Author's note: Hey you guys. Thanks for the reviews! I love you ESPECIALLY Ruby prev. devils 'lil' angel (whose idea I'm using in this chapter. Thanks SOOOO much for that by the way!!! Kisses to you!) who has reviewed me a couple of times to give me ideas and told me how much she likes my story. *Smiles sweetly* Actually I've decided that I'm dedicating this chapter to you!!!
Disclaimer: Nothing you recognize is mine!!! Everything else is INCLUDING the plot which seems to be going to shit at the moment cos of my yucky writers block but no matter!
"I can't believe we're leaving in two weeks!" Alyson wailed.
"I know!" Tara joined in. "This place is like a second home to me. I'm gonna miss it so much!!!"
"Oh shut-up you two sentimental old biddies!" Phoebe told them, beginning to giggle. Alyson and Tara made faces at her and exchanged a glance before launching themselves on top of her, tickling her, until she was squirming and begging for mercy. Lily watched on, laughing at their antics. She agreed with Tara and Alyson, though. She may not have been here for as long as the others but she had grown to love it just as much as them. It was so warm and comforting and so SAFE! She would miss it. She pushed the thought of how in just a little under two weeks she would be out in the big, bad world all alone with no support, seeing as Petunia most certainly wouldn't give it to her to the back of her head and jumped in on top of her friends.
James watched the girls from the Astronomy tower. Lily was so much better than she had been a mere 6 months ago. It was amazing what a difference half a year could make to a person's life! He was still madly in love with Lily, even more so than before if that was possible. The pair had spent so much time together during Lily's grieving and even after it. She truly relied on him and he truly wanted to protect her. If only she would get back with him his life would be close to perfect! He ran a hand through his, already messy, raven coloured hair. He really would have to sort that out.
"Lily?" James hissed. "Lily?" Lily, who had been walking along the corridor with her friends, giggling, with clumps of dirt hanging off their robes. Lily glanced in James' direction and waved, happily, to him. Telling her friends she'd talk to them later, she ran over to him and went to peck him on the cheek but he diverted the kiss to his lips. She drew away, giggling.
"Whoops," she said.
"Whoops is right," James murmured. He pulled her into an empty classroom. "We need to talk," he told her.
"Ok," she said, hopping onto one of the desks. "What do we need to talk about?" she asked him, after examining her fingernail, which was painted a frosted blue colour.
"Us," he said, grimly. "You and me. Our relationship. What's going to happen between us, Lil? Are we ever going to get back together or do you just say that to keep me happy?" Lily recoiled at the harshness of James' tone. Her eyes welled up with tears that she refused to let fall.
"James, what about Shannon?" she whispered. "She's my cousin and she means so much to me!"
"Shannon will be fine!" he snapped. "Think about it. She's dating a Ravenclaw. She will be fine!" he repeated.
"I know Shannon better than anyone, James," Lily said, quietly. "She may SAY she's over you and she may ACT as if she's over you but in truth she's not. I know that and she knows that but she's too stubborn to admit it."
"Hey, Lily, I may love you and all but you can't seriously expect me to wait around for you forever?"
"James, why are you PUSHING me?" Lily asked. "It's my choice when I want to get back with you. And if I say Shannon isn't over you then Shannon is NOT over you." She stuck her chin in the air, stubbornly.
"So I have no say in the matter?" he asked. Lily said nothing so James stormed out, not noticing the petite blond crouched down by the door.
Shannon twirled down the hallway, humming tunelessly. She couldn't wait to find Lily and talk to her. She was in love! Well maybe not in love, she corrected herself, but in VERY deep like with Tony, a guy from Ravenclaw. Not the guy she had taken to the ball but his best friend. Shannon heard voices in a classroom and stopped, briefly. They people talking sounded very much like Lily and James. Shannon crouched down by the door and peered in. Sure enough Lily and James were inside. Lily was perched on a desk and James was standing in front of her, running his hands through his hair, like he always had when he was frustrated.
