THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS! I love you all! It's kind of sad, but the whole time I was in Puerto Rico I was writing this story in my head. Yes, I know, pretty pathetic. I had this chapter written yesterday morning, but then my computer got really messed up and wouldn't turn on, so I rewrote it on my sister's computer. It's really short, because I couldn't remember everything I wrote the first time and I really wanted to get this up soon.
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"Potter! STOP SPACING OUT! I want to get this done with!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, do you have some place to be after this? Going to break another guys heart perhaps?
"Get over it. It's been, like, two weeks."
It was around two weeks after the break up, but it was the first time Lily and James had been alone together since. They were at their weekly Head meeting, except it couldn't exactly be called weekly seeing as James had skipped the last two. The only reason he was there at that moment was because Remus had continually reminded him that the Halloween dance was in a few weeks and if he and Lily didn't get a move on they wouldn't be finished in time. They weren't exactly getting very far, however. The depression James had been feeling over the past few weeks had suddenly been replaced by anger, and he found it hard to concentrate on what they were doing.
"I am over it, Evans," he hissed. "I'm just pissed that I wasted these past six years on you. If I had known what a bitch you really were, I wouldn't have wasted my time."
"Ouch, that hurts," Lily said rolling her eyes.
"Whatever, let's just finish this and leave."
"That's exactly what I've been saying. You're so immature."
"And you're such a slut."
"Ugh, I can't work with you. Finish it yourself."
Lily stood up and threw the papers at James. She turned around and marched out the door, before he even had a chance to protest.
James grinned, knowing that he had succeeded in pissing her off. He collected all the papers and a few minutes later he followed Lily out the door. There was no way he was planning an entire dance by himself, he needed the help of the other Marauders.
As James stepped through the portrait hole, he spotted Lily sitting on the couch, sobbing. James raised his eyebrow at her; he hadn't realized he had gotten to her that much.
"What's wrong, Evans? Realized how stupid it was of you to dump me?" He said, smirking.
"James please just go away, I don't need this right now." Lily pleaded, the tears pouring down her face.
"Jesus Lily, I was only trying to piss you off before, I didn't mean it,"
"This isn't about you James, just go away,"
"Well then what's it about?"
"GO AWAY!"
"Not until you tell me what's wrong."
"FINE!"
Lily stood up and thrust a paper that was in her hand into his. James slowly unfolded it and began to read. It was a letter from the ministry. The farther he read, the more sick he felt; Lily's parents…murdered by Voldemort.
"Happy?" she said, the tears still flowing.
He bit his lip; as much as he hated Lily right now, he had to comfort her; nobody deserved their parents getting murdered by the most evil dark wizard of all time.
"Oh shit…Lily I'm sorry."
Without thinking, he hugged her; it broke his heart to see her in so much pain, and he wanted more than anything to make her happy again. To his surprise, she didn't push him away, but cried on his shoulder.
They stayed there for hours in silence. James knew there was nothing he could say to comfort her, so he just let her cry it out.
A few hours later, Sammi came down stairs, yawning.
"Lily, where have you been, it's two in the morning-"
Her eyes widened, as her tired brain fully comprehended what she was seeing. Lily standing there sobbing into James' chest. James' arms were around her, and he was stroking her hair.
"Lily, what's wrong?"
Lily stepped away from James and wiped her eyes. "My parents…"
She couldn't bring herself to say it, so she handed Sammi the letter.
Sammi's eyes filled with tears as she read it. "Lily, I'm so sorry," she whispered.
Lily couldn't speak as even more tears cascaded down her face.
"James go get some sleep," Sammi said putting a comforting arm around Lily. "I'll take her."
James nodded, his throat too tight to speak. He slowly made his way up to his dorm.
Sammi took Lily upstairs to their dorm and sat down next to her on her bed.
"Lil, you need to try and get some sleep, we'll talk in the morning."
Lily nodded and hugged Sammi, the tears still falling uncontrollably. She pulled the curtains closed around her bed, and Sammi got up to go to her own.
Lily laid there for hours, thinking about her parents and what her life was going to be like without them. The letter didn't mention anything about Petunia so Lily assumed she was all right, not that she cared. By the time the tears dried and she finally drifted off to sleep, the first rays of sunlight were beginning to drift through the window.
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Ok, I'll admit it, this chapter was not at all up to my usual standard. I'm sorry!!! Everything's kind of rushed, and I'm skipping periods of time…it's just that I have the whole Halloween dance planned out and I really want to get to it. I have a basketball tournament today and Thursday, so this chapter won't be up till Saturday proabably. Again, I'm sorry! Please review.
