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Chapter 37: A Terrible Morning
Lily opened the Hospital Wing door slowly and stuck her head inside. She was happy to see that it was nearly empty, except for a few occupied beds, but her happiness faded when she saw who surrounded Remus' bed.
"Hello," she said calmly and not looking bothering to look at James, Sirius, and Peter in the face, "I was hoping to have a few words with Remus."
"Go ahead, Evans," James snapped.
"I wanted to speak to him alone." She glared directly at James.
"I'll talk to you guys later," Remus said, nodding his head, "Thanks for stopping by."
"No problem," Sirius smiled and grabbed James by the shoulder. Once Sirius and Peter had dragged James out of the Hospital Wing, his loud voice disappeared and the Wing was once again silent.
"Well," Lily sighed, shuffling her feet on the floor.
"Lily, you can come closer," Remus said pulling a chair close to his bed, "I won't bite anymore."
Lily crossed her hands over her chest and headed towards the chair and said down, "Remus, I'm sorry-"
Remus put up his hand and stopped Lily from talking, "I should be the one that is sorry. I should not have been out of the shack."
"I'm the one that interfered," Lily said looking at her hands, "I just wanted to say that I'm sorry and I won't tell anyone."
"Thanks," Remus said, squeezing Lily's hand, "That means a lot to me."
Lily nodded her head and stood up, but quickly stood sat back down, "I thought you were a werewolf."
Remus smiled, "I figured I couldn't hide it from you, you're too smart. When did you find out?"
"About fourth year." Lily replied, "I found it quite odd that your mother's grandma could pass away four times."
Remus laughed loudly, "I ran out of excuses by third year."
Lily nodded her head, "Apparently. So, what does James, Sirius, and Peter have to do with your secret?"
"They became illegal animagi to be with me on full moons." Remus said quietly, "I tried to force them out of it but it didn't happen."
"Hmm," Lily said squinting at the wall, "That makes a lot of sense."
"How so?" Remus chuckled.
"Well, not only was there a missing link to your odd prankish ways, but James, Sirius, and Peter are very loyal to their friends so it sounds like something they would do." Lily replied.
"They are great friends, huh?" Remus smiled, "But why is it exactly that you and James arguing?"
"Well, it's quite a long story and I don't even remember how it started." Lily replied.
"Well as you can tell, I have all day. How am I supposed to get details when Prongs won't spill?" Remus smirked.
Lily smiled and started her side of the story, "I went into the forest to find James because we were arguing earlier and I wanted to talk to him."
"I see," Remus stated.
"Yes, well, we got into this huge argument over who was the bigger arse and I don't even need to tell you who won. And he basically yelled at me how he hates me now and he's going to start to leave me alone. Then we both stormed off," Lily said, hanging her head.
"Why do you look so sad when you mentioned about James not liking you anymore?" Remus asked. Lily shrugged and Remus soon processed, "Lily, do you have feelings for James?"
Lily shrugged again, "I thought I did at first but I didn't want to tell anyone in case I was wrong. But, I don't know, he's being such an arse and you heard what he thinks about me!"
"Lily," Remus sighed, "You can't obsess over somebody for seven years and then hate them the next day. James is just trying to convince himself that he doesn't like you."
"But-"
"Maybe if you show him that you are developing feelings for him then he'll stop trying to brainwash his own mind." Remus suggested.
"I'll try to tell him," Lily smiled and hugged Remus gently, "Thanks for listening."
"That's what I'm here for," Remus smiled, "I'll be here next month if you need me."
"I hope you feel better." Lily said standing up, "I'll talk to you later."
"Bye," Remus smiled and waved as Lily left the Hospital Wing.
Lily was determined to tell James that she was starting to like him. But her attitude quickly evaporated throughout the day. She had planned on telling him either that night at patrol or the next day. But that didn't seem to be happening.
