Authors Note: Hmm, writing this before I type up the chapter so yeah. here
are the people I wish to thank:
Voided- Maybe I will send it to her, if I can find out how to get in contact with her and hope that she has time to read it. Sorry about the cliffy-ness of it all, I just didn't want to include this whole next chapter in the last one.
I o u a name- Attempting to dear, attempting to.
Poetbrit- Cute was the purpose, James' Redemption. ooh, that could be the title. * cackle *
Ggal- Yes, this is Jamesy-poo's forgiveness. apology bit, whatever. There is more then Sirius to this, they're from different houses, their personalities are so very opposite its scary. you'll start to understand soon, its one of the major sub-plots that ties in with the major plot.* sigh * it's complicated, please be patient. I cackled because of the Snape stuff.
Tweety bird- Overall eh? Meh. Sorry, Lily & James lovey-dovey crap isn't a thing I really want this early in the story, because its only been like a week since Lily found Arabella and I have other plans. I might have gotten glamour from Anita Blake, because I do read them, or I might have gotten it from The Craft, I do not know where, only that it is part of my mental vocabulary. What does it matter any way?
Jctigerwolf4e- Woah. That's a lot of complimentary words and they are all in caps. ^_^! * beams * I'm doing my best to get the chapters out as fast as I can.
Anarane- Yes, she does. But she's stubborn.
Black Snow- Whee, new reviewer. Thanks, I'm glad you like fluff; I'm slowly trying to incorporate it into the story because it's more a drama then a romance, at least in my eyes. I'm trying not to have the main topic be Lily and James getting together, or it would bore me, so I make other things the major idea.
Mademoiselle Mort- Yes, I know and I apologize.
Kristatwen- Hey! You've returned! Long time no see. Sorry for the cliffhanger, I'm doing my best to update quickly.
Liz411- Two year olds are cute though! Heh. New reviewer! Yay!
Black-cat-on-the-wall- Trying to update on weekends; Fridays and Saturdays specifically, unless I have a billion tons of homework and no time to.
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Redemption and Disgrace
"Lily?" Catherine's voice called her out of her memories.
Lily looked up and saw everyone looking at her curiously. Lily could feel tears on her face and said, "I must have fallen asleep," and then wiped her face with her hands. She looked around; James was standing over by the stairs as if he'd frozen in his tracks. Remus, Sirius and Frank were still seated at the table looking expectantly at her. Catherine was crouched next to her and Arabella was still in the kitchen looking ornery.
"Why were you crying?" James asked quietly. He'd come down the stairs to see everyone gathered around the kitchen table and Lily slumped over twitching slightly as if crying and then Catherine had gone to see if she was all right.
Lily blinked and said quietly, "I don't know." It technically wasn't a lie; she didn't know why she'd been crying. She thought it was just her memory but she wasn't about to announce it to the world, she would have to explain it, in detail and there was already too much tension in the room.
James didn't want to say anything to make Lily any angrier with him so he kept his doubts to himself and nodded his head. Changing the subject James said, "Maybe we should just get this over with." To his utmost surprise Lily nodded and turned to glance at Remus who looked slightly confused.
"Lily won't let me apologize to her until I apologize to you Remus," James said and looked down at his shoes.
Remus raised an eyebrow at this and said, "Do you really want to apologize to me James or is it just because Lily told you to?" He didn't look at all happy with the situation.
James knew he should have just started with his apology because how he'd said it made Remus believe he was just a pawn in a game to get to Lily. He sighed, "Remus you are one of my best friends and you should know by now that any apology I give, I mean and I fully intended to apologize to you before Lily had said anything to make it feel like an uncomfortable obligation," James said and looked at Remus to see if he would even listen to anything that he had to say.
Remus sighed, it was hard to remain angry at James Potter and so he said, "Continue," even though he didn't need to hear the apology and looking over at Lily made him wonder if she needed to hear it either because she was looking down at the table uncomfortably.
