Chapter 4 – Fighting With Ryan

The group had seen Gabriel and they had left they were walking back to the Gryffindor Common Room. Lily started looking around nervously. "Lils what is the matter?"

"Someone is watching us. Hurry get back to the Common Room." The group started running it didn't take them long to get to the Common Room.

James turned to Lily. "Lils how did you know that someone was fallowing us."

"To tell the truth I really don't know. But it felt like two people were watching us. It was creepy I didn't want anything to happen so I told you all to run. I knew that it was the safest thing I could do." Tears started down Lily's face.

"Lily it is ok that was really smart of you to tell everyone to get in the Common Room." James pulled Lily into a hug. She didn't pull away she just hugged back. Everyone heard the portrait swing open but no one really paid attention. It was always opening and closing as people were always coming in and going out.

"I thought I told you to stay away from Lily." Growled an unhappy voice. Everyone turned to see who was there. Standing in the door way was Ryan. Christine ran to the closest human by here which happened to be Sirius. Sirius smiled as she ran into his arms. He held her protectively. Emilie turned to Remus and hid her face from what was happening. Renee stood there with a horrified expression on her face.

James let go of Lily and she turned to face Ryan. She wiped the tears from her face. "Ryan it isn't as it seems. I just needed comfort."

"Then you should have found me."

"I couldn't Ryan. I just couldn't it wasn't smart to leave the Common Room. Someone was watching us. It didn't feel right."

"Lily I always knew you would do the right thing. But going into Potter's arms was not the right thing. You should have found me or do your legs just not work?"

"Don't talk about Lily that way." Everyone's eyes turned from Ryan to James.

"James please don't get involved with this. Please." Lily pleaded.

James shook his head and walked towards Ryan. "If you love her as much as you claim to you wouldn't talk to her that way and you wouldn't treat her like that."

"It isn't any of your business how I talk to her or how I treat her."

"It is as much as my business as it is yours Chambers."

"Stop it! Stop it both of you!" Lily ran into the Girls Dormitory crying.

"Look what you did Potter."

"I didn't do anything Chambers." Ryan was so mad he walked out of the Common Room.

As he was leaving James heard him mutter that he would get his revenge. The group moved together. Everyone was a bit uneasy after what happened. "Get a piece of parchment out." Christine ordered. Each Marauder got out a piece of parchment. "Ok invite us to the chat thing. We are going to go talk to Lily. We will tell you when to invite her but we will talk this way until Lily feels up to leaving the Dormitory got it?"

They all nodded. "Yes Ma'am." Sirius saluted.

Christine, Emilie, and Renee walked up into the Dormitory.

"Lils we need to talk." Emilie said.

Lily looked up from her bed. "Why did they have to fight? I mean it was really sweet of James to stand up for me but I don't get why Ryan acted like that. He has acted funny ever since earlier today during Transfiguration."

"We know Lils we know." Christine said hugging her.

Renee looked out of place. Like she didn't want to be there, she kept glancing at her watch. Suddenly after looking for the millionth time she said she had to go and left the Gryffindor Tower. Lily looked up at her best friends. "I think I am going to brake up with Ryan tomorrow." Christine and Emilie nodded. "It is for the best Lily." Emilie said sitting down on Lily's other side.

Lily suddenly looked as if a thought had hit her. "I just had two thoughts."

"What are they Lils?" Emilie asked.

"Well first off it is lunch and James and Sirius aren't cramming food into their mouths. And two that Renee is been acting really weird. I don't really know why I started being friends with her. May be because she was the first nice person to me."

"Same here Lils I don't know why I'm her friend either and she has been acting weird like she doesn't want to be friends with us." Christine nodded.

"We'll talk to her after dinner." Emilie stated.

"Ya and about James and Sirius not eating lets go check on that. It is sounding very odd. Isn't it Ems? It is too unlike them." Christine bounced up. "Lils are you coming."

Lily stood up. "Yeah I'll come. I want to see what is up with the boys."

