What a Friend Should Be
Chapter 11: Getting Away
"RUN!" James and Lily screamed at the same exact time to the rest.
The others needed no more encouraging and ran for their lives. They found an open window and climbed out, while pandemonium broke out in the pub. They ran into Honeydukes just as another hooded man walked out of the store next door. The man ran into the store after them and everyone inside honeydukes started screaming. People started freaking out, and while the man who had just come in tried to figure out how to calm the crowd and get to the gang, they sprinted to the basement. Remus, in the lead, pulled the secret door open to reveal a passageway. The girls, who didn't even have time to marvel, were pulled in and the door slammed down as the girls fell in.
The group ran down the dark corridor and about five minutes later Melanie stopped running. The rest stopped too, to see what was wrong.
"I.have. to catch..my breath!" Melanie panted. The rest nodded and waited.
"I have a question though." Lila asked. "What exactly are we running from?"
Sirius replied, "Lila, we were running from Death Eaters."
Lila paled significantly. "Oh."
Remus gave her reassuring look. "Don't worry. We'll be back at Hogwarts in no time. Its just a little way down the tunnel."
"Well, we might as well stop for awhile, because there sure as heck isn't anyone down here." Lily said.
"How are you so sure?!?!" James snapped.
"Shut up James." Lily growled, "First of all I can't hear any footsteps, and secondly, NO ONE besides you three would know where this tunnel is."
"James, she's right you know." Sirius agreed giving Lily a small smile. Lily nodded gratefully.
Remus sat down next to Melanie. "James you seriously need to calm DOWN! What's wrong with you these days?!"
James looked embarrassed. "Sorry Remus, I really don't know what's gotten into me! Lily, I'm sorry for snapping at you, I shouldn't have. I'm sorry."
Lily stared at him, not sure if he was telling the truth or not. "You're forgiven. BUT this does not mean I EVER want to be friends with YOU! Ok? Do you understand that or does your 4-year-old brain not understand sentences yet?"
James stared at her, surprised. "Geez Lily!"
"Geez Lily!" Lily mocked. "What the heck do you think I am?!?! I AM NOT some sort of toy, you can play with, then get too old for and throw away, until someone comes around and fixes me up so I'm better than before! I AM HUMAN YOU DOLT!"
Sirius and Lila stared wide-eyed at this blow-up.
"Lily, fine! WHAT do you want me to do? How do I get you to be at least somewhat pleasant towards me?!" James said throwing up his arms, giving up.
Lily's eyes flashed dangerously. " JAMES POTTER! You want to know WHAT you can do to get my friendship back? Here's something! GIVE ME BACK ALL THE TIME WE SPENT TOGETHER! I mean EVERY SINGLE MOMENT! ALL THE JOYS, ANTICS, EVERYTHING!!!!!!! I dare you to! That is how I will forgive you. Got it?!?!?! Come one guys, lets go."
Melanie and Lila shrugged and ran to catch up to Lily.
James was still standing there five minutes later, shocked. Sirius got up off the ground and gave James a pat on the back.
"Come on guys, lets get going." Sirius said.
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"WHO does he think he is?" Lily fumed. "He had NO RIGHT to ask me a question like that!"
"Lily, please calm down!" Lila pleaded.
"Yes, Lily. You're going to wear yourself out!" Melanie agreed.
Lily turned to look at her two friends, "I know you guys are worried, but would you two mind if I spent some time alone? Then I'll meet you in the dorm to finish homework and start packing."
Melanie nodded and she and Lila headed off to the dorms while Lily went to the library.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (In the Library)
"Lily!" A voice called from the back of her head.
'What?!?!' she answered.
"You know you shouldn't have yelled at him like that!" It said.
'Yes I should have! And who are YOU to tell me these things?' Lily said angrily.
"Your conscience, stupid." It replied.
'I don't HAVE one. I lost WAY back in second year.' Lily argued. 'Wait a second. WHY am I talking to myself?!?!' Lily blocked out the voice.
'Now to finish this entry' Lily said to herself, finishing the entry in her journal.
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James sat thinking on his bed. How had he gotten himself into this mess? Did he really want Lily back in his life?
