The rest of the day went by without much talk between Lily and James. Lily had head girl duties, so Ruth and Kate decided they would go to the library, since it was about time they caught up on some studying for potions.
"We're looking for the book Home Made Potions." Ruth said.
Kate read through the books on the shelf. "Home Made Potions. and then theres Home Made Potions 2, Hawaiian Edition."
"Hawaii?" Ruth said.
"Hawaii." Kate replied. "It's a place in America."
"I know what Hawaii is." Ruth said. "Hawaiian edition?"
" 'Spells and potions you can make at home using Hawaiian Organics' " Kate read the back.
"Oh I see. Well that's no help we don't live in Hawaii. Just give me the first edition." Ruth said.
Kate handed her the book, and sat down quietly, looking down.
"Are you okay?" asked Ruth.
"Lani's part hawaiian." Kate replied.
"Oh right. There's that thing you were goin to tell Lily and I right?"
"Right."
"So tell me."
"Alright, but I think it's better you don't mention this to Lily."
"Well why not?"
"You'll see." and Kate started her story. "Lani, Malorie, and Caroline used to be my friends. Lani didn't like Lily. I guess she was jealous that Lily was always the best at everything, and Lani has an enormous amount of Pride. She didn't like the fact that Lily was made a prefect and she wasn't."
Ruth Nodded and followed the story.
"From that point on, she really started to hate Lily." Kate continued. "In the fifth year, she started to like James Potter. I always thought that it was because he liked Lily, but I didn't want to say anything, because we were best friends. Remember how I told you that I used to go out with Zach Rowley?"
Ruth nodded.
"Lily was actually the reason why we broke up, but I have no hard feelings against her, it just made me see him for who he really is. So anyways, we met on the train this year, and he asked me out. After he met Lily, I could tell her fancied her as well, so Lani urged me to break up with him. After I did, Lani went after him. It got...ugly."
"What happened?" Ruth asked.
"I think it's best you see for yourself." Kate said, and pulled out a journal. "This will take us back to what happened in my memory."
"This is powerful magic, how did you learn it?" Ruth was shocked because she knew of no one who could put their memories into journals or pensives other than Dumbledore.
"That's not important." Kate said quickly. "Ready?"
"Ready."
And just like a flash of lightening, they were taken back to a stormy evening in late september. Kate was sitting in the Gryffindor common room with Malorie, when Lani and Caroline walked in. From the mud on their clothes, Ruth could tell they were just at quidditch practice.
"Back so soon?" Kate said to Lani.
"It's thundering, we couldn't possibly practice outside with the risk of getting struck by lightening could we?" Lani replied.
"I guess not." Kate said.
"Kate, I need to talk to you." Lani said. "In private." and Malorie and Caroline left.
"What's going on?" Kate asked her. Then the present Kate said to Ruth. "The four of us don't have secrets. I knew something was going to happen when Lani asked the other two to leave."
Lani sat down next to past Kate and started talking.
"Well I was thinking, since you and Zach are broken up, that I would ask him to the next Hogsmead visit." Lani said.
"Why would you want to ask him?" Past Kate looked very surprised. "You were the one who said he was a girl-crazy inconsiderate jerk."
"I know I said that, but maybe he's not that bad."
"Not that bad? You were the one who told me to break up with him, and now you want to go behind my back and ask him out?"
"I'm not going behind your back. I'm asking your permission."
"What's the difference?" Past Kate was now in a rage and it looked like she would say anything she had on her mind. "Tell me, why on earth would you want to go out with him after you forced me to break up with him. Don't you like James?"
"Not anymore, and I didn't force you. Like you could have kept him anyways, everyone can tell that he was only going out with you until Lily would go out with him." Lani was getting angry too.
"And everyone could tell that the only reason you fancied James was because he was in love with Lily, and you were jealous. And now you like Zach because Lily likes Zach. You've always been jealous of Lily. What has she ever done to you, you green eyed monster!" Kate yelled.
"How dare you say that..."
"It's the truth. I know it, and you know it."
"Well if you're gonna stick up for Evans, then you're no longer my friend. Why don't you go be friends with her."
"Being friends with anyone is better than you."
"Fine then. But don't ever come crawling back to me."
With that, Lani rushed up to her room with past Kate still sitting there, when the present Kate and Ruth came back to reality in the Library.
Ruth was speechless. "Wow, I had no idea."
"That's why you can't mention this to Lily, you know, how Lani hates her and all." Kate said. "Promise you won't tell her about Lani."
"I promise." Ruth said.
"Promise you won't tell her about this journal either."
"Why not?"
Kate hesitated "well...because...well..or else she'll ask about...well...it'll just create suspision."
"Alright." Ruth said. What kind of suspision? Too late now, I'm suspisious, but I probably don't have any reason for it. Kate has a private life, and where she got that journal from, or where she learned that spell is none of my business. She thought, and finnished studying for potions.