A/n: Sorry, but I haven't been able to log in on the site. It was screwing
up, but I have the chapters here for when it does start to work! Enjoy (if
this ever gets to Ya!) as always! ~Lilz
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Bea, Remus, and James walked towards the great hall in silence. When they finally reached the Gryffindor table, they spotted Sirius and Peter. Sirius waved at them cheerfully, but stopped at the sight of their depressed faces.
"How is she?" Sirius asked, and at this Bea burst into tears.
"I'm never going to see my best friend ever again!" she wept, and at this Sirius pulled her into a hug and patted her back.
"She's going to be fine…" said Sirius, although he had no idea what Lily's condition was whatsoever. Bea nodded, and smiled at him.
"Thanks," she said, realizing how good he was at calming her down. She felt hysterical, but Sirius was right. She was going to be in good health very soon. Bea had now stopped sobbing, but Sirius didn't take his arms from around her. They sat there, just hugging for what seemed like only a few seconds to them, but was really a matter of minutes. The pulled apart when Peter gave a loud and obvious cough, and they came out of their hug both slightly red in the face.
Remus and James grinned, at Sirius, who now seemed to be quite interested in his food. Remus couldn't help but feel a little jealous. Even Bea had someone to help her through this. He had no one. Sirius had Bea. James had Sirius. He had no one. James was competition; Sirius was on James' side along with Peter. And Bea was with Sirius. Okay, well not exactly but it sure seemed like things were headed that way. Remus heaved a sigh and the friends continued to eat only with the occasional, "Pass the rolls, please."
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Just an hour or so after the students had left Lily's bedside, Lily's eyes began to flutter open, and she looked around her. "Hello?" she said loudly, very confused. * Where am I? What's going on? Where am I? * She though desperately. After her eyes focused she realized that she was in the hospital wing. The matron came bustling over and looked at her.
"Good you're up. And your friends have finally left." She said, sounding not pleased at all that her friends were in visiting her.
"But, what happened?" she asked, frowning. "To me, what happened?"
"You have inhaled some smoke, my dear. No one is really sure what happened." She says, and then begins to frown herself. "Do you remember anything?"
She swallowed hard. "Nothing about last night…" she said thinking more about it.
"Well I suppose you did go through a lot… things will probably start to come back to you in a few hours or so." She said matter-of-factly. Lily nodded and the matron added, "You can go now, I think."
Nodding once again Lily got up and walked out of the hospital wing. She had no idea where her friends were, but man did she feel hungry! "Great Hall it is…" she muttered to herself. Lily had just reached the doors, when she was stopped.
"I heard about what happened. Terrible thing that was…" said the familiar voice of Severus Snape. He had an evil grin on his face, as he looked at Lily.
Forcing a smile at him and trying to weave around him Lily said, "Ya, it was. But I'm okay now. Good as new."
Snape, however, would not let her pass. "Lily, my sweet-."
"Don't call me that!" she snapped at him, and realized she had had enough. Lily kicked him in the shins, and once he was on the ground in pain she moved him aside and entered the Great Hall.
When Lily went over to the Gryffindor table she saw her friends. "HEY!" she yelled, and they all jumped up. Of course Bea was the first to fling her arms around Lily.
"You're better!"
"Uh-huh!" said Lily in that strangled voice she always had when Bea really, really missed her and decided that a big hug would do the trick.
Bea finally let go, and then Remus grabbed her.
"Oh thank God you're alright…" he whispered, and Lily didn't reply.
When he finally let go, Sirius gave her a hug. "We need to talk." He whispered to her, and when he let go Lily looked at him, kind of confused, but nodded anyways.
Peter, who was still eating, missed his chance, and at last James gave her a hug. As soon as he hugged her she began to remember. "You saved me." She said in an awed voice, looking up at him.
"Ya, that would be me, wouldn't it?" he said grinning. The others boys looked completely shocked.
"You SAVED her? You never told us that!" said Sirius.
"I might not have gotten to safety, if it hadn't been for James." She said, almost proudly and she put her arm around him. He put his arm around her, and both smiled at each other.
Remus' stomach sank. ^ This is it. The look. In her eyes. Unmistakable. He's done it. He's won ^
Remus sighed but no one seemed to notice…
Bea looked at Lily with a questioning look, and very subtly, Lily nodded. Bea let out a squeal of excitement, and Lily laughed.
"Do you girls want some alone time?" asked James beaming down at Lily.
"That would be great. I need some food! Bea, be a darling and eat double today. I don't wanna feel lonely!" she says putting on the puppy dog eyes. Bea laughed and nodded, and they sat down at the table. Then Sirius caught her eye.
