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(Still James's POV)

Today was Tuesday, so we had DADA first period. You know, that class might be good for fighting against this "Lord Voldemort."

Our teacher for DADA was actually Frank Longbottom, Sr., our Frank's dad. He's a cool guy.

DADA is just a Gryffindor class, so it was just us 7th years.

"Professor Dumbledore has asked me to introduce to you the most deadly of all curses: Avada Kedavra," Professor Longbottom started. "You may have already heard of this. Any of you?"

Lily and I were the only ones who raised our hands. I'd read it in an Auror book, no doubt the same place as Lily. Lily. Oh, Lily.

"Well, just you two, then," continued the Professor. "Now this curse causes instant death, and it leaves no marks whatsoever on the victim."

Sirius let out a low whistle. "Ouch."

"Surely, it's not legal?" asked Lily, raising her hand. Her hands were so slender. And beautiful.

"No, Miss Evans, it's not. It carries a life sentence in Azkaban. Now, it is believed to be the curse that this Lord Voldemort uses. You all should have heard of him; he was in the Daily Prophet this morning. And the reason that this curse is so effective is that there's no blocking it."

"Then can we please move on to a different subject?" interrupted Sirius. "If we're not allowed to use it and we can't defend ourselves from it, what's the point of talking about it?"

Professor Longbottom glared at him and went on.

"Jamesly," whispered Sirius.

"Shut up," whispered Lupin.

"Both of you shove it," whispered Frank (Jr.).

"SO," said Professor Longbottom loudly. "There is one instance in which Avada Kedavra is legal. And that is in self-defense. And what defines self-defense, you might ask? Only if your life is in danger may you use Avada Kedavra."

"If there's no witnesses and the guy you killed is dead, how does the court know it was self-defense?" interjected Sirius again.

I was actually about to ask that but I didn't want to attract attention to myself.

"Well, Mr. Black, that's an excellent question. For once. I was hoping someone would ask that. You see, we're going to organize a fake courtroom here. Let's see, James, why don't you be the murderer..."

Lily said loudly enough for just everyone to hear, "Well, I could see the likeness."

I bit my tongue to stop myself from retorting. I had a good comeback, too.

"I don't think James is the evil one, if you get my drift," Sirius nearly shouted at her.

She looked shocked that Sirius would ever say that to her.

"Thanks," I whispered to him.

"What are brothers for?" he whispered back. That really meant something to me. I always considered Sirius and me brothers, but he actually just said it.

"Um... Kemmy, why don't you be the victim," said the Professor. "Now, James and Kemmy, I want you to meet sometime this week to practice re- enacting the death scene. James, you supposedly killed Kemmy for self- defense. We are going to watch their little skit, but then pretend like we never saw it. Now I need one person to defend James and we'll have a prosecutor. The rest of you can be jurors."

Just peachy. I get to spend time with Kemmy. She thinks me and Sirius are the hottest things alive and now I'll have to meet with her to... Wait a minute. I don't have to. I must! Yes. I have a plan. Just watch this.

After class, Professor Longbottom asked to see me privately.

"Whatever," I said.

"Are you all right?" he questioned. "You seemed a little too quiet to be believable."

"I'm fine," I lied. "You sure? Everything okay with family? Friends?"

"Yeah," I nodded.

"Okay, but if you ever want to talk..."

"Thanks," I said. "Well, I gotta go. Catch you later."

"What'd he want?" asked Remus as I caught up with him and Sirius in the hall.

"Oh, nothing," I replied. I didn't want to tell them that even my teachers could see how depressed I was.

"Well I wish I had to meet up with Kemmy," said Sirius enviously. "Think of the possibilities..."

"Dude, you want her, she's yours. I'm not standing in the way," I said. Well, maybe I'd need to borrow her for a few seconds.

"Really? Well, in that case I'll ask her out later."

"Knock yourself out."

(Lily's POV)

At lunch, Cissa came over and sat with Kemmy and me. We were a few seats down from the Maurauders.

