Chapter 20

Hogsmead

The next Saturday was a Hogsmead day and Lilly was going with Tom. She and her friends had not talked very recently; James was busy with a Ravenclaw seventh year girl called Sissy Delcouy, and Nyla and Sirius were busy making plans for their daughter.

Lilly put her hair up in a messy bun and admired her reflection in the mirror.

"You look stunning!" The mirror complimented. "That boy of yours will be knocked right off his feet."

Lilly blushed and thanked the mirror before descending down the stairs and into the common room.

She looked around it and noticed James in the corner reading some book. "Hello Jamie." She said, as she stood behind him. He looked up and smiled lightly.

"Hullo Lill's." He said cheerfully. He snapped the book shut and patted the cushion beside him.

Lilly smiled and sat down. "I really can't stay long; I'm meeting Tom in a few minutes." Disappointment flashed through James' eyes but he quickly masked the feeling.

"So I guess things with you two are going good then huh?" He asked casually, opening the book and pretending to read it, though truth is told, the only thing he could pay attention to was her.

"Oh yes, things are going very well with us, and I think the school may even be warming up to the idea of Slytherin- Gryffindor, just yesterday I saw, Michael Schoomaker from Slytherin with Caty Makintosh. So how about you and Sissy; how are things with you two?"

James grinned smugly at this, "Oh things are going very well indeed; things really seem to be heating up between the two of us. She's a wonderful girl and I can see myself spending the rest of my life with her." He lied. Secretly, he was in agony, the relationship wasn't working out on his part, Sissy seemed completely oblivious to the fact, however, she was on what the muggles call 'cloud nine.'

It was awful; he did not want to break it off with her though, why should Lilly, the love of his life be happy and not him? He would just have to force himself to be happy with Sissy, maybe in the end he would grow to love her.

Lilly looked down at the ground as jealousy surged through her veins. She looked up feigning happiness. "That's wonderful! I see both of our love lives are working out quiet well." James nodded in agreement.

The two sat in an uncomfortable silence until Nyla came through the door, clutching her slightly protruding belly.

"Lil, Tom is waiting for you outside the portrait hole." Lilly smiled and stood up taking a shaky breath.

"Well, I suppose I will see you two somewhere in Hogsmead then. Remember Nyla, meet us at two." The blonde nodded and Lilly walked through the portrait hole to meet her boyfriend.

He smiled and took her hand. "You look beautiful love." He complimented. She smiled and kissed him.

"Thank you James, you looked very hansom this morning." Tom stopped and seconds later Lilly realized her mistake.

"Oh my goodness, Tom, I am so sorry! I was talking to James just seconds ago, I must still be in that mode or something, please forgive me." Tom pulled his hand from her and moved his head forwards. The two continued walking towards the Great oak doors, but no words were exchanged.

When they finally reached Hogsmead, Tom immediately began walking towards Zonko's. The rest of the morning went very much the same, uncomfortable silence, nervous looks and more silence.

When it finally neared two, Lilly told Tom of her plans. He said nothing, he just scowled and walked off to where he saw some of the Slytherin lads standing, those including Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy.

Lilly sighed and walked to the three broomsticks. She walked inside and spotted her friends at one of the back tables.

"Where's Tom?" Nyla asked as Lilly neared the. Lilly plastered a smiled on her face and spoke in her most cheerful voice.

"He saw some of the blokes from his house and he decided that we should split up for the rest of the day, you know, so I could be with you guys and he could just hang out with his friends."

Everyone nodded his or her heads in understanding, save for James, as always, he knew something was wrong.

"What's say you to coming with me and Sissy for the rest of the day, Sirius and Nyla still have some baby stuff to do, and so you could just come with us, I'm sure you don't mind Sissy." James commented, looking at his blond girlfriend.

"Of course not." She said through clenched teeth. James did not care about this fact and turned towards Lilly grinning.

"Oh, no, I couldn't possibly impose on your afternoon plans; I could just take a carriage back to the school and spend the rest of the day doing some of my work."

Sissy began nodding happily but James shook his head in protest.

"Nonsense, you must come with Sissy and I, we insist!" Lilly looked at Sissy nervously and then finally agreed to come with them.

After finishing off their butterbeers, the teens said their good byes and split up for the rest of the afternoon.