"I forgot something, Sirius come with me to get it." She says quickly and she grabs his arm and stalks off. The others all exchanged baffled expressions, but then shrugged it off.
"Come on guys, let's meet Sirius in the common room… tell Sirius that's where we are and ask Lily… ah never mind! Later!" said James, as he waved cheerfully at Bea.
"Ya… alright." She said, and she watched the three boys go out the door.
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Lily dragged Sirius out the door, and over into an empty classroom. She pulled up a chair and sat down. Then, she looked at Sirius with a mystified look.
"Spill, buddy. What's up?"
Sirius sits down, but then suddenly decides that he shouldn't do that and stands up, but bounces on the balls of his feet. Then he grins at her confused face.
"It's Bea." He said simply.
"What about Bea? Is there something wrong?"
"No, no! Nothing wrong. Just today, she was crying. Worried about you, and I sort of just hugged her. I know it's stupid but that one hug… I dunno, but I'm in love!" he says, grinning from ear to ear. Lily laughed, but her confused look stayed in place.
"Oh really? You love her, eh? Well what do you want me to do? You gotta tell her, and then you will be all happy together."
"But… what if she doesn't feel that way? I was hoping a certain gorgeous girl could bring it up later." He says airily, but glimpsing at her. Lily once again bursts out laughing, but nods her head.
"Alright, alright!" she said finally, not able to wipe the smile off his face.
"So… you and James? Is it final?" he asks, still grinning.
"Umm… I don't know. I think so. But I really don't want Remus to be crushed, you know? I do love him, but I am just not in love with him." She says, feeling crappy once again. Sirius nodded wisely, considering the matter.
"Well I think good ole' Moony will be alright. And he knows I'm here for him if he's really bothered. No offence, but I do think this might change the Remus-James friendship a bit. But don't worry, you're not tearing us apart." He added quickly, seeing the glum look on Lily's face.
"But you know what?" asked Lily.
"What?"
A grin spread across her face. "When you and Bea hook up, and me and James are for sure, WE CAN DOUBLE DATE!" she squeals with enthusiasm. "And could you ask James about that, by the way. Come on, you owe me…" she says persuasively.
"All right then. Let's go back then shall we?" he says, still laughing. Lily nodded and they were off.
When they returned to the great hall they found Bea alone at the Gryffindor table, and she waved merrily when they returned.
"The guys want you to meet them in the common room." She said to Sirius, with a bit of a funny look in her eyes.
"Alright… thanks." He says with the same odd gaze. Lily chuckled to her self, as Sirius was off, and then she turned to Bea.
"What do ya think of him?" she asked keenly, and Bea's jaw dropped.
"You can see right through me can't you?" she said amazed.
"Yup. And he really likes you… that's what we were talking about to be honest. He says he's fallen in love." Bea was overcome with giggles.
"He really used the 'l' word?" she asked excitedly, and when Lily nodded she exploded into fits of mad laughter. "Oh my gosh, I love him too! And if we get together the we could DOUBLE DATE!" positively squealed. Lily, too, laughed but did not find this as exciting as the first time she had yelled it. They ate the rest of their breakfast rather quickly, but since it was Saturday ("Really? I missed lessons?" said Lily) they didn't have anywhere to go to in a hurry.
"We could visit Hagrid… I expect he'd like to see us." Suggested Bea. Lily nodded, and so they got their coats and went out to the chilly grounds. They approached Hagrid's hut and they knocked 3 times.
"Lily n' Bea! Thought yeh'd never be down ter see me!" said Hagrid, beaming down at them. "Well come in, come in!"
The smiled and gratefully went inside the warm hut. So… what's new with you two?" he asked once everyone had cups of tea and was sitting down at the table.
"Oh not too much… just the usual…" said Lily, not knowing if Hagrid was the one to trust with her guy business, but the look in her eyes totally gave away the fact that she was hiding something. Bea also had the doubtful look in her eyes as well.
"Come on girls, something must be new. And I have talked to Remus as well… he spilled his heart out for me here; you know that yeh can tell me things…" he said looking at the girls as they squirmed with guilt.
"Well I feel really bad for Remus-."
"As yeh should…" but then he looked at Lily's sparkling green eyes that were so full of innocence he realized that it wasn't her fault.
"Ah don' worry 'bout it… he'll be just fine. But tell me, is there summat between Potter n' you?" Lily squirmed with discomfort once again. Was there something? Oh there was definitely something, but what was that something?
"Well… yes… I think… I don't know… but can we talk about something else? Please? So quidditch is about to start! How do you think Gryffindors chances are this year?"
