Its been almost a month since my last update. I am so sorry. You guys have all probably given up on me. lol. I've been really busy and working on another story too. So sorry for the wait. I will be much faster now. Review please!

Chapter 3

Lily quickly found her favorite chair by the window and her favorite book. She had read it multiple times, but she still enjoyed it, Merlin's Autobiography. Just as she was approaching chapter 5 a voice said, "Thought I'd find you in here." It was as Lily suspected, James. Lily sighed; he was not going to let this go. "Casey went to bed awhile ago, she seemed to have a good time. I figured I'd better find you." James said shrugging. Once again Lily felt guilty as she thought to herself how sweet it was he went after her.

"So, what are you reading?" James asked, obviously in an attempt at conversation. "Merlin's Autobiography. It's my favorite." Lily replied not looking up. "I think I might have read that. It wasn't too boring, but Quidditch books are always my favorite." He replied smiling. Lily rolled her eyes, "Would you like to say what came down here to say? I would like to keep reading." Lily said starting to feel annoyed. "Actually I didn't come here to tell you anything. I came here to do this." James said. Once again he bent down to kiss Lily, only this time it was a much longer kiss. Though she wanted to keep kissing him she broke away. "Obviously I am going to have to be the mature one here and walk away. Please don't do this again." Lily said, her voice quivering a bit. She stood up with her book and walked towards the door. "Good-night Lily" James said. But Lily didn't respond. She couldn't believe it just when she thought everything was going to work out. She took off at run making for the dormitories, and ran right into Krishna.

"I'm so sorry; I've had a crazy night. Are you all right?" Lily asked apologetically. "It's fine. I ran into you. I was just hoping to catch... well never mind." Krishna said shaking her head. Lily and Krishna had never been close friends, but from time to time they had hung out. Lily smiled, "Who you were hoping to catch, I won't tell." Lily said happy to forget about her problems. "Don't be mad, but I was hoping to catch Remus." Krishna said turning a dark red. "I'm not mad; Remus and me are just friends." Lily said surprising herself. But as she thought about it was true, the only thing she felt for Remus now was friendship, nothing more. "Maybe I could set you too up?" Lily said. "That would be really good. I'm glad you're not mad. Well Good-night." Krishna said walking in the opposite direction. Lily nodded and continued walking. All she had to do now was tell Remus.

The following afternoon Lily got her chance. They had just finished prefect duties. "Look Remus, I don't know how to say this, I didn't mean for this to happen." Lily said avoiding his eyes. "Its ok I understand. I don't know why I even bothered. I knew James didn't really want this to happen. Don't worry about it, its no big deal." Remus said. He tried to smile but it looked more like a grimace to Lily. "On the bright side, you know Krishna from Ravenclaw; she really likes you and was hoping you'd go to Hogsmead with her tomorrow." Lily said, still not looking at him. "Ya, I know Krishna. She's nice. I suppose I might as well go out with her." Remus said, though he still looked distressed he was starting to look less sad. "Why don't you go tell her? I'm sure she'd like to hear it from you." Lily said, trying to think of something for Remus to do. "That's a good idea. Thanks Lily. And I get it. It wasn't a good idea to ask you out in the first place. See you later." Remus said heading towards the great hall. Lily nodded and walked off towards the dormitories.

"You'll never believe it! James asked me to go to Hogsmead with him tomorrow!" Casey Squealed. Lily had just returned to the dorms. Lily smiled, she was glad Casey was happy. "Maybe you'll see Remus and Krishna, there going on a date tomorrow." Lily said smiling. Casey's mouth dropped, "You poor thing! And after he took you to the dance last night." Casey said, following it with a few swears. Lily laughed, " I set them the date up for them. Remus and I decided we should just be friends. It just wasn't working." Lily said. Casey looked confused, "But I though you liked him?" Casey said, still looking confused. " I decided I just like him as a friend." Lily said. "Oh, ok. Well I have to get to Quidditch practice. See you later!" Casey said dashing off.

That night at dinner Lily got to hear all about Krishna from Remus. It turned out they had talked and had a lot in common. She was extremely satisfied that Remus had moved on so quickly. And as suspected Remus and the blond had already broken up. "Who are you going to Hogsmead with tomorrow? I don't have a date." Sirius asked. Quickly adding that he meant has friends. Lily agreed deciding she had nothing better to do.

That Monday it had started to get cold, causing the students to take out there winter sweaters. By 1 o'clock Lily and Sirius had retired to The Three Broomsticks for Butter Beer. "So any bets on how long Remus and Krishna last?" Sirius said laughing.

"Hopefully awhile they seem to like each other a lot." Lily said. "And how long until you tell Casey what's going on with you and James?" Sirius asked and little more somber now. Lily spit out her butter beer. "How did you know? And it's nothing." Lily quickly said. "I just could tell. I've know you too long enough that these thing are painfully obvious. You haven't answered my question though. When are you going to tell Casey?" Sirius asked. "Casey is never going to find out. I would just hurt her; besides nothing is going to happen between James and me ever again." Lily said, saying it more convincingly than she felt. "I some how have a hard time believing what your saying. The Longer you let this go on the bigger deal it will be. All I can say is I warned you. But in the end it's your choice." Sirius said shrugging his shoulders. Lily made her decision right there; nothing would ever happen between her and James again.