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Bluejeanmistress: Another good question, and the answer is sort of. It won't be in this story, but it definitely will be in the sequel that I'm planning on writing. Actually a lot of the old chapters probably will, I've saved all the old chapters starting at chapter 16 or so, so the sequel will include chapters that I liked from the original. Also, props to you for remembering that! I didn't until you mentioned it!

Lily was sitting in her bedroom thumbing through photographs when Carina got home from work that Thursday night. And this, Carina took, was a very good sign. It had now been five days since the incident between Lily and James, and when Carina left for work this morning, it appeared that Lily wasn't doing any better. But now, to find her sitting upright was like a sign from Heaven.

"Hey Lils, what're you doing?" Carina asked as she stepped into the room.

"Oh, just looking at pictures from Hogwarts," she responded.

As Carina got nearer she could see that Lily wasn't in those same pajamas any more. She was now wearing a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt, a very big improvement.

"Did you shower today?" Carina carefully asked.

"Yup, I had to. I mean I couldn't just leave the house without doing so," Lily answered.

"You left the house," Carina stated.

"Well, yes, I had to. We were out for eggs, and I wanted scrambled eggs for lunch today," she answered.

Carina was smiling largely, maybe this time around wouldn't be as bad as Lily's last break up with James Potter.

Lily suddenly stopped flipping through the album and her eyes narrowed until they looked like slits. She held up the picture, grabbed a pen, and immediately started puncturing it.

"Lily, what are you doing?" Carina asked as she took a step closer to observe the picture. It was a picture of James. In fact, Carina remembered seeing that picture back in seventh year. It was taken right before Christmas, about a month before Lily and James broke up for the first time. Lily desperately wanted a picture of him to show her parents, and grudgingly, he agreed to have his picture taken right in front of the lake. Lily had been so pleased that she actually got a picture of him, just him. Before that he refused to take a picture unless someone else was in it with him.

Now though, he was running for cover from Lily's pen. She kept on aiming for his head, but he was always a little bit too quick for her. The result though, was multiple holes all across the picture.

"Having fun there?" Carina asked.

"Oh yes, it's a blast," Lily honestly answered.

"You know," Carina began, slowly taking the pen away from Lily, "A less aggressive way to do this would be to simply rip the picture. You can't hurt yourself that way."

"Carina, don't be stupid, it's a pen," Lily said as she reached for the pen, but Carina was one step ahead of her and forced it out of her reach every time.

Lily let out a sigh of anger, but then took Carina's suggestion anyways. She shredded the picture until there was nothing left of it. And even after that she set the remains on fire with her wand.

"Well, that was fun," Lily cheerily said. "You don't have any pictures of him, do you? I'm afraid that was my last one."

"No, I don't," Carina honestly answered, "And did you say your last one?"

"Yes, I've been doing that for the past hour," Lily admitted. "I haven't been ripping them though, just smashing the pen through them and then setting them on fire to destroy the remainders. Of course it didn't do any good to my pen though, I've had to throw away three so far, but it does great things for the soul."

"Um, yeah, well as long as you're feeling better," Carina commented.

"And I am," Lily said.

"Actually, do you think you're up for seeing Jason quite yet?" Carina asked, praying that she was.

"Oh," was all Lily said. To be completely honest, she hadn't even thought of Jason. It didn't even register in her mind that she was still seeing him until that moment. As she thought about it, she wondered if she still should see him. He certainly didn't make her feel the way James did, she didn't need an expert to tell her that.

But then again, he was a good guy, a very nice person. Why shouldn't she still date him? Besides, it was bad enough losing James, she wasn't sure if she could lose Jason as well.

"Um, why?" Lily asked, trying to buy herself more time.

"I see him all the time at work, he just keeps on coming to see me and asking how you are. Oh, by the way, if he asks, from Saturday through Tuesday morning we were both away visiting my family. We had to come home early though because you caught an awful cold, one so bad we had to go to St. Mungos, and the medi-witches said that you weren't to leave the house and no one was to enter expect for me because I obviously wasn't going to get sick because I hadn't already," Carina said.

"What?"

"Just go with it, that's what I told him when I saw him on Tuesday," Carina answered.

"Um, alright, I'll remember that," Lily said, still avoiding the question of is she was ready to see him yet.

As she thought about it longer, why shouldn't she see him? James had obviously chosen to be with Emmy, so she could certainly choose to be with Jason. Besides, she was definitely over James, definitely.

"You know what," Lily said, "I think I will see Jason."

"Really?" Carina asked, surprise relevant in her voice.

"Yes, I mean, we're dating. We never stopped dating, and I'm certainly not going to let a little prat like James Potter get in the way of my relationship with other men," Lily answered, her response more for herself than Carina.

