Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this story that doesn't belong to me. Most of the things I do not own belong to Ms JK Rowling.

Author's note: Sorry, there are probably loads of grammatical errors in this chapter.

.::Chapter 8: Things Just Keep Getting Worse::.

'Oh God,' Lily thought to herself. 'Now what the hell am I supposed to do?!' She quickly kneed Nathan in the crotch and headed for the door.

"If that ass wipe is still alive," James muttered furiously to himself, "I'm going to kill him!"

'Where would they be?' he thought to himself. 'Augh. They're probably in Hogsmeade!' Shaking his head, he ran towards Hogsmeade.

"WHAT THE HELL?" Nathan yelled. His voice was a few pitches higher than normal.

Lily began to run out the door when Nathan grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her back in.

Before he could leave the school, James tripped over something. Looking down, it was a something that looked oddly familiar. "Son of a-"

Lily pushed Nathan off as hard as she could. "Get away from me, you prick!"

"Why resist?" Nathan replied. "I know you want me!"

"AND WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT?"

"Oh, come on! I'm a year younger than you! You could easily resist anything I throw at you, right?" He asked with an evil smirk on his face.

"You heard," she yelled. "You were listening to the conversation James and I were having!"

"I'll answer once I'm done," Nathan replied and began making his way towards Lily once more.
"Hey, mate!" Sirius stopped James. "What's up?"

"This!" He shoved something in front of Sirius's face. "What's this?"

"That's Lily's green hair band, right? You gave that to her for a Christmas present in 1st year, if I'm not mistaken."

"That's what I thought!" James sighed. "Do you know where Lily is?"

"I saw her walk into the Gryffindor common room about 20 minutes ago... with Royce, if I'm not mistaken!"

"Thanks!"

"Thank me again later," Sirius winked.
Once more, Lily kicked Nathan off, only this time in the chest. That's when something popped into her mind. She couldn't get out... and resisting is only making him angry. What was she to do now? Just the thought of that caused her to lose all strength.

'It's okay Lily! Just think happy thoughts! Happy thoughts... happy thoughts... then something will come and help. Think positive.' She thought to herself. She racked her brain trying to think of different good things, but nothing came up. Over and over she searched her brain for something happy, but her mind was blank. Once more she searched her brain until it landed on one thing:

James.

FLASHBACK

"Merry Christmas, Evans!" James yelled merrily. "I used up my money on everything else, but since I don't like you, here's something off the street!"

Lily took the small packaged wrapped in toilet paper, smiling to herself. "Thanks."

She opened the package and found a green hair ribbon with a small note on it. She squinted hard until she could read the note: "You suck."

"Gee thanks, Potter! Here's your Christmas present, and at least this time I thought of what you might like!" Lily said handing him a cylinder shaped package.

He opened it to find a can labeled, "Beer Nuts." Smiling he thanked her and pulled off a lid. That's when he screamed as a bunch of spring snakes flew out at him and fell back on a whoopee cushion that she carefully placed.

At the moment, she couldn't stop laughing.

END FLASHBACK

"Come back, Evans!" Nathan had a glint in his eyes that Lily didn't like. She threw a pillow at his face to hold him back for just a little longer.
"Sometimes, she's just too stupid," James muttered as he burst into the Gryffindor Common room.
"Lil-"

Just then, someone entered the room. "ROYCE!" It was James's voice who was screaming that out. "GET YOUR STUPID ASS OVER HERE SO I CAN SHOVE MY FOOT INTO IT!"

Nathan crawled over to Lily and covered her mouth with his hand. They listened to James walk around the room, his footsteps growing louder. Eventually, his footsteps decreased in sound ending by the closing of the door.

"Good!" Nathan smiled. "Now that he's gone-"

"Oh dear, I was just going to close the door so the parrot wouldn't leave, and now he's squawking like crazy!" James's voice rang. They heard his footsteps come over to behind the bed where they were hiding. His anger filled face soon growing visible.

