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Disclaimer: Do I really need to do this anymore? Anyways…. Characters from the HP books do NOT belong to me. Characters that you do not recognize, such as Liz and Sara, belong to me. The plot also belongs to me.

Li: I know, I know, I'm having some major writer's block! It's not the typing that is giving me trouble. It's so hard to make Lily and James fight…I'm really bad at it. I'm glad you're still reading the story, do you have yours on the site yet? I wanna see what you've added! P.S.- I'm sick, so I don't get to type my story very much, since one of my eyes is, like, swelled shut.

Ch 5- He wasn't there

                I woke up the next morning early enough to meet James in the Common Room. I pulled on my clothes and brushed my hair out quickly. I put two green clips in to keep it out of my face. I looked in the mirror and noticed that the green clips and my red hair clashed violently, but I didn't care, because the clips brought out my eyes. I reached over and picked up my necklace from my bed stand. I put it on, and grinned, noticing that I had worn it everyday since James had given it to me.

                I walked into the common room and looked around. James wasn't there yet, so I grabbed a book from my usual study table and sat down on a couch to read. I sat there reading for a while, and people started leaving to go to breakfast. I began to get impatient, and put my book away.

                A little while later, Sara and Liz walked down from the common room. They sat down next to me.

                "Hey Lily. What are you doing up already?" Liz asked.

                "James told me he would meet me down here before breakfast. You two go ahead. I'll be down soon," I replied, not moving my eyes from the fire.

                "Okay, see you later," answered Sara, and then they walked out the portrait hole toward the great hall.

                I waited a few more minutes, and then I couldn't take it anymore. I stood up and walked up the staircase to their dorm. I knocked several times, but no one answered. I opened the door and looked around. My first thought was that the room was a mess! There were clothes everywhere! My second thought was that no one was there. It was completely empty.

                "I came down to the common room really early. He couldn't have gotten up and gone down to the Great Hall earlier than me. That means he was gone all night. Where could he have been? Why did he forget about me?" I thought to myself.

                I decided to go down to breakfast anyway. I sat down next to Sara and Liz, who looked at me questioningly.

                "James wasn't in the Gryffindor tower," I said, answering the question that I knew they were dying to ask.

                "None of the Marauders were at breakfast. I wonder where they are," Sara said, looking around the Gryffindor table.

                "That's exactly what I'm thinking. James has a lot of explaining to do…" I said, trying to think of what I was going to say to him.

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                                October 28

                Well, I don't have much to say, but I needed some way to get my feelings out.

                Yesterday afternoon, James left with Sirius, Remus, and Peter. They wouldn't tell Liz, Sara, or me where they were going. James told me to meet him in the common room right before breakfast so we could go down to breakfast together.

                I got up earlier than necessary and went down to the common room. After a while, everyone started leaving for breakfast. James hadn't come. I waited longer, but he never came, so I went up to his dorm to get him. No one was in the dorm. He couldn't have gone down to breakfast earlier than me, so he had to have been out all night. I wonder what he was doing that made him forget about me. I hope it wasn't anything bad.

                James just walked into the common room, and I really need to talk to him. Bye!

                                Till next time,

                                -Lily Evans

               

                I closed my journal and walked over to James. His robes had dirt all over them, and were ripped in several places.

                "H-Hey, Lily."

                "James! Where were you this morning?"

                "I was…uh…out."

                "Don't give me that. I got up early to wait for you, and when I went to your dorm to get you. You weren't there. That means you were gone all night. Where could you have been all night?" I asked, going red with anger.

                "I was busy. Look, Lil, I promise it's not what you think," he said, stumbling to find words.

                "And what exactly do I think?"

                "Well…uh…"

                "Look, James, I waited for you for nearly an hour. You weren't there. Where could you have been that would make you forget about your girlfriend. You know, the one that you gave a necklace to?" I pointed to the silver necklace around my neck.