James sighed and glanced at Lily, all he could see of her face was her cheek; her fiery hair tumbling down her shoulders obscured the rest. He turned back to Remus and began. "I've acted like an insufferable git towards you Remus. I was jealous of you when I shouldn't have been and it was extremely wrong of me to use anything I've ever learned or guessed about you against you. It was entirely unfair of me to do and say what I did because of my ego or my wounded pride. I'm sorry that I acted the fool, will you forgive me?" James said and looked at Remus hopefully.
Remus sighed and thought that it was a very good apology. "Yes James, you should have known I didn't need it," he said and smiled genially.
James smiled back. Of course he knew but it needed to be said for many reasons. He looked to Lily who wasn't looking at him or Remus but at the floor. "Lily-," he began but she interrupted him. "Perhaps it would be better to have this conversation in private," she whispered and stood up slowly.
"Okay," James said and could have breathed a sigh of relief but refrained from it. Lily walked over to him and took his hand leading him outside. "Where are we going?" he asked as they walked off Arabella's property.
"Into the park," Lily said quietly and they walked in silence for a few moments before Lily stopped walking and looked at James. She wasn't entirely sure she would be able to listen to James' apology without breaking down in tears and she didn't want to explain why she'd had her change of heart.
James watched as Lily seemed to have an internal debate and quietly asked, "Would you like me to apologize now?" He watched her nod very briefly and was amazed at how beautiful she looked as the orange glow of the setting sun lit up her hair. "Lily, I know that I acted like a prat today toward you and Remus. I shouldn't have acted how I did this morning when you said that you and Remus had been talking. I was jealous because you'd remembered things about him and nothing about me, or at least nothing complimentary and I should have let you remember in your own time rather than forcing it from you," James said and he couldn't look at her. He wished that she would say something, but was overly shocked when she actually did.
"The thing by the lake isn't the only thing I've remembered," Lily whispered and sat down on the cool grass.
"What?" James said his eyes wide with shock.
"I should probably tell you about the lake incident first," Lily said and motioned for James to sit down and he did.
"Okay," James said and watched her wring her hands nervously.
"You and Sirius were messing with Snape and I was sick of it. So I went to stop you. You told me that the only way you would leave him alone was if I went on a date with you. I hated you, I wasn't about to accept and I told you I would rather date the giant squid. Snape said he didn't need my help and so I left," Lily said leaving out a few of the details.
James knew she'd left something out but decided not to press the matter. "Is that all?" James asked quietly and wished he could just hold her, just for a moment, because he wanted to comfort her, to be close to her.
"That happened after your O.W.L.'s when I was in my fourth year. During my fifth year my parents died," Lily said and this time James too her hand firmly in his to comfort her. "I got the letter during the Halloween feast but didn't open it until later when I was alone in the common room. I was crying, trying not to be heard, curled up in an armchair near the fire and you came down the stairs. You should behind the chair and I tried to hide my face. I didn't want you to see me but you didn't leave and the letter fell into your lap while I wasn't looking. You told me you didn't mean to read it and that I wasn't alone; that your parents had died the previous summer. You distracted me by turning a Sickle into a lily and." she trailed off unsure of how to phrase what had happened.
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to," James said quietly even though his curiosity was killing him. 'I'd been alone with a beautiful girl in the common room that he liked, what happened?' his thoughts screamed at him and he tried not to look overly anxious.
Lily finally looked up, there was a sheen of tears in her eyes and she said, "You held me there on the couch until we both fell asleep." She looked down at her hands and covered her face, as she was unable to refrain from crying any longer.
James slowly pulled her into his arms and held her while she cried. "Shh, Lily it will be okay," he whispered and kissed her forehead softly.
Slowly Lily calmed down enough to say, "That was how we became friends James, that night in the common room. It wasn't possible to hate you after that even if I had tired. Catherine was so annoyed with me for that but she couldn't hate you either, or at least not for that. She might have disliked you on principal because you were popular and a Gryffindor but after that night she didn't hate you," Lily was beginning to ramble and her eyes were starting to glaze over. "I'm so tired James. I just want to go home," she said and looked up at him.