"I know Shannon better than anyone, James," Lily was saying. "She may SAY she's over you and she may ACT like she's over you but in truth she's not. I know that and she knows that but she's too stubborn to admit it." Shannon waited for James' reply.
"Hey, Lily, I may love you and all but you can't seriously expect me to wait around for you forever?" Shannon blanched. They had broken up because of her? She would KILL Lily when she spoke to her. KILL her. What the hell was that girl on about anyway? She was talking pure rubbish. Shannon heard a silence and could sense a finished tone. She drew back, as she heard James; footsteps come towards the door, and hoped he wouldn't see her. He didn't. He stormed off in the opposite direction. Shannon stood up and wiped a couple of flecks of dust off her skirt. She rolled her eyes. She and Lily needed to have a big chat. She rounded the corner into the classroom where Lily was still sitting on the desk, her head in her hands, looking as if she were about to cry any minute. Shannon cleared her throat and Lily looked up. On seeing Shannon she immediately pasted a smile on her face that, normally, Shannon wouldn't have seen through. But today was different.
"Lily wipe the look off your face," she told her elder cousin. "I heard the whole conversation." Lily's face, physically drooped and Shannon instantly felt sorry for the older girl, who was usually so balanced. "Lily what the hell do you think you're playing at? You know as well as I do that I'm over James. Why are you using me as a cover?"
"I'm NOT!" Lily replied sounding outraged. "I thought you still weren't over James." She tried to look sincere but failed miserably.
"Lily I told you at the Christmas ball that I was over him. Since when do I lie to you?" she demanded. "Now tell me what's up or I'll force it out of you." She glared at Lily.
"Ok." Lily sighed eventually. "I'll tell you. I love James, right?" she told Shannon who had slipped into a chair behind the desk Lily was sitting on. Lily looked down at her feet. "I love him so much that it hurts me but I KNOW that if I get back with him and something happens him, like it happened Mum and Dad, I'd DIE, Shan, I truly would. I love James more than anything else in this world…"
"Except me of course," Shannon interrupted, trying to lighten the atmosphere a bit. Lily grinned.
"Except you," she agreed. "Anyway I love him so much and if anything happened him I wouldn't be able to go through all that pain of losing him."
"Lily, I may not be the best person to be giving you this advice but it seems pretty simple to me." Shannon paused, wondering whether to go on or not. Lily nodded, encouragingly. "Well, Lily, if you let that stand between you you're an ass. If you don't do something about that argument the two of you just had you're going to lose him as it is. Wouldn't that hurt a lot more? Knowing that you could have had him but gave it all up for a silly fear you have?" Lily nodded, slowly. "Lily isn't it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?" Lily nodded again. "You and James would be brilliant together! You know that just as well as I do! So get over your fear and go tell him how you really feel!" Lily stared at her hands before looking up at Shannon and smiling.
"You're right," she said to her cousin. "You're absolutely right." There was a pause in the conversation. "Hey did anyone ever tell you that you should be a psychologist?" Lily exclaimed.
"It's all the self help classes I went through," Shannon explained, nodding. "They turned me into a looney who has an explanation for everything!" The girls laughed. "Oh and, hey, Lily you breaking up with James because of me? What was THAT about, huh?" she demanded. "I would have lived!"
"Barely," Lily mumbled. Shannon rolled her eyes, melodramatically.
"Anyway that's all forgotten now!" She linked Lily's arm in hers' and pulled her out the door. "I wanted to talk to you about Tony, the Ravenclaw I'm seeing. Lils, I am so in like with him!" Her voice trailed away as they rounded the corner, laughing.
Author's note: Hey that turned out better than I expected!!! Thanks a million for the idea Ruby prev. devils 'lil' angel!!!!! You're a saint!!! Anyway next chapter is the last one. The one you guys have all been waiting for and begging me to hurry up and write!!!!
