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Steelo: I'm glad you liked this chapter too. I can't wait to get into the more exciting stuff though. I cannot wait for HBP to come out…At midnight on july 16 that book will be in my hands, well I actually have to let my sister read it first, but then it's all mine. I've been waiting for a long time for it, I can't wait to start reading it! Are you as excited as me?

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Chapter 7: The discord is at hand

The weekend had gone by uneventfully. Melissa still was not talking to Lily, even though Alexis was trying extremely hard to make her see reason. Sirius, Alexis, and James were all trying to help Lily, without letting Chris know what was going on. Lily had seen Chris at breakfast on Saturday morning and had sat with him just to keep him pacified. Considering how things had ended with them the last time, breakfast went smoothly. He had invited her to go to the library with him and wound up spending the afternoon there with him while working on work that she had missed. That went even better than breakfast had. It seemed to Lily as if he was trying to make up for his behavior. He spent the time there helping her out with the work and being very gentle with her. She noticed James and Sirius in there at one point, but it seemed casual and unplanned. She had noticed though that when James had seen her with Chris he looked angered and stormed off as he normally would. Chris had laughed at it and Lily had just kept silent.

On Sunday pretty much the same thing had happened. Lily and Chris spent some time together during the day and then Chris told her that he wanted to have dinner with her on the lawn since they missed it the first time. She had accepted. She met him outside at six o'clock and they enjoyed a nice dinner. Lily saw a lipstick smudge on the side of his face so it was more of a polite and cool dinner.

Sunday evening wound up ending in disaster. Chris confronted Lily about the way she was behaving towards the end of the meal. She pointed out the lipstick on his face and he gave out a long sigh and began talking to Lily as if he was talking to a child.

"Lily, dear, must we have this conversation all the time? I'm a man and I get bored easily, no offense darling. You're very feisty and stubborn and Cassandra makes things so much easier," he said to her.

Lily was angry now, "So then why don't you just break up with me?"

"Because Lily, you are a prize. There is so much I gain by having you at my side. I gain the respect of the other men, and I get to bother Potter. You have been turning your back on other men for a long time and I won. I won the game and got you as my prize. I get a certain pleasure by being with you and by how things are with you and me. I'm sure things can evolve in other ways too."

Lily was seething inside at this point, "I'm not a possession Chris. I'm not just some prize. By saying you get pleasure with the way things are do you mean by beating the hell out of me and always getting your way? Things won't be evolving in other ways if I have anything to do with it Cantore. I refuse to get physical with you considering the way you've been treating me, and you can't make me!"

With that Lily threw her plate at him and started running towards the castle. Chris though, was fast. He sped after her and caught up to her just before she reached the entrance. He grabbed her and threw her against the castle wall. Then he slapped her and punched her arms and stomach until she was crying out in pain. Then he slammed her against the wall once more and took her face in his hand to force her to look at him.

He looked at the tears gleaming in her green eyes and smirked, "Lily, when are you going to learn that you've already lost. When things come to you and me I will always be getting my way, in every aspect. That is a promise I'll make to you. You were angry darling, so I'll let the fact that you basically screamed that I beat you pass by. Just remember that if anyone ever finds out about this. It'll be the end of you and the end of them. I don't know how you cover your bruises. You probably feed some stories to the nurse, but I'll make you a deal. Since you'll probably be running out of stories I'll leave your pretty face alone. For my sake as well, that way I can enjoy looking at it. Just don't anger me too much, darling."

Lily made an attempt to hit him, but he caught her wrist and stopped her.

"Why don't you go off to bed before you wind up doing something that you'll regret? Good night," Chris said before kissing her and leaving her to clean up their forgotten picnic.

Lily then ran straight to the Head's room. She ran as fast as she could while letting the tears fall down her face, leaving traces on her black mascara along her cheeks. She finally got to the room and went straight to the bathroom. She turned up the hot water, put healing bubbles in the water and got into the tub. And then she just cried and cried. She cried and hoped all her pain would leave through her tears. Although she cried for a good hour and a half, the pain never really left her.