Looking into Lily's eyes James felt his heart jump in his chest and something else come loose inside him and seem to float around her. "You are so beautiful its impossible to describe," James whispered and wanted to kiss her but wasn't about to kiss her if she didn't want him to.
Lily wanted to kiss him but she was sick of making the first move in their 'relationship'. "We should probably let them know we haven't killed each other yet," Lily whispered as she touched his cheek gently.
"That might be a good idea," James whispered back to her bringing one of his own hands up to her cheek and caressing the smooth skin with his thumb. "But I think I have a better one," he muttered barely a breath away from her lips- "James! Lily!" called a voice and James pulled away saying, "Sirius has the worst bloody timing," and Sirius came into view.
"There's been a problem," Sirius said looking sheepishly at Lily and James, he knew he'd interrupted something big and chastised himself for it, but the horrible timing couldn't be helped.
Lily closed her eyes and muttered, "Catherine."
As James and Lily walked out of Arabella's house the others watched wondering what was going to happen. "Why do you think they went outside?" Catherine asked curiously.
"Are you stupid or just dense?" Arabella snapped back; she had no desire to make Catherine Mcgeoghegan feel wanted in her house and was tempted to kick her out.
"Didn't your parents teach you it was rude to answer a question with a question Arabella?" Catherine replied silkily.
"Don't talk about my parents. You don't have the right," Arabella said angrily and pulled her wand from her pocket.
Catherine raised her eyebrows. "Doesn't take much to get your fire going does it Arabella," Catherine stated her voice effortless and cool.
"Bella sweetheart, calm down," Sirius said calmly standing up.
"I don't want to calm down! I'm sick and tired of her always sniping at me. I'm sick and tired of her period," Arabella said her wand still pointed at Catherine who hadn't moved and was looking extremely amused.
"Don't do anything you'll regret in the morning Figg," Catherine said quietly.
"Catherine, stop baiting her!" Sirius shouted looking at her quickly.
"I asked a simple question. I do believe that it was Miss Figg who started with the sarcastic comments dear Sirius," Catherine said loftily, as if the scene taking place before her couldn't have made her bat an eye.
"Don't talk to him," Arabella hissed and gripped her wand tightly in her hand.
"What? Do you think that just my speaking to your boyfriend is going to make him switch lovers? Or is it just misplaced jealousy?" Catherine said with a smirk.
"Catherine-," Sirius began but Arabella had already shouted, "Stupefy!" at Catherine who had no chance to respond or duck and collapsed onto the floor.
"Damnit Bella! What is your problem?" Sirius asked as he bent down to see if Catherine was seriously injured.
"Get away from her!" Arabella said fiercely.
"Bella, I think it might be time for you to go take a nap," Remus whispered quietly and kept an eye on Arabella's wand incase she got the idea to give him the same treatment.
"Don't get me started Remus," Arabella said angrily.
"Remus, take Catherine to James' house with Frank through the Floo Network. I'll go find James and Lily. Bella, I don't even know what to say to you at this moment," Sirius said looking at Arabella in a very disappointed manner before he ran out of the house calling for James and Lily.
When Sirius found James and Lily they were sitting on the grass and he felt like kicked Arabella for rising to Catherine's antagonism and kicking Catherine for being Catherine. "There's been a problem," he said looking at Lily awkwardly.
Lily's eyes closed and she muttered, "Catherine." She opened her eyes and looked at James. "We'd better go back," she said and James nodded. They climbed to their feet and started back toward the house quickly. "What happened?" she asked but she had a feeling that it had something to do with Arabella.
"Catherine was being Catherine and she and Bella got into it. Bella overreacted, though she will never admit it, and then she Stupefied Catherine," Sirius said and sighed. "Remus is taking Catherine to your house James," he said looking at James expectantly.