"Ya!" said Bea, jumping into the subject change with interest.
"Well I think Gryffindor should have a more than likely chance this year. That Potter is brilliant!" Lily fidgeted awkwardly again, and Hagrid hastily said, "Right… well I think we should win it this year…"
They talked for about an hour more about their studies, and some of the new creatures Hagrid had seen over the summer. After they had run out of things to say, and it was about an hour or two before dinner, the girls decided to head back up to the castle and check on the boys. They told Hagrid they were going to do homework ("Good on yeh, girls!" said Hagrid) and they were off to the castle.
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Sirius headed to the common room and flopped down on a cushy chair. The others were also sitting quietly in chairs, thinking to themselves. Remus was thinking that it would be alright… and that he and Lily would be perfectly fine as just friends. He kept saying this to himself over and over, and slowly acceptance was beginning to take place.
James was thinking about how happy Lily and he would be. He was pretty sure that Lily had chosen him, but what if that look in her eyes was simply gratitude? What if it didn't mean anything else? He would have to ask Bea or someone to ask her…
Peter was just thinking about where things were going to go from here. If James got a prefect girlfriend would she put a stop to all their rule- breaking fun? Would she be the end of the group? Like Yoko Ono for the Beatles?
Sirius plopped down with only two things on his mind. Asking James about Lily; he would have to keep his word to her. And Bea. She was perfect. But right; Lily had asked a favor of him, and he would do it for her.
"James? Can I talk to you in private?" he asked timidly.
"Ummm… Ya sure mate what's up?" James asked as they walked out of the common room and stood just outside of the Fat Lady.
"Well… Okay here we go. What is it with you and Lily? Is she your girlfriend or what?"
"I don't know? What does she think?" he asked, more confused every moment.
"Well she thinks that you two are together, but she doesn't know that you feel that way." He explained, trying to make it was simple as possible for James.
"Well I thought that we are together but I didn't know if SHE felt the same way." He said laughing. Sirius started laughing too, and they both slapped hands. "And you're with Bea, so we could like-."
"Double date, ya I heard…" Sirius said lazily. The both laughed and then he said, "Well let's get back to the common room." Both of them nodded and they headed back into the common room both feeling very light and content.
James wasn't even thinking of Remus… and how he felt about the entire thing.
A/n: Okay I'll write more really REALLY soon I swear to you! Hope you enjoyed and R&R as always! ~Lilz
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Bea, Remus, and James walked towards the great hall in silence. When they finally reached the Gryffindor table, they spotted Sirius and Peter. Sirius waved at them cheerfully, but stopped at the sight of their depressed faces.
"How is she?" Sirius asked, and at this Bea burst into tears.
"I'm never going to see my best friend ever again!" she wept, and at this Sirius pulled her into a hug and patted her back.
"She's going to be fine…" said Sirius, although he had no idea what Lily's condition was whatsoever. Bea nodded, and smiled at him.
"Thanks," she said, realizing how good he was at calming her down. She felt hysterical, but Sirius was right. She was going to be in good health very soon. Bea had now stopped sobbing, but Sirius didn't take his arms from around her. They sat there, just hugging for what seemed like only a few seconds to them, but was really a matter of minutes. The pulled apart when Peter gave a loud and obvious cough, and they came out of their hug both slightly red in the face.
Remus and James grinned, at Sirius, who now seemed to be quite interested in his food. Remus couldn't help but feel a little jealous. Even Bea had someone to help her through this. He had no one. Sirius had Bea. James had Sirius. He had no one. James was competition; Sirius was on James' side along with Peter. And Bea was with Sirius. Okay, well not exactly but it sure seemed like things were headed that way. Remus heaved a sigh and the friends continued to eat only with the occasional, "Pass the rolls, please."
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Just an hour or so after the students had left Lily's bedside, Lily's eyes began to flutter open, and she looked around her. "Hello?" she said loudly, very confused. * Where am I? What's going on? Where am I? * She though desperately. After her eyes focused she realized that she was in the hospital wing. The matron came bustling over and looked at her.
"Good you're up. And your friends have finally left." She said, sounding not pleased at all that her friends were in visiting her.
"But, what happened?" she asked, frowning. "To me, what happened?"
"You have inhaled some smoke, my dear. No one is really sure what happened." She says, and then begins to frown herself. "Do you remember anything?"
She swallowed hard. "Nothing about last night…" she said thinking more about it.
"Well I suppose you did go through a lot… things will probably start to come back to you in a few hours or so." She said matter-of-factly. Lily nodded and the matron added, "You can go now, I think."