"Wow, well, good then. When I saw him today he mentioned something about some surprise he was dying to do for you," Carina informed her friend.

"Really?"

"Yup, he didn't say what it was though," she answered before Lily had a chance to ask.

"Wonder what it could be," Lily said aloud.

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The next morning Lily was awoken by an owl tapping at her window. She grumbled something among the lines of, "stupid owls, always wake you up, bloody wizards."

She did get out of bed though and once her eyes adjusted to the light she recognized the owl at once. It was Jason's owl, Caesar. Lily let him in and took the letter from him. She looked around her room and finally found what she was looking for, owl treats. She handed him one and he was off at once.

Lily tore open the letter, her eyes scanning over his writing-

Dear Lily,

I do hope that you're feeling better, I was awfully sorry to hear that you were sick. Anyways, I had actually planned a surprise for you, so if you are feeling up to it, please reply to this letter. If you're not, that's okay, I'll just stop by and we can hang out at your place. I honestly don't care if I get sick, I just want to see you. It seems like ages since we've been together. Besides, I wouldn't want you to worsen your cold, I just want you feeling better.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Love,

Jason

Lily smiled at his letter, he was so thoughtful. He wouldn't have minded if she wasn't able to go with him to wherever the surprise was, he would be just as happy staying here with her.

He was just so sweet. This would be easy to get over James, very easy, especially with someone as nice as Jason.

She wrinkled up her nose at the thought of James, she made herself a promise that she wouldn't think of him anymore. But here she was, not even twelve hours into her promise and she's already broken it.

She grabbed a piece of parchment and scribbled a response to Jason, telling him she was definitely up for her surprise. She sent her owl off and headed toward the shower to get ready for the day.

Of course, the shower didn't ease her mind though. Her thoughts weren't about Jason and the surprise she was receiving. Instead the topic it focused on was that of James Potter. She wondered what he was doing right now: was he sleeping, eating breakfast, in the shower, at work? She wanted to know. She wanted to know if he was thinking about her. She wanted to know if he and Emmy were actually happy together. He wanted to know everything.

She wanted to if he thought about her at all, or if he completely shut her out of his mind the moment he didn't come to the bakery. She highly doubted the latter of the two though, he just wasn't that type of person.

Lily really wanted to know how he looked at Emmy though. She wondered if he made Emmy feel as special as he made her feel. She wondered if he ever stayed awake just to watch Emmy sleep, like she had caught him doing to her before. She wondered if he looked at Emmy with those adoring, caring eyes that could make her heart skip, and for that matter, did it make Emmy's heart skip. She wanted to know all of those, and so much more.

She tried to get the questions out of her mind, but unfortunately she couldn't. Even worse though, was when she was actually picturing him and Emmy together, longingly looking at each other. It made her want to cry, just the mental picture of it. She didn't though; she held her head strong instead.

When she finally finished her shower she put a simple drying spell on her hair, got dressed, and did all the necessary procedures in order to make herself look gorgeous for the day. And today, unlike the past days, she actually had make-up on and thong underwear. And she felt like a new woman in doing so.

"Lily," she heard Carina scream from the hallway.

"What?" Lily hollered back.

"Jason's here," Carina yelled once more.

Lily smiled as she got out of the bathroom and walked toward Jason. He looked adorable, hands down. He wore a pair of jeans and t-shirt, yet still looked amazing in such ordinary clothing. He wore a gigantic smile on his face when he saw her though, one that lit up the entire room.

"Lily, how are you?" he asked.

"I'm good," she replied.

"No sickness?" he asked.

"Nope, it's all gone," she answered, playing on Carina's lie.

"Good," he said as he took a step closer to her and placed a kiss on her lips. His lips were warm against her own, but it didn't feel like a usual kiss. It wasn't a bad kiss, just not what she expected, not what she was used to when she was with James.

She could have kicked herself for mentioning his name again. She decided after she got out of the shower that she wouldn't think or talk about him any more. Her thoughts in the shower were her last allowed thoughts. But here she was, once again breaking her promise to herself. This time she didn't even make it an hour though.

"Okay, are you ready for the surprise?" he asked.

"Of course I am," she answered.

"Okay, well, you're going to have to bring clothes that will last you through Monday," he told her.

"What?" she asked, totally thrown off by this.

"I've rented a house on a lake for the weekend. I've got four days off from work, and I thought it would be the perfect way to spend it," he excitedly answered.

"Oh wow, Jason, that sounds amazing," she replied.

"I knew you'd like it."

"Yup, I sure do," she said, "I'll just go and get some stuff together."

