A/N: Thanks so much for the great reviews! Sorry I haven't been updating as quickly as I had earlier. School is getting tough and I am getting butt loads of homework lately. Hope you enjoy this chapter!

Oh yeah, and it got deleted when I was one the last sentence so I had to start afresh.

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"Just do it, Lil." Cassie said as she flipped through Witch Weekly on her bed.

Lily paced the room, biting her nails nervously. "I can't just tell James how I feel about him! He has girls literally hanging off him!" She said hysterically. "Do you think he'd really care if I, Lily Evans, the biggest geek told him I fancied him?"

"Yes." Cassie replied, slapping her magazine down. "James is a good person. He wont shun you or embarrass you if you told him."

Lily stopped pacing and looked at her friend wearily. "You think so?"

"I know so." Cassie said reassuringly. "But if he does I promise to hang him by his ball sack, alright?"

"What a nice thought." Lily said half-heartedly.

Cassie laughed and flipped through the magazine some more.

Just then, the door burst open and there stood Laura with a look of pure bliss on her face. Her black cardigan was button the wrong way and her hair was very tangled.

"Man, do I feel good!" She breathed in and shut the door with her foot.

"Where have you been?" Cassie asked nervously.

"With Sirius." Laura said simply.

"You didn't…" Lily asked slowly.

"No!" Laura widened her eyes. "Of course not!"

Cassie exhaled and sat back.

"I'm not that stupid." Laura said. "I don't need to be getting pregnant in my fifth year, thank you very much."

"Not like Narcissa." Cassie pointed out.

"That is such a horrible thing to go through at fifteen." Lily said. "Could you imagine?"

Laura pursed her lips and plopped onto her bed. "That would be bad."

"Do you think she'll stay at Hogwarts?" Cassie asked.

"I don't even want to think about it." Laura shivered.

"Yeah." Cassie said. "Back to what we were talking about before."

"What was that?" Laura untangled her hair with her fingers.

"I think…I think I might tell James." Lily said with an unsure smile. Just thinking about it made her feel sick.

"Don't be so nervous, Lil." Laura said. "James is a great guy. You would not have started liking him if he weren't a nice guy."

"Yeah, since when have you ever liked assholes?" Cassie asked.

Laura snorted. Cassie was so…Cassie.

"You know what?" Lily said defiantly. "I am going to do it. I will march right downstairs to find James…and I'll tell him about my feelings for him."

"Good girl!" Laura shouted.

"Go and get him!" Cassie said.

Lily shakily opened the door and descended the stairs with her head held high.

She noticed Peter sitting with Sirius next to the fireplace. Sirius had pretty much the same appearance as Laura did. He smiled at her when she approached.

"Hey Lil." Sirius said and Peter smiled at her before turning back to the game of Gobstones.

"Hi Sirius." Lily said, her heart beating faster and faster, she thought it might rip out of her chest.

"What may I do you for?" He asked, touching his messy hair.

"Do you—do you know where James is?" She asked, wringing her hands.

Sirius gave her a sly smile. "He's in the library."

"The library? What is he doing there?" She asked.

"Remus forced him into going there to finish his vampire essay." Sirius said.

"Why didn't he make you go?" Lily asked suspiciously.

"I was preoccupied." Sirius said.

Lily laughed and headed for the portrait hole.

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"Do you think I can do it?" James breathed heavily.

"Yes, of course." Remus said from across the table in the library.

"O-okay." James said. He didn't know why he liked this girl so much. She was just Lily. One of his best friends, whom last year didn't even talk two words to each other the whole year except when she was paired with him for a project. She was shy and he was this golden boy.

James stood up but collapsed into his chair again. "I can't do it."

"Nonsense!" Remus hauled him up and pushed him out of the library.

James walked slowly around the corridor in circles. He couldn't do it. Lily was his friend and she would surely laugh at him or…or…something. How could he even think she would be interested in him?

James huffed angrily and stalked down the corridor towards Gryffindor Tower. He couldn't wait. He had to tell her before his heart plummeted through his chest.

But why did he feel so nervous? It was only Lily Evans. Dear, sweet…Lily.

"Calm down James." He said quietly. His dark eyes scanned the long walk down the hall past a few empty classrooms.

He couldn't help but wonder where Lily was at that precise moment and what she was doing.

"Oh Shit!" Lily jumped back a few feet. She had bumped right into the last person she wanted to see.

"Well, what do we have here?"

"Excuse me, Gina." Lily tried to push her way past but Gina held a palm up.

"One moment, Lil." She sneered.

Lily stood and folded her arms under her chest and tapped her left foot impatiently.