"So Kemmy," I said. "You get to spend time outside of class with James! Isn't that awesome?"

"It would be, Lily, but he's your boyfriend, remember?" she said.

"He is?" I said nonchalantly. "I thought I'd dumped him this morning."

Narcissa showed me a knowing glance. After all, I'd told her about the plan.

Kemmy, however, shrieked, "You what?!"

"He's such an asshole," I said casually. "I can't believe I ever started liking him before."

"Oh. Well I'm sorry," said Kemmy.

"Don't be."

"In that case, you wouldn't mind if I-"

"Feel free," I interrupted. "Actually, fuck him if you want."

My eyes filled with tears and I ran out of the Great Hall before I broke down.

(James's POV)

"Whoa, what's with Lily?" asked Sirius.

I turned and saw her sprinting out of the Great Hall, crying like mad. I got up to go after her, automatically, but Remus pulled me down.

"Do you want to ruin this plan?"

"Screw the plan! I have to go see what she's crying for!"

"If you go anywhere near her, she's bound to curse you into oblivion," said Sirius.

"Well, you snapped at her in DADA today, too, Sirius," said Remus. "I'll go."

(Lily's POV)

"Lily!" a voice yelled after me. "Lily! Wait up!"

I turned and saw Remus coming after me. Was fraternizing with the enemy's friend okay? I liked Remus.

"What?" I sniffed.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I can't do this!" I sobbed. "I can't live like this! It'll kill me!"

"You can't do what?" he asked. "Be without James?"

"No! Don't talk to me about him! I hate him!"

"Lily-"

"I hate him!" I shrieked.

"Lily-"

"I HATE HIM!" I screamed even louder.

"LILY! Stop!"

I totally broke down in Remus' arms. He hugged me awkwardly.

"Shh... Lily, you need to tell me what happened. You can't hate him that much. Come on."

"Yes," I nodded. "Yes, I can. Just watch."

"Lily, I don't think he did anything to you. He's heartbroken." Oops. There goes our plan. So much for him hating her. Oh well.

"He doesn't give a shit about me," I said.

"Lily, you're trying to dislike him so much it hurts to watch."

"Well then close your eyes," I said, moving away from him. "I gotta go."

I ran back to the Head Dorm. Man, I wanted to give up the stupid plan. But that little part of me was pushing. Pushing me to stay away from James until he came back begging for me. But he had pride. Yes, James did. And I knew it would take him a while to overcome that pride and realize he needed me.

(James's POV)

"Well?" I asked as Remus came back.

"A couple points," he started. "One, I'm really afraid that she's losing it. Two, she insists that she hates you. I mean, she really insists. Oh, and also, she now knows that you're heartbroken. Our plan is down the tubes."

"Oh dear God," I whispered. "Why is she doing this? Why?" I yelled. "What the hell?"

I picked up my bag and left for the Head Dorm. Lily was laying on her bed, just staring at the ceiling. I had the urge to go shake her and scream, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?" but resisted. I punched the pillows on my own bed for a few minutes, then exhausted, I fell asleep.

(Lily's POV)

After checking to see that James was sleeping (I almost laid down next to him), I crept out in search of another certain boy.

I found Lucius walking around in the halls with Rodolphus Lestrange.

He saw me and said, "I'll talk to you later, Rod. Hey, Lily."

Talk about immediate appeal.

"Hey, Lucius. What's up?"

"Oh, nothing. Wanna run down to the kitchens and grab a coffee?"

"Love to," I replied. "Do you know I just broke up with James?"

"Really..." he said. "That's awesome. I mean- sorry, I know you liked him a lot." He grimaced at this.

"Oh, it's okay. Really. He's such a bastard. And that also means I'm single now."

"That's cool. Cuz I am too."

"So does that mean you wanna go out with me?" I asked.

"I do if you do."

"Great!" I replied. "It's official. You're my boyfriend."

Wow. This was simple.

He took my hand and held it as we walked down to the kitchens.

Now that I think about it, Lucius wasn't that bad. That is, if you were on his good side.