Danny stared at Lily in complete horror.
Oh God. . . She knew.
Sirius hid a smile, making himself more comfortable in his seat.
James, Remus and Peter chose that moment to burst in through the Portrait Hole, laughing at something or another. However, they soon shut up, wondering what the silence in the Common Room was about.
Sirius held up a hand and beckoned for them to join him.
"I. . . um. . ." Danny mumbled unintelligently.
"So this is what all that stuff what about last night? All that 'Don't listen to whatever you hear, just remember I love you'?" she demanded. "You seriously think I'm just going to let this blow over?"
"What's happened?" Remus whispered to Sirius, not taking his eyes of Lily.
"You haven't heard?" Sirius asked.
"No. . . We were just finishing up that potion to make Snape's. . . " Peter trailed off, and shook his head impatiently. "Look, nevermind, what's happening here?"
"Lily's just found out that Noonan's been shagging someone else," Sirius explained quietly.
James's eyes widened, and he spluttered. "W-What? HIM? With. . . With someone else? Behind Lily's-?! . . . I'll kill him."
"No you won't," Sirius said impatiently. "If anything, this is good for you, mate. Looks like you in with a chance. Now the lot of you shut up, so I can hear what they're saying."
"Erm. . . Lils? Why don't we discuss this somewhere more private?" Danny said, glancing worriedly at all the people who were staring at them.
Others had come up from the Great Hall, and were gathering around them, hurriedly catching up on what they'd missed from others.
"More private?" Lily repeated. "What, and have you put on your innocent act, and swear to me that you need me?"
"I do need you!" he insisted. "I. . . I love you, Lily."
"Shut up!" she growled. "Don't you DARE say that to me, after what you did. You disgust me. You are such a hypocrite, too-!"
"I know-"
"After you went on and on! You were so paranoid!" she interrupted him. " 'Don't be friends with James! Don't talk to James! Don't go anywhere with James! I don't want you getting involved with James!' " she mimicked. "And you accused me! YOU accused ME-!"
"I'm sorry! I am so, SO sorry. . . Please, Lily. We really have to talk. Not here. Somewhere else. Me and you, we really have to talk!"
"You bloody accused me of anything you could think of, and YOU were the one sleeping around!"
He frowned "I was not! It was one time, and it was a mistake! A mistake! Surely you even make those, Lily!"
She glared at him. "A mistake?" she snapped. "Pretty big mistake, wasn't it?" She shook her head, sneering at him. "Y'know what? I don't care. Move. Get out of my way."
"No!" he exclaimed, snatching her wrist as she tried to storm up the stairs to her dorm.
"Don't TOUCH me!" she yelled, grabbing her arm out of his grasp.
"Look Lily, you do not know how sorry I am! I was just. . . just. . . I was out of my mind! You were with him, and I thought that was it. I thought I'd lost you. It was insane, and. . . I - I want to talk about this!"
"What's there to talk about?" she demanded. "You got jealous, you got drunk, you got laid. It was your revenge."
Danny swallowed, trying to ignore the still gathering crowd in the Common Room, who were staring at them, open mouthed.
"I. . . I. . ." he said quickly, then ducked as Lily threw a heavy book at his head. "Lily!" he exclaimed.
"I can't BELIEVE you!" She hurled yet another book, and he raised his arms to protect himself.
James glanced at Sirius. "Should I do something?" he whispered.
Sirius snorted. "Yeah. Make sure you never cheat on Lily."
"I am SO sorry," Danny insisted. "I swear, I hate myself."
"I hate you more!" she yelled viciously.
He shook his head. "Please don't that. Please. She meant nothing-"
"Don't even SAY that line," Lily growled.
Danny looked at her frantically, trying to figure out what he could say. Finally, he just got annoyed. "You know, this wouldn't have even happened if you hadn't gotten involved with that prick, Potter," he snapped.
All eyes in the Common Room turned to James, who gave a guilty smile, and waved weakly.
"Don't you dare make out this is my fault," Lily said. "And do NOT bring James into this."
"No, we will bring him into this. Had you not become friends with him, nothing would have happened," Danny replied.
"I thought you were begging for my forgiveness?" Lily snapped.
"I am!"
"Okay. So say I had slept with James, would you forgive me?"
