A.N. / Glad you all liked the last chapter and now on with the next one!
Chapter 36
A couple of weeks later Lily was sitting at dinner between Cassidy and Alice. Cassidy and Gabriella were actually sitting with Alice and Lily for once and had left their Marauder boyfriends with that git, James Potter. Lily was once again ranting about how much she hated having to share her living space with James Potter. Cassidy, Gabriella, and Alice didn't object to her ranting because they knew that once Lily quit ranting about James she'd start getting upset over Tyler again. They'd been at school now for almost a month and Lily hadn't received another letter about Tyler's whereabouts.
She figured she would have gotten more but Potter probably contacted his dad and told him how upset Lily got and now she was even worse. Lily had even went to the Headmaster's office to try and find out if he knew anything about his grandson, but Dumbledore was also clueless.
Lily had been feeling really down lately as this weekend was the first Hogsmede trip and she always met up with Tyler on their Hogsmede trips. Her best friends had told their boyfriends that they'd be spending this trip with Lily to take her mind off of Tyler.
"He is the dirtiest slob you've ever met!" Lily yelled and Frank knew better to roll his eyes, an angry Lily Evans was the wrong person to get mad at you. "He leaves his things everywhere! I don't see how in Merlin's name can Sarah, Grace, and Harold put up with that arrogant arse!"
"Aww how sweet Evans, talking about me once again?" James said walking over to Lily and batting his eyes at her.
"Get away from me Potter," Lily said through gritted teeth. "Before I hex you into oblivion!"
"Oooh," James said raising his eyebrow. "You know you are so sexy when you're angry."
Amelia began to stalk over towards James, Lily guessed she'd seen James talking to Lily. Lily honestly didn't see how in Merlin's name that James could put up with Amelia Bones, she was the most jealous girl Lily had ever met.
"James," Amelia said and her voice was shaking. Everyone began to snicker, but Sirius was already howling. "What are you doing here…by her."
"Her has a name, it's Lily." Cassidy said glaring at James's girlfriend. Cassidy probably hated Amelia more than Lily did and Cassidy actually had to put up with Amelia because she was dating James.
"Go snog Black some more, that's all you ever do anyways." Amelia said cutting eyes at Cassidy.
Cassidy jumped up to swing at Amelia but was pulled back by Gabby, Lily, Alice, Frank, and James.
"Look Amelia we need to talk," James sighed. He might as well get this over with, after all he had only started dating Amelia to get Lily jealous and it obviously wasn't working. Besides James could tell that Chris guy that Amelia was trying to make jealous was defiantly jealous now, so at least one of them came out good.
"About?" She asked flashing him sweet eyes which made the girls and Marauders snicker.
"Can we talk outside?"
"Sure, Jamsie." She batted her eyes and after she left everyone at Gryffindor table was cracking up at how desperate Amelia was.
About five seconds after James and Amelia walked into the Entrance Hall there was a big scream and then James came strolling in with a smile that stretched across his entire face.
"You finally do it?" Lily heard Sirius ask as James sat down beside Sirius and James nodded. "Thank Merlin! I was hoping you'd dump her soon and I have no clue what you ever saw in her! Hell the only girl I ever liked seeing you with was Evans."
James chuckled, "Me too but she doesn't see me like that any more…she's committed to Smith and there's nothing I can do about it." Lily felt her throat tighten and James continued talking to Sirius.
"Earth to Lily, Lily!" Cassidy yelled as she didn't like being ignored.
"What?!" Lily snapped.
"Where have you been?" Gabby asked, "You've been staring off in space for about five minutes."
"Oh!" Lily sat up as she realized she was actually feeling sorry for James, "Just thinking about Tyler."
"Good because there's a letter here from you and by the looks of it…looks like his handwriting!" Alice said handing the letter to Lily, "You wouldn't respond to the owl so I took it for you."
Lily smiled as she opened the letter and began to read it,
My dearest Lily,
I'm so sorry I haven't been able to keep in contact with you and I've heard that Harold contacted you about my disappearance. I'm so sorry if I scared you but trust me I didn't want to be where I was more than you did.
