CHPTER EIGHT      

                        OF MY OPAL

                                        BY BLONDEMOMO

                                                                "The other girl"

A/N: I know you all hate me. Yeah, I suck, but can you blame me? You're reading this right now because you want to find out what happens. So, I had to write a cliffhanger to get you to come back! HAH! Well, I learned all of that form all the authors on this site…so don't blame me! And hey, Wo An Ni16---happy now?

Disclaimer: Roses are pink, My feet don't stink, I like to think I own Harry Potter….BUT I DON'T!

Mooooooooo-re:

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James sat on the roof of his house on Mango Street (a/n: book title). He was wondering about Lily. He did this once in a while.

Yeah, he had gotten a girlfriend, she was voted top supermodel of the year in the wizarding world, but she wasn't Lily. She didn't have Lily's heart, her mind, her embrace, and her soul. She was not Lily. And never could be.

"Jamie—what are you doing out here all by your lonesome?" that was his girlfriend—Caroline.

"Just watching the sun set. It's almost as beautiful as L'you."

Wo. Quick save by James. He had almost said the 'L' word. Lily.

"You are so cute. Thanks. Hey, isn't Siri coming for dinner tonight?"

"Yeah, whaddaya' think we should have?" James replied.

"How 'bout Lobster?" Caroline asked.

Lobster was Lily's favorite, James remembered. But, he had to get over her. He had Caroline now and was very happy. Very. He just didn't know why he had occasional memories of her.

"You know, that sounds like a great idea! I'll go to the store," James said and gave Caroline a kiss goodbye and then Apparated to Sally's Seafood and into the Lyle's Lobster part.

Later that evening when they had finished the lobster, Sirius and James went into the living room to have an after-dinner drink. Caroline was in the bathroom forcefully throwing up her dinner. She thought James couldn't hear her heaving. James had tried to help her once in the beginning, but she had refused. She wouldn't even stop puking just to listen to him try to help her.

"Sirius, what's going on with me?" James sipped his Firewhiskey.

"What d'you mean?" Sirius replied.

"I can't get—her—off my mind, "Sirius whispered "her" like it was a vulgar word. She's enveloping my thoughts, taking over my mind, my soul, and my body. I can't stop thinking of her," James refused to say her name aloud. It haunted him like a death-scream.

"James, it's been a full year, buddy. You got to get rid of her. She's going to make you loose Caroline.

At that moment when they both went silent, they heard a huge, loud heave and then a ton of gargling and a toilet flush. Sirius wrinkled his nose and looked down.

Caroline stepped out of the bathroom ash white.

"James, you really must fix that toilet. It's gargly!"

James and Sirius knew the truth…she was sweating on her face and very pale. Bulimia Nervosa; an awful, overtaking disease of the body, but mostly mind. It made you think that you were bad with food in you. A little pin-pricking voice inside your head kept telling you to get rid of it until you did. It killed you after a while, but basically it was you killing yourself. James felt powerless over it. She said she had to do it for work, to be the model, the ideal perfection. He never believed her for a second. But he couldn't change her.

"Darling, I fixed it last week," James responded to Caroline.

"Yes, it just probably broke again. No worries, I'll call Bob at the plumbing agency. It'll be fixed by tomorrow." She anxiously said.

"Right!" James said with false enthusiasm.

After Caroline went upstairs to leave the men-folk to chat, Sirius gave more advice.

"James. Get a hold of yourself. Look at you! You have Caroline now! She's so wonderful and you are still lost in Lily-land."

James shivered at the name. Lily.

"I know. She is just out there, somewhere, but not with me. With some guy named Sven having lattes and wine on a porch looking at the Eiffel Tower. It just, well…it's just an awful feeling. You know the thing that gets me though? She never even talked it over with me. Just upright left. Never said one word. All I did was propose and she said 'Stay beautiful without me.'" James looked down at the floor, wishing he could understand what those little words meant.

"Look man," Sirius was getting antsy at the fact that his best friend still talked about Lily when he hadn't seen or heard from her in over a year, "I just think you should get over her. Marry Caroline! She is so perfect for you!"

"Yeah, maybe you're right."

"You know I am!" Sirius was ready to change the subject.

But James tuned Sirius out long enough to make another wish for Lily to come back.

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A/N: I know, I know…still not telling you Lily's answer must really bite, but you must understand that it'll all be worth it!

I hope.

All my thanks to:

~Ceso—I am awful, aren't I! And how 'bout I get Johnny Depp AND Orlando Bloom and I'll make the story end any way you want it to!

~Serendepetee—Yes, cliffs are awful! And I'm afraid of heights!

~Way2hyped/Melly—thanks, your 4 word review helped sharpen my writing skills more than you'll ever know! JK! (KISSEES! Squeaky voice of mine: I wanna' give it a kissee!!) No, but I'll update my story, if you update your 4th chapter…evil glares and stares…

~Short-Blondie—yes, I have been told that this was a cliffhanger…but thanks so much for reading/reviewing! Yours are very helpful and kind…I appreciate that!

~Shadowy—I know it, I'm a naughty author but I just love to torture the readers into believing it'll be a happy ending! It makes it so entertaining for me!     AH! GOTCHA!

~Touchstoneofthecharter—I'll update extra slow for you b/c you're going away and all! HEE HEE!

~Kristen Black: I can't understand all that Spanish! Inglisio, porfavore! No mas Espanola! My pequena brain can't process it!

~Sugar Mama—thanks for all the luck, hands down!

*AND NO SVEN WHACKING QUITE YET, GROOVY?*