Lily closed her eyes.
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" Cara shouted at Lily
"I was just having a bath."
"With the guy I told you to dump."
"Cara, shut up, it's my life and I'll date, see and sleep with who I want." Lily shouted at her.
"Lily, I'm just looking after you. I want the best for you and I'm telling you to dump that boy before he breaks your heart, I can see you falling in love with him. He's rich, fit-"
"And incredibly nice and sensitive." Lily finished for Cara.
"Not the words I was looking for." Cara said dangerously.
"I'm not doing what you want anymore Cara. I'm finished with this stuff, I told you before. I'm not having anything else to do with it" Lily said quietly.
"So why are you still living here?" Cara asked. Lily stayed quiet. "Lily, you know I'm looking out for your own welfare, when I met you, you didn't have a thing, all you had was a wand and a few smart looking clothes. I took you in and started looking after you. You can't leave me for some guy who'll probably get bored of you and dump you." Lily glared at Cara. She used the 'I looked after you' ploy every time and it worked every time. Lily didn't know how Cara managed to get her to do what she wanted. She knew she wasn't under a curse. Lily tried to blink back angry tears.
"I hate you so much." Lily said.
"You'll thank me for this one day." Cara said stubbornly. "Tomorrow you're going to break up with him and come searching with me. We have a busy schedule."
"I'm not breaking up with him." Lily said, storming to her room.
"You will break up with him and you will do what I say!" Cara said.
"It's my own life. If you keep bossing me around I'm going to go and move out on my own." Lily said, turning to face Cara.
"Fine you do that but you will come crawling back to me asking for forgiveness after that Potter guy breaks your heart." Cara said,
"He won't do that, he's not like that." Lily told her.
"Really? I believe that's why you didn't date him at school isn't I?" Cara said. Lily narrowed her eyes and went into her room slamming the door shut. Cara had no right to do this to her. Lily wasn't going to take it any more. There was no way that she could stay under the same roof as Cara. Lily got out her wand and flicked her wrist so that she was dry and changed into some casual Muggle clothes, so what if Cara had been the one to give her money or the one to pick her up off the streets, where Lily had ended up after school. Lily looked around the room and flicked her wand. A bag appeared on her bed and it filled with some clothes and the main things that Lily needed. Cosmetics, personal hygiene product, clothes, underwear and straightners. Why she had Muggle straightners was beyond Lily but she put them in anyway. Lily did up the bag and picked it up. She left her room angrily.
"Where are you going?" Cara asked as Lily headed for the door.
"I'm leaving." Lily said without looking at Cara.
"What!" Cara screamed in surprise and anger. "But you-"
"Bye Cara" Lily said as she tore open the door and slammed it behind her.
* * * *
James walked merrily up the steps to Lily's apartment. He held a bouquet of roses and hoped she wasn't in too much trouble. She looked like she was preparing for the worst the previous night and James felt bad about leaving. He knocked on the door and waited for a few moments. The door opened and Cara appeared in the doorway.
"Hi, is Lily in-" James started to say but was cut off when Cara slammed the door shut, "Ok." James said slowly. He knocked again.
"What do you want?" Cara asked cattily as she opened the door.
"Lily?" James asked.
"She's not here." Cara said,
"Ok, I'll leave these here for her, tell her I hope-"
"She moved out." Cara said.
"She what?" James asked in amazement.
"She moved out. What part of those three words don't you understand?" Cara said.
"When? Why? Where's she moved to?" James asked.
"She moved out last night, because of you and I don't know where she is because she was so angry last night she just left." Cara said darkly.
"Because of me? Why because of me?" James asked, "What did I do?"
"I don't know, why don't you ask her?" Cara shut the door. James stood staring at the door in utter amazement and shock. Lily had left? Where could she go? She'd already told him that she didn't actually have anywhere to go if she didn't live at this apartment. James dropped the flowers in shock and left the building. What was he going to do now that Lily was gone? Where had she gone?
* * * *
"It's alright mate, she'll come back." Sirius said. He put a hand on James' back. James had a bottle of firewhiskey at his side and a glass that was empty in his hand. Sirius looked at Remus uncertainly.
"Yeah, like you said, she loves you. She'll come back." Remus said.
"No one's seen her for nearly two weeks Moony." James said filling his glass again.
"No, I think you've had enough." Sirius said taking the bottle away and putting it under the bar. The bar was particularly busy tonight and the talk hummed through the air. James could think of nothing but Lily. She hadn't been in contact with anyone for two weeks and James was starting to really worry. There was the rise of some new dark lord that killed muggle borns, what if Lily had been caught up in it? James didn't even want to think about it.
