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Chapter Fifteen: Lily's Confession
James quickly regretted what he had asked and tried to mend it. "Lily, you don't have to answer that..." he had started to say, but was cut off by Lily. "No. I do have to. I've hid it long enough." she said. She fell silent as if she were gathering the guts to say everything. Then she looked at James with pain in her face and began to talk. "When I first transfered into the Dunsbury Elementary school I was alone and friendless. My best friend, Leanne had just died in a car crash and
I missed her a lot. Anyway, I met Darleen on the first day of first grade and we became best friends. We were in the school until 4th grade. Then we came to Hogwarts. Through those four years I saw her dump and gain friends as one would buy new clothes. I saw her betray Ryona, plagerize Ellie, hurt Dreanna and destroy Marie. Every time she lost a friend I forced myself to believe it was their fault and not Darleen's. But...in my heart I knew what really happened, I just didn't want to admit it. When we came to Hogwarts I discovered she had known she was a witch for quite a while, but she hadn't told me. But I chose to ignore that minor detail and kept on acting normal. Then Darleen met Sarah-Kate. Well, she had actually met her during the summer before entering Hogwarts and they had become pretty good friends. The thing is when the sorting came, both of them were classified into Slytherin, but when I put the hat on, it whispered something queer. It asked me if I wanted to be placed in Slytherin with Darleen just because she was there, as SK had done. I told it that I preffered to be picked for the house I should be in and not the one I want to be in. I was sorted into Gryffindor. It was then probably that our friendship started to rift. Nevertheless I always tried to spend the biggest amount of time possible with her and SK. But they just ignored me. Here's where Paul comes into the picture. In the begining of our 3rd year I had a crush on him. But then things went bad and we haven't talked since. He said he could never like a nerdy girl like me. Then one day, something happened. I walked into Darleen saying bad things about me. I told her I had heard and would reveal her true intentions. But she said she hated me and would make my life miserable. And so we haven't been friends since. She was true to her word though, she made my life miserable and unbearable for the last 3 years, until a week after you left. Then I realized I didn't want to be a slave from my past anymore and decided to change."
James was dumbstruck. So that was why she didn't want him to get with Darleen. Because she knew Darleen was a traitor and would eventually betray him. "But if you knew Darleen's true intentions, why didn't you tell me?" he asked puzzled. "Would you have listened?" she asked skeptically. James looked at her and realized he had been so in love with Darleen that he wouldn't have heard a word against her. Lily smiled at herself. "Yes. I figured out long ago Darleen needed you to raise her failing transfiguration grade. SK herself told me in an unconcious way." James was puzzled again. "SK? But why would she do that? Isn't she Darleen's best friend?" he asked. Lily stared into the fire. "Yes. But, she's begining to realize her time's up and Darleen is going to get rid of her soon. Darleen found a new friend, Narcissa, so SK'll have to go." she said. James was truly amazed at the amount of information she knew. "How'd you know so much?" he asked. "Bella." she answered simply. James had forgotten a simple, but important detail on her coming on to this information, her best friend, Bella was on of the two Hogwarts' gossip queens.
They sat there for quite some time staring at the fire, watching the fire dance in the cold wintery night. Each one lost in their own thoughts. Then, suddenly James spoke up. "Thank you." he whispered. Lily was shocked, she woke up from her thought trance and stared at him. "For what?" she asked confused. James just stared at the fire. "Everything." he whispered. He paused and then continued. "Yes. For everything. For helping me have a chance with Darleen, for saving my life and for talking some sense into me." Lily smiled. "No problem. Anytime. I save lives every day. Yeah." she teased. James grinned. Lily laughed a bit, then she turned serious but with a smile on her face. "No. You're welcome. Anytime." she whispered, her eyes flashing with happiness. "So, uhm, you know what I could really use right now?" said James cheerfully. "No, what?" Lily asked. "A class on how Darleen betrays people. I missed that class didn't I?" he said jokingly. Lily threw a shoe at him, he avoided it and they both roared with laughter. They stood there laughing like goons for 5 minutes until they finally calmed down. "But you know what? I missed those afternoons by the lake. I liked to look at the pictures you brought to me. They were nice." James remarked. Lily's eyes gleamed with mischief. "Tell you what. I'll go upstairs and get my photo box and we can make fun of them." she said. Jamed grinned "Pefect."