Danny hesitated, frowning slightly. "Erm. . ." he said slowly. He looked at Lily, and paused. He opened his mouth, knowing that the answer was going to kill him. "Ye-"
And suddenly Lily cut him off, by shaking her head, and letting the next book she had been preparing to throw at him fall onto the floor.
Danny, thinking he had finally gotten somewhere, looked at her hopefully.
"Actually. . ." she said, suddenly sounding a lot calmer. "I shouldn't be doing this. I shouldn't be going crazy at you like this. . ."
"What?" Kim exclaimed, from her spot where she was stood with Courtney. "Of course you should be doing this! He cheated on you!"
The Common Room murmured their agreement, which resulted in Danny glaring at the lot of them.
"No," Lily said heavily. "Because. . . You know what Danny, you weren't being completely paranoid when you. . . I do like James. A lot."
She rolled her eyes as he set his jaw, and the familiar look of jealously and loathing came into his eyes.
James couldn't fight back the triumphant grin that was tugging at his mouth.
She fell into a chair, looking thoughtful.
"What?" Danny said coldly. "You mean you just gave me all this-? You mean you threw this little tantrum, when really you're as bad as me?"
"I am NOT as bad as you," Lily hissed. "Because I tried to fight what I felt for him, because of YOU. Because I didn't want to hurt you."
That shut Danny up.
"And sure, I kissed him, but you would not believe how guilty I felt afterwards. And I shouldn't have! What was the point when you-?"
"You WHAT?" Danny snapped, before turning in the direction of the Marauders and lunging at James.
"Oh for God's sake. . ." Lily groaned, as Danny grabbed James by the front of his robes and pinned him to the floor.
"Oi!" James exclaimed, indignantly, then the air was knocked out of him as Danny punched him in the stomach.
The people watching crowded around them, preparing to see a fight.
"Bastard," James managed to gasp, as Danny punched him in the face.
"Me?" Danny cried, grabbing the collar of James' robes and hoisting his head up, dangerously close to his face. "You're the one whose been fooling around with my girlfriend!" he yelled, shoving James away, so that his head hit the ground with a great force.
"Get off him!" Lily said, making to grab Danny off James, but Matt grabbed her around the waist.
"Don't," he instructed. "Don't get involved with Daniel when he's like that."
"Fooling around?" James snapped, somehow managing to push Danny off him, then flip him over so that James was the one pinning Danny to the floor. "YOU were the one who-"
"Get off me," Danny demanded, then made to grab his wand, which was laying a few metres away.
James responded by punching him as many times as he could - wherever he could - before Sirius grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him backwards.
"Padfoot, move!" James yelled, trying as hard as he could to free himself from Sirius' grasp.
"No," Sirius said curtly. "'Cause if I don't, he'll end up dead. And if he ends up dead, you'll end up expelled. SO. . . 'fraid not, mate."
Danny scrambled to his feet, hastily wiping blood away from his nose. "Kill me? I doubt THAT," he smirked.
Lily shook her head, grabbing him by the arm and pulling him as far away from James as she could manage. "That is enough," she snapped. "Why can't you grow up?"
"Me? You're still blaming me? After you're as much to blame as me?"
"She did nothing wrong," James snarled.
"Shut it, Potter."
Lily sighed heavily. "I don't care, anymore. Fine, I'll take just as much blame as you. Does that make you happy?"
Danny's eyes softened. "No. . ." he murmured. "I don't want-"
"You should go to the nurse, or something," Lily said dully. "You too, James."
"I'm not going anywhere," Danny said defiantly.
"Just GO."
"No! We still need to talk! Properly-"
"There's nothing to talk about," Lily mumbled. "Just forget about it, Danny. Go back to your little girlfriend. I'm sure she'll welcome you with open arms."
A girl in the crowd - one of Melanie's friends - snorted. "Doubt it," she snapped. "He used a memory charm on her, 'cause he was too pathetic to let anyone find out, the sicko!"
Danny ignored her. "Lil, you can't say we're finished," he said slowly. "We've been together for. . . AGES. Forever. You can't throw that away-"
"I just did," she cut him off, pushing past him and marching up to her dorm.
~*~
Hel-lo! LoL. Thanks for all the reviews! Hmm. .. You seem to like the fact Lily found out, then. Anyone, I can't say much, 'cause I'm supposed to be writing an English essay. Due for tomorrow. Not started it yet. Sigh. So now I get to go get lost in Romeo and Juliet. . . Remember to review, please!
