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Chapter 7- Cancellations

Sirius stared at James incredulously and asked, "She agreed to go to Hogsmeade with you by her own free will?"

It amazed James how thick his friend could be sometimes. "YES, YES, AND YES. I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD'VE UNDERSTOOD IT THE FIRST TIME I SAID IT!"

"Honestly, Padfoot, your intelligence amazes me sometimes!" Remus exclaimed with a twinkle in his eye. He turned to James and asked, "So when is this Hogsmeade trip anyhow?"

"My date with Lily is on, uh," James paused ad furrowed his brow in thought, "October 10th!"

Remus' eyes stopped twinkling when he heard the date. "Great," he mumbled. "I won't be able to go."

"Why?" Peter asked. He wasn't the brightest of the group and his grades proved that.

Sirius glared at Peter and replied, "Why don't you use your brain and think about it? It's fairly obvious!"

Peter still looked utterly confused until a light turned on. "Oh!"

James looked at Peter and shook his head. He knew he was never going to understand his friend. He turned to look back at Remus. "I'll just tell Lily something came up and that I can't go with her after all," he replied after a moment of hesitation.

Remus looked shocked and started waving his hands frantically in the air, "No, you can't do that. You've waited for this since first year!"

"It's okay Moony. You're my friend, and you've stuck by me. And now it's my turn to do the same for you. Plus, I'm pretty sure she'll understand."

"No, James. I won't let you. You really like Lily and have waited too long for this to blow it on me!" Remus was adamant that James was going to go with Lily.

James stood up and looked at his friend. "I'm sure she'll understand." After saying that, he left to go find Lily.

Lily was sprawled on her bed working on her Potions Essay, but had gotten a little sidetracked. So far her piece of parchment read:

"The Polyjuice Potion is a very complex potion because it takes a month to brew. And you don't know if it worked until you drink it.

-skip a few lines-

James and Lily

James Potter and Lily Evans

James and Lily forever!

Lily and James Potter

Lily Potter

Lily Evans Potter

Mrs. Lily Potter"

Lily read her Potions Essay over and smiled. She took her quill and started drawing little hearts around their names.

Knock-Knock. (A/N-That's supposed to be someone knocking on Lily's door.)

Lily's head snapped up and she instinctively folded the parchment up and stuck it in her robes. "Hold on! I'll be there in a minute!"

Lily hastily made her way to the door. She saw James standing there and smiled. "Oh! Hello, James!"

James smiled back at her and said softly, "Hey, Lily."

Lily grabbed James hand and pulled him over to the bed and plopped down. "Here, sit," she said and patted her hand on the empty spot beside her.

"Right, er," James said nervously and sat down. He was having doubts about canceling the date.

"So, what's up?" Lily asked cheerfully.

"Well, I, uh, I have some rather bad news."

"Hmm?" Lily asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"Well,' James paused, "it has to do with Hogsmeade."

Lily's smile died completely. She motioned for him to continue with her hands.

"Something has come up, and I can't go with you," James mumbled. "I'm truly very sorry. When James looked at Lily, he was surprised to see two teardrops forming in her eyes.

"Oh, don't worry about it," Lily muttered and evacuated the room. The piece of parchment that she had stuck in her robe moments earlier fell out during her hurried escape.

James frowned and picked the parchment up on his way out of Lily's room. He debated whether or not to open it on the way to his room across the hall.

"Maybe a little peek," he muttered to himself. He was upset at the hurt he had caused Lily. James unfolded the parchment and starting reading it. His heart stopped when he got to the part with little hearts around his and Lily's names.

"LILY!" he yelled and ran out through the common room and portrait hole in search of Lily.

"Why I am crying over this? I don't like James, or do I? I did write his name and my name together earlier, but I've hated him since first year. This makes no sense! But he is so s-"

Lily's thoughts were interrupted when she ran into the wall and fell down to the floor. She rubbed her head. "Ouch."

"Oi! That's gonna leave a mark. Here let me help you up," a familiar male voice said and reached his hands out for her to grasp onto.

"Thanks," Lily muttered and grabbed both of the hands. She allowed the man to hoist her up without a fuss.

"Are you alright?" he asked in a soft tone.

Lily looked up and gasped when she saw who the man was. "I can't believe James saw me run into the wall! Now he's gonna think I'm a klutz and laugh at me."

James reached out and touched Lily's forehead where a bump was already forming. "Ouch," he muttered.

Lily blushed, causing her face to turn a bright red, when she felt his fingers on her forehead. "I've, uh, got to go, um, study in the, uh, library," she stuttered and started walking towards the library.

"Lily, wait," James moaned and caught Lily's arm. "Can't we just talk?"

Lily turned to face James. "About what?"

"Well," James reached into the pocket of his robe and produced a piece of parchment, "we could start with this."

Lily frantically dug around in her robes. Her face fell when she realized that he was holding the parchment she was writing on earlier. "I, er," Lily murmured nervously.

James smiled knowingly while he watched her try to come up with an excuse. He knew he had been in that situation plenty of times before. "It's okay," he replied softly.

Lily looked into James' hazel eyes and frowned. "No, it's not."

"What?" James looked startled.

"I shouldn't have written that stuff because I don't like you and you don't like me," Lily replied. This time James' face fell.

"That's not true," he replied hoarsely.

"Sure it's not."

"It's not."

"James, nothing you say will make it true," Lily replied matter-of-factly.

"I wouldn't be so sure of that."

"WELL I AM," Lily screamed at James.

"WELL I'M NOT," James paused, "BECAUSE I LIKE YOU A LOT!"

"Then why'd you cancel our date?" Lily asked in a soft voice.

"I didn't want to, but I had to," James said, his eyes full of sorrow. "I swear I'll make it up to you."

Lily looked at James uncertainly. "Fine."

James put on his award-winning grin. "I promise it'll be better than this weekend would have!"

A/N- I like this chapter! Review and tell me if you guys like it too.

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