"E.J- do you know how loose I'll seem?" Lily asked, as she looked at herself in the mirror. E.J lent her green Quidditch pajamas with little quaffles flying around.
"Lily- you're wearing pajamas that hang." E.J said.
"Dear, you look lovely." the mirror complimented. Lily smiled.
"Thank you." she said.
"Lilsy, if you don't want to spend the night, then don't. Its not like I'm telling you to sleep with him." E.J said.
"Oh- thank Merlin." Lily said.
"You can sleep with Sirius or Remus." Lily looked at her.
"And you'd be alright with me sleeping with Sirius?" she asked.
"Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well- don't you fancy him?"
"I don't." E.J said firmly. "I mean- he's like family."
"Liar." Lily said in a sing song voice. E.J looked at her.
"What makes you think that I fancy him?" she asked.
"Other than the lustful look you get whenever he's around. Its painfully obvious."
"I don't give him lustful looks." E.J said, before she speedily walked out of the room.
"You going to see Sirius?" Lily teased, as she walked out behind her. E.J shot her a death glare.
"Watch it, Red." she said. "Yeah, watch it before I tell James about the platonic soul mate bullshit- and the dance. I mean- who flirts by making guys dance?" Lily smiled.
"Who flirts by-… I have nothing to say. You're a mean flirt." she said. E.J rolled her eyes and walked out of the room, with Lily walking behind her.
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When Lily and E.J walked back to James's room, the guys looked at them.
"Lilsy is spending the night. I don't want her with Petunia and Vernon." E.J said, as she sat in James's chair.
"No problem." James said.
"Guys… lets see where Daisy hid the treacle tart." Sirius said. E.J groaned.
"Treacle tart is nasty. Lets go find the chocolate frog cake." she said.
"Yeah. I wanted more of that." Remus said, as he followed Sirius and E.J out the door. James looked at Lily.
"Are you coming?" he asked her. Lily smiled.
"Did my previous weight give you the impression that I ever turned dessert down before?" she asked. James laughed.
"Nope." he teased, as he extended his hand. Lily laughed, and took his hand to pull herself up.
"Hey- no, I can't even object. I was really big." she said. James laughed and shook his head.
"I mean, what did you weigh, 130-140 pounds?" he asked.
"179. You were 49-39 pounds shy… what were you seeing?" Lily said. James shrugged.
"It wasn't that important." he said. "I was very short." Lily looked at his 5'11 frame.
"Not so much anymore." she said.
"Well… a growth spurt was all I needed. It was enough to have all the girls looking my way." James said. "At the demigod's body." Lily looked at him and laughed. "What? Are you laughing at me?"
"Yes." she said. "The demigod's body? Oh me, oh my."
"See- I have you swooning already." James joked. Lily gave him an award winning smile, then shook her head.
"No… you don't." she teased. James gave her a playful glare and slightly tickled around her waist. "Don't." Lily tried her best to keep her laughs demure and ladylike, but James was tickling her mercilessly. She soon ended up on the floor, with him on top of her, still tickling.
"Do I have you swoony?" he asked. Lily shook her head.
"You might as well stop trying." she said. James got up and held his hand out.
"I'll get you eventually." he said. Lily looked at his hand, and huffed jokingly, before getting up by herself. Then she gave a cocky walk ahead of him. James didn't even argue, he just stopped to stare.
When they got to the kitchen, E.J, Sirius and Remus were sitting at the table eating the nights desserts.
"You guys are so greedy." Lily said, as she sat down next to Remus. E.J laughed.
"Says the girl who chased a fake cupcake." she teased.
"You said that you weren't going to tell anyone." Lily said.
"Sorry."
"You chased a fake cupcake?" James asked her, as he got drinks from the fridge.
"I was very greedy then. And chocolate cupcakes are my weakness." Lily said. E.J laughed.
"Anything chocolate is my weakness." she said, as she licked a bit of icing on her finger. Lily almost laughed, at Sirius's lustful look, when E.J did this. "Okay- so, you're sure you can't hang with me on my last day?"
"Kay's been begging me to take her flying in the field. I'm sorry." James said.
"Its okay. I mean- just because I'm leaving, and you won't see me until next year, doesn't mean that you have to spend every waking moment with me." James laughed.