Nodding once again Lily got up and walked out of the hospital wing. She had no idea where her friends were, but man did she feel hungry! "Great Hall it is…" she muttered to herself. Lily had just reached the doors, when she was stopped.
"I heard about what happened. Terrible thing that was…" said the familiar voice of Severus Snape. He had an evil grin on his face, as he looked at Lily.
Forcing a smile at him and trying to weave around him Lily said, "Ya, it was. But I'm okay now. Good as new."
Snape, however, would not let her pass. "Lily, my sweet-."
"Don't call me that!" she snapped at him, and realized she had had enough. Lily kicked him in the shins, and once he was on the ground in pain she moved him aside and entered the Great Hall.
When Lily went over to the Gryffindor table she saw her friends. "HEY!" she yelled, and they all jumped up. Of course Bea was the first to fling her arms around Lily.
"You're better!"
"Uh-huh!" said Lily in that strangled voice she always had when Bea really, really missed her and decided that a big hug would do the trick.
Bea finally let go, and then Remus grabbed her.
"Oh thank God you're alright…" he whispered, and Lily didn't reply.
When he finally let go, Sirius gave her a hug. "We need to talk." He whispered to her, and when he let go Lily looked at him, kind of confused, but nodded anyways.
Peter, who was still eating, missed his chance, and at last James gave her a hug. As soon as he hugged her she began to remember. "You saved me." She said in an awed voice, looking up at him.
"Ya, that would be me, wouldn't it?" he said grinning. The others boys looked completely shocked.
"You SAVED her? You never told us that!" said Sirius.
"I might not have gotten to safety, if it hadn't been for James." She said, almost proudly and she put her arm around him. He put his arm around her, and both smiled at each other.
Remus' stomach sank. ^ This is it. The look. In her eyes. Unmistakable. He's done it. He's won ^
Remus sighed but no one seemed to notice…
Bea looked at Lily with a questioning look, and very subtly, Lily nodded. Bea let out a squeal of excitement, and Lily laughed.
"Do you girls want some alone time?" asked James beaming down at Lily.
"That would be great. I need some food! Bea, be a darling and eat double today. I don't wanna feel lonely!" she says putting on the puppy dog eyes. Bea laughed and nodded, and they sat down at the table. Then Sirius caught her eye.
"I forgot something, Sirius come with me to get it." She says quickly and she grabs his arm and stalks off. The others all exchanged baffled expressions, but then shrugged it off.
"Come on guys, let's meet Sirius in the common room… tell Sirius that's where we are and ask Lily… ah never mind! Later!" said James, as he waved cheerfully at Bea.
"Ya… alright." She said, and she watched the three boys go out the door.
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Lily dragged Sirius out the door, and over into an empty classroom. She pulled up a chair and sat down. Then, she looked at Sirius with a mystified look.
"Spill, buddy. What's up?"
Sirius sits down, but then suddenly decides that he shouldn't do that and stands up, but bounces on the balls of his feet. Then he grins at her confused face.
"It's Bea." He said simply.
"What about Bea? Is there something wrong?"
"No, no! Nothing wrong. Just today, she was crying. Worried about you, and I sort of just hugged her. I know it's stupid but that one hug… I dunno, but I'm in love!" he says, grinning from ear to ear. Lily laughed, but her confused look stayed in place.
"Oh really? You love her, eh? Well what do you want me to do? You gotta tell her, and then you will be all happy together."
"But… what if she doesn't feel that way? I was hoping a certain gorgeous girl could bring it up later." He says airily, but glimpsing at her. Lily once again bursts out laughing, but nods her head.
"Alright, alright!" she said finally, not able to wipe the smile off his face.
"So… you and James? Is it final?" he asks, still grinning.
"Umm… I don't know. I think so. But I really don't want Remus to be crushed, you know? I do love him, but I am just not in love with him." She says, feeling crappy once again. Sirius nodded wisely, considering the matter.
"Well I think good ole' Moony will be alright. And he knows I'm here for him if he's really bothered. No offence, but I do think this might change the Remus-James friendship a bit. But don't worry, you're not tearing us apart." He added quickly, seeing the glum look on Lily's face.
"But you know what?" asked Lily.
"What?"
A grin spread across her face. "When you and Bea hook up, and me and James are for sure, WE CAN DOUBLE DATE!" she squeals with enthusiasm. "And could you ask James about that, by the way. Come on, you owe me…" she says persuasively.
"All right then. Let's go back then shall we?" he says, still laughing. Lily nodded and they were off.
When they returned to the great hall they found Bea alone at the Gryffindor table, and she waved merrily when they returned.
