AN Hello everyone and thanks to all. I was having a thought should I have more spacing? It looks pretty crowded to me but you will have to decide. Review please.

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Chapter 9: After math and the fight.

Remus' and Lily's chess game was over. He won. He always did.

"Nobody can beat me ha!" He said. Sirius was off with some girl, probably Alicia. He has been spending a lot of time with her.

"I think I am gone go to sleep now, and Lily?"

"Yeah?"

"Can you tell James that I truly have no interest in you? I don't mean that you are not pretty or something. You are it is just James gets jealous pretty easily about something or someone he really cares about"

"Sure" She answered with a polite smile. She waited for about an hour when she saw James sneaking into the common room.

"James?" He snapped towards her.

"Gosh you scared me" He said, his voice was cold.

"We need to talk"

"Ohh really?"

"James please" She said and she really meant it.

"Lily you were fooling around with my best friend how do you expect me to react?" he snapped. Lily lowered her head then raised it up again.

"It was a game,"

"What" James seemed confused.

"It was made to make you jealous to see how you would react. I wasn't sure what you felt towards me. I was lost and confused."

"So you used me?"

"For God's sake no I did not use you James. I just checked if you really liked me or if you were just fooling around with me."

"How could I be fooling around? I was practically stuck to you for two years now. If I was fooling around for some fun I would give up long timed ago." Both of them were silent.

"Ohh just kiss and go to sleep I need to go to sleep too" The head boy went out of the portrait and waited impatiently.

"Good night James" Lily said, a small smile played on her lips.

"Good night, sweet dreams" He bent a bit and kissed her on the cheek. They went to their own rooms still wondering about the other one. (You know James thought of Lily and vise versa). Lily went to take a shower and brush her teeth. She couldn't sleep. Thought of James just kept coming and not letting her sleep. James had about the same problems. He decided to go down to think a bit. In his dorms it was too loud to do that. (Let's say that Peter snores really loudly ok?). He walked down and set in one of those big am chairs near the dying fire. Lily decided she needed something to drink and as their night jug was empty she crept down the stairs silently.

"Lily?" James saw a faint figure with a jug. She turned around.

"You scared me James"

"What are you doing so late up?"

"I was just getting some water and what were you doing Mr. Potter?"

"Well Miss. Evans I was sitting here daydreaming about someone you know." He said with a foolish grin on his face.

"And who would that be?" She stepped closer to him.

"A girl" He also stood up.

"Is she a Gryffindor?"

"Yeah a very proud one too"

"Tell me something about her." They were walking towards each other slowly.

"She is beautiful, intelligent, and funny; she has a red hair and the most amazing green eyes. She has a temper of a red head too." He put his arms around her waist.

"And her name is.?"

"Lily Evans" he said truthfully.

"Really?"

"Really." She put her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder.

"James?"

"Yes Lils?"

"I changed my mind."

"About.?"

"The expectation for your prize."

"My prize huh?"

"Yeah well I thought I was being a bit too cruel to you so I changed my mind to a kiss."

"When can I get this prize?"

"Now" They leaned in and there was nothing to stop their lips meeting. James lowered himself to the couch and he took Lily along with him. They deepened their kiss. The channel of emotions, happiness, grief, sadness and many others were sheared. It was long and passionate. Lily who has never been kissed so passionately and lovingly at he same time was amazed by this kiss. James explored every part of her mouth hungrily. James' hands were caressing Lily's sides but they were careful not to go or do anything that Lily might not like. Both of them pulled away for a breath.

"Is there anything else I might expect?" James said with a teasing grin.

"And what would you like it to be?"

"Something more."

"I don't think so, at least not tonight" James was disappointed a little but he continued what they started. He began outlining Lily's jaw with sweet little kisses. Then he went down to her neck and sucked on her skin softly. On that Lily couldn't help but groan. Her hand went to his hair making it even messier then usually. When James was happy with the red mark on Lily's pale skin he went up. He traced her jaw again then reached to her mouth. Again a mixture of emotion passed between them. The flip- flops in James' stomach didn't give him any rest and Lily's spine had chills all the time. Then Lily pulled away.

"Good night James" She kissed him lightly in his cheek and went away.

"Sweet dreams Lils" He tried to move his head in a way for Lily to kiss him on the lips not on the cheek but it didn't work out. Lily stood up and crept to her room quietly not wake any girls up. James looked after her and decided to stay a bit because maybe Lily would change her mind again, but after a half an hour he left a little disappointed. He went to his dorm and didn't even notice that Remus was wide awake.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~In the bright morning~~~~~~

"James!"

"Yeah!" James just woke up and was pretty sleepy.

"What happened yesterday?" Remus started to question him.

"Yesterday, when?"

"After you came back from taking Helga back to the castle"

"I went to sleep" He tried really hard not to show the huge smile. It looked good but on the corner of his lips there was a small smile hidden.

"Ok and what really happened?" Remus knew him too well. He could see right through him.

"Nothing" The smile just became bigger.

"Come on we know something happened besides I saw you coming to the dorms late and night with a grin from ear to ear"

"Really nothing happened" Sirius started getting interested.

"Oh, fine whatever just tell us if you got laid."

"No I did not get laid ok. I am not a slut like you are"

"But you must have done something with Lily since she was there too." It was a raw statement coming from Remus.

"Were you stalking me or what?"

"So you were with Lily?"

"Yeah you saw us, right?"

"Nope, I bluffed" Both Sirius and Remus started laughing their heads off.

"You." James threw himself on the boys. The started rolling on the ground.

"Good morning boys!" An overly sweet voice said. All the heads in the room except for Peter who was still sleeping turned towards the voice. Helga was standing in the door way.

"What are you doing here Helga?"

"I came to visit James and give him his morning kiss." Sirius laughed.

