James had gone without saying goodbye. They had gotten in a fight the night before he had left, and he didn't even leave a letter of apology, or something to tell Lily that he had gone. She had tossed and turned all night long, and had resolved to apologize to him the next morning. But James had left early, before Hogwarts had started waking up. She was lost, with no way to communicate to her friends on what she was going through. They had only had one big fight through their entire 6th year, and only a couple small ones, which they resolved quite quickly. But this one was different.
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James crumbled up another piece of parchment and threw it on the floor. It was no use. Nothing he could say
now would console Lily. She had yelled, louder than their fight in their 6th year. He couldn't believe it had been
over something as silly as him assuming she would go with him to Hogsmeade the night before their N.E.W.T.'s were
to begin. Why shouldn't she?! She had studied for weeks on end and needed a break. But nooooo..! She had to sit in
her dormitory and stare into her books, trying to memorize every little bit of information that was held in them.
This was going to be a special trip too... Their last Hogsmeade trip would be a perfect time to propose to her. He
wanted nothing more than to stay with her forever. He had it all planned out... It would have been so romantic!
He couldn't believe that he had let himself yell at her. The very thought of it had horrified him in the past, and he had sworn he would never do it. But, he yelled at her as he had never yelled before. He couldn't imagine what she was going through. He could see the frightened face she wore. It had engraved itself into his mind, and there was nothing he could do to make it leave. And, to make matters worse, his parents had called him home again, and he wasn't going to see Lily at all, until the last few days of their years at Hogwarts, after all their testing was done.