Oh God. . . She knew.
Sirius hid a smile, making himself more comfortable in his seat.
James, Remus and Peter chose that moment to burst in through the Portrait Hole, laughing at something or another. However, they soon shut up, wondering what the silence in the Common Room was about.
Sirius held up a hand and beckoned for them to join him.
"I. . . um. . ." Danny mumbled unintelligently.
"So this is what all that stuff what about last night? All that 'Don't listen to whatever you hear, just remember I love you'?" she demanded. "You seriously think I'm just going to let this blow over?"
"What's happened?" Remus whispered to Sirius, not taking his eyes of Lily.
"You haven't heard?" Sirius asked.
"No. . . We were just finishing up that potion to make Snape's. . . " Peter trailed off, and shook his head impatiently. "Look, nevermind, what's happening here?"
"Lily's just found out that Noonan's been shagging someone else," Sirius explained quietly.
James's eyes widened, and he spluttered. "W-What? HIM? With. . . With someone else? Behind Lily's-?! . . . I'll kill him."
"No you won't," Sirius said impatiently. "If anything, this is good for you, mate. Looks like you in with a chance. Now the lot of you shut up, so I can hear what they're saying."
"Erm. . . Lils? Why don't we discuss this somewhere more private?" Danny said, glancing worriedly at all the people who were staring at them.
Others had come up from the Great Hall, and were gathering around them, hurriedly catching up on what they'd missed from others.
"More private?" Lily repeated. "What, and have you put on your innocent act, and swear to me that you need me?"
"I do need you!" he insisted. "I. . . I love you, Lily."
"Shut up!" she growled. "Don't you DARE say that to me, after what you did. You disgust me. You are such a hypocrite, too-!"
"I know-"
"After you went on and on! You were so paranoid!" she interrupted him. " 'Don't be friends with James! Don't talk to James! Don't go anywhere with James! I don't want you getting involved with James!' " she mimicked. "And you accused me! YOU accused ME-!"
"I'm sorry! I am so, SO sorry. . . Please, Lily. We really have to talk. Not here. Somewhere else. Me and you, we really have to talk!"
"You bloody accused me of anything you could think of, and YOU were the one sleeping around!"
He frowned "I was not! It was one time, and it was a mistake! A mistake! Surely you even make those, Lily!"
She glared at him. "A mistake?" she snapped. "Pretty big mistake, wasn't it?" She shook her head, sneering at him. "Y'know what? I don't care. Move. Get out of my way."
"No!" he exclaimed, snatching her wrist as she tried to storm up the stairs to her dorm.
"Don't TOUCH me!" she yelled, grabbing her arm out of his grasp.
"Look Lily, you do not know how sorry I am! I was just. . . just. . . I was out of my mind! You were with him, and I thought that was it. I thought I'd lost you. It was insane, and. . . I - I want to talk about this!"
"What's there to talk about?" she demanded. "You got jealous, you got drunk, you got laid. It was your revenge."
Danny swallowed, trying to ignore the still gathering crowd in the Common Room, who were staring at them, open mouthed.
"I. . . I. . ." he said quickly, then ducked as Lily threw a heavy book at his head. "Lily!" he exclaimed.
"I can't BELIEVE you!" She hurled yet another book, and he raised his arms to protect himself.
James glanced at Sirius. "Should I do something?" he whispered.
Sirius snorted. "Yeah. Make sure you never cheat on Lily."
"I am SO sorry," Danny insisted. "I swear, I hate myself."
"I hate you more!" she yelled viciously.
He shook his head. "Please don't that. Please. She meant nothing-"
"Don't even SAY that line," Lily growled.
Danny looked at her frantically, trying to figure out what he could say. Finally, he just got annoyed. "You know, this wouldn't have even happened if you hadn't gotten involved with that prick, Potter," he snapped.
All eyes in the Common Room turned to James, who gave a guilty smile, and waved weakly.
"Don't you dare make out this is my fault," Lily said. "And do NOT bring James into this."
"No, we will bring him into this. Had you not become friends with him, nothing would have happened," Danny replied.
"I thought you were begging for my forgiveness?" Lily snapped.
"I am!"
"Okay. So say I had slept with James, would you forgive me?"
