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"Hi. I'm Lily Evans." After her night spent with James, Lily threw herself into W.U.F. {Werewolf Understanding Foundation} more than ever. "You may have heard that I have founded a group in protest of R.A.W. Please don't walk away. If you only listen to my statistics I think you'll find...absolutely nothing." Lily groaned as yet another potential member walked away. She had a total of twenty members. Compared to Reese's hundreds that was nothing. She sat on the stairs, wondering if she even stood a chance

"What's got you down?" Lily looked up. "Remus!" She jumped up and threw her arms around him. "I've missed you so much!" Remus was a bit taken aback. "I've missed you too, Lil." "How are feeling? James told me you had to be taken to St. Mungo's." Remus frowned. He hated that he made Lily worry. "Yeah, nothing serious. Now why are you so upset?" Remus brushed off the topic. Lily's spirits dropped remembering her lack of success. "My groups a failure." She said sadly.

"Remus, C'mon." Sirius yelled as he ran past them. "You're supposed to be in the locker room!" Remus jumped up. "We'll talk about this later, okay?" He said sweetly. "Yeah. Good luck." "Thanks." He ran off to catch up with Sirius. The two boys slowed to a walk as they approached the pitch. Sirius went with Remus into the locker room. He wasn't on the team, but was always around anyway.

"Alright team. We can do this. We've worked hard. Now c'mon. This is Slytherin. We haven't lost to them since I joined the team." The team scowled at James' conceited comment. "And it's up to all of us to keep it that way." He added as an afterthought. This game marked a first for James. He was actually nervous. If anything he was usually over confident. He swallowed his fears and led his team out of the locker room. Sirius wished him luck before heading to the commentators booth.

James smiled. How Sirius got that job he'd never know. Sirius was by far Gryffindors' biggest supporter, and wasn't above playing favorites. He had actually gotten fired after three matches. He had such a strong following, however, that he decided to do it on his own. So with a whispered "Sonorus" the official announcer was quickly forgotten. After two matches of Sirius' sarcastic comments, he got his job back. McGonagall figured she'd have some control over him if he was seated next to her. She didn't, but that didn't stop Sirius' from becoming the best announcer Hogwarts had seen.

"Mount your brooms!" The referees shrill voice brought James out of his trance. Her whistle sounded and James shot into the air. He quickly circled over head, hoping to catch a glimpse of the snitch. "And the match starts as James Potter gives us a look at his victory lap." Sirius' voice boomed throughout the pitch. "Gryffindor's got a great team this year, this game should be no sweat at all." James smiled, Sirius was always able to give him confidence. "And Slytherin has the quaffle." James watched as Lucius Malfoy darted toward the goals. He saw Remus tense up on his broom. Malfoy was getting closer. He quickly shot to Remus' right. "Block the git, Rem!" Sirius shouted as the tension grew. Cad was having trouble keeping up with him. "And he's-- What's a save by Remus Lupin!"

James let out a sigh of relief. "Cad Woods now has possession." Cad was passing the Slytherin players with ease. "Wow. This girl has talent, almost as much as a guy." The crowd of girls booed at Sirius' sexist comment. Sirius smiled, "C'mon girls. You know I'm just kidding." The boos turned to cheers and Sirius continued with his commentating. "Malfoy is coming up from behind. Watch out Cad!" But it was too late. Malfoy had rammed into Cad. "Why that no good son-of-a-" Cad quickly regained composure, but Malfoy had taken the quaffle. He had no difficulty scoring.

Remus made several more spectacular saves, and Gryffindor had managed to score several goals. "After an hour of play Slytherin leads Gryffindor 50-30." James was getting frantic. He had never let a game go this long. His players were getting tired. He knew he had to find the snitch soon. "What the?" James quickly turned his attention to what had Sirius so shocked. He couldn't believe what he saw. Two red heads were fighting in the stands. He abruptly turned in the direction of the fight. As he got closer he could make out who the two people were. Reese and Lily had resorted to violence. Reese appeared to be winning. What happened next made James' heart stop. Reese grabbed Lily by the arm and pushed her. Lily tripped. Time seemed to slow down as Lily lost her balance.

James had never gone so fast. Lily was falling. He was almost there. He had to get her. "What if she hit the-?" No. He wouldn't let himself think like that. He had to get her. She was falling faster. 20ft, 30ft. James dove and grabbed her wrist. With more strength than he knew he had, he swung her onto his broom. She was unconscious. He held onto her with one arm and his broom with the other. He was losing control of the broom. The added weight, and the use of one hand, made it difficult to stop. Out of the corner of his eye he could see the Slytherin seeker dive. They had lost. He didn't care. He only wanted Lily to be okay. He came crashing to the ground with a deadening thud. He managed to land on his back, keeping Lily from hitting the ground. He could see people running over to them, but in a matter of seconds, he too passed out.

"James, James talk to me." James slowly opened his eyes. At first he was confused. Why was he in the infirmary? Suddenly it all came flooding back to him. "Lily!" He shot up quickly. "No, James, it's me." He looked over to see Reese standing at his side. "She's over there. James I've been so worried. What did you think you were doing?" This comment made James angry. "What was I doing?" His voice was getting stronger. "What were you doing? Fighting in the stands, pushing Lily off? What if she had gotten hurt?" Reese stepped back. "Oh, poor Lily. What about me, huh? She came at me. I was just defending myself." James found that hard to believe.

