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Chapter 9—Lily's Turn to Help

"Did you have fun?" James asked her.

"Yeah, the whole day was fun." Lily smiled at him.

"Good." James said. Lily looked up at him and he gazed into her eyes.

"Happy Valentine's Day, Lily." He said, pressing his lips upon her strawberry sweet ones.

Lily didn't really know what happened but finally did when she was kissing him back. She didn't pull away though and could sense James's slight surprise. He deepened the kiss and she still didn't pull away, instead, she ran her hands through his already messy hair. If it wasn't for his hand on her back, she would've collapsed. It felt so right to be in his arms, yet so strange. It made her feel happy and wanted, which is what she needed.

They finally pulled apart after a while. Lily didn't know what to do. She didn't regret the kiss, but didn't know what to say.

"I'm sorry, Lily, I just--." James started.

"No, it's okay. Really." She gave a small smile, gave him a quick kiss on the lips and went to the bathroom to change. She felt happy and excited, but also something she never felt before: Love.

She came out of the bathroom and James was in flannel pants and a t-shirt. Lily walked over to his bed, where he was lying, reading a Quidditch pitch.

"Thanks for everything." She was surprised at her behavior; she was suddenly wanting to be with James, not wanting to leave him.

"You're welcome Lily." He sat up against the wall and pulled Lily into his arms, her head resting on his chest and her legs beside his. She could smell his cologne and it made her breathe deeply. Meanwhile, James could smell the sweetness of Lily's hair and he ran his hands through it. She smiled and looked up at him. He gave her another kiss, a sweet one. It was so odd, one minute ago they were friends and the next they were kissing each other, pretty much in love.

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"Gosh where is Prongs?" Sirius said, crankily.

"Well, someone's cranky in the morning." Shelley said, coming from the girl's dorm.

"He's hungry." Remus told her and she nodded in understanding.

"I'm going to get him!" Sirius jumped up and over to the stairs. Remus and Shelley reluctantly followed. He opened the door and his jaw dropped. Lily and James were lying on James's bed, fast asleep. Lily's head was resting on James's chest and his arms were wrapped around her shoulders. Sirius tried not to laugh and Remus and Shelley peered in.

"Well, this is not going to be a typical day." Remus judged.

"Awesome." Shelley grinned. "This is so perfect, I'm so--." She was cut off by Sirius who grabbed her and dragged her down the stairs.

"C'mere you." He said as he pulled her by the waist down the stairs, with her laughing the whole time. "You will not talk about this all morning." He said once he said her down.

"But—." She started but was cut off again, this time by Sirius kissing her.

"This definitely won't be a typical day." Remus said and fell back onto the couch lazily.

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Lily and James both woke up to a slight, cold breeze. The window must have blown open during the night, making the room chilly. Lily was only wearing a tight short sleeve shirt, so she shivered. James saw her and rubbed her arms, warming her up.

"Morning." He said, kissing her forehead.

"Morning." She replied, leaning back onto him. He ran his hands through her hair again.

"Sirius is probably eating his shirt by now, so we should get dressed." James said and felt Lily nod against him. They got dressed and everything to go to breakfast.

"Oh yeah, Sirius is hungry." Lily laughed. She saw Sirius kissing Shelley and Remus looking incredibly bored. Lily slowly and quietly walked up to Shelley.

"Hey!" She said loudly. Shelley jumped and Sirius cried out.

"Ow! You bit my tongue!" Sirius said. Shelley smiled guiltily.

"Sorry." Shelley said. "It's Lily's fault!" Shelley giggled pointing to Lily. Sirius fake growled and ran over to Lily and began tickling her.

"Ah! Stop!" Lily said in between giggles. Sirius finally stopped. Lily was amazed about how close she had gotten to Sirius, Remus and James this year. It must be a blessing from Jacob. Everything happens for a reason.

"Hey everyone." Matt emerged from the portrait. Same with Matt, Lily thought, he's like my new big brother. Thanks Jacob, she added silently. Matt gave Lily a hug and waved to everyone else.

"I wanted to see where you were, usually you're at breakfast by now." Matt asked.

"Oh, well since the dance was last night, we slept a little later." Lily told him.

"Oh yeah, how was the dance?" Matt asked.

"Perfect." Lily said, looking at James. Matt noticed and smirked. He knew they would get together.

"I'm hungry!" Sirius said impatiently.

"See you later, Matt." Lily gave him a hug again.

