Chapter 7
"WHAT???" yelled Bella, Brenda, Sirius and Remus in unison.
"Good job, James. Now they know." Teased Lily.
"Well, they would find out sooner or later, wouldn't they? It was just... sooner!" James said smiling
at her. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, that's the second time you saved me tonight." She said smiling. James leaned down to kiss
her when Sirius cleared his throat.
"Sorry to interrupt the two love birds there, but what just happened here???" asked Sirius.
"Yeah, are you two really together?" asked Brenda excited. James and Lily nodded. "OH MY
GOD!!!!" yelled Brenda and Bella as they hugged Lily. Remus and Sirius were grinning widely. "We did it,
guys!!!" shouted Brenda. Remus, Brenda, Bella and Sirius all high-five each other.
"Congrats, Prongsie!" said Sirius.
"It was about bloody time!!" said Remus. "Honestly, it was obvious you two would get together!!"
"Was it?" asked Lily puzzled.
"Oh yeah!" they said.
"And what did you mean by you guys did it?" asked James.
"Oh, it's just that we knew you two were perfect for each other so we kinda decided to help you out a
bit on this little matter." Said Bella.
"How did you know we were perfect for each other?" asked Lily.
"Oh, please! You think on the same line, you like pretty much the same stuff, and you two are so
alike it's scary!!" said Brenda. James grinned.
"How long has this been happening?" asked Bella curiously.
"I guess it started when Dumbledore asked us to plan the Christmas Ball, right, Lils?" asked James
hugging her.
"Yeah, on our first meeting." Said Lily smiling at her friends.
"What?? This has been happening for months and you haven't told us?? Lily I'm shocked!!" teased
Bella. Lily grinned at her.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm exhausted! I'm going to bed." Said Remus kissing
Brenda softly. "Good night, guys."
"I'm going too." Said Bella. "You two are coming?"
"I am." Said Brenda. "Lils?"
"I'll be right there." Said Lily.
"Ok." Said Brenda and Bella.
"Good night. See you guys tomorrow." Said Sirius as Bella pulled him by the hand.
"Good night." Said Lily and James. "Sorry I spilled out our secret, Lils." Said James once their
friends had gone upstairs.
"It's ok, James. They would find out eventually. At least we don't have to hide anymore." Said Lily.
"Yeah that's good." He said kissing her passionately.
"Come on, we should go to sleep. We have New Year's party tomorrow." Said Lily breaking the
kiss.
"Can I sleep there with you?" asked James winking at her.
"James!" she glared at him.
"Just kidding, Lils." He said pulling her to a kiss." Come on, let's go to bed."
~*~
On the morning after, Lily was the first to wake up. She got out of bed, took a shower and put on a
red sweater and jeans. When she got downstairs, she realized no one else was up. It was still 7:30am. She
wasn't hungry so she decided to read a book by the fireplace. She sat on her favorite armchair and stayed
there for a while until she noticed someone looking at her. She turned around and found James smiling at her
on the foot of the stairs.
"Good morning." Greeted Lily smiling.
"Good morning, little flower." James said walking over to her.
"How long have you been awake?" she asked giving room for him to sit next to her, which ended up
on her sitting on his lap. "I didn't hear you coming down the stairs." She said as he kissed her softly.
"About 20 minutes." Said James playing with her hair. "You looked so cute all concentrated on
reading this book." He said as she blushed.
"Are the others up yet?"
"I guess not."
"Then we are the only ones up. What do you wanna do?"
"Can I just be here with you? I won't bother you, I promise." He said smiling.
"Sure you can." She said resting her head on his shoulder.
~*~
Later on that day, Lily, Brenda, Bella and the Marauders were in the living room. The girls were
chatting and the boys were playing chess. It was almost lunch time when an owl flew in the room and dropped
a letter on Bella's lap. They all looked at each other with identical confused looks. Bella got the piece of
parchment and paled when she read it. Tears started running down her cheeks as she ran out of the room.
