A/N: Hi again! Well, the last chapter went down pretty well and no one hated it. I'm very pleased. Just to let you all know, I have no idea when this story will be finished or how many chapters it will have when it is, but I'm guessing about… maybe… ten, eleven; something along those lines. Well, enough from me; you don't read fanfic for the author's notes, right?

Disclaimer: Don't own it. Trust me. Well, I do own, Courtney, Gabby and Emily.

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Who's That Girl?

Chapter 6: "Orange Suits You"

Previously

"You weren't with Emily were you?" Remus asked.

Silently, James shook his head.

"Who were you with then?" Sirius asked, curiously.

James sighed and ran a hand through his already roughed up hair. Looking at them seriously he said, "I was with Lily. I kissed her."

Sirius' eyes bulged and Remus sighed sadly.

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James, Remus and Sirius walked into the Great Hall where a handful of students were enjoying breakfast across the various tables.

They walked up the length of the Gryffindor table and came to a halt in front of Peter, who was currently drowning his heaped bowl of porridge in honey.

"Got enough there, Wormtail?" Sirius enquired as they sat down opposite their small friend.

"Maybe, I might still be hungry afterwards but that's okay 'cause the pancakes look good this morning."

Sirius and Remus exchanged glances before Sirius started helping himself to breakfast and Remus turned to James.

James was staring fixedly at Lily who was sitting about half way up the table. She was laughing at something Courtney had just said.

"You could talk to her, you know," said Remus, sounding as if he was speaking to a small child.

"Talk to her?"

"Talk to who?" asked Peter, looking up with interest.

"Lily Evans. Who else?" Sirius said and Remus kicked him under the table for giving up the information.

"Lily Evans? Why would you want to talk to her?" asked Peter, like it was the most ridiculous idea in the world.

"Weeeeeeeeellllllllllllll…" began James. "She's smart, beautiful, fun-"

"I hope it's me you're complimenting," said a voice behind them.

Peter looked up and Remus, Sirius and James all turned to face the speaker.

"Emily."

She smiled prettily and sat delicately beside James. She looked expectantly up at her boyfriend. When he did nothing, she grew frustrated and through clenched teeth said, "Well?"

"Well what?" asked James, bewildered.

Emily frowned and said, "Are you going to kiss me, or not?"

"Oh! Yeah, sure."

James leaned towards her and pressed his lips to hers before pulling back. His eyes slid unconsciously to Lily. She was watching him with something that resembled hurt in her green eyes. Courtney poked her arm and Lily turned her attention back to her friends.

"So, that's it, is it?"

James shook his head and looked back at Emily. "I'm sorry, what was that?"

"It's her. Lily Evans. She's the reason you've been acting so oddly lately."

"No, that's not true. I-"

Emily's eyes flashed with anger and she pushed herself up from the table quickly. "Don't lie to me, James!"

Everyone in the hall, students and teachers alike, looked over at Gryffindor table and at the Ravenclaw girl yelling at the boy who was supposed to be her boyfriend.

"Emily. I'm not lying to you," James said into the silence. "Why don't we go outside and talk about this, hm?"

"Talk? TALK? I've had it with talking! All you've been talking about lately is HER, anyway! Lily this, Lily that. Did you hear what LILY did yesterday?"

James looked over at Lily again. Her eyes were wide and she looked shocked. He swallowed. What would she think of him now?

"Gonna tell the truth now, James?"

"I don't know what you mean," said James, standing so that he wouldn't have to look up at Emily.

"Oh really? Say it, go on. Say you never liked me. Say you used me. Say that, all this time, I've only ever been a substitute for the one girl who wouldn't give you the time of day. But now she's talking to you, seeing you. Now, you don't have any use for me. Deny it, James, look me in the eyes, and deny everything I've just said."

James did look her in the eyes. In them, he saw hurt and anger and unshed tears. His stomach gave a guilty lurch but he couldn't lie to her, not when he'd done so much damage already. He sighed quietly and looked away.

Emily's lower lip trembled and a tear dripped over her eye. In a strained voice she said, "Damn you, James Potter. I wish I'd never fallen for your charms and sweet talk. I wish I'd never laid eyes on you. You'll pay though. I'll make sure that you hurt as much as I do now."

Emily grabbed the jug of pumpkin juice from the table and poured it steadily over his head.

"Orange suits you," she said and walked away in tears.

There was no sound, just silence as everyone continued to stare at James, who was dripping on to the floor. After a while, Sirius felt the need to say, "You deserved that mate."

Wiping the juice from his glasses, James turned to him and said, "Yes, I know, thank you Sirius."

A person started giggling and James turned around to find who it was. His gaze landed on Lily, whose giggles grew steadily into laughs. He realised how stupid he must look, orange and sopping from the juice, hair plastered to his head.

When her laughs had ceased, Lily stood and walked over to him. She just stood there, staring up at him then said, "She's right, you know. Orange does suit you."

James was silent for a moment, taking in what she'd said then he laughed. The corner of her mouth turned up and she walked past him towards the door. He turned to watch her walk away, Courtney and Gabby hurrying to catch up.

Looking over her shoulder, Lily fluttered her fingers in a charming little wave.

"See you around, Potter," she said and left the Great Hall.

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I hate this chapter but it was the best I could come up with. Please forgive me. You can tell me you hate it, I don't mind, really. Sorry it's so short.

Let's see now, responses.

ScarletInk: Lily vs. Emily? I take it part of the question has been answered. But wait…there's more.

LMDGlUVR4EVAFirst of all, I've taken your advice and put a small part of the previous chapter at the beginning of this one. Great idea, that. Second, the room with the mirrors? It's not the Room of Requirement. That's on the seventh floor. My room is on the second. You've never heard of it before for the simple reason that it came from my own head. It just popped up, fully formed, while I was writing the chapter. It happened in much the same way that Harry just walked into J.K's head on the train. Funny huh?

Some: I loved writing the bit where Sirius woke James up. It was fun!

Thanks must also go to: xRazberryGurlx, singdownthemoon, rach14444 and mimi.

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