(A/N: this is a very short chapter…. But I think its pretty good ^_^….thanks to all my reviewers! Read on…)
Chapter 4- Betrayal
James sat down for lunch, feeling slightly depressed. The girl Sirius had set him up with, Diana Quigley, was a complete git. A Hufflepuff 6th year, she had to have the lowest grades in the school. And to make matters worse, she was convinced James was actually smitten with her! The horror! The entire date James had thought about Lily, and Diana had taken his obliviousness to mean he was dreaming of her! Now she was telling anyone who would listen how much that they were in love. And when James had tried to break it off with her after the date, she'd kissed him! This was one of those moments that had to be classified as one of the worst in his life. He'd hoped getting a girlfriend would take his mind off Lily, but in fact, he'd only thought of her more. Those secret shy smiles of her's , that were a rare occurance, but were worth it all. He shook himself. He had to stop thinking about her!
The Great Hall was deserted, everyone else was enjoying the sunshine outside, this was sure to be the last nice day of the year, as winter was fast approaching. Then, he spotted someone on the other side of the hall. No, two people, but he couldn't tell who it was, his glasses were dirty. He wiped his glasses off on his robes and squinted at the two people. They were kissing each other, wrapped in one another's embrace.
It was Edmund Patil.
His mind screamed. Lily would be heartbroken! But he'd have to tell her. She was above Edmund and his cheating and his lies and she deserved better. If the better wasn't him, then so be it, but he had to do something.
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Lily was sitting on the grass under a large oak tree with Emma and Dawn when James appeared.
"Lily!" he called, panting. "We've got to talk. Alone."
Lily looked puzzled, but she got up and followed him to the edge of the lake.
"What is it James?" she asked, obviously concerned.
"I- I just saw-" he stopped to catch his breath. "Edmund Patil- cheating on you." He finally managed to get out between ragged breaths.
Lily's eyebrows went up and her eyes widened. "You're not serious! Edmund told me yesterday that you'd try to pull something like this! I didn't believe him, I thought you were above this!" she raged, her face getting red with indignation. "You're just jealous!"
"Lily, no! You've got to believe me! He's been cheating on you all along! He only asked you out because he thought it would bother me!"
"I've had enough of your lies, James Potter! Just leave me alone, and mind your own business!"
After this, Lily stormed away, so she never saw the hurt and disbelief etched all over James Potter's face.
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(A/N: the plot thickens! Sorry about the short chapter, ill make up for it in the fifth chapter! If you read, please review! Also, you can email me, I promise to get back to you, im online a lot! Just a few more reviews and ill post the next chapter!)