"Bella! Wait!! What happened??" Sirius shouted after her. Brenda took the letter and read it.
"Oh, God!" she gasped.
"What is it?" asked Remus.
"What does the letter say?" asked James. Lily had taken the letter.
"Oh, my god!!!" Lily gasped.
"What happened?" asked the boys in unison.
"Bella's parents. They were killed last night." Said Brenda.
"What???" asked the Marauders in shock. Sirius ran upstairs. He went to Lily's room and knocked.
There was no answer. "Bella, it's me. Can I come in?" Still no answer. All he heard were muffled sobs. He
opened the door and found Bella on Lily's bed crying. He went over to her, sat on the bed and gently pulled
her to himself letting her cry in his chest. Her body was shaking from her sobs. Sirius hugged her tightly. "I'm
sorry." He whispered as he stroked her hair.
"I will kill him!" Bella shouted angrily. "I want him dead!!" she shouted sobbing even harder.
"Shhhh... It's ok, sweetie." Soothed Sirius
"No! It's not ok, Sirius!" she shouted. "He didn't have the right to do this!! He killed my whole
family!! There's no one left! I'm all alone, Sirius!!" She sobbed and broke down crying again burying her
face on his chest.
"You're not alone, Bella. You have me, you have Lily, Brenda and the guys. We will always be there
for you. You can count on that." He said kissing the top of her head. "It will be ok." He let her cry as much as
she needed until she fell asleep in his arms.
~*~
While Sirius was upstairs with Bella, the rest of the group stayed in the living room. All of them
were just too shocked to say something. It wasn't that they didn't know about the attacks displayed by a group
of Voldemort followers who called themselves "Death Eaters". They knew all about it, but it had never
happened to someone this close to them. Lord Voldemort was a greedy man who wanted power and would do
anything to get it. For the past five years, hundreds, if not thousands of innocent people had been murdered by
him and his followers. No one knew what he was after. Apparently he was a dark wizard who happened to
dislike aurors, muggles and muggle-borns and had gotten this freaky habit of killing them. Lily, James,
Brenda and Remus were still dumbfounded with the news. We always think that these bad things will never
happen to us, right? Well, apparently we are wrong and so was our favorite group. Little did they know that
this was only the beginning. They had no idea that they were about to go through the darkest times of their
lives.
"We should go see her." Said Lily breaking the silence. "Sirius's been there for over one hour. We
should go and see how Bella is doing.
"I guess we should wait, Lils." Said James softly. "I think Bella wants to be alone for a while."
"Yeah, James is right, Lils." Said Remus. Brenda was resting her head on his shoulder holding his
hand. "I know you girls wanna go and see her and comfort her but we should let Sirius be there with her for a
while. We will check on her later." He said smiling sadly.
"If you guys think so." Said Brenda.
When it was time for lunch, Lily and Brenda went up to Lily's room to see Bella while the boys were
giving the sad news to Mr. And Mrs. Evans. They were certainly shocked.
Lily opened her door carefully and found Sirius still holding Bella who had fallen asleep. She entered
the room with Brenda and walked over to Sirius who had a sad expression on his usual happy face.
"How is she?" Lily whispered.
"She's been better. She cried herself to sleep" said Sirius. "That bastard killed her whole family!"
"She didn't deserve this." Said Brenda, her voice shaking.
"She's never hurt anyone! This is just... unfair!!" said Sirius sadly.
"Sirius, lunch is served. You should go eat something." Said Lily.
"I don't wanna leave her alone." He said.
"We'll stay here with her, Siri. Don't worry." Said Brenda with a sad smile.
"Ok." Said Sirius hugging the girls and kissing Bella on the forehead. "I'll be right back" he said and
left the room.
~*~
It had been a few minutes Sirius had gone to lunch when Bella finally woke up. She sat up and
looked around the room and found her two best friends talking in whispers.
