"Hey Lily," James walked up to Lily with Sirius.

Lily looked up at them. "Oh, hey guys. James, long time no see."

James looked at Sirius. Sirius nodded his head. "What's going on?" asked Lily.

"Nothing. Hey, wanna go to Hogsmede with us later?"

"Yeah sure."

"Great," James breathed out. "Meet you here in about an hour then, ok?"

"Ok…"

"Oh, and bring Freddie."

Lily stopped. "You sure?"

"Yeah. See you later."

James and Sirius walked up to their dormitory. As soon as got there, James shut the door and leaned against it, sighing deeply. "See? That wasn't so hard, was it?" said Sirius.

James sighed again. "Sirius, you have no idea."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

James walked into Zonkos, knowing that being Lily's friend, and having to watch her with Freddie, was going to be the hardest thing he'd ever have to do. But he was doing it. For Lily's sake. And for his own.

"Yes! Perfect!" Remus and Sirius looked immensely happy stocking up on things to use against the Slytherins.

James and Lily were laughing at them. "They are so immature!" Lily said in a mock-mature tone.

"I know!" James stuck his hand out like a girly-girl. "Pranks are like, so old now!" he said trying to sound like Lily. Lily punched him in the shoulder. "Ow!" squealed James. He grabbed a bunch of Meto-blasters and threw them at Lily. They exploded into hundreds of little stars all over her jumper.

"They had better come off!" exclaimed Lily. She grabbed some more Meto-blasters and chucked them at James. It was a Meto-blaster throwing fest. After about 5 minutes, there were thousands of little stars all over the shop, and Lily and James were thrown out.

James couldn't stop laughing. "That was your fault!" he shouted Lily. Lily was laughing too much to answer. James sighed and smiled. He couldn't remember the last time he had had so much fun.

Remus, Sirius and Peter walked out of the shop. "That was great," said Peter.

"Classic," agreed Sirius.

James put his hand into his pocket and grinned mischievously at Lily. He drew out some more Meto-blasters.

"No!" screamed Lily, and started running away. James started throwing Meto-blasters, but she managed to catch them with her wand and chucked them back again.

"Wow, what happened here?!" said Freddie. He walked up to James and Lily, and stared at their star-covered clothes. He grinned and put his arm around Lily. "Hello gorgeous."

Lily glanced at James; James smiled at her to show it was ok, and dropped his Meto-blasters. "You're late!" said Lily, and they kissed.

James walked off trying hard not to care.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"James?" James looked up from his book, and smiled.

"Hi Lily."

Lily sat down next to him in the other armchair and put her hands out to the fire. She shivered. "Cold, isn't it?"

"And getting colder," James pointed out. "Nearly Christmas!"

"I know! Only three weeks to go! You staying here for it?"

"Yeah, I think so. Depends on who else stays I guess. What about you?"

"I don't know. My family's going skiing, so…I don't know. Petunia's going as well though…"

James laughed. "So you're going to stay here then, right?"

"Probably. I can't stand her!"

"She's just jealous because you're a witch and you're prettier than her," James said before thinking. He stopped and looked back at the fire. Lily smiled.

They sat in silence for a moment. "Sorry about earlier."

"For what?" James turned back to Lily.

"You know. We were having fun and everything, hanging out, then Freddie came and ruined it."

James sighed. "Lily, I told you! Freddie's your boyfriend, and…"

"I know, but I shouldn't have just let him barge in on our 'quality time together'," Lily said using air-quotes as she said the last part.

James laughed. "Look, Freddie's a great guy…"

"Is he?" Lily looked serious and leaned back into her chair. James frowned.

"I mean. Ok, so he is a great kisser," Lily smiled slightly, "but he's so serious all the time. He'd go mental if I threw Meto-blasters at him!"

James grinned. Then stopped. "You're being serious, aren't you?"

"Dead serious. I've been thinking about this a lot, but… He can be sweet, and I don't want to hurt him. What do you think I should do?"

James opened his mouth and shut it again. Break up with him, break up with him… "Why do you always ask me?" James joked.

"Because you're my friend." Lily leaned over to James and put her hand on his arm. James' heart began to pound.

"Well, do…do you, um…do you love him?" he stuttered.

"I thought I did." Lily looked meaningfully into James' eyes.

No. You are Lily's friend. Forget everything else. "But…you've been with him for too long. You can't just break up with him."

"Why not? What if it was you? What if there was someone you wanted more…then would you break up with him?"

James and Lily's faces were coming closer and closer. "Well, if there was someone else, I guess, it wouldn't be fair to stay with him," James whispered.

Lily closed her eyes, and they kissed.

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A/N: ok. Thanks for reviewing! J and here is my personal thanks to:

ASH     - are you SURE that you two dont like each other?!!

 ii LYS DE TIGRE ii     - glad ya like it! :)


LYDIA     - keep reading!


        - the plot is always thickening...


INTERESTED READER - sorry about the same chapters


        - im not trying to stall, the chapters were just a mistake

KRISTATWEN     - short but sweet, SMALL IS SMASHING! :)


MISTOCEAN       – I know I uploaded the same chapter twice – sorry! I fixed it though! J

–         Same to you, I fixed the chapter thing. Sorry about that, mrs-i-don't-leave-a-name!  

ORANGE               – I messed up on the Sirius/Remus thing, lol, sorry! A genuine mistake!

JASMINEGURL   – thanks for pointing out the Sirius/Remus werewolf thing.

QWERTY              – I'm uploading the chapters, so you better be reading them!

CALICAT              – yeah, what COULD be a great story, but it probably wont be! I'll try my best. J

TWINKLE             – wow – short but sweet!

SOMEONE            - upload your story!!!! The past, present and future one. Itsreally good so far! Glad ya like mine.

-          Another one who didn't leave a name! :S

REESE                    – Thankyou. J

YASASHII TSUBASA        - am continuing!

STRWBRRYSPICE              - LOL, don't worry, I know why you feel bad for james!

QWVIXEN21        - have hurried, please read J

FORBIDDEN         - I know what you mean, snogging is a piggish word, but hey, what can you do?!

Phew, there we go.J r&rplease!

~rowan

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