Oh dear..I didn't update for a whole day!! Wow...so long. Well, I'm back, probably with a shorter chappie cause' I'm extremely tired and I have to get up early tomorrow...dumb school...anyways...Enjoy. Oh my god, I love this song...it doesn't exactly fit...but I like it anyways. hah. It's 'Best of me' by Starting Line! I am so buying their cd....-runs to wallet-

Chapter Twenty-Seven- The Truth

Tell me what you thought about when you were gone and so alone
The worst is over
You can have the best of me
We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up

Here we lay again
On two seperate beds
Riding phone lines
To hear that familiar voice and
Pictures drawn from memory
We reflect on
Miscommunications and misunderstandings
And missing each other too much to have had to let go
Turn our music down
And we whisper
Say what you're thinking right now...

Jumping to conclusions
Made me fall away from you
I'm so glad that the truth,
Has brought that together
Me and you
We're sitting on the ground, (Sitting on the ground)
And we whisper (and we whisper)
Say what you're thinking out loud...

Turn our music down
And we whisper
We're sitting on the ground
And we whisper
We turn our music down
We're sitting on the ground
The next time I'm in town
We will kiss, girl
We will kiss, girl...

Tell me what you thought about when you were gone and so alone
The worst is over
You can have the best of me
We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't
Feeling that we can't
We're not ready to give up
We got older but we're still young
We never grew out of this feeling that we won't give up

I shuddered at even the memory of the room Anais and I were locked up.

James' eyes were focusing on mine, waiting patiently to hear what I had to say. God, could I tell him this now? He just told me I could tell him anything...But...he doesn't know that Voldemort used me...as his toy. I cringed at the phrase and James grip on my hand tightened a bit. He was worried...well I'd be worried too if he started cringing randomly. I must look like a nut case.

"Lily, we don't have to talk about this right now..." James said softly and I looked up at him, biting my lip. It was now or never.

"I have to tell you now, James, or else I'll never bring myself to do it again." I told him and he nodded, sitting down on the couch.

I sat down next to him, taking in a deep breath. Well here we go, the plunge.

I told him how I regained consciousness to find Anais and I in the same room. I went through everything that happened, from meeting Snape to him telling us he was a spy and then the big part came in.

"Then, Voldemort walked in." James' grip on my hand tightened and I could tell he was on the edge of not wanting to know what happened and dying to know.

"He told us that we should meet the wizard that brought us there. He asked us if we were impressed when we chose not to speak to him. Of course, I, being Lily, the most stubborn person on the planet, had to make a smart-ass comment."

"Lily." He whined. I could tell he was just praying I didn't say anything stupid. I should really think before I speak from now on.

"Anyways...then he told me Malfoy had talked about me..." I took in a deep breath, this was the part James was going to freak out on. I had no idea what his reaction would be, but I did know that it was going to be bad. I mean, him thinking I kissed my healer was one thing, but now I'm kissing the dark lord of the wizarding world. Oh, there will be fireworks...

"He pushed me into a wall and...kissed me." I said quietly, wishing he didn't hear the last part. But of course, he did.

"He did WHAT?" James exclaimed, half in anger and half in disbelief.

"He kissed me." I said a little bit louder and James stood up, his face red from anger.

"The slimy little bastard! I'll kill him, kissing you against your will, who the hell does he think he is?!" James yelled, more to himself than at me.

"So I guess that means you're not mad at me...?" I asked, okay dumb question. But you never know what guy's reactions to these kind of things are. You know, like 'Kisses aren't one-sided'. Yeah, they can always make up an excuse to break up with you.

"What? No, Lily, It's not your fault. Why would I be mad at you?" James asked, stepping in front of me, and holding my hand in his.

"I dunno." I answered weakly as James sat back down beside me, still in rage.

"Go on." James instructed and I nodded my head.

Oh, hold on...Should I tell him about Nesie? Did she want that out? I guess I'll just let her tell him if she feels like it..

"So he went over to Nese and I hit him over the head with my shoe...yes, I know, smart plan, Lily." I forced a small laughed as James just gazed at me with concern.

"Then he turned around and performed the cruciatus curse on me." I said, biting my lip, remembering all the pain that I felt that night.

"Lily..." I looked up at James and saw pain, hurt and anger floating around in his eyes and I raised one of my hands to attempt to flatten his hair. What can I say? I'm addicted to it..

"It hurt so much, James. I kept thinking how I could just give up and die and it would be all over. but I didn't...I'm still alive because of you." I told him, running my hand through his hair, affectionately.

"I kept seeing your face in my head and I kept telling myself that I needed to see you again to tell you I loved you." I said, deciding to take a risk and look at his face.

He was watching me with a sad expression that I immediately felt bad for being the reason it was there in the first place.

"I'm okay now, though. So now it's out in the open." I said, with a small smile. James pulled my hand from his hair and kissed my palm.

"I can't believe you went through all that." James whispered and I shrugged, wanting to change the subject.

"So, you better go home. I'll see you tomorrow at 12:00." I said, standing up. James stood up, pulling me into his arms and kissing my forehead.

I giggled as his hands grazed my waist and he looked at me in surprise.

"What?" He asked and I shook my head, trying to hold in the laughter that was just waiting to be let loose.

"Why are you turning red?" He asked and at that moment he chose to brush my waist again with his soft fingertips.

I burst out into laughter, I guess he didn't know that was my ticklish spot.

James had a confused look on his face when I finally stopped laughing long enough to look at him.

"Sorry." I said, choking down another fit of laughter.

"Okay.." James said with an amused glance at my red face.

"See you tomorrow, love." He whispered into my ear.

"Bye." I muttered. He was still holding me in his arms. I slanted an eyebrow up at him, wondering why he wasn't leaving. He smirked at me and leaned down placing butterfly kisses along my jaw. I smiled in surprise and swatted at his chest.

"James." I whined as he began to leave a mark on my neck.

"You got to go..." I mumbled, although I wouldn't mind if he stayed a little longer...

"Bye angel." He said, leaning back and admiring his new mark on my neck, before apparating back home.

I scowled at the place where he had stood a moment before, for two reasons. One, he gave me a mark, two, he was leaving me there without any more kisses.

Men, can't live with them, can't live without them.

Lalalalala..

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