Chapter 13 - Ok, thanks again, to all my reviewers (is anyone sick of me starting off like this yet? I swear I will start the next chapter off differently!).

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, I only own the characters I made up and the basic plot line.

Things between Sirius and Emma did not get better the next day. They both earned themselves another detention for not doing their homework because they spent so much time in detention the night before.

Sirius kept saying Emma was flirting and chatting up guys when she was dating him.

Emma kept brining up Sirius being a pig and he couldn't talk about flirting, because that's what he was known for.

'I want a divorce!' Sirius shouted.

'Great, because we are married,' she had shouted back sarcastically one night. It had been two weeks since James had saved Lily from a detention.

'Well, what are they called?' he yelled, he was trying to think of what you call it when you don't want to date someone anymore.

'You use it so often you should know what it's called!' she said, referring to all the girls he had dated and then dumped the next day. 'Oh no, wait. You didn't dump them, you just went on to the next girl with out letting them know you were over them and you had just used them!'

'Dump! That's it! I am dumping you!'

'Does it look like I care?' she said and stopped upstairs to the Girls Dormitory.

Lily and James had been doing their homework there, but Lily got up after apologising and saying that she should go and see if she's ok.

'Padfoot?' James questioned. 'You alright, mate?'

'She doesn't care,' he said.

'Um, it kind of looks like she does care, why would she run up to her room crying?'

'Then she lied to me?'

'No, she just doesn't want you to think she's upset over you, when she really is,' he explained as best as he could.

'She was the first girl I loved,' Sirius said, as he slowly sat down, putting his head in his hands.

'It's ok, I'm sure you'll find someone else, look at me, rejected by my first love everyday,' said James.

Sirius chuckled, but slowly and sadly. 'I think I'll go to bed,' he said, getting up fro the chair he had only just sat down in to join Remus and Peter in the Boys Dorm.

Two days later Emma and Sirius were over each other, best friends again and dating new people. Well, no one thought they were actually over each other, but that's what they said. Emma didn't want to look like the ex who couldn't move on and Sirius didn't want to ruin his reputation. But they didn't tell any one this, it was just their thoughts.

Sirius was dating a Gryffindor girl, in their year by the name of Katherine, except he called her Kat. She had short blonde, wavy hair and light green eyes. She was one of Emma's best friends from her Divination class.

Emma was dating a guy from Hufflepuff named Hamish; she had fallen in love with his smile and his brilliant sense of humor. He had messy brown hair and beautiful blue eyes that sparkled. They adored each other.

'It was such a quick move on,' people had said. But Kat and Hamish didn't seem to mind, they didn't think they were rebounds and neither did Sirius or Emma.

'I have to time to rebound,' Emma had said to Lily the night she had started dating Hamish.

Sirius had said the same thing and added, 'anyway Kat is really nice, she's the best.'

James had nodded, liking his choice, but it still didn't feel right, 'she's so much like Emma,' he told him.

'That's what I love about her.'

James and Sirius sat up late the next night, just talking. Remus and Peter were in bed early again (there was a test in the morning and they needed their rest).

'I want something to happen with me and Lily,' James said desperately.

'James, Prongs, don't you think we know?'

'Yeah, yeah, but I mean, I've been pretty good lately, I saved her from that detention and nothing happened,' he said.

'I know, but she's not going to like you after just that one thing, you have to keep doing it,' he said. Offering advice wasn't really a thing Sirius did often, and if he did, very well, but this was something he was sure of. 'You want to do something like that over and over again until she does think you're someone really nice.'

'Good idea,' he said. 'You're getting better.'

'Yeah, I know, Emma was helping me –'

They fell silent, Sirius, still, didn't like to talk about her. Someone behind them coughed loudly, trying to get their attention.

'What was your ex-girlfriend teaching you, Sirius?' Kat asked.

'Hey Kat,' Sirius said, kissing her hello. 'What are you doing up this late?'

'I'm not the kind of person who can fall asleep at nine o'clock. I'm a late night person,' she told them, eyeing Sirius.

'You wanna go for a walk?' he said, getting her hint. James rolled his eyes and tried not to laugh.

'If you want to,' she laughed and they walked out together, holding hands and chatting, leaving James to sit there by himself, but not for long, after about five minutes of silent thinking and planning how to get Lily to like him, Lily herself came down.

