A/n Last chapter hope you like it!!!
Just a Game
Chapter seventeen
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James and Sirius were sat at the Gryffindor table in the great hall eating breakfast.
"So are you going to this dance?" asked James.
"Of course, you asked Lily yet?" He replied.
"Yeah" said James smiling.
"Now all you have to do is actually get her to the dance" said Sirius.
"Are you saying that she won't come?" James asked looking slightly worried at his best friend.
"Calm down" said Sirius calmly.
Lily and Carla were also sat at the Gryffindor table.
"You seen Liv?" asked Carla looking round.
"No but you know Liv she's probably still in bed" said Lily smiling.
"Yeah sounds like her" Carla said.
"I just realized you haven't said who you're going to the dance with" said Lily giving Carla a questioning look.
"Haven't I" she said quietly looking down at her plate.
"So who are you going with?" she asked trying to look Carla in the eye but it was quite hard as Carla wouldn't look up.
"Oh here's the post" said Carla sounding as if nothing else was as important as that. Lily decided it was probably better just to leave it and not ask her again, she'd find out the evening anyway.
Carla was sat it the common room on her own.
"Hi, have you seen James?" asked Sirius.
"No everyone's disappeared" she muttered.
"Oh guess I'd better talk to you then" he muttered.
"Don't feel like you have to, you can go" replied Carla annoyed.
"I didn't mean it like that I just wanted to talk to James now" Sirius said apologetically.
"So what's so important that you want to talk to him now?" asked Carla curiously.
"It's about the Dance" he said vaguely. Carla gave him a questioning look.
"Did you know he's going with Lily?" asked Carla.
"Yeah he was going to ask her ages ago but never did" Sirius replied.
"They weren't talking to each ages ago" said Carla suspiciously.
"Well that's why he started talking to her so he could get to know her but you know what she was like when he's tried talking to her before she normally total ignores him so he didn't think she'd go to the dance with him" Sirius replied calmly.
"Oh well at least them going together stops lily moaning about there being a dance" Carla said.
"I'd better going and check my bike" he muttered.
"Where do you keep it?" Carla asked.
"That's for me to know and you to wonder" He replied grinning.
"Why do you have to check it now, it's not like you're going anywhere" she said.
"But James will be getting it next week" Sirius said standing up
"You never let anyone borrow that bike" She commented.
"Yeah next time I'll know not to put it in a bet especially when it's about James getting a date " Sirius muttered heading for the door.
Carla watched him leave, knowing he had no idea that he'd just let on to her about James taking Lily to the dance for a bet.
Lily was tying a package to the leg of her owl, it contained her parents Christmas presents. The door opened behind her and she turned quickly to find Carla stood there her face looked livid.
"Carla what's wrong?" she asked concerned.
"I don't want to have to tell you this" said Carla slowly.
"Don't want to have to tell me what?" asked Lily sounding worried.
"Sirius let slip about a bet him and James have got going on, I think it has something to do with the dance" Carla said.
"So why should this worry me?" asked Lily looking at Carla questionably.
"The bet was for James to get you to go to the dance, well that's what I got from what Sirius said" Carla muttered very quietly as if hoping it wouldn't sound so bad if she said it quietly.
"Oh" was the only thing Lily said.
"I shouldn't have told you but I didn't want him making a fool out of you" Carla said looking at Lily.
"I know Carla, it's not your fault and I'm glad you told me" but she didn't sound glad.
"Are you ok?" Carla asked.
"Yeah I'm fine, just got to go and do something" she said standing up straight and headed out of the door.
James was in the entrance hall when...
"James" said Lily her voice cold.
"Hi lily, what's up?" he said cheerfully. It was quite obvious that he had no idea that she knew.
"I've heard about the bet you and Sirius have got going on" she said coldly, his eyes widened.
"Um it's not what you think" he muttered.
"Isn't it" she replied her voice raising.
"Look, let's go and talk somewhere" James muttered.
"Talk to you, I don't even want to be in the same room as you" lily replied her voice still raising.
"Lily I tried to call it off" he muttered, whishing people would stop staring at them.
"Life is Just a game to you, isn't it" she said turning and running down the corridor. James just watched her go thinking it would be better to let her calm down before trying to talk to her again.
Lily ran into her dorm and threw herself down onto her bed.
"I HATE HIM!" she yelled hitting her pillow in frustration.
"I hate him" she said sobbing slightly.
"No you don't" Carla said quietly, pulling her best friend into a hug. Lily hugged he back.
"Shouldn't you be getting ready for the dance?" Lily said looking at Carla.
"Yeah I should, I'd take it you're not going to come" she replied.
"Yeah I think I might just stay up here" Lily muttered.
"You could come on your own" suggested Carla rummaging through her trunk.
"No that isn't really something I'd do and anyway I don't really want to see James" She said looking down at her bed.
"Ok, if he asked I'll tell him I don't know where you are" Carla said.
"Thanks" lily muttered smiling weakly at her friend
"Sirius how can you not know how she found out, you were the only other person who knew" said James annoyed.
"Well I was speaking to Carla early I guess I may have let slip about us having a bet but I never said anything about it having anything to do with lily" replied Sirius apologetically.
"Don't worry about it, it don't matter" muttered James.
"Look I don't think we should bother with the bet as it's my fault that Lily found out about it" said Sirius.
"Thanks" said James getting up to leave the common room.
"Where are you going?" asked Sirius.
"For a walk" was the short reply.
It was a few hours later and the dance was well under way. Lily was sat by the fire in the common room reading.
"Can I talk to you?" came a voice Lily was hoping she wasn't going to have to hear.
"No get lost" she replied not bothering to even look up from her book.
"Look I'm sorry I should never have done the bet and as soon as I started to like you I tried to call it off and I'm so sorry..."
"Why did you do the bet in the first place?" she asked looking over the top off her book.
"I don't know it seemed like a good idea at the time but it just seems stupid now" He said looking her in the eye.
"Yeah well you are always coming up with stupid ideas" she said looking back at her book.
"It was Sirius' idea not mine, not that I didn't want to go to the dance with you cause I did" he said all in a rush.
"Ah well that explains everything" she remarked.
"So um can we be friends?" he asked looking hopeful. She put her book down and looked at his hopeful face.
"Yeah ok" she said.
"And what about more than friends?" he asked Grinning at her.
"Don't push it Potter" she said but was smiling.
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