A/n: Oh what would I do without writing? Nothing, because I've been
writing non-stop lately. R&R, enjoy ~Lilz
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Lily woke up and got dressed. She hadn't been able to smile, and she had a feeling she would be able to for a while. She walked down the stairs with a vacant expression on her tear-stained face (she'd cried all night), and when she saw James asleep by the fire in a big cushy chair she couldn't keep more tears back. He looked so cute, so innocent, and so sweet. *Looks can be deceiving* she thought to herself.
She plopped down in another chair and started to cry again. The noise woke James up. He stirred in his chair and rubbed his head. He was feeling dreadful and tired, and there was no way to describe the pain in his neck and back. Suddenly he again noticed the noise that had obviously woken him up. He turned around in his chair and saw Lily, who was softly sniffling and crying.
Lily noticed James looking, and immediately wiped her face on her robes, brushed her tears away with one hand, and straightened up. They looked at each other without saying anything until James finally spoke.
"Look Peter told me what I supposedly did to you last night, and I'd be upset with me, too." He said. Lily looked at him expectantly, wanting more. "But I didn't do that! I swear I'd never hurt you, or anyone, like that."
Lily seemed to have not even noticed him speak, or at least she didn't acknowledge him. She was looking straight though him at a painting she knew was hanging behind his head. James was frustrated, so he got up and walking towards her. He fell on his knees in front of her chair.
"Please! Talk to me Lils! I didn't do that, I COULDN'T do that!" he said pleadingly. Lily surveyed him up and down.
"Then who was that in a very, VERY convincing James suit with a VERY convincing James VOICE? Hmmm?" she asked, tears starting to form again.
"Don't cry Lily, I know it looks suspicious, and the evidence isn't on my side, but I'm telling you! Trust me!" he said.
She laughed harshly and said, "Look after what you did I don't know why I should trust you! I don't even know why I'm talking to you." She looked at him and he seemed to be trying to search for excuses. "Now move."
"No, I'm not moving until you forgive me!" he said, proud that he came up with such a brilliant plan. When he saw Lily smile and nod he felt lighter than he'd ever felt before, relief spread throughout his body.
WHAM!
Lily had kneed James in the crotch, as hard as she possibly could. He fell to the floor, and she stepped over him to exit the common room.
On the way to the great hall Lily ran into Snape. She forced a smile and nodded to acknowledge she knew of his existence.
"Hello, Lily. I've been meaning to ask for a word with you." He said in his voice that was almost as greasy as his hair.
"Sure," Lily said, and thought *oh great*.
"I know that you and James have broken up, so I was wondering now that you're single if you'd like to go out with me?" he asked, hopefully. Lily froze and didn't know what to say. But suddenly she figured it out.
"How did you know we broke up?" she asked. "It happened last night, and I've only told Gryffindors." She said suspiciously.
Snape grinned and seemed to be searching his mind. "Well not even a deaf person could miss hearing 'I HATE YOU JAMES POTTER!' ringing through the halls." He said.
"Ah," she replied. "Point."
Snape seemed to be waiting for a reply, and Lily was honestly looking for one. She didn't know what to do, he just never quit. However, Lily was compassionate and didn't want to crush him any more then she had to.
"Well the thing is, Severus --"
"The thing is I asked her out last night and she said yes."
Lily felt an arm slip around her. She looked up. Remus.
"That's exactly the thing, honey." Lily said nodding. "Well we best are off then. Bye Severus."
Lily looked at Remus and mouthed "thank you" he nodded and grinned. They were both hiding giggles and grinning as they entered the great hall.
"What's up?" Bea asked looking at the two who were looking mystified.
Lily explained the whole Snape situation and Bea starting laughing as well. "Oh, and I kicked James in the dick earlier." She added.
"You did WHAT?" both Remus and Bea roared. Lily nodded and soon the three of them were laughing as hard as they could, tears streaming from their eyes.
"You NEVER do that to a man, but I guess he deserved it." Remus said thinking about it.
Just then James entered. He was depressed. Now they were laughing at his pain. It sucked. He wished he knew how to prove that he wasn't guilty, but he didn't. Honestly, James had no clue how that could have been done if it wasn't him. Before this incident he was popular with pretty much everyone except the Slytherins, whom he didn't care about, and now no one was going to talk to him for the rest of his time and Hogwarts.
