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Ah much better. Well, I own Harry Potter. MUAHAHAHAHAH!!!! *men in black suits run towards her* NOOOOOOO!!!!! OH GOD NO! *hides eyes* PLEASE! ANYTHING BUT............THE DEADLIEST DEADLY DEAD MARSHMALLOWS!!!! OK!!! I DON'T OWN IT!! *breaks down into uncontrollable, hysterical sobs, punctuated with 'No! Not the Marshmallows!'*
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Lily opened her eyes to smile at her prince.
Her smile turned into an expression of mixed horror and disgust as she ran away from a bewildered but pleased James Potter, covering her mouth.
I set out to find a prince, but instead I kissed a pig!"Lily! LILY!" His shouts echoed to deaf ears.
Tears formed in her eyes as she ran blindly into the Gryffindor common room, and up the stairs to the sixth-year girls' dormitories.
Her friends all yelled after her.
"Lily? LILY?"
Sarah stood up from her seat. "Do any of you guys know what happened?"
All the rest of the girls shook their heads worriedly. Lane observed the whole scene with a indifferent look on her face, but her forehead creased in concern.
Sarah headed for the stairs, until a hand softly clapped her shoulder. Alice bit her lip.
"Maybe I should go instead."
Sarah nodded. She did, after all, have a very short temper.
Alice headed up the stairs to the girls' room.
Harry was watching Ron play chess against his father. Apparently Arthur was just as good a chess player as Ron was, Harry noticed as Arthur's pawn knocked over one of Ron's castles.
A sudden movement caught Harry's eye.
Lily ran up the stairs, tears streaming down her face. He noticed one of the girls- was it Sarah?- stand up, and Alice heading up the stairs. A few minutes later, James rushed in, a confused look on his face. He spotted Harry.
"Hey Harry, you haven't seen Lily anywhere, have you?" Harry pointed up the stairs. James nodded.
"Thanks."
Harry watched in amusement as James started to rush up the stairs, only to slide down as the stairs melted to form a smooth slanting surface. He was reminded of the time last year when Ron went looking for Hermione. He looked on as James attempted to run up the stairs a second, third, fourth and fifth time. Harry shook his head.
James finally gave up, and sat down with the rest of the Marauders, whom were all trying to keep their laughter in aside from Sirius, who was laughing his head off on the floor. Harry turned back to the chess game.
A tentative knock on the door interrupted Lily in the girls' dormitories.
"Go away!"
The door cracked open, and in the light from the common room, Lily could see Alice looking worriedly at her.
"Lily?" Lily sighed, and then hiccupped. Alice slid in, closing the door behind her.
Lily sat up on her bed, not caring that she looked a mess. Alice sat down on Lily's bed.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
Lily hiccupped again. "I...hic...I..."
Alice sighed and patted her friend on the back.
"Just tell me everything that happened." she told Lily in her gentle voice.
Lily took a deep breath, and starting talking in a shaky voice.
"You know who I fancy, right?"
Alice smiled. It was obvious that Lily had a thing for Harry. The two seemed to get along so well together.
Lily continued. "Well, I decided today that I'd tell him that I like him. So, after dinner, I saw him and his friend Ron walking down a hall, and I followed."
Alice frowned. "But...Harry came with Sirius, Peter and Remus to the common room after dinner."
Lily hiccupped again. "See, that's what I should have paid closer attention to. Anyway, hic, I followed them, and I saw Ron walking down these stairs. So I went up to Harry, and I just...I just... " She waved her hands around helplessly. Alice kept silent.
"I just--kissed him." Alice groaned inwardly. She knew something would go wrong.
Lily started to cry again. "And then-and then...I opened my eyes, and...It…He...it was Potter!"
Alice gasped, and pulled Lily into a hug, who was now sobbing uncontrollably. She felt sorry for her friend; she knew how much Lily hated James. She comforted Lily as best as she could.
James sat with his friends, his mind ticking like a clock. Why did Lily kiss him, and run away like that? He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't notice that his friends had given up trying to talk with him and had all left to go to the library. When he looked up, he was surprised to find the common room completely deserted. A messy black head popped out of nowhere.
"HARRY!"
Harry looked at James with a bewildered expression on his face.
"What?"
James shook his head. "Nothing.."
"Right..." Harry sat down on the chair next to James. He glanced sideways at him, and wondered if he should bring up the subject of Lily.
