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ilovejamespotter: Hmm, maybe I'll name a new character Ellie, just for you. But that would be in the later chapters.

Lily couldn't believe what had just happened. It was over. She and James were over. And why were they over? Because she had overreacted to a stupid prank of his, and decided she didn't want to be with him.

Of course, she didn't except him to let her go without a fight. That just wasn't the typical James Potter. He had always been determined to get what he wanted, and once he got it, there was no letting go of it. But he did let her go; he even pointed her to the door.

Lily quickly made her way up to Gryffindor common room, all she wanted was to run up to her bed and cry. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.

"Hey Lily," Sirius said when he saw her enter the room.

"Hi," she replied softly. She didn't want him to sense her hurt, she didn't want him to be able to see how upset she was.

"Where's Prongs?"

"How the bloody hell should I know?" she asked. Her voice was now determined as she bit back her emotions.

"Well, because you were just with him," Sirius pointed out.

"Yeah, well, I'm not anymore," Lily answered angrily.

"Jeez, woman, no need to act so huffy," Sirius said while jokingly putting his hands up in defense.

"We're over, Sirius. James and I broke up," Lily stated.

Sirius wore a confused look on his face. "What?"

"We broke up," she said slowly, as if talking to a two year old.

"Why?"

"What is this, the fucking inquisition?" Lily snapped before heading off to her room.

Sirius watched her leave, a stunned look upon his face. He couldn't believe that Lily and James were through with each other. After all, James was practically obsessed with Lily Evans. He just couldn't get enough of that red headed girl. And as for Lily, as far as he knew she loved him more than imaginable. The ex-couple had been laughing together and holding hands just a few days ago. It just didn't make any sense to Sirius.

…

James was still in that classroom, sitting on top of one of the desks. His head was resting in his hands, and although he would never admit it, his eyes were watering over the loss of Lily.

He stayed there for a long time; how long, he didn't know. His heart felt like it had broken into a thousand different pieces.

Then he heard it, the handle of the wooden door slowly turned, as if the person on the other side was unsure if they should enter. But when the door did open, brilliant light came into the solemn classroom.

A girl stood there; she had dark brown hair, hazel eyes, and stood at the tall height of five feet, nine inches. James recognized her immediately as Zaynah Atkins, a seventh year Hufflepuff student.

Zaynah was gorgeous; the typical dream girl type. Her features seemed to make her look innocent, although her reputation said otherwise. She was much like Sirius in the dating category; being with someone for a total of two weeks before calling it off. Of course, every guy knew it, so they were usually not too devastated when it ended.

"James, what are you doing here?" she asked once he came into view.

"Nothing," he answered.

Zaynah made her way over to him, sitting by his side. "It doesn't look like nothing."

James didn't respond for some time, just sat there in silence. The he asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Hiding from Steve," she answered with a smile.

"Why?"

"He's getting on my nerves," she answered coolly.

"Then why don't you just dump him?" James asked bitterly while thinking of Lily.

"Because, I made a bet with this girl in my dorm that I would make a relationship work for more than two weeks. So I have to wait for another three days for two weeks and one day to pass."

"How much did you bet?" James asked. He didn't know why he kept on asking questions, or even continued to talk with Zaynah, but somehow, it kept his mind off of Lily, which was exactly what he needed at that moment.

"Twenty galleons, and I only have ten, so I really need to win," she answered.

"Oh," he said.

They sat there for a few minutes of silence, and then James suddenly blurted out, "Lily and I broke up. That's why I'm in here."

"Oh, I'm sorry," Zaynah said with a sympathetic look on her face.

"Don't be… I messed up."

"Still, that's got to suck ass," she responded.

James found himself smiling, and said, "Yes, it does suck ass."

They talked for a bit longer, and James was surprised that Zaynah could actually hold up an intelligent conversation. He had always imagined her as some dumb bimbo, but in actuality, she was nothing of that sort. Zaynah had a presence about her that made James feel content, and smile while being with her. He could also tell her things; things that he was embarrassed to tell the Marauders, and things that would have made Lily blush right on the spot. In fact, Zaynah was practically as good as a listener as Scarlett was, whom James had always been talking to earlier in the year.

"Zaynah," yelled a voice from down the hall.

"Shit!" Zaynah whispered loudly.

James gave her a quizzical look, but didn't say anything.

"That's Steve," she complained.

"Oh, I guess I'll leave you to him then," James told her.

"No, you can't do that. I will not be left alone with him; he's just too, ewe," Zaynah said. Her tone then reminded James of Lily. It was the voice Lily would use in a frantic situation of being almost caught making out with him. And it made James smile at the memories.

"Okay, come one then," James said while grabbing Zaynah's hand and quickly pulling her out of the classroom.

