Disclaimer: If I have said it once, I will say it again. I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER.

Chapter 11—Victoria Knows

Previously on Dating the Enemy

Propping up on some pillows, Lily flipped open to the last entry and gasped as she read what was in it.

STAY AWAY FROM JAMES, YOU SLUT.

Lily's face turned bright red. So. That's how she wanted to play? Fine.

Let the war begin.

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Victoria Michaels looked at her blank piece of parchment that was sitting in front of her.

Victoria Michaels

October 17, 1977

Gryffindor House

Potions

Victoria scowled as she ran her fingers through her already mussed up brown hair. Why was this so damn hard? She wished Lily and Brigette were here. They (actually Lily) would know what to do and would help poor Victoria from failing Slughorn's class.

Victoria always thought this class was pointless. Ever since second year when Slughorn confiscated Victoria's Quidditch magazine and said, "Potions is more important than a lousy game of Quidditch."

It didn't matter if she even got anything this damn professor was saying either. She wasn't going to use potions in real life anyway. She was going to be a professional Quidditch player when she left Hogwarts (much to the dismay of her mother, but Victoria didn't give a damn about her mother or what she had to say).

"Oh screw this." Victoria muttered, throwing her quill off to the side. "I'll just copy off from Lily."

As Victoria rolled up the blank parchment, she started to think. Something was wrong with Lily and Brigette.

No, no, they weren't sick or anything; it was just the way they acted around each other.

Around Victoria, they were pleasant with each other but Victoria could tell that something was up. They never talked anymore besides a 'pass the butter please?' or 'hi,' and they never wanted to be in the same room together. When Lily asked Victoria if she wanted to go to the library to study together Victoria would ask if Brigette could join them. Lily would usually make excuses saying she only wanted to work with Victoria or that Brigette was out with James.

Victoria wasn't born yesterday you know. She knew something was up with Lily and Brigette and as God as her witness she was going to find out.

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Sirius Black was in a dilemma.

Yes, he was in a dilemma.

And that dilemma was what tasty snack he nicked from the kitchens was he to eat.

There was treacle fudge, chocolate pudding, a slab of strawberry and vanilla layer cake, éclairs, and Danish cookies.

"Hmmm." Sirius said looking at his selections. "What shall I eat today?"

He couldn't decide. They all looked so good!

He wished Remus were here. Remus would help him decide but phooey on him! He was out on a date with his girlfriend, Ashlynn. A Ravenclaw bookworm, just like Remus!

Sirius also wished James was here too but James was out on the Quidditch Pitch, drilling his new recruits, third year Allison Stockard and fifth year Keith O'Connell.

Hehe let the new recruits suffer. James was not known to be nice during his drills. Sirius should know he used to be assistant captain before he stopped showing up to practices. James booted him off but Sirius could really care less.

"What snack shall I eat?" He wondered aloud.

"I'd take the treacle fudge," came a voice from behind him, "but for you, just eat all of it."

"Victoria!" Sirius gasped turning around to see the brunette standing in front of him. "What are you doing in here?" Then, a smirk crossed his face. "Does Ryan know you're up here? Tsk tsk Victoria. You don't want to be cheating on your boyfriend now, do you?"

"Shut the hell up Black." Victoria snapped, stealing a Danish cookie and a chocolate éclair. "I'm here on official business."

"For what?" Sirius asked, looking at the cookie and the éclair that was in Victoria's hands. "It's not for Quidditch now, is it?"

Victoria bit down on the Danish cookie. "Nope."

"Well?" Sirius asked, not taking his eyes off the treats in Victoria's hands.

Victoria popped the rest of the cookie in her mouth and conjured a napkin to place the éclair. Letting it hover in mid air Victoria was free to talk.

"Do you know what's going on around Brigette and Lily?"

"Huh?" Sirius asked his eyes still on the éclair. "Sorry, I wasn't listening.

Victoria rolled her eyes. Figures he wasn't paying attention. She kept asking herself why she even asked Sirius about her dilemma but she knew that James would tell Sirius anything.

"I said—" Victoria started before Sirius cut her off.

"Are you going to finish that éclair? Cause if you're not, then I'll eat it."

"Oh for heaven's sakes!" Victoria snapped. "Would you just listen to me for five minutes of your life?"

"I will," Sirius said, "After you let me have that éclair."

Victoria snatched the éclair and shoved it in her mouth. After a few moments of chewing and swallowing, she spat, "There! No more éclairs! Now, will you listen?"

"You shouldn't have eaten it like that," Sirius said grumpily. "That was very unladylike."

Victoria let out a screech of frustration, slightly tugging at her hair. "You're hopeless!" She shouted before marching out, slamming the door behind her.

Sirius looked at the door for a few moments before shrugging. "Probably that time of the month again." He muttered before diving into his sugary snacks.

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"Stupid Black," Victoria muttered, walking down the steps from the boys' dormitory. "I don't even know why I even asked him! What was I thinking?"

Scowling she tasted some of that éclair she had shoved in her mouth. "Why did I even eat that éclair in the first place? I HATE éclairs! Ugh, I'll have to wash my mouth out!"

Marching out of the Common Room, Victoria walked to the Heads Room where she said the password, 'Little Miss Redhead,' and walked in.

"Lily!" Victoria shouted. "Oh LILY!"

