A/N: Hey guys! I'm here with the new chapter for this collection. This part will be the last one, that is all about the aftermath after Lily exposed herself to everybody at the end of the previous part.

And as usual, I do not own Harry Potter. It belongs to J.K. Rowling. I only own the OC characters, storyline, lyrics used in the story and the locations you can't recognize.

Happy reading! :)

Part 5 - "The Aftermath"

When Lily returned to Hogwarts, she was glad that she had revealed herself to everybody. She felt tremendously free about that which surprised her as she had expected it to feel different. Instead, she was just happy. Happy that the pressure to stay hidden was gone – it was just so amazing! If she had known how good it would feel afterwards, she wouldn't have even kept it a secret in the first place. She didn't even remember why she had thought it had been a good idea, and all the secrecy just felt stupid and made her feel like she had just been ashamed of being a singer but she knew that wasn't the case.

As Lily headed towards the Gryffindor Tower, she noticed there was lots of students from other houses hanging out in the corridor and as she passed them, they turned to look and began to whisper furiously, pointing at her. Lily was used to it as people had always done that whenever Satine walked on the streets of London as well.

"Oh my god, I can't believe she's here!" one of the girls exclaimed.

"And a freaking Gryffindor, too. Those lucky bastards gets the best looking guy in the whole school and the pop superstar, too? That's so unfair, when will it be Hufflepuff's turn to shine?" someone else whined to her friend.

"Wait till I tell my friends in the Muggle World, they'll be green from jealousy!" someone else said.

Lily smiled as her fans surrounded her as they all wanted to talk to her – few boys even flirted with her – but then Lily had to tell them she needed to go to her common room and gave them an apologetic smile as they looked disappointed. Lily told them they can always come over to chat with her during breaks and when she's not doing homework and then she entered the Gryffindor common room.

There was a wild party going on in the Gryffindor common room. Everyone was dancing to the loud music, drinking and having fun. When they noticed her, they began cheering and gave her a huge applause.

Then James Potter emerged from the crowd and came over to her holding a butterbeer which he offered to the redhead. Lily took it gratefully.

"Why are we having a wild party?" she asked him.

"When you walked into that studio where they interviewed you, every Gryffindor in the Great Hall watching it lost their minds, because they recognized you at once", James said. "And then, gradually, the other houses began to realize the truth and they moaned loudly because they knew we won a really old bet regarding Satine White."

"What bet?" Lily asked curiously – she really had no idea what this was about!

"You didn't know?" James asked, surprised.

Lily shook her head.

"Wow. Oh well, it's a bet that someone in our Fifth Year started when you had just hit it big. They claimed Satine is in Hogwarts and is probably in Ravenclaw, and other houses began to argue why Satine's in their house so a bet was made", James explained. "And we obviously won, so we're the best house in the school."

"How so?" Lily teased and took a sip of her butterbeer. It was so delicious.

"Because we got me and you, of course", James grinned.

Lily felt a jolt in her stomach when he did that – he looked just so sexy with that look on his face. "I really, really wanna kiss you right now", she told him.

"Go ahead, Siren", James grinned wider. "I won't stop you..."

Lily giggled and leaned in to kiss him. He pulled her closer to himself and kissed her back.

"You're such an amazing kisser, James", Lily whispered against his lips.

"I've had plenty of practice", James said smiling. "I'm done being single now. Let's be a couple, Lils."

"Let's let people to be amazed by the secret a little bit longer first. People might think I'm trying to distract them from it if we go public with this now", Lily told him. Then she grinned, "But I'm gonna sneak into your bed once in a while anyways."

"You are correct, and you are welcome to my bed anytime", James said and hugged her tightly for a moment before he let her go.

Nobody noticed their little moment as they were busy partying. The next morning everyone was just talking how Satine White was a Gryffindor and they cursed them to hell for it but at the same time they were really excited about it – what a dilemma, indeed. Lily spent the morning giving everybody autographs and when she was asked about her friendship with James, she said he was a nice guy but didn't give anymore details as she knew it would only boost the rumors. This was the completely wrong time to reveal her real relationship with James to everybody as she knew he might get backlash for it in some circles, and she didn't want him to go through that since there was a way to avoid it.