"I know." he said. This comment alone earned him a glare from E.J.
"Well… I don't like you." she said.
"That's okay." James said. "I'm alright with that, E.J… but I still love you." E.J gave him the finger, and threw chocolate cake at him.
"Oops… I'm so sorry. What a slip of the hand." E.J said, as she put her hand to her mouth in mock innocence. Wrong move for E.J. James swiftly took the pitcher of milk, and dumped it on her head. E.J looked at him, before throwing the pumpkin juice in his face. The others just watched and enjoyed the show, before Lily let a laugh escape. E.J and James turned to look at her, before they both threw chocolate cake on her. Remus and Sirius let laughs escape and Lily, James and E.J threw treacle tart, cake, and frosting at them. Ten minutes later, they were all covered in food, and so was the kitchen.
"What the bloody hell-?" Uncle Harry asked, before he slipped on treacle tart. They all hopped up to help him, and ended up falling over themselves laughing hysterically. Mr. Potter got up and looked at them. "What happened here?" E.J pointed at James, James pointed at E.J, and the other three pointed at E.J and James. "Always you two… I swear… you two are terrible."
"Hey, hey… I'm his better half." E.J said. "And Uncle Harry, man… weren't you the one who told us that… Okay, I can't think of anything, but… I love you." They all laughed. Uncle Harry looked at her and smiled softly, like a man who smiled at his little girl.
"I'm gonna miss you." he said
"Don't worry… I'll be here to raid your refrigerator all the time. You won't even really know that I'm gone." They all looked at her.
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E.J's last day.
She woke between James and Sirius, in James's gigantic bed. Trying not to wake anyone, she crawled out of bed and went straight to her room. Groaning, she trudged to her bathroom and brushed her teeth and washed her face. She then walked to her closet, and picked out her clothes. She got dressed after she went in the shower, then walked downstairs to the kitchen. In the kitchen, Mrs. Potter was making a big breakfast with two house elves. They seemed to be gossiping. When E.J walked into the kitchen, they stopped and looked at her.
"Your mum said that she's going to send a Thestral carriage for you, tonight." Mrs. Potter said. E.J nodded.
"Okay." she said.
"E.J, I don't want to start any problems with your mother. I just want you to know that you'd be welcome to stay here. We wouldn't mind having you live with us- in fact, it'd be a pleasure to have you." E.J smiled.
"Thank you, Aunt Mary. And even though I would love to, I can't. I just can't leave her." she said. Mrs. Potter nodded.
"Its quite alright, dear." she said. "So- where are you and Sirius off to?" Mrs. Potter wore a knowing smirk.
"Diagon Alley." E.J said.
"So… what's happening with that?"
"With what?"
"You and Siri." E.J shook her head.
"Nothing, we're only friends, Aunt Mary. You should be tackling Jamie with questions, about his Lily."
"Trust me, I will. But right now… I'm tackling you." E.J laughed.
"Sirius and I are just friends." she said with a completely straight face.
"Now if only you felt that way." Mrs. Potter teased.
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An hour later, E.J was in her room, staring at her ceiling.
"Are you ready?" asked a voice at the door. E.J sat up and started at Sirius in her doorway.
"I've been ready." she said. "Are you? I know how long it takes you to do your hair."
"I don't like you." Sirius said, as he walked into her room. He lied down beside her in bed. "Are you sure?"
"No." She knew exactly what he was talking about. He was asking if she was ready to leave them behind, and if she was sure. She wasn't ready, and she was sure about that. Sirius placed his hand on her abdomen, applying light pressure. E.J put her smaller hands on his hand, and roll away from him.
"You wanna go now?" Sirius asked. E.J nodded.
"Come on. I'll let you buy ice-cream and cookies." she said, as she pulled him up.
When they got to Diagon Alley, they saw many familiar faces. Sirius looked at E.J.
"Do you want your ice-cream?" he asked. E.J laughed.
"I love how you think that you have to ask." she said, as she headed towards the ice-cream parlor. She suddenly stopped when she realized that Sirius wasn't next to her. She turned to look for him, and realized that he was nowhere to be found. She groaned, and walked to the ice cream-parlor without him.