I did in fact get kidnapped by Death Eaters and I have come face to face with Lord Voldemort, hell I was almost murdered about twenty four hours ago, but I escaped. I also rescued someone, he's name is Arthur Weasley and he's got a nice family. His brothers-in-law are Fabian and Gideon Prewett, their younger sister is Molly Prewett Weasley. They've invited me over for dinner for a thank you and it's on your Hogsmede weekend so I was wondering if you would want to go with me.
I miss you love and will see you soon.
Love,
Tyler
"Hubba, hubba!" Gabby said with a big smile, "He wrote love."
Lily blushed and looked away from Gabby and looked toward the door to the Great Hall where she saw James Potter walk out and for some reason she wondered what was wrong with him. "Alice what time is it?" Lily asked eating some apple pie.
"Fifteen minutes to seven, why?"
"Oh dang!" Lily said getting up and gathering her stuff.
"What's up?" Cassidy asked as Sirius joined to sit by her.
"I've got my duty rounds in fifteen minutes and I still need to drop my things off and freshen up."
"Later." They all said in chorus once Lily was walking off and Sirius looked as if he was gloating.
"What are you so smidgen about?" Cassidy asked looking at her boyfriend oddly.
"Lily has to freshen up."
"So? What does Lily freshening up have anything to do with you?"
"Not me, Prongsie!"
"What does James have to do with Lily?"
"James and Lily have Head Boy and Head Girl patrol…you know together and that's why Lily had to freshen up for James."
"Hmm, do you really think it possible?" Gabriella asked looking at all her friends and her boyfriend as Remus and Peter had joined them when Sirius did.
"Now that's a tough question." Cassidy said sighing, "I wish James would just dump Amelia."
"Check," Sirius said with a smile.
"What do you mean check?"
"Baby doll, he dumped her tonight."
"Yes!" The three girls said at the same time and began to giggle.
"So part one is done," Remus said drinking some pumpkin juice.
"What do you mean 'part one'?" Gabriella asked eyeballing her boyfriend.
"Well Padfoot, Wormtail, and I all formed a plan to get Lily and James back together."
"Oooh!" Gabby said and started to giggle again, "What's the plan?" Remus, Peter, and Sirius told Gabriella, Alice, Frank, and Cassidy their plan of 'Operation: Get Lily and James back together!
Lily walked back into her living area that she was having to share with the intolerable James Potter and walked up to her room to put down her letter she'd received from Tyler and put on a fresh set of robes, brushed her hair, and as she was about to leave she noticed her bedroom was different.
Lily's room was defiantly different from James's. James's room had white walls with Quidditch posters everywhere plus gold and scarlet everywhere.
The walls in Lily's room were a sea foam green and around the window was white lace draped all the way around the room. Lily's four poster bed was in all white sheets and Lily absolutely loved it! But Lily finally realized what was different about her room and she'd been to busy to notice when she first walked in. There were lilies everywhere!
Lilies were all over her bed, her dresser, her vanity, and lily flower petals all over the floor. There was a card sitting on the bed with her name on it in wonderful looking penmanship and Lily was temped to read it but she knew she had to meet James for their nightly rounds.
When Lily got downstairs from her bedroom, she met James in the Common Room and instead of doing something stupid or ridiculous it looked like he was actually up to something but before Lily could inform him that she was in the room he spoke to her.
"Congratulations."
"On?" Lily asked wondering what he was going on about now.
"Your letter from Smith, see I told you it would be alright."
Lily sat down in the arm chair across from the couch he was sitting on, "I don't believe so. I think you were just trying to comfort me so I would cave in and fall deeply for you all over again." Lily said very dramatically which got James to roll his eyes at her.
And then something struck his mind, "So you do admit that you had fallen for me?"
"Stuff it Potter," Lily growled turning away but James could tell that she was blushing.
"So Smith's alright, yeah?"
Lily nodded, "I'm going to meet him in Hogsmede, most likely at the Post Office. That night we're going to the Weasleys for dinner."
