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Chappie 2; Fire burns well when fuelled.

Lily's eyes fluttered open. The train was starting to enter London. She could see the large buildings towering above the train. Lily relaxed back, then realised what, no, who it was she was lying on. Potter. Lily wanted to shriek, but Kerkera, Sirius and Remus were asleepso she didn't. She tried to pull away but Potters grip was steady.

"Awake, Miss. Evans?"

Lily turned to face him.

"Let go of me Potter," she hissed.

"Why would I do that?" whispered James, pulling her to him,

"Why did you grab me? Taking advantage of me were you? Oh brave Potter! Not wanting to get hit so you take me whilst I sleep! You stupid, arrogant bast-,"

"And that's where you stop," whispered James, putting his hand over her mouth, "And for your information, you fell asleep on top of me. It was because you were squashing me that I moved my arm." He was lying about the last bit, but give him a break. He could of done much worse.

"Yeah…right," said Lily, not knowing whether to believe him or not.

"Ok…I lied about you squashing me, you just looked so…approachable when you were asleep. But really, you came on to me!"

"Potter," she hissed, going right up to his face in a hope to seem frightening, "Trust me, I would never come on to you if you were the last boy on Earth!"

"Really?" he teased, "Reeeeeeeeally?"

"Yeah," said Lily smacking him round the face, "I would rather…move to Mars, or…shag Sirius in the corridor than go out with you!"

"Anytime babe!" said a lazy voice from behind her.

"And aren't you meant to be asleep?" she snapped turning on him.

"Kerkera," he moaned, gently nudging the sleeping girl under his arm, "Stop your crazy friend!"

"Lily," moaned Kerkera, eyes opening slowly, "If you ever become the reason I have to be woken up ever again, I will use your guts for garters."

"And I'm sure they look very nice!" said Lily sarcastically. She knew Kerkera hated being woken up. She was the laziest girl around.

"Stop talking crazy talk," Kerri moaned, sitting up and stretching.

"That's not crazy talk," said Sirius, "This is crazy talk. Cough a blah be blah be blah blah blah! Wow yeah! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Starts waving arms about a blah be blah, blah, blah OW!"

"Thank you James," sighed Remus, removing his hands from his ears.

("What happened?" asks the reader.

"Let me fill you in," sighs Kerkera, "Sirius was dancing about, speaking crazy talk. We were all standing there watching. Sirius' hand hit Lily's cheek. James saw this and gave Sirius a big punch in the side. End commentary,")

"Sorry Lily," he muttered, rubbing his side.

The train stopped in the station. The rain could still be heard thundering on the glass roof of Kings Cross.

"Kerri," said Lily as they stepped out of the compartment, "Send me a letter when I can come over, 'kay?"

"Of course," smiled Kerkera, "Bye Sirius! Bye James! Bye Remus!" she shouted waving goodbye to them. They waved back and Sirius gave a cheeky wink.

"Sooooo," smiled Lily, "You and Sirius, ay?"

"I dunno," sighed Kerri, "Six weeks, it's a long time. I probably won't see him until the end of the hols. He'll probably stop being interested. But…I can't force myself on him…or any guy. I just…can't trust them after what happened."

Lily sighed and looked at Kerkera. She had her hands in the back pockets of her jeans, showing her nice figure. Even as they walked, guys stared at them both. Kerri just wouldn't accept that a guy found her attractive.

"Not all guys are like Ben," Lily whispered, pulling her aside to talk. "There will be a guywho will accept you, not use you, who was not set up to break you."

"But…it was so horrid. And then Hannah added to it by saying I had stolen Ben from her, when it was her who asked me out for him!"

Lily sighed. Yes, the whole school, even herself, had believe Kerkera to be nothing more than a two timing bitch who would steal boyfriend from under girls noses. Yes, Lily had believed that Kerkera, now her best friend,was a bitch. Only after talking to her when she had been crying in the toilets, had Lily realized that she was wrong. Kerkera had, however, been broken ever since. Though it had happened in Lily's second year, the experience had left Kerkera believing she was a bitch. But it was Hannah and Ben who were the gits here. Hannah had been Kerkera's only friend. She had set up a date between Kerri and her ex-boyfriend Ben, only to finish the evening by snogging Ben right in front of her, tehn balming Kerkera of stealing him from her.

"Kerri?" smiled Lily, trying to be comforting.

"Don't pity me," whispered Kerri. Then she walked started to walk away, to the gateway, "Come on! Your folks'll be waiting!"

"Ok," smiled Lily, following her. They walked through the gateway and were meet by Lily's family.

"Mum!" shouted Lily, running and hugging her mother, "Dad!" her dad got the same treatment.