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Sirius walked slowly behind her, then ran the opposite way to the jewelry shop to meet Remus. When he got to the shop, Remus was standing against the wall.
"So- why are we here?" he asked.
"I need help." Sirius said.
"With what?"
"Um… Moons… I- um… I fan-"
"Come on, say it, Sirius. I fancy E.J." Remus coached. Sirius's mouth widened.
"You knew?" he asked.
"Everybody knows. I just don't understand how you can be shagging Stacy, Mary and Emily, and loving E.J at the same time."
"I don't love her." Sirius said, in outrage.
"Which is why you blow kisses to her, each time she leaves a room."
"You guys see those?" Remus laughed.
"Pads- what do you want?" he asked.
"I wanna buy her something." Sirius said softly.
"Okay. And what do you want?"
"What do you buy for the girl that can have anything that she wants?"
"Something that… wow- this is hard." Remus said, as he scratched his head.
"See? See what I mean? What the bloody hell can I get her?"
"Something that you know she'd like?" Remus offered. Sirius looked thoughtful for a minute.
"I know what I'm going to get her." he said.
"Good. I'll see you later. I have to help Prongs and Lily set up."
"Ooh- hey. Did I tell you that Sharon was asking about you?" Sirius asked. Remus smiled gently.
"She's… I'm okay." he said.
"With the way you're acting, Dora is going to have someone before you."
"Pads, she's six." Remus said. Sirius laughed.
"That's exactly what I mean. Nymphadora is six, and she'll end up dating way before you do. You need to stop acting like you can't live norm-"
"I can't." Sirius groaned, but didn't press the subject.
"Whatever. I'm going to get the gifts." he said. Remus nodded, then disapparated. Sirius walked inside of the jewelry shop and looked around inside the glass display cases.
"Excuse me, may I help you?" the woman behind the counter asked. Sirius nodded.
"I need help getting a gift for a girl." he said.
"Is she family, or a girlfriend?"
"A girlfriend. Well not a 'girlfriend' girlfriend. But she's a girl who's just my friend." The woman smiled, and looked around.
"What is she like?"
"What's she like?" Sirius asked. "What do you mean?"
"Her personality. What is she like as a person?" Sirius smiled.
"Oh. She's really smart. And she's definitely funny. She's sweet. She's caring… and she's- she has this infectious smile. And she has these amazing eyes. And whenever I hear her laugh…I can't control the smile on my face." he said, deep in thought. The woman smiled, and pulled a small box out of the display case. Inside the box were white gold studs, with a small deep blue agate stone in them.
"Does she have her ears pierced?" Sirius nodded.
"Yes." he said.
"Would you like to give her these?"
"Yeah. How much?" asked Sirius, as he pulled out his moneybag.
"Thirty five galleons. There's an end of the year sale, so they're fifty percent off." Sirius nodded.
"Um… do you have anything else?" he asked. The woman nodded. "She love stars."
"Oh- I have the perfect things." she said, before she went to the back. She came back with a few boxes. "These are constellation necklaces. I have a few." She showed him a bunch, but Sirius chose a final five. Finally, he decided the couldn't choose and handed her the money for the five constellation necklaces and the earrings. The lady behind the counter put the little boxes in a bag and handed it to Sirius. "Thank you, come again."
"Thank you." Sirius said, before he walked out of the store. When he got outside, he ran towards the ice-cream parlor. He saw E.J sitting in a booth, banging her head on a tissue covered table. He chuckled slightly, before he walked into the shop. E.J was still banging her head on the table and hadn't noticed Sirius walk in. "What's wrong with you, candy lips?" E.J looked up and glared at him.
"You left me here to rot." she said. Sirius laughed, and walked to the line. When he finally got there, he got an ice-cream cone for her and a cup for him. E.J was drumming the table lightly, when he got back. She smiled slightly, as he handed her the cone. "Thank you very much."
"You are very welcome." Sirius said, as he sat down.
"So- what, did you ditch me for a girl's owl address?" E.J teased. Sirius smiled and shook his head.
"Something like that." he said.
"Oh?" E.J raised her eyebrow. "Is she pretty?" she teased. Sirius watched the way her lips moved, before he shook his head.
