A/N: Sorry it's taken me a while to update - but schools been hectic what with my GCSEs coming up. I apologise for the fact that this chapter is so short, but they will get longer – I just didn't have a lot of time. Also to make it clear, this is the final term of sixth year at the moment.

James sat up in bed the instant he heard Sirius scream. He rubbed his eyes and saw Sirius sitting up in bed soaking wet while Remus stood over him grinning. Peter was also awake laughing his head off.

"What's going on?" James asked confused.

"Just waking Sirius up," Remus laughed, "Good thing you woke up. You were next!"

"Ha Ha very funny Moony," Sirius groaned, "You know I can't stand you sometimes."

"Come on. It's eight already. Breakfast will be over soon." Peter said as his stomach rumbled. This caused the mad rush between the boys, all of them fighting for the shower and mirror. Suddenly the door opened and Jen and Carrie walked in.

Jen laughed, "Thanks for the view Sirius," she told him gesturing to the fact that he was wearing nothing but his boxers.

"Lap it up Jen. You know you love it. Firstly though may I ask what on earth you've done to your hair?" All the guys turned to look at Jen's hair. Her normal blonde hair was now a shocking bubblegum pink.

"You like? I felt like a change" she grinned

"McGonagall's going to kill you!" James laughed, "Now if you ladies would excuse us we need to get dressed."

"We've seen it all before" Carrie stated before plopping down on Sirius' bed, "why is this bed wet? On second thoughts I don't want to know!"

"It's not what you think." Sirius spluttered, fiddling with his tie.

"Sure it's not darling." She smiled and straightened his tie. "Much better. If we're all done, hadn't we better get to breakfast." They all headed out of the dorm, Jen reading James' quidditch magazine. As they reached the bottom of the stairs they looked around the Gryffindor common room. People were heading to and from breakfast, others relaxing reading the Daily Prophet and a group of first years were frantically trying to finish their homework. All the sofas were filled with people and the common room was filled with noisy chatter and laughter. Two third years were sitting in the middle of the room playing a game of exploding snap and causing first years to jump every time an explosion happened. All in all, the Gryffindor common room felt like the best place to be at that moment.

"Come on," Sirius moaned, "I'm hungry." The five of them headed out of the common and began the walk down to the great hall. As they walked they noticed Lily, Lara and a few others walking ahead of them. They were laughing between them, when suddenly a first year Gryffindor fell in front of them. He was only a small lad and his books scattered everywhere and a bottle of ink smashed leaving a blue puddle in the middle of the floor. He looked like he was about to burst into tears at the shock of what had just happened. Instead of helping him like she once would have, Lily looked at him sneering and walked off with her friends. Jen rushed forward to help him.

"Hey are you okay? Just ignore her she's a bi…witch" She rolled her eyes at what she just said. The marauders helped him pick up his books, while Carrie vanished the puddle of ink.

"Lets see your arm," Carrie said smiling. She saw a piece of glass from the inkbottle had got stuck in his arm. "I think you better go see Madame Pomfrey about that. Do you know where she lives?" The boy nodded and gathered up his books,

"Thank you." He said before wandering off.

"I can't believe Lily just leaving him like that. She's a complete cow." Jen frowned. The group all knew Lily's change had hit Jen hardest. The two of them had been inseparable up until the end of fourth year. After Lily had changed, Jen had become a tomboy. She threw herself into quidditch, become the best Gryffindor beater in a long time, as well as becoming more laddish in general. She'd got even closer to Carrie and eventually she moved on from Lily. Now she just couldn't stand the girl.

"Forget about her," James said. It was hard on him to – not that he'd ever let on. He'd really got to like Lily over the years and he has been planning on asking her out in fifth year, but he never got the chance. He wrapped his arm around Jen, before yanking the magazine off Jen and running down the hall.

"Oi! Give that back!" she shouted running after him.

"Come on then," Remus sighed as the rest of them ran after Jen and James.

"You guys have way too much energy for this time in the morning," he shouted down the corridor.

"We know!" Jen shouted back. Eventually they reached the great hall and walked in. The hall was noisy with chatter and the sounds of eating. Each house table was full and the staff were sat surveying the students. The five Gryffindors eventually found a set of seats together and sat down, helping themselves to the food. As they ate, they kept a light conversation going, mainly about what they were doing this summer. Sirius was of course staying with James and the two of them plus Jen were planning on going to a quidditch camp for the majority of summer; something they couldn't shut up about. Peter was off to Finland with his dad, while Remus was going to France. Carrie was the only one not going somewhere; due to the fact she was in a muggle children's home after her parent's died in a car crash when she was thirteen. Carrie had always had it the hardest out of the group. After her parents died, she had gone through a bout of depression and had even considered leaving Hogwarts. Lily had been the one who was there for her the most and had even had Carrie stay with her for all of summer. It was only after Lily left did they realise how important she was to them all.

