Chapter 12

"James, I'm really sorry."

"Don't feel sorry for me, Lily." James said icily.

James got up to go take a shower, but Lily grabbed his hand and stood up. There were those beautiful emerald green eye that he loved, and they were still dull…he wanted to make them sparkle again.

"James, I don't feel sorry for you. I'm sorry that I said yes to Amos, because I wanted to go with you," she said smiling at him.

"Really?" He couldn't believe it, but she nodded yes. "Then tell him you can't go."

"I'm sorry James, I can't do that…that would be rude. But, I'll save a dance for you." She kissed his cheek and walked upstairs to get ready to take a shower.

James was so mad. When Padfoot and Wormtail came back, ready to go have their monthly trip with Remus, they could tell something was up.

"Did she say no?" Peter asked.

"Only because that moron asked her first, and she can't just dump him now…that's what she said."

"Uh oh." Sirius said knowing this wasn't going to be good. "Who asked her?"

"Diggory," James snarled.

Their dormitory door opened, it was Amos. Peter and Sirius had to hold him back, because he was about to kill.

"Hello James," he said smiling.

"Fuck off, Diggory."

"Whoa, whoa! Watch that awful temper of yours."

"You know that I was going to ask her! You asked me who I was going to ask to the dance and I said Lily!"

"And?"

"YOU ASKED HER!"

"I wanted to go with her."

"You ass! You only did this, because you're still angry because I'm seeker and you're only the reverse…in case I can't play!"

This seemed to burn Amos's blood, "Only because you're a POTTER"

"No, because I have skills, Diggory."

"Well, I've got the girl." Amos smiled.

"Why do you want Lily? You've never been interested in her before?!" James yelled with Sirius and Peter desperately trying to keep him away from Diggory.

"Isn't it obvious? To shag her before you can." He smiled. "She's a virgin…for now."

"She wants to go with me, the only reason she hasn't turned around and said she couldn't is because she is trying to be nice."

"Good. I'll take her to the dance, ditch her and shag Paris or Heather…or maybe both." He smiled walking out.

The next morning at breakfast Lily was really bummed. She'd told the girls what had happened. They were all, of course, felt bad for Lily…because they knew that she wanted to go with James. Gabriella and Alice were eating breakfast at the Ravenclaw table, with their boyfriends.

"So how is James taking it…that he asked you second, and Amos asked you first…and that you said yes to Amos."

"Yeah, I don't know. I went upstairs and when I came back down and waited for him, but he never came down." She looked down the table looking for the Marauder's and then her eyes fell on Amos.

"See if you can cancel," Cassidy suggested.

"Great idea," Lily said getting up and sitting next to Amos.

"Hello pretty Lily," he winked at her. "Ready for our date on Saturday? We can also go to Hogsmede together."

"See I have to go to Hogsmede to get butterbeer and snacks, Cassidy and I always go together…like a girl's day."

"Aww, come on Lily. Cassidy couldn't spare you for one day?"

"Amos I said no." She rolled her eyes, "Look I came to you to ask you if I could cancel our date. You see, James Potter went with me to my Grandma Rose's funeral…and I kind of owe him. So I was thinking I could re-pay him by going to the dance with him. If that's okay with you if I cancel?"

Amos knowing that Lily didn't like to be called common or anything to do with trashy, he had an upper hand. "But, Lily if you cancel on me for James, you know how common and slutty you'll look? It would be rude, also."

"Oh," Lily could even hear the sadness in her own voice. "Okay, see you Saturday night I the Common Room, then."

While Lily was trying to negotiate with Amos, the Marauder's sat beside Cassidy.

"What is she doing over there…with him?" James growled.

"She's trying to cancel their date."

"Oh," James brightened up…but when Lily came back with sadness across her face, he began to get mad again.

"What's wrong Lily?" He asked her.

"He said that it would be really common and slutty of me to cancel for you."

"HE SAID THAT?!"

"Yeah, but James don't do…" But it was too late and he was up.

"Amos stand up," James yelled at him and all of Gryffindor table heard him and looked…it was obvious that James was mad.

Amos turned around to see James and smiled, "So you're little girlfriend is upset because I said she couldn't cancel…oh wait she isn't your girlfriend."

"Get off your ass."

"Don't you command me," Amos said standing up.

"Good, you listen to commands." James said smiling.

"Get over it Potter, I'm taking her and I'll be the one to take her virginity away." He smiled.

James couldn't take it and he began to pound on Amos's face. Everyone jumped up and surrounded, teachers ran across the Great Hall to get James off of Amos… five minutes later…Hagrid was holding James and Professor Sprout was helping Diggory to the hospital wing. James had beat him up pretty badly. Blacked out both eyes, nose and lip was bleeding and he limped when he walked…James only got a scrape on his face.