                "Lily, I didn't forget about you. I wanted to come, I just…couldn't. Please believe me."

                "I don't know what I can believe anymore," I said, and then walked to my dorm. I turned around long enough to see him pick up something silver off of the floor. My necklace had fallen off on my way upstairs!

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                "Lily. Lily, wake up."

                I opened my eyes slowly to see someone leaning over me. I blinked a few times and James's face came into focus.

                "James, what are you doing in here?" I practically snapped at him.

                He stood up and held up one hand. "Whoa, calm down. I come in peace."

                I calmed myself down a little bit and rubbed one of my eyes. "Okay, so what are you doing here?"

                "I need to talk to you…"

                "Okay," I said, and looked at the clock. "It's 3 O'clock in the morning, James! Couldn't you have waited until later?"

                "I couldn't sleep. Now come on!" He took my arm and pulled me out of the dorm and down the stairs, so we wouldn't wake anyone up.

                We sat down on a couch, and I was yawning with sleepiness. "Now that I'm awake, what do you need to talk to me about?" I asked, remembering our 'fight' from earlier.

                "Look, I know you're mad at me, and I know that I'm probably the last person you'd want to talk to right now, but please let me explain. I couldn't tell you earlier because…. well…I made a promise that I wouldn't tell."

                "Will you please get to the point? I'm tired," I said, maybe a little too snappily, but I was tired!

                "Okay, um, well…" he took a deep breath, "when he was younger, Remus was bitten by a werewolf…. yes, I said werewolf. Well, once a month he turns into a wolf, and he has to hide out in the shrieking shack so he doesn't hurt anyone."

                I was completely speechless. Remus Lupin? A werewolf? He has got to be kidding.

                "He gets really vicious when he…erm…transforms…and Sirius and I wanted to find some way to help him. We…okay, Lily, you have to promise not to tell, okay?" he asked, not looking at me.

                "Okay…" I said hesitantly, with no clue what he was going to say.

                "Well, we learned how to become Animagi, so we could be with him when he transformed."

                "Animagi! That's…that's…illegal! Do you realize how much trouble you guys could get in if someone finds out?" I exclaimed, interrupting him.

                "Yes, yes, Lils, we know. Please let me finish. Okay, what I was going to say is that Remus isn't as…fierce…if there are other animals around. See, I'm a stag, and Sirius is a big black dog, and Peter Pettigrew ((A/N: Thought I'd mention him…. blech)) is a rat."

                "So what's your point?" I asked, getting impatient.

                "My point is, yesterday it was a full moon, and I had to go. I didn't think we would have to stay so long when I asked you. Remember how the moon was out for a really long time yesterday? We just had to stay with Remus."

                My mind was spinning with everything he had told me, and I couldn't believe that he was telling me all of this. "So…you didn't forget about meeting me?"

                "Forget? No! That's the one thing that I was looking forward to! I would have given anything to be there, but Remus needed me…" I cut him off with a hug that almost knocked him over backwards.

                "James! You have no idea how great this is! It's…oh, I don't know…way past relieving! I'm so happy!"

                "Me too, Lils, me too." I beamed with his use of the nickname that only he used. Everyone else called me Lil, Lily, or whatever else they came up with. "Oh, by the way, I thought you might want this back," he said, pulling something out of his pocket. I caught a glint of silver, and I immediately knew what it was.

"The necklace!" I whispered gleefully as he reached up and clasped it around my neck. He gave me a long hug.

                  "I never thought I could miss someone so much in not even a day. Lils, you have no idea how much you mean to me," he whispered, stroking my hair.

                  "I missed you too…more than you'll ever know," I whispered back, leaning my head against his chest as a tear trickled down my cheek, showing how happy I was.

((A/N: I know, I know, I can't write a chapter without a happy ending. Pathetic, aren't I? Well, I hope you liked it! Review! P.S.- As I said earlier, I'm sick, so I may not be adding another chapter for a while))