Lily quickly ran up, took the photo box from her trunk and ran back down. James eagerly saw her take off the lid and take out a bunch of photos. Most of them showed 11-year-old girls having fun. Lily picked up the first picture. It was Darleen modelling for the photo wearing a shocking pink dress, she looked like a dork. Lily held it up for James to see. "This one I took when we went on to the shopping mall, she was ssssoooooo nasty to all of us. You see, we went to this store to pick up a dress for a party we all had. So we all tried on nice dresses, she criticized each of them. But then she chose a hideous shocking pink one and tried it on. It looked awful on her, but since she was not nice to us we told her it was perfect and I snapped a picture of it. Later at the party, she was the party laughinstock!" she explained through giggles. James laughed even harder. And so they went on, laughing on about the pictures. Lily, of course retold the events that happened during the picture so vividly, that James could almost imagine himself there. Some of the photos were very funny. Lily had one of Darleen with her face full of ketchup because Lily and her had made a food fight and another one of Darleen with her hair all messed up.
But as they flipped through the photos, James realized something. Lily was in none of them. Then he remembered of the photo he had picked up when Lily had shown him photos of Darleen's friends. A photo of Lily hugging Darleen and eating ice cream. A photo that had confused him, but now he knew the truth and wanted to talk about the photo. "Lily. Don't you have photos of you?" asked James. Lily looked at him and blushed. "Er. Yes. One. I'll look for it." She started to search for the picture through the packet of photographs but she couldn't find it. After 5 minutes of searching, she began to despair realizing the photo was not there. After a few more minutes of searching she looked at James with terror in her eyes. "I can't find it! If anyone finds that photo Darleen will have my head. James, what do I do?" she wailed. James stiffened as he realized he held the only photo Lily possesed that had herself on it.
A/N: Tadadadadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!! Cliffie!!!! Sorry I haven't written in a while, it's just that this is the last week of school before exams and so I've been a bit busy. But i promise that after Jume 19 there'll be a lot more of the story!!!!!Thanx for the reviews!!!!!!!!!! :):):):) Keep reviewing!!!!!
Chapter Fifteen: Lily's Confession
James quickly regretted what he had asked and tried to mend it. "Lily, you don't have to answer that..." he had started to say, but was cut off by Lily. "No. I do have to. I've hid it long enough." she said. She fell silent as if she were gathering the guts to say everything. Then she looked at James with pain in her face and began to talk. "When I first transfered into the Dunsbury Elementary school I was alone and friendless. My best friend, Leanne had just died in a car crash and
I missed her a lot. Anyway, I met Darleen on the first day of first grade and we became best friends. We were in the school until 4th grade. Then we came to Hogwarts. Through those four years I saw her dump and gain friends as one would buy new clothes. I saw her betray Ryona, plagerize Ellie, hurt Dreanna and destroy Marie. Every time she lost a friend I forced myself to believe it was their fault and not Darleen's. But...in my heart I knew what really happened, I just didn't want to admit it. When we came to Hogwarts I discovered she had known she was a witch for quite a while, but she hadn't told me. But I chose to ignore that minor detail and kept on acting normal. Then Darleen met Sarah-Kate. Well, she had actually met her during the summer before entering Hogwarts and they had become pretty good friends. The thing is when the sorting came, both of them were classified into Slytherin, but when I put the hat on, it whispered something queer. It asked me if I wanted to be placed in Slytherin with Darleen just because she was there, as SK had done. I told it that I preffered to be picked for the house I should be in and not the one I want to be in. I was sorted into Gryffindor. It was then probably that our friendship started to rift. Nevertheless I always tried to spend the biggest amount of time possible with her and SK. But they just ignored me. Here's where Paul comes into the picture. In the begining of our 3rd year I had a crush on him. But then things went bad and we haven't talked since. He said he could never like a nerdy girl like me. Then one day, something happened. I walked into Darleen saying bad things about me. I told her I had heard and would reveal her true intentions. But she said she hated me and would make my life miserable. And so we haven't been friends since. She was true to her word though, she made my life miserable and unbearable for the last 3 years, until a week after you left. Then I realized I didn't want to be a slave from my past anymore and decided to change."
