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Their eyes locked and for a moment, but which felt like eternity to them both, icy blue eyes stared into emerald green as they both tried to take in the severity of their situation. The only thought that crossed their minds was SHIT!

Chapter 3:

After finally turning away from one another, to ashamed of themselves to stare at the only other person who knew the awful truth, Lily quietly slipped from the bed. Sirius diverted his eyes, thought the temptation to look and see if she really was as amazingly beautiful as he remembered was strong. Lily slipped on a shirt of James's, which was handily lying over a chair by his bed and found the boxers she had been wearing the night before that had somehow ended up on James's desk. Removing the boxers Lily unearthed a picture of herself, James and Sirius grinning like fools at the camera. She quickly diverted her eyes and pulled the boxers on and headed quickly towards the door. When she reached the door, she turned and looked at Sirius who was now standing wearing his boxers, opening her mouth to say something, she quickly closed it as a blush crept up onto her cheeks and wrenched to door open. She then fled to the safety of her own room, a few moments later she heard the portrait hole close and sighed in relief.

Lily could not shake the feeling that she was covered all over in dirt and so made her way towards the bathroom and ran the taps for a bath added lots and lots of bubbles. Once the bath was full, she removed the shirt and boxers, trying hard not to think about who they belonged to and sank into the warm bath, hoping that the water would cleanse her mind as well as her body and make her forget the previous night. Much to Lily's misery thoughts about her and Sirius kept flitting across her mind, until she could not take it anymore. Rising from the bath she decided that the only way she was going to keep her sanity would be to talk to Sirius. That way they could sort out this hole mess. Resolving to find him after breakfast, Lily changed and headed down to the Great Hall.

What with the excitement of the previous night, Lily had not thought about the death of her parents, but now she did. Surprisingly, no tears came to her eyes. Lily thought about this and realised that she had actually made her peace with her parents death a long time ago. Voldemorts random attacks on muggles had been growing in frequency and somewhere deep inside Lily had always known that someday it would be her parents. Lily found herself bitterly wishing that it had been Petunia as well, but quickly reprimanded herself. With her parents gone, Petunia was all the family Lily had left and so she must make the most of it, however bad their relationship was.

When Lily reached the Great Hall, she was shocked to find so many people there so early on a Saturday morning, she had hoped for some peace to thing over what she would say to Sirius whwn she found him. Shaking her head at her misfortune, she made her way to the Gryffindor table and sat down to her friend Mia Davids. Mia and Lily had been friends since first year, when they had both fallen victim to many of the Marauders pranks. In contrast to Lily's fiery beauty, Mia was much plainer, yet just as beautiful. She had long dark brown hair and gorgeous honey coloured eyes. Her gentle nature balanced out Lily's fiery temper perfectly. It was a well known fact that she and Remus Lupin, a Marauder and best friend of both James and Sirius, were mad about each other but neither was brave enough to make the first move.

As Lily sat down Mia smiled at her, "You look like you could do with some coffee, you and James have a long night?" and she winked at Lily. At the mention of James's name Lily stiffened and averted her eyes from her friends.

"Actually James isn't here this weekend, he had to go help his parents move house." With this Lily poured herself a large mug of coffee and took a long, appreciative sip, hoping that Mia would drop the topic, but unfortunately for Lily Mia did not.

"So why do you look so shattered? Don't tell me you stayed up all night revising, coz we've still got months before the exams Lils!" Mia smiled, thinking that her friend had simply been hard at work all night, and actually she wasn't far off.

Lily decided to tell Mia about her parents, hoping that this would be explanation enough, "I got an owl last night from the Ministry," at these words Mia's face fell knowing what was coming next, "my parents were killed two days ago by Voldemort." Lily was forced to break off by Mia's enormous bear hug.

"Oh Lily I'm so sorry! How are you handling it so well?" Lily was explaining to Mia, when the door of the Great Hall opened to reveal Sirius and Remus. After leaving the Heads common room, Sirius had gone back to his dormitory hoping, like Lily, to find an empty space, where he could contemplate the previous night. Unfortunately he had encountered a wide awake Remus who had insisted he come down to breakfast with him. Remus had not asked any questions about Sirius whereabouts the night before, all to used to his night-time exploits and not wishing for details. When they entered the Great Hall Sirius immediately noticed Lily sitting at the Gryffindor table and worst of all she had spotted him. Once again their eyes locked, but Sirius was forced to look away by Remus tugging him towards the very place he did not want to go.

When Lily saw Sirius, she realised that if they did not speak soon then she would lose her nerve and never do it, so when he and Remus sat down across the table from herself and Mia she forced herself to speak to him. In a voice, which she was pleased to find sounded normal, Lily addressed Sirius.

"Morning Sirius, hey your good at transfiguration right?" at this Remus smiled a knowing smile at Sirius and answered for him.

"Yeah, Lily he's good alright, but then again he should be, he's had enough practice!"

Confused Lily carried on, "I was wondering if you could explain something to me after breakfast, I'm having trouble with the essay we were set for Tuesday."

Sirius looked staright at Lily and replied, "Sure, how about we go down to the Quidditch (sorry if i spelt that wrong) pitch. Down there I can show you the spell without being interrupted." Both he and Lily silently gave themselves a pat on the back for their natural performances. Once they had finished their breakfast, Sirius and Lily proceeded down to the Quidditch pitch in uncomfortable silence. It was only once they had reached the pitch that Sirius turned to Lily, looking at a point just past her ear he asked,

"So...um...how are you coping...you know...about your parents," he broke off looking unusually uncomfortable and Lily looked down at the grass.

"I think I'd already come to terms with the fact that this would happen, so I actually feel relief more than anything else. I know that sounds terrible, but now i know longer have to worry, the worst has happened. Do you understand?" She found herself looking at Sirius, hoping that this would break the ice.

"I get it completely. I think i feel the same way about Regulus. One of our family was bound to join him one day, at least now i don't have to wonder when and who." He shifted his focus to her eyes and in that moment a look of understanding passed between them. Then they both remembered what they were really there to discuss and they both looked away, embarrassed.

"So," Lily began but was cut off by a familiar voice yelling her name. She turned to see James running at full speed across the pitch. Suddenly all thoughts of Sirius and her parents left her mind and all she saw was James and she ran towards him. When they reached each other he picked her up and twirled her around and kissed her passionatley.

"Oh God i missed you last night." He whispered in her ear once they stopped for breath. Lily smiled happily at him and asked,

"What are you doing back early? Your note said you'd be gone until Sunday!"

"I missed you too much and mum and dad got sick of my 'moping' so they sent me back." He broke off to kiss her again and then scooped her up. "I can't wait anymore, I'm taking you up to my room and showing you just how much I missed you." With this he turned towards Sirius and winked, "Sorry mate but you understand, I'm sure you were with someone last night, now it's my turn." With a good humoured laugh he set off for the castle, carrying Lily in his arms. Leaving Sirius standing alone in the middle of the pitch. Lily was so engrossed in James she didn't even glance once at him. Sirius watched as they disappeared through the castle doors and was surprised to find a strange feeling in his chest. Yeah mate, he thought bitterly, i was with someone last night...and now it's your turn!

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