"MR. POTTER!" Professor McGonagall stood in front of him screeching. "HOW DARE YOU! FIGHTING IN THE GREAT HALL…YOU'RE A QUIDDITCH PLAYER, THANK GOD THE SEASON IS OVER OR YOU'D BE SUSPENDED! Detention, Friday and Saturday from 9am to 12 pm. Fifty points taken away from Gryffindor for you horrible behavior!" She marched away.

James felt lucky, he could of gotten a lot worse. When he got back to where his friends and Lily and Cassidy were sitting they were all in awe.

"What possessed you to hit him?!" Lily asked outraged that James would act like that.

"Lily you don't know what he was saying. You don't know what he said yesterday."

"I don't care! I…I can't believe you'd act so badly!"

"He said he'd take your virginity! What was I suppose to do, I was taking care of you!"

"WELL DON'T!" She got up and ran off.

"What did I do now?!"

Cassidy sighed, "James she's scared. "You fought for her…that's big…it's not like you'd just fight for a friend…she realizes you must like her more than a friend. It takes her a while to trust people. Look what happened with Stoyan."

"Yeah, and that muggle." He said his fists tightening.

"What muggle?" Padfoot and Wormtail asked.

"She told you?" She asked her eyes wide open.

"Yeah, he showed up after the funeral."

"Oh, my I've got to go find her." Cassidy said getting up and running off after her best friend.

"Girls are weird," Sirius said eating the rest of his biscuit.

"Hey Padfoot, I can't go with you to Hogsmede…I've got detention until noon both days."

"It's cool, Cassidy and I are going to go shopping for our costumes for the dance."

"Fine, I guess I'll go by myself and meet you two and up at The Three Broomsticks?"

"Okay. Lily's got a Prefect meeting at ten both days remember?" Sirius said as an idea came to him. "Ask her if she'll wait until noon so the two of you can go to Hogsmede together."

"I would but she seems to hate me again, because I beat the shit out of a guy that was talking shit on her."

The week passed on and Lily wasn't so much angry with him…but she was upset about knowing that James would fight someone for her…he couldn't be serious about her. She couldn't trust a guy, because every time she did…she got hurt. 'Yeah, but that was Stoyan and Mitchell…not James.' Lily shrugged off that voice in her head. No one would ever want her or really protect her…she'd end up being an old maid…never married and never having any children.

Professor McGonagall moved Amos to the sixth year boys' dormitory, because every night since James beat Amos's butt, they'd get into again. So it was only the four Marauder's. Remus was in the Shrieking Shack, and he'd be on his own on Saturday Night. The guys all had dates…except James. He was going to go alone, if he couldn't go with Lily…he wouldn't go at all.

Many girls' had asked James, but he turned them all down.

Friday morning at breakfast, the Marauder's were sitting with Lily and Cassidy again, and Gabby and Alice were at the Ravenclaw table…as usual. Amy was sick in the hospital wing, so Peter was going to spend the day with her.

"Cassie, ready to go to Hogsmede?"

"Yeah let's go!" Cassidy said smiling.

"Uh, Cass? I thought we were going to go together?"

"Sorry Lily. Sirius and I are going to go to the dance together, so we're going get our costumes…so I won't be in the Common Room waiting for you when your done with your meeting."

They got up and Lily sighed. "Lily?"

"Yeah," she asked still not wanting to talk to him.

"I've got detention from 9am to noon, if you don't want to go there by yourself…if you don't mind waiting for me…I'll go with you."

Lily felt badly for being so mean to him this last week and she turned to him. "Yes, James I'll wait."

He smiled and looked at his watch, "Crap! I've got to go meet McGonagall!"

Lily chuckled and looked at her own watch…ten minutes to nine…she still had over an hour.

"Hello pretty Lily," came Amos's voice and she rolled her eyes and then turned to him.

"Hi Amos," she said as nicely as she could.

"So Cassidy and Sirius went to Hogsmede together?"

"Yes they did," she said wishing he'd go away, she wanted to go back to the Common Room to write her mum.

"So you're not going to Hogsmede with Cassidy?"

"Didn't we just establish this?" She asked getting impatient.

"So you lied to me?"

"No, I didn't. I had no clue that they were going together to Hogsmede."

"Ah, so now you can go with me to Hogsmede?"

"Sorry, I just talked to James. After he's done with detention, we're going."

"But, don't you think we need to…since we're going to be dates?"

"No we both know it's going to be Medieval times, so you can get yours…and I can get mine. Besides, wasn't it you that said it would be trashy and common for me to cancel a date?"

"It's a date?!"

Lily smiled, "Yeah, you could say that."