"More along the lines of 'drop dead gorgeous' with a little 'oh me, oh my' on top." Sirius joked. E.J laughed, before she started to eat her ice-cream with a spoon. "I forgot that you eat ice-cream with a spoon, even if its in a cone. Have you always been this weird?"
"Yes. Get used to it." E.J said, with a fading smile. Sirius looked at her.
"Well… I won't be seeing that much of you."
"Sirius." E.J warned. Sirius nodded.
"You're right. I'm sorry." he said softly. "Lets live the night out?"
"Of course. What do you want to do after this?"
"Whatever you want to do."
"Goody." E.J said cutely. "Who knew that all I had to do for attention, was leave?" Sirius sensed her need to laugh about it, so he chuckled slightly. "How did you know that I like my ice-cream rock hard, so that I can chew it?"
"I know you." Sirius teased. E.J gave a small half smile, and continued to chew her ice-cream. "So… how's your mum?"
"She's in Puerto Rico setting up the house. I guess she's good." E.J said.
"And your father?"
"What about him?"
"How's he?" E.J laughed.
"I see my father once a year, for about a half an hour per visit, each time. Altogether… I've spent about half a year with him. And that's throughout my whole life." she said. "I have no idea how he's doing." Sirius smiled. "How are your parents?" Sirius laughed.
"I think I saw my mother two years ago. And that was through a frosted glass window." he said. E.J smiled. "I think I'm petty for not going home. Or writing."
"Its not your fault your parents are shit." E.J said. "But- sometimes… what would you be into, if you lived at home?"
"Dark Arts. I'm a legacy. I'd have been trained by Voldemort, himself." Sirius said. E.J nodded.
"Wow. And do you regret being on the defense side?" she asked.
"No."
"So there. Sirius, I'm going to sound so cheesy and fluffy when I say this, so don't make fun."
"I can't promise anything." E.J glared and Sirius laughed. "Okay. I won't make fun."
"I think the fact that you came from a Dark family makes you more courageous that the rest. The fact that you choose to do good, even when you lived in a place of discouragement- it makes you more admirable. It makes you S.O.B." Sirius laughed.
"And this time you mean 'Son of a bitch'." he said.
"I'd never call your mum a bitch. That's not right."
"I would."
"Sirius, I doubt that your mother hates you. I mean… actually- I'm not you. I don't know how they treat you, or what happens when you're there. So, I can't tell you any of that. All I can say is that… Uncle Harry and Aunt Marilyn love you. So do Jamie and the others."
"What about you?" E.J laughed.
"We're not talking about me and how I feel." she said slyly. "We're talking about you."
"I wanna talk about you."
"We talk about me all the time."
"Well, I like it. That's why I do it."
"Okay. I have daddy issues." E.J said. "He's an overpaid jackass who's made a meaningless career of judging people. People, who've probably only done a few wrongs in their lives, yet got penalized because 'pristine' people like my father, saw fit. In my opinion, he doesn't deserve the head chair, and… if the minister is willing to give it to him in the final vote, he's more of a jackass than I thought."
"What about your mum?"
"She closed her clinic. St Mungo's is making a killing now, because they're the only place that people can really go. I mean- when my mum had the clinic, she started running a non-profit clinic, that ended up making money… and now… its gone. All result of my asshole father leaving her, so this bleeds into why I hate my dad. See-"
"I don't want you to go." Sirius blurted. E.J stared at him for a minute, before she sighed and made a whimpering groan.
"I………Sirius, I don't want me to go either." she said softly, while she shook her head.
"So then, why are you leaving?"
"Sirius… the letter that my mother sent had… it was… it was... it was scary."
"What do you mean by scary?"
"It was slightly suicidal."
"Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"I just told you."
"Well…"
"When I wrote back that I'd be living with her… she responded so happily. I-if she knows that I want to be near her, it might stop her from doing something stupid." E.J said.
"I understand."
"Do you hate me?" Sirius looked at her and smiled.
"Of course." he teased. "My little know-it-all."
"Hey- hey, I am not a know-it-all." E.J said, before she put ice cream on his cheek. Sirius glared at her playfully, as E.J acted as if nothing happened.
"I don't like you."
"Yeah, you do. You really like me. In fact, I think that you might luv me, Sirius Black." Sirius looked at her, blushed, then shook his head.
"You're bonkers." he said. E.J laughed.