Peter and Sirius came down for breakfast shortly after. Peter went to sit with the rest but James gave him a pleading look, so he scurried over towards James and sat next to him.
"Look at that traitor," Sirius said, glaring over at Peter and James. Everyone nodded in agreement.
All day during classes Lily and James were both extremely edgy. Every time anyone asked James if he did something he would loudly state that he didn't do it so everyone should forgive him. This caused a lot of odd looks from teachers and fellow students.
For Lily, every time she did something wrong in the slightest she would burst into tears and sob for a good fifteen minutes, before she would distractedly attempt the task again. This cycle repeated.
During the last class of the day, Potions, Dumbledore came to the class.
"May I please borrow Mr. Potter and Miss. Evans for a few moments please?" he asked. The teacher let them go, and they walked behind Dumbledore in silence.
When the got inside Dumbledore's office he stared at them and finally said, "Will you two please tell me what's going on? I have been hearing that you've been acting very odd from ALL of your teachers." He said calmly.
"Yes, Headmaster, I can explain very well. I don't mean to sound like a brat, but I've been very upset with James lately as he's said some rather offensive things to me." Lily replied with the same cool as though she was talking about buying a loaf of bread.
Dumbledore looked shocked. "And what did he say to you?" he asked.
"Well we had been, um, dating," she said turning a little red, "and he was talking about how mudbloods were only good for one thing, and stuff like that. And he said that he took a shower after every time he saw me." She said, her eyes filling up with tears. "He also made fun of Peter's stutter, and Remus', um, he made fun of Remus." She said.
"I trust that you know by know he is a werewolf," he said, and Lily nodded. "And Mr. Potter, I'm very, deeply ashamed of you. I didn't think that you were that type." He said, with a little sadness in his eyes.
"Professor, I didn't do it, honest! I know that it must look like I did it, but is there anyway that someone could, you know, turn into me and do all this stuff AS me?" he asked.
"That is all Miss. Evans, I shall see Mr. Potter alone for a few minutes. You may get ready for dinner." He said.
"Thank you, sir." Lily said and exited the room.
Lily walked towards the common room, tears again streaming down her cheeks. She wanted to believe that James didn't do it, but she knew deep down it must have been him. After all, she was there and could see for herself.
Setting her books down, and then heading for the great hall, Lily kept trying to push ideas of James out of her head. These ideas made her cry, and she didn't want to cry any more. A headache was pulsing in her head, her eyes were sore from all the tears, and she must have looked dreadful.
Once she reached the great hall a rush of other students soon joined her. *Damn, I wish I had more time to myself, to cry* she thought.
Remus sat down beside her and saw that she had been crying. He put his arm around her and kissed her forehead. Lily smiled and just let him hold her until she realized that the whole great hall must have been full. James was back from Dumbledore's office, and was sitting with Peter at the other end of the table. James was talking very animatedly to him, and Peter was nodding with excitement. Lily couldn't take it and looked back up at Remus. She snuggled herself under his arm again and picked at her food a little.
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Dumbledore took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. Harry looked at him eagerly and Dumbledore heaved a sigh.
"I believe you when you say that it wasn't you going around and saying those horrible remarks. You seem so exasperated at the fact you've been accused of this. And we have found the remains of what appears to be a Polyjuice Potion in the library."
"That's it, that's where I woke up!" James said excitedly.
"However, James, this potion is extremely complicated and I doubt very much that any student here could have done it." He said.
"Well how about Snape?" James said slowly. "I ran into him after I woke up in the library just outside the Gryffindor common room, and he had my glasses. Plus he's really great at Potions, he could make any potion I'll bet."
Dumbledore looked intrigued at this thought but again heaved another heavy sigh. "Unfortunately, this will be very hard to prove, James." He said. "I'll look into it, you may go now."
James bounced out of the headmaster's office. He hadn't felt that they were going to be able to prove anything, but he also didn't feel that anyone would ever believe him. And with Dumbledore on his side, maybe his friends would finally believe him.
