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PorcelainxDoll: That was a good point that you made, and I guess that you would have to be in my mind to understand. So, Sirius was saying that Lily would probably cheat on James, but he didn't' say that James would probably cheat again because they are such good friends. All four of the Marauders had that thought in their mind, but no one would actually say it because it involved their friend. And I'm very glad that you'll review every chapter, it makes my day to hear that!

-Note that the italics are a flashback.-

Lily stared at herself in the mirror. She took a deep breath in and shut her eyes tightly. She did that often when she was nervous, it calmed her nerves. As if shutting her eyes would pause the rest of the world for just one moment.

"This is it," she said aloud.

She went over to her dresser and grabbed her watch, checking it she noticed she still had half an hour to get to the bakery. She could feel her heart speeding up, and she lightly bit her lower lip.

"Lily, are you still here?" called Carina from another room.

"Yes, I'm in my room," Lily answered.

In a matter of seconds Carina entered Lily's room and sat down on the bed next to her. "Are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine," Lily answered, but moments later she truthfully answered, "No, actually, I'm not fine…Carina, what if he doesn't come?"

"Why wouldn't he come? Lily, from what I've heard the two of you are absolutely mad for one another. And at Hogwarts too, do you remember how much he adored you then?" Carina responded.

Lily thought about it for a second, a small smile coming to her lips as her teenage memories filled her mind.

Lily was sitting in the Gryffindor common room, near the fire, doing her Charms homework. It was freezing outside, especially for an October day; otherwise she would have been outside doing it instead. There weren't many people around at that moment, but as Lily was in her seventh year, she had plenty of free time. In fact the only other person in the entire room other than herself was James Potter. Just recently Lily and James had become, well, somewhat friends. It was hard for her to loathe him because they both shared the position as Head Boy and Girl.

Lily glanced up from her work when she heard a small cough. It was James. He didn't look up at her though; instead he was intently doing his work.

She couldn't help but notice how much he changed over the summer. He grew several inches, and was now probably closer to 6'2" than his previous 5'11". His body looked broader, as if he purposely gained some weight. He didn't look like some skinny kid with messy hair anymore. In fact, he looked kind of, Lily couldn't believe she was admitting to this, attractive. His hair was still messy as ever, but against his slightly tanned skin and gorgeous eyes, it looked good. He looked good.

That wasn't it though, his personality changed just as much as his appearance did. With the positions of both Head Boy and Gryffindor Quiditch Captain, he gained a lot of responsibility, and it certainly showed. He wasn't goofing around quite as much. She hadn't seen him tease or torment another student since last year and he was making an effort in class. Of course, James Potter had always done exceptionally well in class, but he never put any effort into it. Now that he was making a sincere effort, he would probably be the best Hogwarts had seen in centuries.

"Can I help you?" he asked. Lily could feel her cheeks turn a bit pink from being caught.

"Oh, um, sorry," she said, "I was just off in my own little world for a second there."

"Right," he said, but gave her his most charming smile.

He didn't go back to doing his work though; instead he got off of his chair and came closer to her. He sat down right across from her.

"So, err, what are doing?" he asked, glancing down at her homework.

"Just a bit of transfiguration, you know, just studying from the book. Then maybe I'll see where I've been going wrong with the actual spell."

"I could help you," he told her.

"No thanks."

"Are you sure?" he asked, looking disappointed at her refusal.

Her heart gave in a little, and she finally said, "Actually, um, alright. I guess I could use a little help here."

His entire face lit up. "Well, first off, shut that book."

"Potter," she protested.

"You can call me James, if you'd like," he quietly said.

"Um, right, James, I think that I need the book to know what I'm doing."

"Right now, the book is useless, Lily," he told her.

She was startled by the use of her first name coming from his lips.

"Alright, now then, it's all in your wrist. Just follow my wand movements," he told her. His hand looked as of it were floating from side to side, moving gracefully.

She copied his motions as best as she could, but he wasn't satisfied. "Try again," he said as he showed it to her once more.

She tried again, but still hadn't mastered the movements. In fact she tried five more times, but still hadn't gotten the correct movements. This was not like her at all, she almost always got the spell of charm within the first few tries. But now she couldn't, or she wouldn't. It was hard to tell.

"Alright, here," James said. He placed his hand on top of hers, forcing her hands to follow the right path. Lily could feel his pulse beating very fast and she couldn't help but wonder if it was because of her.

After that, she was able to get the hand motions and her pronunciation was already perfect.

"There, see you got it," James told her, a smile playing at his lips.

"Yes, I did…Thanks so much," she replied.

"It was nothing," he told her, but didn't move. James ran his hand threw his messy, black hair. Lily noticed he did that a lot, in fact, it seemed like he did it whenever he was nervous, and he was often nervous around Lily. She couldn't help but smile, he looked awfully cute when he was nervous.

"You know, there's a, um, Hogsmeade trip coming up soon," James informed her.

"Yeah, I heard about that," she responded, and flashed him a smile. James had always loved her smile, it always seemed to make him feel good about everything around him.

"I was wondering, if, maybe, you'd like to go with me?" he asked.

Lily smiled up at him, she loved it when he acted sweet. And it was remarkable how nervous he was about asking her out this time. He had done it millions of times before, and he always used an arrogant way of doing it, which annoyed Lily very much. But this time he was truly sincere.