The next thing Lily knew, James was on top of Nathan punching him.

For the second time, the door opened. "MR. POTTER! MR. ROYCE, SEE MEE IMMEDIATELY!" Professor McGonnagal screeched.
James walked into Professor McGonnagal's office in a furious state followed by Nathan who was dripping blood.

"As for your punishment, Mr. Potter, you will be working a weeks of detention!"

"But-"

"And if you do not accept this punishment quietly, you will be suffering 2 weeks!" James shut up. "You may leave, Mr. Potter. I would like to talk to Mr. Royce by myself."

James left the room. Once he closed the door the sounds of Professor McGonnagal screeching came through.
"Expelled," A third year Hufflepuff said. "I heard he was the only Hogwarts student that's ever gotten expelled within 1 week!"

The talk about Nathan's punishment traveled the schools quickly, but no one knew that Lily or James had to do with it. In fact, they didn't even know why Nathan was expelled, they were just enthralled by the fact he was.

James passed by the crowd of chattering Hufflepuff girls not saying a word. He entered the Heads' Tower and knocked on Lily's door. "Evans?" There was no reply. "May I come in?" He entered not waiting for her reply.

It was the second time James had been in Lily's room. Like before, she was curled up in a fetal position under her blankets.

"You missed class," James said quietly. 'What a crappy way to say hi to her after 2 days of silence between us. Well done, James you Moron!' he thought.

"Yeah," She said her voice rough from not being used in a while. 'Fantastic, Potter! You hadn't talked to me in 2 days, and that's how you start it off!'

"Umm... actually you've been missing things from classes to dinners. Do you want to talk about anything?" 'Anything? ANYTHING?! What do you think she wants to talk about, the reason why her hair is red?!'

"Yeah," she said, sitting up. Her hair was tangled from not being brushed; her eyes were red from crying so much. James was surprised she actually let him see her in this state. "I don't know why I fell for him and why I didn't believe you," she said as her voice began to crack. She placed her forehead on her knees so James couldn't see her tears.

"Lily," James began as he walked over towards her and took a seat. He put his arm around her shoulder to comfort her.

"Why did I fall for his tricks?" she asked, her voice muffled from the blankets. "This happened to me before..."

'Happened to her before?' James thought quietly. He looked down at Lily prepared to ask what happened, but he couldn't pull himself to do it as he saw her small trembling figure. All he could do now was hold her close and try to comfort her.
"Evans, MY SWEET!" James called from downstairs the next night. "It's time for my detention!"

Lily, who had calmed down from the day before, came out from her room, "Good! Now that I have the whole place to myself, I'll strip naked and run around."

"What?" James asked wide-eyed. "Why don't you do that when I'm here?"

"Just go, just go," Lily laughed pointing at the door.

Once the door closed behind James, Lily sighed and leaned against a wall. 'I actually told him I fell for a trick like the one Nathan gave me before. Fantastic job, Lily!'

Lily walked over to the fireplace to warm up a little bit. She looked over to the window and saw the moon glistening in the deep blue sky. She smiled at what a beautiful night this one was before getting up. "It seems like a nice night for a walk," she muttered to herself and walked towards the door.
James sat in the trophy room, trying his hardest to clean out all the trophies using a toothbrush. He looked out at the full moon and sighed. "Too bad I can't be out there with Remus..."

The large trophy he was brushing had recollected all the dust he brushed away. James threw down the tooth brush and walked over to the window. He leaned his head against the frame to stare at the Whomping Willow. He noticed a dog's head pop out from the tree. "So they're wandering the grounds tonight..."

James sighed and fell back onto the ground. Just then, something from outside screamed. He turned to the window once more and saw Lily on the ground with a mouse tugging on her hair so she'd move. A few feet away from her, Sirius was trying to hold Remus back.

"Things just keep getting worse for her, don't they?" James asked himself as he ran for the door.

:: End Chapter::
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