After some time had passed, the day when StarPop's February issue was released came. It was the day after the Valentine's Day, and Lily had asked her friends to get it so she could see what kind of trash they had written about her. When she got the magazine into her hands, she immediately went through the pages to find the article about her.

She was shocked at what she saw there.

Lily's private information was in great detail – her date of birth, place of birth and even her current residence and her parents' and sister's names were mentioned. She saw pictures of herself before she was Satine and after she had became Satine, and they even had photos of her with her family which really made chills go down her spine.

She had been properly stalked upon for years.

Someone must really hate my guts to stalk me this intensively, Lily thought as she went through the pages calling her the Master of Manipulation who did questionable things to get famous and rich as hell. Lily could only shake her head at all the stories as she knew none of it was real.

"I don't know the Lily they're talking about here", James said as he went checked out his copy of the magazine. "This Lily must be from a parallel universe."

Lily smiled. "Don't worry about it, James, I'm ok."

"I know you aren't, but I wanted to say it anyways", James smiled.

"That's really sweet, James. Thanks."

Few days later after the article had been published, something that Lily thought would never happen actually did happen. They were at lunch that day when Lily's ex-friends approached her and the looks on their faces looked like they were ashamed over something. Somewhere deep inside Lily knew the reason why and she agreed to go have a chat with them after four months. She wasn't sure if she wanted to forgive them for their betrayal, but she was also very curious about what they wanted to tell her.

"So, what do you two want?" Lily asked when they had walked outside where she knew nobody would eavesdrop on their conversation at this time of the day as everyone was eating inside.

"Well, we want to apologize", Katie said, avoiding her gaze.

"We were wrong, Lily. We saw the article and realized why you were telling us your secret", Alice said in a monotone voice.

So only Katie's being genuinely sorry, huh? Lily thought but said nothing.

"We realized we have to apologize to you for our stupid behavior", Katie said.

Lily was quiet for a moment, and then said, "I don't know if I can forgive you. You two hurt me really deeply."

"We know, and we're sorry!" Katie said.

"You decided that I was genuinely in trouble the moment the article was posted", Lily went on. "After four months, you realized you were in the wrong. That doesn't sound very convincing to me. Why didn't you see that the moment I began throwing hints about my identity in November? I was forced to do it because I was getting threatening letters constantly from someone who really despises me."

"Lily..." Katie began.

"No, you two turned your backs on me when I needed my best friends the most", Lily cut her off. "You two are absolutely horrible. How could you do that to me? I saw you at the Halloween party with our whole group of friends and they were all giving me the evil eye all night because you probably let my secret slip to them as well, didn't you?"

"Ehhh... I might've said you wanted to brag how rich you really were..." Alice murmured.

Lily shook her head. "I would never brag with my riches. I don't care about that stuff at all. I sing because I love singing, not for the money. But since me being rich was such a huge deal to you two in the first place, I don't think I have any desire to be your friend anymore. I can't trust you two. If I do something amazing and my friends will just mock me for it, why should I stick around?"

"Lily, we said we're sorry!" Katie said, desperatelly. "You're right, our friendship probably can't be fixed but we could try it..."

"Not a chance", Lily said at once. "You've spent all of your time bitching on me, sneering at me on the corridors and talking shit about me behind my back. You only pick friends based on their financial status, and that doesn't make you any different from Julia Woodstock and Nadia Corralez who both picked up their friends based on that same thing. And you behave as if you're superior people than the rich, too. It really offends me because I've seen that world and it's not as bad as you want to think it is. I'm not going to be your friend ever again, you two. Goodbye forever, have a nice life", she went on as she turned around and made her way towards the castle.

Her quiet ex-friends were left behind alone, and only Katie was genuinely sad over the end. Alice was furious as she was still convinced that the rich was inferior to her in terms of status.