James was dumbstruck. So that was why she didn't want him to get with Darleen. Because she knew Darleen was a traitor and would eventually betray him. "But if you knew Darleen's true intentions, why didn't you tell me?" he asked puzzled. "Would you have listened?" she asked skeptically. James looked at her and realized he had been so in love with Darleen that he wouldn't have heard a word against her. Lily smiled at herself. "Yes. I figured out long ago Darleen needed you to raise her failing transfiguration grade. SK herself told me in an unconcious way." James was puzzled again. "SK? But why would she do that? Isn't she Darleen's best friend?" he asked. Lily stared into the fire. "Yes. But, she's begining to realize her time's up and Darleen is going to get rid of her soon. Darleen found a new friend, Narcissa, so SK'll have to go." she said. James was truly amazed at the amount of information she knew. "How'd you know so much?" he asked. "Bella." she answered simply. James had forgotten a simple, but important detail on her coming on to this information, her best friend, Bella was on of the two Hogwarts' gossip queens.
They sat there for quite some time staring at the fire, watching the fire dance in the cold wintery night. Each one lost in their own thoughts. Then, suddenly James spoke up. "Thank you." he whispered. Lily was shocked, she woke up from her thought trance and stared at him. "For what?" she asked confused. James just stared at the fire. "Everything." he whispered. He paused and then continued. "Yes. For everything. For helping me have a chance with Darleen, for saving my life and for talking some sense into me." Lily smiled. "No problem. Anytime. I save lives every day. Yeah." she teased. James grinned. Lily laughed a bit, then she turned serious but with a smile on her face. "No. You're welcome. Anytime." she whispered, her eyes flashing with happiness. "So, uhm, you know what I could really use right now?" said James cheerfully. "No, what?" Lily asked. "A class on how Darleen betrays people. I missed that class didn't I?" he said jokingly. Lily threw a shoe at him, he avoided it and they both roared with laughter. They stood there laughing like goons for 5 minutes until they finally calmed down. "But you know what? I missed those afternoons by the lake. I liked to look at the pictures you brought to me. They were nice." James remarked. Lily's eyes gleamed with mischief. "Tell you what. I'll go upstairs and get my photo box and we can make fun of them." she said. Jamed grinned "Pefect."
Lily quickly ran up, took the photo box from her trunk and ran back down. James eagerly saw her take off the lid and take out a bunch of photos. Most of them showed 11-year-old girls having fun. Lily picked up the first picture. It was Darleen modelling for the photo wearing a shocking pink dress, she looked like a dork. Lily held it up for James to see. "This one I took when we went on to the shopping mall, she was ssssoooooo nasty to all of us. You see, we went to this store to pick up a dress for a party we all had. So we all tried on nice dresses, she criticized each of them. But then she chose a hideous shocking pink one and tried it on. It looked awful on her, but since she was not nice to us we told her it was perfect and I snapped a picture of it. Later at the party, she was the party laughinstock!" she explained through giggles. James laughed even harder. And so they went on, laughing on about the pictures. Lily, of course retold the events that happened during the picture so vividly, that James could almost imagine himself there. Some of the photos were very funny. Lily had one of Darleen with her face full of ketchup because Lily and her had made a food fight and another one of Darleen with her hair all messed up.
But as they flipped through the photos, James realized something. Lily was in none of them. Then he remembered of the photo he had picked up when Lily had shown him photos of Darleen's friends. A photo of Lily hugging Darleen and eating ice cream. A photo that had confused him, but now he knew the truth and wanted to talk about the photo. "Lily. Don't you have photos of you?" asked James. Lily looked at him and blushed. "Er. Yes. One. I'll look for it." She started to search for the picture through the packet of photographs but she couldn't find it. After 5 minutes of searching, she began to despair realizing the photo was not there. After a few more minutes of searching she looked at James with terror in her eyes. "I can't find it! If anyone finds that photo Darleen will have my head. James, what do I do?" she wailed. James stiffened as he realized he held the only photo Lily possesed that had herself on it.
A/N: Tadadadadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!! Cliffie!!!! Sorry I haven't written in a while, it's just that this is the last week of school before exams and so I've been a bit busy. But i promise that after Jume 19 there'll be a lot more of the story!!!!!Thanx for the reviews!!!!!!!!!! :):):):) Keep reviewing!!!!!