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Chapter 6: Maybe Not

Maybe not.

Two weeks to the day after Jake caught some crazy stomach virus, he asked to talk to me on the grounds.

He told me to follow him and walked briskly towards the Forbidden Forest.

As I tried to keep up with him, I wondered what was wrong. I thought back to the past weeks, trying to see if I could remember anything that could have put him in this state. This was all I remembered.

Everyday, we would go for a walk on the grounds. He always told me how much he loved me. He told me how amazing I was. He told me what a lucky guy he was. I thought that everything was going great.

Boy, was I wrong.

When he reached the edge of the Forbidden Forest, he turned on me. "Alright, Evans,"

I stepped back at the use of my last name. He had never called me that before.

"I'm breaking up with you," He stated confidently.

I was shocked. I definitely did NOT see that coming. "May I ask why?" I asked.

He snorted. "It might be better to ask why NOT," he sneered.

I didn't know what to do. I had never seen this side of him before. All of a sudden I was scared that he would hit me or something.

"But," he went on, "since you asked, I might as well give you just a few reasons. First of all, you have no idea how fun it is to lead girls on, cut off all their friendships, then dump them and let them suffer the consequences," he laughed rather scarily. "But also… you're dumb, immature, not athletic, very boring, annoying, and ugly. I mean, seriously. You have red hair." He shuddered.

This is when the tears started coming. "But you said…"

"HA!" he laughed. "You really think that I actually meant any of the things that I said?"

I turned and ran away, tears in my eyes, with the sound of his laughter still ringing from behind me.

I finally composed myself enough to step out from behind Hagrid's cabin.

I decided to go for a little walk around the lake. As I was walking along, I was thinking about all of the things Jake had said about me, and I was feeling the full force hurt of his betrayal.

"You're dumb, immature, not athletic, very boring, annoying, and ugly. I mean, seriously. You have red hair,"

The words rang over and over in my head. It also didn't help that I already thought those things about me, and then just to have someone tell you they're true in such a rude way… it was too much.

I couldn't believe that he would do that to people. Lead them on and just cut them off.

I was lost in thought and not paying attention when my foot slipped on an icy rock and I went tumbling into the lake.

Every part of my body screamed in protest. The water was absolutely freezing.

And there was also the little bitty problem that I couldn't swim. My parents never thought that there was a reason to teach me. I could give them a reason, now.

I was terrified.

My heavy clothes and the freezing water wasn't helping my inability to swim, either.

As I thrashed around in the water, a sudden thought came to me.

I am going to drown.

No one saw me fall in, and I dropped my wand on the way down.

But the next thing I knew, someone's arm was around my waist and then my head broke the surface. I breathed a mouthful of blessed air.

My eyes were still shut tight, so I didn't know who saved me. I felt my clothes drying and felt nice and warm.

A cold and wet hand grabbed my shoulder and shook me lightly.

"Lily? Lily? C'mon, please, Lily!" came Potter's desperate voice. My eyes opened and I saw Potter kneeling above me, still soaking wet and shivering like crazy. "Evans, are you okay?"

I started to get up. "Yes, I'm fine, Potter. I didn't even need your help, anyways. You always have to get in the way of everything," I snapped back harshly, even though we both knew that I would have drowned.

Real hurt registered on his face. I took a step back. "I… look, I…"

And I burst into tears.

I turned around and ran toward the castle. A few minutes later, I found myself in the Head's common room with only one thought in my head…

James Potter just risked his life to save me.

I. Seriously. Love. James. Potter. I wish he was reall… :/

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