Lily and Marcus go to a small café not far from the hotel. It's called Venus Aphrodite. As they walk in Lily notices the atmosphere. The walls are covered in 20's posters and memorabilia. Everything is bright and happy looking. Lily loves the 20's posters. She and Marcus are seated in a booth. There are not many people in the café. They order their food, crepes, and talk.

"So Marcus where did you go when you left? You moved away and didn't tell me." Lily says to him.

"I moved to Bulgaria. My family decided that there was something better there for us. Some school that they liked, my dad went there."

"Really? What was it called?" she asks him. Lily thinks about Drumstrang and how it's in Bulgaria. "My friends told me about a school there called Drumstrang. Did you go there?"

"Yeah actually I did. I'm guessing that you go to Hogwarts then."

"Yeah, I'm here with the Potters on Christmas vacation. Do you know the Potters?"

"I've heard of them, Mr. Potter is the Assistant Minister of Magic around here right?" Marcus asks Lily. Lily nods. The waitress brings their food.

"Merci Madame." Lily says to her. The waitress leaves them with their food to eat. While they talk Lily realizes that Marcus has changed a lot, and not for the better. He's actually very rude and arrogant. When they pay and leave Marcus wants to go out somewhere else.

"Why don't we go to that place not far from here? You know that bar?" he asks. Lily shakes her head, she's too young to go into the bar. And Lily doesn't want to spend anymore time with Marcus.

"I'm really tired, I just wanna go back to the hotel and relax." She explains. Marcus nods and leads her back to the hotel. They go in. "Well thanks for the fun night."

"I'll walk you up to your room." Marcus announces.

"That's ok." Lily tells him.

"I insist." He says. Lily just starts walking up to her room; Marcus follows her. They arrive at her room. Lily opens the door and starts walking, in Marcus follows her.

"What are you doing? You can't come in; my room mate should be asleep." Lily tells him. He pushes right in. Jenna's not in there, Lily notices. She must be out with Remus and James, she thinks. Bloody hell. Lily's a little scared right now, there's no one here if she needs help. She notices that the balcony door is open a little. Maybe she can get him out there then lock him out. When James and Remus get back they could deal with him.

"You teased me Lily Evans. All night you've been taunting me with your charms. Now I want to have you." Marcus says. Lily shakes her head no. Marcus is strong, much stronger than her, and he has his wand with him. He pulls it out and mumbles something under his breath. Lily is thrown back onto the bed, she tries to get up but she can't. It's like a force is keeping her down. Marcus walks over to her.

"HELP!" she yells. Can anyone hear me, she wonders. Lily yells again. "HELP!"

James is sitting out on the balcony strumming away at his guitar. Out of nowhere he hears someone yelling.

"HELP!" he hears. It's Lily, he knows it is. He runs into Lily's room, the balcony door was open. Thank god, he thinks. He sees that guy from before leaning over Lily. James sneaks up behind him. He realizes that he still has the guitar. Lily doesn't notice him. James raises the guitar above his head and brings it down on to the guy. He collapses. Lily sees James standing behind where Marcus just stood. James goes beside her. She tries to get up, it doesn't work. Her ankle hurts too much. "Ow!"

"Lils just stay there." James says. He checks to make sure that Marcus is out. "Do you think you can make it next door?" he asks. Lily nods yes. James helps her hop into his room. He sits her down on the couch then goes grabs Marcus' wand and magically locks all the doors so Marcus can't get in if he wakes up. When he enters his room again he notices Lily crying. He sits next to her. "Lils it'll be ok."

"No…no…" Lily sobs. James pulls her into his arms; she leans against him and cries so hard.

"Shhhh Lils. It's ok I'm here." James whispers. He rubs her back soothingly. "When you can tell me what happened."

"James…thanks." She says quietly. She wipes her eyes and sits up.

"It's ok." He tells her. "So can you tell me what happened?"

"Marcus…he said that I was teasing him. Then he took out his wand and flung me onto the bed…I thought no one was here. I'm so glad you're here." She utters. She remembers what James did to Marcus. "Oh god James…your guitar…"

"It's ok, it can be replaced. Can I look at your ankle?" he asks, he nods yes. He kneels down on the ground and takes off her shoe. Lily whimpers as he does this. "Sorry."

"That's ok, maybe we should get…" She says. Lily remembers what happened before with his mom. She has to tell him.

"Get who?" he asks.

"No one…James there's something I have to tell you. I saw something earlier that I don't think you'll like, but I have to tell you. Stop for a second please."

"What is it?"

"I heard your mom and some man in your parents' room. I don't know who it was, but I don't think they were just friends."

"I know about that. He's the tennis pro. Just like my dad has his secretary, my mom's got the tennis pro." He says, he's holding her ankle.

"Oh James I'm so sorry."

"It's ok." He says. "You know what, I think this might be broken." He says, he takes Marcus' wand and fixes her ankle. "We can't get into trouble for using magic; it's not one of our wands."

"How did you know how to do that?" Lily asks as she stands on her ankle. It still hurts a little, but she can walk on it.

"You learn a lot when about fixing bones when you break them all the time." He laughs. Lily laughs with him. "Maybe you should stay in here tonight. I don't know if that guy will come back. He's probably left your room by now."

"But what about Jenna? She can't stay in there alone if he's coming back. I have to stay with her."

"I have his wand so he can't use that on her. And besides once we tell Jenna and Remus do you really think that Remus would let Jenna sleep alone in that room, she'll probably be in here…actually then, why don't you and I sleep in there and Remus and Jenna can stay in here. That way if that guy…"

"Marcus."

