1 (A/n I don't think this chapter is much like the first one, but maybe it is. tell me k? And thank you sooooo unbelievably much for your support already! I'm going to try to read some of your stories ASAP! But don't get mad if I don't right away.

And I'm trying not to make James a player. Did that sound mean? I'm basically putting a lot of my guy friends together into one guy. So sorry if he seams like it, but I'll try to control it.

By the way. If anyone wants to become my beta reader(s?) e-mail me at smartqt05@hotmail.com

Disclaimer: See chapter 1)

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3 Just Another Heartbreak

3.1 Chapter 2: The Necklace



"Lillian Evans I cannot believe you." Mary said exasperated, using Lily's full name, "You might as well of told him."

"He's a guy he won't notice." Lily sighed. For the past two weeks she had been thinking and talking of nothing but James. She thought of James when she woke up, at breakfast, in the corridors, in her classes, at lunch, when she was doing her homework, in bed. She couldn't help herself. Every time she thought of his chocolate brown eyes and luscious smile her heart melted.

"Lillllly, earth to Lillly!" Amanda called waving her hand in front of Lily's face.

"Yeah?" Lily sighed dreamily.

"Were you off in James-land again?"

"Yeah. Isn't he wonderful?"

"No." Amanda and Mary cried together.

"Amanda! Wait up!" Someone called from behind the group.

"What Jo?"

"Give this to your brother, but read it first." JoAnn said handing a note to Amanda, Lily and Mary began to read over her shoulder.

Hey baby~

What's up? Nuthin much here. I can't wait to see you over the hols. Can you wait to see me?

Lily could barely contain her laughter.

We can have fun, know what I mean?

This was too much. Lily scanned the rest of the page not daring to read anything fully for fear she might burst from not laughing, but one thing at the bottom caught her eye.

Love

Jo

Love?! Even she had never told him she loved him! "I gotta go... um.. I have homework to finish!" Lily could barely manage the sentence without giving herself away. Her friends all turned to give her a puzzled look; Lily Evans never had homework ever. "Seriously, I do. Um... bye!" She waved ignoring the disbelief on their faces; all she cared about was getting away so she could laugh.

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"You can't be over him that quick."

"Well I am."

"Nobody just stops liking someone overnight. This is another one of your hate phases isn't it?" Amanda insisted

"The hell it is! Why doesn't anyone believe me? I don't like your stupid brother anymore!" Lily insisted, beginning to lose her temper.

"Fine, you don't like him." Amanda said not fully believing Lily. In fact she didn't believe Lily at all but she didn't want to start a fight.

"What color should I paint my nails?" Mary asked coming into the dormitory where the girls were seated.

"How about Backstabber Red?" Lily suggested.

"Or it's not my fault pink?" Amanda retorted, adding a glare at Lily.

"So you 'accidentally' backstabbed me?"

"I didn't backstab you!"

"Really? Because that's what I call it when my so called friends set the guy I like up with someone else!" Lily yelled and stormed out of the dorm. She practically sprinted down the stairs and into the girl's bathroom, where she cried to herself for the rest of the night.

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~3 weeks later~

It was the week before the Christmas holidays and Lily personally couldn't wait to go home and be rid of JoAnn's constant gushing about seeing Josh. She and Amanda never said a word about the fight, and Mary was still puzzled over what had happened, but let it drop eventually. The only thing that kept her from being as happy as humanly possible was the fact James was staying at Hogwarts and she wasn't. She almost wished her parents would fly to America again so she would have to stay. Nevertheless, the day to head home came and no note arrived telling Lily of some sudden trip her parents had to take. So she packed her bags and boarded the train, but before she did, she managed to take a picture of James so she wouldn't forget his face over break.


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~Christmas~

Lily woke early Christmas morning so she could send all the presents she had bought over the past week to her friends.

Mary and Amanda's owl flew into her window at the exactly time and dropped the packages they were carrying into her lap before helping themselves to Lily's owl, Sugar, water.

Lily waited until the owls were done drinking and tied the two packages to the owls legs. For Amanda she had gotten a magically rotating carousel she had spotted in a local magic shop, and for Mary she had gotten a bottle of nail polished that changed colors periodically.

A few minutes later Jo's owl cam into the window with a present, Lily had reluctantly bought her a magical hairstyling kit, which she tied to the owl's leg and let it out the window. She then gathered up her presents and walked the short distance to her family's living room where the Christmas tree stood, still lit. She then added the few presents to her pile, which was already taller than she was, and headed to the kitchen to make herself a cup of hot cocoa.

"Morning flower."

"Dad! I didn't know you were up!'

"I see you wanted to open your presents early." Her father smiled.

"Actually I was just putting the ones from my friends under the tree."

"You forgot one." Her father laughed nodding towards the owl sitting at the table. Lily didn't recognize it, but it was carrying a small box, which she untied from its leg and read the card.

To the prettiest girl I know~

I know we aren't really close or anything, but I decided to get you a present, I hope you like it.

~James

James! He had remembered her! She fairly danced around the kitchen before remembering the present she had bought in hope he would remember her. "One minute. I'll get his present." She told the owl and ran to her room to uncover the broom cleaning kit she had hidden under her bed. After that was done she grabbed some of her best stationary off her desk and wrote a note back:

James~

If I'm the prettiest girl, you know then you must not know many girls. Here's your present. I hope you don't have it already. I haven't opened my present yet, but I'm sure I'll love it. Thanks.

~Lily

Lily couldn't believe James Potter had given her a present. No matter what it was, she knew she'd love it no matter what it was. She raced back to the kitchen and tied James's present to his owl's leg, before giving into her curiosity and opening the present. Inside she found a lily shaped painted glass pendent. She couldn't stop the tears of happiness that came to her eyes.

"Somebody really likes you."

"Daddy-"

"I'm just saying I never sent necklaces that pretty to girls I was just friends with."

"James is just a friend. He just does stuff like this. It doesn't mean anything." "So, that's why you can't stop floating huh? He's just a friend, since when can't you keep your eyes off your friends?"

"Shut up." Lily told the voice in the back of her head, and started to make her hot cocoa. By this time, Lily and Brian Evans were joined by Petunia and their mother.

"Morning Dad, Morning Freak."

"Morning Petty." Lily answered; she had grown accustomed to the fact her once best friend now hated her, "Morning mum."

"Morning dear. Petunia you really should try to be nicer to your sister." Petunias retort turned into a scream as two more owls flew in the open window and landed on the table. Lily ignored her sister and untied the last two packages from their legs, she had almost forgotten about Alisha and Aaron's presents, she headed to her room once more and brought out the last two presents she had bought, for Alisha a book on all the scariest places in the magical world and for Aaron a new camera. His had gotten broken on the train ride home.

"Hey freak, where'd you get the necklace?" Petunia asked picking James's necklace up from the table. Lily could take the insults about herself from her sister, but she couldn't stand having her touch the very thing she loved more than anything, well almost anything.

"Give me that." She snatched it from her sister and put it back in its box.

"I think the freak has got a boyfriend." Petunia taunted.

"He's not my boyfriend! He's just a friend."

"Riiiiiight."

"Let's open presents." Their father cut in, stopping the argument for the moment, but Lily knew petunia would rub it in later anyway. The family headed into the living room and sat down to begin opening. Lily's father as usual, handed the presents out as slow as humanly possible, which only made Lily and Petunia more eager, and for a few hours the rift between the sisters disappeared and it was as if Lily had never gone to Hogwarts and become a witch. Lily sighed and wished it was this way always, but she knew Petunia would go back to the biting remarks and Lily would return to acting as if it didn't matter, but for now all that mattered was that they were sisters.

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