Chapter 3: He likes her, He likes her not.
James' point of view
A note appeared in front of Amanda with James' handwriting on it. She carefully unwrapped it and read
'Where are Lily and Sirius?'
' I don't know ' she wrote back
'Well you're a lot of help'
'Ask Remus' she handed me the note and I read it. Then I passed it to Remus. He read it and wrote
'I think they went to the common room' Remus wrote
'Why' I wrote
' Talk about something'
'Oh ok' I put the note in my bag and tried to pay attention to what the professor was saying. But there was no use. I had too much stuff on my mind. I raised my hand
"Yes Mr. Potter" the professor asked
"May I use the Bathroom?" I asked
"Yes" The professor said. I quickly got up walked out of the room. As soon as I was out I ran towards the Gryfindor tower. When I got inside Sirius and Lily were playing wizard chess
"Prongs what are you doing here?" Sirius asked
"Got bored in class. What are you doing?" I asked
"Just playing some chess," Sirius answered
"Why'd you ditch class?" I asked wondering what they were doing in there
"I just needed to talk to Sirius about something" Lily said
"Oh" I said
"So, want next game?" Sirius asked
"Nah I got to get back to class, I'm on a bathroom break," I said smiling, Sirius laughed and I walked out of the common room.
Sirius' point of view
"Well the bells going to ring soon so I suggest we go," I said
"Ok" Lily said. I helped her up and we walked to class. We had potions next, in which we were assigned partners. I was pared with Remus, James was paired with Peter, Lily was paired with Kristy Carson, and Amanda was paired with Matt Harper.
"Remus what would I do if I told you I kissed Lily" I asked him
"I don't know, I probably would mind that much. Why?" he said
"Because I kissed Lily," I said quickly
"You what!" Remus yelled
"Boys! Keep you voices down," the Professor yelled
"Yes professor" Remus and I said together
"I thought you said you would care!" I hissed silently
"I didn't think I would" Remus said
"Why do u care?" I said
"Well look at the relationships you've had with other girls you dated" Remus whispered
"Were not dating though," I said
"How did your other relationships start?" Remus asked raising an eyebrow
"Ok good point. But you know I would never hurt Lily" I said
"Yea I guess" Remus said
"Ok then" I said
"Wait does that mean you are going to date her?" Remus asked
"No, were just friends" I said
"Ok" Remus said
"You sure?" Remus asked
"Yes Remus" I said
"Ok" Remus said again
"Should I tell James?" I asked
"Why wouldn't you" Remus asked
"Because he likes her," I said
"No he doesn't" Remus said
"Yes he does," I said
"He hates her," Remus said
"That's why he ran out of class when he knew I was up in the common room with her right?" I asked
"He didn't go to the bathroom?" Remus asked
"No," I said
"He does like her," Remus said
"Yea," I said
"It all makes sense now," Remus said
"Yea. But he won't admit it to himself," Sirius said
"So we have to make him realize it," Remus said
"Exactly!" I said
"But how?" Remus said
"I'm not sure," I said thinking
"Why don't we see what he says when you tell him you kissed Lily then confront him about it" Remus said
"Ok but if he tries to kill me you have to stop him" I said
"Whatever" Remus said. After the bell rang we, Remus and I walked back up to the common room with James. We went up to the guy's dorm.
"James I have to tell you something" I started
"What Sirius?" James asked
"Well I, I kissed Lily" I said quickly
"Oh" James said calmly
"Well why would you kiss her?" he asked
"I don't know," I said. I couldn't believe he was being so calm. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe he didn't like her.
"So your ok with it?" I asked
"Yea. Were you expecting me to be mad or something?" James said
"Well yea" I said
"Why would I be mad?" he asked
"I don't know," I said quietly. James laughed and shook his head. We walked down to the common room
"So when did you kiss her?" James asked
"About twenty minutes before you came up to the common room on your bathroom break" I said calmly
"Oh" he said. There was a crack in his voice, but no one seemed to notice.
"So what should we do?" Remus asked
"Go to lunch" I suggested. We walked to the great hall; there weren't as many people as usual. That might have been because for once we were early. We walked in and sat down next to the girls.
"Hello ladies" Remus said. James and I were still quiet.
Lily's point of view
I watched James and Sirius sit down quietly. After about ten minutes James still hadn't eaten anything. Which was very unusual for him
James you ok" Amanda asked
"Yea why?" he asked
"You haven't touched your food," She said
"I'm not hungry," he said
"Your always hungry" I said
"Why do you care?" he said
"I was just pointing out something," I said. Here we go again
"Well I think I can take care of myself" he said
"James calm down" Sirius said
"I'm fine" James said sharply. I don't think I had ever seen him snap at Sirius. The two were closer than brothers.
"James! Get a hold of yourself man" Sirius said
"I'm going for a walk," James said leaving.
"What's his problem?" I asked
"I honestly don't know" Sirius said
"Weird" Amanda said
"You know James, He's got problems" Peter said
"Peter?" Remus said
"What?" Peter asked
"Never mind" Remus said
"So what are we doing today?" Amanda asked
"I don't know about you but im going to go find James" Sirius said getting up and leaving
"Count me in" Remus said catching up to him
"Guys wait up," Peter yelled chasing after them
"I'm going to the library," I said
"Why?" Amanda asked
"Why do you think?" I asked
"Study?" Amanda said
"Yup" I said
"Ok I'll meet up with you later then" Amanda said. I got up and left. I walked the long halls to the library. On my way I could hear Sirius yelling for James. I stepped into the library and started to search up and down the isles for a book, but before I found one I bumped into the least person I expected.
"What are you doing in here?" I asked starring up into the hazel eyes of James Potter, but quickly locked my eyes to the bookshelf behind him.
"I don't know," he said
"Sirius is looking for you," I said
"I know" James said
"Oh so your hiding in here" I said
"It's the last place anyone would look for me," he said
"Good point" I said. Wait did I just agree with potter
"What are you doing in here?" he asked
"Looking for a book to do my charms homework," I said
"Oh that essay" James said
"Yea, you do it," I asked
"Yea its already finished" he said
"Right?" I said
"What? You don't believe me?" he asked
"I believe you, but he just assigned it like 3 hours ago" I said wondering how and when he did it
"So" he said
"So how and when did you do it?" I asked
"That's a secret between the marauders," he said
"Everything's a secret between you guys," I said
"Yea pretty much" he said. It went quiet for a minute
"Well I got to go" I said turning around. But he grabbed my wrist and spun me around. That was getting really annoying to me
"Wait. I heard you kissed Sirius," he said
"Yea so" I said
"Just checking my resources," he said
"Right?" I said confused. Again I turned around but he spun me around again.
"What" I asked
"Nothing" he said
"You scare me," I said
"Good" James said. I looked up into his eyes again, but quickly looked away. I never wanted people to look into my eyes. I was afraid all they would see is pain. I think the only person who knew my pain was Sirius.
"Why don't you let people look into you eyes?" he asked
"I don't know," I said
"Well you should" James said
"Well I cant," I said
"Why?" he asked
"I just cant ok," I said
"Ok" he said. I turned and left.
Thanks, Cheri