James sighed, "Alright," he said remember what lily had said. "Let's sort Bella out and go deal with Catherine," he said and looked and Lily and Sirius who both had their eyebrows raised at him, they had been expecting him to protest, loudly, but he didn't.
They walked back into Arabella's house and Frank and Remus had already taken Catherine to James' house and Arabella was pacing the kitchen angrily. "Bella?" Lily said when they got inside and she spotted her cloak and diary sitting by the kitchen table.
"I want you out of here Lily. It's your fault she was here in the first place," Arabella said pointing to the grate which was still lit with the fire Remus and Frank had used.
"Bella hold on a second," Lily protested quickly.
"No, I will not wait a second. I want you gone," Arabella said her eyes glinting furiously.
"If that's what you want, find," Lily said and put her cloak on, clutched her diary tightly and walked over to the grate, grabbed a fistful of Floo powder and said, "See you Bella," and then she threw the glittering dust into the flames which glowed emerald green. "Godric's Hollow," she shouted and stepped into the fire disappearing to James' house.
"That really wasn't necessary Bella. Don't forget your responsibility to help Lily with learning magic, Dumbledore will be disappointed. See you at my place Sirius," James said calmly and disapparated back to his house.
"Sirius?" Arabella said questioningly.
"Bella, I love you, you've known that forever. Not once have I run to Catherine since we broke up the first time, nor will I ever. So get over it and move on. When you've grown up I'll be at James' helping Lily," Sirius said and he too disapparated leaving Arabella alone to brood on her infantile behavior. She collapsed into a chair and started to cry wondering what she'd done.
A/N: How's that for a twist? * Cackles * I think it's interesting. Anyways, this thought came to me as I was typing. When Bella says, "Get away from her!" I got this picture of Ursula from The Little Mermaid in my head. I laughed. I think I might have been watching that when I wrote it too. I was on a Disney jag a few weeks back, but I liked this chapter. Don't ask unless you really want to know. I hope you all enjoyed my little twist. Please review!! The more you say the more I reply!! ~Frankie~
Voided- Maybe I will send it to her, if I can find out how to get in contact with her and hope that she has time to read it. Sorry about the cliffy-ness of it all, I just didn't want to include this whole next chapter in the last one.
I o u a name- Attempting to dear, attempting to.
Poetbrit- Cute was the purpose, James' Redemption. ooh, that could be the title. * cackle *
Ggal- Yes, this is Jamesy-poo's forgiveness. apology bit, whatever. There is more then Sirius to this, they're from different houses, their personalities are so very opposite its scary. you'll start to understand soon, its one of the major sub-plots that ties in with the major plot.* sigh * it's complicated, please be patient. I cackled because of the Snape stuff.
Tweety bird- Overall eh? Meh. Sorry, Lily & James lovey-dovey crap isn't a thing I really want this early in the story, because its only been like a week since Lily found Arabella and I have other plans. I might have gotten glamour from Anita Blake, because I do read them, or I might have gotten it from The Craft, I do not know where, only that it is part of my mental vocabulary. What does it matter any way?
Jctigerwolf4e- Woah. That's a lot of complimentary words and they are all in caps. ^_^! * beams * I'm doing my best to get the chapters out as fast as I can.
Anarane- Yes, she does. But she's stubborn.
Black Snow- Whee, new reviewer. Thanks, I'm glad you like fluff; I'm slowly trying to incorporate it into the story because it's more a drama then a romance, at least in my eyes. I'm trying not to have the main topic be Lily and James getting together, or it would bore me, so I make other things the major idea.
Mademoiselle Mort- Yes, I know and I apologize.
Kristatwen- Hey! You've returned! Long time no see. Sorry for the cliffhanger, I'm doing my best to update quickly.
Liz411- Two year olds are cute though! Heh. New reviewer! Yay!
Black-cat-on-the-wall- Trying to update on weekends; Fridays and Saturdays specifically, unless I have a billion tons of homework and no time to.
