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"So Lily, did you have fun last night?" Carina asked. It was about 10 o'clock in the morning and the girls didn't get back last night until nearly 4:00 a.m. Lily was just grateful that she didn't work on Saturdays.

"Yeah Carina, it was fun," Lily answered as she poured herself a steaming cup of coffee.

"You know, I wasn't going to say anything, but that guy you were dancing with the whole night, you know, that guy with that black hair. Well, he's really hot. And the two of you looked amazing together," Carina told her friend.

"Yeah, it was fun," was all that Lily responded with. The memory of the dance floor came flooding back into her mind. She melted underneath his touch, and her heart sped up when she caught him looking at her. And the kiss was burnt into her mind like fire. She could still feel his lips against hers, and magic that the kiss produced was startling. Lily got butterflies in her stomach just thinking about it, and shivers ran up her spine. The kiss was incredible, making it very hard for her to forget James. Not that she really wanted to forget James, he was amazing, and he seemed so different from when they were in their seventh year and dating. He was so much more remarkable. And just thinking of him, and the kiss, made her tremble with pleasure.

"Did you get a name?" Carina asked hopefully, snapping Lily's thoughts back into the conversation.

"No, he never told me," she replied. 'And there I go again, lying to my best friend,' she thought to herself. She didn't want to tell Carina about James, not even dancing with him.

"What about you, pick up any hot guys?" Lily questioned.

"No, well, there was this one guy that was really hot, but it didn't work out."

"How come?" Lily asked.

"Well, we had been talking at the bar and stuff like that. It was really fun, he's such a nice guy. But then he said that he wanted to introduce me to his 'life partner'," Carina explained.

"Oh, I see," Lily replied while trying her hardest to hide a smile.

"Are you laughing at me?" Carina asked, her eyes were wide with amusement.

"No," she answered, but then laughed anyways.

Carina smiled as well, and added, "Damn, I think that I must be jinxed or something like that."

"No, Carina, you are not jinxed…You'll find someone---eventually."

"Way to make me feel better, you just like rubbing it in my face," Carina said.

"I am not. Besides, it's not like you haven't had a relationship in your life before," Lily told her.

"Yeah, but I haven't had any good ones."

"What are you talking about Carina?" Lily asked. "I'm sure you've had one good relationship before."

"Hmm, let's think back, first there was Shayne, then Monty, then Tyler, then Emmett, then my boss tried to feel me up and fired me because I won't let him, and now I go after a gay man," Carina explained, counting the men on her fingers as she said their names.

Lily remembered when they went to Hogwarts and Carina dated Shayne in their fourth year. It turned out that he had only asked her out because of a game of truth or dare. And Monty was in their sixth year, he turned out to be only dating her because he thought he could get her to sleep with him. Tyler was in their seventh year, and like Monty just wanted a good shag. Emmett was pretty recent, only four months ago. He ended up being a death eater, trying to get Carina on the side of Lord Voldermort. 'Poor, poor Carina,' Lily thought to herself.

"Carina, don't worry about it. I mean, you are going to find the perfect guy for you, eventually," Lily assured her friend.

"I don't know Lils, I mean I just go for all the wrong guys."

"Really, don't worry about it. I promise that you'll find someone perfect," Lily told Carina again.

"Yeah, whatever. I'm going to go take my shower now."

…

Once Carina had gone off to the bathroom, Lily lazily got her wand and flicked her hand, saying a simple charm that would pour her breakfast for her and send it in front of her place at the table.

She was just about to take a bite of her muffin when she heard a knock on the door. Lily was in no mood to talk to anyone, but it would be rude to leave the person standing there.

"Just a second," she called out as she gathered her bathrobe and pulled it on.

She went to the door opened it, and was surprised to see Jason standing there.

"What the bloody hell do you want?" she asked.

"Lily, I'm sorry, I really am. I was a jerk, and I'm so sorry," he began. Lily watched him, he looked very uncomfortable having to grovel for forgiveness. "I made the worst mistake by letting you go, and I've been miserable for the past two weeks. Please, can you forgive me?"