"She left because of me!" James said hitting his head on the table.
"I'm sure you're not the reason she left." Remus said.
"Why hasn't she owled me or contacted me?" James asked.
"She doesn't have an owl?" Sirius asked.
"That's no excuse." James looked pitiful. Sirius and Remus looked at each other and sighed.
"Come on mate, lets get you upstairs, we'll look after the club for you." Remus said hauling James to his feet.
"No, I have to look after the club." James muttered but didn't stop Sirius and Remus from dragging him as best they could up the stairs and into the house that James owned above the club. They took him to his room and put him into the bed. James fell asleep almost instantly. Remus and Sirius looked at their friend in sympathy. Lily had broken his heart so many times but this had to be by far the worst thing she'd done.
"I knew she was trouble the moment she walked into the bar." Sirius said. "I knew she was trouble the moment we saw her in Diagon Alley" Remus said. "It's what she does, don't you remember. Get the boys completely in love and then leave them for someone better." He said bitterly.
"Hey, that's what I do though." Sirius said.
"Yeah, well." Remus muttered. "You're different. I like you."
"Well you didn't seem to hate Lily when you and her were almost inseparable." Sirius said with a smirk.
"That's the past, Padfoot." Remus said. "Something we shouldn't dwell on." The two took seats by the bar and got a glass of firewhiskey each.
"For Prongs." Sirius said
"For Prongs." Remus agreed with a smile. They both downed the firewhiskey and began to keep an eye on the club.
* * * *
Cara cursed Hamon for the third time that evening. He was really starting to get annoyed at the fact that she was taking her anger out on him. She couldn't deny the fact she was extremely worried for Lily and had wished she had never moved out. Cara had taken the bouquet that James had dropped to find a small note with them, inside the flowers saying something like he loved her more then life itself. Cara sighed and glared at Hamon.
"What?" Hamon said.
"It's all your fault you know!" Cara said.
"How is it my fault?"
"Because-" Cara said. She knew it was all her fault. Lily knew what she was doing, she had the perfect guy ready to scam. He loved her, he'd do anything for her and he was filthy rich. Cara had to screw it up didn't she? Cara let out a frustrated scream and grabbed a bag, she needed to get something to calm her down, anything! She left the apartment and went into Diagon Alley. Every young red headed girl she saw she would think was Lily until they turned around. None of them were half as pretty as Lily was. She also started looking for new possible partners, but again. None of them looked as clever as Lily, half of the girls would probably have only half a brain and fall for the first guy they scammed or give the game away. Lily had always been quick on the uptake and she'd actually do as Cara said, even if she did question it half the time.
Cara walked into the café where they had first met Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. That fateful day when they had bumped into Lily. Cara sat down to order a drink when that Quidditch Player, Sirius Black wondered over and sat opposite her.
"You're Lily's cousin aren't you?" Sirius Black asked
"Yeah." Cara said boredly.
"Has she spoken to you recently? Lily, I mean?" Sirius asked, his voice and eyes full of concern.
"No." Cara said,
"Why did she leave, really." Sirius asked, "Prongs, I mean James seems to think it was all his fault." Cara sighed and closed her eyes for a moment.
"We had an argument." Cara said, "I didn't want her seeing James and she did want to see James, we got into a huge row and she left." Sirius frowned.
"Why didn't you want her to see him. He's a great guy"
"When you know Lily as well as I do, you want the best for her. I don't know James at all so obviously I'm going to be a bit suspicious. I wish she'd just come back, I'd let her see him again, let her do what she wanted." Cara said. Sirius sighed and nodded.
"James feels the same, he's been drunk for two weeks. He's going to have one hell of a headache when he sobers up." Sirius said. "Well got to go. Got Quidditch practice." He said getting up and leaving the café. "Oh, have a drink on me." Sirius said throwing some money onto the table for Cara. Cara reached for it but hesitated, something in the back of her mind was telling her not to take the money. She shook her head and picked it up and called over a waiter, she didn't care for what was good or bad, she did care for Lily however, something that Cara had never actually realised the full extent of until Lily had left.
A/N:-ok, I know that doesn't follow the movie but I really wanted to make this story arc...as for Voldemort as some of you have been asking me. This is just a random thing, he does exist but in Lily and James's simple world in the world of the con he doesn't matter that much though you will hear a bit about him in the next few chapters
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" Cara shouted at Lily
"I was just having a bath."
