A/N: Wahhh…..this is a sad chapter! Strange things happen between EVERYONE! James and Lily finally talk…and so do Savannah and Daniel, which may cause some—well, you've got to read to know what I'm trying to say………
Disclaimer: Read previous chapters…..
MEMORIES
CHAPTER 12: Reunion…or Separation?
Written by ByeByeBirdie (formally known as Foxy)
Lily sat off to the side, after dancing with Danny for a few minutes, just sipping a glass of punch, when she heard someone behind her.
"Hi," a very familiar voice said.
She half-turned and saw the one person she never would have thought would have come up to her. Her heart sped up at the sight of James, who wasn't a hippie, and she took a deep breath in and out. "Hi," she replied with a warm, welcoming smile.
"Is this seat taken?" he asked, pointing to the empty seat next to her.
The whole table was empty, and if it was anyone else she may have made a joke about how now her invisible circus was there with her or something, but because it was James, she just shook her head. "Nope."
"So…uh…I haven't talked to you in a year and three months. Something must be going on with you," he said with a smile.
She smiled back, realizing how good it felt to be talking to him once again. "Nothing that you probably haven't heard from Sirius or Savannah."
"Oh…okay. Then I hear you're doing well," James said, acting casual.
"Yeah, I guess so," Lily said.
"You meeting anyone new?" James asked.
"What do you mean?" Lily asked. She was wondering if he was talking about boyfriend new or friends new.
"Well you didn't want to go all the way to California because you would miss your friends-" And me, "so I was just asking if you met any new friends."
"Oh you mean besides the ones that I cheated on you with the time I thought you were dead?" Lily snapped. Okay, that wasn't supposed to come out.
"Look Lily, I didn't-" James started.
"Just forget it," Lily said. "I didn't mean to say it."
"But you did," James said. "I don't know what came over me that day. I'm sorry."
"I know," Lily said, but she didn't accept his apology. If you hadn't gotten all jealous and I hadn't gotten mad we'd still be together today.
"So…is everything alright between us?" James asked.
Lily snorted. "James, if everything was alright between us, we wouldn't have avoided each other for the past few years."
James sighed. "We both just needed time."
"I didn't want to have that much time," Lily pointed out. "In fact, I didn't want to have any time!"
"Lily, I'm sorry," James said sadly. "There's not much else I can say right now. We can't go back in time and replace those few years we just lost."
"Yeah, well, whose fault is that?" Lily grumbled in frustration.
"What?"
"I'm not the jealous one, here," Lily commented. "I'm not the one who doesn't trust me or the one who didn't trust our relationship! I'm not the one who ganged up on me the day after you got back!"
"Lily, I'm—"
"Don't say you're sorry," Lily muttered angrily. "Because if you were, then it wouldn't have happened."
"Lily, I—"
"Nothing is the way it used to be, James," Lily said sorrowfully. "And it probably never will be."
And with those last heartbreaking words, she got up and left James behind, not looking back at his frustrated and shocked face as she went to go find someone else to talk to.
James sighed and looked down at the ground in sympathy.
"Hey buddy! Saw you talking to Lily…" Sirius said with a smirk.
"So?" James asked.
"Well what did you say to her? What did she say to you?" Sirius asked.
"She's still a little angry…" James explained.
"What?! She can't be! She is not! It's been over a year!"
"Yes she is. I was the one talking to her."
"You really wish she wasn't mad at you huh?" Sirius asked. James looked at him as if that was the stupidest question to be asked.
"She's one of my best friends! Of course I wish she wasn't mad at me."
"That's not the only reason…"
"Fine, fine!" James cried. "Maybe I do miss her! But of course I do! She's the only woman I've ever loved!"
"Then tell her that."
"She won't listen."
"How do you know without trying?"
"I just know…"
Over on the other side of the room:
"So I saw you talking to James…" Savannah said casually, coming up to Lily.
"Yes, I'm sure you did," Lily said.
"So what did you guys talk about?"
"Nothing," Lily grumbled. "We argued…again."
"About what?" Savannah sighed, leaning against the wall behind her, feeling sorry for Lily.
"I'm not even sure…I thought I'd be okay with seeing him again, but I ended up lashing out at him for his stupid jealousy. I really didn't want to do that! I just want to be able to talk to him again…normally."