Slowly breakfast began to end and people began to leave. All the teachers had left to prepare for lessons, so of course the hall had got noisier. Carrie was about to leave for divination, and the boys plus Jen for Defence Against the Dark Arts, when Lily, Lana, Tania, Phoebe and Aimee walked past talking loudly.

"Have you seen her hair?" Tania laughed, "She looks ridiculous. I mean does she think pink hair actually looks good?"

"It does look good," Aimee commented, "on a fairy! It looks so stupid on a sixth year though." Jen looked like she was about to stand up and punch one of them, but the guys held her down.

"What do you think Lils? Does it suit her?" They were testing her again. They did it every so often, to make sure she was really with them.

"Let's just say if I ever go out like that, hex me!" They all burst out laughing and began to walk away.

"That's it," Jen muttered and stood up. "EVANS!" The whole became silent as every student turned to see Lily spin around to face Jen. James was sure he could see the tiniest bit of hurt in Lily's eyes, but it was gone in an instant.

"What Butters?"

"If you want to say something, say it to my face lady muck!"

"I haven't got anything I want to say to you. Now if you'll excuse me."

"Hold on a second. You may not have the backbone to say something to my face, but I sure have enough backbone to say something to yours."

"And what would that be?"

"I want to say that I'm sick of you and yours airs and graces. You and your 'friends' walk around this place like you own it. Just because you've got a bit of status, you make the rest of us feel like something disgusting on the bottom of your shoe! Thing is we all remember when you were a normal person who couldn't stand the people you hang around with now. I can't believe I used to respect you and feel proud to call you my friend. Now I'm ashamed to say I ever knew you Evans." With that Jen stormed past Lily and out of the hall, tears falling down her face. The Marauders jumped up and followed Jen, each throwing daggers at Lily. After they disappeared, the hall remained fixated on Lily to see how she would react, however, much to their disappointment, she just walked out of the hall calmly. Slowly the hall regained its normal noise level, everyone discussing what had just happened.

Lily's P.O.V – The room of requirement

I can't face it out there, not right now. I honestly couldn't bear to be in Defence Against the Dark Arts at the moment. James, Sirius, Remus, Peter and Jen will all be there and they all hate me – especially after breakfast. They'll all just assume I'm skipping to go into Hogsmeade or sleep for an extra hour like they always do.

Nobody ever knows where I really go. Whenever I'm down I escape to here, it's my haven. Here I can drop all my airs and graces and be myself again: Lily Evans: just a normal person, no-one special. Sometimes I look in the mirror and I don't like what I see, I want people to find out first hand what it's like to be me. Maybe then they'd realise how unhappy I am. Maybe then they'd realise how much I hate my life and how much I want it to go back to normal. I miss the days when it was the marauders, Jen, Carrie and I. I never had to pretend with them, not like I do now. I can't stand who I am now, but it's too late to change it, I'm stuck. In Hogwarts, status is everything and when my dad became deputy prime minister, I got given status in bucket loads, but nobody ever asked me if I wanted it. People started advising my dad. Telling him how we should all behave and he was of course told that I should mix with the right crowd at school. It broke my heart to have to walk past my friends on that first day in fifth year, but I must say I played the part I was expected to well. That's what I do. Everyday I perform, playing the rich bitch. Nobody knows that inside I still crave what I had before, something I can never have again.

When Jen shouted those things at me today I felt like breaking down and crying. Sadly that wasn't it the script, no I had to hold my head up high and walk out of the hall. I had to hold back the tears until I got here, my dressing room, the one place that no one sees me. It broke my heart to hear how much my best friend hates me, how ashamed she is of me. I wanted to stand there and shout how ashamed of myself I am, how much I hate myself, but I couldn't.

Through all of this though, there's one person I miss the most. James. He was there for me in my first four years at Hogwarts. He was the one who guided me around in the first few weeks. He was the one who defended me when I was called a mudblood. Most importantly, he was the one I could turn to when I had a problem. I remember how he would hold me on the sofa in the common room while I cried over something silly. That's all gone now though. The look he gave me at breakfast, a look of disgust. It broke my heart, but I couldn't say that.

Anyway it's time for the play to resume. I have to fix my make-up and get out there playing the cold, callous witch again. I can't keep my 'fans' waiting. I wonder what Lana would say if she saw me like this, broken.

A/N: I just thought you might like some insight into why Lily is like she is. See she isn't 100 bitch.

Thanks to cosmopolitan and Lily. A. Evans for the reviews and also thanks to everyone who has me on alert.