A/N: To all my reviewers I am sorry to say that I am no longer allowed to respond to your reviews, my dad would kill me. But I might occasionally answer questions.
"POTTER!" Charlie exclaimed after she heard Lily tell her that she liked James.
"Yes Potter," Lily said. "What other James do we know?"
"Oh wow. Next thing you know I'm going to declare my undying love for Sirius and Mel is going to break up with her boyfriend that she had for four years," Charlie said.
"Yeah and then Mel is going to get together while you and Sirius make out," Lily added.
"Hey you never know what might happen now," Charlie said. "You just flipped around the order of the ways of the world. I wouldn't be surprised if I looked out the window and saw pigs flying around."
"Okay! I get it," Lily shouted. "It's weird. But you have to swear you won't tell anyone, okay? Not even Mel."
"I wouldn't want to tell Mel. She's been acting very strangely lately and she is so mad at me it's not even funny. I didn't even do anything! But oh well, I won't tell anyone," Charlie said.
Lily smiled at her friend. It felt good to finally tell someone.
"But I might let it slip to James that the girl of his dreams loves him," Charlie said smirking.
"You do that and you die," Lily said threateningly.
"Oh please," Charlie said while tossing her hair behind her shoulder. "Like you could possibly kill the hotness that is me."
"That sounded so much like Sirius it's not even funny," Lily said. "Hey maybe you will declare your undying love for him!" She added jokingly.
"Oh yeah right. Because we both might think the same way totally means that we're soul mates or something."
"Hey," Lily said laughing. "You never know..."
"You know," Charlie said. "I liked you better when you didn't have a crush on James. You were a whole lot less sarcastic and annoying."
Lily laughed. "I was always sarcastic and annoying you just never realized before."
"Hmm. Maybe. But you totally changed the subject!"
"No I didn't! You did!"
"Well, yeah, but you were the one who kept that conversation going!" Charlie fought back.
"Yeah 'cuz I know that you're gonna make fun of me until the day I die about me having a crush on James! I figured if we kept on talking you might forget."
"So you admit it! You did change the subject!"
"No, actually I think we agreed that you changed the subject, I just kept the subject going." Lily said smiling. Lily was doing the exact same thing now by arguing about who changed the subject.
"Yeah but-. Arggh! You did it again! Stop changing the subject! I HATE IT WHEN YOU DO THAT!" Charlie screamed. Lily made to argue back but Charlie cut her off. "And don't argue back because then you'll just change the subject, again. Now, let me make fun of you!"
Lily just stared at the girl and shrugged. She jumped off her bed and made her way down to the common room.
Charlie glared at the retreating girl. Yeah you better run, Charlie thought. 'coz I'm gonna make you so embarrassed tomorrow. That's what friends are for.
00000000
"So, third year, what are we going to say," James asked Lily. They were trying to figure out what story they should tell the first years because they have pushed it off until the night before.
The problem with them was that whenever they got together, whatever plans they had, whether it be Head meetings or story meetings, never were successful. The two would goof off too much that by the time they decided to get down to business it would be two in the morning.
"Erm, I dunno. I avoided you most of that year," Lily said.
"Yeah, why was that again," James asked.
"Because that was the year I found out about Remus. And you thought I liked him but I was just being supportive. But you got mad at both of us and so I just completely ignored you. Even after you apologized."
"Oh yeah, but by the end of the year you accepted my apology and said that things can go back to normal. You hating me and me chasing you."
"Right, but I didn't hate you as much as I did when I was mad at you," Lily said laughing. Lily and James really did have a strange relationship.
"I have an idea! Why don't we tell them a story of that whole crazy year," James said excitedly.
"How long would that take?"
"If we just talk about the main points, like you finding out, and me getting mad at you two and then you finally accepting my apology, then it won't be that long. It'll be longer than any other story but it's a very interesting one, don't you think?"
"Just as long as they don't figure out who you're friend is, then I guess we can use that story," Lily said.
They spent the rest of the night planning on how they were going to word everything and which parts were more important than others.
The group of first years watched them excitedly. They had seen Lily and James get a long and joke around, but never before had they seen Lily Evans flirt with James Potter. It was a dream come true. Sure, they couldn't actually hear what James and Lily were talking about, but they can tell when someone was flirting, and Lily was doing a whole lot of that.
00000000
"What's up everyone," James said cheerfully as he walked into that familiar classroom the next day. It was time for him and Lily tot tell their story.
"Good evening everyone," Lily said happily.
"Hi," the first years responded. Their hopes were very high for the couple standing in front of them because of what they saw last night.
"So, who can tell me what we talked about last week," Lily asked in a very professor-ish way.
Tori was the first one to raise her hand. "The Boy and his friend annoyed The Girl and then The Girl got really mad. And The Boy is madly in love with The Girl."