"And maybe one day you'll get that chance," Savannah said gently.
"Not anytime soon…" Lily muttered exasperatedly.
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"Cutest Couple Award goes to Sirius Black and Savannah Turner!" Dumbledore said, finishing up the awards. Savannah and Sirius went up to receive their award. "Most Likely to Succeed goes to Severus Snape!" Dumbledore said as a lot of the other people groaned as Snape went up to accept. "And finally The Male Forever Friends goes to…" Dumbledore was naming the very last award, "…Sirius Black and James Potter!" Everyone cheered and the two boys went up to accept it with grins and bows.
"And now for my long, boring speech I'm sure some of you want to hear and the rest of you don't want to hear," Dumbledore joked. Everyone turned to him and either sat down at a table, or continued standing off to the sides. Lily, Savannah, Allie, Kaitlynne, Remus, Peter, Sirius, Daniel, Josh, James, Avril, and her best friends Georgette Crimson and Todd Huffy all took one of the biggest tables in the room. "Tonight is the moment of truth to what has been hidden these past five years in everyone's lives. People have obviously been very busy these past five years and I congratulate all of you. Out of the forty people that had graduated five years ago, there are three Aurors in the room, two teachers, three doctors, two actors, an actress, a model, three singers, three journalists, a photographer, two authors, a student who's on the ministry council, an owner of a restaurant, a land-creature researcher, a physicist, a sea trainer, a medicalist, a dragon specialist, an owl specialist, two housewives, two waiters, a secretary, an owner of a bookstore, an assistant manager at a joke shop, and I bet you all know who that is," Dumbledore said as everyone turned towards Sirius who grinned, "And finally the worst fate of them all, unfortunately…there are four deaths."
"Okay, I'm leaving," Daniel whispered to Savannah, who laughed.
"I would like to recognize those special four people who entered our lives and changed us forever," Dumbledore continued. Danny's eyes started to glisten, and Savannah noticed, but she wasn't about to tell him that. "These four exceptional people had made us smile, made us frown, made us laugh, made us cry, made us angry, made us happy, made us change on the inside and on the outside and they made us who we are today. Can we please just take a minute and recognize those four wonderful people: Jackson Carl Ritso, Cody Theodore Valentino, Leigha Heather Vancouver, and Minnie Jennifer Juniper."
Daniel couldn't handle it anymore and stood up quickly and scurried out of the Great Hall.
"Danny, wait!" Savannah cried after him, not caring if the whole Great Hall was staring at her now. She ran after him and followed him outside to the lake.
He stood next to the lake, looking up at the beautiful moon and the bright, shining stars thinking about his wife…or his dead wife, as he thought about it haplessly.
"Danny?" Savannah whispered, from a good distance behind him.
"I never even had a chance to say good-bye," he said barely audible, on the verge of tears.
Savannah had to step closer to hear him. "Oh, Danny," she said, rubbing his shoulders.
"I mean, I saw her off at the airport and I watched her drift out of my sight thinking she'd be back in two and half months with a smile on her face, creating a smile on my face. I'd see how beautiful she was and how I couldn't wait to have her for the whole summer…instead, a month later, those thoughts came crashing down. I miss her…and I try to get over it, but every night I see her face in my dreams and I start trembling again. I'm trying to forget her…it's just not working."
"Daniel, you don't have to forget her. She was your wife. But you do have to let go. You have so many more opportunities heading your way, and you're being tied down. It's not fair to you at all."
Daniel sighed. "I know, Savannah."
That took Savannah by surprise. "But then…"
"Why do I still think about her all the time and why don't I do anything about it? Because I can't help who I love and unfortunately I can't help who dies. I can only help myself right now…and that's one person too many."
"No, it's not," Savannah said. "You've got plenty of people who care about you and plenty of people who don't want to see you hurt."
"I know, but those people scare me most. I mean, what happens if someone else close to me…dies?"
"Don't think about that, Danny. Think about everything up to then. Do you want to go through life scared or do you want to go through like with a happy smile on and having fun?"
"That's not the point, Savannah."
"Do you know the point?"
He turned to Savannah slowly and shook his head. "No, but I'm willing to find out."
"And I'm willing to help you."
"Savannah, I never told you this…in fact, I never told anyone this, but…well…I guess you could day that it's hard to let go because I'm not letting go of just her."