After the meeting and James's detention of having to scrub bed pans, without magic, for Madam Pomfrey; the two teenagers were on their way to Hogsmede.

"So where should we go for costumes?" Lily asked James.

"Well there's Magical Costumes, down the street from The Three Broomsticks." James said.

"Alright, let's go there." She smiled, making him smile back at her.

They walked into the shop and were looking for a Renaissance dress for Lily to wear when she heard James gasp. "Lily come here!"

Lily ran to see the dress that James had, it was gorgeous…but looked somewhat familiar. It looked like it was from the Medieval Ages, and it was all white. "Oh my god James! It's gorgeous! I love it, but it looks so familiar…should I get a mask to go with it?"

"Yeah, didn't you hear this morning with it being a dance on the Medieval Ages, they thought it would be cool to have it also as a Masquerade." Lily smiled and grabbed a mask that matched the dress perfectly.

"Let's go get your outfit now, James." Lily said smiling at him.

"Sorry Lils, I came to Hogsmede last night and already have mine."

"The mask also?"

"Yeah," James said. James had gotten it last night while the guys were with Remus at the Shrieking Shack, James snuck over to the shop.

The next day, after James and Lily were done with their meeting and detention, James helped Lily get the refreshments that she'd been told to get. After she bought them and brought them to Dumbledore's office, they headed towards Gryffindor Common Room.

"Lily where are we going?"

"I have to start getting ready James. I'm sorry today got cut off so short."

"It's okay Lily, just promise me two things."

"Sure," Lily said smiling.

"Be careful with Amos, and have at least one dance for me."

"Promise."

Lily's friends all showed up thirty minutes after she did. Lily's make-up was done and she was getting into her dress.

"Lily! That's gorgeous!" Cassidy said smiling for her friend.

"How are you going to do your hair?" Alice asked her.

"I don't know."

"How about ringlets?" Gabriella asked.

"Yeah! That's okay." Lily said as her friends crowded around her to get ready.

Three hours later, all of the girls were done getting ready.

Cassidy had picked a light blue dress that was about the same build as Lily's and it really brought out her eyes. Her hair was pulled back in an elegant bun with a few hairs falling around her face.

Gabriella was in a red dress and it had more fluff on it then any of the girls. Her hair was pulled back tightly in a pony tail with some hair around it and a red flower on her pony tail. The hair falling down from the pony tail was in tight curls.

Alice's dress was the most fitting. It wasn't like Lily or Cassidy's, and it was no where fluffy like Gabby's. Alice's dress was yellow and it had lots of ties on it. She had her hair halfway up, and it was in very straight.

Lily was in her all white Renaissance dress and her hair was curled and perfectly fixed at the top of her head.

The girls' went downstairs to meet their dates, Gabriella and Alice left to go meet their dates outside of the Great Hall. The younger students were in the Dungeon's playing games and having fun. When Lily and Cassie got down to the common room, no one was there except their dates. Cassie and Sirius left immediately and Amos and Lily were almost out of the door when he stopped.

"Oops! I forgot something in my room, come with me it won't take long." Lily shrugged and followed him.

In the fifth year boys' dormitory James was still getting dressed. He had a dark blue outfit on with a matching mask. He didn't want to see Lily leave with Amos, so he was taking his time.

When they got in the room Amos locked the door and put a Silencing Charm on the sixth year room he shared with his upper classmen.

"What did you do that for?" Lily asked.

"So we can have some alone time." He smiled walking towards her, she kept backing up until she fell on his bed. "Good, you found my bed." He smirked.

"Amos, I don't feel comfortable. Let's go to the dance."

"Not yet, I want my way with you." He smiled.

"No, you leave me alone!" She yelled trying to get up…

But he pushed her back down, "No, your not going anywhere." He said pointing his wand at her and making all of her clothes, except her panties and bra come off. "Well, Evans you are sexy aren't you?"

"Please Amos, leave me alone!" She was crying, "Please don't do this to me. I'm a virgin and I want to stay one until I meet that right person."

"Too bad, your just too damn sexy." He said beginning to kiss her neck, "Can't let that happen, I'll be your first."

"By rape?"

"Yes, if that's the only way I can get you." He said starting to kiss on her chest.

"Stop!" She screamed.

James stopped getting dressed, he could of sworn he heard Lily scream. Unknown to Lily and Amos, Amos's silencing charm didn't work.

"I'll rape you and then put a memory charm on you, Evans." He laughed, taking off his pants and boxers. He said a charm to protect them so she wouldn't get pregnant.

"NO! STOP! AMOS, NO! PLEASE STOP!" She was now sobbing as he began to slide off her panties.

James knew now that it was Lily and Amos wasn't stopping whatever he was doing. James fully dressed, but slipped a school robe on, he didn't want Lily to recognize him at the dance.

