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Author's Note: Sorry this chapter is so short. The next update will be pretty soon, I promise.
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Swishy Willow Wand—Hope this was soon enough. I'm working on way too many stories right now.
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L—Thanks. Yeah, I kinda worried about them kissing too much for people who haven't dated before (which is why I just wrote a totally awkward Ron/Hermione first kiss story) but I guess that's too late to fix now.
DOJ—Thanks. Yeah, I'm lucky to have him. I just feel bad because I don't treat him very well. I'm always making snarky comments to him and teasing him. Hmm…I should be nicer.
Marauders3—Thanks. Hehe, ack! No more Sirius puns. Hehe, I like him but they get on some people's nerves. My cousin's middle name is Leigh I think. Life of the Ring was cool so far.
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Briana Marie—I swear I'll get around to reading it soon. I've got my AP Euro test on Friday, my first AP exam ever so I'm seriously freaked out and studying like crazy. Thanks. Yeah, Sirius's idea. Isn't he so mean to her? But loyal to James. I'll give him that much. Nope, probably more like 4 or 5 chapters left I think. Not quite winding down yet. I'll think about it. I think it would be cute to put her in one of those shirts around James sometime.
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GryffindorGoddess28—Glad you liked it. It'll happen, eventually. And then the fic will be over. But it's not happening yet. She must suffer first to repent for all the heartache she is causing poor Jamesie!
Bella—Glad you like it. The relationship will develop later, right now, it's kind of dead I guess.
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Mrs.shigwa.cobain—Thanks. I don't think it ever said what color eyes he has. Some people write it as blue, some brown, some hazel. I don't think the book says which it really is. I'll check when I find it.
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Chapter 7: The Talk
"Lily, are you alright?" James asked, peering anxiously over her.
She moaned and her eyes fluttered open. "Where am I?" she asked.
"Relax. You're on the couch in the common room. You're in good hands," James said. He was sitting on the edge of the couch next to her.
Lily propped herself up on her elbows.
"You going to answer the question?" prodded Sirius, standing over her from the back of the couch..
"I need some time," Lily said after a moment.
"Everybody go back to bed," Sirius said, an almost military air to his voice.
"What?" asked Peter.
"You heard me, everyone go to bed now. Get out of here."
"Why?"
"This trial is over. We resume tomorrow at midnight," Sirius said.
"But—" started Lily.
"Again?" asked Peter.
Sirius herded Remus, Peter, and James up the stairs and practically pushed Alice up the girl's stairs. When Lily tried to go up he caught her by the wrist. "We need to talk," he said, staring into her eyes.
She managed to pull her wrist free and start up the stairs. Unfortunately she was only about 6 steps up when he put his foot on the bottom stair, and she slid down. He caught her and pulled her with one hand firm clamped on her wrist and the other around her waist. He pretty much dragged her over to the couch and said again insistently, "We need to talk."
She shifted uncomfortably. "About what?" She tried to inch away, but he still had a firm grip on her wrist.
Sirius shook his head, an expression of loathing on his face that was usually reserved for Slytherins. "I knew you were going to do this to him. I even warned him. But I still can't believe it. How could you hurt him like this, Lily? What made you think you had any right to hurt him like this? He cares about you and you're playing hackey-sack with his heart. I didn't think you were that cruel. You've got no right to lead him on like this and then make him fall flat on his face. I would have expected better from you. You're a Gryffindor. You're supposed to be brave and noble. If you were brave, you would have had the guts not to hide your relationship with James. Where should you really belong? Not Hufflepuff. No, you betrayed James tonight. Took his heart in your fist and crushed it like a grape. Maybe Ravenclaw? No, a Ravenclaw would have been smart enough to know that this would hurt him. Or maybe you did know what you were doing. Maybe, at heart, you're just a malicious Slytherin. I would have thought better of you, Lily Evans. I'm James's best friend, so this is a warning. You usually seem like a good person, so I hope you'll listen to it. James is my best friend and anybody who so much as thinks of hurting him, especially like you did tonight, has to answer directly to me. I'm not sure how familiar you are with my work, but I can work some major havoc here and make your life a living nightmare. And that's just what I can do on my own. James has other friends and so do I, if James is being mistreated, none of us are going to stand for it. You hear me?"
"Sirius, I don't—" she started.
"You've been warned, Evans," he said coldly. "Stay away from him until you make up your mind. Goodnight." He stalked up the stairs to the boys' dormitory.
Lily was left dumbfounded for a minute. Sirius Black hated her. How was that possible? Jovial, light-hearted Black hated her. He never really tended to hate anyone but Slytherins. He had called her a Slytherin. And he threatened her! She wondered if she should report him to McGonagall; he could do serious damage. No, she deserved whatever he did. She had hurt James. There was a time a long time ago (or maybe not so long ago) that she thought he had no feelings. If he turned her hair green and tattooed TRAITOR on her forehead, she would have thoroughly deserved it. But it wouldn't mean she would like it or wouldn't try to stop it. The world wasn't a fair place and a the moment, she reveled in the unfairness. She probably deserved some terrible things right now (even if her intentions hadn't been bad), but it didn't mean she would have to put up with them.
She was tired and knew that they had classes the next day, but she didn't want to have to deal with Alice now, so she waited nearly an hour until she was sure that Alice would be asleep before going upstairs to bed. Then, she cried silently into her pillow and she wasn't sure just why. All she knew was that somewhere, mistakes had been made.
Lily finally passed out, exhausted.
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What did you think? Like I said, sorry it's short, but the next chapter is going to be really good I think. Just to forewarn you, things will not be getting better for Lily in a hurry. So with that evil note, I just want to remind you to rev—Oh, why am I even bothering? You'll do it anyway. Hehe. Sorry, really hyper right now. Thanks for reading!