A little voice popped up in the back of his head. "Lets think about this James. Lily. When you hear her name, what do you think of?"
'Who are you?' James asked it.
"Not you too.."It muttered.
'What?!?!' James inquired, confused on what the heck was he was doing talking to himself.
"Just answer the question, James!" It called back.
'Lily. Hmm.The 12 year old girl who knew me better than any single person, even better than my parents! She could've known what I was thinking! I really miss her! Her red hair, her green eyes, which were almost alive and glittering! Wow how I miss those eyes. Wow how I miss that girl! My best friend. My Lily. Sh*t. Why did I ever tell her to go away?!?! Oh you muffin! James Potter is a DOOFUS!' James scolded himself.
He reached under his bed and pulled out a short red and gold journal. He opened it and began to write.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "Hey Lily!" Remus said sitting down across from her in the library.
Lily looked up and smiled. "Hey Remus."
Remus's face grew dark, "Lily, what happened in the tunnel, should never have happened. I know you are mad at him, but trust me; you had no right to do what you did. He was just trying to participate in the conversation. He's really unhappy. I know what he did to you was unfair, but he's not having the time of his life either. He's suffering more than you are. He doesn't know how to get over the loss of a friend even if he's the one who "ditched" you."
Lily hung her head in shame. "How can you be so sure? I miss him too, but I don't know, I can't just forgive and forget! Its really hard, Remmy, really hard."
Remus's face grew a little softer, "I know Lily. But James' needs a little less hostility from you. You have no idea what his life is like. But I want you to see something."
He pulled out a small red and gold journal. "Its not the original, because James' would've killed me but it's a duplicate. Read it. You might understand a little better. Oh and Lily." He held out his hand.
Lily got out her wand and aimed it at her own journal. Suddenly there were two. She handed the extra to Remus. "Thank you Remus. For everything." She leaned over and gave him a hug.
She opened the journal to the most recent entry and began to read.....
HOW WAS IT?!??!?!?!? REVIEW! Come on its not gonna kill you to hit that lil button! Plus it'll get ME motivated to write!!!! PLEASE!?!?!? Flames will be used not only to improve my writing but to cook Chinese food!
"RUN!" James and Lily screamed at the same exact time to the rest.
The others needed no more encouraging and ran for their lives. They found an open window and climbed out, while pandemonium broke out in the pub. They ran into Honeydukes just as another hooded man walked out of the store next door. The man ran into the store after them and everyone inside honeydukes started screaming. People started freaking out, and while the man who had just come in tried to figure out how to calm the crowd and get to the gang, they sprinted to the basement. Remus, in the lead, pulled the secret door open to reveal a passageway. The girls, who didn't even have time to marvel, were pulled in and the door slammed down as the girls fell in.
The group ran down the dark corridor and about five minutes later Melanie stopped running. The rest stopped too, to see what was wrong.
"I.have. to catch..my breath!" Melanie panted. The rest nodded and waited.
"I have a question though." Lila asked. "What exactly are we running from?"
Sirius replied, "Lila, we were running from Death Eaters."
Lila paled significantly. "Oh."
Remus gave her reassuring look. "Don't worry. We'll be back at Hogwarts in no time. Its just a little way down the tunnel."
"Well, we might as well stop for awhile, because there sure as heck isn't anyone down here." Lily said.
"How are you so sure?!?!" James snapped.
"Shut up James." Lily growled, "First of all I can't hear any footsteps, and secondly, NO ONE besides you three would know where this tunnel is."
"James, she's right you know." Sirius agreed giving Lily a small smile. Lily nodded gratefully.
Remus sat down next to Melanie. "James you seriously need to calm DOWN! What's wrong with you these days?!"
James looked embarrassed. "Sorry Remus, I really don't know what's gotten into me! Lily, I'm sorry for snapping at you, I shouldn't have. I'm sorry."
Lily stared at him, not sure if he was telling the truth or not. "You're forgiven. BUT this does not mean I EVER want to be friends with YOU! Ok? Do you understand that or does your 4-year-old brain not understand sentences yet?"
James stared at her, surprised. "Geez Lily!"