"Hey… you don't say that to me." she said.
"So… what if I came to visit you during Christmas?" E.J looked at him.
"You mean, you wouldn't mind dealing with my psychotic mummy?"
"That's what I'm saying."
"I don't want to go."
"Then don't." Sirius said softly.
"Its not that simple."
"How? When its time for Christmas, go back."
"Its easier to go to a school in Puerto Rico. So-"
"Then stop saying things that make me want you here even more."
"I'm sorry." E.J said. She took her ice cream cone and scraped off the top, before she started to eat it again. "You know, me and you are going to be friends forever, Sirius Black. And it doesn't matter if I'm miles away, we're gonna be friends forever." Sirius looked at her and nodded.
"Friends." he said, before he sighed. E.J looked at him.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked. Sirius shook his head.
"Nothing." he said. "Hurry up with the ice cream, Love Muffin, we have to go look at books."
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James and Remus started getting ready for E.J's party by making a list of her favorite things to eat. Remus watched James's hands shake.
"Are you nervous?" he asked. James nodded. "Why?"
"Lily's coming back here." James said.
"I thought you were over her."
"No, Moony. Not since we became friends. She gave me her owling address and her phone number." James said shakily.
"Prongs, its just Lily. She's hated you for two years. You've asked her out for two years. Why are you nervous now?"
"Because now, she'll be hanging out with us, without E.J being here. If she starts to hang out with us at school it won't be for E.J. It'll be for us. Why, do you like her?"
"No. She's just a friend." Remus said. "But, you have a girlfriend." James's eyes widened.
"I forgot all about her." he said.
"Prongs… just brea-" Remus was cut off by the loud chiming that went through the house. A minute later, Lily walked in. She was wearing black jeans and a Beatles t-shirt. Her hair was curly, and she smiled when she saw him.
"Hey." she said. "Hi, Remus."
"Hello, Lily." Remus said.
"Um… hi, Lily." James said nervously.
"Are you alright?" Lily asked him. "You're sweating… and its freezing in here." She put her hand on his head. "You're not hot, though."
"I'm okay." James said. "I'm good- great even." Lily smiled and sat down.
"Okay. So… invites- we sent a few the other night. Who's coming?" she asked.
"Well- there's Shelley, and a few other Gryffindor, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws. Um- Emily, Kay, Jane, Mary, John, Eric- all sixth and seventh years. Some fifth years. Prefects and Quidditch team. And for E.J, the dueling club and charms club. Just- there aren't any Slytherins."
"So- this is a big party." Lily said.
"It wasn't going to be." Remus said. "It just ended up that way."
"Okay- well, I invited Solomon Smith. I hope you don't mind." James looked around and shook his head.
"Well- we have food, and we have waiters hired. We have desserts being made." he said.
"So- what else do we need?"
"We need Sirius to keep E.J occupied until about… eight thirty."
"Well- its five fifty-five. If they take the Knight Bus, that should take about three hours. It took that long for me."
"Why didn't you just apparate?"
"I forgot what the house looked like." Lily said. "I probably would've ended up in your bedroom, which would've been kind of awkward."
"Yeah… I get you."
"Well- I have to go check on Sirius and E.J. Sirius wrote on the instant message, a few minutes ago." Remus said, before he disapparated. James and Lily looked at each other.
"Um… do you want the tour?" he asked.
"There's nothing else to do?" Lily asked.
"Well- Daisy, Noddy and the others love making desserts for E.J. Especially Noddy, because E.J kisses his cheek, and he has a crush on her." Lily laughed. "And… the laser lights are just a flick of the wand… so- no."
"Okay. So- what rooms are in the tour?"
"All of them, I guess. I'll show you E.J's favorite room, though." James said, immediately taking her hand. He and Lily instantly looked at their entwined hands and pulled away immediately, with blushes on both of their cheeks.
"What room is her favorite?"
"The library."
"Ooh- I want to see it." Lily said. James laughed, and led the way. When they finally got to the library, Lily stood in shock and awe. There had to be a million books in there. "This is beautiful."
"Only you and E.J could call a library beautiful, and mean the books instead of the room itself." James said. Lily looked at him.
"Well- what books do you have here?" James led Lily through the library and came to a door. "The library is your parents'?" James shook his head. "Yours?"