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Redemption and Disgrace
"Lily?" Catherine's voice called her out of her memories.
Lily looked up and saw everyone looking at her curiously. Lily could feel tears on her face and said, "I must have fallen asleep," and then wiped her face with her hands. She looked around; James was standing over by the stairs as if he'd frozen in his tracks. Remus, Sirius and Frank were still seated at the table looking expectantly at her. Catherine was crouched next to her and Arabella was still in the kitchen looking ornery.
"Why were you crying?" James asked quietly. He'd come down the stairs to see everyone gathered around the kitchen table and Lily slumped over twitching slightly as if crying and then Catherine had gone to see if she was all right.
Lily blinked and said quietly, "I don't know." It technically wasn't a lie; she didn't know why she'd been crying. She thought it was just her memory but she wasn't about to announce it to the world, she would have to explain it, in detail and there was already too much tension in the room.
James didn't want to say anything to make Lily any angrier with him so he kept his doubts to himself and nodded his head. Changing the subject James said, "Maybe we should just get this over with." To his utmost surprise Lily nodded and turned to glance at Remus who looked slightly confused.
"Lily won't let me apologize to her until I apologize to you Remus," James said and looked down at his shoes.
Remus raised an eyebrow at this and said, "Do you really want to apologize to me James or is it just because Lily told you to?" He didn't look at all happy with the situation.
James knew he should have just started with his apology because how he'd said it made Remus believe he was just a pawn in a game to get to Lily. He sighed, "Remus you are one of my best friends and you should know by now that any apology I give, I mean and I fully intended to apologize to you before Lily had said anything to make it feel like an uncomfortable obligation," James said and looked at Remus to see if he would even listen to anything that he had to say.
Remus sighed, it was hard to remain angry at James Potter and so he said, "Continue," even though he didn't need to hear the apology and looking over at Lily made him wonder if she needed to hear it either because she was looking down at the table uncomfortably.
James sighed and glanced at Lily, all he could see of her face was her cheek; her fiery hair tumbling down her shoulders obscured the rest. He turned back to Remus and began. "I've acted like an insufferable git towards you Remus. I was jealous of you when I shouldn't have been and it was extremely wrong of me to use anything I've ever learned or guessed about you against you. It was entirely unfair of me to do and say what I did because of my ego or my wounded pride. I'm sorry that I acted the fool, will you forgive me?" James said and looked at Remus hopefully.
Remus sighed and thought that it was a very good apology. "Yes James, you should have known I didn't need it," he said and smiled genially.
James smiled back. Of course he knew but it needed to be said for many reasons. He looked to Lily who wasn't looking at him or Remus but at the floor. "Lily-," he began but she interrupted him. "Perhaps it would be better to have this conversation in private," she whispered and stood up slowly.
"Okay," James said and could have breathed a sigh of relief but refrained from it. Lily walked over to him and took his hand leading him outside. "Where are we going?" he asked as they walked off Arabella's property.
"Into the park," Lily said quietly and they walked in silence for a few moments before Lily stopped walking and looked at James. She wasn't entirely sure she would be able to listen to James' apology without breaking down in tears and she didn't want to explain why she'd had her change of heart.
James watched as Lily seemed to have an internal debate and quietly asked, "Would you like me to apologize now?" He watched her nod very briefly and was amazed at how beautiful she looked as the orange glow of the setting sun lit up her hair. "Lily, I know that I acted like a prat today toward you and Remus. I shouldn't have acted how I did this morning when you said that you and Remus had been talking. I was jealous because you'd remembered things about him and nothing about me, or at least nothing complimentary and I should have let you remember in your own time rather than forcing it from you," James said and he couldn't look at her. He wished that she would say something, but was overly shocked when she actually did.
"The thing by the lake isn't the only thing I've remembered," Lily whispered and sat down on the cool grass.
"What?" James said his eyes wide with shock.
"I should probably tell you about the lake incident first," Lily said and motioned for James to sit down and he did.
