Chapter VIII: Getting Him Out Of My Life

                Nightmares. Dreams filled with despair and sadness. Lily couldn't sleep much. She spent part of the night regretting having gone to that dratted date with James, regretting having had such a good time and somewhat hating herself for having said that last thing to James. She had been thinking about what had happened and had to admit that he had been very surprised indeed when that girl kissed him, that he hadn't had anything to do with it, that he cared for her feelings. But she could not forgive him, even though he was not guilty (A/N: this girl is stupid). She had to kick him out of her life.

                But deep down she did not want to do that.

                At the Ministry, she was daydreaming, not paying any attention to her tasks, and her boss scolded her for her faults.

                "Ms. Evans, may I ask what's wrong with you? You have never made a blunder at work!"

                "I am sorry, sir, I am not feeling  well"

                "I have to get him out of my life. I can't let him make me do this at work" she thought.

                "Well, Ms. Evans, it's not the best time for falling sick – without Hartnell there's too much work for being ill. When I find a suitable person for the job, I let you have some righteous holiday, but till then, you have to work."

                The assingments were piling. It was an endless heavy workload. Things that would only take her minutes, took her know hours. It was already eleven p.m. and she was still at the Ministry.

                "Ms. Evans, I think you should go now" said the caretaker.

                "I have to finish these reports."

                "You'll finish them tomorrow. You have to rest, you look pale."

                The caretaker had to almost kick her out of the building in the end. She didn't have eneough energy to Apparate, so the caretaker took her back home, advising her to go straightly to bed.

                Lily jumped onto the sofa.

                "I am not going to be able to get up now…"

                Her eyelids were closing but a sound in the kitchen awoke her with a start. All her senses were alive, she picked her wand and, tiptoeing, went into nthe kitchen to see who the intruder was.

                "EMI!!!"

                Emilyn, Lily's best friend, jumped four feet and clutched her hand to her heart.

                "Hell, don't scare me like that! Who do you think I'd be anyway?"

                Lily lowered her wand, relaxed. She looked at Emi and started crying. She ran to her best friend and hugged her tightly.

                "Lily"

                She took her to the sofa, where they both sat, Lily still clinging to Emi. After a few minutes, Lily took her sadness under control and began explaining what had happenned, her date with James. She told her everything – how she'd felt when they were close together, dancing, how she'd felt when that girl kissed him, ans how she'd felt when she said the last words to him.

                Emi was indignated, barking. That anger rose Lily's spirits a bit, making her feel that she was not alone, that there was someone in whom she could trust.

                "If I see him, he's dead."

                Lily was now much better.

                "Don't worry, Lils. I am sure you'll forget him before long. Tonight I am sleeping with you, and I won't accept a no for an answer. You need rest and relaxation (A/N: like Scabbers!) ."

                They both went to bed and Lily, feeling with someone who cared for her, fell asleep in a second. Emi thought about how and where to find James, as she needed some answers urgently. It wasn't before long when she fell drowsiness took over her.

                DISCLAIMER: blah blah, I own nuffink!

                T/N: another chapter done, hope you liked it!  

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