"Ok, if Marcus comes back I can protect you and we can call the front desk so they can kick him out. Unless they catch him, they won't. We'll stay in here till Remus and Jenna get back ok?" James tells her. Lily yawns and nods ok. "Tired? You can go lie down on a bed if you want. Have a nap. Lily shakes her head no.

"I can't sleep, that reminded me too much of what happened with my dad. You always seem to be around to save me. You did it then and you did it now. James you have no idea how much I owe you." Lily tells him. She embraces him. After a while she falls asleep with her head in his lap. James sits there and thinks about how scared he was when he heard Lily screaming for help. What would I do if something happened to her? What if I wasn't here to help her? What would that bastard do to her? I don't want to think about it. Why do I feel like this? I mean Lily's my friend sure, but I thought I was past all of that. I thought I was past my crush on her, maybe I'm not, James thinks. In next to no time Remus and Jenna walk in. They're being very loud; James looks back at them and puts his finger to his lips. They see and are quieted at once. They walk over to James and see that Lily's asleep there. She moves and awakens, she must have heard them coming in. Lily yawns and sits up.

"Hey guys." She says sleepily.

"Remus, we've got a bit of a problem." James tells him.

"What is it?" Remus asks as he and Jenna sit down. James looks at Lily.

"Ummm…remember that guy I went out with earlier?" she asks. Remus and Jenna nod yes. "Well when we came back he…he…" Lily starts to tell them, but can't.

"Do you want me to tell them?" James asks her. Lily nods yes. "Ok, well all I know is that when I went into the room to help Lils she couldn't get off the bed by herself and Marcus was standing over her. It looked like he was trying to rape her. I stopped him though. I have his wand, so he can't use it to get in here."

"Lils he didn't do anything to you, did he?" Jenna asks. She gets up and goes over to Lily and hugs her. Lily shakes her head no.

"He didn't have a chance to. James came in and stopped him before he could."

"I don't think Lily or Jenna should stay in there tonight in case he comes back." James tells Remus.

"I agree completely. Maybe we should tell your parents, they could do something about it. We should leave Paris though, that way he won't be able to track Lils down. I'm a little homesick anyways." Remus says.

"Ok, does that sound good to you girls?" James asks them. Jenna's holding Lily, they both nod yes. "Tomorrow I'll tell my parents we want to leave. We can go home even if they don't. They won't mind if we stay at the house while they stay here."

"So Jenna and Lily will stay in here with us tonight then." Remus states.

"I'll stay on the couch and from what I saw earlier, you and Jenna will share your bed alright?" James says. Everyone nods. "I think we're all pretty tired from the looks of it, we should all go to bed." Jenna runs into her and Lily's room and grabs some pyjamas for them. She and Lily go into the bathroom to change. When they come out the guys have changed too.

"Where's James?" Lily asks Remus.

"He's out on the balcony."

"We'll be in soon, go to sleep you two." Lily tells them as they crawl into bed. Lily goes out onto the balcony. She sees James leaning out, looking off into the distance. She creeps up behind him.

"Boo." She says as she walks up beside him. James looks at her. He looks a little gloomy. "What's up, you look a little upset."

"Nothing." He says.

"I owe you so much James." Lily says. She leans in to kiss his cheek, he sees her out of the corner of his eye and turns thinking that she is just turning her head. Her lips meet with his. Electricity shoots through them. This wasn't supposed to happen, Lily thinks. Oh god it feels right though, why oh why is this happening? Lily stops thinking and sinks into the kiss. At first it's just a sweet innocent kiss, and then it deepens. Lily looses herself in it. "Oh James." It turns to a wild kiss filled with all the passion that Lily and James have built up over the time they've known each other. All the want and need for each other. James sweeps Lily up into his arms; neither of them knows what's happening to them. They've lost control of their emotions and of their actions. James carries Lily into the room. He gently lays her on his bed. As if Lily woke up from a dream she realizes what is happening. James is leaning over her about to lean down to kiss her. Lily puts her hands up so that he can't lean any closer. "James…we can't."

"I know…I'm sorry. It's just that…" he starts.

"Don't… I know. But Remus and Jenna are in the bed next to us and we can't with them there." Lily tells him. James falls down beside her. He leans in and whispers in her ear.

"So if they weren't there…?" James jokes. Lily shoves him gently. James rolls off the bed. He gets on his knees. "We should go to bed."

"You don't have to sleep on the couch." Lily tells him. He looks into her eyes. He doesn't want to make things harder for her. If he stays in the bed with her then James doesn't know what he'd do. That would make things harder on her.

"It's ok really. I don't mind." He tells her. James watches as Lily pulls the covers over her and rolls onto her side. He walks over to the couch and lies down. He had thrown a pillow and blanket on it when he was done changing. He drags the blanket over his body and tries to sleep.

After a few hours James is still lying awake. He's been thinking about the day he and Lily had spent together. And the kiss, oh the wonderful kiss. It hadn't left his mind since it happened. He wants to be with Lily so bad. But he respects her, unlike all the others. James decides that he'll go as slow as she wants. He sits up and looks over at Lily. She's thrashing around on the bed. How could I have not heard her doing this, he wonders. He pushes the thought out of his mind as he gets up. He does the same thing he did the last time this happened. He hops up onto the bed and moves Lily so that he's holding her. She relaxes the second he does this. They fall asleep.