Lily sighed as she walked to her next class after lunch. Sirius is right, why do i keep on sticking up for James when all he does is get me into trouble?

Because you love him.

She shook her head, its true, but it isnt worth me getting into trouble and ruining myself because of him,she thought. INstead i help him get more girls.

" LILY!" a voice called out. She turned and saw that it was James.she smiled, she always smiled whenever he came around.

" James." she said as he stopped in front of her.

" Heh Lils... umm..." he looked around then said quietly to her, " i wont be going in for charms class, give an excuse to Mr.Flitwick for me."

She stared at him and said, " WHat?! why? James, its 2 weeks before exams and your skipping class? I gave an excuse for you 2 weeks ago, i wont do it again,i lied to Mr .Flitwick!"

James shrugged, " well you can lie again." Lily just stared at him disbelievingly, " I cant believe you james Potter!" she said angrily and walked away.

James jumped up and grabbed her hand, " But Lils, for this once only, please?"

Lily stopped and looked at him, " alright, give me a GOOD reason, an extremely good reason to help you out this time." she stood waiting for his answer, although she knew exactly what it was.

James shifted uncomfortably, " Well... i... umm," he sighed, " i wanna show Cass the garden we found." he said. Lily's eyes opened even wider. This was worse than she thought.

" Your going to show her the garden WE found?!" Lily almost shrieked.She knew she was overreacting, but she couldnt stand it, it was the garden she and James found together, " Its a secret between the BOTH of us James!"

" Hey! relax, i know, i know, it'll still be a secret, its just that i want Cass to see it. Its as beautiful as her i wanna say." he said smiling. BUt Lily didint smile back.

She said slowly, " but you just met her today.... how can you have so much trust in her and show her the secret garden in just.... 2 hours?!" she fumed.

James looked at her, " its just a stupid garden Lily, you dont have to go all dictator on me because of it.Besides Cass is the best catch ever."

" Best catch? thats all you think about dont you James? do you know i am going to flunk my transfig because of YOU?!" she held her books tight.

He shrugged, " no, not really,why? you can easily score anyways. Its no big deal. So can you cover for me for charms. The garden is only beautiful during this hour and at night.So i wanna hurry."

It was the last straw,James didint care about her, that was obvious. Fine, he didint care, and so should she.

"No James." she said as he turned to go. He stopped in his tracks, " What?" he asked.

" No. your own your own. You wanna skip class for Cass and show her the stupid garden. you go. i dont care. You cover for yourself from now on, i dont care.... i dont care anymore." she said. Then looking at him in the eye, she turned and walked away.Leaving James to stand there in surprise.

Sirius was walking to charms class when he saw Lily coming up to class too, " Hey lils i...." he stopped as he saw her face.Her face was red and she looked like she was about to cry.

He went up to her, " Lily, Lils, whats wrong?" he asked concerned about his friend. She looked up at him and tried to smile, " nothing sirius, really." but she couldnt cover up the tear that was sliding down her white face.

" Nothing My ass." he said, then he grabbed her and walked away from the charms class.

" Sirius, Sirius! we have to get to class we have to..."

" Forget class! you cant go into class looking like that!" Sirius scolded her. " Besides you cant concentrate in class like that." He dragged her all the way to a secret passageway that lead to the marauders hideout. Only the marauders,Lily and Cally know about that place.

He brought her inside and told her to sit, " Now, tell me what happened, Lily Evans doesnt just cry like that."

Lily looked up and suddenly started crying, finally all the tears she held up after telling James off came out. Sirius waas shocked as he never saw Lily cry like that, he quickly went to her and hugged her.

" Lily! oh geez Lily! what happened? Whats wrong? shush... shush its okay." he told her stroking her hair.He let Lily cry for a few moments,then he looked at her and asked again, " whats wrong?"

Lily sniffed and said, " i told James off.... i never... tell him off... i ...." she sobbed.

Sirius sighed, "I somehow knew it was him you know... You love James don't you? You always did." He said. Lily nodded, still sobbing. "well you know James, he'll get to his senses soon."

But then Lily shook her head, "No.... no.... not anymore."

"what?' Sirius asked looking at her.

"I told James I wont cover up for him anymore. And I wont. He's on his own, I waited 4 years to wait for him to change but it seems he wont, I had been there for him for 4 years and he didn't notice me in that way for once, when I have loved him for years. I wont be his stupid naïve lap dog." She said wiping her eyes with the sleeve of her robe.

Sirius shook his head, "what your saying is... you just wont cover up for him... right?.... I mean you told him off..." he was worried she might do something else like....

"No. What I mean is I am OVER him. From this day forward, I am over James Potter. He likes dating a lot of girls doesn't he? Well I like a lot of boys as well. I don't care anymore. Besides,," she said, " its time I moved on... right?" she said, smiling. She picked up her books and went out the room.

Sirius stared at her as he sat on the couch. "stupid." He thought, directing the word to both of his bestfriends, Lily and James.

Stay on for the next chapter. Sorry this one was short. Heh heh. Wanna See Lily get back at James? And will James FINALLY open his eyes and seehow much he needs Lily? Stay on for the next chap.