"Hey." Said Bella sadly. Lily and Brenda looked at her.
"Hey, sweetie, How are you feeling?" asked Lily sitting next to her.
"Horrible. It's true, isn't it? They're gone, aren't they?" Bella said as a tear ran down her face.
"I'm so sorry, Bella." Brenda said hugging her.
"You still have us, you know." Said Lily joining the hug. "We will always be there for each other.
Don't ever forget that."
"When I woke up, I thought it had just been a bad dream, you know, and my parents were still here.
But then the truth hit me and I realized they weren't coming back. I didn't even get to say goodbye. I didn't
have the chance to tell them how much I love them." Said Bella crying as her friends hugged her. "What am I
going to do now? My family is gone."
"Lily's right, Bella. You have us. You'll always have me and Lily and the boys. We all love you and
we're gonna help you through this ok? You can count on us." Said Brenda. She hated to see her best friend so
miserable.
"Can we do anything for you? Do you need anything?" asked Lily holding Bella's hand.
"Yeah, lunch is ready. Do you want us to bring it to you here?" asked Brenda.
"I'm not hungry." Said Bella. "You guys can go have lunch."
"Are you sure?" asked Lily.
"Yeah, I guess I just need to be alone for a while."
"Alright. Will you be ok?" asked Lily to make sure. Bella nodded.
"Ok, then. We will be downstairs if you need us, alright?" said Brenda.
"Alright." Said Bella. Brenda and Lily hugged her tightly and left. Bella just stayed there crying to
herself with only one question in her head. "Why?"
~*~
A/N: YAY!!! I'm finished with this chapter!! Finally. It was kinda hard to write it, u know. But now it's here and i hope u guys enjoy it. I'm so sorry that i took more than a week to update it, but i had tests in school during all the past week and i had my face buried in my books. Forgive me? Ok, Now, i wanna thank u guys for all ur amazing reviews... U guys r the best!!! I love u!!! And dont forget, REVIEW!!!
"WHAT???" yelled Bella, Brenda, Sirius and Remus in unison.
"Good job, James. Now they know." Teased Lily.
"Well, they would find out sooner or later, wouldn't they? It was just... sooner!" James said smiling
at her. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, that's the second time you saved me tonight." She said smiling. James leaned down to kiss
her when Sirius cleared his throat.
"Sorry to interrupt the two love birds there, but what just happened here???" asked Sirius.
"Yeah, are you two really together?" asked Brenda excited. James and Lily nodded. "OH MY
GOD!!!!" yelled Brenda and Bella as they hugged Lily. Remus and Sirius were grinning widely. "We did it,
guys!!!" shouted Brenda. Remus, Brenda, Bella and Sirius all high-five each other.
"Congrats, Prongsie!" said Sirius.
"It was about bloody time!!" said Remus. "Honestly, it was obvious you two would get together!!"
"Was it?" asked Lily puzzled.
"Oh yeah!" they said.
"And what did you mean by you guys did it?" asked James.
"Oh, it's just that we knew you two were perfect for each other so we kinda decided to help you out a
bit on this little matter." Said Bella.
"How did you know we were perfect for each other?" asked Lily.
"Oh, please! You think on the same line, you like pretty much the same stuff, and you two are so
alike it's scary!!" said Brenda. James grinned.
"How long has this been happening?" asked Bella curiously.
"I guess it started when Dumbledore asked us to plan the Christmas Ball, right, Lils?" asked James
hugging her.
"Yeah, on our first meeting." Said Lily smiling at her friends.
"What?? This has been happening for months and you haven't told us?? Lily I'm shocked!!" teased
Bella. Lily grinned at her.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm exhausted! I'm going to bed." Said Remus kissing
Brenda softly. "Good night, guys."
"I'm going too." Said Bella. "You two are coming?"
"I am." Said Brenda. "Lils?"
"I'll be right there." Said Lily.
"Ok." Said Brenda and Bella.