"Okay," James said and watched her wring her hands nervously.
"You and Sirius were messing with Snape and I was sick of it. So I went to stop you. You told me that the only way you would leave him alone was if I went on a date with you. I hated you, I wasn't about to accept and I told you I would rather date the giant squid. Snape said he didn't need my help and so I left," Lily said leaving out a few of the details.
James knew she'd left something out but decided not to press the matter. "Is that all?" James asked quietly and wished he could just hold her, just for a moment, because he wanted to comfort her, to be close to her.
"That happened after your O.W.L.'s when I was in my fourth year. During my fifth year my parents died," Lily said and this time James too her hand firmly in his to comfort her. "I got the letter during the Halloween feast but didn't open it until later when I was alone in the common room. I was crying, trying not to be heard, curled up in an armchair near the fire and you came down the stairs. You should behind the chair and I tried to hide my face. I didn't want you to see me but you didn't leave and the letter fell into your lap while I wasn't looking. You told me you didn't mean to read it and that I wasn't alone; that your parents had died the previous summer. You distracted me by turning a Sickle into a lily and." she trailed off unsure of how to phrase what had happened.
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to," James said quietly even though his curiosity was killing him. 'I'd been alone with a beautiful girl in the common room that he liked, what happened?' his thoughts screamed at him and he tried not to look overly anxious.
Lily finally looked up, there was a sheen of tears in her eyes and she said, "You held me there on the couch until we both fell asleep." She looked down at her hands and covered her face, as she was unable to refrain from crying any longer.
James slowly pulled her into his arms and held her while she cried. "Shh, Lily it will be okay," he whispered and kissed her forehead softly.
Slowly Lily calmed down enough to say, "That was how we became friends James, that night in the common room. It wasn't possible to hate you after that even if I had tired. Catherine was so annoyed with me for that but she couldn't hate you either, or at least not for that. She might have disliked you on principal because you were popular and a Gryffindor but after that night she didn't hate you," Lily was beginning to ramble and her eyes were starting to glaze over. "I'm so tired James. I just want to go home," she said and looked up at him.
Looking into Lily's eyes James felt his heart jump in his chest and something else come loose inside him and seem to float around her. "You are so beautiful its impossible to describe," James whispered and wanted to kiss her but wasn't about to kiss her if she didn't want him to.
Lily wanted to kiss him but she was sick of making the first move in their 'relationship'. "We should probably let them know we haven't killed each other yet," Lily whispered as she touched his cheek gently.
"That might be a good idea," James whispered back to her bringing one of his own hands up to her cheek and caressing the smooth skin with his thumb. "But I think I have a better one," he muttered barely a breath away from her lips- "James! Lily!" called a voice and James pulled away saying, "Sirius has the worst bloody timing," and Sirius came into view.
"There's been a problem," Sirius said looking sheepishly at Lily and James, he knew he'd interrupted something big and chastised himself for it, but the horrible timing couldn't be helped.
Lily closed her eyes and muttered, "Catherine."
As James and Lily walked out of Arabella's house the others watched wondering what was going to happen. "Why do you think they went outside?" Catherine asked curiously.
"Are you stupid or just dense?" Arabella snapped back; she had no desire to make Catherine Mcgeoghegan feel wanted in her house and was tempted to kick her out.
"Didn't your parents teach you it was rude to answer a question with a question Arabella?" Catherine replied silkily.
"Don't talk about my parents. You don't have the right," Arabella said angrily and pulled her wand from her pocket.
Catherine raised her eyebrows. "Doesn't take much to get your fire going does it Arabella," Catherine stated her voice effortless and cool.
"Bella sweetheart, calm down," Sirius said calmly standing up.
"I don't want to calm down! I'm sick and tired of her always sniping at me. I'm sick and tired of her period," Arabella said her wand still pointed at Catherine who hadn't moved and was looking extremely amused.
"Don't do anything you'll regret in the morning Figg," Catherine said quietly.