James, Sissy, and Lilly all walked to Sissy's personal favourite lace shop and began to look around. Lilly said that she was not feeling well and that she would wait outside, when James offered to come with her, Sissy gave him a sharp flick on the ear.

"Now honey, Lillian is a big girl, I'm sure she can manage to wait outside by herself for a few minutes."

"Of course I can." Lilly snapped, she then turned on her heel and walked from the shop.

"Sissy, stop being a cow, she's one of my best friends, and you just can't treat her that way!"

"I can treat her how I want if she posses a threat, which, she does! I've seen the way you look at her, ever since first year you've been head over heels for her, but you're mine so you've just got to understand that you can't be with her anymore, you're with me! I forbid you to be her friend from now on, and if you would rather be her friend then be with me then fine, there are plenty of other guys in our school who are just dieing to have me."

"Fine then," He snapped, "Go find one then won't you, we don't want to keep them waiting after all." With that, he turned around and stormed out to meet Lilly.

"Let's go." He said when he met Lilly by the door.

"What about Sissy?" She asked as he grabbed her hand and began dragging her away from the store.

"She's a fat cow so I broke it off with her." Lilly stopped him and turned his face towards her.

"What did she do?" Lilly asked carefully.

"The prat tried ordering me to not be your friend!" Lilly flinched lightly under his anger and hugged him.

"But you're here with me now, so it doesn't matter does it?" She asked carefully. He looked into her eyes and smiled.

"You're absolutely right." He looked around sighing. "What shall we do now?" He asked sadly.

She took his hand carefully and led him up towards the Shrieking shack, "did you know; I've heard that place is haunted." James snorted but quickly covered it up with a cough, it was after all, Remus' screams that could be heard.

"Really? Wow, that's fascinating." James said kindly. Lilly looked up at him and scowled.

"Do you know something I don't?" She asked grumpily. James smiled and shook his head.

"Nope, I couldn't possibly know anything more then the know it all." He teased. Lilly smacked his arm and began to stomp off.

"Oh come now Lilly, I was just messing about." He said. Lilly turned to him, anger flashing through her green eyes.

"Well I didn't find it very funny James Potter!" She scolded. James pulled her into a hug and sighed.

"I'm sorry; I didn't mean it like the way it sounded." Lilly nodded into his shirt and nuzzled her head into the crook of his neck to inhale his wonderful scent.

"You smell lovely James." She said softly. James' chest rumbled lightly as he laughed in mirth.

"I'll take that as a compliment." He said, stroking her hair. Lilly smiled and rapped her arms around his waist.

"I missed being with you James, our time together these days have been so limited, you with Sissy and me with Tom."

James nuzzled his nose into her silky hair and sighed. "Well, now one of the problems is out of the way."

Lilly looked up into his sad eyes, mistaking the emotion to be about Sissy. "I'm sorry James, I had no idea I would be the cause of your break up." James brushed the comment off with a brush of his hand.

"It's quiet all right, to tell you the truth; she was sort of plucking on my nerve strings." Lilly looked up at him surprise, etched across her gorgeous features.

"But, this morning you said that things were going great." James sighed and sat down on the rock in front of her.

"I lied Lilly." He admitted. Lilly sat down next to him and touched his arm gently.

"Why?" She asked carefully. He looked up towards the light blue sky and sighed as he watched the fluffy clouds flitter across it like birds.

"Because Lill's I'm still very much in love with you." He said, looking shyly into her eyes.

Lilly looked at him in shock then tilted her head towards him. "Really?" She asked breathlessly. James nodded and smiled as he leaned closer towards her plump red lips.

"Really." He whispered before capturing her lips in a searing kiss. Lilly pushed her body into his hungrily. Suddenly she remembered what she was doing and pushed herself away from him panting.

"I'm sorry James, I can't do this, even if you don't have a girlfriend anymore, I still have a boyfriend." James nodded and smiled.

"It's alright Lilly, I know. What do you say about going back to the castle?" Lilly's face brightened and she nodded.

"I'd like that." The two stood up and they walked back to the carriages.

Well, thanx for reading my new chapter, I know there's really no point to it what so ever, well for you guys, for me there is a point, but you won't know what it is until later chapters, but trust me, things in this chapter are very important to what happens in their lives later on.

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