"Good night. See you guys tomorrow." Said Sirius as Bella pulled him by the hand.
"Good night." Said Lily and James. "Sorry I spilled out our secret, Lils." Said James once their
friends had gone upstairs.
"It's ok, James. They would find out eventually. At least we don't have to hide anymore." Said Lily.
"Yeah that's good." He said kissing her passionately.
"Come on, we should go to sleep. We have New Year's party tomorrow." Said Lily breaking the
kiss.
"Can I sleep there with you?" asked James winking at her.
"James!" she glared at him.
"Just kidding, Lils." He said pulling her to a kiss." Come on, let's go to bed."
~*~
On the morning after, Lily was the first to wake up. She got out of bed, took a shower and put on a
red sweater and jeans. When she got downstairs, she realized no one else was up. It was still 7:30am. She
wasn't hungry so she decided to read a book by the fireplace. She sat on her favorite armchair and stayed
there for a while until she noticed someone looking at her. She turned around and found James smiling at her
on the foot of the stairs.
"Good morning." Greeted Lily smiling.
"Good morning, little flower." James said walking over to her.
"How long have you been awake?" she asked giving room for him to sit next to her, which ended up
on her sitting on his lap. "I didn't hear you coming down the stairs." She said as he kissed her softly.
"About 20 minutes." Said James playing with her hair. "You looked so cute all concentrated on
reading this book." He said as she blushed.
"Are the others up yet?"
"I guess not."
"Then we are the only ones up. What do you wanna do?"
"Can I just be here with you? I won't bother you, I promise." He said smiling.
"Sure you can." She said resting her head on his shoulder.
~*~
Later on that day, Lily, Brenda, Bella and the Marauders were in the living room. The girls were
chatting and the boys were playing chess. It was almost lunch time when an owl flew in the room and dropped
a letter on Bella's lap. They all looked at each other with identical confused looks. Bella got the piece of
parchment and paled when she read it. Tears started running down her cheeks as she ran out of the room.
"Bella! Wait!! What happened??" Sirius shouted after her. Brenda took the letter and read it.
"Oh, God!" she gasped.
"What is it?" asked Remus.
"What does the letter say?" asked James. Lily had taken the letter.
"Oh, my god!!!" Lily gasped.
"What happened?" asked the boys in unison.
"Bella's parents. They were killed last night." Said Brenda.
"What???" asked the Marauders in shock. Sirius ran upstairs. He went to Lily's room and knocked.
There was no answer. "Bella, it's me. Can I come in?" Still no answer. All he heard were muffled sobs. He
opened the door and found Bella on Lily's bed crying. He went over to her, sat on the bed and gently pulled
her to himself letting her cry in his chest. Her body was shaking from her sobs. Sirius hugged her tightly. "I'm
sorry." He whispered as he stroked her hair.
"I will kill him!" Bella shouted angrily. "I want him dead!!" she shouted sobbing even harder.
"Shhhh... It's ok, sweetie." Soothed Sirius
"No! It's not ok, Sirius!" she shouted. "He didn't have the right to do this!! He killed my whole
family!! There's no one left! I'm all alone, Sirius!!" She sobbed and broke down crying again burying her
face on his chest.
"You're not alone, Bella. You have me, you have Lily, Brenda and the guys. We will always be there
for you. You can count on that." He said kissing the top of her head. "It will be ok." He let her cry as much as
she needed until she fell asleep in his arms.
~*~
While Sirius was upstairs with Bella, the rest of the group stayed in the living room. All of them
were just too shocked to say something. It wasn't that they didn't know about the attacks displayed by a group
of Voldemort followers who called themselves "Death Eaters". They knew all about it, but it had never
happened to someone this close to them. Lord Voldemort was a greedy man who wanted power and would do
anything to get it. For the past five years, hundreds, if not thousands of innocent people had been murdered by
him and his followers. No one knew what he was after. Apparently he was a dark wizard who happened to
dislike aurors, muggles and muggle-borns and had gotten this freaky habit of killing them. Lily, James,
Brenda and Remus were still dumbfounded with the news. We always think that these bad things will never
happen to us, right? Well, apparently we are wrong and so was our favorite group. Little did they know that
this was only the beginning. They had no idea that they were about to go through the darkest times of their
lives.