After that discussion, the three of them never talked to each other, let alone even acknowledged each other's presence.

No, they just ignored each other completely and walked past each other on the corridors.

Lily was perfectly OK with that as she had had her closure – even though she did believe that Katie had been genuinely sorry on her part, she couldn't trust her at all. She had said some really nasty things to her when they had had their fallout in October and Lily still hadn't forgotten those few words. She couldn't. Katie had been just plain cruel to her friend with whom she had grown up with.

After few more weeks had passed, Lily became more and more interested in finding out how StarPop had figured out all that info of her. There was too much private information in the article that Lily couldn't help but think about it. She had no idea who the Culprit behind the letters was either, and thus she decided to do her best to find it out but she had a problem.

She was still recording her new album. It would be released at the first week of April so she was very busy with it so it'd be finished on time. Lily sighed when she realized she would have to ask help from her new friends and the Marauders. She really didn't want to bother them with her issues but this was very important. It had to be done. So when she returned to school after one intense recording session at the GD Music Group, she threw herself next to James – her favorite place in the whole world – and asked them for help.

"What is it?" Sirius immediately asked.

"I don't know who StarPop's spy in this school is and I would love to know", Lily said.

Her friends looked at each other for a moment and then back to Lily.

"You didn't know?" Lisa asked, surprised.

"Know what?" Lily asked, now confused as hell. Had she missed something important?

"Wow, she really doesn't know!" Lynn said in utter shock. "Lily, Krystal Wales' family owns StarPop Publishing!"

"What?" Lily asked, remembering the dark haired girl from Ravenclaw who had been glaring at her for a very long time with so much hatred in her eyes that if felt like they could kill if Lily had looked into them too long.

"Yeah, and we think she might've been behind the whole thing", James said. "She was absolutely livid when you revealed yourself to everybody on a live broadcast."

"Really?" Lily asked, now curious.

"Yeah, she literally threw her dinner off the table and stomped off in fury", Sirius confirmed.

"Hmm, interesting", Lily said thoughtfully. "If she was behind it, it'd mean that she used the magazine for her own gain but I'd like to know the motive behind that stunt", she mumbled while rubbing her chin.

But why would Krystal Wales do this? Just for fun, maybe?

...Maybe.

After few more weeks, Lily's album was finally released after a 2 year long wait. Album was called Identity, and it was all about the person Lily truly was behind all the glamour and fans really loved the album. They made it very clear to her as she couldn't stop hearing their discussions about it. It was also a huge success on charts as it reached number-one and dominated the chart since then.

Lily was proud of herself.

Despite the backlash she had received after the article had been published, she was still able to accomplish this. If StarPop had attempted to destroy her, they had failed badly.

Now that Lily finally had some free time, she concentrated on the Krystal Wales issue. As she had been recording her album, her friends had been working on her other issue for her. They had decided they would lure Krystal into a meeting with Sirius Black but Lily would go there in his place instead. Sirius hadn't been into the idea of trying to seduce Krystal Wales to go on a secret date with him but he went for it anyways as nobody else wanted.

Eventually, two days after the release of Lily's new album, the meeting with Krystal was scheduled. She had wanted to meet at the school courtyard and Lily went there herself. She wasn't alone as James Potter came along to keep her company and, according to his own words, to keep her safe from Krystal. Lily wasn't sure if she really believed him but she enjoyed his company way too much to tell him to go away.

She loved being with James.

Krystal Wales was already waiting at the courtyard when Lily and James found her. She was sitting by the fountain where Lily had spoken to James for the first time last autumn. Lily could still remember how handsome James had looked in his 007 outfit.

"Oh, are you on a secret moonlight stroll, lovebirds?" Krystal mocked them.

"Yes, and we're also here to get some answers from you", Lily told her firmly.

"What kind of answers do I owe you?" Krystal spat. "I really don't feel like I owe you two anything."

"Just answer Lily's questions, Wales", James told her.

Krystal chuckled and crossed her arms over her chest. "Gosh, I really, really hate you two..."