Disclaimer: YESSSS!!!!! I'm nearly rid of these stupid things!!!. So for the second or third last time *jumps in the air to celebrate!* NOTHING you recognize is mine. I'm NOT using J.K. Rowling's characters to make money or any of that other crap. People like Phoebe, Tara and Alyson are all mine!! And so is the plot, which is taking a turn for the better!!!!!
Disclaimer: Nothing you recognize is mine!!! Everything else is INCLUDING the plot which seems to be going to shit at the moment cos of my yucky writers block but no matter!
"I can't believe we're leaving in two weeks!" Alyson wailed.
"I know!" Tara joined in. "This place is like a second home to me. I'm gonna miss it so much!!!"
"Oh shut-up you two sentimental old biddies!" Phoebe told them, beginning to giggle. Alyson and Tara made faces at her and exchanged a glance before launching themselves on top of her, tickling her, until she was squirming and begging for mercy. Lily watched on, laughing at their antics. She agreed with Tara and Alyson, though. She may not have been here for as long as the others but she had grown to love it just as much as them. It was so warm and comforting and so SAFE! She would miss it. She pushed the thought of how in just a little under two weeks she would be out in the big, bad world all alone with no support, seeing as Petunia most certainly wouldn't give it to her to the back of her head and jumped in on top of her friends.
James watched the girls from the Astronomy tower. Lily was so much better than she had been a mere 6 months ago. It was amazing what a difference half a year could make to a person's life! He was still madly in love with Lily, even more so than before if that was possible. The pair had spent so much time together during Lily's grieving and even after it. She truly relied on him and he truly wanted to protect her. If only she would get back with him his life would be close to perfect! He ran a hand through his, already messy, raven coloured hair. He really would have to sort that out.
"Lily?" James hissed. "Lily?" Lily, who had been walking along the corridor with her friends, giggling, with clumps of dirt hanging off their robes. Lily glanced in James' direction and waved, happily, to him. Telling her friends she'd talk to them later, she ran over to him and went to peck him on the cheek but he diverted the kiss to his lips. She drew away, giggling.
"Whoops," she said.
"Whoops is right," James murmured. He pulled her into an empty classroom. "We need to talk," he told her.
"Ok," she said, hopping onto one of the desks. "What do we need to talk about?" she asked him, after examining her fingernail, which was painted a frosted blue colour.
"Us," he said, grimly. "You and me. Our relationship. What's going to happen between us, Lil? Are we ever going to get back together or do you just say that to keep me happy?" Lily recoiled at the harshness of James' tone. Her eyes welled up with tears that she refused to let fall.
"James, what about Shannon?" she whispered. "She's my cousin and she means so much to me!"
"Shannon will be fine!" he snapped. "Think about it. She's dating a Ravenclaw. She will be fine!" he repeated.
"I know Shannon better than anyone, James," Lily said, quietly. "She may SAY she's over you and she may ACT as if she's over you but in truth she's not. I know that and she knows that but she's too stubborn to admit it."
"Hey, Lily, I may love you and all but you can't seriously expect me to wait around for you forever?"
"James, why are you PUSHING me?" Lily asked. "It's my choice when I want to get back with you. And if I say Shannon isn't over you then Shannon is NOT over you." She stuck her chin in the air, stubbornly.
"So I have no say in the matter?" he asked. Lily said nothing so James stormed out, not noticing the petite blond crouched down by the door.
Shannon twirled down the hallway, humming tunelessly. She couldn't wait to find Lily and talk to her. She was in love! Well maybe not in love, she corrected herself, but in VERY deep like with Tony, a guy from Ravenclaw. Not the guy she had taken to the ball but his best friend. Shannon heard voices in a classroom and stopped, briefly. They people talking sounded very much like Lily and James. Shannon crouched down by the door and peered in. Sure enough Lily and James were inside. Lily was perched on a desk and James was standing in front of her, running his hands through his hair, like he always had when he was frustrated.
"I know Shannon better than anyone, James," Lily was saying. "She may SAY she's over you and she may ACT like she's over you but in truth she's not. I know that and she knows that but she's too stubborn to admit it." Shannon waited for James' reply.