The rest of the week went by with Lily putting up a show with Chris. By Friday her head was all out of order and it seemed like there were a million and one thoughts inside of it and they didn't have anyplace to go. She couldn't focus on anything and everything that she had to do seemed to be piling up on her. On top of all that one of her best friends wasn't talking to her.

On Friday night Lily told Chris that she had to get a start on something for Dumbledore or else he would be down her throat. He seemed eager to leave her and she didn't want to be in his company any way. He was most likely going to find Cassandra and start snogging her.

Lily entered the Head's common room and found James sitting on the couch reading a letter. He looked up as she walked in and motioned for her to sit down with him.

"Lily, I've been working on this for Dumbledore. I think it covers everything that we addressed in the meeting. Do you want to read it over and let me know if I left anything out," James asked her.

Lily nodded and took the letter from him. Then she began to read it:

Professor Dumbledore,

After speaking briefly with you last week Lily and I decided to write you a letter concerning the issues that would have been addressed and what we think about them.

First of all, Lily and I wanted to address the issue of trips. This subject is very broad and we were wondering if you could tell us what you had in mind. Although it was broad we did come up with some ideas that could perhaps be feasible in the future. Perhaps we could plan a winter trip to a mountain and spring trips to something called an amusement park or perhaps even a beach. Those just happened to be our first ideas about it and we thought we should run it by you.

The next issue we went over was the issue of the ice rink. Every other Sunday we could have lessons given by some of the 6th or 7th years and perhaps even some teachers. We would have to see how many people would be interested in participating in this. As far as skates are concerned, twice a week after dinner for about two weeks we could sell them or rent them out. Anyone who is interested in it after that needs to contact either Lily or me. As far as hours go, In the morning and then until sundown on weekdays, and on weekends from sunup until sundown.

Lily and I were also considering having a ball. It would either be for Christmas/Halloween and then one in the spring, perhaps for the end of the year if the circumstances permit. Do you have any feedback for us on this topic? Lily and I would like to begin planning quickly in order to make it spectacular.

Well I think that sums it up. Please write back to us so we can move onto the next phase, and also so we know what we are going to tell the prefects.

James Potter and Lily Evans

Lily folded the letter and handed it back to James. She was impressed with it and with him for that matter.

"Thanks for taking care of that. I haven't had time to even think about the ball and it's something I've been dying to do," Lily said as she put her head in her hands.

James patted her back, "Don't worry. I left that up to you. You can make it up to me that way because I have no idea what this ball is supposed to be like."

Lily looked up and smiled at him, "It's going to be a ball that no one is going to forget.

Lily was getting up to leave the room when James called her.

"Lily, I was wondering if you would like to go to Hogsmeade with me tomorrow. Just as friends though," James added rather hastily, "Seventh year students have special permission to go."

Lily shook her head, "I can't. Chris asked me to spend the day with him here at the castle. I'm really sorry."

Lily was walking into her room as James threw one of the mugs at the wall.

"Bloody hell, Lily! Why can't you ever do something just for you? How come you let him have so much power over you? There are so many other people there who are waiting for you and would treat you a million times better than him. Do you really enjoy being treated that way?"

Lily was too tired to fight and out of energy, she whispered to James, "You really don't understand. And I'm sorry I can't make you."

With that she walked into her room and quietly shut the door behind her. A few moments later she heard James slam his door shut. She got into bed and silently cried herself to sleep.

I've had this part done for a day now and I have writers block as to what comes next so just be patient with me. I know its short, but I want this to be good and I wanted the next chapter to be a really significant one and play a big part in the rest of the story. So I'll give you this that way I don't keep you waiting as much. Let me know what you think about and guys please review. I don't feel like I'm doing a good enough job with it.  Ok well. We'll see how the next chapter goes.