The three girls walked out of the dormitory and looked over the banister. All the girls were smiling. On the table was tons of food. And by the table were James and Sirius eating away. Remus was the first to notice the girls. "Are you all better Lily?"

"Yes thank you Remus. Hmm did you get all that food for yourselves or are you going to share it with us?"

Remus chuckled, "We asked the house elves if they could bring some food up and they did. And yes we are going to share it."

The girls walked down the stairs and sat down around the table. They started eating away at the food too. James smiled. "Is it me or are we all pigs here this afternoon."

The girls looked at each other and said 'pigs' at the same time. Everyone laughed and they started eating again. With in no time it was time for them to get to History of Magic. They all walked in together and all of them sat in the back.

"Wow I never thought I would see that day that Lily Evans, Christine Knight and Emilie Catella would sit in the back of a class room."

"Oh shut up James." Christine shot back at him.

At that moment Professor Binns started talking. It had been the year before they arrived that Binns had fallen asleep and then his ghost got up to teach the lesson. His ghost was very boring. No one liked him much. The group started passing notes again.

Sirius: Hello

Christine: Hello Sirius.

James: Is anyone else bored to death or is it just me?

Remus: I am

Sirius: I am

Lily: Not to death…no wait yes I am

Christine: I defiantly am

Emilie: I am too.

Lily: Now that we all have decided that we are bored to death lets talk about something else.

Sirius: Like?

Lily: No clue.

Christine: Do you think that it is bad that we are now passing notes almost every class.

Remus: Which is a total ranking of two?

Christine: That's not my point Remus.

Sirius: Chris my darling I promise you that we will be totally fine. There is nothing wrong with us passing notes.

James: That is as long as we don't get caught.

Emilie: You are impossible.

Sirius: Thank you

James: Yes thank you.

Sirius: Is class almost over.

Lily: No Sirius it just begun.

Remus: did he just say something about Goblins burping.

Emilie: Who knows?

James: None of us do.

They passed notes for the rest of class. When class was over Lily noticed that Amos Diggory was looking at Christine who was talking to Sirius about something. Lily nudged Emilie who immediately saw what Lily saw. They kept quiet about it but they knew they had to tell Sirius soon.

Christine walked with Sirius at the back of the group all the way to Charms. There was no note passing during charms because they had to work on reviewing what they had done in previous years. Christine moved close to Lily and Emilie. Quickly she told them that Sirius had just asked her out. Lily smiled at her and told her to say yes. Emilie agreed with Lily.

"Chris, Lily and I saw Amos looking at you fondly after History of Magic."

"Em you have to me kidding,"

"Sorry Chris we're not. We wish we were but I saw him giving you that stare." Suddenly Amos walked up to them.

"Lily, Emilie do you think I can talk to Christine alone for a minute."

"Sure but we're timing you Diggory." Lily said looking down at her watch.

Exactly a minute later Lily and Emilie told Amos that his time was up. Christine gave a worried look at them. "HE asked me out and when I said no he told me he would do anything and everything to get me."

Lily and Emilie gasped and they spent the rest of charms talking about Amos Diggory. Finally class was over and it was dinner time. The group hurried down to dinner. They met up with Peter Pettigrew who kept trying to engage Sirius and James in conversation.

Neither of them were paying attention. They all sat together talking. The table they sat at had their names engraved in gold where they usually sat.

After dinner the girls told the Marauders they would meet up with them and they went and found Renee crying in the library.

"Renee are you ok?" Lily asked.

"Does it look like I am ok?" Lily bit her lip. "Lils I am sorry but I am moving tomorrow and I have to leave Hogwarts forever and go to Drumstrang."

"NO!" Lily, Christine, and Emilie cried.

"Yes, my parents think it would be for the best."

They talked for a little bit more before Christine, Emilie, and Lily said they had to go. They couldn't believe it that one of their best friends were going to Drumstang, leaving Hogwarts forever. And in her seventh year, it was so odd. As they left Renee and slimy boy went over to Renee when the other girls were out of sight and asked Renee if she was ready to join the ranks of Lord Voldemort.