"I just wanted to know—" Gina said in a slow, drawling voice.

"Out with it, I don't have much time." Lily said, feeling really irritated.

Gina scoffed and flipped her blonde hair. "Where are you off to?" She asked with a grin. "The morgue?"

Lily gave Gina a puzzled look as she laughed at her own stupid joke. "Wait—that wasn't even funny. It didn't even make sense!"

Gina stopped giggling and stared at Lily with distaste. "What is your problem?"

"What is my problem?" Lily laughed. "What is your problem?"

"My problem?" Gina asked. "You know what—"

"Enough!" Lily screeched. "Enough, enough, enough! I don't have time for this right now! If you would please excuse me."

"Where are you going?" Gina asked darkly at her retreated back. "Off to bug James?"

Lily whirled around. "What business is it of yours?" She asked dangerously.

"I am merely trying to help you by giving you the reality." Gina smirked. "Can't you see it?"

"Oh, yes!" Lily smiled. "Humiliating me in front of everyone including James has done a lot for me, thanks."

"So you do like him!" Gina squealed.

"You've already known that!" Lily yelled in frustration. It was official, she was the biggest idiot ever known to mankind.

"Well…at least I went out with him! You cant even get him to talk to you." Gina retorted.

"Don't you see he was just using you?" Lily said. "You and all of those other bimbos!"

"So why are you going after him?" Gina asked.

Lily opened her mouth to hurl another insult at her but abruptly closed it. She couldn't take it, she was going to walk away before she could stop herself from decking her in the jaw.

"Think you actually have a chance with him?" Gina called after her.

Ignore her, Lily.

"Better than you ever would." Gina and Lily whirled around to see none other than golden boy himself.

Lily rolled her eyes and stalked away again. She was not in the mood to get into another confrontation with James, nonetheless. She needed to calm down before she would kill this girl.

"Wuss!" Gina screamed.

Too late.

Lily spun around and stormed after Gina. Gina's face took a forced look of determination and bravery. As she got there she looked Gina up and down and let out a sharp breath.

"You aren't even worth my time." She said in a low voice and stalked in the other direction.

"Wait! No!" Gina yelled and walked closely after her. She needed to show James that she could fight too.

"Stop right there!" Gina yelled.

No answer.

"LILY!"

No answer.

Gina took matters in her own hands and pounced on her back. Lily let out a shriek of surprise and toppled over onto the floor. Gina jumped and put her hands around Lily's neck, attempting to choke her.

"Gina! No! What are you doing!" James yelled and ran after them.

Lily gasped for air. That was something she couldn't easily get out of. She felt her hands close around her neck tighter and tighter. It had been seconds since she last drew breath and was now panicking in her mind. She grabbed Gina's hands and tried to pry them off her blue purple neck.

"Get off her!" James pulled Gina away with no effort.

"I'll squeeze harder if you don't let go!" Gina screeched.

James immediately let go. What could he do?

Lily slowly put her hand into her robe pocket and took the only thing she had inside of it.

Her trusty quill.

She pried it under Gina's fingers and it pushed them away from her neck. Lily kicked Gina in the face as she moved backwards and gasped for air.

James grabbed Gina's hands and held them behind her back.

Lily clutched at her neck, feeling the swollen glands and muscles. Gina had a hard grip. At least there was something useful in her. She got to her feet with much effort and leaned against a wall for support.

Gina wrenched herself from James's grasp and ran down the corridor and out of sight.

"Lily!" James went over to her and held her back. She still gasped in pain and could barely speak. "I'm so sorry. This is all my fault."

Lily shook her head vigorously and then suddenly wished she had not, for the feeling of faintness overcame her and she dropped into James's arms.

He looked sadly at her limpness and picked her up slowly. He hated Gina. He was going to get revenge for this. Lily hadn't done anything to her at all and Gina attacked her for no reason.

Lily started breathing normally and her eyes fluttered open. Though, James was concentrating on his revenge, so he did not notice.

"I'm so sorry, Lil." He was saying softly. "I just came to talk to you, and tell you how much I cared about you, and Gina got to you before I could do anything. You could have…died."

Lily snapped her eyes shut to pretend as if she were sleeping.

"And I can't believe how many times I have made a fool of myself for you." He continued. "I know you can't hear me but, I…I am so sorry for everything I've ever done to you…I cannot believe I even went out with Gina. And, you were right…I only went for bimbos around here. The truth is…" He trailed off, "I've never really had feelings for anyone in my entire life. Except you."

Lily shivered, not believing what he said was true. He probably just felt bad for her, so he was giving the speech. James held her closer and she shivered again.

Well…maybe not.

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