Hehe. So someone actually reads these things. Woo! LoL.

I have school tomorrow. . . Ugh. NOT happy.

Still. Here y'are. Another chapter.

Lily's POV

It's not fair. James wasn't going to tell me anything. I knew I should have talked to Remus!

And he was lying. I knew he was. Because. . . well, because what he was saying wasn't the truth.

But, just as I was trying to think of what to say to him, someone else rushed over to us.

Sirius. No duh.

He looked a little out of breath, as if he had run here, and his hair was all over the place.

But Sirius - being Sirius - managed to look even more gorgeous. Gorgeous enough to make the stupid other girls in the stupid library turn their stupid heads.

"Look, we really have to talk," he sighed.

James was looking at him, waiting to see what he was going to say next.

"In private," Sirius added. He grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the library. "Come on."

Sirius' POV

I know what to do. It's not going to be easy, and she's going to hate me.

But either that, or everything will be awkward between me and James forever.

I don't need Lily, right? I mean, we'd break up eventually anyway. . . The sooner the better.

And it's not as if this will crush her. She'll get over it. Fall into James' open arms. . .

Hmm. That'll be great to witness, after all. My girlfriend - ex-girlfriend, ex-girlfriend - falling for my best friend.

Oh, stop whining Black. It's not as if you love her. She's just another girl.

But James. . . Does James loves her?

Anyway. Like I said. I know what to do.

It'll make me seem really. . . I don't know. Not nice, to say the least. But hey! Maybe this way she'll finish with me.

I led her out of the library, deciding just to go back to the Common Room to tell her.

No, that'd be too public.

Dorms.

My dorm?

But then she'd have to run through the Common Room. . . and she might be all crying, and stuff.

Or she might not. I don't think that highly of myself. . . I just don't have a clue how she's going to react.

But yeah, I got an idea when she looked at these girls in the library who were shooting me glances. She looked all possessive and stuff. Maybe I got it wrong, but it gave me an idea at least.

So now. . . I glanced around the corridors, looking for people, as Lily sighed with irritation because I was dragging her behind me.

Aha! Lorredana and her friends. I made a sharp turn, so I could walk past them.

"Where are we going?" Lily asked suspiciously.

"Just somewhere," I snapped, trying to sound impatient. Couldn't hurt to make her think I was a cruel git who had no feelings. "Is that okay with you, O great one?"

Lily glared at me. Well, that's. . . er. . .good.

There. All the way back to the Gryffindor tower I flirted with every girl I saw, and totally ignored Lily.

I just sort of dragged her behind me, acting annoyed.

She really was annoyed.

Poor thing. Urgh! I feel like scum.

She's gonna hate me. . . but I like her! I still really like her.

Damn James. He owes me big time.

"Um. . . well, let's go up to your dorm," I suggested slowly.

Lily nodded and wrenched her arm out of my grip. She started to jog up the stairs leading to the girls' dorms. I sighed and followed her.

Tess and some other girl were in the dorm, but with one look from Lily they nodded and walked out, looking at us in wonder.

Lily sat on her bed, staring at me with those brilliant green eyes of hers narrowed, her arms folded. "Go on then. Shoot."

Oh Lord.

"Okay. . . er. . . Lily, I am so sorry," I sighed uncomfortably. I was sorry. Sorry she was involved in this mess. It wasn't her fault. "And. . . I don't know, it's complicated."

She stared at me. Just stared at me. It's quite unnerving, that is.

"What's complicated?" she asked eventually.

Huh. Like I was about to go into detail about that.

"Erm. . . well, I'm complicated," I muttered, running a hand through my hair. "I just. . . I'm one of those people who can't stay in a relationship too long."

Lily shook her head. "Not even a few weeks?" she spat.

"No, I know," I mumbled. I can't believe I'm doing this for James. "I. . . I get bored."

"Bored?" she suddenly cried, jumping up. "Bored? What, you need a new girl every fortnight?"

Oh-kay. Here we go.

"Look, Lils-"

"Don't you 'Lils' me! God, I can't believe you! I can't believe me!" she cried.

"I'm sorry, okay? It.. . . it's complicated!"

"Yeah, yeah, you've said!"

I sighed loudly, avoiding her eyes. This was so much more horrible than I thought it'd be.

"Urgh! I should have known better than to date a Marauder! I mean, with your stupid pranks and everything you probably tho-"

"What? No, no!" I shook my head furiously.

No way was I doing all this for her to hate James as well. "No. This isn't their fault. Only mine. They. . . James told me not to hurt you, actually. And I didn't mean to. I'm sorry. Like I said. . ."

"You get bored," she mimicked. "Yeah, I got it."

I looked at her sadly as she turned on her heel, refusing to face me.

Great.