Hey sorry about the long wait, I've been really busy and sorry to say but I will be really busy from now on, butthe story isalmost over.I hope everyones holiday was good. Okay, now here ya go...

Lily was at Twister again, during the busiest time of night. It had been a few days since she had slept with James and that was all she could think about. Lily was taking an order from a cute guy, she passed him his beers and wiped the beads of sweat off her forehead. Bret came over and grabbed her waist kissing her neck. Lily smiled, "Remember, no fraternizing on the job."

"Screw that!" he smiled. Lily turned around and kissed him on the lips, "I need the extra cash, sorry babe." Lily turned around and took the next order, feeling guilty about James, but not that guilty. To be honest Bret was a much better kisser but compared to James he was not romantic at all.

"Hey Red, I got a family emergency and we need and extra girl on the floor, ya mind?" shouted Rosie.

"Hey Monica…" shouted Lily down the bar table to where Monica was making a drink.

"Just go, Rose told me, Bret and I can cover the bar."

"Lily, thank you so much I will…" Rosie started.

"Go!" shouted back Lily taking her tray and hopping over the counter. Lily preferred the floor, you made more tips.

Lily walked around the room getting orders and then going back to the bar to place the orders. After she placed some drinks on a table a song came on and Pete grabbed her wrist and they started to grind together. A bunch of frat boys shouted and hooted and stuffed money down Lily's shirt. Lily smiled and continued on with her job after the song ended. Lily made her way over to a table and was shocked to see James, Sirius, and two girls with them.

"Lily!" gasped Sirius.

"Black, Potter, what can I get ya?"

"What the hell are you doing? You're not a waiter, you can't be a waiter! It's against your values! I mean I thought that the dress was just a small step but this is just different!" shouted Sirius.

"Yeah, that was after I realized I had to do something to pay the rent. So what's your pleasure?"

"Who's that guy behind the bar with black hair?" asked one of the girls, a bubbly blond, who was (no surprise) under Sirius's arm.

"My boyfriend."

"So… Lily, how do you know James and Sirius?" asked a dirty blonde who was practically on James's lap.

"I used to go to school with them."

"Well, I'm Amber," said the blonde holding out her hand. Lily nodded.

"I'm Vanessa, James's fiancé," said the dirty blond. Lily's eyes popped. She looked at James, he looked extremely uncomfortable and averted her eyes.

"Hi listen, um, can I take your orders now?"

"Yes, just four beers, Lily," said Sirius. Lily nodded and walked towards the bar trying to hold back her tears.

…

Lily was lying in her bed. She hadn't come out in two days. She drowned her beer and placed it lazily on her nightstand, also covered in beer bottles.

"Pete!" called Lily, "Pete!"

Pete walked in, "Lily, this isn't healthy."

"You know," said Lily slurring slightly, "I don't know why I didn't just marry him first, I mean I think I like him, I mean as much as I could like James Potter. You know, I think I'll just go over his house," said Lily standing up sloppily, "and sleep with him again! I'll show him who's better in bed!"

"Lily, you're a little drunk, why don't you come into the living room with me and I'll make you some pancakes or biscuits or something. Besides, are you sure you want to tell him off in your panties, see-through camisole and bathrobe?"

Lily looked up at Pete, and started to sob, "I just don't understand myself, Pete, I just want to be happy… with him. But, who am I kidding, I mean I am partially an alcoholic and I do work in a nightclub."

Pete sat down on her bed and held her in his arms, "You know some things aren't meant to be," said Pete looking into Lily's emerald eyes, "I didn't tell you but Gary and I, we spilt. He just wasn't the one, you know?" Lily sobbed harder, "Lily, I'm fine with it. Gary and I had a long discussion and we both came to a mutual decision. I think it was for the best. Please, don't cry."

"How can… I not! I mean you and… Gary, I thought were suppose to be together for… forever!"

"Lily, sometimes you think that the one you are sure to be with isn't the one after all. I know that you don't think Bret is the one." They sat in each other's arms and Pete gave Lily a small drink to help her with her slight hangover. Lily drained the drink and felt her coming to her senses. She closed her eyes and thought.

Lily gave a small laugh, after a while, "You know I'm going to go right over there, and tell him what I should have told him two years ago," said Lily standing up and walking towards the door. Pete was behind her guiding her, "And I am going to march right into his house and I'm going to say to him… James?" Lily said as she stared wide eyed at James who was standing in her living room half smiling.