"Then he is all yours" Sirius said pulling Remus and himself towards the door.

"I don't think that's necessary" James was trying to get out but Helga stopped him.

"Don't you want to spend sometime alone with me?"

"Err. not really" He said truthfully. Then suddenly James was thrown to the ground by Helga who was now on top of him. She was kissing every part of him that she could find.

~~~To Lily~~~~

Lily woke up very happily. She was the first one to wake up in her dorms. She decided she would take the longest shower ever and pamper herself a lot. When she went out of the shower Ara was standing just in front of the bathroom door.

"Lily?"

"Yeah!" Lily seriously couldn't take if it was another fight.

"I'm sorry I shouldn't spread the rumor, I'm sorry I should stick to you no matter what." Arabella was cracking. Lily came to Ara and gave her a bear hug.

"It's ok Ara, it's ok" Lily was calming Arabella who was crying into her shoulder.

"So I see you finally came to your senses" Ela said with a huge smile and joined into the hug.

"Let's go for breakfast"

"Ok" All of them walked down. Lily saw the Marauders coming down the stairs.

"Morning guys" she shouted to them through the crown of people heading to breakfast.

"Oh morning Lily" Lily smiled.

"Where is James? Is he still upstairs sleeping?"

"He is upstairs but he is not sleeping" Sirius added with the laugh.

"I will go up to see him ok I will be down shortly" She said to the girls. They just nodded and started walking with the crowd.

"Can I go up?"

"I don't think that's such a good idea." The guys looked at each other meaningfully.

"Why?"

"James is." They had to think of something and think fast.

"James is changing."

"Ohh I don't mind" She said moving towards their staircase. The guys looked at each other gain sensing trouble.

"But he.he" Sirius started

"The room is awfully messy and he doesn't want you to see it. Doesn't want to embarrass himself." Remus cut him of.

"What's going on guys?" Her smile faded a little. "Why don't you want me to go upstairs?"

"Is not that Lily. Just that he didn't want us to let you go upstairs because of the messy room." She looked at them then said sternly.

"I am going upstairs guys" She made a move towards the staircase but the guys locked the passage.

"Better not"

"I am going" Her voice was like steel.

"Let us just warn him so he can clean up a bit"

"I don't mind the mess really I just want to see what's going on." With that she went up. The guys looked at each other. If Lily goes up and see Helga and him there kissing they will, be in trouble and James is going to kill them. Then he and Lily would probably have hug fight and she will stop talking to James.

"Lily, wait!" They shouted but it was too late Lily was opening the door already. James was on the floor with Helga. She was kissing him while he wanted to get out. Then the door cracked open and Lily stood there. Her eyes began filling with tears.

"Lily no it is not what you think" Helga didn't even see Lily coming in until Sirius and Remus who had run up took her away from James. Then they lifted her and took her downstairs, leaving James and Lily alone well quite alone, Peter was sleeping loudly on one of the beds.

"How. How could you?" Tears were falling down her cheeks.

"Lily" He came and tried to hug her but she pushed him away.

"It is not what you think, she just threw herself on me and I could get out"

"Right I am sure that's how it went. Or maybe it was the other way around huh? What was she doing up here anyways?"

"She came to say good morning, Lily I would never." He didn't finish he was cut off by Lily.

"And she wasn't invited huh, It is not worth my energy!" with that she stormed out the room. He ran after her.

"Lily just listen to me please" Lily didn't say anything she just run to her dorm. James ran after her. The stairs turned into a slide and he skidded down. He didn't mind the pain. He tried again and again. Remus came to him and put his hand on James' shoulder.

"James give up it's over" He said slowly. But James was stubborn as hell he tried again and again. Sirius and Remus had to drag him to Mr. Darvick. He had so many bruises from falling again and again. Mr. Darvick just gave him some sleep drought because he was trying to get out of the hospital wing to get to Lily. He was supposed to stay there until dinner.

Lily stayed all day in her dorms crying her eyes out. She didn't want to tell the girls what happened so the girls went to the Marauders for the explanation. They also heard what happened just before Lily stormed in there so they were sorry for James. They tried to talk to Lily but it didn't work. On lunch Arabella and Ela decided to visit James.

When they went in the Marauders were already sitting there.

"Hello"

"Hello ladies!" Sirius said. He was the only one who you could consider cheerful in this group. James was sitting up and he did not even notice that they came in. Then he spoke up.

"How is she doing?" He asked

"Not good" Ela said

"She just sits there and cries. She won't even talk to us anymore. She didn't eat anything since the morning and she looks sick." Arabella said slowly. James didn't say anything his face stayed hard as stone. Then.

"It is all my fault if I hadn't dared her to go to the double date then she would be angry of Helga" he practically shouted

"If you haven't dared her to the date you two would probably never be together" Sirius stated.

"It is all our fault James" Remus said guiltily. Every one here knew the story about leaving James alone with Helga.

"Can you just give this to her?" He ignored Remus' comment and asked the girls to give Lily a present which was wrapped into a blue wrapping paper with lilies on it.

"Sure" They took it and went out of the hospital wing.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Lily ~~~~~~~~

Lily stopped crying. It was not because she didn't want to but because she had no more tears left. She looked around her dorm. She wasn't spending a lot of time here. (Remember when Ara was mad at her she spend her time in the prefects dorm) She saw the mystery blue notebook laying on her night table. She opened it up.

"Do you still love him?" A question appeared.

"I do" She wrote back. Then a smudge of ink across the book appeared.

"Then forgive him and just listen to what he says." The words flashed quickly. She decided to think what she should do. She moved herself in a more comfortable position and began thinking.

AN This chapter was a bit longer. I have nothing much to say actually. So please review and have a nice time reading my story.

Angel-lilly