Authors Note: Sorry, I can't really think of a good title, after you read it and the authors note at the bottom, please feel free to give me any title ideas!

Chapter 39

Lily Thinks

Why does he always get me right after I break up with someone else? He hadn't even

known that Nicky and I were over, so technically what he had done was cheating.

Although, to be fair, I'm not even sure if he knew that Nicky and I were dating to begin

with. Also, he would have been the one I cheated with, making me the bad one. But, on

the other hand, he kissed me, not the other way around.

But you did kiss him back. Another, more rebellious, part of her informed her.

Shut up you, stop playing Devils advocate, besides, I didn't ask for it, I didn't even

want it.

That's not to say you didn't enjoy it. Said the other part of her mind. Lily shook her

head as if she could remove the thoughts by shaking them out. Increasing the spead of her walk

she made her way to the castle.

"Lily, where did you go after the match? You were there one second and then you just

disappeared." Janette asked as the girls sat around a table in the overcrowded common room,

attempting to focus on their homework.

"Oh, well, yes, I suppose I did." Lily replied absently, doodling on her paper and still

thinking of that kiss. Why wouldn't he leave her thoughts? He was not supposed to be there!

Looking up she saw that the other girls were still looking at her expectantly. "What?" She asked,

why were they all staring at her?

"Well, aren't you going to tell us why you left? Or where you went?" Janette asked her,

crossing her arms and leaning back into her chair, waiting for a response.

"Oh, well, you see, the thing is, well, did any of you notice Severus lying on the ground?"

She was not making very much sense, and she could tell. She sounded ridiculous and flustered,

which, to be fair, she was.

"What does Severus have to do with the price of tea in China?" Asked an exaspereated

Janette.

"What do China and tea have to do with anything?" Holly asked confused.

"It's an expression. But seriously, where did you go after the match?" Caroline said, joining

into the convorsation.

"Well, you see, Severus was just there, lying on the ground, and he could have been

seriously hurt, you know?" Lily looked at her friends expecatantly, but they all stared back with

blank looks on their faces. Lily pushed the hair off her face, feeling hot although it was a

relatively cool day. There was even a fire going. "Well, I went down to see if he was okay, only

people started following me, so then there was a big crowd. And then I thought he had been

stampeded to death or something, so I was looking for him and-"

"Wait, are you two back together? Please tell me you did not get bac with Severus." Alice

said, exastereated, slamming her book shut to emphasize her point.

"Quiet Alice, I want to hear this." Holly told her, patting her friends arm to pacify her. Alice

had hated Severus more than any of the other girls for some reason.

"Well, I couldn't find him, so then I ran in to James, and then I was mad at him because he

hadn't done anything about Severus being on the ground hurt." Lily continued, after giving Holly

a greatful look.

"So you and James are fighting again? Lily, you have got to get a grip, he's not even doing

anything wrong this time!" Alice said, still a little upset from before.

"Alice, would you stop yelling and jumping to conclusions? Your face gets all red and you

look like an absolute loon. Calm down, you were wrong about Severus and you're wrong about

this, so let Lily tell her story." Holy said sharply, stopping Alice from speaking as she was about

the open her mouth again. "She is wrong, right Lily?" Holly added, sounding a little nervous

herself. Why are they all so obsessed with me and James getting together?

"Of course she's wrong, she's always wrong. Sorry Al, you know we love you for it. So

anyway, I was going off at him about not ever thinking about anything except himself. And then,

do you know what he did? Well of course you don't know I haven't told you yet," Lily said

distractedly, almost talking to herself, "Oh, right, where was I? Okay, so you know what he did?

He kissed me! He just bent over and kissed me." Lily said, trying to sound upset and full of self

righteousness, but she did not quite succeed. She was given away by her blush and her secretive

smile. Her giggle did not help either. "He kissed me." She said in almost a whisper, reaching her

hands up to touch her lips, trying to convince herself that it had actually happened and was not

only a dream.

He had kissed her before of course, but not in a very long time. And she had forgotten how

nice it felt, to be with James. She had forgotten how sweet and romantic he was. She had not,

however, forgotten how agrivating he was. He was still as agrivating as ever.

"You're lying! He so did not!" Caroline said excitedly, in the kind of way that really means

'oh my goodness really? I need to go tell everyone I know!'

"Wait, are you serious?" Janette asked. "What a jerk!" She said, much to the confusion of

Lily.

"What do you mean? I didn't mind, it was nice." She admitted, somewhat to her own

embarassment.

"I'm sure it was nice and all that, except that he's been dating someone else for the past two

weeks," she said, looking pointedly at the other girls, who all nodded profusly in agreement to

what she had just said.

"Who has he been dating?" Lily asked, going a little pale. He had not only been her partner

in sort of cheating with Nicky, he had also been cheating himself, and he had dragged her in to it!

"Me."

Authors Note: Whoever can guess who James was dating gets an extra chapie that I will post in their honor regardless of the tiny and pitiful number of reviews I get, I will not even prolong my posting and torture them!...so review review review! Ok, so in your review put who you want the chappie dedicated to, how long you want it (i.e. really long, medium, short...I don't do exact word numbers), and what you want it to be about (i.e. romance, sexual intrigue, Nicky, or the whole Dumbledore power binding plot like stuff) Oh also, I am experiencing a tad bit of writers block, so even if you don't want to run in the guessing tornament feel free to give me plot ideas- they are always welcomed with open arms!

P.S.. If no one gets it right, I will not be posting until I reach a pre determined amount of reviews. Over 100 at least. Bwahahaha, moohoohaha.

P.P.S. Can someone help me with my evil laugh? It is supposed to strike fear into your hearts, but I'm afraid that I'm failing miserably...