"Yup. So today we're going to talk about their third year. And I mean the whole year." James said.
"It's going to be a bit longer than the normal stories, but we think you'll enjoy it." Lily said.
"Right, so Lily if you would like to start…"
"Okay, The Girl is very curious as to what a guy was up to every single month. He randomly would disappear and the next day he would look very sick…"
----------------
"Are you okay," The Girl asked The Guy (A/N: The Guy is Remus). He looked very weak and tired. And he had been missing for a few days.
"I'm fine, I just got sick that's all," he replied.
"Did you catch what you're mother had," The Girl asked concerned. The Guy had to leave Hogwarts because his mother was ill. It seemed to The Girl that The Guy's family had very bad health problems, seeing as he would leave once a month for his sick mother, aunt, etc.
"No, I'm not too sure what I had but I felt lousy," he said. The Girl could tell he was lying. "I feel better now, I'm just tired."
"Oh, okay, well I must go. Bye!"
The Girl did not stop thinking about The Guy and his problem. She soon realized that there was some sort of pattern to the days The Guy would go missing—they were all around the same time as the full moon. And that's when it hit her.
"Oh my God! He's a werewolf!" she whispered to herself.
The next day she confronted The Guy and told him that she knew his secret.
"How did you find out," he asked nervously. Only his friends knew about his 'furry little problem' and he didn't want anyone else to know.
"Well, you're always gone around the full moon and in Defense Against the Dark Arts, you're boggart changed into a full moon."
"I should have known you would figure it out. After all, you are one of the smartest people in our year." The Guy said. "Just promise me that you won't tell anyone. I would prefer that the school didn't hate me."
"Of course I won't tell. And it's impossible to hate you, so I doubt that the school would hate you if everyone found out." The Girl said.
"Thanks," he said gratefully. He then hugged her for being so understanding. Unfortunately, The Boy decided to walk into the room they were in while they were hugging.
"What are you guys doing," he asked in a hurtful voice. There was one of his friends hugging the girl of his dreams!
"I- he-erm," The Girl said. She wasn't sure if The Boy knew The Guy's secret and she didn't want to tell him if he didn't. She also couldn't stand the look of hurt and anger he wore on his face.
"Just forget. I don't want to speak to you two ever again," he screamed. And with that he ran out of the room feeling hurt and betrayed.
"I'll talk to him, don't worry," The Guy said. And he ran after The Boy.
But The Boy paid no attention to what The Guy and The Girl tried to tell him. He didn't want an explanation because he was scared that he might get hurt even more.
The Girl decided to completely ignore The Boy after a while. If he didn't want to hear what she had to say, then there was no point talking to him. So, for most of the year, The Boy and The Girl hated each other. But many people liked it this way, because there were no longer any screaming matches between the two, seeing as they were no longer talking to each other.
The Guy couldn't stand the fact that his friend wasn't talking to him, so he decided to put a stop to it once and for all.
"Hey! You, The Boy," The guy yelled as he pinned The Boy against the wall. "You are going to listen to me and you are going to like it."
"Why should I listen to a traitor," The Boy asked angrily.
"Because I'm not a traitor. You happened to walk into the room when I was thanking The Girl."
"You could have thanked her another way you know, like saying 'Thank you!'. That would have been much easier for me." The Boy said half kidding. He was relieved that there was nothing going on between them. "Just out of curiosity, what were you thanking her about?"
"She found out about my…transformations and she promised she wouldn't tell anyone."
"How mad do you recon she'll be if I apologize to her?" The Boy asked nervously.
"Furious," The Guy said simply. He let go of The Boy and walked away.
"Stupid wolf," The Boy muttered under his breath.
"Hey! I heard that," The Guy said to The Boy. Usually The Boy would have laughed or something, but he had a horrible feeling that The Guy was correct in thinking The Girl will be mad.
They were both right.
"No, I'm not going to accept your apology and do you know why," The Girl asked angrily. "Because I tried apologizing to you a million times and you just ran away. Now please tell me why I should forgive you."
"Because you love me?" The Boy said nervously. As soon as he said it, he knew it was a bad idea. The Girl stormed off for the fourth time that day leaving the poor boy standing there waiting for her to turn around and forgive him. But she never did.
They had just finished all their finals when it happened. The Girl was in an extremely good mood because she felt that she got a perfect score on the Charms test. Not only this, but The Boy didn't ask for an apology for a week.
"Hi," she said cheerfully to The Boy.
"Hullo," The Boy said hopefully. Maybe she'll forgive me now that I laid off for a while he thought.
"Look, I'm sorry I've been so hard on you. It's just that I was annoyed that you wouldn't hear me out."
"I'll forgive you if you forgive me," The Boy said.
"Deal," she said smiling.
"Great! Now things can go back to normal."
