Disclaimer: Harry Potter, Hogwarts, or anything that has ever been mentioned in the Harry Potter books does not belong to me. I would like to own them, and make billions of dollars every year, but the only thing in this story that is mine is my plot, if you can call it one. I am simply one of those very sad people who obsess over something that isn't real. So please, don't sue me, all I have that is of any value is a cello and a computer. Thank you for your time
Chapter Six
"We're doomed." Sirius moaned to his girlfriend. "Doomed, I tell you, doomed. There's no way that James is going to attempt to go against what his mother wants. His mum is usually the greatest person, and James loves her. This is the only thing that she's ever really asked of him, and he's not going to let her down."
"What about Alexis?" Anna prodded. "Can't we make her change her mind somehow?"
Sirius guffawed. "Alexis is interested in money. By marrying James, she gets lots of it. There's no way she's going to change her mind."
"So why are you bemoaning about it to me, if we can't change anything?" Anna glared at Sirius.
"Well, maybe we can…" Sirius admitted, and whispered into Anna's ear.
Lily walked out of the play on Saturday night, hand in hand with James. She had always loved AIDA. She had admitted so to James, once, and even used a song from the play during a prank. "So, what did you think of the play?" she asked, trying to start a conversation.
"I liked it," James admitted. But it's so much like my life, he thought to himself. I fall in love with a girl whom I originally hate and who hates me, then I have to marry someone whom I don't love. Lost in these thoughts, he didn't notice that Lily was trying to catch his attention until she was practically tugging his sleeve off. "Wha-, oh, sorry, got lost in thought."
Lily rolled her eyes. "I guessed that. Now, I need to get back home soon, Anna's going to worry. But it was really nice going here with you." She added, and leaned up to kiss James on the cheek. She then apparated away, leaving a very startled James behind.
"Anna, I'm back." She called out when she apparated into her compartment. Then, she saw the official looking owl sitting on the dining room table. "What the hell?" she asked to herself, and picked up the letter that had dropped on the floor. The owl soared out the window as Lily plucked open the envelope.
Dear Ms. Evans,
We regret to inform you that the project between France and England has been disbanded. You are needed back here. There will be a total recall of all workers.
Under the official note there was a small, hastily scribbled post-script.
I'm sorry for this unforeseen problem occurring, but it does not change the fact that we need you, now more than ever. Please, come back.
-Philip
Lily just sat there. She had no idea what to do. Her duty lay with her work, in France, but her heart lay here. Anna burst in the door, and upon seeing Lily's crestfallen face, she muttered knowingly, "So, you heard about James, then?"
Lily shot up, startled. "What about James?" she inquired. When her friend refused to meet her eyes, her tone grew steely. "Tell me, Anna, before I have to hex you."
"He's engaged," Anna admitted. "To some pureblood daughter of one of his mother's friends. He has to get married in a few months."
"And you found this out when?" Lily shrieked. "Was I not supposed to know? Was this his idea of a suitable revenge from seventh year? Did the prank never end?" Not wanting to wait for Anna's response, she rushed into her room, and slammed the door. A few minutes later, she came out, dressed in shorts and a t-shirt.
"I'm going running." She said as an explanation. "I need some time to cool off, to think things over. They want me to go back to France. They're having a recall of everyone." With that, Lily walked calmly out the door. It was time to see how good her uncaring façade was.
After jogging for about an hour, Lily stopped and sat down by a tree, completely winded. It had been forever since she had done a work-out like that, but it felt really good. However, now she was stuck in the middle of a forest, lost.
Suddenly, there was a rush in the trees. Lily glanced up, startled, only to see a large stag appear from the forest. "Well, it's you," Lily grinned. "I remember seeing you a few times during Hogwarts, or at least a deer that looked an awful lot like you. Come here." The stag approached obediently, and Lily began to stroke it.
"You know, maybe you're just a figment of my imagination. You always seem to appear whenever I'm feeling horrible, or need to talk about something. You'd make a killing as a psychiatrist, you know?