"Huh?"
"Two days before she left back for college, she told me she was pregnant," he said with a sigh.
Savannah gasped. "Are you serious!?"
He nodded, as a lump formed in his throat. "Yeah, and all I can think of now is that You-Know-Who took away my chance to have a child. My chance to be a father. And an even greater chance of being a better husband."
Savannah had no idea what to say to him at that moment, and instead just walked over to him and gave him a long, gentle hug expressing how she felt and they ended up sitting out there talking for a good, long hour, not realizing it.
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Fifty minutes after Dumbledore's speech, Sirius was off to the side after a talk with Remus, wondering where Savannah was. "Remus, where's Savannah? I've only dance with her four times tonight and I haven't talked to her much, either."
He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. Sorry."
"That's okay," he said.
"Ask Lily. Or maybe James will know."
He nodded as he walked over to Lily, who was talking to Allie and Josh. "Lily, where's Savannah?"
Lily thought about it but ended up shaking her head. "I'm not sure. I haven't seen her for a while."
"Oh. Thanks anyway," he said with a grateful smile.
"What about you guys?" Sirius asked Allie and Josh, who shook their heads.
"Sorry, Si," Allie said.
He glanced around the room, hoping for a glimpse of her, but when he couldn't find her still, he went to the corner near the exit door where James was with Avril. "Hey, James, have you seen Savannah lately?"
James shook his head. "Nope, sorry. I haven't been noticing much tonight."
"Except Lily," Sirius mumbled under his breath, turning around.
"What?" James asked.
"Oh, nothing," Sirius said sweetly, just as Kaitlynne entered through the main entrance. "Oh, hey Katyi. Have you seen Savannah?"
"Oh, yeah. She's still outside with Daniel," she replied with a smile.
Sirius stood there stunned, but said, "Okay, thanks." Savannah had to have been out there with Daniel for more than an hour! He couldn't believe that she'd rather talk to Daniel, than dance with him.
He stormed outside to see Daniel and Savannah in a kind-hearted embrace.
"Hey, I swear I know you from somewhere," Sirius said, pointing to Savannah. "Ugh, I just can't put my finger on it. Oh, wait!!! That's right, you're my girlfriend! Or I thought you were."
Both Savannah and Daniel looked extremely confused, and Daniel stood up. "I think I'm going to go back inside," he said slowly.
"Wait, Dan-" Savannah started.
"Yeah, maybe that's a good idea," Sirius said, cutting her off, so Daniel walked back inside with a confused look on his face.
"Well, that was rude!" she immediately stated.
"You should be talking!!" Sirius cried.
"What!?"
"Well, I've been looking for you for a while now and once I find you I see you with your arms around Daniel…the only guy you've been spending time with tonight!"
"What are you talking about!? He just needed some support so I was giving it to him!"
"I know, Vannie, but I haven't spoken to you practically all night," Sirius explained.
"Just wait until your wife dies and then see how it feels, Sirius!!! He just needed a friend and guess what? I'm a friend!!!:
"Well, you kinda forgot about your boyfriend, Vannie! You could've at least told me you were out here!"
"Whoa, so now I have to check in every five minutes, father!"
"Well, it would be nice to know where you are once and a while!"
"Omigod!" Savannah cried. "I am not having this conversation with you, Si-Si!"
"Yeah, well I'm having this conversation with you," he said. "I hate that when I come outside I find you talking to Daniel…no, make that hugging Daniel."
"Do not take this out on him, Sirius Black! Just because you're jealous-"
"Whoa, jealous? Why would I be jealous of him?"
"Because I've been hanging out with him! You just said that!!"
"No, maybe you're just being selfish! I wanted to have fun tonight! You know, chat, eat, dance, and just have fun…with you. But I've barely spoken a word to you all night. You've been spending too much time with Daniel!"
"Just shut up about him!!" Savannah cried. "This isn't about him, it's about you!!" And she shoved right past him and stomped back into the Great Hall. She barely entered, when Sirius grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
"How is this about me!?" Sirius cried, so that a quarter of the people in the Great Hall were turning their heads in their direction. "You're the one who doesn't seem to care!!"
"I care plenty about you, but that doesn't mean I want you standing over me watching me when I'm hanging out with…friends!"