"Hey, Lily, I may love you and all but you can't seriously expect me to wait around for you forever?" Shannon blanched. They had broken up because of her? She would KILL Lily when she spoke to her. KILL her. What the hell was that girl on about anyway? She was talking pure rubbish. Shannon heard a silence and could sense a finished tone. She drew back, as she heard James; footsteps come towards the door, and hoped he wouldn't see her. He didn't. He stormed off in the opposite direction. Shannon stood up and wiped a couple of flecks of dust off her skirt. She rolled her eyes. She and Lily needed to have a big chat. She rounded the corner into the classroom where Lily was still sitting on the desk, her head in her hands, looking as if she were about to cry any minute. Shannon cleared her throat and Lily looked up. On seeing Shannon she immediately pasted a smile on her face that, normally, Shannon wouldn't have seen through. But today was different.
"Lily wipe the look off your face," she told her elder cousin. "I heard the whole conversation." Lily's face, physically drooped and Shannon instantly felt sorry for the older girl, who was usually so balanced. "Lily what the hell do you think you're playing at? You know as well as I do that I'm over James. Why are you using me as a cover?"
"I'm NOT!" Lily replied sounding outraged. "I thought you still weren't over James." She tried to look sincere but failed miserably.
"Lily I told you at the Christmas ball that I was over him. Since when do I lie to you?" she demanded. "Now tell me what's up or I'll force it out of you." She glared at Lily.
"Ok." Lily sighed eventually. "I'll tell you. I love James, right?" she told Shannon who had slipped into a chair behind the desk Lily was sitting on. Lily looked down at her feet. "I love him so much that it hurts me but I KNOW that if I get back with him and something happens him, like it happened Mum and Dad, I'd DIE, Shan, I truly would. I love James more than anything else in this world…"
"Except me of course," Shannon interrupted, trying to lighten the atmosphere a bit. Lily grinned.
"Except you," she agreed. "Anyway I love him so much and if anything happened him I wouldn't be able to go through all that pain of losing him."
"Lily, I may not be the best person to be giving you this advice but it seems pretty simple to me." Shannon paused, wondering whether to go on or not. Lily nodded, encouragingly. "Well, Lily, if you let that stand between you you're an ass. If you don't do something about that argument the two of you just had you're going to lose him as it is. Wouldn't that hurt a lot more? Knowing that you could have had him but gave it all up for a silly fear you have?" Lily nodded, slowly. "Lily isn't it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?" Lily nodded again. "You and James would be brilliant together! You know that just as well as I do! So get over your fear and go tell him how you really feel!" Lily stared at her hands before looking up at Shannon and smiling.
"You're right," she said to her cousin. "You're absolutely right." There was a pause in the conversation. "Hey did anyone ever tell you that you should be a psychologist?" Lily exclaimed.
"It's all the self help classes I went through," Shannon explained, nodding. "They turned me into a looney who has an explanation for everything!" The girls laughed. "Oh and, hey, Lily you breaking up with James because of me? What was THAT about, huh?" she demanded. "I would have lived!"
"Barely," Lily mumbled. Shannon rolled her eyes, melodramatically.
"Anyway that's all forgotten now!" She linked Lily's arm in hers' and pulled her out the door. "I wanted to talk to you about Tony, the Ravenclaw I'm seeing. Lils, I am so in like with him!" Her voice trailed away as they rounded the corner, laughing.
Author's note: Hey that turned out better than I expected!!! Thanks a million for the idea Ruby prev. devils 'lil' angel!!!!! You're a saint!!! Anyway next chapter is the last one. The one you guys have all been waiting for and begging me to hurry up and write!!!!
Disclaimer: YESSSS!!!!! I'm nearly rid of these stupid things!!!. So for the second or third last time *jumps in the air to celebrate!* NOTHING you recognize is mine. I'm NOT using J.K. Rowling's characters to make money or any of that other crap. People like Phoebe, Tara and Alyson are all mine!! And so is the plot, which is taking a turn for the better!!!!!