'Are you ok?' he asked. She jumped up in fright, not realising he was there in the first place, she sat back down; instead sitting on the couch James was also on.

'My stomach hurts, I thought I would just come down here and do some thinking or homework,' she said. 'But now that you're here we can talk,' she said, happier than when she had first come down, 'that is, if you want to talk.'

'Of course I do,' he said, silently thinking to himself what a mushy romantic person he had become. He wanted Lily so bad.

She smiled, and then suddenly clutched her stomach.

'Are you sure you're ok?' he asked.

She smiled again, 'yeah. You want to go for a walk?'

James nearly burst out laughing, but he didn't want to seem weird, so a strange smile formed on his face. 'Sure, where do you want to go?'

'Do you know any places where we can go?'

'Tons,' he said, grinning, 'you hungry?'

'This is the kitchens?' she asked, amazed that he even knew where to find this place.

'Yup, and the little house elves give you all this free food,' he said excitedly.

'As much as I don't want to bother them, I am starving!' she laughed.

'Hello Mr. Potter,' said one of the elves. 'The usual?'

James laughed uneasily, getting a side ways glance from Lily. 'Maybe not so much this time, enough for two people, not four,' he said quietly so Lily couldn't hear. She was on the other side of the room anyway, looking at how the elves did their work and what they were cooking.

'Do you like this place?' he asked her, wanting to know whether another day, maybe, he could bring her back.

'It's great, I know they like enslavement, which is weird to me, but if I knew they didn't like it I would try and do something about it. This place is fantastic, thanks for bringing me here, I've forgotten all about my sore stomach,' she said happily.

'My job here is done then,' he said.

'Thanks again, James, maybe I was wrong about you, maybe you are a good person,' she said, stepping closer to him. He slowly bent down to her level, pausing for a second and then kissing her softly on the lips.

It was more than he could have imagined, the kiss was more than he had dreamed of. It was that and more. It was one of the best moments in his life.

Lily's knees were going weak; she deepened the kiss, never wanting it to end. It was the beginning of something special. It was James who broke the kiss, not that he wanted to, but because he thought maybe Lily hadn't liked it, he wanted to see her reaction.

She was grinning broadly at him, her sore stomach now completely forgotten about. There was something different about that kiss to her. Not only was it way more than she expected from James, it was scary. Why was it so good? She thought. Do I want to date him? So many questions came with the one kiss she was overwhelmed and needed to talk to James before anything happened.

'James,' she started. 'That kiss was amazing, but I need some time before I decide,' she said. His smiled turned to a frown, the kiss turned from the best thing ever to a huge mistake and he felt like he was going to be sick.

'But,' he said, 'I thought it was good, how long will it take you?'

'A few days at the least, I just need to think,' she said, she needed him to understand that she no longer wanted to hurt his feelings but wanted to make sure it was the right thing she was doing.

He turned away from her, disappointed. She noticed how upset he was and kissed him on the cheek. 'I just need to think it over.'

They left, James now understanding that she would probably say no anyway, just like all the other times, and Lily trying to sort her emotions out.

When James thought about it that night, he thought it in a positive way. She was going to say no, but at least he had had the kiss he had longed for since he had first met her the day on the train heading to Hogwarts.

A/N: Haha, cliffie. Well, sort of. Actually it might be. I'm not sure, I'll put it this way though - it's not a major cliffie!

Review please! I have been really good updating nearly everyday! Go me! Except, I have kind of forgotten about my other stories, so I think the next chapter will take a bit longer and I will try and update some of my other stoires before this one. But all these ideas for this one keep flowing into my head, I had to write all of them down. Ahhh! Overload! Luckily I'm on holidays and I don't really have much to do. WhenI go back to school you'll be lucky to get an update each month. And just going to warm you in advance - I am going away to New Zealand for two weeks on Friday, so no updates for that long on any of my stories. And then two days after I get back I'm back to school, and like I said before, I'm going into year nine so I'll be busy as .. . . um . . .a busy person. At least I'm not SRC any more (Student Rep Council) and I don't have to get up early on Friday mornings!

Emma.

P.S: Sorry for the long message, I don't usually do that - I guess I'm really bored.