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Chapter Sixteen
The boys looked up, startled by the noise of a slamming door. James barely had time to register the blur that fled down the stairs before it stopped abruptly in front of him. A very angry Alice stood but inches from his face, glaring down at him. He looked up into her eyes and saw nothing but rage, causing him to lean back away from her.
"How dare you Potter?! How could you do that to Lily?!" Alice exploded screaming at him. "It was hard for her to share that with you! So you get what you want and decide it's no longer any good?" Alice accused, not waiting for an answer. "You're a bloody bastard."
Suddenly James was looking at Remus, his face having been forced that direction when Alice reached out and slapped him. The noise still rang in his ears and the stinging pain was spreading across his cheek. By the time he looked back at her she was already storming out of the common room.
The boys sat in stunned silence for a few long moments before James groaned loudly, looking at the ceiling. "I knew it! She is never going to speak to me again." James exclaimed. He had spent all morning telling them about what happened last night, mush to the disgust of Sirius as he was still hung over. "I told you she'd feel like I rejected her!"
"James, calm down." Remus had been trying to reassure him all morning that he was overreacting. Now it seemed after Alice's outburst that James may have been right. "Just go and talk to her." Remus urged.
"If she'll talk to you." Sirius added rather pessimistically. Remus threw him a dirty look that was completely missed by Sirius who had his face in his hands urging his headache to dissipate.
"Sirius is right Remus." James' worried voice still had a twinge of hope however. "Besides, she said she liked me. How do I tell her the truth about how I feel? She is going to hate me again and I don't want to lose our friendship."
"You can't have it both ways James." Remus scolded. "She is either just your friend or your girlfriend. There is no middle ground."
"Yes there is!" Sirius frowned; he had several friends with benefits. James however agreed with Remus.
"Not with girls like Lily."