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TO LOVE FOR HATE

3 weeks had already gone by. Lily was now best friends with Vicky. Although she was not as pretty as Lily, she was a really nice person. Rachel had become friends with Ruby. Ruby was a tall girl, with dark brown hair. She was one of the more 'popular' girls at Hogwarts. Not only this, but she was also classified as one of the 'most beautiful witch of our time'. Guys would kneel down at her feet. She was obviously used to being bitched about. "They just want to be beautiful and popular like me" she would say all the time.

"Hey Evans" Ruby shouted from across the room one day in Potions. "Heard you and Rachel are stepsisters, and that her father kicked your mother out of the house" She laughed.

Lily couldn't believe this. She had no idea what to say. She looked around the room. All eyes were on her.

"That's not true!" she screamed

"Oh really?" Ruby called back "I bet it was because your mother had an affair with someone else, am I right?"

Lily was petrified. Her mind was blank. How could Rachel treat her like that, how could she tell Ruby?

"HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ABOUT MY MOTHER!!" Lily yelled trying hard to hold back her tears. She looked at Rachel, who was looking back at Lily, sympathetically, like she really had nothing to do with this.

"Why wouldn't I dare to say that? Why else would someone as charming as Rachel's father kick a poor old woman out of his house? But then are you sure that your father is really your father?"

Lily ran out of the room. This was way too much for her. Her tears that had been held back for so long streamed down her face. James and Sirius and the rest of the classs watched in horror.

"Let her cry of she wants, it is the truth isn't it? she's such a cry-baby" Ruby said.

"No its not. It's not true. I bet she hates me now. No matter what, she is still my sister." Ruby said, apparently ashamed of what had happened just then.

James and Sirius looked at each other unsure of what to do also.

"Wow, that was interesting" Sirius said

"Interesting? How is that interesting? Maybe I should go after her." James suggested.

"who's her?" he asked

" who else? Lily!"

Sirius looked surprised"You are not going after her. She needs time alone. Can't you see? She ran away to get away from it all, so what are you doing going after her?"

"She ran away because she was sad and crying and she didn't want to embarrass herself, and she needs comforting"

"She ran away because she wanted to get away from 'it all'!"

"And you are saying that I am the 'it all'"

"YES!"

James looked down at his wand for a few seconds.

"No I'm still going after her." He suddenly said.

Sirius opened his eyes wide and stared at James.

"WHAT?!" James asked.

Sirius continued staring.

"Oh-no" James started "Don't tell me you think I'm a girl again."

"oh- my" Sirius mumbled

"What?"

"oh-my" he said again

"What?!" James asked now seriously confused.

"You are in love with Lily!" he finally said after 10 minutes of direct staring

"What are you talking about?" James asked turning pinkish.

"You know exactly what I mean. I suspected this the first time you met her."

"Oh geez" James said "Okay, if you're gonna put it that way, then fine, I won't go. Okay?!"even though he knew that he desperately wanted to go to see if she was okay.

James looked out the window, to see if he could see where Lily went, but she was nowhere to be seen.

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That night James finally caught up with Lily. She seemed much happier now than before.

"Lily!" he said. "Are you alright?"

Lily smiled at him. "I'm fine" she said. She smiled again. She looked so pretty when she smiles, James thought to himself. "Anyways, do you think what Ruby said is true?" she asked

James thought about this for a while. He didn't like to lie"I'm not sure, but Ruby is a really nice person, she wouldn't really make things up... would she?" he answered

Lily's smile turned into a frown. "You can go now" she said "If you think that my mother is like that, then I'd rather have nothing to do with you James Potter." She said this and stormed off in the other direction.

"Well, I was just speaking my mind," James said softly, hoping that she wouldn't hear.

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As he walked back to the Gryffindor common room, Rachel came running to him.

"Is she alright? Is she still angry at me? Please tell me" she said

James looked at her for a while. "She seemed hurt from what Ruby had said"

Rachel sat down on the couch next to her. "It was all my fault. I didn't want this to happen, I really didn't"

James put his hand on Rachel's shoulder. "Don't worry, she'll get over it. It's getting pretty late, you should sleep.

Rachel nodded and both walked into their dorm.

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James lay in bed next to Sirius. He wasn't sure whether it was Sirius' super loud snoring that kept him away all night, or whether It was the fact that Lily still hadn't returned. He knew students out at this time of night would get in trouble, and he didn't want that to happen to Lily, after all, she was one of the new students who didn't know many of the school rules. He was going out to find her. He grabbed his invisibility coat and headed out of the Gryffindor Tower.

Lily was at the exact same place as she was when he found her before. He took off his invisibility coat.

"Are you ready to go back?" He asked her

Lily looked at him, then looked away again. "Leave me alone. I don't need your sympathy"

James walked closer to her. "Look, I'm sorry about what I said before. I didn't know what I was saying. When you walked away, I regretted saying what i had said so badly.

Lily looked away again. "You don't understand me. I cannot possibly be friends with someone who is good friends with Ruby and Rachel"

There was silence, then footsteps. James was familiar with whose footsteps are whose, he was used to sneaking out in the middle of the night with Sirius to either get food or play pranks. He could tell that it was Professor Drakebobbybob. He was one of the ugliest, nosiest, and horrible teachers in Hogwarts. He hated Gryffindors, especially James Potter.

James desperately needed to hide under his invisibility coat. But Drakebobbybob would torture Lily even more; if he found out a new student was out in the middle of the night as well.

"Lily, put this on." He whispered

Lily looked at him puzzled. "But what about you?" she asked

James looked back at her and smiled. "Two people won't fit underneath that coat. Its better me than you, after all, you're new here, and the consequences would be dreadful. I'm used to getting in trouble by him anyways."

Lily was still unsure of what to do. For once she seemed worried for him. This made James even more willing to get into trouble for her. James heard the footsteps coming closer and closer to him. He pulled the invisibility coat over Lily, and desperately looked for a place to hide. But it was too late.

"POTTER!" Drakebobbybob shouted. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT? 10 POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR! AND DETENTION TOMORROW AT 6 PM SHARP!"

James didn't even have enough time to give an explanation. Drakebobbybob walked away satisfied that once again he has caught James Potter.

Lily climbed out from underneath the coat. She seemed she was about to cry again. "I...I'm sorry"

James looked at her. "Are you still mad at me?" he asked

Lily forced a smile. "No, ofcourse not. But are you mad at me now?" she asked. She felt so bad that James had to go through detention because of her. "It was all my fault"

James laughed. "No its not. It's not really your fault that I just happened to meet you, and..." he paused

"And what?" Lily asked

"And fall in love with you"

Lily looked at him in shock. She wondered if she liked him too. Then She remembered how much Rachel liked James and how much Ruby wanted James to notice her. After everything that she had to go through with Rachel in her life, James was the only thing that Rachel, now, probably could never have.

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A/N: okay! Third chapter finally finished! Review!!! I'm glad tests are over! Now I can finally update more...:)