"Why do you hate us?" Lily asked. "I don't recall ever doing anything to hurt you. In fact, I've never even spoken to you until now."

Krystal rolled her eyes. "Of course they wouldn't have told you the truth, you dumb bitch!" she yelled.

"What do you mean? And who are we even talking about?" Lily asked.

"You were my replacement, Lily Evans", Krystal slowly said.

"A replacement?" Lily and James asked in unison.

"Yeah", Krystal said. "I was supposed to be the next pop queen of GD Music Group once. Everything was planned out perfectly and I was going to debut in few weeks", she told them and then she sighed. "But then that cunt Allison Smith found you, Lily, and decided I'm not worthy of her precious time and left me. I was replaced by you even though I was million times more talented!" she spat on the ground furiously.

Lily was too shocked to say anything – she had been a replacement of someone else all this time? Why had Allison kept a secret like this from her?

"My uncle would never replace anybody at the company like that", James said. "I remember you so clearly now. I've been thinking about it for a while now but now it comes back to me clearly. You were that girl who got fired for misbehaving and disrespectful behavior back when my grandfather was still the CEO at the company. You and your mother had destroyed our property that day and had to be escorted outside by the guards", he went on.

Lily looked at him in awe. She had never had an idea of something like this taking place within the company.

Krystal looked at him like she had completely been caught off guard and whispered, "You were there...?"

"Yeah, I was", James said. "And you know what happened afterwards?"

Krystal shook her head.

"My uncle defended you against my grandfather. He said grandpa shouldn't just drop artists when someone better comes into the picture. He said he thought you had potential but my grandpa didn't listen to him. When my uncle took over the company three years ago, he wanted to give you the second chance but didn't know where you were", James told her.

By the time he had finished talking, Krystal was crying.

Lily couldn't help but feel bad for her. She had just wanted to sing just as much as Lily had. It was really hard for Lily to see that much of pain and sadness in someone's eyes and she was unable to say anything – she had no idea what to say.

"Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to sing", Krystal said quietly. "It was all I knew, all I desired in life. And when GD Music Group signed me up, I was in heaven. I thought I was dreaming", Krystal went on. "But it all slipped through my fingers eventually. I was told 'you're not good enough, go away'."

Lily understood her pain. She would be absolutely miserable if it had happened to her, too – but it didn't make her revenge any more justified. It had been way too extreme. Even though being exposed had had its positive effects on her life, Lily still felt she had been forced to do it in order to stop herself from getting completely destroyed. Lily hadn't had enough time to prepare it, or psyche herself ready for it. She had just had to compete with time and try to stay two steps ahead from Krystal, who eventually had had all the destructive material ready to be dropped on everybody's faces.

"Ok, look", Lily said, "I understand your pain and sadness over what happened, but you went too far with your revenge. I had nothing to do with you getting dropped off the label, that was Norton Potter's decision that I knew nothing about. I didn't even know Allison was someone else's manager at the time. Nobody told me nothing, Krystal."

"Is that so?" Krystal asked, glaring at her.

"Yes! Why can't you believe me?"

"Why should I?"

"Because I'm telling you the freakin' truth!" Lily frustatedly yelled. "I knew nothing about anything when I was signed up. They just sent me into the studio right away to record my songs!"

Krystal was thoughtful for a moment. "Really? You really knew nothing?"

"Really! I'm not your enemy!"

"Well that makes this whole thing very awkward then", Krystal mumbled, as the realization came to her and she sighed. "I've messed up big time. I've messed up big time..." she mumbled as she walked back into the school.

"What just happened?" Lily whispered.

"I think Krystal Wales realized her paranoia regarding you was a wrong one, my dear Lily", James said.

"Doesn't seem like she's ok though", Lily said, worried. "I hope she doesn't hurt herself in that state of mind. I didn't mean to cause that..."

"I doubt that's gonna happen", James said thoughtfully. "We should ask my uncle if he's still interested in helping her."

"As in sign her up with the company? Wouldn't that look weird?" Lily asked.

"Not really", James said. "She wasn't going to perform as Krystal Wales ever. She had her own stage name just like you do."