"With the guy I told you to dump."
"Cara, shut up, it's my life and I'll date, see and sleep with who I want." Lily shouted at her.
"Lily, I'm just looking after you. I want the best for you and I'm telling you to dump that boy before he breaks your heart, I can see you falling in love with him. He's rich, fit-"
"And incredibly nice and sensitive." Lily finished for Cara.
"Not the words I was looking for." Cara said dangerously.
"I'm not doing what you want anymore Cara. I'm finished with this stuff, I told you before. I'm not having anything else to do with it" Lily said quietly.
"So why are you still living here?" Cara asked. Lily stayed quiet. "Lily, you know I'm looking out for your own welfare, when I met you, you didn't have a thing, all you had was a wand and a few smart looking clothes. I took you in and started looking after you. You can't leave me for some guy who'll probably get bored of you and dump you." Lily glared at Cara. She used the 'I looked after you' ploy every time and it worked every time. Lily didn't know how Cara managed to get her to do what she wanted. She knew she wasn't under a curse. Lily tried to blink back angry tears.
"I hate you so much." Lily said.
"You'll thank me for this one day." Cara said stubbornly. "Tomorrow you're going to break up with him and come searching with me. We have a busy schedule."
"I'm not breaking up with him." Lily said, storming to her room.
"You will break up with him and you will do what I say!" Cara said.
"It's my own life. If you keep bossing me around I'm going to go and move out on my own." Lily said, turning to face Cara.
"Fine you do that but you will come crawling back to me asking for forgiveness after that Potter guy breaks your heart." Cara said,
"He won't do that, he's not like that." Lily told her.
"Really? I believe that's why you didn't date him at school isn't I?" Cara said. Lily narrowed her eyes and went into her room slamming the door shut. Cara had no right to do this to her. Lily wasn't going to take it any more. There was no way that she could stay under the same roof as Cara. Lily got out her wand and flicked her wrist so that she was dry and changed into some casual Muggle clothes, so what if Cara had been the one to give her money or the one to pick her up off the streets, where Lily had ended up after school. Lily looked around the room and flicked her wand. A bag appeared on her bed and it filled with some clothes and the main things that Lily needed. Cosmetics, personal hygiene product, clothes, underwear and straightners. Why she had Muggle straightners was beyond Lily but she put them in anyway. Lily did up the bag and picked it up. She left her room angrily.
"Where are you going?" Cara asked as Lily headed for the door.
"I'm leaving." Lily said without looking at Cara.
"What!" Cara screamed in surprise and anger. "But you-"
"Bye Cara" Lily said as she tore open the door and slammed it behind her.
* * * *
James walked merrily up the steps to Lily's apartment. He held a bouquet of roses and hoped she wasn't in too much trouble. She looked like she was preparing for the worst the previous night and James felt bad about leaving. He knocked on the door and waited for a few moments. The door opened and Cara appeared in the doorway.
"Hi, is Lily in-" James started to say but was cut off when Cara slammed the door shut, "Ok." James said slowly. He knocked again.
"What do you want?" Cara asked cattily as she opened the door.
"Lily?" James asked.
"She's not here." Cara said,
"Ok, I'll leave these here for her, tell her I hope-"
"She moved out." Cara said.
"She what?" James asked in amazement.
"She moved out. What part of those three words don't you understand?" Cara said.
"When? Why? Where's she moved to?" James asked.
"She moved out last night, because of you and I don't know where she is because she was so angry last night she just left." Cara said darkly.
"Because of me? Why because of me?" James asked, "What did I do?"
"I don't know, why don't you ask her?" Cara shut the door. James stood staring at the door in utter amazement and shock. Lily had left? Where could she go? She'd already told him that she didn't actually have anywhere to go if she didn't live at this apartment. James dropped the flowers in shock and left the building. What was he going to do now that Lily was gone? Where had she gone?
* * * *
"It's alright mate, she'll come back." Sirius said. He put a hand on James' back. James had a bottle of firewhiskey at his side and a glass that was empty in his hand. Sirius looked at Remus uncertainly.
"Yeah, like you said, she loves you. She'll come back." Remus said.
"No one's seen her for nearly two weeks Moony." James said filling his glass again.
"No, I think you've had enough." Sirius said taking the bottle away and putting it under the bar. The bar was particularly busy tonight and the talk hummed through the air. James could think of nothing but Lily. She hadn't been in contact with anyone for two weeks and James was starting to really worry. There was the rise of some new dark lord that killed muggle borns, what if Lily had been caught up in it? James didn't even want to think about it.