James led her around the castle, just barely escaping from Steve's presence. In fact, without realizing it, James and Zaynah had found themselves in a peculiar place.

…

Lily was lying under her covers, pulling them up high above her head; hiding her from view. Tears were staining her pillow case, but she didn't' care. She wanted James by her side; holding her softly until she fell asleep. But that wouldn't happen, all because she had made the dumb mistake to break up with him.

"Lily, are you okay?" came the voice of Marissa. Apparently she had just entered the dorm room.

Lily didn't say anything.

"What's wrong?" Marissa asked as she sat down on Lily's bed.

Once again, she didn't answer.

"Did something bad happen to your family?" she asked.

There was no response.

"Are you pregnant?"

At that Lily sat straight up, daggers in her emerald eyes. "Of course not."

"Knew that would get you to talk to me," Marissa said with a faint smile.

"That's not funny," Lily muttered.

"What's wrong?"

Lily just sat with her head bent low, looking down at her hands. She wasn't sure if she wanted to tell Marissa about the break-up, but on the other hand, she didn't want Marissa to find out from James.

"I broke up with James."

"What?" Marissa asked with eyes wide open.

"It's over now, me and James aren't together anymore," Lily repeated.

"I'm sorry," she said sympathetically.

"Don't be… it was my choice," Lily said sadly.

"Then why are you on the verge of tears?"

"I don't know… I don't want to be with him, but I miss him," Lily admitted.

"Want to hear a fun way to get over guys, and have a good laugh?" Marissa asked.

"No."

"Yes you do," Marissa said with a smile.

"Okay, fine."

"Alright, now give me something that James gave you," Marissa ordered.

Lily's left hand immediately went to her right wrist, where a silver bracelet was. James shad given it to her for Valentine's Day that year. True it was a couple days late, but only because the dance was on February Fourteenth, and he wanted to give it to her in private.

"No, not for this. But later, if you want, throwing it into the lake will help," Marissa said with a grin. Lily could only imagine Marissa doing that to some poor guy. "Did he ever give you a stuffed animal?"

"Yeah, a teddy bear for Christmas," Lily answered.

"Where is it?"

"Right here," Lily answered while pulling it out from under her covers. She knew it was childish, but she slept with it every night, to remind her of James.

Once Marissa was done with it, the bear's head was replaced by the cocky grin of James Potter. He was looking so arrogant, as if he had just accomplished the best prank the school had ever seen.

"Okay, now take these darts, and throw it at the bear," Marissa ordered. In her hands were ten red darts, like the ones used for a muggle dart board.

"I can't do that," Lily said weakly.

"Okay, I'll go first then," Marissa said while picking one off and throwing it across the bed. It smacked the bear right in the stomach, pinching a whole through the middle.

She then handed Lily one of the darts, encouraging her to throw it.

Lily took in her hand, a bit of uncertainty in her movement. When it hit the bear in the forehead, which was presented as James' face, Lily felt a piece of joy come over her. It was as if she could finally let out all her anger toward everything he had ever done to her.

She grabbed another dart out of Marissa's hands and said, "This is for all those pranks that's ever done," and then threw at the bear, sending the dart straight through the bear's nose.

"This is for acting like a conceded little prat," Lily said as she threw another one.

"Good Lily, good! Take everything out on that bear," Marissa said with a voice full of excitement.

"This is for weaseling your way out of everything," Lily exclaimed while tossing another dart.

This continued on for quite sometime. For each dart thrown, Lily shouted at the bear, telling it why she now despised James Potter. Telling it everything he did that annoyed her. Telling it everything that he had ever done to upset her. And most of all telling it that she would never love James again, never allow herself love him again.

…

"Where do you think we are?" Zaynah asked while looking around. Her breathing was heavy from running around the castle.

"I don't know," James responded with equally deep breaths.

The room they were in was not like any classroom at Hogwarts. It had one large desk, with a chair that could recline behind it. There wasn't anything too special about the desk; no papers or quills, just a lamp on it.

"Wonder what's in it," Zaynah said aloud while pulling open one of the drawers. She pulled out a deck of cards and a bottle of fire whiskey.

"Whoever's this is, they sure do like to drink," James commented as he pulled open another drawer which held another bottle of fire whiskey.

"You want to play a game of cards?" Zaynah asked.

"Why not," James answered while plopping down on the floor.

Zaynah sat down next to him, bringing the bottle of fire whiskey with her. She opened the top and took a long drink from the bottle before dealing the cards.

James glanced over at the bottle. He knew he shouldn't drink any, he knew what happened when he drank alcohol. But it was sitting there, very tempting, so he reached over and let the liquid slide down his throat, allowing himself the pleasure of drinking away his problems.

Author's Note 2: Okay, so here's chapter 32! How'd you all like it? Please review and tell me!