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JOURNIES: A Story of Life

CHAPTER TWO: A Hogsmeade Adventure

"Will you two girls please hurry the hell up?!" yelled Sirius, calling up the stairs to where Lily and Bridget were.

The two girls were in their bedroom. Carolyn and Remus had moved back into the Gryffindor Dorms, complaining that they couldn't bear to eat, sleep and live in the same uptight proximity with Sirius, although Lily and Miley had a different theory. They thought that Carolyn and Remus felt odd around them, because they weren't as close as the others were. Sirius and James were like brothers, whereas Remus and James and Remus and Sirius were just like best friends. The same went for Lily and Miley and Carolyn.

Anyways, Lily and Miley were primping in their bedroom. They wore around the same size clothing, so they shared clothes, meaning that they had a monstrous amount of clothing. The two beauties walked into their closet, trying to decide which outfits to wear to Hogsmeade.

Lily decided on black pinstriped capris, with cuffs on the bottom of the pants, and a adorable emerald green, baby doll tee. She was wearing black stilettos, and she had on a cute little silver charm bracelet. Her auburn locks were straightened underneath a black, crocheted beanie. She looked adorable!

Miley had chosen a pair of dark denim skinny jeans with a light blue camisole, and a crocheted black mini sweater over top. She wore black stilettos also, and her hair was in its naturally straight form. She had pulled it up in a high ponytail, with her bangs pinned back. She looked awesome.

"Lily! Miley!" exclaimed Sirius again."HURRY THE HELL UP!"

The girls grabbed their purses and walked casually down the stairs.

"Finally!" breathed Sirius. James was standing next to him, staring at Lily. She rolled her eyes and went over to give him a long lasting kiss. When she pulled away, he was grinning absentmindedly. Lily still had that effect on James, even after all those weeks.

When the quartet finally got moving, they walked down to meet Remus and Carolyn at the front door. They had already left, according to Carolyn's twin sister, Halley.

"Hmm, wonder what's wrong with them?" mused Sirius. Lily and Miley shared a look but said nothing.

After an interesting carriage ride, in which Sirius tried to passionately declare his deep love for Miley, and was hung out the window by his collar, they finally arrived at Hogsmeade.

"Lils, I wanna show you something," declared James, dragging Lily away from the group. Groaning, Lily turned around and waved goodbye.

"Well, I'm going to go to the 3 Broomsticks to grab a butterbeer. Have fun on your date Sirius," said Miley. Many guys had asked he to Hogsmeade, but she turned them all down. She felt like being alone at the moment.

"Oh, I don't have a date this time. I felt like going alone," Sirius replied.

"Me too," Miley answered quietly. " You want to get a butterbeer then?"

"Sure," he replied, following Miley up the main street of the wizarding village. They chatted companionably until they reached the busy little pub. Sirius held the door open for Miley, and then entered after her. Sirius went up to the bar while Miley found a booth. She took the only one she could find, a two-person booth in a secluded corner of the pub. Sirius came back a few minutes later with two butterbeers. As Miley reached for her money to pay him back, Sirius simply said,

"Don't worry about it, I got them free anyways. Madam Rosmerta took a liking to me last year when I came in here all the time."

Miley let out a graceful laugh, and sipped on her butterbeer.

"Well thank you then, sir, for your good looks," she giggled.

The two talked and joked animatedly for the next half an hour, until they finished their butterbeers and fell into a comfortable silence. Neither of them realized they were leaning closer and closer toward each other, subconsciously. Suddenly, Sirius leaned forward and captured Miley's mouth in a soft kiss. When she didn't pull back, he deepened the kiss, pulling her closer to him. Miley reciprocated, putting her arms around Sirius' neck, pulling him down to her height. Sirius was having the time of his life when Miley pulled away, and stood up, tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry," she whispered, before grabbing her coat and running out of the pub. Sirius, confused, immediately grabbed his coat, sprinting after her.

"James, where are we going?" giggled Lily. James had his hands over her eyes, and he was guiding her somewhere special.

"It's a surprise Lils," James replied, holding her against him as they stated going through the trees. After around ten more minutes of walking, James took his hands off of Lily's eyes, and whispered, "What do you think?"