"Hi Petunia!" smiled Kerkera, waving to her friend soar faced sister. Not that she really liked her, she just need someone to wave to. Lily stood back, feeling full of pity. Kerri would never see her mum again. Lily had liked Kerkera's mum. Her name was Kyoko. She had always been so full of life, always smiling, no matter what happened.

"Kerkera," said Lily's mum, turning to Kerkera, over flowing with sympathy "I am so sorry about what happened, to Kyoko, I mean. She was a good friend,"

"Thank you," said Kerkera, bowing slightly. She had lived in Japan for a while so she normally acted upon their culture.

"I really liked her, too" sighed Lily's father.

"Dad," hissed Lily, "You said so at the funeral, and Kerkera doesn't like pity,"

Kerkera looked up and down the station. There was no sign of a social worker or…anyone who Kerkera knew.

"Do you want us to wait with you?" asked Lily's mum. Petunia huffed, arms folded across her flat chest.

"Oh no, no, no please. Don't worry about it. I'll be ok. It's a long journey back to yours, and I couldn't ask you to wait around for no reason. Please, I'll be ok!"

"Well, ok," sighed Lily, "Send me a letter when I can come over! Bye!"

"See ya!" smiled Kerkera as she waved goodbye.

"I hope she's ok," sighed Lily, staring out of her bedroom window. The night was cold and dark. Damn English weather! Lily couldn't help but worry about her little friend. Well…not little, but you get the picture! Lily was also stuck with what Kerri had said about James. No…she would just be one more of his dumpies. Then she would cry and beg for him back, but he would break her heart as he walked down the corridor with some dumb bitch. No, he wasn't worth her time. Lily fell back onto her bed. Was Kerri ok? Where was she living? What was she gonna do about James? Since when did Sirius speak crazy talk? Where was Peter when this was happening? James, James, James, Kerri, crazy talk, James, Kerri, Sirius, crazy talk…

About two weeks had gone by before Lily heard anything from Kerkera. Finally though, she was woken by a tawny owl that had landed on her bedside table.

"Wha'?" she sighed as the bird dropped the letter, screeched and flew out the open window. Lily rubbed her eyes and opened the letter.

Right, I'm comin' ta get ya! Kerri! Was all that was scribbled on the parchment. Luckily, Lily was used to Kerri's sudden arrangements and had packed her bag for such a time as this. Jumping up, Lily dressed and what not and picked up her suitcase and ran into the lounge.

"Kerri's asked you over ay?" smiled Lily's mum, who was also used to Kerri's suddenness and lack of warnings.

"Yep. She didn't say when she'd be here though," said Lily, straightening herself out in the mirror and double-checking she'd got everything.

"Well have fun," smiled Lily's mum, giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Why are you kissing me now?"

"Cos last time she arrived and then left with you in about five seconds!"

"I said I was sorry! Kyoko…" she paused at the mention of the name, she missed her so, "Kyoko wanted to use the fire place for something, so Kerri had to be quick."

"Kyoko," sighed L's mum, "Such a nice, pretty girl. You would never think someone that strong and that bright could be killed in an accident. Makes you think about how lucky we are. I don't want to know what Kerri was feeling when we left her at the station."

"She was smiling!"

"Yes," said L's mum, sitting on the sofa, "But you can hide a lot of things behind a smile can't you? What would you do? If you knew we would never hug again, never talk like this, never even see each other again, how would you react?"

"I guess…I would cry. I would never stop crying." Sighed Lily. Why did her mum insist on these conversations?

"So would I. I'm guessing that when she got to wherever she's living now she started to cry. She ran up to her room to cry. And there's nothing you can do to remove an emotion, except to act on it."

"Mum," sighed Lily, feeling so guilty and heartless, "Can we stop talking about this?"

"Ok sweetie, I'm just popping down to the post office. Petunia is in town and Dad's at work, right? Say hi to Kerri for me!" and with that see walked out the house.

"See ya mum!" shouted Lily, god she was random! Why didn't she go to the shops before? Probably wanted to give me some time to think! Lily sat and stared at the fireplace. After about five minutes green flames appeared. Kerri stepped out of the flames, beaming.

"I've got a surprise for you!" she said in a sing song voice

"Really!" smiled Lily, hugging Kerri and picking up her bag.

"Come on!" smiled Kerri, pulling Lily into the fireplace. "Black Manor!"

"whaaa!"

A/N; Dun dun duuuuuun! Soooo, was that a good chapter? I liked it! But tell me what ya think! Don't worry 'bout any relationships that aren't clear at this moment in time! I swear you'll be surprised! Or at least…I hope you are! See ya! Pleeeeeeease review! Make my day!