A/N: please please r&r my two other stories!!!!! Thanx.

James walked along the corridor, carrying some pieces of parchment and a quill. He and Lily. Together.

When James got to the library he walked straight in, showing no hesitation. But he couldn't help feeling excited. Lily wouldn't have asked him especially to work with her if there wasn't something she wanted to tell him..

He spotted her across the library already working hard on something. She was sitting at the table, her hand gently holding a quill as she scribbled it across the paper. James started walking towards her slowly. Her brow was creased to a frown in concentration. Lily lifted her hand up to brush her red silky hair out of the way, behind her ears, lifting her head up slightly, to show her magnificent green eyes.

When she did this, she spotted James and waved to him, smiling. James snapped out of his trance and grinned back.

He set his stuff down on the table and sat opposite her. "So, what are you doing?"

"Transfiguration," Lily said glumly.

James laughed. "What's so wrong with transfiguration?"

"I can't do it!" Lily wailed.

James moved across the table, leaning over her parchment. "What do you have to do?" he asked her.

They were so close that when Lily spoke her lips almost touched James' cheek. He hoped that she couldn't hear his heart beating. "I've got to write down a potion that I could do if I was an animal and needed to change back."

James leaned back again and grinned evilly. "Help me!" squealed Lily.

"Only if you help me with my muggles studies homework!"

"Deal." They shook hands and electricity shot up through James' arm and all through his body almost making him shake. His hands were beginning to sweat, so James drew his hand back quickly.

They got hard at work, and began talking. Mostly laughing, thinking of the things they'd done to each other (not dirty things! Pranks).

"Yeah, but I only turned you into a snail because you made fun of them," Lily pointed out.

James opened his mouth to say something, but decided against it. "She has a point there," he said aloud.

Lily laughed and shook her head down to her parchment again. James watched her for a bit, then saw her smile slowly fade. She looked up at James again. "What did I do?!" James asked automatically

Lily paused. "James, I…I'm sorry."

James was a little taken back. This was the talk. He knew it. But…what was she sorry for? "Ya what?"

"Well…" Lily looked uncomfortable. James' heart started beating fast again. He clenched his hands together under the table so that she wouldn't know they were sweating.

"Ever since…I'm afraid I haven't been a very good friend to you." Why? Because she's been keeping hidden feelings from me?? Oh, please…

"Ok, you lost me." James laughed shakily, and coughed.

"Well, ever since I've been going out with Freddie, we've kinda lost touch, haven't we?" James' smile started to fade. "I mean, we still torture each other," she smiled, "but we haven't hung out for a while, have we?"

"I just wanted to apologise. I mean, I've been feeling kinda bad…" Lily blushed.

James said nothing and sat back, expressionless. "So. That's why you asked me to come meet you here," he said slowly.

Lily frowned. "Huh?"

James stood up. "So you could apologise to me and relieve you of your guilt?"

Lily looked pained. "No, no, it's not like that. It's just… Freddie…"

"Why is it always about Freddie?" James picked up his stuff.

"James, don't go, please…"

"Whatever Lily." James walked out of the library.

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James lay in bed that night thinking. Why had he been so mean to Lily? He couldn't really remember. All he could remember was that she was apologising to him for not being a good friend, and then he'd gotten really angry.

Why?

Because she didn't love him, and he needed her to. That was why.

A/n: VERY short chapter – but who cares?!?!?!?!!