"We should go see her." Said Lily breaking the silence. "Sirius's been there for over one hour. We
should go and see how Bella is doing.
"I guess we should wait, Lils." Said James softly. "I think Bella wants to be alone for a while."
"Yeah, James is right, Lils." Said Remus. Brenda was resting her head on his shoulder holding his
hand. "I know you girls wanna go and see her and comfort her but we should let Sirius be there with her for a
while. We will check on her later." He said smiling sadly.
"If you guys think so." Said Brenda.
When it was time for lunch, Lily and Brenda went up to Lily's room to see Bella while the boys were
giving the sad news to Mr. And Mrs. Evans. They were certainly shocked.
Lily opened her door carefully and found Sirius still holding Bella who had fallen asleep. She entered
the room with Brenda and walked over to Sirius who had a sad expression on his usual happy face.
"How is she?" Lily whispered.
"She's been better. She cried herself to sleep" said Sirius. "That bastard killed her whole family!"
"She didn't deserve this." Said Brenda, her voice shaking.
"She's never hurt anyone! This is just... unfair!!" said Sirius sadly.
"Sirius, lunch is served. You should go eat something." Said Lily.
"I don't wanna leave her alone." He said.
"We'll stay here with her, Siri. Don't worry." Said Brenda with a sad smile.
"Ok." Said Sirius hugging the girls and kissing Bella on the forehead. "I'll be right back" he said and
left the room.
~*~
It had been a few minutes Sirius had gone to lunch when Bella finally woke up. She sat up and
looked around the room and found her two best friends talking in whispers.
"Hey." Said Bella sadly. Lily and Brenda looked at her.
"Hey, sweetie, How are you feeling?" asked Lily sitting next to her.
"Horrible. It's true, isn't it? They're gone, aren't they?" Bella said as a tear ran down her face.
"I'm so sorry, Bella." Brenda said hugging her.
"You still have us, you know." Said Lily joining the hug. "We will always be there for each other.
Don't ever forget that."
"When I woke up, I thought it had just been a bad dream, you know, and my parents were still here.
But then the truth hit me and I realized they weren't coming back. I didn't even get to say goodbye. I didn't
have the chance to tell them how much I love them." Said Bella crying as her friends hugged her. "What am I
going to do now? My family is gone."
"Lily's right, Bella. You have us. You'll always have me and Lily and the boys. We all love you and
we're gonna help you through this ok? You can count on us." Said Brenda. She hated to see her best friend so
miserable.
"Can we do anything for you? Do you need anything?" asked Lily holding Bella's hand.
"Yeah, lunch is ready. Do you want us to bring it to you here?" asked Brenda.
"I'm not hungry." Said Bella. "You guys can go have lunch."
"Are you sure?" asked Lily.
"Yeah, I guess I just need to be alone for a while."
"Alright. Will you be ok?" asked Lily to make sure. Bella nodded.
"Ok, then. We will be downstairs if you need us, alright?" said Brenda.
"Alright." Said Bella. Brenda and Lily hugged her tightly and left. Bella just stayed there crying to
herself with only one question in her head. "Why?"
~*~
A/N: YAY!!! I'm finished with this chapter!! Finally. It was kinda hard to write it, u know. But now it's here and i hope u guys enjoy it. I'm so sorry that i took more than a week to update it, but i had tests in school during all the past week and i had my face buried in my books. Forgive me? Ok, Now, i wanna thank u guys for all ur amazing reviews... U guys r the best!!! I love u!!! And dont forget, REVIEW!!!