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::Chapter 9: Diary Entry::

Lily remained stiff against the tree. A large rat on her shoulder continued to tug at her hair so she'd move away, but she couldn't. Lily was paralyzed from fear. Fear that the werewolf would throw the dog aside, fear that the dog would suddenly turn against her, and most of all, fear that she would be killed right then and there.

Every second seemed like an eternity at that moment, and eventually she blacked out.

"Evans," James said softly once she woke up. Looking around, she saw the white curtains, tiles, and sheets and immediately realized she was in the hospital wing. "You alright?"

She nodded.

"Do you remember anything that happened?" James asked, his eyes filled with worry.

"I remember," Lily said in a small voice, "parts of what had happened… I remember being pushed up against a tree… a large dog holding a werewolf back… and then a… stag… It pushed the werewolf back somewhere… and I blacked out…"

James sighed in relief, 'She doesn't know enough for her to realize it was Remus, Sirius and me,' he thought to himself. "Just rest here. Professor Dumbledore told me to get some items for you to use. You'll be here until you fully recover."

"Wait!" Lily called once James was about to leave. He stopped in the doorway and looked at her. "Did I get… was I… did it…"

James gave a tired smile and whispered, "You weren't bitten if that's what you're asking."

She nodded allowing him to leave.

James entered the warm comfort of the Heads' Tower feeling tired . He marched up to Lily's deep crimson room and began gathering everything on the What Lily Needs list, made by Faye and Beth.

-3 pairs of comfortable muggle clothes to change into. We suggest the 3 closest to the left in closet
-the large blue notebook she keeps under her pillow
-the red and gold striped purse next to her bed
-her brush that should be placed next to the purse

The list went on. James found it interesting how everything was exactly where the 2 girls wrote they would be.

He wrapped them together and began carrying them back into the Hospital Wing. He tripped over a stair causing everything to scatter over the floor in front of him. James slapped his head, "Nice job!" he muttered.

He kneeled down and began putting everything back in order. It was then he realized the large blue book fell open:

December 26th, 1972

James new he shouldn't be reading her diary entry, but he couldn't stop once he saw smudges on the page made by tears.

How could I have been so stupid. Mom and Dad went to Grandma's house, leaving me and Petunia here. Petunia left me with my ex-boyfriend so we could talk, and I didn't mind because I love it when Petunia leaves. So he and I were talking, when he suggested that we go upstairs.

I decided to go. I didn't think he'd do anything to me anyways. But then he kept coming closer to me and I told him to get off, but he wouldn't. Thank goodness Mom and Dad burst into the room. I can't believe what I would have done if they didn't…

James immediately shut the book. Shaking what he had just read out of his head, he placed the notebook on top of Lily's pile and began to head back to the Hospital Wing.

"Here's your stuff," James said, handing them to Lily. He tried not to make eye contact as he rushed out of the room.

"Hold on one moment," Lily said. "I know that feeling you're giving me. You read my journal didn't you?"

James turned around and nodded.

"So what part of it did your read?" Lily asked calmly. Apparently, this happened loads of times to her.

James shrugged causing her to pick up the notebook. She flipped through the pages until it landed on something. "December 26th of Third Year?" she asked.

James nodded. "How the hell did you find that out?"

"The page is bent and there are fingerprints that don't belong to me on it," she replied, pointing at the page. "So you know what I meant when I had told you I fell for a trick similar to Nathan's?"

"Yeah," James said. "Sorry. It fell to that page, I swear!"

"No worries! This is just my journal. If it were my diary, I'd have to kill you right now…"

"You have 2 journals?!"

"NO!" she smiled. "1 diary and 1 journal."

"Whatever," James chuckled. "I'll be going back to the Tower. I'll visit you whenever."

She watched him leave before turning to the next blank page in her journal.

"James!" Remus ran over to him on their way towards the Great Hall. "Sirius told me what happened last night! How's Lily? Is she okay? I didn't… you know…"

"Bite her?" James asked. "No. She's doing just fine. Luckily for all of us, her memory of last night is vague. She wouldn't be able to piece it together if she tried."

Remus sighed and smiled. "That's good to know."

The two walked into the Great Hall to find it practically empty. Less than 10 people were at each table "What the--"

"Winter Vacation starts today," Sirius explained to the two once they sat down. "I was just as shocked as you were!"

"I see," James said. "Wow! Quite a few of the seventh years went home. You'd think they'd want to stay at Hogwarts for the last Winter Break they could have here…"

"Well," Sirius scratched his head, "the news of there being a werewolf on grounds last night spread to the parents, so they ordered most of the student body to come back home…"

"How'd they know if there was a werewolf here last night?" James asked, watching the words he said. "I mean, did any of them see it?"