"She left because of me!" James said hitting his head on the table.
"I'm sure you're not the reason she left." Remus said.
"Why hasn't she owled me or contacted me?" James asked.
"She doesn't have an owl?" Sirius asked.
"That's no excuse." James looked pitiful. Sirius and Remus looked at each other and sighed.
"Come on mate, lets get you upstairs, we'll look after the club for you." Remus said hauling James to his feet.
"No, I have to look after the club." James muttered but didn't stop Sirius and Remus from dragging him as best they could up the stairs and into the house that James owned above the club. They took him to his room and put him into the bed. James fell asleep almost instantly. Remus and Sirius looked at their friend in sympathy. Lily had broken his heart so many times but this had to be by far the worst thing she'd done.
"I knew she was trouble the moment she walked into the bar." Sirius said. "I knew she was trouble the moment we saw her in Diagon Alley" Remus said. "It's what she does, don't you remember. Get the boys completely in love and then leave them for someone better." He said bitterly.
"Hey, that's what I do though." Sirius said.
"Yeah, well." Remus muttered. "You're different. I like you."
"Well you didn't seem to hate Lily when you and her were almost inseparable." Sirius said with a smirk.
"That's the past, Padfoot." Remus said. "Something we shouldn't dwell on." The two took seats by the bar and got a glass of firewhiskey each.
"For Prongs." Sirius said
"For Prongs." Remus agreed with a smile. They both downed the firewhiskey and began to keep an eye on the club.
* * * *
Cara cursed Hamon for the third time that evening. He was really starting to get annoyed at the fact that she was taking her anger out on him. She couldn't deny the fact she was extremely worried for Lily and had wished she had never moved out. Cara had taken the bouquet that James had dropped to find a small note with them, inside the flowers saying something like he loved her more then life itself. Cara sighed and glared at Hamon.
"What?" Hamon said.
"It's all your fault you know!" Cara said.
"How is it my fault?"
"Because-" Cara said. She knew it was all her fault. Lily knew what she was doing, she had the perfect guy ready to scam. He loved her, he'd do anything for her and he was filthy rich. Cara had to screw it up didn't she? Cara let out a frustrated scream and grabbed a bag, she needed to get something to calm her down, anything! She left the apartment and went into Diagon Alley. Every young red headed girl she saw she would think was Lily until they turned around. None of them were half as pretty as Lily was. She also started looking for new possible partners, but again. None of them looked as clever as Lily, half of the girls would probably have only half a brain and fall for the first guy they scammed or give the game away. Lily had always been quick on the uptake and she'd actually do as Cara said, even if she did question it half the time.
Cara walked into the café where they had first met Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. That fateful day when they had bumped into Lily. Cara sat down to order a drink when that Quidditch Player, Sirius Black wondered over and sat opposite her.
"You're Lily's cousin aren't you?" Sirius Black asked
"Yeah." Cara said boredly.
"Has she spoken to you recently? Lily, I mean?" Sirius asked, his voice and eyes full of concern.
"No." Cara said,
"Why did she leave, really." Sirius asked, "Prongs, I mean James seems to think it was all his fault." Cara sighed and closed her eyes for a moment.
"We had an argument." Cara said, "I didn't want her seeing James and she did want to see James, we got into a huge row and she left." Sirius frowned.
"Why didn't you want her to see him. He's a great guy"
"When you know Lily as well as I do, you want the best for her. I don't know James at all so obviously I'm going to be a bit suspicious. I wish she'd just come back, I'd let her see him again, let her do what she wanted." Cara said. Sirius sighed and nodded.
"James feels the same, he's been drunk for two weeks. He's going to have one hell of a headache when he sobers up." Sirius said. "Well got to go. Got Quidditch practice." He said getting up and leaving the café. "Oh, have a drink on me." Sirius said throwing some money onto the table for Cara. Cara reached for it but hesitated, something in the back of her mind was telling her not to take the money. She shook her head and picked it up and called over a waiter, she didn't care for what was good or bad, she did care for Lily however, something that Cara had never actually realised the full extent of until Lily had left.
A/N:-ok, I know that doesn't follow the movie but I really wanted to make this story arc...as for Voldemort as some of you have been asking me. This is just a random thing, he does exist but in Lily and James's simple world in the world of the con he doesn't matter that much though you will hear a bit about him in the next few chapters