"I don't think we can ever pull off normal, The Boy," The Girl said jokingly. And she turned around and left The Boy alone. They still were not friends, but at least they weren't mad at each other anymore.
---------------
"So, what'd you guys think," James asked the group of first years.
"I wish they became friends after that," Tori said truthfully.
"Yeah, it would make our jobs so much easier," Adimina said.
James and Lily looked at her curiously but shrugged it off. It was probably just some inside joke she had with Tori.
"Any questions," Lily asked.
"Are you guys going out," One of the first years asked.
"No we're not. But now does anyone have any story-related questions," James asked chuckling slightly.
But then their hour was done and they all had to leave.
"When are you two ever going to get together?" Tori asked on her way out.
"When my friend breaks up with her boyfriend that she like, loves," Lily said jokingly.
00000000
"Look, Michael, I've been thinking about this for the past few weeks and, well, I don't think we should be together anymore. It's just that in the beginning of our relationship we were so similar and now it just seems like we're drifting apart. I'm really sorry," she told her boyfriend.
Tears were starting to fill her eyes when she saw the look of hurt in Michael's eyes. She still really cared about him even if she didn't want to go out with him. How could you not care about someone you've been going out with for four years?
"I don't understand. We- Wait. Was that why you've been avoiding me? Because you wanted to break up with me?" Michael asked his ex-girlfriend.
"Lately," She started. "I've been avoiding everyone." And with that she turned around and walked away.
She knew what she did was right, even if it was hard. They had been drifting apart for a while now and she couldn't stand it. Not only that, but the more time she spent with Remus, the more she realized that she liked him. She felt like she was cheating on Michael for the past month so she had to break it off. If she didn't, what would have happened if Michael told her he loved her? She liked him, but her feelings for Michael were slowly descending and she had a horrible feeling it was because of Remus.
She made her way to the bathroom so that she could clean herself up after crying. She could feel her mascara running down her face.
She looked in the mirror and sure enough she saw black line on her face and her blush was messed up slightly because of the mascara. Once she fixed her makeup she stared at her reflection, making sure there was no sign that she was crying. Her straight, dirty blonde fell loosely on her back and her electric blue eyes were no longer red.
Feeling slightly refreshed, Mel made her way down to dinner.
00000000
James and Lily were somehow the only ones left in the common room. They were just sitting there feeling very awkward.
"So…" James finally said trying to break the silence.
"So…" Lily echoed. "How's life?"
"Wonderful. I'm sitting next to the most beautiful girl in the whole entire world and she's actually trying to start a conversation with ME!"
"I bet my life is better," Lily said smirking.
"Oh really? And why's that?" James asked.
"Because I'm sitting next to the hottest guy in the whole entire world and he just told me that I was beautiful," Lily said truthfully.
James felt his jaw drop. Surely she was just toying with his emotions right? But they had been getting along very well for the past few weeks. And Lily wasn't the kind of person who would say something like that and not mean it, unless she said it in a sarcastic-like voice. And that definitely was not a sarcastic-like voice.
The next thing he knew, Lily was leaning in closer and closer. James, making up his mind, started to lean in also. They were very close now. If he wanted to, he could count the number of eyelashes Lily had. This is it, he thought.
But then the portrait hole swung open and in came Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. Lily quickly stood up and said goodbye to James, then rushed to her dormitory.
"Arggh! We were so close!" James muttered to himself.
"So close to what?" Sirius asked.
"She was right there!" He said ignoring Sirius' question. "If only I said 'so…' a minute earlier. And you guys!" he said staring at his three friends. "Couldn't you have waited a few seconds? Then at least I would have been able to kiss her for at least one second!"
"Woah! Did you just say kiss? You guys were about to kiss?" Peter asked. He was apparently the only one who had a voice. Sirius and Remus just stared at James.
"Yeah, and you know the best thing about it was? She started it! I didn't. She wanted to kiss me. And you guys ruined it." And he stormed off to his dormitory.
Remus came into the dorm shortly after. He, James noticed, seemed to have gotten his voice back. "Dude, it doesn't matter if we barged in. She still likes you."
"But she ran away. I almost kissed her but you scared her off."
"Yeah, I seem to do that a lot." Remus said jokingly. "Look, just because she didn't kiss you doesn't mean she doesn't like you"
"But-"
"Don't argue. You know I'm right." Remus said triumphantly and he started to leave the dorm to continue his chat with Sirius and Peter about flying saucers.
"Stupid wolf," James muttered under his breath.
"I heard that," Remus said before closing the door.
A/N: WOOT! I finished this chapter FINALLY! It's the longest chapter so far! Yay me! Lol. OMG Mel broke up with her boyfriend? Is that why she was being so distant or is it another reason? Well, I guess I should update soon so you'll find out! Please Review 'coz I love when I get reviews :)
Callia