"You actually saw her contract?" Lily asked, amazed.

"Yeah, my uncle stole it from grandpa's house when they had their fallout, and it was hidden in my room for about a year so I know all about it", James said. "I want to help Krystal now that I know what's up. My uncle would want me to help."

Lily nodded in agreement. She wanted to help Krystal as well, so they went back inside the castle in hopes to find Krystal but she was nowhere to be found. They headed back to the Gryffindor Tower where the duo joined their friends who were eager to hear the story regarding Krystal. Lily and James told them what Krystal had revealed to them, and their friends were shocked to find it out.

"I think she went a bit too extreme with her revenge", Lisa said.

"She should've just signed up on another record label instead of getting bitter like this", Lynn agreed and sighed. "But it sucks that it happened to her."

Lily agreed. "That's why me and James have decided to help her despite the things she did."

"How are you going to help her? Isn't it kinda pointless?"

"James told me GD Music Group still has her contract, and Ralph Potter has been looking for her for years. We're going to help her to get signed up again", Lily said. "Probably not the best way to teach her a lesson but I do kind of feel guilty for getting noticed before she even had her debut. My manager just switched her to me just like that. It's unfair as hell in my opinion."

"I think she deserves another chance, too", James said. "My uncle has never been as passionate about someone as he was about her contract. He thinks she'd be great."

"We honestly don't care about her enough to listen", Lynn laughed. "Go save the poor girl, heroes!"

"Lynn, why are you being annoying?" Lily asked and laughed.

"I'm amazing. That's why", came the answer.

The next morning Lily and James had decided to confront Krystal once again. They had sent an owl to Ralph Potter immediately the previous night and he had answered earlier in the morning with a simple message:

Hi James!

Me and Melanie are coming over to Hogsmeade.

I want to meet her in Three Broomsticks so ask her to come over.

–Ralph

Lily and James did exactly what the message had told them to do. Krystal hadn't been willing to leave with them but she had eventually agreed when James had shown the message to her. Lily could easily tell she was curious and was desperately trying to hide it but she miserably failed. She gave up immediately when Lily told her she's like an open book and she should just follow her heart this time. So the three of them – which surprised a lot of people – left together to Hogsmeade where they immediiately headed to Three Broomsticks.

When they arrived, Madame Rosmerta immediately guided them to one of the private cabins on the second floor where Ralph and Melanie Potter were already waiting. Both of them looked way too fashionable and stylish to be in a place like that but they said it was their favorite place to go to on the dates so they wanted to have a reason to visit the place.

"So, after all these years I hear you've been in Hogwarts the whole time, Krystal", Ralph said, when they all sat down on the table in the cozy room.

Krystal nodded, and then said. "I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"For trying to destroy Satine's, I mean Lily's, career with that article", Krystal whispered.

"Oh, you wrote that article? Lily here already exposed herself so the damage wasn't really that bad", Ralph said. "We aren't going to sue you due to Lily's wishes."

Krystal looked at Lily surprised. "You aren't?"

"No", Lily said. "Because no harm was really done since I exposed myself, Krystal."

Krystal looked relieved. "I'm sorry, Lily, I really am."

"Hey, it's alright", Lily said. "It really is. Ralph, didn't you have something for Krystal here?"

"Yeah", Ralph said and picked up a suitcase that he had with him and put it on the table. He opened it and took out a paper.

"That's my...!" Krystal yelled.

"Yes, your recording contract", Ralph said. "I saved it from my parents' house two years ago. We want to give you another chance, Krystal."

"Really?" Krystal whispered.

"Yes, we believe you had the required potential to be a great performer and an artist, and we would love to give you a chance to show your talent to everybody", Melanie agreed. "I would be your mentor."

"You?" Krystal said, shocked. "That'd be a great honor..."

"Melanie was also Lily's mentor at the start of her career but Lily here doesn't need one anymore and Melanie thinks she'd love to help someone else now", Ralph said. "So what'd you say, Krystal?"