"Nice family," James nodded chewing on his quill. "Mum and Dad have a soft spot for them, but once Sarah and I met them this summer…I really do love them. Cheery family. They already have three boys and are desperately trying to have a little girl. Girls are rare in the Weasley family."
"Oh, are they one of those old Wizarding Families?"
"Yeah," James said nodding. "Molly use to be a Prewett."
"Yeah that's what Tyler said. I can't believe that she's related to the famous Aurors Fabian and Gideon!"
James hitched an eyebrow up at her, "You know about famous Aurors?" She nodded to his question, "I didn't know you were interested in being an Auror."
"Use to be," Lily corrected him. "Use to be until I found out that they won't let women become Aurors, only Hit Witches. Nope my calling is in medicine, I want to become a Healer."
"Merlin," James sighed. "Are we actually having a civil conversation."
Lily stopped and thought for a moment, "I think we are."
James smiled at her and after a few moments he realized he was staring and then he looked down at his watch, "We need to start our rounds. I've made up a checklist, so we know who to check, where, and all that other stuff we keep forgetting."
"Is that what you were doing when I came in?" James nodded.
After about an hour of patrolling and checking everyone out they came upon the last person Lily wanted to see, Amos Diggory. And for once he didn't have that sleek look upon him that made Lily want to throw up…instead he actually looked…worried. Amos looked up and there was a great relief upon his face.
"Lily! James!" He actually looked relieved to see them, "I need to ask you guys a big favor!"
"Why should we agree to anything you ask of you rapist!" James said glaring at the piece of dung in front of him.
"I know I have no right to…"
"Bloody hell you don't…" James yelled at him again.
"James," Lily said calmly and looked at James…a look he hadn't seen in a long time. A look that gave him that familiar flip-flop. "Amos, before I ask you what you want I'm going to tell you know that you are a worthless piece of shit in my eyes and I know and hope you'll rot in hell for all eternity."
"And I know I deserve that and I shouldn't be…"
"Spit it out," Lily said and the way she said it scared James. He'd never seen that look in her eyes…well except once. The night he got his memory back and he figured they'd get back together. That look was hate and James never wanted to be on that side of her eyes again.
"I met this girl from Salem Witchcraft Academy during the Christmas Holidays, and well…she got pregnant. I just got an owl from her and she's at St. Mungo's delivery room now."
"And what do you expect us to do?" James asked with flames flicking in his eyes.
"I've got this James," Lily said stepping in front of her ex boyfriend.
"Here," Lily began to write a note on an extra piece of parchment. "Bring this to Dumbledore and tell him that James and I will take you patrol tonight and don't you dare think I'm doing this for you. I'm doing this for the poor girl you got pregnant, the poor girl who's life you've destroyed. I hope you baby is nothing like you. Go." Amos kept thanking her over and over again before he finally walked off.
Five minutes later James struck up conversation, "That was very noble of you."
"Thanks."
"You know you didn't have to do that."
"I know," Lily said stiffly.
"Does this mean you don't hate him anymore?"
Lily looked at James crazy, "Of course I still hate him. But that poor girl he got pregnant shouldn't have to deliver that baby all by herself. If that baby has a head near as big as Amos's she's going to need his hand to squeeze all the bones out of…I'm just putting him in more misery. He thought standing Prefect watch was hard, wait until he puts up with a woman in labor with his child. I wish I could be there to hear him get yelled at."
James chuckled at her sarcasm and then asked, "What was on the note?"
"A letter to Professor Dumbledore explaining that we wouldn't be able to do all of our usual duties because we were taking over Diggory's duty. I explained to him about Diggory's reason for leaving, Professor Dumbledore will probably be by shortly to talk to us."
"Right on the nose you are, Miss Evans." Professor Albus Dumbledore said stepping out of the shadows, "You know what you did tonight really made the Gryffindor in you shine. Brave enough to talk to Amos after what has happened to you, and noble enough to swallow down what he's done to you and helped him in a time of need."
Lily blushed, there was no way she was any of these things Dumbledore was calling her. She wasn't brave, she didn't trust guys anymore and the only reason she trusted Tyler was because he hadn't broken her heart. She wasn't noble, she was always thinking of herself. Or that's what Petunia always yelled at her.
