Chapter four

                                                        Of MY OPAL

                                                 By Blondemomo

                                        Amazing Unfairness

A/N: Hi guys! Thanks so much for coming back for another chapter. If you have ideas, questions, comments or just flat out want to kill Sven stick all of this anger in your review OR email me @ pinkpeppermint@adelphia.net, ok? Thanks! Oh, but I have a question for you guys…why does everyone hate James in the beginning? And then LOVE him now that Sven is in the picture? Do you guys just all love James? If you do, lemme know and I can make this a VERY enjoyable story for ALL! BWAH HA HA…watch out SVEN!!!

Quote:      My mom: "We're going to Target."   

                Me:         "Target? Which one?"

                My mom: "The one in Culver City."

                Me: "Where's the Target in Culver City?"

                My mom: "In Suffolk, Katie, in Suffolk!"

~My mother and me, whilst one of my bffs looked at me and wondered if I cheated on the SATs. *cities have been changed to protect my innocent, broken BFF.

Back, by popular demand……JAMES POTTER! ::holla' holla':: J

He sat there on that brick wall right outside Hogmeade in his grand robes, not knowing what to do now. Graduation was over along with his education at Hogwarts, but what was most over was his life with Lily Evans.

After Dumbledore proclaimed them to be fully trained witches and wizards and the dance had begun, James went up to his dorm room, packed up everything he had ever brought to Hogwarts, put it into his bottomless trunk, and headed out for Hogsmeade, to find his Lily Val.

She hadn't come back for graduation. No Lily Evans to give a speech on what her years at Hogwarts meant. No Lily to receive Head Girl Award, or Top Female Student in their year, and there was no Lily to receive James' engagement ring.

James took the ring box out of his pocket and opened it. Just looking at it replayed the events of last night vividly through his mind. He proposed. She declined and wept. He left the room with her lying in the rose petals. Then the memory had ended. Kind of like Lily.

So James did the only thing he could do at this point, he began to look for her. He went into the Shrieking Shack, to find no one was there. He looked in every hiding spot ever known to the Marauders.

There was no Lily. Anywhere.

And then he found something in his pocket, nothing like a note from her or anything. It was more like an idea.

First send an owl to Lily. Okay. That would be really easy. But then follow the owl on its delivery; hmm. No one ever said you couldn't. And the owl would lead James right to Lily. What a perfect idea.

He settled in at an inn for the night and would be off in the morning. He sent a quick note to Sirius:

Sirius-

I am following the owl that will take a note to Lily. Will it work? What do you think? And buddy, will you come with me? I need your help along with Remus'. (a/n: peter isn't WORTHY to go! So there!) I'm at the 7 Baguettes for tonight. You'll come, won't you?

James

He hoped this little plan of his would work. As he lay down on his uncomfortable inn bed he heard a peck at the window. His owl, Aphrodite, was back now, hopefully with Sirius' reply.

James tore open the parchment to read:

James, old buddy, old pal,

I love ya like a brother, awright? And brothers are completely honest with each other, right? Honesty: You're insane. Completely and thoroughly and absolutely. I bet it would work but if she didn't come back for graduation, then James; well I just don't think she wants to be found. But if you absolutely insist, I am going to stick by you every second. Remus and I will be there at 4 am, so we can set off the moment it gets light. We'll meet you at the entrance wall, our spot. This is so crazy, it just might work—and if it doesn't then we'll try something else. See you in a few hours.

Sirius

"Love makes you do crazy things, I guess," James whispered to himself. He lay down on his bed and had dreams of his wedding day.

She was there, looking so angelic, a flowing white dress, her hair fell around her in such a shiny, blindingly perfect way. She walked up the aisle and kissed the man standing there. Except it wasn't James.

"HUH" James woke up startled. He dreamed Lily was getting married, but he wasn't the groom. 'Just a nightmare,' he thought zenly. 'Juuuust a nightmare, nothing real. Breeeeeeeathe."

The clock read 3:30 am, so James decided to get ready for his adventure. He picked himself up and trotted down to the Marauder's meeting spot in Hogmeade.

His friends were just arriving with their trunks shrunk down to the size of soup can.

"Hey, good idea," James said as he shrunk his trunk and tied it onto the middle of his brand-new Nimbus Broom.

"Write the letter, man," Remus the Sexy growled through his male-model pose. (A/N: J)

James the Wannabe Groom scratched a letter to his dearest Lily and then tied it to his owl's leg, but still held onto the leg.

"Ready gentlemen?" James said as he let go of the owl's leg.

The guys mounted their brooms and took off after it. The bird flew so high they were seeing clouds in front of their faces. Flying, flying, almost all day, and just as they were about ready to quit, the owl swooped down very low and the boys made themselves invisible with a spell. Aphrodite turned sharply and almost hit the window. The boys stopped just quickly enough before smacking face first into the stucco wall. They dismounted and looked around. Where in the Same Hill were they? Holy mother of squirrels! THEY WERE IN PARIS! NO WAY! The Eiffel Tower, no more than a mile away gleamed in the twilight. Hmm, could Lily pick a place to hide, or what?!

'So she came to the most romantic city in the world—without me. Hm. Figures she came to PARIS!' James thought about this.

'Whoa. This would be cool to pick up chicks,' Remus the Sexy thought as he looked at his new pose in the mirror built into his wand.

'Huh, Paris. I always knew Lily was a smart one. James never would have thought to look here. He would have looked in Siberia before France! Ten points for her! Oooh, hey. Look at that girl, she is so fine," Sirius thought as his head turned to look at a French woman walking by him.