"This isn't my room. This room was built for E.J." James said. Lily looked at him.
"What are you saying?" James had a glint of something in his eye. "There's a bigger library?" James laughed, and spiral stairs dropped from the ceiling. Lily jumped back.
"Oh- don't be scared." James said in a comforting tone. Lily looked at him. "Come on." He took her hand, without awkwardness and led her up the stairs. When they got up there, there was an even bigger library. It not only had books, but it had gadgets. It had everything from the special paper used for living maps, to rocks for heart gems. It also looked like an apothecary. Actually, it looked like all of their classrooms molded in one.
"This is amazing." Lily breathed. James looked at her and smiled.
"You like it, huh?" he asked.
"Do I."
"Do you?" Lily rolled her eyes.
"You're a pain. You know that?" she asked.
"Do I. Do I?" James teased, making Lily laugh. "How are you?" Lily looked at him.
"The funeral is tomorrow. I know… its late… but Petunia wanted to settle things first." she said. "She's living there with Vernon. I don't trust him." James looked at her.
"With her or with you?" he asked automatically.
"With the house. The family treasures… I don't trust him with any of it." Lily said.
"Are you hungry?" Lily looked at him and shook her head.
"You always think I'm hungry, don't you?" she teased. James laughed.
"No." he said. "I was just wondering."
"I am slightly hungry."
"Then come on." James said, as he led her back down the spiral staircase. They walked down the stairs some more and got to the kitchen. James walked to the refrigerator and pulled out a cake. He had just finished setting the cake down on the table when the doorbell rang loudly. A minute later, James heard a squeal. A trademarked squeal that made him whip around. Standing in the kitchen archway was Kay a.k.a Jamie's girlfriend. "Kay, what're you doing here?"
"I came early to help you." Kay said, before she looked at Lily. Her whole look turned sour and evil. "What's she doing here?"
"Lily's here to help." James said. Lily just watched and summonsed a knife and fork, before heavily digging into the cake.
"Where's Sirius?" James looked past Kay, and saw Emily walking in. "Where's Sirius?" Emily repeated.
"He went out." James said.
"Where?"
"Out." James said. "What are you even doing here?"
"Jamie, don't talk to Emily like that." Kay said.
"Kay, don't call me Jamie." James said.
"But that girl does."
"Because she can." Lily just watched the whole conversation, while she went through her healthy slice of chocolate cake.
"What are you looking at?" Kay asked Lily. Lily looked up and squinted.
"Are you talking to me?" she asked.
"Kay, that's enough." James said. "Just sit down and relax."
"Whatever." Emily said, as she sat down. "Did Sirius say when he'd be coming back?"
"Eight, eight thirty." James said.
"Well- what am I supposed to do until he comes back?" Emily complained.
"You go out with Sirius?" Lily asked. Emily looked at her.
"Not yet, but so what?" she asked. Lily shrugged.
"Just a weird pairing if you ask me." she said.
"Well, I didn't."
"Whatever."
"Besides, he told me that he's not seeing anyone… so I'm as good as in." Emily said, looking down at her extremely low cut top. Low cut top that seemed to enhance her massive cleavage.
"Again, whatever." Lily said.
"So… are you going to answer me or not, James?" Kay asked.
"Answer what?" James asked, as he sat down across from Lily. Kay sat down next to him, and cuddled up to him.
"Why is she here?" she asked.
"Lily is here because Lily is helping." James said.
"Yeah. Plus, to remind James that E.J now has an unhealthy obsession with chocolate chip cookies, so he should ask the house elves to make them." Lily said.
"Lily, Noddy's the one who got E.J hooked on chocolate chip cookies." James said.
"So, when are people going to start showing?" Lily asked.
"Around seven thirty, seven forty five." James said.
"And you said that Sirius should be coming back at eight, right?" asked Emily.
"Yeah." James said.
"Well- there isn't much time. I have to find the perfect outfit and find the perfect style for my hair." Emily said. "Kay, lets go."
"I'm not leaving." Kay said.
"Why not?" James and Emily asked.
"Because I don't trust you with Evans." Kay said to James. Emily and Kay just looked at Lily, whose mouth was slightly open, with a spoon on the way to it.