"Nope," Sirius shook his head. "Someone heard Professor Dumbledore talking about the werewolf."

"I see," Remus said. "But why are the parents so scared? Don't werewolves only come out during full moons?"

"Well," Sirius shrugged. "They reckon someone here at this school's the werewolf."

"That has to be the stupidest thing I've ever heard," James said while taking a seat. He looked around to make sure no one was suspecting them of anything. "Let's try to avoid the nicknames for now…" he whispered quickly.

"Yeah, I agree," Sirius sighed. "Let's eat."

"How's your breakfast?" Faye asked Lily.

"It's pretty bad, actually," Lily said placing down her fork.

"Yeah," Beth nodded. "Hospital food pretty much sucks…"

"So, how are you feeling without Amos here to comfort you?" Cindy asked, the old glint in her eyes. "If I were here, he'd be here to comfort me…"

"So, Cindy," Beth smiled cruelly. "How does it feel to have my foot out of your ass? Savor the moment, because if you don't say something reassuring, it'll be up there!"

"So Amos would be here to soothe you?" Faye asked. "He probably would. Heck, he'd also try to help get Beth's foot out of you!"

Cindy paled slightly before turning to Lily, "But… uh… maybe someone else will come to soothe you…"

"Yeah," Lily said quickly. Her face was turning red from holding back her laughter. "Maybe someone will come and soothe my broken heart," Lily said before bursting out in laughter.

"Knock, knock!" Sirius entered the room. "LILY! YOUR WARRIOR OF LOVE HAS ARRIVED!"

"What?!" All four girls practically yelled.

"JAMESEY-POO!" Sirius then pulled James in and pointed at Lily. "HERE IS YOUR LITTLE KITTEN! Comfort your little sweet."

"Sirius, whatever you've been drinking to make you so happy, I think you should give me a bottle!" Beth said. Lately, my head has been throbbing!"

"If you're feeling down," Sirius smirked, "All you need is a glass of 'Oh Yeah' juice. It's high in vitamin ME!"

Lily laughed some more before asking, "What are you two doing here?"

"We brought you some food from the Great Hall!" James answered. He placed the plate he was carrying on top of the hospital food. "All the Marauders have been here enough times to realize how bad the food is…"

"Oh yeah?" Faye asked. "Where are Lupin and Pettigrew?"

"Those two are causing a distraction. For an incident that happened in 1st year," James coughed before quickly saying, "we are no longer allowed in here at the same time unless maimed."

Meanwhile

"So what did you say was wrong with Mr. Pettigrew, Mr. Lupin?" Madame Pomfrey asked.

"He can't walk very well," Lupin said, hiding his smirk.

"And why is that?"

"Well," we were kicking some snow around outside like we did in 1st through 6th year, and I tripped causing me to kick him in the-"

Back to where Lily, James, Cindy, Sirius, Faye, and Beth

"Thanks for the food," Lily smiled taking the plate in her hands.

"Get well!" The two boys said in unison. They took a bow before leaving.

"Gee, Lils," Beth smiled. "You and Potter sure have warmed up to one anther, haven't you?"

"I guess you can say that…" Lily said. "It's been a long few months, you know."

"AH!" Cindy yelled. "it's time for me to visit Amos! See you!"

They all watched her leave. "Good, now that she's gone," Faye smiled evilly. "Just how do you feel about James?"

"What?" Lily asked, her cheeks turning rosy-pink.

"We mean," Beth smiled just as unpleasantly as Faye. "Do you have a thing for James?"

"No!" Lily said a bit too quickly for anyone to believe.

They began to joke around with one another while Cindy listened to their conversation from outside.

"Cindy?" Amos asked. "What are you doing here? I've been looking all around for you…"

"Oh, Amos…" Cindy smiled sweetly at him. "I'm sorry, but I have to break up with you. I have someone else in mind, not you. Please, forgive me."

She didn't hear Amos trying to talk to her; she just kept her eye on James as he walked off, laughing with Sirius, Remus, and Peter.

December 6th, 1976

It's Lily again. Geez, I haven't written in this thing for about 3 weeks, have I? Well, quite a few things have happened lately. James read a piece of this little thing, but who hasn't?

Well, I've been warming up to James. It's been a while since I've opened up to any guy other than him. He's a really good friend right now and I don't want that to change… but then again, I kind of do. Sounds weird, right? But I want to be a little more than friends now…

He hasn't been making me do much work lately… I wonder if he's starting to warm up to me as well…

I sort of hope so. Well, whatever happens between us, I just hope no one disrupts our relationship that we have right now… and I hope no one gets in our way either.

"Hey, James," Cindy walked up to him, her feigned innocent look in place.

::End Chapter::

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