A/N: I am so sick of snow days. At the rate we're going, we'll get out of school and start summer school the next day. I hope the govenator gets the pardon to pass so we have fewer days to make up. This has absolutely nothing to do with the story; I just need to rant for a minute. There is one good thing though; I get a chance to write!

LadyPeaceGoldenHeart: I know I am very repetitive. I'm trying to stop. I do it in school as well. Don't worry about being too critical. I am very peppy so you can't burst my bubble very easily.

AnIrishLily: Thanks for the suggestion. I think I will go to their deaths. I am also going to try to make the chappies longer if I can.

Horupeensk: I'm really glad you like it. I have been thinking and I might do the Death Eater bit. Thanks for your opinion!

Believeinmagic14: Everybody deserves a bad side, even Remus!

Hermy permy: I love things that are cute, especially my kitty. I'm glad you like it,

Artemis' Hunt: Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Mffm: Thank you sooo much! I take the 'good writer' compliment to heart. My own friends don't even say that to me very often. I hope this is as good as the other chapters.

Twillight8ec: I sooo happy this is one of your faves. I like writing about them at school. Thank you lots!

Last but most certainly not least…

RandomObsessivePsychoFangirl: You are right. It is about time for Sirius to get a taste of his own medicine, and not the good tasting bubblegum flavored kind. I'm talking about the nasty stuff. MWAHAHAHAHA!

Disclaimer: Me no own HP, so you no sue me! Okaly-dokaly?

Another A/N: I am going to throw a few not-so-funny chapters in here to keep the flow of the original concept created by JK Rowling. Also, Italics means one voice in the head, bold is the other voice.

Ch. 6. All Secrets Forgotten, The Pain After Death

The day had been wonderful. Not having to go to classes, walking around the castle, talking with James…Whoa no! Did NOT just think that. Lily berated herself, again, mentally for the, it seemed like, millionth time. She was in the Head's common room, in front of the fire. She groaned for the most annoying thing on the face of the Earth had come back. No, not James Potter, the voices.

Will you stop denying you like him and accept the fact you have feelings for the boy? After all, he likes you, you like him… what's the big deal?

I do NOT like him. I don't care how cute, or fine, of handsome, or muscular…

I told you sooo! That proves it!

That means absolutely nothing. Those are things anyone could see! Yes, but you thought them, not some one else! You like James, you like James, you li-

"NO I DON'T!" screamed Lily. Lucky for her James chose to walk in right at that moment. He stopped and looked at her.

"Um…do you want me to leave and come back later?" he asked, he face turning a slight shade of pink from the laughter he was trying to hold.

"Oh, shut up you," she said and she grabbed the book off the table. James saw it was the one he was reading while he had been waiting for her that morning. He dropped his gaze and turned towards his bedroom door. He just remembered why he came here. He turned back around.

"Hey Lily," He said as he walked over to her and leaned on the back of the couch. He bent over and turned his head to look at her. He leaned over just enough so she could see down the front of this shirt. She couldn't help it and looked down. She saw all his muscles. She felt herself go light-headed. "The girls are looking for you. They were planning to go up to the boys' dorm and…have fun. I told them that you probably wouldn't want to go considering the guys' idea of fun is drinking until they pass out."

Lily was surprised by what she heard. He made her seem like she couldn't have fun. Well, she was going to prove him wrong. She stood up and headed towards the door. "Of course I'm going, aren't you," she said as she turned around. "Unless," she added, "you're afraid I'm going to drink more than you." That was the icing on the cake. James Michael Potter never turned down a challenge.

"Absolutely," he said and he walked over to her. He linked arms with her and they walked out and over to the Gryffindor dorms.

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They were all waiting in the 7th year boys' dorm, waiting for Sirius to get back from, well, wherever he went. He returned twenty minutes later with pockets loaded down he pulled out tons of little bottles of Firewhiskey and changed them back to their normal size. James started throwing them to people. He wasn't paying attention and threw one really hard to Lily. He called her name. She didn't look up from her conversation with Sam but caught the bottle with ease. Everyone stared at her. She took the lid off and was about to take a drink when she noticed everyone's stares on her.

"What?" she said and she took a drink. James was looking with awe.

"How come you don't play Quidditch?!" He half asked, half demanded. He had never seen Lily do something like that before. She would have made a great Chaser if she would just try out.

