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Chapter 15

After lunch, the gang headed to Charms class.

"I bet you're happy Lance. Double Charms. Your favorite class." Commented Remus.

"And you are right about that Rose. I couldn't be more happier." Replied Lily. "Well I guess I could be a bit more happy considering a certain event that took place a couple nights ago." Lily shivered. A habit she took to using whenever she thought of that fateful night.

"Well it's my worst class." Said James. "Sure it's all fun and games for you Lily, but it's torture for me."

"Torture? When you get to sit by me? How could you?" said Lily, pretending to be insulted.

"Oh of course not my lady, I take back everything I said about hating Charms... Not!" he took off running.

Lily chased after him.

"Not if I can help it!"

James ran smack into Professor McGonagall.

"I know you know that there is no running in the halls Mr. Potter."

"Yes sir, I mean mam." James put on his innocent/pleading smile.

"Well I'll forgive you this time, but be at class tomorrow 5 minutes early."

"Yes Professor, thank you."

"And 5 points from Gryffindor!" she said as she walked off.

"Well why did she say she forgave me if she punished me anyway?" James muttered.

"Busted." Lily came up behind him.

"Not really. Just have to be at class five minutes early tomorrow." Replied James.

"Well that's cool, cause it's right after lunch. Now let's go!" insisted Lily, and she pulled James to the Charms classroom.

"Good afternoon Professor Flitwick." Lily greeted the professor.

"Good afternoon to you Ms. Evans." Replied the professor; "And to you Mr. Potter."

"Yo." Grunted James.

Lily giggled and pushed James down in a chair.

"No need to be Mr. grumpy."

James gave her a look, and Lily realized that there was need. Even though the act was done, it would never go away, never stop haunting her.

For the class, they first practiced summoning and banning things.

"I don't see why we have to do this." Complained James, "We learned this last year."

"Maybe he ran out of things to teach us?"

They both laughed.

It turned out to be a review of all the things they had learned in the pervious years.

After Charms, classes were over for the day, so all the students headed back to their Common Rooms or outside to relax.

"I'll see you guys later!" Lily called after the guys, she walked over to Raye and Kay.

"Hi Lily." Replied the girls.

"Been hanging around with those losers all day?" asked Kay.

"Kay." Reproved Raye, "No matter what you think, us two are going out with two of them, so bad ideas to yourself okay?"

Kay giggled. "I was just joking. Those guys are cool; not to mention hot."

They all giggled.

"Hands off James, girl. He's definitely mine for keeps." Lily teased.

"Oh, I wouldn't touch him if my life depended on it." Kay replied.

The three girls went up to the Gryffindor Common Room laughing their heads off.

When in their room, the girls all plopped down on Lily's bed.

"So spill Lily." Said Raye, "Why were you acting so weird yesterday."

"And Why was James in here this morning?" asked Kay.

Lily noticeably saddened.

"I wasn't acting weird…" she mumbled.

"Sure Lils. You weren't acting weird, and I am going to marry James." Said Kay.

"Fine, I might have been acting a little weird girls, but I can't tell you why."

"Tell us tell us tell us!" chorused the two girls.

Lily got mad. How could they be forcing her to tell them something and acting so happy about it? Maybe she would tell them and see how they felt then! But than again… she would be giving in to making someone do something and she didn't want to do that…

She sighed.

"Fine. I'll tell you, but you have to promise not to tell ANYONE. Okay? And you have to promise that you won't make me do anything I don't really want to ever again okay?"

Kay gasped. "You didn't do anything with James did you?"

"Eww. NO! I'm only 14. That's disgusting and wrong!" squealed Lily.

"Well the way you were acting I have reason to think that something did happen!" Kay defended herself.

Lily leaned close to the girls.

"Remember how I acted being Snape's girlfriend?"

The two nodded.

"Well… I met up with him that night to tell him that we had to break up, and he…" Lily took a deep breath, "tried to rape me."

The two gasped.

"I'm so sorry Lily!" exclaimed Kay.

