Linda- Thanks for the good review. I know I have a few grammar errors here and there, but I try to make them as few as possible. Considering I don't have a beta reader, I think I've done pretty good with only having a few mistakes. I'm glad you like the story in general. I agree that too many people make Lily too meek and mild. I wanted to go for the strong, not-gonna-take-shite-from-anyone personna. Though in this chapter and the next few chapters Lily appears really weak and over-dramatic.

Thanks for the reviews everyone! Hope you enjoy this next bit.

Rini came to terms with Damien going out with Rone. The boys, on the other hand, refused to talk to him. Damienunderstood that they were loyal to Rini and left them alone. His sisters, Sara and Jordyn, were a little sympathetic and talked to him once in a while, but they told him he deserved what he was getting. Damien would nod and say he understood.

It was April, a month after Rini and Damien's break up. Remus had begun to get uneasy with James again because Lily and James would always hang out, plan pranks, and do homework together more than they usually did. Though they all did their homework together, Remus seemed to think that Lily helped James out more than she should. Plus, she seemed to look at him quite a bit.

At first Remus tried to ignore it. Then it seemed to him that they were always together. Towards the end of April, he had had enough. He decided to confront Lily.

Lily went to the Common Room during lunch. Remus waited a few minutes and then excused himself from the table as well. When he got to the Common Room, he saw Lily sitting in front of the fire. She was singing. Remus recognized it as the song Lily and James had danced to at the Halloween dance so many months ago.

Lily was thinking about the Halloween dance and the night James had told her he could read her thoughts. She smiled at the fire as she started singing the song they had danced to.

"All my bags are packed; I'm ready to go. I'm standing here outside your door. I hate to wake you up to say goodbye.
But the dawn is breaking; it's early morn. The taxi's waitin'; he's blowing his horn. Already I'm so lonesome I could cry.

So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go.
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Oh, babe, I hate to go.

There's so many times I've let you down. So many times I've played around. I'll tell you now they don't mean a thing.
Every place I go I'll think of you. Every song I sing I'll sing for you. When I come back I'll bring your wedding ring.

So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go.
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Oh, babe, I hate to go.
Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Oh, babe, I hate to go."

Lily sighed as she finished singing the song. 'What are you doing to yourself!' her head screamed. 'Either buck up and stay with Remus or break up with him and tell James you love him!'

Remus looked at Lily as she finished her song. "Lily," he called calmly and softly.

Though he had said it calmly, Lily jumped and whipped around. "Remus!" she said in surprise. "I didn't know you were there. How long have you been there?"

"Long enough," he answered. Remus walked over to where Lily was sitting and sat beside her. Looking at his hands and then at her he asked, "Lily, do you…do you still love me?"

"Of course I do, Remus!" she answered without thinking. She raised a hand placed it gently on his cheek. "You believe me, don't you?"

Remus turned towards the low fire before answering. "I don't know," he whispered. Standing up and looking back at Lily he said, "I love you, Lily. I truly do. But lately, I'm not sure if you love me or James more!"

His statement shocked Lily. She stood up quickly and put her hand on his arm. "How can you say such a thing?" she asked, her voice barely a whisper. Lily felt the sting of unbidden tears come into her eyes. "Of course I love you more than James. If I loved James more I'd be going out with him!"

Remus saw the unshed tears in Lily's eyes and wanted to hold her and apologize, but he couldn't. "Is that so, Lily? Can you remember how any of the songs we danced to at either last year or this year's dances go? The song you were singing was the one you danced to with James, not me, Lily. James! How do you explain all the looking at each other, huh? To make matters more suspicious, you've kissed him! You have kissed him, Lily! What am I supposed to think about you two?" he demanded.

The tears were now spilling over Lily's cheeks. She was hurt but furious as she yelled back at Remus. "So I can't remember any of the songs we danced to! Witches and wizards wrote them. The song James and I danced to was written by muggles! That's why I can remember it so well! The reason I look at him is to tell him things! He can read my thoughts, Remus! When we look into each other's eyes he can read my thoughts! And so I've kissed him! I don't regret ever kissing him, Remus! Though now I am starting to wonder if saying yes to dating you was the right thing! You are so suspicious of James and me. Can't you accept the fact that even if I did love James more, I wouldn't sneak behind your back? I love you both, just in different ways!"

Suddenly, James's voice floated into Remus's head from the dance. 'Don't worry, Moony. You're her King Arthur and she's your Queen Guinevere. I'm just her champion, Lancelot.' "That's why he called me your King Arthur and you my Guinevere. You told him that's what you think of us. I'm you're Arthur and he's your Lancelot. You feel as if you have a duty to me!"

"And what if I did refer to James, you, and me as Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot? That's how I feel, Remus!" Lily yelled. "What do you want me to say? That I love James? Well, fine! I love James! Is that what you wanted to hear, Remus! I love James and he loves me! Are you satisfied now?" Lily sank to the floor, crying.

Remus, who was hating himself more and more, moved to put his hand on Lily's shoulder. Lily raised her hand, as if to push him away. Her hand tapped Remus's stomach and he flew backwards.

Suddenly, Lily felt weak. She brought her hand in front of her face and saw a partially squared-off spiral in the center of her palm. "Oh no!" she gasped. Lily stood up and looked around. She saw Remus lying twenty feet away from where she was standing and ran to him. Lily knelt and pulled the unconscious Remus to her. "Oh, God, what have I done?" Lily whispered, rocking back and forth while holding Remus. "What have I done!"

Lily set Remus back on the ground and kissed his forehead. "I'm sorry, Remus. I never meant to hurt you. Physically or emotionally." Then she ran up to the second year boys' dorm. She found James's trunk and opened it. Searching through it, Lily found his invisibility cloak. She threw it over herself and ran out of the Common Room.