"I say yes, definitely yes!" Krystal excitedly said.

Ralph offered her a pen immediately as if he had already known she would sign the contract the moment it was shown to her. After Krystal had signed the paper, she stayed behind with Ralph and Melanie to discuss about other things regarding her career as Lily and James left the room.

They didn't stay in Three Broomsticks. Instead, the two of them went to visit shops together like as if they were on a date – which was exactly what the other students began gossip about every time they were seen in a store together or coming out from a store.

"Why didn't our friends come along?" Lily asked him when they were walking towards the candy shop.

James chuckled. "I asked them not to come because I wanted to spend some time with my girl."

"You mean me?" Lily teased, even though she knew the answer.

"Isn't it obvious, Lils? I just want to spend time with the girl I've fallen in love with. I want to spend time with you but I rarely get a chance because you're so busy."

Lily smiled. "That's so cute, James. Are you worried someone might come and charm me?"

James blushed a bit and nodded.

"There's no need to be worried, James", Lily told him. "I've always had my eyes on only one guy and that guy's you."

James looked surprised. "Are you serious?"

Lily nodded. "You're the one I've written most of my songs about. And my previous album faded was about me trying to get over my feelings for you but I've since realized it's not going to happen. I was fine for a year and then at the Halloween party all of it came back to me", she said. "I've had feelings for you in my heart for year –"

James interrupted her with a surprise kiss. He pushed her against the wall behind her and kept kissing her with passion. Lily lost herself into it, and buried her hands into his nice, dark hair. She felt how every inch of her body craved for James' touch and she felt shivers go down her spine. It was the craziest feelings of desire that she had ever felt and she just wanted to take his clothes off right then and there, and it was something she had never expected.

Suddenly James pulled away from her, but Lily could tell he hadn't wanted to stop either. His eyes were dark, and full of longing that Lily also felt. She wanted his lips on hers again.

"Damn, redhead, you're driving me crazy here", James said quietly. "You're mine."

Lily felt shivers go down her spine. "James, you're making me crazy, too..."

"I can see it in your eyes", James grinned. "Gonna be a wild night, babe."

Lily knew what he meant. "We're going to do the work first and then play around a bit, James", she said and winked.

"You're such a naughty girl, Lily", James chuckled. "I like that", he added and kissed her again quickly.

Lily smiled against his lips and then hugged him. "You're mine."

"I am. Forever", James whispered to her ear and kissed her forehead.

By the end of that day everyone knew two things – Lily Evans a.k.a. Satine White and James Potter were officially in a relationship and that Krystal Wales had signed up on GD Music Group and would finally debut as a pop artist called Monique. She even made StarPop magazine to make a official apology to both Melanie Attwood and Satine White for all the horrible things that had been published in their magazine.

And Lily herself decided to confront her manager about Krystal as she really wanted to know her motives and reasoning behind her unbelievably unfair actions. She had been supposed to support Krystal at all costs, even if it meant she'd lose her job. Lily wasn't sure if she could trust Allison anymore – what if she will ditch her as well eventually? Lily would be so pissed at that kind of betrayal.

"If she was to betray you like that, I would have her fired from the agency. It'd be her last mistake", James had said to her when Lily was leaving the school.

"No need, James, I doubt she will do that", Lily had told him. "I bring in too much money and she loves the riches I've brought her. She's a nice person, but also a very greedy type of a woman."

She and Allison would be meeting in the conference room at the GD Music Group and she was the one who arrived there first. The room had a big round table standing in the middle of the room. It also had a huge window with the view of the Serenity Dome behind it. There was also a huge TV screen on the right side of the room.

"I hope she doesn't take forever to arrive here", Lily mumbled as she sat down on one of the comfy chairs. She had been in this room during all the meetings she had had with her team regarding her tours and other things in the past years. It was certainly one of her favorite rooms at the record company.

"Alright, I'm here", Allison's voice said from the door and she walked into the room wearing her usual white designer clothes and other super expensive accessories.

"Allison", Lily began.

