OH MY GOSH PEOPLE!! I AM SOOO FUGGIN SORRY! PLEASE FORGIVE ME! I DON'T DESERVE YOUR FORGIVENESS, BUT HERE ARE SOME EXCUCES

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(1) I had writers block

(2) Every time I tried opening word perfect, it would freeze

(3) I kinda eventually forgot about this story

(4) For some reason, I stopped going online all together

(5) And! Well that's all I got.

And as an extra token of my sorry ness I will supply a bucket of rotten white and green tomatoes for everyone to throw at me!

I think about it this way, I'm always on you guys to review, but I never update. But don't worry, I was harassed by my fair share of pink squirrels. Ok here's what I will do, if you want to leave your email address with you review, I will email you all with an apology on pretty stationary and font, and lotsa similes!

So please don't a) shoot me b) stab me or c) nuke me…. I haven't thought about poisonous gases yet, I guess that one up for debate…OH GOD IM BABBLING! ON WITH THE STORY!!!!!!!

Oh and an important A/N just pretend that this day is a Saturday. I mentioned somewhere in chapter 2 that the day Lily went to Diagon Alley was a Saturday but forget that. I know the days don't add up but bear with me. So we are all going to pretend that September the 2nd is a Saturday. I don't wanna give away what happens but the reason I'm making it a Saturday is so they can talk without missing any classes. J thanks a bunch!

Chapter 7 Confessions

(poke) "Lily" (poke poke) "Lillers, oh Lillers" (poke poke poke poke poke poke) "HEY LILY WAKE UP!!!"

Lily cautiously opened one eye. She looked into the face of whoever was waking her. The young girl before her had brown honey blonde highlighted hair and stunning sapphire blue eyes. This girl looked way to chipper for the morning, but that's how she always was. This girl was Arabella Figg.

"Arabella? Why are you waking me up? I thought you don't like me?" said Lily

Arabella, or Bella, just stared at Lily like she had a third eye or something… "Lily, you've never called me Araballa. I'm waking you up because you're going to be late for breakfast and your right, I don't like you, I love you! You're my bestest best friend in the whole entire universe!" Said Bella sounding concerned "are you alright Lily? You wanna go to the hospital wing?"

"Umm no, I'm fine. I just want to know why-" Lily trailed off as she saw herself in the mirror, and screamed.

"It worked!!! It worked it worked it wooorked" she said in a sing-song voice

"Yes Lily. It worked," said Bella as if talking to a 5-year-old "let's just get you dressed and up to that hospital wing."

"No, it's not that. What I mean to say is. Uh. We're best friends right?"

"Right forever" said Bella firmly.
"Ok and if I told you something that might sound completely ridiculous, you would believe me right?"
"Lillers, you're my best friend. There is nothing you can say that would make me not believe you"
'I wouldn't be to sure of yourself' Lily thought.

"Ok but you have to promise to keep it a secret and believe me no matter what." Bella just nodded.

Lily paused a minute before saying "This isn't me"

"What do you mean? Of course its you, who else would you be?"

"No I mean-"

"HELLO LADIES!" shouted Sirius Black as four Marauders entered their dorm. "And how are my two favorite ladies, who are always beautiful and elegant…even when they first get up?" he said grinning like a dog.

"Wonderful Black. Could you leave? Like now?" Lily asked a little meaner that she meant.

"Wow Lily, aren't we mighty touchy in the morning."

"Sorry its just I really need to talk to Bella about something reeeeally super duper important and you cant hear it"

Lily mentally smacked herself. 'Why did I say that! Now he's defiantly gonna want to know what I have to tell Bella'

"Ok Lily, I just came in here to escort you lovely ladies down to breakfast but I can see I'm not wanted. We'll wait for you in the common room" and with a wink and a big smile he was gone.

The girls laughed at Sirius's antics.

"Ok so what's this super duper info you have to tell me?"

"Hold on" said Lily. She sat down on her bed and Bella followed suit. They closed the curtains and Lily charmed the bed to be soundproof…or at least she tried.

"Oi Bella. I forgot how to a soundproof charm…can you please do one?"

"Sure, Diviquer" she said "ok spill"

Lily sat there and told her everything from the day in Diagon Alley till the moment Bella woke her up. Bella kind looked weirdly at Lily in silence and for a minute Lily thought she believed her until Bella said "ok hospital wing it is!"

"Wait Bella! Please you have to believe me." She pleaded.

"Well, that story is really farfetched, but you are my best friend forever and I guess I believe you." Said Bella "even though its hard to" she added as an afterthought. "But I do think we should tell Remus, Sirius, and James."