As Jason watched her turn around and head toward her room, he felt like the luckiest guy alive. He had a terrific girlfriend, one whom he loved very much. She was one of the sweetest, nicest, and funniest people he ever met. Not to mention one of the hottest girls he ever met. And he couldn't help but admire her outfit for today. She had on tight light blue jeans that showed off her every curve and a black, off the shoulder t-shirt on. Her hair was thrown back into a loose and low ponytail, and a few pieces of vibrant red hair were outlining her face.

Carina noticed Jason staring at Lily as she walked away. The look in his eyes truly did say that he loved her very much. Carina could only pray that Lily would realize this and forget about James and be with Jason.

Unfortunately, at this current moment in time, Carina's prayers were not being answered. In fact, just the opposite was happening.

Lily collapsed down on her bed, unsure of what she should do. She wasn't sure if she was up to spending an entire weekend with Jason. She knew that she could take one day. She knew that in one day, twenty four hours, that she wouldn't burst out in tears. But to reach through Monday without doing so, she wasn't sure that she could do it.

"Carina," she yelled from her room, not sure what to do.

"Yeah," she yelled back.

"Um, can you help me look for my green shirt?" she asked, thinking of the only lie that could work.

When Carina entered the room, Lily almost hugged her. "Carina, what am I going to do?" she asked, panic written all over her face.

"What do you mean? It's only a shirt."

"No, you dolt, I know where the shirt is," Lily snapped. "I don't know if I can do this."

"Lily, yes you can. I mean, look at you! You put make-up on this morning, and really tight jeans. And are those heels?" Carina asked.

"Well, yes," Lily said.

"See, you're definitely ready. A woman who wasn't ready wouldn't be able to wear heels," Carina said, making up everything she said as she went along.

"Do you really think so?"

"Of course," Carina replied.

"Okay, fine, I'll go. But if I need to get out you have to promise me you'll help me," Lily said.

"I will, but only if you really can't be there," Carina answered.

"Yeah, okay. If anything happens, I'll owl you and ask for help. Then you can owl me back saying, oh I don't know, say our apartment was robbed and I better get home quick," Lily said.

"Our apartment was robbed?" Carina skeptically asked.

"It could happen," Lily irritably replied.

"Whatever, I'll do it."

"Thanks, now will you help me pack?" Lily sweetly asked.

"Fine," Carina agreed as she tossed a few tops into Lily's open bag.

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When Lily and Jason arrived at the lake house, Lily was in awe. It was truly gorgeous. The outside of the house had a small front lawn, not really revealing too much, basically ordinary. But the backyard was to die for. A large hammock hung outside, it was big enough to fit three people. Chairs were set up next to a large outdoor table. There was even a small boat tied to the dock. And the lake was huge and very private. Of course, this could have been due to the fact that it was spring and not warm enough to swim or even go on the boat without a heavy jacket on.

Lily truly loved the fact that she came, and she hadn't even been inside the house yet! But from the outside she could tell it was amazing as well. It was two stories high, and the second floor bedroom that overlooked the lake had a large balcony on it. She knew she would love to stargaze at night from up there.

When she opened the door to the house her suspicions of it being perfect were confirmed. A small, cute couch was in the sitting area, along with a muggle television. The kitchen was cute and homey.

As she made her way upstairs she noticed the magnificent pieces of art that hung from the wall, all famous paintings. Lily assumed that they were just prints, but still, it showed the great taste of the muggles who owned the house.

As she made her way upstairs she gasped at the bedroom. It was huge, and it almost took up the entire upstairs. The only other room up here was the bathroom. Lily plopped down on the king sized bed. It was so comfortable. She never wanted to get up.

She did though, when her gaze fell across the bathroom. It was attached to the room, so there was no need to go out into a hallway. As she reached the inside of the room, she gasped. There was a large shower with the most elegant fixtures she had ever seen. And there was a Jacuzzi inside as well. It was amazing, these were the latest inventions, only coming out a month ago, and here was one for her to use the entire weekend.

This place was great.

"So, do you like it?" Jason asked as he snuck up behind her and grabbed a hold of her stomach.

She lent back into his arms and replied, "This is amazing. Where'd you find it?"

"When I was younger my parents bought a house across the lake for us to spend our summers in. I always had such a great time on this lake, and I knew you'd like being here. So, I asked around and found out that the owners of this place rent it out every season expect for the summer."

"Well, I'm glad you did," she replied.

"Me too," he said right before kissing the top of her head.

He spun her around to face him and looked deep into her emerald eyes. That was his favorite part about Lily, her eyes. They were always so captivating, so incredible.

"We're alone at last," he commented before pulling her into a long kiss.

Author's Note 2: I hope you all enjoyed the chapter! Please remember to review!