Okay, it wasn't my best, but this next chapter is probably the greatest in this entire story! (so far).

Magic Can't Help

Chapter 5

Regret

The moment Lily got back to the common room; she ran to the bathroom and washed her face, and her mouth. She sat down on the couch and yet again, screamed into the pillow. This time, James did not interrupt her. She did not just do what she thought she did. She actually kissed James Potter. Great, now everybody was going to think that she liked James Potter. She only kissed him because she was in complete denial and sadness and depression and anything else she could think of at the time.

As Lily was about to leave the common room, Hannah burst in with Taylor and Kelsey following as fast as they could.

"I DON'T CARE! HE CHEATED ON ME! SHE CHEATED WITH HIM!" fumed Hannah, throwing herself onto the couch.

"Look, I know he's total ASS, but seriously, it was her fault," said Taylor sitting down next to her.

"Yeah, just go, yell at her, yell at him, he'll beg for forgiveness, you'll give in, and everything will be back to normal," said Kelsey.

"Shut up," Hannah said, half crying, half laughing. Lily walked over and sat on the arm of the couch, and put her arm around Hannah.

"Here Hannah, here's something to cheer you up!" said Kelsey hopefully.

"What would cheer me up right now?" Hannah wept.

"Lily kissed Potter," said Taylor abruptly. Hannah screamed. Literally.

"FINALLY! OH MY GOD, IT'S TAKEN SOOOO LONG!"

"How did you know!" Lily asked, in shock again.

"Remus," Taylor said simply.

"Oh, I am going to KILL him!" said Lily in rage.

"Soooooooooooooo… what happened?" asked Kelsey, intrigued.

"It didn't mean anything! Malfoy tried to harass me…"

"HE WHAT?" they said in unison.

"and then Potter showed up and knocked him out and I was so out of it because of Malfoy and my parents and Hannah and Sirius, I… I kissed him on the cheek. JUST ON THE CHEEK!" she finished.

"So what! It still happened!" shrieked Hannah in excitement, and the room exploded in questions and exclamations that Lily could barely think. Suddenly the common room door flung open and the room went silent. It was James.

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James was in complete shock. She was definitely out of her mind. Not that he cared, but it was like she wasn't the same person. He walked back to the common room to talk to Sirius, even though he probably wasn't in the mood to talk about James' problems. He muttered the password to the fat lady and flung the door open, and Lily, Hannah, Taylor, and Kelsey went silent, and just stared at him. Lily stared at him and he stared back at her. At the same moment Lily buried her face in her hands and James ducked back out of the room. There was no way that he could even look at Lily again without it being awkward.

James started towards the head's common room when he heard someone call his name. He turned around and saw Lily standing outside the portrait hole, who looked strangely…happy?

"Thank you so much. I was about to die in there," she said laughingly. James just looked at her. She lifted her head and her eyes hardened.

"Well excuse me for trying to lighten the mood!"

"Sorry, it's just… kind of weird talking to you right now,"

"Yeah, me too, look, it's just I was so out of it, what with Malfoy and my parents…" she didn't finish. James saw tears coming from her eyes, and she slid down the wall and sat down on the floor, crying. James wasn't sure what to do, so he walked over and sat down next to her. He couldn't say he understood what she was going through, so he just sat next to her, watching her cry.

And then the strangest thing happened. Lily leaned over and cried into James' shoulder. Suddenly something weird came over James, and before he knew what he was doing, he put one arm around her shoulders and the other across her chest so that he was just holding her. And they just sat there, James holding a crying Lily.

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Lily had no idea what she was doing. But she realized something, and for some reason, it didn't bother her. She liked James Potter. And she felt good, relaxed even, just sitting letting him hold her. Suddenly Lily heard the portrait hole creak open, and she sat up straight, and James let go of her. Then it closed again, and she knew who was behind it. They were going to have fun with this.

"Well, that's gonna turn into a disaster," said James, looking at the portrait.

Lily laughed, and wiped her eyes. "You know what?" she said, looking up at James. "I really don't care." And she leaned over and rested her head on his shoulder again, wishing that she could feel this secure forever.

Wasn't it great? I have been wanting to put something like that in forever! Hope u liked it! Give me good reviews!