Lily gasped; they were in the most gorgeous clearing she had ever seen. There was a beautiful waterfall, which emptied into a crystal clear lake. There were fairies flitting about on and around the water, and some were in crevices deep behind the waterfall. There were gorgeous flowers all around; it was the most beautiful place she had ever seen. It brought tears to her eyes. When James saw these tears, he got worried.

"Are you alright?" he asked urgently, turning Lily to face him. To his surprise, she pulled him into a passionate kiss. James instinctively placed his arms around her waist, lifting her up slightly. Lily broke the kiss, staring deep into his eyes.

"I love it," she whispered, kissing his nose.

"Good." He stroked her hair back from her face, and said, "About that kiss…" before pulling Lily into another kiss.

Someone in the shadows from where they had just come laughed quietly, and whispered,

"Be careful with that flower Potter, or she might just wither away."

"Miley wait!" Sirius called, running behind her, and catching up to her just as she sank to the ground in an alley she had dashed down. He lifted Miley's chin up toward his face, and looked into her eyes; he was shocked to see them sparkling with tears. "What's wrong?"

"It would never work out with us Sirius," she said softly.

"How do you know that?" Sirius said fiercely. Then softly, he said, "Why won't you give me a chance?"

"You would hurt me," she said simply.

"How could you think that, Miley?! I would never hurt you!"

"Yes you would, Sirius," Miley said firmly. "I'm not saying you would do it intentionally, but you've done it to every girl you've ever dated. You go out with them for a couple of days, before you dump them for another girl you met two seconds before. I'm not going to be one of them. I refuse to be!"

"Don't you see?" Sirius said desperately. "I only did that to pass the time. I really like you, Miley, and I'm asking you to give me one chance! Please." To prove his point, he picked Miley up off the ground, and placed an intense kiss on her lips. She felt her knees grow weak, and when Sirius pulled back slightly and said, "Will you go out with me Miley?"

She just began kissing him again.

At around 8:00 that night, the four met up at Fale, a club in Hogsmeade. The Seventh Years were allowed to stay out until 4:00 in the morning at clubs and restaurants in Hogsmeade. They danced, made out, danced some more, and made out again. James checked his watch eventually, and realized it was already 3:25 am.

"Hey guys, we should go!" he called over the music. They nodded in agreement and began to make their way outside.

"Oh no!" exclaimed Lily. "I left my purse inside."

"Do you want me to come with you to get it?" asked James, walking back toward the club with his beloved girlfriend.

"It's okay, Jay," Lily answered, waving him off. "I'll catch up."

"If you're sure…" he answered, slightly worried; it was late, and he most definitely didn't want Lily to get hurt.

Lily made her way back inside the loud club, and she looked around the tables for her purse. She found it in the back booth where they has set their stuff, and began to make her way outside. This whole ordeal took at least ten minutes, so James, Miley and Sirius were nowhere in sight anymore.

Lily felt a chill run down her spine, and whipped around to look behind her. She saw nothing there. When she turned to face forward again, her heart stopped in her chest. There in front of her were 5 deatheaters, and from the "pop"s behind her, she could tell that 5 more had apparated to the scene.

"Hello, sexy," said one of the deatheaters, licking his lips repulsively.

Suddenly, they all started firing spells at Lily from all sides. She was trapped. Just before she could take her wand out, someone hit her with a cruciatus curse.

Lily crumpled to the ground. Being as petite as she was, her body couldn't handle this many crucios at once. She screamed ear-splitting screams, writhing on the ground in pain.

Jay, she thought frantically. Please come. I need you!

"Did you hear that?" James asked sharply. He could have sworn he just heard Lily, his Lily, screaming bloody murder. He listened again… and this time he was sure he heard it.

"Lily!" he yelled, turning around and sprinting, along with the others, back towards the club. In around 5 minutes, they got to the scene, and were completely horrorstruck by the sight they saw; Lily was on the ground, unmoving, with deatheaters kicking and crucioing her. The worst part was, she looked… dead.

A/n: Oh my, I am so evil! I have a verdict for you guys: I'm not going to update unless I get 6 or more reviews for each chapter! Last chapter I had 66 hits, and only 1 freaking review!!! How sad is that? So read and review people.

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