"The guys want you to meet them in the common room." She said to Sirius, with a bit of a funny look in her eyes.
"Alright… thanks." He says with the same odd gaze. Lily chuckled to her self, as Sirius was off, and then she turned to Bea.
"What do ya think of him?" she asked keenly, and Bea's jaw dropped.
"You can see right through me can't you?" she said amazed.
"Yup. And he really likes you… that's what we were talking about to be honest. He says he's fallen in love." Bea was overcome with giggles.
"He really used the 'l' word?" she asked excitedly, and when Lily nodded she exploded into fits of mad laughter. "Oh my gosh, I love him too! And if we get together the we could DOUBLE DATE!" positively squealed. Lily, too, laughed but did not find this as exciting as the first time she had yelled it. They ate the rest of their breakfast rather quickly, but since it was Saturday ("Really? I missed lessons?" said Lily) they didn't have anywhere to go to in a hurry.
"We could visit Hagrid… I expect he'd like to see us." Suggested Bea. Lily nodded, and so they got their coats and went out to the chilly grounds. They approached Hagrid's hut and they knocked 3 times.
"Lily n' Bea! Thought yeh'd never be down ter see me!" said Hagrid, beaming down at them. "Well come in, come in!"
The smiled and gratefully went inside the warm hut. So… what's new with you two?" he asked once everyone had cups of tea and was sitting down at the table.
"Oh not too much… just the usual…" said Lily, not knowing if Hagrid was the one to trust with her guy business, but the look in her eyes totally gave away the fact that she was hiding something. Bea also had the doubtful look in her eyes as well.
"Come on girls, something must be new. And I have talked to Remus as well… he spilled his heart out for me here; you know that yeh can tell me things…" he said looking at the girls as they squirmed with guilt.
"Well I feel really bad for Remus-."
"As yeh should…" but then he looked at Lily's sparkling green eyes that were so full of innocence he realized that it wasn't her fault.
"Ah don' worry 'bout it… he'll be just fine. But tell me, is there summat between Potter n' you?" Lily squirmed with discomfort once again. Was there something? Oh there was definitely something, but what was that something?
"Well… yes… I think… I don't know… but can we talk about something else? Please? So quidditch is about to start! How do you think Gryffindors chances are this year?"
"Ya!" said Bea, jumping into the subject change with interest.
"Well I think Gryffindor should have a more than likely chance this year. That Potter is brilliant!" Lily fidgeted awkwardly again, and Hagrid hastily said, "Right… well I think we should win it this year…"
They talked for about an hour more about their studies, and some of the new creatures Hagrid had seen over the summer. After they had run out of things to say, and it was about an hour or two before dinner, the girls decided to head back up to the castle and check on the boys. They told Hagrid they were going to do homework ("Good on yeh, girls!" said Hagrid) and they were off to the castle.
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Sirius headed to the common room and flopped down on a cushy chair. The others were also sitting quietly in chairs, thinking to themselves. Remus was thinking that it would be alright… and that he and Lily would be perfectly fine as just friends. He kept saying this to himself over and over, and slowly acceptance was beginning to take place.
James was thinking about how happy Lily and he would be. He was pretty sure that Lily had chosen him, but what if that look in her eyes was simply gratitude? What if it didn't mean anything else? He would have to ask Bea or someone to ask her…
Peter was just thinking about where things were going to go from here. If James got a prefect girlfriend would she put a stop to all their rule- breaking fun? Would she be the end of the group? Like Yoko Ono for the Beatles?
Sirius plopped down with only two things on his mind. Asking James about Lily; he would have to keep his word to her. And Bea. She was perfect. But right; Lily had asked a favor of him, and he would do it for her.
"James? Can I talk to you in private?" he asked timidly.
"Ummm… Ya sure mate what's up?" James asked as they walked out of the common room and stood just outside of the Fat Lady.
"Well… Okay here we go. What is it with you and Lily? Is she your girlfriend or what?"
"I don't know? What does she think?" he asked, more confused every moment.
"Well she thinks that you two are together, but she doesn't know that you feel that way." He explained, trying to make it was simple as possible for James.
"Well I thought that we are together but I didn't know if SHE felt the same way." He said laughing. Sirius started laughing too, and they both slapped hands. "And you're with Bea, so we could like-."
"Double date, ya I heard…" Sirius said lazily. The both laughed and then he said, "Well let's get back to the common room." Both of them nodded and they headed back into the common room both feeling very light and content.
James wasn't even thinking of Remus… and how he felt about the entire thing.
A/n: Okay I'll write more really REALLY soon I swear to you! Hope you enjoyed and R&R as always! ~Lilz