Her terrible day basically started the moment she closed the Hospital Wing doors after talking to Remus. Her bag ripping wouldn't have been that bad if Snape and his gang weren't passing by at that exact moment.
"Look," Snape sneered, "If it isn't the mudblood!"
"Shut it, Snape." Lily sighed as she kneeled down to pick up her stuff.
"Why don't you just stay down on the floor? You'd serve as a nice rug." He laughed with his friends. Then snatched Lily's torn book bag and observed it, "What? Can't afford a decent bag?"
Lily just glared and grabbed her bag back.
"That's right, you can't." He smirked before walking past and knocking over her pile of stuff and knocking it over and sending the contents all over.
"This is just great," Lily sighed as she repaired her bag with her wand and began to shove her stuff into her bag.
"Do you need some help?"
Lily looked up and dropped the bottle of ink all over the floor when she saw Matt leaning down in front of her.
Maybe this day won't be that bad. She thought to herself.
He smiled and waved his wand to repair the bottle, which landed in his hand before giving it to Lily.
"Thanks," she blushed and shoved hit into her bag, "How are you?"
"Fine," he smiled, "And you?"
"Alright," Lily smiled as they stood up and Lily swung her heavy bag over her shoulder.
"Where are you headed to?" he asked.
"Breakfast." Lily said, shoving her hands into her pockets.
"Me too." He smiled, "Can I walk with you there?"
Lily nodded her head and they headed down the corridor together.
"I was thinking about the other day when I got mad at you." Matt said looking at his feet, "I had no right to be mad at you and it was pointless for me to get angry. I'm sorry."
"It's okay," Lily smiled, "Things have been really mixed up the past week or two."
"Would you like to go to the dance with me?" Matt asked as they rounded the corner.
Lily frowned as she saw James' back of his head entering a broom closet with some random girl.
"Lily?" Matt asked, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah fine," she smiled, "I'd love to go to the dance with you."
"Great," Matt smiled.
"I'll talk to you later," Lily smiled.
"Okay, bye," Matt smiled before heading towards his friends.
Lily walked to the end of the Gryfinndor table and sat down next to Bree.
"Hello," Lily smiled happily.
"Why are you so cheerful?" Bree glared.
"Because Matt and I are going to the dance together." Lily smiled as Riley sat down.
"Can't talk," she said pushing her plate out of the way and replacing it with an enormous book and a stack of parchment, "I was out late last night and I didn't get any homework done nor any sleep."
"Maybe if you didn't spend all night snogging random people all night then you'd have to do your homework." Bree spat.
"At least when I date someone I snog them and don't whine over my ex-boyfriend." Riley said angrily, "Besides, it's none of your business who I snog!"
"I do not whine over Andrew!" Bree glared at Riley then down the Gryfinndor table at the Marauders before slamming her goblet down and leaving.
"Ugh! Everyone is so cranky today!" Riley said shoving her stuff back into her bag.
"You know," Lily said calmly, "They say if you think only one person is cranky then it usually the person. But, if you think everyone is cranky, it usually means you're the cranky one."
"Who says that load of rubbish!" Riley snapped, "I'm going to the library, don't bug me!"
Before Lily knew it Riley was stomping off and Ashley was stomping in. Before Lily could even say hello Ashley started to talk very fast and, just like everyone else, in an angry tone.
"I think Remus is lying to me about something." She stated, "Is he cheating on me? Making excuses for no reason? Doesn't want to see me?"
"It's nothing like that." Lily shook her head as she drank her pumpkin juice.
"How do you know?" Ashley asked, eyeing Lily, "He has been talking to you and to his own girlfriend!?"
"No!" Lily exclaimed, "Remus is just a nice guy and wouldn't do anything like that."
"Fine! Just take his side!" Ashley stood up and ran out of the Great Hall.
Lily stared at Ashley's now empty chair oddly, "What has gotten into everyone?"
Lily finished her breakfast and exited the Great Hall to continue her soon to be bad day.