"I know what you're going to say, Lily", Allison sighed. "It's about Krystal Wales, I know."

"Yes, it is."

Allison sighed again and sat down next to Lily. "I'm just going to be honest with you – I hated to work with that spoiled little brat. She was always late from all the meetings, her classes and thought it didn't matter because she was going to become a star. I wanted an escape from that situation and you were like a gift from the heavens for me, Lily."

"It's still unfair for her to just switch to me without informing her first, Allison. She told me singing was all she wanted, all she ever desired", Lily told her.

"Maybe it was unfair but I was very unhappy at that job. I decided to be selfish and snatch myself a better deal", Allison explained. "But when I learned how things turned out, I did feel guilt because my selfish desires had wrecked things up and eventually made her revenge on you. I couldn't stop thinking about it when I heard someone was trying to reveal your secret to everybody, Lily – I had a hunch it might be her. I didn't want to believe that but I was right… I'm sorry, Lily, so very, very sorry."

"I feel used, Allison. I don't know if I can be truly happy with my career now that I know what you did", Lily said quietly.

"I understand, Lily. I'm so sorry for what I did."

"I'm not really the one you should be asking forgiveness, Allison. You know who it is, and I want you say you're sorry to her. She needs that to get over it. I'm not going to be the messenger in this", Lily told her firmly. "Will you do it?"

Allison nodded. "I will, I promise."

"Also, I want to keep working with you because you're good at your job but I want to be able to trust you so I will have to ask this – will you stay in my team or are you gonna switch to some other artist if I went on a hiatus for 2 years for example?"

"No, Lily, I won't leave you no matter what", Allison said firmly.

"What makes me different than her?"

"Because after I learned what had happened when I had introduced you to Norton Potter, and he had dropped her from the label, I promised to myself that I'm never ever going to leave you like I did with Krystal. I had no idea that Norton would drop her in a blink of an eye. I wasn't even here to see it. I heard about it afterwards when a friend at the agency called me and told me what had happened. I was devastated, Lily, believe me."

Lily looked into her eyes for a moment to see if she was lying but couldn't see anything but the truth behind her blue eyes. Allison was genuinely sad and depressed over the Krystal issue, she could see it in her eyes.

"I believe you, Allison", Lily told her. "I don't think I should fire you from your job as my manager for this. I just want you and Krystal to talk this out, that's really all I really wish for."

Allison sighed in relief. "Thank you, Lily. You're such a sweetheart. I will talk to Krystal as soon as possible and sort this mess out."

Lily nodded. "That's great, Allison, I really appreciate that. And I'm sure Krystal appreciates that as well."

"I hope she does, because I'm going to fight against my urges to run. You know how I hate confrontations", Allison said as she stood up. "Well, anyways, I'll go back to work now, Lily. Unless you want to talk more?"

"I think I got all my answers, Allison. Thank you for telling me all this", Lily told her and smiled.

Allison returned the smile and left the room.

Lily was left alone with her thoughts. So Allison had only listened to her own heart ans was thinking about doing something good for herself? Lily honestly couldn't blame her all that much because Krystal certainly still wasn't among Lily's favorite people. Even though Lily had hoped Krystal would be different, she had madeit pretty clear that she didn't think very highly of Lily – she was still convinced that she was more talented than Lily was even after she had apologized for the stupid article but Lily only rolled her eyes at her. She decided to let her be because it wasn't really like as if Lily was friends with everybody at the company anyways. There had been little feuds between Lily and other people working at the company and Lily usually ended up just ignoring them rather than retaliating every time they tried to get on her nerves. She had no time for those because her career kept her so busy.

"Oh well, time to return to Hogwarts", Lily mumbled as she stood up from the comfy chair. "I don't have anything else to do here now…"

A/N: So here it is. I'll be posting one more chapter sometime in the next 2 weeks. I will write it when I have time from school again. It's really busy every day and I'm often too tired to concentrate on this stuff but I'm gonna try my best either way. The next chapter will be posted on my Spring Break at latest which begins about a week away from now. I'm excited about ut already. XD