Lily went down to breakfast the next morning, and everyone was staring at her. She knew why. Everyone knew she and Sirius broke up and James almost kissed her. 'Almost.' Lily said, not really knowing if that was a good or bad thing. What she didn't know is that earlier her friends told James to stay away from Lily. 'We're still friends.' Lily thought naively. ' Everything will be fine with James.' She walked over to him smiling. "Hi, James. What's for breakfast?" Lily said sitting next to him.

"Oh, hi Lily." James said, thinking about what Norma had said. "I've got to go." James bolted out of there. Lily looked around to see what was wrong and she saw Sirius smirking at her. She got very frustrated, but she remembered what her mother always told her. "Never let them know what you're thinking." Her mother had said. "That will just leave you vulnerable." So, Lily ate her oatmeal as if nothing was wrong. Except for the fact that neither Sara nor Norma was there, of course. 'Where could they be?' Lily thought as she gathered her books and left the dining hall. She could feel everyone's eyes on her.

She felt their eyes all day. One brave person actually asked her whom she liked better, Sirius or James. "Shut it." She responded and walked to class. It wasn't until that night when she had finished her homework and was going to sleep that she felt alone. 'Why didn't James talk to me today?' Lily thought. 'All I saw of him was during breakfast.' Norma came in and Lily pretended to be asleep.

"I'm sorry for what I'm doing, Lily." She said. "But it's for the better. I promise you, it is." Lily didn't move, and eventually Norma left. Lily looked up and thought about what Norma said. Lily screamed into her pillow. She got up, got her robe on and went to the common room to find Norma.

She went downstairs and saw Norma reading. Lily took the book and threw it across the room. Everyone got really quiet. "What the hell are you doing that you're so sorry about?" Lily said angrily. "If you're sorry, how can it be for the better?"

"You were asleep!" Norma said. "You weren't supposed to hear that."

"So that makes it better?" Lily asked. "What are you doing?"

"It wasn't just me," Norma said. "It was Sara, too."

"I don't care if bloody Merlin has a part in it." Lily said. "I want to know what happened! What did you do?"

"Sara and I talked to Potter at breakfast before you came down." Norma said softly.

"You talked to James?" Lily said. "Why?"

"Because you were falling for the prat!" Sara yelled from behind Lily. "I don't know why, but you were. It was horrible. Sirius was one thing, but Potter? He will get you no where."

"So what did you do, dear friend of mine?" Lily said.

"We told him to stay away from you. You deserve better." Sara said.

"Like who? Sirius?" Lily said. "And who even said I was falling for him?"

"You practically kissed him last night." Norma said.

"He almost kissed me." Lily corrected her. There was a big difference, after all.

"But you were letting him." Sara pointed out. "He's the Prat Prince. Do you want to be the Princess, Lily?"

"That's a dumb name and I will not let you talk about Jams that way!" Lily said.

"Why not?" Sara said. "It's Potter. It's not like he has real feelings. He sure doesn't care about anyone else's so why should we care about his?"

"My friend won't talk like that about my other friends." Lily said.

"Then maybe I'm not you're friend, Evans." Sara said.

"Fine with me, Mallot." Lily said. "At least I know I still have Norma. Right, Norma?"

"Well, actually Lily, I agree with Sara." Norma said moving to stand next to Sara.

"What? Are you kidding me?" Lily said.

"Sorry, Evans." Sara said. "Looks like you're all alone. Because of who? Oh yes, because of Potter. Yeah, he seems wonderful now, doesn't he? Come on, Norma." Sara turned and left. Norma hesitated a little.

"Norma, please don't leave." Lily said.

"Sorry, Lily." Norma said. Then, getting meaner she said, "Looks like poor Evans is all alone. Boo frickin' hoo. Coming, Sara" Norma turned and left.

Lily just sort of stood there for a while. Once she realized everyone was staring at her she said, "Take a picture, it'll last longer." Lily walked upstairs. She got to her room before realizing she shared it with Norma and Sara. 'They'll have to at least let me in to sleep.' Lily tried opening the door, but it was locked. She knocked, but all she heard was laughter. "I just want to go to sleep." Lily said.

"Or do you mean pretend to go to sleep so you can listen to our conversations?" Norma's voice said.

"Shut it, Kadrow." Lily said. "Just let me in. It's my room, too."

"The hallway is your new room, Evans." Sara's voice said. "We already put all your stuff outside." Lily looked down the hallway and about ten feet away was all her clothes, homework and everything in the hallway.

"Sweet dreams, Evans." Her two new enemies said. Lily heard them laughing as she walked down to her stuff. She lay down on her clothes and tried to get comfortable. 'Everything will be better in the morning.' She thought as she tried to sleep.