A/N really really sorry about the wait, im in the middle of my A-Level exams, literally, did 1 2day n have another 1 on wednesday. Argh!

But anyway, this chapter is quite sad, all about realisation n theres a lovely cliffy at the end for u 2 all h8 me for.

Enjoy!

Maybe What is Broken Shouldn't be Fixed

James stood there for a minute in silence, every eye on him.

It was over.

Really over.

He had known that they weren't together anymore, obviously, but he hadn't realise until 10 seconds ago that they would never be together ever again. He did love her, that much was true but she didn't believe him and in a way he didn't blame her. He tried to imagine how he would have felt if he had discovered her kissing some other boy. He would have been devastated, then he would have been angry. So angry. I'm such an idiot he thought to himself. I deserve all of this. Everything she says, I deserve it. Oh God, why did I let her kiss me? Why didn't I push her away?

James moved his hands up to his face and rubbed his eyes. He had a headache coming on, he could feel it. Not a suprise really he always got headache when he was upset and right now he was definately upset. I don't know if I can do this, he thought. But I guess I have to.

He hung his head and felt that familiar burning behind his eyes that indicated that tears were close.

He looked up. Everyone was staring at him. I've got to get out of here! With that he turned and ran out of the Great Hall into the Entrance Hall.

When he was outside he stopped, tears streaming down his face. He heard footsteps behind him and turned. Sirius...

Lily ran out of the Great Hall and just kept on running. She ran outside and right down to the lake where she collapsed and lay on the grass with tears pouring down her cheeks.
I did the right thing, she thought, I had to make him realise that its over. I cant be with someone who would lie to me and say that he loved me when he didn't.

Lily's biggest mistake was that she didn't think for a second that he actually did love her, despite what she had heard him say to Remus, it was all a lie. As far as she was concerned the fact that he kissed someone else displayed exactly what he felt for her.

Nothing.

Oh, but she loved him, even after everything that had happened she still loved him with all her heart, that was why this was hurting so much. I cant take him back. I could never trust him ever again and what kind of a relationship is it without any trust? No, that's not an option. He hurt me too much.

With that final thought Lily let out a loud sob and let her head fall into her arms. She sat there like that for a long time, she wasn't sure exactly how long but it had gotton dark. And cold. But she barely even noticed.

She didn't move from that position until she heard footsteps behind her. Please dont let it be James. She thought wildly. She spun around and let out a sigh of relief. It was Em and Hermione...

'Damn, that was harsh Prongs,' said Sirius. James flashed him a look which said, 'Thanks for the sympathy'.
'OK, OK, I'm sorry. It's just... I dunno what to say, I mean no girl's told me to die before, I've had a 'go to hell', 'get eaten by a flobberworm', and a 'tie rocks to your feet and jump into the lake' but you beat me on this one.' At this even James had to give a little smile. Sirius wasn't the best person when it came to needing sympathy but he could make you smile. 'Anyway,' he said, 'could be worse.'
James looked up and raised his eyebrows, 'How could it be worse?'
Sirius considered for a moment then said, 'Well, you could be in Azkaban for betraying your best friends and killing them and loadsa other wizards while being in league with you-know-who.'
'Yeah, that would be bad,' said James.
'You're telling me,' exclaimed Sirius, 'I'm you're best friend, I don't want you to betray me and be the reason I'm dead.'
At this James laughed. 'Thanks Sirius, for a moment there you made me forget.' But even as James said this a dark look came over his face. How was he supposed to do this? How was he supposed to get over the only girl he's ever been in love with?
Sirius saw this look, 'Listen Prongs, I can't tell you how you're meant to handle this but I think you really need to accept it now that it's over. It's time to move on because you can't dwell on Lily for the rest of your life.'
'You're probably right,' replied James, 'But we gotta move now because I can hear everyone coming out of the Great Hall, really don't wanna be seen.' With that the two friends walked towards their common room, neither of them really saying much but a thousand thoughts running through both of their heads.

The two girls sat down beside Lily and put a comforting arm around her shoulders. Lily let out a sob, 'I don't know what to do. I love him so much and I don't want us to not be together but I just dont know if I can ever trust him again.'
Hermione turned to her and said, 'Lily, you and James are meant to be together, trust me. Maybe you two just need some time apart to sort yourselves out.'

Lily looked at Hermione with thoughtful eyes for a second, thinking about what her and James had discovered about Hermione and Harry being from the future. Did Hermione know something that Lily didn't?
'Maybe, you're right,' said Lily.
'Of course she's right,' piped up Em, suddenly, 'Lil, we've all seen the way you and James look at each other. Even now that things aren't good between you two you still have that look in your eyes when you are staring at each other when the other person isn't looking. You two don't see it but we do.' Hermione nodded certainly. Em wasn't just saying that either, it was obvious to everybody, even those who didn't know them. Lily and James had that kind of love that everyone dreamed of, even if they didn't know it themselves.
Hermione was just about to say this when Lily let out another loud sob. 'But what am I going to do? I can't take him back now, I can't look at him the same way and with all those things I've said to him I doubt he would want me even if I did want him back.'
'Of course he will want you, Lil,' said Em, 'He loves you.'
Suddenly Lily was on her feet, anger flashing in her eyes, 'No he doesn't, don't you get that. If he loved me he wouldn't hurt me like this. If he loved me he would feel what I feel right now and he would never ever have let me feel like this. Never.' After this speech Lily legs went limp and she sat back down on the floor. 'I just don't know if I can take him back because what if it happens again. I don't think I could handle this twice.'
After that all three girls were silent. They moved together into a group hug and sat like that in silence for a long time, only moving when it started to rain.

The next morning everyone was acting strangely around Lily and James, who were, not surprisingly, avoiding each other. There was also something else very strange but only Harry noticed it. Hermione wasn't in class all morning, in fact he hadn't seen her all day because she didn't turn up at breakfast either so at dinner he decided to go look for her.
He was just heading to the common room after a rather horrible Potions lesson (though he was doing considerably better seeing as he didn't have to be taught by Snape anymore) when he heard a high pitched shriek of his name and turned to see Hermione running towards him looking extremely excited and rather flushed in the cheeks.
'Hermione, what?'
'No time to explain here, come, follow me quickly.' With that she grabbed hold of his hand and dragged him into the closest empty classroom where she shut and locked the door behind them. Harry barely had time to look around but he did noticed that this appeared to be an old Defense Against Dark Arts classroom with pictures of various dark creatures on the walls, all trying to look as scary as possible. He just stared at Hermione, waiting for an explanation which she seemed to excited to give. She was bouncing up and down madly with a huge grin on her face.
'I've found it, I think,' she said. Harry still stared at her blankly. 'I've found the way home.'

A/N Plz cn every1 Read n Review, cos im nt gettin very many n i dnt kno if ppl jus rnt reading this or if ppl jus rnt reviewing so if every1 hu reads this chapter could plz send a review that wud b really gr8, jus so i kno ur there :)