(A/N: ok so the last chapter was mucho corny! But this one isn't as bad! Sorry, I felt like being corny! =)
Chapter 7- Brokenhearted
On her way to lunch Lily ran into Edmund.
"Oh, Lily, darling! I am so sorry! You still love me right?" he asked putting on his little " I love you, and I didn't mean a thing I said" voice, which made Lily sick to her stomach.
"I suppose so…"
"You suppose so?! After all I've done for you! I am appalled at you Lily Evans!" his face got very red.
"No! No! Edmund I do- I do love you." Lily felt nauseous as the words came out of her mouth. Edmund looked very smug about this, as if she couldn't see right through him.
Suddenly his features changed, his face hardened into a sneer and he scowled. James Potter had just walked past them.
"He hasn't tried to pull anything has he?" he asked still glaring at James' retreating back.
"What? Oh, James? No, of course not."
Lily could tell Edmund was still smarting about the incident when James had punched him, and the bruise on his cheek wasn't the only reason.
He turned on her. "You sure? Because I think something happened after that git knocked me out. You know that James Potter is such a player. He and Sirius Black, never stay with one girl. Just yesterday I saw him snogging some Hufflepuff, right in the middle of the library." He paused to glance at Lily who couldn't help but add "hypocrite" to the many words that described Edmund.
"James? I don't think so. Not James."
"Why are you so attached to Potter all of a sudden?"
"I'm not." She said, trying to keep her voice flat. Would he? Would James do that to her? She knew they weren't dating in the formal sense, but still. He knew that if she ever saw him with another girl, it'd break her heart. No, she decided. James would never do that to her.
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James ambled his way down the crowded hall, Sirius as his side, not a care in the world. When he walked past Edmund and Lily, Edmund sneered at him. But today, it didn't bother him. He knew that Lily really liked him, not Edmund and as long as he knew that, he could endure all of Edmund's taunts with ease. He still hadn't figured out a way to get Lily to break up with Edmund once and for all, but he had decided that would come with time. Lily wasn't stupid, she'd realize that there was no way Edmund could inflict serious bodily harm on him. Wouldn't she?
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After a hurried lunch, Lily ran back to the library where she'd forgotten her homework for divination. She walked through the library, and spotted two people alone in the corner. Not wanting to intrude, she attempted to go around them while searching for her homework. Finally she found her homework, but before leaving she turned around. She was curious as to who the people were. It was James Potter and his lips were locked on Diana Quuigley's.
"J-J-James?" questioned Lily, silently willing the be spectacled , dark haired boy not to answer. Instead he looked up at her.
"What do you want?" he spat, as if she was some kind of filth.
"James! I t-thought I thought that we were- What happened to us!?" she exploded. Of all people, James Potter, cheating on her! She couldn't believe it. No she didn't want to believe it. Maybe there was some mistake. Maybe she was dreaming. (She certainly hoped so.)
"Us? What are you talking about? I hate you! Get away from here, you mudblood!"
Lily felt her knees give way. She sank to the ground in sobs. The tears flowed freely now, splashing down her front. And this time, there was no kind James to comfort her.
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After a long lunch, James rose from the table and headed for divination with Sirius. Personally, he thought it was all a load of crap, but he had never really voiced this opinion to anyone but Sirius. At least they had this class with the Hufflepuffs, and not the Ravenclaws, so he would be free to talk to Lily without Edmund butting in every five seconds with some snide comment. He found himself behind Lily on the stairs, so he ran ahead to catch up with her.
"Hey, Lily."
She looked up, just long enough for James to take in her blotchy tear streaked face, before looking down again.
He tried again. "What's wrong?"
"YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHATS WRONG JAMES POTTER, DO NOT PLAY DUMB WITH ME!!!" Lily exploded, and with a renewed burst of sobs, dashed ahead of him.
Baffled, James stood rooted to the spot. What had he done? Why was she so upset? "L-Lily?" he called feebly, but she didn't hear him. He was still trying to process what Lily had said. His mind was racing. He couldn't find anything that he'd done that would make her so upset. Maybe she'd found out about Diana, and somehow believed Diana's version of events? Well, if that was the case, he'd just have to set her straight, not to mention break it off with Diana. Maybe that would make her see that he really didn't like Diana and that he was head over heels in love with Lily. She'd have to forgive him…
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