'Oh this is only too perfect,' Lily silently said to herself. This was the moment that she was waiting for, he had coming crying back to her, and she was going to make him pay. 'No more miss nice girl,' Lily thought. She was going to humiliate him, it was the perfect opportunity, and she desperately wanted revenge for dumping her.

She had spent many sleepless nights imagining this moment, and now was her chance. She was going to tell him off, she was going to humiliate him, and she was going to make him pay for messing with her.

She could see it now-

"Lily, I'm so sorry, I really am. Can you ever forgive me?" Jason would ask her. He would have such a pathetic look on his face, his eyes silently pleading for forgiveness.

"Why should I forgive you?" she would ask him.

"Because, because I love you." His eyes would become slightly watery at that, trying to truly showing her how awful he felt for leaving her in such an emotional wreck.

"You love me? You love me? Well, if you really loved me, then why did you break up with me in the first place?" she would wisely ask him, an expectant look upon her own face.

"I don't know why. I was an idiot to say the least," Jason would tell her, a desperate look in his eye.

"Yeah, to say the least," she would smartly respond.

"Please, Lily, can you find it in your heart to forgive me?"

"You know, Jason, I really can't. And honestly, I'm glad we broke up. I realized that I deserve much better than what I had, much better than you. So, if you could please get out of my house," she would tell him.

At that statement, Jason would have a distressing look on his face, almost on the verge of tears. He would glance at her for one last glimpse at her turned the corner and out the door- out of sight forever.

Lily looked over at him, he looked pathetic and hopeless, just as she had imagined, yet she felt bad. He had made a mistake, everybody makes them. Of course, his had hurt her badly, but that didn't mean she had to get her revenge. Lily stared him in the eye, and she saw pure hope that she would accept him. She decided that maybe her revenge wasn't the best of ideas, her innocent side was taking over her mind, making Lily regret even thinking of doing such horrible things.

"I don't know Jason. What you did was horrible, I don't know if I can forgive you," Lily answered.

"I deserve that, I really do. But, please, Lily, please find it in your heart to give me a second chance," his begged.

She stared at him for a while, unsure what she wanted to happen. He looked so desperate for her approval, and his eyes told her that he loved her. 'But what about James? I love being with him, he makes me feel alive. No, he has Emmy now, last night was nothing to him, that night two weeks ago meant nothing to him,' Lily reminded herself.

And with Jason, everything was always in order, nothing to throw her off, well, at least until he had broken up with her. But that feeling which she experienced with James was never present with Jason. However, Jason was ideally the perfect match for Lily. He had a good job, nice parents, and would be able to support her in any way. The lust wasn't as great though, but lust wasn't everything in a relationship. There also had to be love, and Jason was a lovable guy.

Lily thought about her options for some time, and Jason was waiting patiently for a response. As she mentally made a list of pros and cons for each guy, ultimately Jason was less of a risk than James was. With Jason, her life would be simple, or at least as simple as possible with a war against Lord Voldermort going on.

"Jason, I, well, alright. One more chance, but if you do that again, I will never forgive you," Lily told him.

Relief came over Jason's previously anxious face. He smiled down at her and wrapped her in his arms. She was his again, and that's the only thing that he wanted.

He leaned down toward her face, ready to kiss her, but she stopped him. "Jason, I said I forgave you, but that doesn't mean that I want to kiss you right now."

"But, I thought you forgave me? Aren't we going out again?" he asked, his face was full of confusion.

"Yes we are dating again, I'm just still a little upset with you at the moment."

She could tell that he was hurt by her response, but that was too bad for him. She had suffered for quite a long time, and now he could suffer too.

Author's Note 2: Hope you all liked this chapter. Don't worry, it's still about Lily and James, they've just got to meet up again! Please review! And let me know if you want me to add you to my email chapter update list! (My email is dancer13347 at hotmail dot com I think that I forgot to mention that in the last chapter update! And it's in italics; the damn computer wouldn't let me write it in as an email.)