"I would love to go with you," Lily answered.

His face lit up at her response, she had finally said yes to him. After years of hearing 'I'd rather kiss a hippogriff's ass,' she had finally agreed to date him. James felt like the luckiest man alive.

Lily snapped back to reality when she heard Carina saying, "Lily, shouldn't you get going."

"What?"

"You've got ten minutes until four o'clock," Carina answered.

"Oh, wow, um yes," Lily replied.

She got up instantly and pulled on a jacket. Lily patted down her hand and took a deep breath in and out once more to calm to her nerves. "Wish me luck," she said.

"Good luck, Lils," Carina replied.

Lily then headed out of the apartment and walked down to the bakery. It wasn't far away at all, only about an eight minute walk from the apartment that she and Carina shared.

When Lily got to her destination, she glanced around, but didn't see James anywhere; she checked her watch again, two minutes to go until four. She took a seat outside, it wasn't too cold out. Her jacket would be warm enough on this breezy day.

Soon enough, a waiter arrived at her side, "Would you like anything?"

"Um, decaf coffees please, two sugars and cream," she answered.

The waiter left, and Lily was left alone once more. She looked around her and saw the people filled the tables around her. To her right were two young teenagers, probably about fifteen. It looked like they were on a date, she smiled at that, remembering that she and James shared their first date in Hogsmeade drinking butterbeers and having a marvelous time together. At the table to her left were two older witches, they were gossiping about the latest scandals around town. Other tables were filled with friends meeting up for coffee and sandwiches, one table had a mother with her newborn baby.

The waiter came once more and left the coffee on her table, she said a polite thanks and then looked around at the other tables once more. She recognized her apartment neighbors a few tables down. They were newlyweds and two of the nicest people Lily had ever met.

She took a sip of her coffee, letting the hot liquid flow down her throat. It made her feel happy and warm inside. Once she set the mug down, she glanced down at her watch once more. It was 4:05. Okay, so James was late, that didn't mean that he wouldn't come though. Maybe he was held up somewhere. After all, why wouldn't James come? Why wouldn't he pick Lily?

She frantically began to look around; he had to come, he just had to. Out of the corner of her eyes she saw a tall man with black hair, she instantly smiled. She was right, he was just running a few minutes late. She knew he would come, he would never choose to be with anyone but her.

Then he turned around: it wasn't him.

She took another deep breath in and out; there was no need to panic, right? He was coming, right? James wasn't going to leave her, right?

Lily looked down at her watch once more; it now read 4:10. She told him to be here exactly at 4:00. He was now ten minutes late. But ten minutes late wasn't bad, right? It was only ten minutes, it's not like it's half an hour.

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Lily looked down at her watch for one last time, it was 4:30. He wasn't coming. She could feel her heart sink and her eyes water. She had never felt this awful in her entire life before, she had never felt this alone and deserted before.

She placed her head in her hands, allowing the tears to finally come down. The salty water soaked her hands, she knew he body was shaking, but she didn't care.

"Miss, are you alright," Lily heard someone say.

She looked up, revealing her tearstained face. Mascara ran down her cheeks, making black smudges around her eyes. Her lips were quivering, and she knew that any sound that came form her own voice would be weak. "F,fine," she stammered.

"Are you sure?" Lily now got a good look at the person; it was one of the older ladies from the table next to hers.

"God, I must have created some huge seen or something," she silently thought to herself. "Yes, I'm okay," she told the older woman, her voice becoming slightly stronger this time.

"Well, alright then," the old woman replied, offering Lily a smile of reassurance.

Lily took another deep breath, this time pushing herself out of the chair. She left a small tip for the waiter, gathered up her belongings and started to walk home.

The walk home was so depressing, not at all how Lily had imagined it to be. She dreamed of James sweeping her off her feet, taking her to some beautiful restaurant, and then when the night was done, waking her back to her home. She would gush and tell Carina everything that happened, from their first kiss as an official couple, to the last step home.

It wasn't that way though, instead she walked alone, miserable and abandoned. The people she passed only made her feel worse. A young couple was walking hand in hand. Lily felt like yelling, "Be happy now, because it'll never last." It took about all of her remained energy to restrain herself. Then she saw an older couple, probably taking their grandchild out for the day. She despised them, hated them for being so happy when she was so disheartened.

When she finally reached her building, she was relieved, relieved that she wouldn't see another happy couple for as long as she could hide away at home. She dragged herself up every last step, until she reached her own apartment door. She stared at it for a moment before turning the knob and pushing it open.

"Lily," she heard Carina say.

Lily didn't respond though. Instead she wandered over to her room and flopped down on her bed.

Carina came in a second later, she could hear her best friend crying, and she knew what happened. She knew that James didn't come back for her.

"Oh, Lily," Carina said as she engulfed her into an enormous embrace. "I'm so sorry."

Author's Note 2: Okay, I hope you all will still read this and not hate me for doing it! I promise that everything will be okay; I just had to do this for the sake of the story! But the good news is that I know exactly where I want this story going and when and how I'm going to end it, and then I've decided I'll post a sequel! But this won't be for quite some time, so don't worry, this story is going to last for a long time! And remember PLEASE don't hate me for this chapter, I promise that everything will work out perfectly in the end. Anyways please review!