The Sleepless Night

Chloe was sitting on her bed with Mel in her pajamas. Chloe was eating her toffee that Lily gave her. Toffee always made Chloe feel better. Chloe had a few tears running down her face when Lily walked into the room. Lily stood there frozen at the doorway.

'You can come in you know.' Chloe told her. Lily slowly inched forwards and then changed into her pajamas.

'What happened?' Mel asked. Lily looked over at Chloe.

'Tell us.' Chloe told her. Lily sat on her own bed facing her two friends.

'I-I-I…' Lily stuttered and her eyes began to water. Lily tried to contain the tears 'I told him that I c-can't b-b-be with him.' The tears started streaming down her face. Chloe looked over at her best friend who was hurting so badly. A part of her was thinking See how much it hurts? But the other part wanted to see Lily happy again. Mel looked torn as she sat there looking at her two friends crying over the same boy.

'He's just a boy…' Mel started.

'No…' Lily whispered. 'He's not just a boy. He's the boy.' Chloe suddenly realized what she had to do.

'I liked him.' Chloe told Lily. Lily nodded and started crying more. 'I liked him a lot and finding out about your guys feelings was really, really horrible.'

'I'm sorry Chloe I really am! If I could I would hate him forever!' Lily exclaimed. Chloe held out her hand to stop Lily.

'I'm not done.' Lily wasn't sure what the outcome was going to be of this conversation and she was really scared. 'Lily there are a few differences in our situation.' Chloe got up and walked over to Lily's bed and sat down next to her. 'Lily I like him…but you love him. He likes me but he loves you.' Mel was surprised to here this but the feeling that Lily was experiencing was far more than shock. 'Lill I want you to be happy.'

'I won't be happy knowing that your un-happy.' Lily told her.

'I'll get over it.' Chloe told her. 'I'll find somebody knew who will love me and I'll love him. I want to find something that you and James have and I won't find that in James himself.' Lily reached over and gave her friend a hug and Chloe hugged back.

James was pacing his dormitory and Sirius watched from his bed. James kept on opening his mouth to say something but nothing would come out.

'Sleep on it mate.' Sirius told him. Without a word James nodded and laid in bed. He did not fall asleep. He was awake when he heard four feet entering the dormitory at sun rise. James bolted up to see his friends Remus and Peter enter the room.

'You look horrible.' Remus told James.

'Considering his night he looks fine to me.' Sirius commented who awoke from the sound of his friends entering.

'What happened?' Peter asked as he sat down on his own bed and climbed in fully clothed.

'Lily admits she loves me. Chloe finds out and runs away. We all go out to find her by the Whomping Willow where we have an encounter with a werewolf…' Lupin grimaced.

'Everybody OK?' he asked. James nodded.

'Everybody's fine. Some people know about us.' Lupin jumped off his bed.

'Don't worry Moony! Nobody knows about you! The girls just know about Prongs and I. Well Chloe and Katie do.' Lupin re-collected himself.

'I want a full story of my actions tomorrow morning after I hear about your ordeal James.' Lupin told him. James nodded and then continued his story.

'Padfoot and I rescue the girls. Lily chooses her friendship with Chloe over me even after my confessing my un-dying love for her.'

'So sorry about that James.' Peter told him.

'Oh Peter thanks for being with Remus tonight.' James told him.

'Oh no problem. We have missed you the past couple months though. Next time?'

'We'll be there.' Sirius told him. James looked around and saw Lupin, Peter and Sirius all in bed trying to fall asleep and decided that he should try and get some too.

'Goodnight.' He told them…but he didn't fall asleep.