"How would you like it if I spend the whole rest of the night with some other girl??"
"Do whatever you want Sirius Black! If that's supposed to make me feel bad, go right ahead and try to prove me wrong!" she yelled, so now half of the people in the Great Hall were staring. "In fact, I would love you to do it because I would LOVE TO SEE YOU HUMILIATED!!!" she screamed and everyone was staring at them now.
"FINE, MAYBE I WILL!"
"FINE, SEE IF I GIVE A DAMN, SIRIUS BLACK! IN FACT, WHILE YOU'RE AT IT MAYBE YOU CAN THROW YOURSELF INTO A DUMPSTER AND MAKE MY JOB A LITTLE EASIER!" Savannah screamed, before whirling around and walking across the room towards Kaitlynne, Remus, Allie, and Josh in one corner, and she left a smirk on Sirius' satisfied face, who was walking towards Georgette Crimson.
"Oooh, boy," Remus muttered from one side of the room.
"Uh-oh," Lily mumbled, from another corner.
"And yet another break-up," a grinning Snape muttered from behind Lily.
"Shut up, Snape," Lily said, turning around.
"Oooh, sticking up for you friends once again, I see. And this time no James Potter to bail you out."
"I don't need anyone to bail me out. I need you to get out of my face."
"Let's see…maybe I will…if you dance with me once."
Lily was about to laugh in his face, but had a better idea. "Hmmm…" she pondered with a sweet, innocent smile. "I think I'd rather run over a goose in the woods, throw it into the mud, pluck all of his feathers out of his body, and then kiss it before I even touch that dance floor with you," she replied, spinning around and away from him.
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"Ugh! Lily, he's just being paranoid and stupid and…jealous," Savannah was explaining, not caring that Sirius was on the dance floor with Georgette, and has been for the past thirty minutes.
"He just doesn't understand," Lily explained.
"I know! And that's what annoys me most about him!!! Why doesn't he just trust me!?"
"Guys really need to learn how to do that," Lily mumbled disgustingly, staring over at James.
"Huh?" Savannah said, realizing she was staring at James.
"Nothing," she said.
"You know…you never actually told me what happened with you and James," she said slyly.
Lily sighed. "This isn't about me."
"I'm tired of talking about my problem. I don't care what Sirius thinks. He just needs to get over himself. Tomorrow morning maybe I'll find the chance to talk to him. Not right now, though, because we're both angry and I don't want to say anything we'll regret. So, let's talk about you for a moment."
"James…er…he got jealous that I was hanging out with a bunch of Andy's guy friends the day after we all thought he had died."
"Seriously???" she cried in disgust. "That's so stupid!! First of all, you didn't know he was dead and you weren't about to make-out with some other guy," she said, "…right?"
Lily laughed. "Of course not, you dolt!"
"Okay, and then second of all, I figure you just wanted to have a nice evening without thinking of him, anyway, right?"
Lily laughed again. "You know me so well, Savannah."
"Ugh, why are all guys jealous when their girlfriend hangs out with someone else!?" she cried frustrated. "I don't care if he hangs out you, or Kaitlynne, or Allie, or…or Georgette."
"Yeah…why is he hanging out with her?" Lily wondered, glancing over where Sirius and Georgette were dancing together, smiling and laughing.
Savannah rolled her eyes. "He thinks that I'll get jealous for ignoring me and for him hanging out with her all night because of the whole Daniel thing. He's trying to prove me wrong, and I think it's stupid. It's just all part of his dumb plan," Savannah explained, rolling her eyes again.
Lily looked past Savannah at Sirius, and her eyes clouded over. "Um…was that part of his plan?" Lily asked nervously, pointing towards him.
Savannah turned around and saw Georgette and Sirius on the dance floor, swaying to a slow song…and kissing……………….
A/N: Uh-oh……………I know, that was hard to write. I love Savannah and Sirius together!!! But this is a fanfic…I've got to add some suspense and heartbreaks in there! But it's just getting good. You've got to keep reading to see what happens!
Upcoming events in next chapter:
~Sirius and Savannah…what's going to happen?
~James and Lily…do they make up? Or do they keep their distance…
~Sigh…more jealousy. Will they ever learn!?
~Whatever happened to the 8 best friends????
~Christmas plans? Huh!? KEEP READING!
