Chapter 9

Over a month had past and Christmas was just around the corner. Some of the students left to be home for the holidays.

Andi and Lily hadn't talked since their fight. They couldn't even stand to look at each other and class had been torture to the two because they sat next to each other in every class they had.

Andi was still hurt from Lily's words. She might have had a bit of jealousy towards Tia before but who wouldn't? No one would want their best friend taken from them. That's exactly what happened though and Andi let it happen.

Deep down Andi still had a general concern for Lily and she felt Tia couldn't be trusted. Around Lily she kept a stern look on her face but when Lily wasn't around everyone saw the pain in her eyes.

Lily wasn't sure why she wasn't talking with Andi but the looks she sent her let her know Andi wouldn't forgive her anytime soon. So she did the only thing she could think to do, return the looks and pretend their feelings were mutual.

Lily and Tia had gotten very close since the fight though. It was just like it used to be before the dance. With Tia as her best friend and Tray as Tia's boyfriend. Though Lily didn't like the fact of how her relationship was with her, I guess you would say ex-friends, she loved how everything else was going. She still had James and that made up for a lot of things.

Remi was torn between her two fighting So Lily stopped talking to her. Remi figured she made the right choice though since Andi would have no one if it weren't for her and Lily had Tia and like Andi, Remi didn't trust her.

Sirius and Andi were still going out, but he found it hard to deal with his girlfriend's tear that she so frequently shed. She never admitted what they were for but he knew, they all knew. He found himself caring deeply for her and found himself angry at Lily for hurting Andi like she did. No one knew how the fight went or what tore them apart but all they knew was it had to be something important to tear the two apart.

Peter and Eva were still together. Peter had made himself a bit more distant from his friends not wanting to get involved in the Lily/Andi issue. The Slytherins stopped beating him up every time he was around them and treated him like the loser he was but he was treated better than most.

Remus was still with Remi but Andi always seemed to find a way to take all his precious moments with Remi away from him. He tried his best to side with both Andi and Lily but it didn't work. Remus always had found it easier to talk to Lily and he sided with her more. That also caused a little riff between him and Remi.

James found himself a slight bit unhappy with Lily. She wasn't happy though she tried to hide it from him. He knew everything about her and she should know that she couldn't hide anything from him. James and Lily had been on a few double dates with Tia and Tray. He had to admit Tia seemed different but like the others he still couldn't keep a watchful eye off her.

So the once happy seven were now ripped in half. With Remus and James siding with Lily and Sirius and Remi siding with Andi. Peter just didn't care.

For the holidays Andi couldn't bare to be around Lily and Tia any longer and had invited Remi to spend Christmas with her since Remi's family wouldn't be home for the holidays.

Remus, Sirius, and James stayed hoping to get some time to spend some time together and not have to have everything revolve around the fight. They also were hoping that they could think up another prank or two.

Peter went home for the holidays also and he planned to spend most of it with Eva and her friends who too, were going home.

Lily, Tia, and Tray decided to stay for the holidays figuring the place would be mostly deserted for the holidays.

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Lily woke up around noon on their first day of break to the sound of an annoying pecking on her window. She walked over drowsily and opened the window for a skittish owl. It held it's short leg out and Lily untied it slowly and gave the owl a wave as it flew off.

She opened the letter quickly immediately recognizing the handwriting.

Lovely Lily,

I miss you Lily. It's been so long since we've been together and when we are together we're never alone, Tia is always there. Can't you spare some time for me, your boyfriend? I still don't even understand why you and Andi are fighting. Couldn't the two of you work it out I know you are hurting and miss her. Don't think you can hide that from me. Please write back.

With Love,

James

Lily folded the letter unsure what to think. She knew she hadn't spent much time with James and she felt guilty but the reason Tia had always been there was because Lily had asked her to. Lily knew the second she was alone with James that he would press her for what had gone wrong between her and Andi and with Tia there he wouldn't say a word about it.

Lily got out a piece of parchment from her stock pile in her trunk.

"My Dearest James…" Lily said as she wrote it.

She paused unsure what to say. She didn't know what to write so she simply applied some lipstick and kissed the center of the parchment leaving a light pink kiss on the parchment.

"We will meet later. Always Yours, Lily…" Lily said finishing the letter.

She was disappointed in herself for being so cheesy and in her eyes a terrible girlfriend but she walked to her owl Speck, and tied the letter to his leg with a sigh. She opened the window for him to fly off.

When Lily went back to her bed she found Tia sitting on it. "Still with that cheese ball of a boyfriend Lillers?" Tia asked with a laugh. "I can't believe I liked that kid."

Lily glared at her. "You know you like him too but since you're with Tray you can't freely say he's the perfect guy."

Tia scowled at her. "Oh please." Tia said waving the subject off. "Speaking of Tray lets go get him, I miss him. He's a real man not all sensitive and junk like James."

Lily laughed at her friend's tomboyish attitude that didn't suit the rest of her. "He's not sensitive and junk. He's sweet, charming, very handsome…"

"Talking about me again." Tray said strolling into the room, planting a kiss on Tia's lips. "Lily how many times do I have to tell you I'm with Tia." He said jokingly giving her a wink.

Lily let out a laugh. "How did you get up here with the stairs?" She asked cocking an eyebrow at him.

Tray gave a mischievous grin on. "I've been in the library myself smarty pants. I came across a book with the spell to stop the slide on the girl's stairs."

"Stop being all flirty with my best friend." Tia said pouting.

Tray pulled her into a tight hug. "You know I love you baby." He said giving her a deep kiss involving a lot of tongue action.

