Chapter Two
The door swung open with a bang as James stormed into the dormitory, thankful that there was no one else there. He hurled his jumper onto his bed and ran a hand through his hair as he began to pace around the room, still processing what Lily had said.
"…your chance just flew out the window along with that owl I just sent to Lucius!"
Grunting in frustration he flung his hands behind his head and kicked his trunk out of anger. Letting out a yelp he hopped on his other foot, trying to sooth the throbbing from his big toe.
"Fucking piece of shit-crap-bloody-hell-stupid-trunk…" He muttered as he hopped over to Sirius's bed and sat down, gingerly nursing his toe. Glaring at his reflection in the dark window James sighed heavily. How could he have let it come to this? All his hard work gone to waste and Lily was about to give herself up to the Slytherin Prince of Filth.
"Why Lily… Why?" He muttered to himself as he carefully stood and tested his sore toe. He limped over to the dormitory door and paused, his hand about to turn the knob. The knob turned of its own accord and swung open, just missing James's nose as he jerked back.
In the door way stood a mildly handsome young man by the name of Sirius Black. Most of the female population of Hogwarts would beg to differ with that comment, proclaiming Black as the "Sexiest thing to walk this earth." But James wasn't concerned with his best friend's features at that point in time.
The grin on Sirius's face faded slightly as he took in James's state. With a swift movement Sirius pushed James back into the room and shut the door with a thud. "What did you do this time?" He asked in a bored tone, an eyebrow raised.
James's head snapped up as he scowled at Sirius.
"What do you mean what did I do?"
Sirius shook his head and sauntered over to the opposite wall and leant on it, hands shoved deep in his pockets. "Well whenever you and Miss I'll-Just-Smash-Glass-Everywhere have an argument, it's usually your fault." He said matter-of-factly, flicking his hair out of his eyes with a casual head toss.
James snorted. "What, so I'm always the one to blame?"
"Uh… Yeah!" Sirius said brightly. "Anyway what did you do?" He asked interestedly. "I've never seen Lilikins so angry before… It was brilliant!"
James covered his face with his hands and sighed heavily. "Dorcas and I were mucking around in the lake and Lily saw us."
Sirius frowned. "That's all?"
"Well… Not exactly." James shifted uncomfortably for a second before continuing. "We were about to kiss when she…" He trailed off, leaving the sentence hanging in the air.
"Ah. Bad luck, mate." Sirius said, clapping James on the shoulder. "So, what are you going to do about it?" He asked, settling himself down next to James and running a hand through his hair.
"I've never seen her so worked up before." James said quietly. "I don't know." He managed to choke out after a few moments silence.
"It'll be alright Jamsie, these things always work out in the end," Sirius said comfortingly as he stretched out on the bed, his hands rested behind his head. "I mean, every time I mess up with a girl she usually gets over it within a day!" he reasoned.
James scowled and punched Sirius playfully on the shoulder. "Yeah, but I'm not the 'Sex-God' Sirius Black, am I?"
"Damn straight!" Sirius said grinning. Sitting up he grabbed a pillow off Peter's bed and whacked James square on the back with it.
Forgetting his dilemma for the time being, James quickly seized his own pillow, it almost instantly making contact with Sirius's head.