"Hi Lily," he said quietly.

"Pete, would you excuse us, all the way, please?" Pete nodded smirking and kissed Lily on her cheek.

"Another man for sex, Lily?" asked James a red in the face.

"No, he's gay and he's my roommate," snapped Lily folding her arms across her chest.

"Can we sit?"

"I don't care," said Lily sitting on the couch's arm.

James sat down and ran his fingers through his hair, "Lily, I didn't want you to meet Vanessa…"

"Then maybe you shouldn't have brought her to the club where I worked. That would have been the intelligent thing, Potter."

"Please Lily, don't start with the surnames!"

"I can do whatever I like, I'm a big girl now, Potter, and I don't need an apology about your fiancé, I thought we said that we would keep emotions out of it! I thought you said that we would just pretend for that one day and move on with it the next!"

"I can't!" screamed James.

Lily almost fell off her seat, "And why can't you!" she screamed back.

"Because," he said I softly taking her hand in his, "I love you."

Lily then did fall off her seat, somehow pulling James with her. So there they lay on the floor with piles of mess around them, James on top and Lily on the bottom. They just stared at each other. James leaned in and kissed her neck with warm kisses, each one addicting. He came back to her eyes and they kissed. James' tongue teased hers, he glided his fingertips up and down her arms. He gently took her arms and placed them on his neck. Lily caught in the moment stroked his hair. James pushed and rubbed his pelvis towards hers. Lily then came to her senses and she stopped. Her arms went limp beside her and she turned her head away from James, so he couldn't kiss her. James stopped and looked at her until Lily said quietly, "Please get off me James." James obeyed the request, unwillingly. They sat up and James fixed the strap of her shirt which was hanging off her shoulder, "James I…"

"Last time you said that it worked out alright," he whispered referring to seventh year after they had made up with the whole Jackie thing. He leaned in and they kissed, one hand on her back and the other on her neck. Lily held his face.

"Stop James! I can't do this!" Lily pushed him away and stood up, "It just isn't possible now that your engaged!"

"Please, I'll cancel it, and then we can be together like we should have been!" he stood up and held her hands.

Lily jerked her hands away "James, just stop it! I don't want to go off into fantasy world! I just want to be left alone, I just want to get you out of my mind and then I can move on with my life. Please James, after this I just want to be left alone."

James looked at her, clearly their was hurt in his face and eyes, "And Bret?"

"He's leaving the country, he's going to the US."

"Lily, please…"

"No James, I'm through with the tug-or-war. Just leave!" she said not looking at him.

James stood there, she guessed he was either a step away from crying or hitting her "Alright, if that's what you want."

"Yes, it's what I want," said Lily still avoiding his eyes.

"Well Vanessa, wanted me to give you this invitation to our wedding. She and I hope that you will come. You can bring a date, just mail us the reply as soon as possible, please." James handed her an envelope and then he left the room.

Lily's hands were trembling, she placed the envelope on the coffee table and then sunk to the floor crying silently.

"Lily… I'm sorry," said Pete putting a hand on her back.

"Oh, it's fine. I never really thought that Prince Charming would ever really stop going from girl-to-girl," Lily said wiping her tears in her bathrobe sleeve.

"But you wanted him to stop," Pete said.

"I don't know what I want, but I didn't want to be the next in line. I wanted to be the first and the only in line for James Potter."

"I know sweetheart, I know," cooed Pete.

"Hey, you want to go to a wedding?" asked Lily laughing a little.

"Sure." They sat there as Lily held the invitation in her hand. Pete took it from her and she got up to go to her room.

Lily sat on her bed with an old album. She delicately opened the book, hardly breathing, she scanned to moving pictures of her past. At the end she closed the book and clutched it to her body, crying. She missed her mother so much, Lily then realized that her mom was so proud of her being a witch. Her mom always insisted that Lily never hide what she was, to be proud of what she was, to never forget who she was, a witch.

Lily walked out of her room, still holding the book, and approached Pete who was sitting on the couch.

"Pete, there's something I should tell you…" Lily then poured out her past to Pete and she felt… happy?

Hey guys, i hope you like it. Again sorry for the wait, thanks for all the reviews!

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