Title: False Perfection

Summary: Lily thinks her life is perfect- a great boyfriend, great friends, good grades, and pretty much anything a sixteen-year-old girl could want. But maybe her life isn't so perfect. Maybe the missing piece is the person she'd least expect it to be…R/R!

Rating:PG-13

Disclaimer: Everything's J.K.'s except a few characters, some of the plot, and most of the events…

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Author's Note: Holy crap, guys! I am SO sorry I haven't updated in awhile! Actually, more than awhile. It's been something like 14 months. I guess I never really had the incentive to keep writing this story. But I definitely will keep updating, for the few people that like it. ;)

CHAPTER 8: HERO

For the next few days, everywhere James went, someone was there to congratulate him. Even those who didn't know him or Lily were awed at how heroic his performance was.

Needless to say, Daniel Hopkins was not pleased that all of his glory had been taken away. Most people glared at him as they passed in the hallways. They just couldn't understand why anyone would continue to go after the Snitch, even when James Potter, the most Quidditch-obsessed person at Hogwarts, put saving someone before it. There were several instances where he could be found saying that he had yelled at James to catch Lily, because he was too far off. It wasn't long before no one would listen to him anymore.

Lily had felt horrible since the match. She felt she had cost Gryffindor it's chances of winning the Quidditch Cup, and had been worried that the team would resent her. But, like Sirius had said, it had been a moral victory for the Gryffindor Lions, and every Gryffindor seemed to recognize this. Lily had been assured many times that losing one match wouldn't cost them the Cup, and not to worry about it. However, she still got that feeling that everyone secretly hated her for falling.

James had been much nicer to Lily since she fell. She felt it was because he knew how guilty she felt, but all the same welcomed the better attitude towards her. James was a lot more likeable when he wasn't being snappy and hurtful.

However, if there was one thing in her life at the moment that she wished she could help, it was her relationship with Evan. Ever since James had saved her, Evan had been very accusatory and jealous of any guy that so much as talked to her. Lily supposed this was because so many guys (and girls, but Evan had only been suspicious of one gender) had come up to her and expressed how glad they were that she hadn't gotten hurt. Still, it was hard to be in a relationship with someone who didn't completely trust her. However, this wasn't how Evan saw it.

"I trust you, Lils! It's those guys that I'm suspicious of! You're gorgeous, Lily, don't you know that?? And you're kind, and caring, and funny, and sweet...any guy would be more than willing to have you, and I know that most of those guys would do anything to get you. I just don't want to lose you!" he had tried to explain when Lily confronted him about his jealous behaviour.

"Well, Evan, maybe you should at least understand that most guys won't try to get me, because they know that I have you! Believe it or not, there are certain people you can trust, and I'm not the only one. You've been snappy even towards Sirius and James. James! James who saved my life! And Sirius...he's not even that interested in girls! Besides, no girl could put up with his attention span. So would you please stop hitting him upside the head whenever he gets within ten feet of me?? He's starting to get a bruise."

Evan complied with all of Lily's requests, though he could still be found eyeing any males that talked to her, which was very few at this point, most of them knowing about Evan's jealousy.

One evening, when Lily was in the common room with Andrea, Patrick, and Evan playing chess, they were interrupted by a sobbing Cordelia, who had just run through the portrait, closing it quickly behind her.

Immediately, the game was forgotten, and looks of concern crossed everyone's face.

"Oh my God, Cordelia, what happened?" Andrea said.

"Th-this guy...he tried to...he tried t-t-to r-rape me..."

Without delay, Evan and Patrick stood up, shaking with anger.

"Who is he?" Evan growled, balling his fists. Lily had never seen him so mad.

Both and Lily and Andrea stood to comfort Cordelia, wrapping their arms around her.

"I don't know his n-name...I think he's in Slytherin. He sat next to me at dinner today...he seemed really nice, he asked me about my family and we talked about Quidditch and a lot of other things. He offered to walk me back up here. He wasn't going the normal way, but he told me it was a shortcut. He led me behind this portrait...then he starting kissing me, grabbing me. I told him I wasn't comfortable with what he was doing, but he didn't listen. He just kept going and told me to enjoy it, because I was going to be there for awhile. Suddenly I realized what was going on and started kicking and thrashing. Finally, he let up a bit and I took the opportunity to run as fast as I could. I took random turns, trying to throw him off. Somehow I found my way up here, and ran in as fast as I could..."

She started sobbing again.

"Shh, it's going to be okay. Everything's going to be fine." Lily said in a soothing voice, while Andrea stroked Cordelia's hair.

Patrick interrupted the moment by saying, "Don't worry, Cordelia. Evan and I are gonna find this Slytherin bastard. Tell us what he looks like, and if we ever see him, we're going to make sure he's sorry."

Cordelia smiled weakly, "Th-thanks, guys..."

"Tonight you need rest. Come on, let's go upstairs." Andrea suggested, and her and Lily led Cordelia through the common room, not bothering to answer the questioning glances their fellow Gryffindors were giving them.

So yeah, that was kind of a poor excuse for an update. I'm sooo sorry, but at least I finally updated! I'll try to do so again as soon as I can!

Shree

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