In the silence that followed James' cry for silence, the two groups simply glared at each other. Lily quickly fell asleep, and of the nurses should leave. However, being Lily's best friends, Raven and Sharon stayed. James refused to leave, so he also stayed. The tension was high between Sharon and Raven, simply because they had both thought themselves Lily's best friends. Now Lily would have to choose between the two, and James for one was not looking forward to it.

'I can't believe she lied to me,' Sharon muttered, sitting in a chair next to Lily's bed.

'Yeah, well, it's better being lied to than thinking your best friend was dead for two and half years,' Raven said, sitting on the opposite side. James remained sitting on the end of the bed, simply gazing at Lily.

'Yeah but…all that stuff about what happened at home…I can't believe her sister of all people turned away from her,'

'I can,' James said in a quiet voice. 'Even the best of families have problems,' he muttered.

'She was a coward, running away from everything instead of fighting,' Sharon said angrily.

'She wasn't a coward!' Raven nearly shouted 'Imagine what it would be like to have to run away from those you called friends, and then meet knew people, only to find out they were just as bad. Imagine living off the streets, caring for yourself. Imagine growing up knowing your father was a bully and your mother was loony!'

'What?' Sharon cried. 'Repeat the last bit,'

James bit his lip. 'Raven, don't. Lily didn't want it; that's why she didn't tell us,'

'How did you find out?' Raven asked. James pulled out a medium sized black velvet book from the inside of his robes and threw it at raven who caught it easily.

'This is her diary…'

'She left it on my pillow when she left,' James explained 'She told me not to forget her, and that one day she might be back to kill her father. She said she hoped I died a painful death along with the rest of you. Then she simply walked out.'

'Ouch,' Raven muttered, flicking through the diary.

'She was still a coward. I mean, come on, instead of running from her father she could phoned the authorities! That's why I hate you Londoners'! You always assume the best of things, you only take one side! You never consider the possibility that something's wrong…'

'It's called loyalty,' James said sternly. Raven agreed.

'Perhaps wherever you come from, loyalty isn't something you use on a day to day basis, but here in London – well, wherever the people who go to Hogwarts come from- we have something called loyalty, and it hangs around all day, and friends use it,' she said 'and that's where we went wrong. We were loyal, but not on a day to day basis. We never stopped Sirius picking on her, but we were loyal as in, we stick up for her! Maybe not when she's around, but when she left the Slytherins' said all kinds of stuff; most of them never got to there next class,'

'You are idiots,' Sharon said.

'That may be so, but at least we know it,' James said calmly 'and Lily's everything but a coward,'

Raven nodded.

'You see, here in Britain, we don't care who you are or where you come from; everyone's the same- except perhaps Slytherins' who are retched bastards, every single one of them. But everyone else knows their place; I come from a powerful family, but I don't boast or use my place against people. Lily comes from a muggle family, and if she wanted to, she could bring down Hogwarts, and that's saying something,' Raven explained.

'Just because she's different doesn't make her a coward. The fact that she didn't turn us in when she left; that doesn't mean she's a coward, it means she knows what's right and wrong. Is abandoning your friends and making them look like criminals – no matter how horrible they were- is it truly right?' James asked.

'Yes! It's called pay back!' Sharon exclaimed.

'Well here in Britain, it's wrong. Not turning them in sows loyalty,' Raven explained 'and leaving Lily just because she lied means you don't have any. Think about; maybe she lied to keep you safe. If word got out you were hiding a run away- who the ministry were searching for- well, you would be in trouble to say the least,'

'Think about this;

'If you were to pick one thing that made a friend a friend, what would it be?' James asked.

'Trust and the ability to tell the truth!' Sharon cried.

'Well, I once told someone that, and do you know what they replied?'

'What?'

'One thing that makes a friend a friend is loyalty, for without it trust, truth and a true friendship are a disaster,'

'And who said that?' Sharon sneered.

'You're sitting right next to her,'

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