A Passion

Chapter 16 Good Bye

The door burst open. Wind gushing in, Lily walked in a little upset. James looked at her in shock. Sirius, who had accompanied her, stared at James. And James, who was still in shock stared at Lily. Lily walked in a little and gasped. She ran to James and hugged him. They kissed rapidly, as though they were never going to have lips again.

"The duke, he, he almost-" James shushed her. "It's alright Lils. I love you. We will run away together." Lily smiled as tears ran down her cheek. "And what about the wedding?"

"Who cares about the wedding? As long as we are together, nothing matters." James whispered into her ear. Lily looked satisfied. "When do we leave?" She asked. "Now, go," He pushed her towards the door. "Go, go get packed. We will leave tonight." Lily gave him one last kiss and headed out the door. "Sirius, go help her. Make sure she gets everything." Sirius nodded and said good bye.

Sirius dropped her off at her balcony and went back to James. She ran up the stairs and opened her door to her bedroom. She ran in and grabbed a bag. She started putting jewels, diamonds, and necklaces in it. Everything she could get a hold of, she grabbed. She didn't have much time. She was grabbing brushes from her vanity, when she looked into the mirror.

She gasped at what she saw. "Remus, what are you doing here?" She looked harassed and rushed. "I'm leaving." She said simply. But Remus wouldn't let her by. "Get out of the way Remus." She looked up at him in disbelief. "What are you doing? Do you not want me to go?"

"Lily, you have to understand, It's not that I don't want you to go, it's just.." he paused. "You never let me tell you what was wrong. All these times I've tried to tell you, I've been interrupted. I need to tell you what is wrong with you."

"Me? What is wrong with 'me'?" She asked bewildered. Remus' lip twitched. He didn't know what to say. What was he going to do? "Lily, listen to me very carefully. You have something wrong with you. Do you ever realize that when you are with James, you err," he was searching for a word. "You kind of lose your breath, and if you really unlucky, you faint?"

"Not really, I do know I gasp for air at times, but I didn't realize that it was when I'm with James. What are you getting at?" She asked frustrated. He looked down. How was he going to say this?

"Um, Lily, well, you see, you have a case of something that's called commitment-defunct." Lily looked confused. "Lily, remember when I said that I went to a psychic lady, and she told me some freakishly weird things? Well I went there because of you. I had been watching you. Your future is quite sad."

"What?" Lily said hurt. "What is my future Remus?" He looked up at her. "Lily, you are to have a child. And a man, a dark mysterious man, is going to kill you." He knitted his eyebrows, trying to remember. "There was someone else in it too, but I don't know who he was."

Lily couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Lily, you have a special gift. It's very powerful. You want to know what that gift is? Your special gift is, Love." Remus' face softened. "Lily, your child will be protected by you, he or she shall not die, because of you. He or she will have something that will protect them from danger; it's like a barrier. That barrier, Lily, is your love."

"Love?" she said faintly. "Darling, you might as well just get married to Guey. As much as I hate to say it, I think you should. You don't have to love him. Just have his child and get it over with. You are bound to die. Spare James the dreadful pain. Let's just say now, that you are dying." Remus wanted to kick himself, he hated what he had just said, but he wanted his best friends to be safe.

Lily was looking down; her face was pale and wet, from the rain and tears. "I'm dying." She said softly and faintly. Remus watched her shift around gently. He wanted to cry.

"I was a fool to believe, a fool to believe." Lily looked around. "It all ends today, yes it all ends today." She got up and put her bag on her bed. "Send James away, only you can save him." Remus said sadly. Lily shook her head. "He'll fight for me." "Yes, unless he believes you don't love him." Remus told her.

"What?" She asked outraged. "You can be a great actress Lily." He said. "No." Lily muttered, crying softly. "Make him believe you don't love him." He said sadly. "No." She said firmly, yet hurt.

"Use your talent to save him." He said, trying to persuade her. "Hurt him, hurt him to save him. There is no other way." Lily was breathing softly. "The wedding must go on Lily, you are betrothed to a forceful man, you can't afford to love." Remus finished.

"Today's the day," Lily sang mournfully. "When dreaming ends." Remus finished with her. He kissed her cold forehead and walked out towards the beach. Besides the fact that it was pouring down rain.

"Another hero. Another mindless crime. Behind the curtain, in the pantomime. On and on, does anybody know, what we are living for?" Remus sang to himself. "Whatever happens, we leave it all to chance, another heartache, another failed romance." He looked in the direction of Lily's famous balcony.

"On and on, does anybody know what we are living for? The show must go on, the show must go on." He looked up at the sky. "Outside the dawn is breaking, on the platform, that holds her final destiny." Remus thought of Lily's wedding. "The show must go on, the show must go on."

"Inside my heart is braking," Lily sang to herself. She was looking at her reflection in the vanity mirror. She was applying lipstick. "My makeup may be flaking, but my smile still stays on." She plastered a fake faint smile to her face.

"The show must go on, the show must go on." Remus sang. He was waiting for her to go down the stairs and walk to James. She showed up, and walked down the stairs. She took a deep breath and looked around. "I'll top the bill, I'll earn the kill, I have to find the will to carry," She sang, then Remus added with her. "On with the, on with the, on with the show."

She walked past her castle and to James and Sirius' hiding spot. Remus kept singing, to keep her motivated. "On with the SHOW! On with the SHOW!" He looked down, ashamed at what he had done, but it was the right thing to do. "The show, must, go, on."

Lily reached the door handle, and stopped. Could she go through with it? She knew Remus was just looking out for her and James, but she didn't think she could go through with it. She entered hurriedly, slamming the door open. "Lily!" James gasped.

"Lily, where are your bags?" He asked, looking around. "What's going on?" Lily bit her lip. After seconds of silence, her confidence came back. "I decided I'm not going to go with you."

Sirius choked on his tea. "What?" James asked shocked. "Why not?" Lily stood at the door, while James started walking up to her, very slowly. "Lily, what about what we talked about earlier?"

"I've changed my mind. I don't want to go with you. I want to stay here, and marry the one I truly love." She paused. "Guey." Sirius stared at her in complete horror. "Have you lost your mind?" He muttered. She refused to answer that.

"He has, Guey, has offered me everything I ever wanted. Everything." She gave a little giggle, and sighed in a fake awe. " I want to be with him. So I guess this is good bye, really good bye." She was starting to walk out when James grabbed her hand.

"Lily, don't do this." He held her shoulders, so he could gaze into her emerald eyes. She closed them in anger. "Let go of me James. I said LET GO!" She pushed him away. And she said her last and most painful words of all, "Goodbye James." And with that, she walked out.

James looked around the room, completely lost. What had just happened? "Well mate, I don't know what to say, but I guess this is it. The fairy tale is over. I suppose we go home. That's it, end of story."

"Shut up." James hissed. Sirius looked taken aback. He shook his head and went to get his stuff packed.

The one thing that neither of them knew was that Vladmeir had permission to kill them. All of them in fact. But if they were to get out of the country now, they were safe. But James was in worst trouble. Vladmeir had permission to kill him, even if he saw him walking down the beach on his own free will.

James was not going to leave just yet. He needed to talk to Lily. He needed to pay her. It was like she had sold her love to him. She never loved him, she had just pretended. But little did James know, he was staring death in the eye, if came close to her. He was gambling his life on love.