When James blasted open the door Amos was on top of her trying to enter inside of her. "Stupefy!" He yelled making Amos fall to the floor, and James turned around so Lily could get her panties and dress back on. When he turned around she was dressed and sobbing hard on the bed.

James ran to her to comfort her, "Y-you were right J-James. He wanted to r-r-rape me." She sobbed into his chest.

"Let's go to McGonagall." He said helping her up.

"Reparo!" She pointed at her face, and her hair and makeup was perfect again. "Alright," she sniffled.

"Come in!" McGonagall said wondering who was pounding on the door like a manic.

"Potter? Evans? Explain yourselves."

"If you don't mind Professor, I think it should just be Lily, the tragedy happened to her."

"Tragedy?" McGonagall asked, "Go on Potter to the dance, Evans will be along soon."

Lily was walking down long hallway, she passes a mirror…Lily kept walking down this hallway only light were little torches here and there, but there was a door ahead of her calling her to enter. Lily kept walking toward the door; she raised her hand up and picked up an all white masquerade mask, very elegant looking and beautiful. All the white looked wonderfully against her fiery-red hair. Lily knocked on the door, and two suits of armor pulled the doors open from her from the inside. She walked inside, and many guys dressed like they were also from the Medieval Ages and their own masks were goggling at Lily. They'd bow before her, and she'd curtsey. Lily kept walking by, they'd bow and she'd curtsey. It was really beginning to get old and she was really starting to get bored. She kept walking and finally a young man stepped in front of her bowed, in which she curtseyed, and then he offered his hand out to her. Finally, a young man that would dance with her.

James bowed to Lily, even though she didn't know it was him. She looked beautiful and she wasn't going to show how upset she was.

He was very graceful dancer, he knew how to lead…and it was very impressive to Lily, because many guys didn't know how.

"You know you're a wonderful dancer," the guy said to her in her ear, from behind his mask.

"Why thank you, your not so bad yourself," she told him back from behind her mask.

"Oh really?"

"Yes," Lily said back blushing from behind her mask. "Your very good dancer."

Everyone in the ballroom began to dance, and the orchestra started up and the party started to get really well. One, two, three, four, and five dances later Lily was smiling and glad that this young man had asked her to dance and no one else. Out of nowhere a single long-stemmed white rose fell at her foot. Lily bent down to pick it up, it was very lovely…not as good as Lily flowers, but it still was beautiful. Lily picked it up and turned back to the young man, she could tell he was smiling. She raised it up to her nose to smell, and it smelled wonderful. Lily pricked her finger on the rose, and it really hurt. Her forefinger started to bleed a little bit, and the orchestra completely died down, everyone turned around and stared at her as if she had a disease. Out of no where, for some odd reason Lily had an instant pain in her stomach and she grabbed it…she felt something wet…she looked down and it was blood. Lily gasped and held her stomach harder…everything began to be blurry and she started to feel faint. She started falling and the young man caught her, his mask still on. She heard him weeping and clutching her as close as he could to himself, his beautiful blue Medieval outfit soaked in her red blood. She felt tears touching her face, and she could feel him kissing her face. He was able to do this because his mask was only to his nose.

"Don't leave me, God please don't let her leave me," he whispered to where only Lily could hear. "SOME ONE GET HELP, PLEASE SOME ONE! SHE'S DYING!" The man yelled out, some scattered to get help…but the rest stood there staring.

He bent down to her again and stroked her face with his cupped hand, "You can't leave me, you hear me? I love you so very much, please don't leave me." Lily saw the room getting darker and darker, and the single white rose that was now red because of her blood fell on to the ground…

James turned around still holding Lily closely and turned around to see who shot that jet of light at Lily, it was Amos. James felt anger, but before he could get up…Hagrid was carrying Amos away. James tore off his mask and everyone gasped around them, it was James Potter. It was James Potter who approached her to dance, it was James Potter Lily had been looking at with love as they danced, and it was now James Potter that was comforting her.

McGonagall, Dumbledore, and Madam Pomfrey ran to get Lily on a stretcher to go to the Hospital Wing.

An hour later, James had been sitting outside the Hospital Wing for about fifty minutes now. Dumbledore stepped outside and James stood up.

"How is she?"

"Not good, we've sent her to St. Mungo's. You may go see her, I'm going inform Miss O'Brian, Miss Westbrook, and Miss Martinez. I will also inform Mr. Black, and Mr. Pettigrew that you are with Miss Evans at St. Mungo's waiting for her to get well. I'll inform Mr. Lupin when he joins us again."

James nodded and walked into the hospital wing to the fireplace, got some Floo Powder and yelled, "St. Mungo's!"