"Well, you see, there's this boy I like. A lot. I may even love him. His name's James Potter." The stag stiffened, and Lily looked at it appraisingly. "What, have you heard of him? I didn't know he was that infamous." She giggled, and continued. "Well, at least, I thought I liked him. And I thought he liked me back.
"But I just found out he's engaged to someone else. And I think this all might be a plot of revenge from back when I dumped him during our seventh year at Hogwarts.
"And now I have to go back to France, where I have to deal with my ex-fiancé on a regular basis. Oh, yeah, he's a part of this equation too. God, I hate my life at times."
She looked down at the stag, who was still looking at her innocently. "And now I've probably scared you. Thanks for listening. You really would make a killing as a psychiatrist." She jogged off, and the moment she was out of earshot, James transformed back into his regular self. (A/N: Any of ya'll that did not see that coming, go find yourselves a real psychiatrist.)
He looked up to the heavens, and shook a fist. "Is this all some sort of game to you?" he asked. "Is this fun? Well, how about you go bother someone else, for a change. Lily and I have enough problems. Can't you leave us alone?" Then, all of his anger spent, he sat down where Lily had been sitting, and cried.
Ack, this chapter is probably really horrible. I'm sorry. It's 1 AM, and I randomly got inspiration. Plus, it probably wasn't fair to leave my faithful reviewers for a whole 2 weeks. So don't yell at me about how this chapter sucks.
And I know that the last scene was clichéd. I happened to like it, so bof to everyone else.
Now, go review. Please. And no anonymous flames. It bugs me, and I dislike them. In fact, if I get them, then I sometimes decided that I don't want to write a story anymore. And then you would have all the other lovely reviewers to deal with. So I wouldn't recommend it.
Also, if you have any ideas on where the story should go, please tell me. I really am clueless. I have nothing until inspiration randomly hits me, and then I type out a chapter. It's great fun, try it sometime. But any ideas, tell me. Please.
And the premonition challenge is still up. It is on what I sense can happen with Alexis.
It's either a word, or a bunch of letters.
Lots and Lots of letters.
Emmy, you can't guess.
First to guess right will get a part in the story. Small part, but it's still something. Have fun, knock yourself out.
Now, to answer the faithful masses:
Prongsie-Jamesie- It's all because you're so awesome. And that idea has potential. Hmm. Sorry about getting stuck in the cheese state. I'm in the state where everything is bigger most of the time.
munch010- Well, where would be the fun in making everything easy for him?
missmcweir- I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you're talking about.
nebulia- Shame. And I didn't really write about the date, but there wasn't much to write.
sirius4eva- Wait, am I suppose to know all that? Uh oh…
le manchot du destin- wish we could say the same about Lily. And James, too.
Mika Rieu- Well, neither does canon, so it's all okay.
Telwyn Dubois- You reviewed now, so it's all good.
Silverlie- Thanks.
ditzychick1228- still okay. I'm writing this while I'm suppose to be sleeping.
fred's girl- Thanks. BTW, it's called wanting fanfics to be realistic. It's not abnormal. I have it too.
man eating plant- Well, you didn't have to meet her yet. So it's all nice.
InLuvWitRupert- Plot device.
EmeraldEyedEvans- No, it's not.
firefur1- I hate him too.
Stella Blu- I do that a lot too.
prongsandpaddy- Also the name of a reviewer, which is where I stole it from. And you think this is a long time? My other story was 4 months. Seriously.
ThelovelyladyLily- I'll keep that in mind. And set up Rick and Alexis? But Alexis and James were meant for each other!
NorberttheDragon-That would work.
PinkyTheSnowman- Me too.
Lily of the Valley23- Lily must. But she can't.
LunaSoleil07- That could work. And on Mrs. P, she doesn't know that James doesn't want to. She might regret this later on. But she thinks that Alexis is a lovely girl, and that James likes her.
Ciao,
Sally