"Geez Lily!" Lily mocked. "What the heck do you think I am?!?! I AM NOT some sort of toy, you can play with, then get too old for and throw away, until someone comes around and fixes me up so I'm better than before! I AM HUMAN YOU DOLT!"
Sirius and Lila stared wide-eyed at this blow-up.
"Lily, fine! WHAT do you want me to do? How do I get you to be at least somewhat pleasant towards me?!" James said throwing up his arms, giving up.
Lily's eyes flashed dangerously. " JAMES POTTER! You want to know WHAT you can do to get my friendship back? Here's something! GIVE ME BACK ALL THE TIME WE SPENT TOGETHER! I mean EVERY SINGLE MOMENT! ALL THE JOYS, ANTICS, EVERYTHING!!!!!!! I dare you to! That is how I will forgive you. Got it?!?!?! Come one guys, lets go."
Melanie and Lila shrugged and ran to catch up to Lily.
James was still standing there five minutes later, shocked. Sirius got up off the ground and gave James a pat on the back.
"Come on guys, lets get going." Sirius said.
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"WHO does he think he is?" Lily fumed. "He had NO RIGHT to ask me a question like that!"
"Lily, please calm down!" Lila pleaded.
"Yes, Lily. You're going to wear yourself out!" Melanie agreed.
Lily turned to look at her two friends, "I know you guys are worried, but would you two mind if I spent some time alone? Then I'll meet you in the dorm to finish homework and start packing."
Melanie nodded and she and Lila headed off to the dorms while Lily went to the library.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (In the Library)
"Lily!" A voice called from the back of her head.
'What?!?!' she answered.
"You know you shouldn't have yelled at him like that!" It said.
'Yes I should have! And who are YOU to tell me these things?' Lily said angrily.
"Your conscience, stupid." It replied.
'I don't HAVE one. I lost WAY back in second year.' Lily argued. 'Wait a second. WHY am I talking to myself?!?!' Lily blocked out the voice.
'Now to finish this entry' Lily said to herself, finishing the entry in her journal.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
James sat thinking on his bed. How had he gotten himself into this mess? Did he really want Lily back in his life?
A little voice popped up in the back of his head. "Lets think about this James. Lily. When you hear her name, what do you think of?"
'Who are you?' James asked it.
"Not you too.."It muttered.
'What?!?!' James inquired, confused on what the heck was he was doing talking to himself.
"Just answer the question, James!" It called back.
'Lily. Hmm.The 12 year old girl who knew me better than any single person, even better than my parents! She could've known what I was thinking! I really miss her! Her red hair, her green eyes, which were almost alive and glittering! Wow how I miss those eyes. Wow how I miss that girl! My best friend. My Lily. Sh*t. Why did I ever tell her to go away?!?! Oh you muffin! James Potter is a DOOFUS!' James scolded himself.
He reached under his bed and pulled out a short red and gold journal. He opened it and began to write.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "Hey Lily!" Remus said sitting down across from her in the library.
Lily looked up and smiled. "Hey Remus."
Remus's face grew dark, "Lily, what happened in the tunnel, should never have happened. I know you are mad at him, but trust me; you had no right to do what you did. He was just trying to participate in the conversation. He's really unhappy. I know what he did to you was unfair, but he's not having the time of his life either. He's suffering more than you are. He doesn't know how to get over the loss of a friend even if he's the one who "ditched" you."
Lily hung her head in shame. "How can you be so sure? I miss him too, but I don't know, I can't just forgive and forget! Its really hard, Remmy, really hard."
Remus's face grew a little softer, "I know Lily. But James' needs a little less hostility from you. You have no idea what his life is like. But I want you to see something."
He pulled out a small red and gold journal. "Its not the original, because James' would've killed me but it's a duplicate. Read it. You might understand a little better. Oh and Lily." He held out his hand.
Lily got out her wand and aimed it at her own journal. Suddenly there were two. She handed the extra to Remus. "Thank you Remus. For everything." She leaned over and gave him a hug.
She opened the journal to the most recent entry and began to read.....
HOW WAS IT?!??!?!?!? REVIEW! Come on its not gonna kill you to hit that lil button! Plus it'll get ME motivated to write!!!! PLEASE!?!?!? Flames will be used not only to improve my writing but to cook Chinese food!