Okay, y'all! I know it's been a while since I updated, and I thought you would all love to read more of thisfabulous story. Ok, that was a little conceited on my part. I'm in a good mood. I met this really cool guy at the mall on Wednesday. His name is Phil, he's good-looking, and he's fun. Only 2 things I'm worried about: 1) he's 24 and I'm 17 and don't turn 18 for 3 monthsand 2) he's black. I don't care that he's black, but my mom will pitch a fit. She is totally against bi-racial relationships. This just totally sucks.

Love ya! - Amoura

Lily woke up in the hospital wing at around two in the morning. She looked to her right and saw James asleep, holding her hand. "James," she whispered. "I'm so sorry."

James stirred. He lifted his head and saw Lily looking at him, silent tears rolling down her cheeks. "Lily! You're awake!" James sat on Lily's bed beside her.

"I'm sorry, James. I never meant to hurt anyone. Least of all you or Remus."

James wiped away her tears. "Lily, what happened?"

"We had a fight. I was sitting in front of the fire, singing the song you and I had danced to. He heard me, James, and started throwing accusations at me. I was hurt and angry that he wouldn't believe me. So I yelled that I loved you and asked if that was what he wanted to hear. That I love you and you love me. Then," Lily's voice cracked. "I don't know what happened next. All I know is I put my hand to make sure he stayed away from me and I felt a great lose of energy. When I looked up, he was across the room, unconscious. I was terrified and hurt and…and…and just so confused! I ran up to your dorm and grabbed your cloak. I ran out of the Common Room and then ran for a while till I wound up in the south tower. I felt so weak, James."

James gathered Lily into a hug as she cried. "It's okay, Lily. It's okay. I love you, Lily. I won't let you give up on life. I love you too much."

Lily looked up into James's face. "I love you, too, James." She snuggled her head into James's chest and held onto him tighter.

"Lily, you should go back to sleep." Lily nodded. James let her lay back and then kissed her forehead.

He started to slide off the bed when Lily grabbed his wrist and said, "No! Stay, please. At least until I fall asleep."

James made sure Lily was tucked in then lay on top on the blankets beside her. "Now go to sleep, Lily. You need the rest." Lily nodded.

They had been laying like that for a few minutes when James heard Lily say quietly, "I'm sorry, James. I'm sorry for all the hell I put you and him through."

By her steady breaths, James could tell Lily was asleep. He slowly got up and sat in the chair beside her bed. He grasped her hand again and went back to sleep.

When James woke up, he saw Lily sitting beside Remus's bed. She heard James stir and looked over at him. Then she walked over to him. James stood up. Lily put her palms over James's temples and whispered in his ear, "Forget about your love for me. Forget all the pain my being with Remus has caused you." Lily looked into James's face. His eyes were closed as Lily's magic was working.

Lily removed her hand and James opened his eyes. "Lily, are you okay?"

Lily gave an unmirthful laugh. It had worked. "I'm fine, James, just fine. It's Remus we should be worrying about."

James nodded. "Yeah. I just hope your little outburst of energy didn't hurt him too much."

"Do you know or remember why Ihad an outburst?"

"I think you and Remus were fighting over something really stupid and he said things that really hurt. At least, that's what I can figure out."

Lily smiled inwardly. 'At least he doesn't remember,' she thought. 'Over time, though, he'll love me again. At least Remus and I can have a relationship without interference from our best friend for a while.' "Yes," she said aloud. "He accused me off something and I got really upset. I have trouble actually believing what he accused me of." 'I'm going to have to think of an argument to explain this because I've got to erase Remus's memory yet.'

"What did he accuse you of?"

"What?" Lily asked being drawn out of her thoughts.

"I asked what did he accuse you of?"

"Oh! Um," Lily started panicking. "He, uh, accused me of, um, liking someone. I got upset that he would even make such an accusation." Lily forced a laugh.

"Oh. Well, I should probably get to class, or at least to breakfast. See you later, Lily." James left to go back to his dorm and get ready for classes.

After he had left, Lily sank down into the chair and breathed a sigh of relief. "Now to make Remus forget." Lily walked over to Remus's bed again. Just as she had done with James, she placed her palms over his temples, then leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Forget about James and my love for each other. Forget all the pain I put you through." Lily kept her hands on Remus's temples as his memory was modified. Then Lily removed her hands and kissed his forehead. After making sure Remus was safely tucked into his hospital bed, Lily went back to her bed and fell back asleep.

When Lily woke up two days later, the first thing she saw was a pair of soft gray eyes. "Remus," she said softly.

Remus's eyes immediately had a twinkle in them. "Thank heavens you're awake! According to Madam Pomfrey you've been asleep for nearly two and a half days."

"Two days, more like then. I woke up the first morning and used more of my powers. Unfortunately, I must have been more drained than I thought. When did you regain consciousness?"

Remus's expression changed. "Yesterday. Did you really use your powers on me like they say?"

Lily felt fresh tears start to burn in her eyes. She turned away from Remus to regain her composure. Feeling that she had it, she looked back at him and whispered, "Yes."

Remus nodded. "Why, though? I remember you in the Common Room singing, but I can't remember what song. Then you and I started fighting, but I can't remember what that was about either. Then you fell to the floor crying and I went to comfort you and you put up a hand to stop me. It tapped my stomach and the rest is nonexistent."

"It's better that way," Lily murmured. "Please, just drop it. You shouldn't have to remember. It's bad enough you remember my physically hurting you."

"Well, at least one good thing came out of it." Lily rolled her eyes as if saying 'Yeah, right'. "No, seriously, Lily. Not last night, but the night before was the full moon. I was still unconscious and didn't even feel myself changing."

Lily laughed. "Okay, so maybe something good came out of it after all."