A/n: Okay so this was a slow chapter I'm sorry! I'll try to get more up before I leave for excitement value though! ~Lilz
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Lily woke up and got dressed. She hadn't been able to smile, and she had a feeling she would be able to for a while. She walked down the stairs with a vacant expression on her tear-stained face (she'd cried all night), and when she saw James asleep by the fire in a big cushy chair she couldn't keep more tears back. He looked so cute, so innocent, and so sweet. *Looks can be deceiving* she thought to herself.
She plopped down in another chair and started to cry again. The noise woke James up. He stirred in his chair and rubbed his head. He was feeling dreadful and tired, and there was no way to describe the pain in his neck and back. Suddenly he again noticed the noise that had obviously woken him up. He turned around in his chair and saw Lily, who was softly sniffling and crying.
Lily noticed James looking, and immediately wiped her face on her robes, brushed her tears away with one hand, and straightened up. They looked at each other without saying anything until James finally spoke.
"Look Peter told me what I supposedly did to you last night, and I'd be upset with me, too." He said. Lily looked at him expectantly, wanting more. "But I didn't do that! I swear I'd never hurt you, or anyone, like that."
Lily seemed to have not even noticed him speak, or at least she didn't acknowledge him. She was looking straight though him at a painting she knew was hanging behind his head. James was frustrated, so he got up and walking towards her. He fell on his knees in front of her chair.
"Please! Talk to me Lils! I didn't do that, I COULDN'T do that!" he said pleadingly. Lily surveyed him up and down.
"Then who was that in a very, VERY convincing James suit with a VERY convincing James VOICE? Hmmm?" she asked, tears starting to form again.
"Don't cry Lily, I know it looks suspicious, and the evidence isn't on my side, but I'm telling you! Trust me!" he said.
She laughed harshly and said, "Look after what you did I don't know why I should trust you! I don't even know why I'm talking to you." She looked at him and he seemed to be trying to search for excuses. "Now move."
"No, I'm not moving until you forgive me!" he said, proud that he came up with such a brilliant plan. When he saw Lily smile and nod he felt lighter than he'd ever felt before, relief spread throughout his body.
WHAM!
Lily had kneed James in the crotch, as hard as she possibly could. He fell to the floor, and she stepped over him to exit the common room.
On the way to the great hall Lily ran into Snape. She forced a smile and nodded to acknowledge she knew of his existence.
"Hello, Lily. I've been meaning to ask for a word with you." He said in his voice that was almost as greasy as his hair.
"Sure," Lily said, and thought *oh great*.
"I know that you and James have broken up, so I was wondering now that you're single if you'd like to go out with me?" he asked, hopefully. Lily froze and didn't know what to say. But suddenly she figured it out.
"How did you know we broke up?" she asked. "It happened last night, and I've only told Gryffindors." She said suspiciously.
Snape grinned and seemed to be searching his mind. "Well not even a deaf person could miss hearing 'I HATE YOU JAMES POTTER!' ringing through the halls." He said.
"Ah," she replied. "Point."
Snape seemed to be waiting for a reply, and Lily was honestly looking for one. She didn't know what to do, he just never quit. However, Lily was compassionate and didn't want to crush him any more then she had to.
"Well the thing is, Severus --"
"The thing is I asked her out last night and she said yes."
Lily felt an arm slip around her. She looked up. Remus.
"That's exactly the thing, honey." Lily said nodding. "Well we best are off then. Bye Severus."
Lily looked at Remus and mouthed "thank you" he nodded and grinned. They were both hiding giggles and grinning as they entered the great hall.
"What's up?" Bea asked looking at the two who were looking mystified.
Lily explained the whole Snape situation and Bea starting laughing as well. "Oh, and I kicked James in the dick earlier." She added.
"You did WHAT?" both Remus and Bea roared. Lily nodded and soon the three of them were laughing as hard as they could, tears streaming from their eyes.
"You NEVER do that to a man, but I guess he deserved it." Remus said thinking about it.
Just then James entered. He was depressed. Now they were laughing at his pain. It sucked. He wished he knew how to prove that he wasn't guilty, but he didn't. Honestly, James had no clue how that could have been done if it wasn't him. Before this incident he was popular with pretty much everyone except the Slytherins, whom he didn't care about, and now no one was going to talk to him for the rest of his time and Hogwarts.
