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Chap. 2—What Words Can Mean

The next day James was sitting on the deck watching Lily swing. He was incredibly bored since Sirius was in the shower, which was never a short thing. He decided to go talk to Lily, hoping she would talk to him. As he drew nearer he heard sobs and sniffing, as if Lily was crying. He climbed the back steps that led onto the deck.

Lily heard footsteps and turned around. James Potter was standing on the deck, looking concerned.

"Lily, what's wrong? Is it your sister, is it school? Are you coming back? Are your friends okay?" He panicked. Lily half laughed and half cried at his questions. She turned to face him, wiping a tear out of her eye.

"I'm not going back." She said.

"What?" He asked, confused.

"I'm not going back to Hogwarts, James, I'm moving." She cried. James went and sat next to her.

"What do you mean, Lil?" He asked.

"I told you James! I'm moving, far away, and I can't go to Hogwarts!" She said, crying really hard. James put an arm around her shoulder and surprisingly put her head on his shoulder. He let her cry on him while he worked hard to fight tears himself. He was losing Lily, he would probably never see her again. The woman he loved so much was leaving him! After Lily calmed down James turned to look at her.

"Where?" He asked.

"A-America." She hiccupped. James blinked and looked at her. He brushed a stray tear away from her face. They both sat for a while. Lily suddenly became angry and stood up. James almost fell out of his swing from the sudden lurch. She kicked the deck like she always does. "I'm not staying there! I'm not moving permantly!" She yelled. James just watched her as she turned to him. "As soon as I'm of age, I'm coming back! I am!" She said in tears. James stood up and gave her a hug, letting her cry on him again, while he lightly rested his chin on her head.

Meanwhile Sirius was out of the shower and on the deck with Remus, who stopped by. They were watching James and Lily.

"Well, they suddenly warmed up to each other, Moony." Sirius laughed.

"No, look Padfoot, Lily's shoulders are shaking, which means she's crying and James looks like Quidditch was cancelled. Something's wrong." Remus corrected.

"Oh, great." Sirius said sarcastically. They went inside and waited until James would come back.

The sliding glass door opened behind them.

"Lily, honey, please come inside for dinner. Oh hello James nice to see you again." Mrs. Evans said and left. Lily smiled weakly at James and waved good-bye as she walked inside. James did the same and walked across the street to his own house.

James entered the sitting room where Sirius and Remus were playing wizards chess. "Hit me." James said as he walked inside.

"What?" Remus and Sirius said in unison.

"Hit me." James repeated.

"Prongs, are you alright?" Sirius questioned.

"Just do it!" James said. Sirius awkwardly hit James on the back.

"Ow, wait...that hurt? No!" He yelled. Remus grabbed James and spun him around.

"What are you talking about?" He half shouted. James looked on the verge of tears and Remus let go. James mumbled something but they didn't catch it.

"Huh?" Sirius asked.

"Lily's moving!" He coughed, starting to cry lightly.

"Are you serious?" Remus asked. James nodded and hastily wiped a tear away, he hated crying, especially in front of people. Sirius embraced him in a brotherly hug. All the marauders felt like crying, they all liked Lily, Sirius and Remus liked her as another friend or sister.

Katie wanted to go over to James's house to see if anything was wrong with Lily, as she didn't want to talk on the phone or take a walk, even though she said it was nothing. She climbed the stairs and opened the front door, which James said she could come when she wanted. She froze when she got to the sitting room. She saw James and Sirius hugging like brothers and Remus on the couch with his face in his hands.

"What?" She started. All three turned to look at her. "It's Lily isn't it? She won't talk to me or take a walk or whatever, what is it?" She cried.

"She didn't tell you?" Sirius asked sadly.

"Tell me what?" She said, crying.

"Lily's moving, Katie, to America." That did it. Katie burst out in tears, not knowing what to do. Sirius walked up to her and hugged her, letting her cry on his shoulder. They stayed like that, until Katie calmed down. James sat on the couch, praying it was a dream.

Lily walked over to James's house to see if he was okay. She walked through the door and heard someone crying. It was Katie, she would know what cry anywhere. Katie saw Lily and broke away from Sirius to hug her best friend. Lily hugged her back and then spoke, "I'm sorry, Katie, but I couldn't tell you! I didn't want to yet!" Lily cried.

"It's okay, Lil, really." Katie reassured, her eyes brimming with tears still. Lily looked down, she didn't want to cry again.

"Well, I guess we better talk to Teresa." Lily said. They said good-bye to the three boys and walked to Teresa's house. Teresa opened the door and saw her best friends, crying, on her doorstep. She started to cry too, "I already know, Lil. Your mom told my mom and my mom thought I already knew!" She cried. The all hugged once again and went to take a walk, although they were mostly silent. Lily walked home, wondering what life would be like without Hogwarts, her best friends, and the marauders. She went to bed early, crying herself to sleep, thinking about how much she didn't want to move.

James lay in bed that night, thinking about how much life would be different without Lily. He didn't want to think about the day she moved, or the first day of Hogwarts, her little temper fits and everything about Lily. He just wanted to sleep forever, so none of that could happen.

Authors Note: Please review and I'll put up Chap. 3!!! Thanks