebe and Sirius had decided to "see" each other but not exclusively, therefore giving neither a reason to be jealous on seeing the other with someone else.
Shannon looked at herself in the mirror. She looked AWFUL! Her blond hair was lank and stuck up in directions she hadn't known it could go, her skin was pasty, their were big purplish/blue bags under her eyes, which by the way looked hollow, and she was getting horribly thin. It wasn't just in her appearance she was suffering, however. Her grades were suffering on top of that. Deep inside she knew it was because of James and Lily. Lily and James who had all of a sudden become closerthanthis. No matter what she said to Lily or any of her friends she couldn't bear seeing her favourite cousin and her ex-boyfriend, whom she still loved madly, truly, deeply, together. It was the hardest thing she had ever had to do. Watch them as they held hands on their way to classes or make kissy-kissy faces at each other from opposite sides of the table at dinner. She was just grateful that she wasn't in Gryfinndor. Nothing would have been worse than seeing Lily perched on his lap or lying sprawled out on top of him as they lay on a couch, talking to their friends in between little kisses.
"Shannon, I'm sorry but you look terrible," Mena commented, coming out of the bathroom. She looked the picture of health with her dark wavy hair freshly washed and brushed and her eyes sparkling. "Oh my God, you've lost so much weight!" she cried, her hand flying up to her mouth. Shannon hurriedly pulled on her robe, which hung off her. "You're skin and bone, girl. Shannon?" She eyed her friend. "Are you anorexic?" Shannon burst into tears.
"Mena!" she sobbed. "I can't handle it anymore. Seeing them together, doing all the same things WE used to do rips up my heart. I can't eat, I can't sleep, I feel like crying all the time and worst of all my grades are slipping. I just can't concentrate! He destroyed me, Mena! That asshole destroyed me!" She bawled even louder as her friend comforted her.
"Lily?" Mena approached Shannon's cousin later on, after insisting that Shannon skip classes today and stay in bed to try and get some sleep. "Can I talk to you for just a minute?" Lily untangled James' arms from around her waist.
"Sure Mena," she said, walking over to the girl. "Where's Shannon today?" she asked, cheerily.
"Well that's sorta what I wanted to talk to you about," Mena said, hesitantly. Lily nodded.
"She's not doing too well, Lily," blurted out Shannon's friend. "She's can't sleep or eat, I fact I think she's heading towards anorexia." Lily gasped. "She doesn't take care of her appearance anymore and her grades have slipped further than I even thought was possible," explained Mena.
"Oh my God," Lily breathed. "Because of James?" she whispered, dreading the answer. Mena nodded slowly. Lily buried her head in her hand.
"Now don't get me wrong Lily. I think you and James are an adorable couple and I can see Shannon is trying to be happy for you two but it's breaking her heart into millions of little pieces." Lily nodded and gulped back the knot in her throat. She could feel tears welling up in her eyes. James meant so much to her!
"I'll talk to James about it," she whispered, unable to talk properly in case the hot tears spilled out down her cheeks. Mena nodded.
"I'm sorry Lily," she said, biting her lip.
"It's ok. I knew this would happen I just didn't want to believe it." Lily walked back to James, deciding to keep this nugget of information to herself until she had talked to Shannon.
It wasn't until Shannon passed out, just utterly collapsed from exhaustion and starvation, that Lily decided she really would have to do something about it. She slipped James a note telling him to meet her that night in the charms classroom and spent the day with Phoebe, Alyson and Tara, both to inform them on what she was doing and to avoid James, much as she didn't want to.
Seeing James sitting on the table she sat at with him to her left and Alyson to her right, twisted her heart a little. She took a deep breath, realizing she HAD to do this. She was stronger than Shannon. James face split into a grin when he saw her approaching and moved to kiss her.
"No, James," she said. "Not now. I have to talk to you." He nodded, on sight of how serious her face had become. "James…I…we…" she began stuttering. "What I mean is…"
"Just tell me, Lily," James said. "I'm beginning to get worried." He laughed, uneasily.
"We have to break up, James," she blurted out, looking at his feet and allowing the tears to start rolling down her cheeks.
"We what?" he said, disbelievingly.
"We have to break up," she repeated. "Shannon is destroyed over our relationship. I just can't do this to her anymore. It's not very fair to her. I hate doing this James but I have to." James looked at his girlfriend.
"Lily, you can't be serious? Please don't do this," he begged.
"I am serious and I have to James. It's for the bet anyway." She turned to leave but James grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
"Please Lily! I…I…I love you," he stammered, linking his blue eyes, which seemed to have lost their sparkle, with her emerald ones.
"I love you too James," Lily answered, throwing her arms around him and kissing him deeply, one last time. "I love you so much but I CAN'T do this anymore. I'm so sorry." James nodded and stormed out of the classroom. Lily stood there alone, clutching her arm, sobbing. "I love you James," she whispered into the darkness. "I love you." Her voice trailed away.
Author's note: Ohhhhh. That was so unbelievably sad to write. I don't want them to break up!!! They're a dotey couple!!! I want them to stay together. Well once again I wasn't expecting that to happen!!!! Silly me, eh?
Disclaimer: See previous chapters and don't sue me!!!