"Allright, ladies, let's head OUT!" James addressed his two best friends. The owl had flown through a small dirty glass window at the back of the inn, called The Tenth Parrot.

They all poked their heads through the window. A red coat was on a hook—the one James had given Lily for a Christmas gift this year. And some red heels were thrown by a closet door. And a hairbrush, with red hair in the bristles, lying on the vanity was the last straw for James. He knew it was her room.

But what to do now? Did he go in there, and wait for her? Or did he follow her around for a few days. See what she did, who she was with? Or what about giving her random notes to scare into coming back to Britain? Nah, that last one was awful.

Then it hit all three of them like a lightning force. *BOOM!* They knew what to do!

"Ladies, are you thinking what I am thinking because that's what I hope you are thinking about thinking." Sirius grinned at his madness.

"Uh-huh," Remus the Sexy answered.

"Oh, YEAH!" James answered triumphantly.

"We'll wait for her! BHAH HA HA HA!" they laughed evil in unison.

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Later that night when the boys had been leaning against the wall for about ½ and hour, they heard a door click open, then shut. Someone was in now. Whoever that person was dived into the closet singing a tune they couldn't determine. Then they saw who the "someone" was. Lily Evans bounced into her room wearing a tiny nightgown, gliding on air almost. She jumped on her bed and started hopping up and down and singing "I Want You To Want Me," by Letters to Cleo. She twirled around and around singing, and then lay flat on her bed. 

"I want you to want meeeeee. I need you to neeeeed me. I love you to love me. Oh, I'm begging you to beg meeeee. Shine up my old brown shoes, put on a brand new shirt, get home early to work if you say thatcha' love meeee. Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm."

The boys looked at each nervously. First of all, she obviously wasn't singing that for James, and second they hadn't heard that song since the 1999 Muggle Movie "10 Things I Hate About You."

Sirius began singing where Lily left off and was quickly shut up by the other boys.

 "So, that's really her, huh?" James asked mopingly.

"'Fraid so, ol' chap."

"Why? Why now? Why me? Why her? I could have had almost any girl, and I unselfishly realize that, but I had to fall for the one girl who doesn't love me back. That is so amazingly unfair." And with that fell against the wall.

"Well, I'll go get us a room towards the front under our 'names,' allright?" Sirius nodded.

"Why?" Remus asked

"Why not?" James put in.

"Dolts—to WATCH her! You know stalk, follow, pursue, chase, trail, hunt? You know what I'm saying? We'll see who the guys she wants to want her, huh?" Sirius dangerously smirked.

"Fair enough," SexyCrazyCoolio Remmie answered.

"Totally absolutely positively," James said back.

~The Next Morning~

Using the charm they had put on Lily's door, they found out when she left, so they pursued her invisibly. First she went to the local grocer and picked up some watermelon.

'Funny, I don't think Lily likes watermelon very much,' James thought.

Then she left and went to this little café called Le Magnifique Café and seemed quite familiar there. The owner knew her and she embraced him when she saw him. She handed him the watermelon and he smiled and started cutting it up, proclaiming it the best food ever created. Lily ate a huge piece herself.

James turned a deep shade of purple-ish green-ish as he watched.

"An old friend, James. That guy is JUST an old friend!" Gorgeous Remus answered reassuringly.

"They seem AWFULLY cozy," James growled through his teeth.

The day went on with James learning that Lily called the guy 'Sven' and he called her 'Lily Flowers' or 'Flower' and she'd giggle and smile sweetly. James was nauseated the entire day.

Back at the 10th Parrot

"James, Remus and I have to go home now. You know where she is—she's safe. She doesn't seem eager to get home—but maybe if you go back to your place she show up in a while. But, I have training, and Remus is doing modeling jobs. We gotta' go. I'm sorry buddy. You should come with us. It's not healthy for you to watch her like this. Just let her go. There's plenty more fish in the sea—"

"No, she is the only fish I want to catch. You know what, I am going to win her back. I don't care what you or Mister-I'm-So-sexy says! Go back, see how I care. Bye." James finished curtly and disapparted.

"Good luck, buddy," Sirius whispered into the air as Remus and he went POP POPPING out of France.

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A/N: whoa, you guys. That took me like all day. My desk looks like a kitchen! I ate here! Not at the table! Woooo--Sorry, too much pizza. *Moan* no more pizza, no mas, no mas!

But I enjoyed writing this and I hope you liked reading it. I keep picking different endings and I really hope I pick the right one. Bare with me and my jumbled up brain here, people. * thank you *

You guys know how much I love reviews and stuff! THANKS SO MUCH! Keep 'em comin'! One liners, 10 sentences, 2 words, anything! I just like to know that people read my story!

Reviewers: EVERYTHING IS SO APPRECIATED!

~Touchstoneofthecharter—I'm so glad this holds your attention! Some stories are like that for me, too. (Not yours!!!) I like sexy Remus. *he likes you too!* I think he adds a lighter touch to the inevitable boring parts. CIAO!

~Jenn—two more reasons would have been nice, but not needed. Uhh, thanks for your interest! I'm so glad u like James, uhh, he'll have good karma come get him soon, promise!

~Shadowy Ten-shi chan—yes, that'd be funny, but unfortunately they had to go home. *Bye bye.* I do like cookies, preferably ones I can eat, but cyber cookies are really nice too! Thanks for my prefix! Coolio! And thanks for loving this story! MORE SOON!

~X-woman1—yes, it is hard for James, but he will get happy in his own time! Thanks 4 your review!