Lily cried hysterically as James ran towards the lake. Elle was screaming and drowning, slowly floating away.
'Oh my God! It's so cold!' James said, he still had his uniform on, and it was getting heavy as he waded in as fast as he could, 'Elle! I'm coming!'
Ellie was splashing as she slowly went beneath the surface of the water, suddenly, her high-pitched screaming ceased, it was deadly quiet, Lily stopped crying and looked at the water, it was a dark murky brown. Emma, Sirius, Ellie and Remus watched in worry as James dove into the dark water.
James reached Elle and grabbed her arm and pulled, but there was something else pulling her down. It was the squid. James grabbed his wand and stunned the squid, sending it back down into the darkness of the lake. He pulled Elle out of the water and collapsed, as Remus and Ellie worked to resuscitate Elle.
Later, while sitting in James and Lily's cottage, Emma and Lily were talking. James was in the shower, finally agreeing to wash himself and get rid of the unpleasant stench he wanted to transfer onto Snape. Lily cradled Elle affectionately, as they talked about her new boyfriend, James.
'I just gave in after awhile, I knew it would happen soon, and he kept asking.' Lily laughed, 'It just felt right.'
'You're meant to be.' Emma said,
'What about Sirius? Anything happening there?'
'No, he doesn't even know I'm here. What really bugs me though, is when he comes back here flaunting his new girlfriends. I can't take it much longer Lils!' she said, 'So, hold on to James he's a keeper.'
'Thanks.' Lily put Elle down in her crib for a nap, James was singing loudly and very out of tune-ly in the shower,
'I mean, he adores you; and it doesn't hurt that he's so hot either!'
'And he's a good kisser.' Lily added,
'I know!' Emma blurted out,
'Excuse me?' Lily asked,
'I mean, well-'
'Did you kiss James?' Lily asked, her face slowly turning red,
'No! Well…'
'Did…You…Kiss…James?' she said slowly,
'Just once!' Emma squeaked, 'But, we were drunk and it was a total mistake, Lily, I—'
'Get out.' Lily said calmly.
'What?'
'Get out.' Lily said icily, moving towards the door,
'Lily, I—' Emma began,
'Just leave.' Lily opened the door, holding back her tears. Emma walked out; she stopped trying to make an excuse. Lily immediately went into the bedroom and threw all James' clothes into a bag.
'Hey Lily Pily!' James said, as Lily walked into the living room, he was wearing only a towel and was sitting on the couch, 'Are you going somewhere? Why do you have a bag?'
'You're leaving.' She said, monotonously,
'Good one, so seriously, what's with the bag?'
'You're leaving.' She said,
'Seriously, tell me the truth.'
'Get out James'
'What?'
'Just get out!' she yelled, throwing the bag at him,
James got up from the couch. 'Why? What's going on?'
'I want you to leave now!' she yelled, tears rolling down her face.
'Why?' he asked, as she pushed him out the door.
'Ask Emma!' Lily slammed the door right in his face. Elle began to cry, 'Oh, not now Elle.'
'Lily?' a voice called from outside,
'James, I told you to go away!' she said, her voice broke,
'It's Ellie, let me in!'
'No!'
The lock clicked, and Ellie walked in, 'You forget, I am a witch.' She said, tucking her wand away in her pockets 'Are you okay?'
Elle was still crying, Lily was just sitting on the couch, staring blankly at the wall; Ellie picked Elle up and patted her on the back, 'Lils are you okay?'
'No.'
'Tell me, what happened?'
'Emma and James.'
'Emma and James? What? I don't understand.'
'They… you know!'
'Oh!' Ellie said,
'It's not fair, I just agreed to go out with him, and he goes and does this. What kind of guy does this?'
'I don't think James would do it on purpose.' Ellie reasoned,
'He did!'
'He's not the type, unlike Sirius, James has never dated more than one girl at a time, and I mean, James has wanted to go out with you since we were first years! As if he would screw it up on purpose.' Ellie said,
'Maybe I should just go and mess around with all the guys in our grade.' Lily said,
'Come on Lils, don't sink to his level.'
'Why not? I think you should fight fire with fire. So that's what I'll do.'
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