"Be good, Little One." Surprisingly, Lily smiled. She didn't cry.

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An owl swooped down at breakfast and a letter landed on James lap. He opened it carefully.

Dear Mr. Potter,

We are so sorry to inform you that your parents were killed in an attack. We are terribly sorry for your loss. In your parent's will, it stated that the property is yours. Once again, we are so sorry.

-Minister of Magic

James rested his head on his hands. Lily read the letter over his shoulder.

"Oh James, I'm so sorry." She said and put her arm around his shoulders. He didn't say anything.

"Um, I'm going to uh, class. See you there." He said 5 minutes later. Lily nodded. Sirius actually wasn't eating, which surprised people.

"I've got to go, uh, change my robes." Sirius lied. Lily bit her lip and looked at Remus.

"What's your excuse?" She asked, kindly not rudely.

"Don't have one. C'mon let's go to the Common Room." Remus said quietly. Lily stood up next to him. She looked up into his eyes.

"Remus, remember, I know how you feel." Lily told him and gave him a hug. He was always one of her close friends since 3rd year. They walked to the common room together but it was empty.

"You go in there." Lily said, pointing to the Heads room. "I think I want to talk to Sirius first." Remus nodded, of course feeling down himself but James felt worse. Lily climbed the boy's stairs and opened the door. She saw Sirius lying on the bed, his hair a mess.

"Hey." She said, walking over, and pulling down her jeans down slightly, although she was oblivious to it, it was just a habit when she was nervous.

Sirius looked up. "Lily?" He asked. "Why aren't you with James?"

"Because I think I know more about how you feel then I do about James." Lily told him. He sat up.

"How?" He asked.

"My brother died just a few months ago." Lily reminded him.

"I know, but Lily, that's different. James's parents were like real parents to me."

"I know that. But Jacob was the greatest to me." Lily told him.

"I know that Lily!" He snapped. Lily bit her lip. "You didn't know my parents! They were the worst! They hated me and disowned me and Lily Evans you don't get that I never got to be who I truly was until I met James and his parents! You don't get it and don't say you do cause YOU DON'T!" He yelled. Lily didn't say anything. She felt a lump growing in her throat.

"Okay, Sirius, I don't understand. But I never had real parents. Sure, they loved me and I was their little baby but they were out almost every night partying and business dinners! They were even out the night I was nearly killed and my brother was killed!" Lily said her voice shaking.

"But they're alive." Sirius muttered.

"I know. But so is my sister." Lily glared, not at Sirius but the thought of Petunia.

"What's so bad about her?" Sirius asked darkly.

"You know how many times I was called a freak? An idiot? Some other things I rather not say, just because I'm a witch?" Lily cried out, tears starting to fall.

"I'm so sorry James's parents died! It's awful! Sirius, all I wanted to say was that I might know how you feel but I guess I was wrong. Just because I have parents that are alive doesn't mean I don't know how you feel. Everyone might think I'm over it all, but I will never be! NEVER!" Lily yelled and ran out, crying.

"Lily!" Sirius half yelled, half moaned but she ignored him. Lily ran across the common room, ignoring everyone staring at her and she ran into her room. Lily flung herself onto the bed, forgetting that Remus and James were there. She sobbed loudly into her pillow, just like that one night she found the letter. She cried like a little kid, and Remus and James were staring at her. After about 5 minutes, Remus timidly spoke.

"L-Lily?" He asked. Lily started to slow down the sobbing but was still crying. She sat up and looked at them. James was leaning against the wall, looking rather scared and Remus was looking concerned.

"S-sorry, I d-didn't know you were s-still here." She began to stop crying, but was hiccupping.

"What happened?" James asked.

"Oh, it's a long story." Lily wiped her wet face.

"Did Sirius say something?" Remus questioned, knowing Lily was going to talk to him.

"Something like that." She replied.

"Lily, what happened?" James asked again.

"Look, if you really want to know, ask him. I don't want to go into it. Please, it was just something between him and me." Lily told him. James sighed.

"Sirius is just upset. I think he could use one of you guys." Lily added. Remus nodded and got up. Lily faced James.

"Are you okay?" Lily asked him.

"Dunno. You?" He asked her and she shrugged.

"I hope Sirius didn't say anything terrible." James told her.

"No, he didn't. I guess he just got the wrong idea or something similar." James nodded as a reply. Lily walked over and gave him a hug.

"I'm sorry about all this, James." She said.

"Thank you." He told her.

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