"Ah. Mister Potter. You're finally up." Madam Pomfrey had entered the room. Reese just shook her head and ran out of the room. "Madam, where's Lily? Is she okay?" "She's fine Mister Potter. Calm down." She grabbed a bottle of some foul looking liquid and poured some for James. "Drink this. It will help with the pain." James took a sip and grimaced. "Do we have to go through this every time?" Madam Pomfrey said amusedly. James shook his head and swallowed the remainder of the concoction. For the first time he noticed a figure in the corner. She was still asleep but James could see her fiery red hair poking out of the covers.

"How you doing?" James turned to see Sirius, Cad, Remus, Peter, and Taylor enter the room. "I've had worse." James said truthfully. {In his second year he got badly hurt during a prank-gone-wrong.} "That was a really great thing you did, James." Taylor spoke for the first time. "It was nothing." James answered modestly. "That's not the James we know and love." Cad said jokingly. James was surprised Cad had come. With the exception of classes, she was never with Remus. "What's that supposed to mean?" James asked seriously.

"Aw. C'mon." Remus piped in. "You being modest?" Remus asked rhetorically. James took offense. "I'm acting no different than I always have." "Sure you are mate." Sirius said. "Give me one example!" James couldn't believe what they were saying. He hadn't changed. "Ok." Cad grinned a smile of triumph. "Do you remember what you told me when we broke up?" The conversation escaped James' mind. "Remind me." Cad made a face before doing a very dead-on James impression. "Cad, babe. You know I love you. I don't want you to be too heart broken by this. I know dating me had been really great for you, I had some good times too. But we just can't see each other anymore. Please don't cry. It'll be okay." James frowned at the impression of himself, but couldn't help but recognize the words.

"Okay! Well that's only one!" James was not going down without a fight. "James face it. You can be pretty arrogant." "Oh Please!" Taylor said sarcastically. It was Sirius' turn to take offense. "What's your problem?" "You're far more conceited than James." Taylor said. She then fled the room. Cad excused herself to go see if Lily was up. Peter and Remus left to find Blair. "Dang, what's up with that?" Sirius said scornfully. "Yeah." James said remembering something. "I thought you were going to ask her out?"

"I didn't need to. It was so obvious she wanted me to. I mean it didn't have to be formal." Sirius actually believed what he just said was true. James, far more sensible, couldn't believe what he was hearing. "What did you say?" Sirius looked put out by the fact that they were still talking about his failure. "I said that I knew what she wanted, and that if she really wanted, I'd be her boyfriend." Sirius' eyes slowly widened. "Aw. Shit." He said, suddenly realizing his mistake. "Just go." James said laughing. Sirius jumped up and ran out of the room.

James was laughing to himself when he saw a little red head looking over at him. "Lily are you okay?" he said seriously. "Huh. Thanks to you." She said sarcastically. James was surprised. "What's that supposed to mean?" "Well, I guess I can't blame you. I know you had to be the big star." "Ok. What?" James was thoroughly confused. "James, why didn't you let me fall?" James could tell she was crying. "I mean why'd you have to go and make everything so complicated?" James knew what she meant, but resented it.

"Right. Maybe it is a bit stupid of me to be expecting a thank you or something. I mean I just saved your life." "I don't need you to save me." "Fine! Next time you fall don't worry. I'll make sure not to notice." He could hear Lily crying in the corner. "You lost. For the first time ever, you lost." Lily said quietly. Her words effected James in a way Lily wasn't expecting. "Yeah. Wasn't expecting a thank you for that either." He said harshly. "Good!" Lily shot back lamely. "And what were you doing fighting with Reese anyway?" He said, his voice growing crueler with each word. "You wouldn't care." Lily was angry. "You're right. I wouldn't." James concluded the argument.

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Sirius rushed through the corridors. Finally he saw Taylor. He followed her at a distance until he could his breath. Suddenly, Taylor felt two arms go around her shoulders. She turned around and looked Sirius straight in the eye. She knew he had gotten it. She knew him. "What took you so long?" She said smiling. "Yeah. I'm a moron." Sirius said simply. He leaned forward and kissed her. "Will you be my girlfriend?" Sirius whispered into her ear as they pulled apart. "I thought you already knew the answer?" She said mockingly before adding, "You were right, by the way." Sirius grinned and kissed her again. They started walking toward the common room, hand in hand. "I've missed you, babe." Taylor turned to look into Sirius' eyes as he said this. She smiled. "Well, that was the point."

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Remus entered the common room to see it nearly deserted. In the far corner of the room he could see Cad sprawled out with a book. He took a deep breath and approached her. "Um, Cad?" She looked up, shocked to see him. "I think we need to talk."

A/n- He He. I know I know cruel cliff hanger. But trust me it will be worth the wait! Oh, I decided to have James play seeker. Thanks to everyone who helped me pick. In the end it ended up a tie! So for the purpose of this story we'll say that Harry followed in dear old dad's footsteps. Well, anyway, I should be able to update more quickly now, I finally got rid of my dial up connection! Hope you liked this chapter! The more, stronger reviews I get the sooner the next chapter will be up, currently titled "I could never do that."