Chapter 10 Rumors

Lilly finished off her breakfast and started for her first class of the day.

"Lilly!" she heard a female voice shout from behind her. She turned thinking she would find Nyla but instead her cousin Jamie came running to her.

Jamie was a pretty brunette with long curly locks of hair and grayish blue eyes. She was a medium sized 16 year old with curves just like Lilly's.

"Hey Jamy." Said Lilly; continuing to walk. Jamy had been the nickname Lilly had given Jamie when they were younger because of her major sports love.

Jamie glanced at her cousin worriedly and tried to keep up with her pace.

"What's wrong Lil's?" she asked her concerned.

"Nothing," she said shaking her head, but before she could continue there was a different female voice shouting her name, and this time it was Nyla.

"Chica is it true, what they are saying?" she asked out of breath as she slowed to a halt next to her friends.

"What are they saying?" asked Lilly curiously.

"They're saying that you and James were snogging last night and he started to feel you up." She said grinning wickedly.

"What?" shrieked Lilly dropping all of her books with a loud bang. "Who told you that?" she yelled beginning to feel dizzy.

"Everybody knows, they're saying that you two had a fight about it this morning in Gryfindor tower." Said Nyla; standing up straight.

"Hey Evans, I heard that Potter banged you up last night." Lilly turned to face Lucius Malfoy's sneering face.

"That is not true!" she yelled, "James most certainly did not bang me up!"

"Oh so it's James now is he?" he asked smirking, "I specifically remember you saying that you wouldn't call him by his first name if your life depended on it." Lucius was quiet for a moment to let it all sink in.

"Oh so it is that he's banged you up?" She heard Snapes greasy voice from the distance. Snape came up behind Malfoy with an identical smirk plastered on his pasty white face and right behind him was tom.

"Well, well, well Evans, it's seems like you've nothing to say in your defense" said Tom sneering at her, "which obviously means that you were banging each other."

Lilly began to feel increasingly dizzy and the colors began to spin and whirl in front of her as she felt her body hit the stone floor and just before she sank into a black oblivion she heard shrieks shouts and worst of all laughter.

Lilly woke up groggily and wiped the sleep from her eyes.

Looking around she realized that she was in the hospital wing.

Lilly choked down a sob as she remembered what had happened, it had been so horrible! Everyone was talking about her sex life as if they new, they all thought that she'd had sex with James, even her best friend.

Lilly began to sob; thinking herself alone when a voice from nearby interrupted her misery.

"Please don't cry," she heard a whisper. She looked up to see James' figure in the door frame.

"Leave me alone." She squeaked out, but James didn't, instead he walked right up to her bed.

"I didn't start the rumors you know." He said placidly, and shoving his hands into his pockets.

Lilly rolled around so that her back was facing him. "I know" she whispered pushing her head further into her pillow and chewing on her thumbnail.

James sat down in a chair next to her and began to stroke her hair.

"How long have I been out?" she asked turning to him quickly.

Tiers came to his eyes and started to drop. "About a month." He whispered, sounding strangled.

Lilly took in a sharp breath that pierced her insides, 'A month?' she thought to herself.

"We all thought you were dead." Said James; trying to control his tiers. "Not even Madam Pomfrey could pick up a heart beat."

Lilly licked her lips nervously and grabbed his hand.

"What about Nyla and Jamy?" she asked hoarsely, James quickly wiped his eyes with his free hand and shrugged.

"What about them?" he asked starring into her beautiful eyes.

"Are they alright? Have they come to see me?" James nodded.

"We all have, but I think I've probably come the most, and you know what?"

"What?" asked Lilly blushing under his stare.

"That Tom boy came once, he just stood there and starred at you, but he looked less evil, he looked as if he was in pain."

"Really?" asked Lilly breathlessly. James squeezed her hand and nodded.

"I have to go now," he whispered. "Technically speaking, I'm not supposed to be here." Lilly smiled at him and nodded.

James quietly left and Lilly began to play with her hair.

When she had almost bored herself into sleep, someone cleared their throat from the doorway.

Expecting to see James in the doorway she looked up to find that instead of James' silhouette, it was Tom's.

Wow well ok, I'm so sorry it took me so long to put up Nine and Ten but I was in Scandinavia and then two days after I got back I went to girls camp with my church (It was soooo much fun!) anywho I hope you enjoy the new chapies and as always R&R