She shrugged and took another drink. "I don't know. I just never thought of myself as a Quidditch player."

Remus, Sirius, and Sam looked at her. They were on the Gryffindor team. Sirius was a Beater and Remus and Sam were Chasers. Remus spoke up. "Lily, we could really use someone like you on the team. There's an open Chaser position on the team. You should try out." Everyone nodded his or her head in agreement.

"Can we just play the game now," said Lily, trying to change the conversation. This seemed to shake all of them out of their stupor. They gathered in a circle on the floor. They hit a problem. They couldn't think of a game. Lily thought of one that she had played before. "I know. Let's play, 'Never Have I Ever'."

Everyone shot their head up and smiled. They all knew that game. It happened to be Sirius and Sam's favorite drinking game.

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An hour after the game got under way, there was a different atmosphere. Easily, Sirius and Sam were clearly wasted. The rest were still fairly sober. It was Lily's turn.

"Okay, um… Never Have I Ever kissed thirty people." She looked around Sirius and Sam were drinking and slopping Firewhiskey down their front, James was trying to hide while he took a drink, and Remus was suspiciously holding his arm down as if to prevent himself from taking a drink. James had put a spell on the bottles to make everyone drink if they had done that. Lily saw this and made a noise that drew every body's attention. She pointed to Remus. They all looked and saw the battle he was fighting.

"Moony, Moony, Moony," said James shaking his head in mock disappointment. "We thought you were better than that. Give it up already. We know you have kissed at least thirty people so just take a drink."

Remus removed his hand and took a long drink, turning profusely red. He decided they call it quits. Everyone else agreed. Sirius and Sam had already passed out so they left them there on the floor.

James and Lily walked back to their rooms. They stumbled in and flopped down beside each other on the couch. She rested her head on his shoulder and they downed the rest of their drinks. They heard a tapping on the window. James was thinking about the secret he and Lily shared when he looked up and saw it. Lily saw it too. He got up and opened the window. An owl soared in to the room and deposited a letter on the table and flew back out. He heard Lily gasp behind him. She picked up the letter and ran towards him. She flung her arms around his neck. He glimpsed the letter before curls of red hair obscured his vision. She was crying into his shoulder. He could feel her tears leaking through his jacket. The letter was a black Ministry letter. He expected her to be upset but he wasn't expecting to her to say the words that came out of her mouth.

"Oh James, I'm so sorry."

He let go of her and took the letter. He opened it while Lily sat next to him. He was shaking so much, it was difficult to open. He managed and pulled out the letter. It read,

Dear Mr. Potter,

We are very sorry to inform you that your parents Gregory and Katherine Potter were discovered at your home. We believe they were killed using the Avada Kedavra Curse. The Dark Mark was spotted hovering over the place of residence. We offer our sincerest condolences to you and the rest of your family.

After that were signatures of the officials at the Ministry. It slid form his grasp and floated to the floor. James was sitting there, stunned. He couldn't believe it. He wouldn't believe it. He was the last one in the Potter family. His mother and father were Aurors. That must have been why they were killed. Less than 48 hours ago he was saying good-bye to his parents on Platform 9 and ¾. He realized he would never see their smiling faces as he hopped off the Hogwarts Express. They wouldn't be at his wedding when that time came. He wouldn't see them again. He was vaguely aware that Lily was still sitting next to him.

"James…" she said but stopped. She didn't know what to say to him. What could you say to someone who just found out their parents were dead.

James turned to look at Lily. She looked in his eyes and saw pain and sadness. The broken spirit of the boy who was always tormenting her, never left her alone. He had always been strong for others. That boy was gone now. He had a glazed look in his eyes and he collapsed on her shoulder. He was sobbing uncontrollably. She couldn't stand to watch him cry. She silently let the tears flow but she would not let James see. She had to be strong for him. He said something but it was muffled by her hoodie.

He picked up his head and said just loud enough for her to hear.

"Thank you Lily. This means the world to me." He put his head back and continued to cry. She couldn't take it and sobbed with him as well.

A/N: So, I know this wasn't a very happy chappie, but I figured it was important to help Lily and James get together. For you 8 people who reviewed,YAY! for the other 77 who read but didn't review, can we please see some reviews this time. Huggies all around:D