But there was no answer.

Frowning Victoria took the steps two at a time up to Lily's dorm and opened the door.

She found a note on the bed that read:

V—

If you've decided to come visit me I'm out on the Quidditch Pitch with James. He's asked me to help him with the new players. This should be funny. I've never fully understood the game anyway.

Lily.

Victoria burst into laughter. James asked Lily to help him with the new players. What kind of bullshit was this? Oh, what an idiot James is.

Putting the note on the bed again, Victoria looked around the room, humming to herself. Everything was in neat order. Figures. Lily was always the neat freak.

Becoming bored, Victoria walked downstairs to the bookshelf and started looking for a book.

Looking at the books, she found one that interested her. Taking it out of the shelf, she sat down on the couch. She would wait until Lily would come back. Knowing James and his stupid drills that would take a while.

Humming to herself, Victoria opened up to the first page and was surprised to see a folded up piece of paper in the page.

Her curiosity getting the best of her, Victoria unfolded it and started to read it. As every sentence went by, her eyes grew larger and larger.

"Oh my fudging god!" Victoria whispered. (She could never say the F-word. She always used 'fudge' instead) "No fudging way!"

But it was true. In Lily's precise neat handwriting was the words:

I like James Potter. I like James Potter. I have a crush on James Potter.

Victoria rubbed her eyes. No way. This could NOT be true! Lily falling for James Potter!

As Victoria quickly folded it up and placed it back in the book. Putting the book back on the shelf her mind switched into overtime.

Suddenly, everything started to make sense.

As she rushed from the Heads Room Victoria ran helter-skelter towards the Gryffindor Common room.

She needed to talk to Brigette.

Pronto.

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Brigette Cleremont wasn't one hundred percent positive but she was sure that she loved James Potter.

No, not a huge crush. She meant love. As in, spend the rest of her life with, want to marry and have kids with, and never break up with him.

Yes, Brigette Cleremont, the girl who swore in third year never to fall in love, the girl who dropped boys faster than she did with a last season sweater, was in love.

She didn't know how either! All she knew is that when James talked to her, smiled at her, it made her want to melt.

However, there was a downside with James Potter.

And that was Lily Evans.

God, how Brigette despised her.

Ever since she read Lily's diary and found out that Lily liked HER boyfriend, she hated her.

However, she found enormous satisfaction when she scribbled that message in her diary. She only wished she had been there to see Lily's face when she read Brigette's inscription.

Yet, she also knew that once James found out Lily liked him, she would be dropped faster than a hot potato.

And Brigette was going to make sure that Lily and James would never be together.

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Brigette sighed as she cleared away from her thoughts and started to doodle on her notebook:

BC & JP 4ever.

"Brigette? What's that?' A voice asked.

Whirling around Brigette gasped when she saw a bemused Victoria stand in front of her.

"Victoria!" Brigette gasped, turning over the notebook. "W-what are you doing here? I thought you had Quidditch practice!"

Victoria shook her head. "Nah. James is holding practice for Allison Stockard and Keith O'Connell, our new players. However, the question is what are you doing?"

"Nothing." Brigette said a little too quickly.

Victoria frowned. "Liar."

Suddenly, with lightening speed, Victoria snatched the notebook and gasped in shock.

"Brigette Lenore Cleremont! D-do you have a crush on James Potter?"

Brigette hung her head. Her secret was out. "Yes, okay, I do."

"But—I thought you weren't going to crush on him!" Victoria cried. "I—we all thought that once Lily started to like him you were going to ditch him!"

Brigette bristled when she heard Lily's name. No surprise that Victoria mentioned the Pop-Tart's name.

"Well I guess I started to like him." Brigette said.

"But Lily also likes him!" Victoria exclaimed. "She's just too afraid to admit it!"

That part was a complete lie. She had no idea if Lily was afraid but she had to say it.

"Good." Brigette said cheerfully. "Now I'm free to be with James!"

"James probably knows," Victoria said quietly. "He always talks about her at practice."

Brigette's mouth opened in shock. "Well, there's NO way that I'm letting Evans come between me and MY boyfriend!" She said fiercely. "He's the only boy I truly care for!"

Victoria sighed and hung her head. "Then, you're gonna have to choose. Either you keep James away and let him be miserable or you let him go."

"That's a stupid question!" Brigette scoffed. "Obviously, I'd keep him! I'm not letting stupid Evans have him for herself! I deserve some happiness too Victoria. Life does NOT revolve around Lily! I absolutely despise her anyway!"

Victoria shook her head and started towards the door.

As she opened the door, she paused and said quietly:

"You're making a big mistake."

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dodges flying tomatoes SORRY! I am SOO SORRY about the wait! Ugh, I was GROUNDED cause of my stupid report card and my parents evilly grounded me from my computer. They originally said NINE WEEKS but they've changed there minds. I'm REALLY sorry about the wait. I PROMISE it WON'T happen again.

Anyway, what did you think? Hehe, Victoria now knows.

I'm also sorry if this didn't have Lily/James action. There will be more of THAT coming up soon. rubs hands gleefully.

Also, some people have been saying that James is sounding like a bully. He's NOT a bully people! He's just a prat who wants to win the heart of Lily Evans! Jeesh.

Until next week!

--Greekchic.