Lily twinged at the frenching couple. "Could you two please do that later. You're really starting to bug me." She said scrunching her face in a disgusted look.

Tia pulled away and gave Lily an annoyed look. "Fine but don't expect us to hold back all the time if it's too much for you just leave." Tia said with a giggle.

Tray wiped at the edges of his mouth. "Well how bout we go for a walk?" Tray asked walking towards the door.

Both the girls nodded as they made their way to the door and headed out to the grounds.

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James smiled to himself as he heard a light peck at his dorm window. He opened it so Lily's owl, Speck could come in. He untied the letter from the small owl's leg and gave it a little pat before it flew off again.

James face fell a little after he read the letter. She hadn't said anything about her and Andi and she didn't even indicate a time to hang out. His shoulders sagged a little as he made his was to his bed lying down with a sigh.

"What's wrong mate, bad news?" Remus said looking up from his book.

"No, just Lily." James said handing Remus the letter.

Remus read it rather fast since it was so short. "What wrong with that?" Remus said handing the letter back.

"Her letters to me used to be pages long. I feel like I'm losing her, we don't hang out much she's always with Tia. You don't think she likes Vance or one of his friends do you?" James asked worriedly.

"James the girl is practically in love with you so I highly doubt it. She probably finds it hard to be around you when you're around Sirius because he's not on her side." Remus said reasonably.

"I guess you're right." James said brightening a bit. "It would help though if we all knew exactly what happened. I know it had something to do with Tia but I don't understand it really."

"Sorry mate I can't help you either. I wish they'd make up though. Because of their fight it's affecting me and Remi's relationship, I can't stand it. We got to get Lily and Andi to be friends again and maybe get Tia a little further away from Lily. She just doesn't seem like the type that I want my friend hanging out with." Remus said seriously.

James smiled at his friends concern for Lily. "You're right we are going to have to do something, I just don't know what to do about it." James said stroking his chin.

"Don't worry yourself too much Prongs. Lets go find Sirius so maybe we can do some Marauders stuff like we used to do." Remus said cheerily.

James smiled. "Good idea Moony. Lets go, we can think about Lily later." James said knowing Lily would still be on his mind.

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Remi and Andi were laying sprawled out on Andi's bed looking through her many photo albums. The two laughed at the bare bottomed pictures of Andi when she was a baby and one of a marble stuck up her nose.

Remi flipped through another book and stopped at a familiar picture of herself, Andi, and Lily getting ready for the dance in their fifth year. The three looked beautiful but a little younger than they looked now.

"I love this picture." Remi said pointing it out to Andi.

Andi scowled. "That red head ruins it." She said bitterly.

"Gosh Andi what the heck happened between you two? You haven't talked for nearly two months." Remi said annoyed with her friends response.

"Grr, I knew this was coming." Andi said burying her head into her comforter.

Remi rolled her eyes. "Stop being so overdramatic you're not getting out of telling me what happened. I'm going to get it out of you even if I have to use the truth potion." Remi said now glaring at Andi.

After a minute or two of groaning Andi brought her head up her face still stubbornly set. "Fine. We fought over Tia and I told her I didn't trust Tia and she accused me of being jealous and she called me a name and that ends it." Andi said all in one breath trying to get it over with.

Remi frowned. "I see." She said thinking for a minute. "Here's the plan we're going back to Hogwarts Christmas Eve and we're going to stay the rest of break and you and Lily are going to make up. You are willing to forgive her right?"

Andi's face softened. "I guess so as long as she says she's sorry. I'm not promising to be nice to her new friend though." Andi said scrunching her face a bit.

"I don't expect you too. We are going back though because I need to be with Remus and you need to be with Sirius and you and Lily need to make up." Remi said with a smile.

Andi returned her smile. "So in three days we're heading back?"

"Yep, three days." Remi said with a wink.

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Lily and Tia returned from their walk/snow ball fight feeling exhausted. They both changed into something dry and comfortable. Lily blew Tia a friendly kiss as she lazily crawled into her bed for a nap.

While Lily slept Tia sat writing in her journal stopping every now and then to look over at her friend's sleeping form.

Two hours later Lily woke up feeling much better. She stretched her arms in the air and gave Tia a soft smile.

Lily reached for her wand on her bedside table. Before her hands reached her wand Tia shouted, "Accio wand!" The wand made it's way to Tia's outstretched hand.

Lily gave a slight giggle. "What are you doing Tia give me my wand?" Lily said still smiling.

Tia stared intently at Lily not showing any signs of joking. "Stop Tia, you're scaring me. This isn't funny." Lily said frightened.

"It's not meant to be funny." Tia said with a harsh drawl.

Lily got out of her bed and started moving towards the door. "Stupid move Evans." Tia said smiling evilly. "Sendensio!" Tia shouted sending Lily across the room slamming her into a wall.

Lily slid down the wall until she was sitting on the floor still leaning against the wall. She rubbed the small of her back not wanting to look at Tia because she wasn't sure what was going on still. Her body hurt too much for it to be a dream.

"Look at me Evans." Tia demanded.

Lily slowly lifted her head. "What are you doing Tia?" Lily said as tears welled up in her eyes. "I trusted you."

"You're not as smart as you think you are, are you Evan?" Tia said smirking. "Have any last words my little Lillers?"

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A/N: Ok Cliffy? YES! Sorry, and extremely sorry about how long this took I just had so many fun things to do this week because it was so nice out. Well I love you all and I got a lot of reviews last chapter so you all made me soo happy. Please REVIEW!!

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