Peter and Sirius came down for breakfast shortly after. Peter went to sit with the rest but James gave him a pleading look, so he scurried over towards James and sat next to him.
"Look at that traitor," Sirius said, glaring over at Peter and James. Everyone nodded in agreement.
All day during classes Lily and James were both extremely edgy. Every time anyone asked James if he did something he would loudly state that he didn't do it so everyone should forgive him. This caused a lot of odd looks from teachers and fellow students.
For Lily, every time she did something wrong in the slightest she would burst into tears and sob for a good fifteen minutes, before she would distractedly attempt the task again. This cycle repeated.
During the last class of the day, Potions, Dumbledore came to the class.
"May I please borrow Mr. Potter and Miss. Evans for a few moments please?" he asked. The teacher let them go, and they walked behind Dumbledore in silence.
When the got inside Dumbledore's office he stared at them and finally said, "Will you two please tell me what's going on? I have been hearing that you've been acting very odd from ALL of your teachers." He said calmly.
"Yes, Headmaster, I can explain very well. I don't mean to sound like a brat, but I've been very upset with James lately as he's said some rather offensive things to me." Lily replied with the same cool as though she was talking about buying a loaf of bread.
Dumbledore looked shocked. "And what did he say to you?" he asked.
"Well we had been, um, dating," she said turning a little red, "and he was talking about how mudbloods were only good for one thing, and stuff like that. And he said that he took a shower after every time he saw me." She said, her eyes filling up with tears. "He also made fun of Peter's stutter, and Remus', um, he made fun of Remus." She said.
"I trust that you know by know he is a werewolf," he said, and Lily nodded. "And Mr. Potter, I'm very, deeply ashamed of you. I didn't think that you were that type." He said, with a little sadness in his eyes.
"Professor, I didn't do it, honest! I know that it must look like I did it, but is there anyway that someone could, you know, turn into me and do all this stuff AS me?" he asked.
"That is all Miss. Evans, I shall see Mr. Potter alone for a few minutes. You may get ready for dinner." He said.
"Thank you, sir." Lily said and exited the room.
Lily walked towards the common room, tears again streaming down her cheeks. She wanted to believe that James didn't do it, but she knew deep down it must have been him. After all, she was there and could see for herself.
Setting her books down, and then heading for the great hall, Lily kept trying to push ideas of James out of her head. These ideas made her cry, and she didn't want to cry any more. A headache was pulsing in her head, her eyes were sore from all the tears, and she must have looked dreadful.
Once she reached the great hall a rush of other students soon joined her. *Damn, I wish I had more time to myself, to cry* she thought.
Remus sat down beside her and saw that she had been crying. He put his arm around her and kissed her forehead. Lily smiled and just let him hold her until she realized that the whole great hall must have been full. James was back from Dumbledore's office, and was sitting with Peter at the other end of the table. James was talking very animatedly to him, and Peter was nodding with excitement. Lily couldn't take it and looked back up at Remus. She snuggled herself under his arm again and picked at her food a little.
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Dumbledore took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. Harry looked at him eagerly and Dumbledore heaved a sigh.
"I believe you when you say that it wasn't you going around and saying those horrible remarks. You seem so exasperated at the fact you've been accused of this. And we have found the remains of what appears to be a Polyjuice Potion in the library."
"That's it, that's where I woke up!" James said excitedly.
"However, James, this potion is extremely complicated and I doubt very much that any student here could have done it." He said.
"Well how about Snape?" James said slowly. "I ran into him after I woke up in the library just outside the Gryffindor common room, and he had my glasses. Plus he's really great at Potions, he could make any potion I'll bet."
Dumbledore looked intrigued at this thought but again heaved another heavy sigh. "Unfortunately, this will be very hard to prove, James." He said. "I'll look into it, you may go now."
James bounced out of the headmaster's office. He hadn't felt that they were going to be able to prove anything, but he also didn't feel that anyone would ever believe him. And with Dumbledore on his side, maybe his friends would finally believe him.
A/n: Okay so this was a slow chapter I'm sorry! I'll try to get more up before I leave for excitement value though! ~Lilz