"Catherine, stop baiting her!" Sirius shouted looking at her quickly.
"I asked a simple question. I do believe that it was Miss Figg who started with the sarcastic comments dear Sirius," Catherine said loftily, as if the scene taking place before her couldn't have made her bat an eye.
"Don't talk to him," Arabella hissed and gripped her wand tightly in her hand.
"What? Do you think that just my speaking to your boyfriend is going to make him switch lovers? Or is it just misplaced jealousy?" Catherine said with a smirk.
"Catherine-," Sirius began but Arabella had already shouted, "Stupefy!" at Catherine who had no chance to respond or duck and collapsed onto the floor.
"Damnit Bella! What is your problem?" Sirius asked as he bent down to see if Catherine was seriously injured.
"Get away from her!" Arabella said fiercely.
"Bella, I think it might be time for you to go take a nap," Remus whispered quietly and kept an eye on Arabella's wand incase she got the idea to give him the same treatment.
"Don't get me started Remus," Arabella said angrily.
"Remus, take Catherine to James' house with Frank through the Floo Network. I'll go find James and Lily. Bella, I don't even know what to say to you at this moment," Sirius said looking at Arabella in a very disappointed manner before he ran out of the house calling for James and Lily.
When Sirius found James and Lily they were sitting on the grass and he felt like kicked Arabella for rising to Catherine's antagonism and kicking Catherine for being Catherine. "There's been a problem," he said looking at Lily awkwardly.
Lily's eyes closed and she muttered, "Catherine." She opened her eyes and looked at James. "We'd better go back," she said and James nodded. They climbed to their feet and started back toward the house quickly. "What happened?" she asked but she had a feeling that it had something to do with Arabella.
"Catherine was being Catherine and she and Bella got into it. Bella overreacted, though she will never admit it, and then she Stupefied Catherine," Sirius said and sighed. "Remus is taking Catherine to your house James," he said looking at James expectantly.
James sighed, "Alright," he said remember what lily had said. "Let's sort Bella out and go deal with Catherine," he said and looked and Lily and Sirius who both had their eyebrows raised at him, they had been expecting him to protest, loudly, but he didn't.
They walked back into Arabella's house and Frank and Remus had already taken Catherine to James' house and Arabella was pacing the kitchen angrily. "Bella?" Lily said when they got inside and she spotted her cloak and diary sitting by the kitchen table.
"I want you out of here Lily. It's your fault she was here in the first place," Arabella said pointing to the grate which was still lit with the fire Remus and Frank had used.
"Bella hold on a second," Lily protested quickly.
"No, I will not wait a second. I want you gone," Arabella said her eyes glinting furiously.
"If that's what you want, find," Lily said and put her cloak on, clutched her diary tightly and walked over to the grate, grabbed a fistful of Floo powder and said, "See you Bella," and then she threw the glittering dust into the flames which glowed emerald green. "Godric's Hollow," she shouted and stepped into the fire disappearing to James' house.
"That really wasn't necessary Bella. Don't forget your responsibility to help Lily with learning magic, Dumbledore will be disappointed. See you at my place Sirius," James said calmly and disapparated back to his house.
"Sirius?" Arabella said questioningly.
"Bella, I love you, you've known that forever. Not once have I run to Catherine since we broke up the first time, nor will I ever. So get over it and move on. When you've grown up I'll be at James' helping Lily," Sirius said and he too disapparated leaving Arabella alone to brood on her infantile behavior. She collapsed into a chair and started to cry wondering what she'd done.
A/N: How's that for a twist? * Cackles * I think it's interesting. Anyways, this thought came to me as I was typing. When Bella says, "Get away from her!" I got this picture of Ursula from The Little Mermaid in my head. I laughed. I think I might have been watching that when I wrote it too. I was on a Disney jag a few weeks back, but I liked this chapter. Don't ask unless you really want to know. I hope you all enjoyed my little twist. Please review!! The more you say the more I reply!! ~Frankie~