"Me too... You shouldn't have acted like that!" said a wide-eyed Raye. "How far did he get?"

"He ripped my shirt off…" Lily shuttered and the girls all flinched.

"When will people learn that you should always meet someone in the day, or have a person with you when you have to do something like that?" Said Kay.

"Well why did he stop? Does James know?" asked Raye.

"He stopped because Peter came in and knocked him unconscious, and yea James knows. Why do you think he was with me all yesterday and was so close to me today? I wouldn't let him leave me."

"Well that explains everything." Said Kay. "I was wondering what was up with the two of you. But… Peter?"

The day wore on, and dinner came and gone.

James, Sirius, and Peter were in their room thinking of ways to thrash Snape. Remus had gone with Madam Pomfrey to the Whomping Willow an hour or so ago.

"I don't think we will have to worry about Snape anymore." Said Sirius boastfully.

"Why? What did you do?" inquired James.

"I kind of slipped and said that he should go to the Whomping Willow at 9:00."

James shot up. "Sirius! You can't do that!"

James glanced at his clock. It was 8:50. 10 minutes until Snape, (knowing him), would go to the Whomping Willow and get himself thrashed.

He ran out of the room and all the way down to the Great Hall and outside after throwing on his invisibility cloak. When he got to the big tree, James threw off his cloak, and stepped in front of Snape who had already pressed the knot, and was about to go in.

"You can't go in here." Said James.

"And why not Potter?" said Snape, "You can't stop me."

James sighed. "There's a werewolf in there."

"And why should I believe you?"

"Why shouldn't you? I don't know how you can't see that Sirius was just getting you into a trap giving you that note."

"He didn't give me the note. I took it." Defended Snape.

"You're so stupid that you don't even know that Sirius wouldn't let you take anything of his without a beating. That's what happens when you do something to a marauder or a close friend of one. Suddenly, you've got more than one or two people on you." Explained James.

"Why would you try to save me?" asked Snape.

"Because whatever you did, even try to rape my girlfriend, you don't deserve to die."

"If I really did rape your girlfriend, you would want me to die, don't lie."

"Well maybe I do, but that doesn't mean I want Sirius to be the one to do it."

"So tell me… who is this werewolf you speak of? Is it Pettigrew? No wonder he so wimpy. Anyway, move it. There's obviously something interesting in there, and I want to see." Snape pushed past James, opened the entrance, and slid down.

"I don't see any werewolf. You're definitely hiding something down here, and I'm going to find out what it is!"

James groaned in frustration. Would he stop at nothing?

Suddenly, out of the dark of the tunnel in the tree came an earsplitting howl. The werewolf had smelt blood. Human blood.

Snape stopped in his tracks.

"Get out of there." Said James.

Snape stood rooted to the spot.

"Move it!" James exclaimed.

He could see a dark shape bounding towards the entrance. He couldn't wait any longer, James grabbed Snape and shoved him out of the tunnel and closed the door.

Snape turned to James.

"You planned this!"

James gawked.

"That was your friend Lupin in there, and you all tried to kill me! Well you know what? I'm not dead, but Black's going to be tomorrow morning when I tell the Headmaster." Snape stomped off to the castle.

James put his cloak on and started walking as well.

"Sirius, you are in big trouble, but not as much as you would be…"

"What happened?" asked Sirius.

"I stopped him, but he's definitely going to tell tomorrow morning. What were you thinking! I mean, he could have been killed! Not to mention how bad Remus would feel that he would have hurt someone like that!" explained James.

Sirius ran a hand through his hair. "God… I didn't think of it like that. I guess I screwed up huh?"

"Yea you screwed up."

Peter shook his head. "Man that was so close. But we're going to beat up Snape anyway right? I mean, you haven't gone all soft or anything on Snape now have you James?"

James gave Peter a sharp look. "Of course not! Pete, he tried to rape my girlfriend. Do you actually think that I would just forgive him like that? No way. He is going to get it and get it good."