"Erm...Dad...I mean...James..."
James looked at Harry. "Hmm?"
Harry shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "Er...You know Lily...she looked kind of...upset..."
James' face was unreadable.
Harry nervously bit his lip. "Er...I was sort of wondering what happened?"
James abruptly sat up and glared at Harry. "That's none of your business! Who asked you to talk to me anyway, huh?"
Harry was surprised at James' outburst, but found his face burning. "Who asked me to talk to you? Why does that matter?"
"IT MATTERS! ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN LILY AND I IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" James was now on his feet.
Harry stood up as well. He could feel the blood pounding in his ears. "OF COURSE IT'S MY BUSINESS!" He hollered. "DO YOU THINK I DON'T CARE FOR LILY?"
James stood like a gaping fish for the longest second imaginable before his mouth snapped shut into a grim line.
"And you think I don't? Do you know how much I care for her?" His voice cracked. Harry suddenly felt like someone who had just stolen a little child's lollipop: he felt mean, nervous, and oddly satisfied all at the same time.
"D'you think that I don't think about her every second of my day?"
Harry twisted the sleeve of his robe uncomfortably. It sounded as though James had really and truly fallen for Lily. "Er..."
"D'YOU THINK THAT I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO HER OR WHAT SHE DOES??" The sudden violent outburst from James jolted Harry out of his thoughts.
Harry felt his face heat up all over again as he glared at James, his glasses sliding down his nose. "You don't have to yell at me just because you fancy her!"
James spluttered. "I -"
Harry interrupted James. "You can deny it all you want, but I won't believe you! You married her, of course you fancy her!"
The silence that followed hit Harry like a ton of bricks. Stupid Harry, Stupid Harry, he chided to himself. He just told his dad that he married Lily, against what Dumbledore said, and totally breaking the rules of time travelling. He mentally slapped himself.
"Er. I'm going to bed." Harry ran as if a herd of centaurs was after him.
Alice had gone to brush her teeth. Lily sat in her bed, no longer crying, but sniffling softly. She closed her eyes.
"IT MATTERS! ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN LILY AND I IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!"
She bolted upright. The familiar voice had drifted up from the common room, and Lily cursed herself once again for making her mistake. Suddenly she wondered why Potter wasn't boasting about their- she shuddered- kiss.
"OF COURSE IT'S MY BUSINESS! DO YOU THINK I DON'T CARE FOR LILY?"
Lily started when she heard Harry's voice. A warm fuzzy feeling crept into her stomach. James and Harry were arguing about her?
Lily chided herself at what she just thought. It's Potter, not James.
A silence followed Harry's retort before Lily heard Potter's voice again, this time quieter. "And you think I don't? Do you know how much I care for her? D'you think that I don't think about her every second of my day?"
Lily stared at the ajar door. Did she just hear that? That was possibly the most touching thing anyone had ever said about her. Not that it matters, because it's Potter. But still a little corner of her heart seemed to soften towards the messy haired prankster of Gryffindor.
"Er..." Harry's voice again floated up the stairs.
"D'YOU THINK THAT I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO HER OR WHAT SHE DOES??" The harsh shouting made Lily cringe.
Harry's quiet voice lashed out. "You don't have to yell at me because you fancy her!" Lily smacked her forehead with her hand. Now Harry found out as well. She felt her heart sink. Now she wouldn't have a chance with him.
"I -"
"You can deny it all you want, but I won't believe you! You married her, of course you fancy her!"
Lily felt like a piano had just dropped onto her head. What did Harry just say? Married her? What was he talking about? Squeezing shut her eyes; she burrowed her head into the blankets and covered her ears.
I didn't hear that. I didn't hear that. I didn't hear that. I didn't hear that... She repeated the mantra to herself until she fell asleep.
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The much-awaited chapter done…Now that the secret's out, what'll happen? Oo ehehe. Not much. Oh well. Again, I'm eternally sorry that I haven't updated, as I've said, I've been incredibly bogged down with homework, tests, etc…and I've just been stressing out a lot…and on weekends I still have homework…which sucks…but anyway…and I admit I go on MSN too much…
Ack…it's just really hard to find time enough to sit down and type out a chapter. So here it is..I'll try to get a head start on my next chapter, eh? Mol…
~~bluehoax o.O
