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Chap. 5—Two Separate Worlds

The day after Lily arrived home she spent the afternoon at Jessica and Sarah's house.

"Did you have fun? We missed you!" Jessica said.

"I had so much fun. Oh, but don't worry, I missed you too." She quickly added. Her friends smiled.

"Did anyone change?" Sarah asked.

"Yeah, well there were a couple problems. You remember James, right?" Lily started off.

"The one that's liked you since third year?" Jessica responded.

"Yeah, anyway, I had to help him. That's why I went back." Lily filled in.

"Aww! How cute!" The twins said. Lily laughed and continued on.

"He was having a hard time, you know. He wasn't himself. So I think I helped him get over it." Lily said, thinking sadly of her friends. Then it struck her, she really missed him.

"Well, that's good!" Sarah said.

"Yeah." She said quietly.

"Lily, what's wrong?" Jessica asked, looking concerned.

"It's just, I don't know, weird, I guess. I mean, James used to get on my nerves so much and I wanted nothing more than to get him to leave me alone but now, I miss him. A lot." She added. Her eyes filled with tears and her friends gave her a reassuring hug.

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James was walking back in the common room, laughing with Sirius and Remus about the prank they just pulled on the Slytherins.

"Did you see their faces?" He said, in between laughs. That only made Sirius laugh harder. They charmed the Slytherins that if they said the word 'blood' their skin would turn red and it would say 'Gryffindor Rules' in gold. Sure enough, at lease half the Slytherins mentioned blood so they turned gold and red. Katie and Teresa saw the Slytherins and gave the guys high fives, while laughing themselves.

"James Potter! I am appalled! You are so low!" Teresa said, doing an excellent impression of Lily. Everyone laughed harder if possible. "Only joking!" She said, giving James a quick one-armed hug. They all sat on the comfy couches, trying to calm down. Although no one said it, they were happy James was back to normal. James still missed Lily incredibly, but she was right; he had to move on. They all sat by the fire, enjoying another nice afternoon.

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Lily watched the pouring rain outside her window the next day. It matched her mood perfectly. She was really sad, and Jessica and Sarah couldn't help, as they were away for the weekend. Petunia stayed in her room, avoiding Lily, which Lily was glad about. Anyway, Lily was thinking a lot about how much she missed her friends today. She knew she had to get over it, if James could, she could. It would just take a while. A few seconds later she saw a cute owl peck on her window. She let it in and recognized James's handwriting. She quickly opened it up and read it.

Lily—

I want to say thank you. You really helped me get back. In fact, we just pulled an awesome prank on the Slytherins. Although, if you were here, you would have yelled at me. Ha-ha. I'll let Katie and Teresa fill you in...lets just say the Slytherins won't be saying anything related to 'blood' lately. Even though everything is great, I still miss you. I always will and you're right: we'll see each other along the way. Hope everything is okay there.

Love,

James

The letter made Lily happy. She laughed about the part about the prank. She knew he would bounce back to his old self. She smiled and realized, that getting a letter from James, she would be okay too. She felt happy and danced all around her room. She finally felt at home, and liked the feeling.

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James hoped Lily would get his letter, and she would be happy. He snapped out of it and remembered he had to get ready for his last Quidditch match before the holiday. It was against Slytherin and James really wanted to win. He grabbed his broom, a Shooting Star, the best kind of his time. He went down and into the locker rooms waiting to start. The captain (Alexander Wood) motioned for the team to go to the field. James mounted his broom and went high in the air. He spotted his friends all sitting together, Katie and Teresa were shivering, as it was very cold, about to snow outside. Madam Albert, the flying instructor released the balls and the game started. Gryffindor scored the first goal and half the crowd went wild. After about 7 goals into the game, James saw the Snitch. He dove towards it, earning lots of cheers from Gryffindors. After chasing it for a while he finally came very close. Just as he did it started to snow. He laughed as he closed his fingers tightly over the golden ball. The crowd burst into applause and enjoyed the snow. Teresa and Remus jumped up and down hugging and Sirius quickly gave Katie and a short kiss on the lips. Remus did the same to Teresa. All four smiled and Teresa and Remus hugged again, as Sirius and Katie did the same. They all ran down the snowy bleachers to find James. They found him and Teresa and Katie gave him a congratulations hug. All five stayed out in the wonderful snow for a while for they went inside for a warm drink. After a quick stop to the kitchens they came back with desserts and warm butterbeers. "Hey Kates? Want to go to Hogmeade with me on Saturday?" Sirius asked.

"Sure." Katie and Sirius smiled and Katie placed her head on Sirius's shoulder.

"Do you want to Teresa? We could double date?" Remus asked.

"I'd like that." She said. Remus looked at James.

"You can come too if you want?" He said, feeling guilty.

"No, it's alright. I don't want to interfere. I'll find something to do. Have a good time together." He said, and meant it.

"Are you sure, Prongs?" Sirius asked.

"Padfoot, you think I'd lie to you?" James said, looking hurt. They all laughed and James went up to his dorm. He quickly fell asleep, thinking of the wonderful Quidditch match.

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Lily went to bed, thinking that James probably won another Quidditch match. She knew there was always one in December and she figured James would win it. She also hoped her friends got together with Sirius and Remus, after having crushes on them for two years.

She awoke the next morning. It was a perfect sunny day outside, perfect to hang out with Jessica and Sarah, who came back late last night. After getting dressed and eating breakfast she met them outside and they were all going to take a walk. It was a little cold so she put an extra sweater on and walked down the street, feeling like she had done this a million times, but still enjoyed it. After all, it wasn't her old friends, it was Jessica and Sarah, who were different than Katie and Teresa. Of course Lily missed them but like I said before, she was getting used to living in America and having new friends. They walked and Lily listened to what the twins did in Vermont, where they went for the weekend. Instead of going back to their house, they went to Lily's. Lily showed them her own spell books and taught them to make a truth potion, which they enjoyed finding out secrets and laughing about them.

Jessica and Sarah slept over at Lily's that night. All three girls had so much fun. It was like old times for Lily but she didn't mention that. It was great to have more friends. In the morning Lily taught them how to transfigure pillows which was a lot of fun. The twins missed a lot from not going to a school. They were happy to learn new stuff. Lily was trying to teach them the stunning spell.

"No! Sarah concentrate hard and only on the pillow. Remember, 'Accio pillow!' Say it strong and clear." Lily instructed.

"Accio pillow!" Sarah cried and pillow flew up but hit Jessica in the face. "Sorry," Sarah muttered.

"Here, Jessica why don't you try to summon the TV remote." Lily said.

"Okay. Accio remote!" She yelled. The remote flew off the table and Jessica caught it. "I did it!" She cried, jumping up and down.

Eventually after a few more minutes Sarah finally got it, although sometimes it went to Jessica instead. It was fun teaching them new spells.

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Sirius, Remus, Katie and Teresa walked into snowy Hogmeade. It looked really pretty with all the snow on the cottages. Remus took Teresa's hand and smiled at her as she smiled back. Sirius took the hint and did the same to Katie, who grinned happily at him. They walked all around for a while before going in anywhere. They all bought a bunch of stuff at Zonko's. (Sirius buying the most of course) After getting a little chilly the guys led the girls into Three Broomsticks for a drink before heading back to the castle.

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After a lovely Christmas, everyone came back to the castle. March finally rolled around and spring was on its way. Sirius and Katie hooked up and so did Remus and Teresa, so everyone was happy. Even James and Lily.

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