Chapter Four

Lily's eyes widened at the sound of James's voice from the bottom step of the boy's dormitory.

Quickly letting go of Remus, Lily glared at him.

"How dare you accuse me of ANYTHING! After what you did!" She snarled at him, walking closer to James menacingly.

"After what I did? What, you mean NOTHING?" James scoffed, sauntering casually to one of the couches.

Remus glanced from Lily's look of pure fury to the offhanded look on James's face and gulped.

"Uh… I'll just go upstairs…" He said, though he knew neither of them had really heard him. He quickly darted upstairs to the safety of his dorm where he knew Sirius and Peter would be.

"See ya later, Moony." James muttered as Remus exited upstairs. He moved his gaze to the now almost diminished fire. "So," He began, "You're angry at me becaaauuse…?"

Lily huffed angrily and crossed her arms back over her front. "Because I can't trust you, that's why. Because you keep going off and getting it on with all you're ex-girlfriends, that's why. Because you LIED to me, that's why!" she exclaimed, her voice rising in volume.

James frowned and turned his head to see Lily's livid figure. "Lied to you?" He asked dubiously.

"Yes, LIED." She snapped.

"When have I ever lied to you!" James inquired, incredulously as he stood up and moved so that he was standing on the opposite side of the couch to Lily.

"Well lets see," Lily said sardonically. "There was that one time when you told me you loved me," She started, ticking it off on her finger.

"I still do!" James interrupted. "I would never lie to you about that," He added softly.

Lily snorted. "Yeah, so why are you so happy to go off, canoodling with every other girl in your fan-club!"

James simply laughed and shook his head. "My fan-club?" He asked quietly, amused.

Lily nodded, slightly loosing her cool as he moved closer to her.

"When, Miss Evans, have you ever heard of a James Potter Fan-Club?" He murmured.

"I… uh," She gulped and took a deep breath, stepping away from James. "I have seen it. As I'm sure you have too." Lily dropped her arms from their folded position and drew them around herself, as a sort of 'protection' from James.

"Oh them," James replied, nodding his head slowly. "They're the ones that give head to people on their birthdays…" He shrugged and began pacing as Lily moved toward the fire.

"Yes, I'm sure you'd know from experience," Lily muttered darkly, standing with her back to the fire, watching James as he paced aimlessly around the room.

"Mmmaaybe," James growled teasingly, throwing Lily a smirk.

Out of habit, Lily rolled her eyes and shook her head. She was used to him behaving like this.

"That might have been amusing if I wasn't so angry with you." She said quite calmly.

James stopped pacing and walked over to Lily, his expression more serious than she had ever seen it before.

"Lily, I don't want to loose you. Tell me what I have to do to earn your trust back."

Lily sighed, once again, locking gazes with James.

"I need your word that you won't go off and betray my trust again. James, I do love you as well. That's the only reason I'm giving you this last chance."

James nodded solemnly, signifying that he understood.

"I need some kind of symbol, a…" She paused, thinking of the right words. " A guarantee that you won't leave me."

James opened his mouth to protest, "Lily I would never –"

Lily placed a finger on his lips, quieting him. "Let me finish."

He nodded again, smiling at her touch.

"All I need is your word. I trust you, James Potter. You should be thankful." Lily whispered, smiling softly.

James grinned and swooped down to kiss Lily on the cheek. Without hesitation he moved closer to her, James's face infinitely close to Lily's, the space between their lips diminishing when–

"Oh. I'll, uhm… I'll come back later…"