"WHAT!" Lily's eye practically popped out of her head.

"Wait hear me out for a minute. Those three are our best friends as well. And it would seem really weird if we started talking about an inside joke and you had no clue what was going on. Or what if James started making out with you? Then what would you do?"

"Why on Earth would James Potter started making out with me?"

"You're sorta dating him."

Lily didn't know how to respond.

"But I know those boys and they will believe us…I think." Said Bella "hold on I'll call them up here"

About ten minutes later they all came in the dorm. Sirius walked up to Lily and put her face in his hands and looked into her eyes "Who are you?" he said.

"Bella!" she shrieked "you told them without me?!?"

"Not everything just the main points" she said sheepishly

"They're all main points!"

"Sorry"

"It's ok" Lily couldn't stay mad at her. "Come here you guys"

All four of them obeyed and climbed into her bed, rather cramped I might add. There were a few moments silence when Remus, who looked very ill, spoke up "I believe you"

"Me too" said Sirius confidently.

James hadn't spoken once.

"James?" said Bella

"I believe you to, it just that the person sitting in front of us is like a stranger now" he said "Its like the one I've been dating for two years, the one I fell in love with when I was 11, just broke up with me." He said sadly.

"James I understand this must be hard for you and your right it is like she's a stranger but we all have to pretend like nothing is wrong. Or people will get suspicious. And who knows you might grow to love this new Lily given some time." Said Bella "But at least today is a Saturday and we can spend the whole day catching up. Correct me if I'm wrong Lily, but your sister Petunia hates you, your mom's a blast and you dad's on a top secret mission?"

"That's right…everything is most likely the same as before I transformed, at least about me. So tell me about you guys" she said.

Bella was brave and decided to go first. "Well, um, my parent's were" she sighed and looked away as tears formed in her eyes. Sirius hugged her and Remus continued for her. "Voldermort got her parent's in 3rd year and now she lives with her aunt on her father's side. Her aunt is a squib, and she has the same name as Bella."

Bella sniffed once and said, "I'm ok"

"I'll go next," volunteered Remus " I'm an only child and um"

Lily cut him off "I already know Remus. I found out in third year that you're a, you know."

Remus looked a little sicker for a moment and said "and you don't care? You're not scared that I might attack you?"

"Nope" she said

"-speaking of which tomorrows a full moon buddy" said Sirius smacking his friend on the back.

"I'll go next I guess" said Sirius " I'm sixteen and I come from a family of dark wizards. They're all fucking crazy! They hated me from the second they found out I wasn't going to join them. I couldn't take them anymore and this summer I ran away to James's house. Yeah, I consider his parents my parents. James is my brother. Speaking of which" he had a look of disgust on his face "You probably already know that I have a 5th year brother in Slytherin."

Lily nodded her head. It must be horrible to have a family so bad that you run away.

"That's pretty much it"

"Your turn James" said Bella

"I'm sixteen and I live with my family," he said. He was having a little trouble warming up to "Lily"

"Come on James" said Bella "tell more"

"What else is there?"

"Tell her about your family"

"Fine. My mum and dad are both aurors, um I have an older sister named Amy and me, Sirius, and Peter are animagi."
"WOW! Really? What do you all turn into?"

After James admitting this to her, he turned a little warmer to her. Soon they were all laughing and telling stories. One memory led to another and before long it seemed they knew each other their whole lives. They talked and talked till Sirius's stomach led out a growl " I didn't realize it's almost dinner time!" he said looking at his watch.

They all got up to leave when James put his arm on Lily's shoulder.

"Come with me to Hogsmede tomorrow" he said

"How? Tomorrow isn't a Hogsmede weekend."

"Don't you worry about that just meet me in the common room tomorrow at 12 p.m. sharp"

"All right James" she said.

They all left for dinner, and Lily was happier than ever had been in her life. She actually had friends.

There! I actually didn't leave a cliffy AND! You don't have to wait for the Date b/c im posting 2 or 3 chapters to make up for my absence.

Again I'm so sorry and leave ur email address if you want to get a pretty email from me apologizing!

Or if you don't want to give out your email address u can send it to me at overturnedfraudbusyahoo.com and I'll get back to you!

It might not be right away thought because my dad barley lets me go online anymore and I'd have to beg him for internet privileges. Oh and im only like doing this for people who like read this story around this week, if u read this story for the first time 4 months from now, I don't have to apologize cuz u didn't have to wait. Sry! I still love you all!

Lyl,

Val

(I wont harass you to review b/c I haven't updated for so damn long)