Chapter 16:

Lily opened her Pensive, it was Monday, and all of her roommates were at dinner. Lily leaned forward and fell into a memory of her sixth year.

Lily was laying on her bed and writing an essay for Transfiguration, the door swung open and Jia, Brittany and another girl, slightly older walked in. The other girl was Arabella Figg. She had light brown hair and eyes, she was a year older then them. She was Sirius's girlfriend and one of the Marauders' Girls.

"Hey Lily! Are you actually doing homework on a Saturday night?" Jia's mouth fell open in surprise.

"Okay. That's it, you're getting a makeover!" Bella announced.

"This better not have anything to do with Potter." Lily's eyes narrowed, suspiciously.

"No? No! Of course not!" Bella and Brittany said.

"My mom is a muggle makeup consultant, and we sent her a picture of you. She owled us the right colors of all the stuff!" Jia dug through her trunk and pulled out a brown paper bag. "Britt, this is 'Blue Razzle Glitter.' It is put over the white eye shadow, sparingly! And Bella, here is more foundation!"

"Great! Thanks, Britt and I can owl your mom tomorrow, oh and Lily too!" Bella turned to Lily, "We send her a thank you letter whenever she sends us stuff."

"Oh, yeah." Lily was confused, and not in the least enthusiastic.

The world faded and the memory changed, it was the next morning, and James was quickly walking towards Lily, she looked stunning, Jia was a wonderful makeup artist.

"God!" Lily turned to Jia, "Does he know what a STALKER is?"

Jia rolled her eyes, "You should just go out with him! Give him another chance!"

"No Potter, don't waste your time. But, I think that those Ravenclaws would love to go out with you." Lily spun on her heel and walked out of the Great Hall. James blinked several times, and looked at Jia pleadingly.

"Sorry James, there's nothing I can do."

The memory changed again, and this time Lily watched herself skip out of the castle, eager to be alone. Little did she know that instead James would be waiting for her. There was a huge bouquet of lilies, an engorgement charm.

"Evans! Fancy seeing you out here!" James messed up his hair, again.

"Whatever. I'm so out of here." Lily flung her hair back and began to walk away shrinking the lilies on her way out.

"No! Wait. would you please go out with me?" James hung his head in shame; once again he was rejected.

/Wow / Lily thought, /Even if he is an arrogant jerk, that was mean. /

Lily had seen enough she was rushed back into the present. /I'm sure James deserved it. / She struggled to reassure herself.

"Well, if it isn't the Ice Princess? Alone?! That's a first I'm sure." Brittany snapped.

"God! What is your problem? You know you're jealous, I know you're jealous, even James knows you're jealous. Everyone does, so get over it and save whatever is left of your image k?" Lily threw back.

"You need to take your own advice. If it weren't for James liking you, you'd still be that pitiful loser that you were first year. Look around Lily; you don't have any friends." Brittany laughed, "Never thought of it that way did you?" She left before Lily could return the reality check.