"I'd like to meet with the two of you tomorrow morning before breakfast, until then." Dumbledore said walking off and after he was gone James began to whine.
"What's wrong with you?"
"We have to meet him before breakfast! That's too early!"
Lily rolled her eyes at him, "You just need to be in bed earlier than you usually are. You know if you weren't sneaking out at midnight to go snog Amelia for hours, you would be more refreshed."
"Thank you Miss-Know-It-All, but for your information I broke up with Amelia this morning."
"Really?" Lily asked and James could have sworn her voice got softer and her stone eyes kind of glossed. "How are you?" She asked and James was sure she actually felt sorry for him.
"Don't be sorry," James said waving his arm. "I've been wanting to break up for a while, just didn't have the heart to. My heart belongs to another girl, she just doesn't know it's hers yet."
"Oh," Lily looked truly sad but James didn't say anything. "Why don't you tell her?"
James shrugged, "She wouldn't believe me. Besides she's too good for me and she's involved with someone else.
Lily nodded and surprisingly hugged him, "Good luck with that girl." Lily looked down at James's watch, "Yay! Our time is up! I'm headed back to the room to take a shower." Lily jumped up and began to walk down the hallway and when she didn't hear his footsteps she turned around, "You just going to sit there?"
James shook his head, "I'll be in the Common Room in a little while. I need to clear my head." Lily nodded and walked off as James found the nearest exit from the castle. James got onto the ground and transformed, it was a full moon and he was headed to the Shrieking Shack. He should have been there hours ago, but they had to take Amos's duty. He hoped his friends wouldn't be angry.
Lily absolutely loved the huge Jacuzzi like bathtub that was in their bathroom. Lily had locked all doors and James would just have to wait to use the bathroom later, it was all hers! There were bubbles everywhere and Lily just needed to soak. There was classical music playing and Lily felt like she was in Heaven. There wasn't much time Lily got to herself to just relax and think. Lily loved being Head Girl, but it was such a hard job.
She still had to talk to James tonight before they went to bed about a ball. Whether they would have a Halloween Ball, a Christmas Ball, or an End-of-Term Ball. Dumbledore had told them only two during the year. Of all the things they'd talked about tonight, you'd think it would be about stuff they needed to get done.
Two hours later Lily woke up, she'd fallen asleep in the bathtub and yet she really couldn't blame herself. She'd been exhausted the last few days, plus add that she thought that Tyler was dead. Lily got out and wrapped her bathrobe around her and walked to her room to get in her pajamas before she started her homework for Professor McGonagall's class.
The next morning at about dawn, James finally walked back into his living area and he was surprised to see Lily out on the couch. Her books were spread all around her and she had a quill on the floor and parchment on her stomach. She was shivering and the fire that was in the fireplace must have gone out hours ago. James got a blanket out of the near closet and draped it over Lily. He also started a fire in the fireplace with a kiss on her forehead he walked upstairs to get ready for their meeting with Dumbledore, he'd wake Lily up after he was out of the shower.
Lily was lightly shaken awake and when her eyes fluttered open James felt that usual flip-flop in his stomach. She smiled and then her face changed to horror as she turned around and stuck her face in the couch.
"Aww come on Lils I don't look that horrible!" James yelled outraged at her.
"OO! 't 'at 'Ut 'way!"
"What in Merlin's name are you saying?! Are you learning English lessons from Hagrid now?"
Lily lifted her head but she kept her eyes squinted shut, "Put that thing away!"
"What are you talking about?" James asked as he wasn't playing with his snitch, as usual.
"ADJUST YOUR ROBE JAMES POTTER!" Lily screeched.
James looked down and blushed as he readjusted his robe, "It's fine now…but why did your eyes turn there?" He said with amusement in his voice.
"Shut up Potter! And get out of my site, go get something on!" Lily heard James laugh all the way up the stairs and when his door shut she ran into the bathroom and washed her eyes over and over again. She'd been plagued!