Danny hesitated, frowning slightly. "Erm. . ." he said slowly. He looked at Lily, and paused. He opened his mouth, knowing that the answer was going to kill him. "Ye-"
And suddenly Lily cut him off, by shaking her head, and letting the next book she had been preparing to throw at him fall onto the floor.
Danny, thinking he had finally gotten somewhere, looked at her hopefully.
"Actually. . ." she said, suddenly sounding a lot calmer. "I shouldn't be doing this. I shouldn't be going crazy at you like this. . ."
"What?" Kim exclaimed, from her spot where she was stood with Courtney. "Of course you should be doing this! He cheated on you!"
The Common Room murmured their agreement, which resulted in Danny glaring at the lot of them.
"No," Lily said heavily. "Because. . . You know what Danny, you weren't being completely paranoid when you. . . I do like James. A lot."
She rolled her eyes as he set his jaw, and the familiar look of jealously and loathing came into his eyes.
James couldn't fight back the triumphant grin that was tugging at his mouth.
She fell into a chair, looking thoughtful.
"What?" Danny said coldly. "You mean you just gave me all this-? You mean you threw this little tantrum, when really you're as bad as me?"
"I am NOT as bad as you," Lily hissed. "Because I tried to fight what I felt for him, because of YOU. Because I didn't want to hurt you."
That shut Danny up.
"And sure, I kissed him, but you would not believe how guilty I felt afterwards. And I shouldn't have! What was the point when you-?"
"You WHAT?" Danny snapped, before turning in the direction of the Marauders and lunging at James.
"Oh for God's sake. . ." Lily groaned, as Danny grabbed James by the front of his robes and pinned him to the floor.
"Oi!" James exclaimed, indignantly, then the air was knocked out of him as Danny punched him in the stomach.
The people watching crowded around them, preparing to see a fight.
"Bastard," James managed to gasp, as Danny punched him in the face.
"Me?" Danny cried, grabbing the collar of James' robes and hoisting his head up, dangerously close to his face. "You're the one whose been fooling around with my girlfriend!" he yelled, shoving James away, so that his head hit the ground with a great force.
"Get off him!" Lily said, making to grab Danny off James, but Matt grabbed her around the waist.
"Don't," he instructed. "Don't get involved with Daniel when he's like that."
"Fooling around?" James snapped, somehow managing to push Danny off him, then flip him over so that James was the one pinning Danny to the floor. "YOU were the one who-"
"Get off me," Danny demanded, then made to grab his wand, which was laying a few metres away.
James responded by punching him as many times as he could - wherever he could - before Sirius grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him backwards.
"Padfoot, move!" James yelled, trying as hard as he could to free himself from Sirius' grasp.
"No," Sirius said curtly. "'Cause if I don't, he'll end up dead. And if he ends up dead, you'll end up expelled. SO. . . 'fraid not, mate."
Danny scrambled to his feet, hastily wiping blood away from his nose. "Kill me? I doubt THAT," he smirked.
Lily shook her head, grabbing him by the arm and pulling him as far away from James as she could manage. "That is enough," she snapped. "Why can't you grow up?"
"Me? You're still blaming me? After you're as much to blame as me?"
"She did nothing wrong," James snarled.
"Shut it, Potter."
Lily sighed heavily. "I don't care, anymore. Fine, I'll take just as much blame as you. Does that make you happy?"
Danny's eyes softened. "No. . ." he murmured. "I don't want-"
"You should go to the nurse, or something," Lily said dully. "You too, James."
"I'm not going anywhere," Danny said defiantly.
"Just GO."
"No! We still need to talk! Properly-"
"There's nothing to talk about," Lily mumbled. "Just forget about it, Danny. Go back to your little girlfriend. I'm sure she'll welcome you with open arms."
A girl in the crowd - one of Melanie's friends - snorted. "Doubt it," she snapped. "He used a memory charm on her, 'cause he was too pathetic to let anyone find out, the sicko!"
Danny ignored her. "Lil, you can't say we're finished," he said slowly. "We've been together for. . . AGES. Forever. You can't throw that away-"
"I just did," she cut him off, pushing past him and marching up to her dorm.
~*~
Hel-lo! LoL. Thanks for all the reviews! Hmm. .. You seem to like the fact Lily found out, then. Anyone, I can't say much, 'cause I'm supposed to be writing an English essay. Due for tomorrow. Not started it yet. Sigh. So now I get to go get lost in Romeo and Juliet. . . Remember to review, please!