Hey everyone! How's life going? I am soooo sorry that I haven't written in for-ev-er. Its really bad. But I am gonna start updating soon. Yeah?

Review time: (I had to check myself, because even I forgot where I left off :O) Okay so its where that big jerk guy Jake was all like.. wow imma break up with you because I'm a brat. And Lily falls in the lake and James saves her, and she's a brat. (: okay ONWARD.(:

I was sitting on the couch, resting my head on my arms, crying silently.

Someone sat next to me and put their hand on my back. I could sort of guess who it was.

"Lily? Lily are you okay?" With my head still resting on my arms, I shook my head 'no.' He sighed. "I really didn't mean to upset you, Lily. I'm sorry." Again, I shook my head.

"Its not you," I mumbled. I felt his hand under my chin as he pulled my face out of my arms. I reached my hands up to wipe the tears off of my face.

"Well, what's wrong then?" he asked.

I looked into his rediculously bright hazel eyes and saw them filled with genuine concern. I shook my head while fresh tears ran down my cheeks. I leaned forward and rested my head on his shoulder and he wrapped his arms around me. We stayed like that for about ten minutes, I just sat there and cried on his shoulder. He just sat there and was a shoulder to cry on. When I finally felt like I was all cried out, I pulled away. I tried to decide whether or not to tell him about what happened. Finally, my need to talk to somebody won out and I started talking.

"You were right, James. He was using me. Just like you said. He was using me just so he could drop me off and watch me suffer the consequences. Go ahead. Say 'I told you'. You deserve the right," I said.

"Lily," James' voice was filled with concern. "I only told you that because I was worried for you! I didn't want you to have to be hurt. And now that you are, why would I rub it in your face?"

I shrugged and sat there for a few minutes. "I guess... I guess it's not him so much that I'm upset about losing, it's the way that he made me feel, even though now I know that it was all just a lie and a game. He was the first person I've met that's made me feel really special. Like I actually mattered. He told me I was beautiful. He told me I was smart. And then, when he broke up with me, he said that it was all a lie. He told me I was ugly, stupid, boring, immature, and a bunch of other stuff too. I guess that's what hurt the most about it," I said.

"Listen up, Lily, and hear me out. You are beautiful. Amazing. Smart. Funny. Talented. Very fun to be around. And a lot of other really amazing things as well. West doesn't deserve you. Any guy lucky enough to have you needs to realize it, and he needs to treat you right." For some reason, this is when the tears started filling my eyes up, and I looked away. But James took my face in his hands, forcing me to meet his eyes, and said "Do me a favor, will you? Never forget that." And then he let me go.

After a minute or two of silence, I finally spoke up. "I'm already over him, though. I don't really think I loved him. Just the way he made me feel with the things he told me," I said honestly. "And I'm also not going to let this incident get in the way of any other relationships I might have. I'm not going to hold back just because I'm scared of getting hurt. I won't give him that satisfaction." For a second, it looked like relief crossed James' face, but i couldn't be entirely sure. "And not all guys are like that, you know?" I finished.

James looked right into my eyes and said seriously, "Yeah. Not all of us are."

"I still don't know what to do about Mary and Alex, though. I'm afraid that I completely screwed that one up," I said, and I started crying again. I leaned forward and laid my head on his shoulder again. And he wrapped his arms around me again.

After a few minutes, he said, "Just talk to them. You'll be surprised at how understanding friends can be. I speak from personal experience."

I took my head off of his shoulder, looked into his face and said, "The Marauders? In an argument? Wow, I thought that was impossible!" He grinned and shook his head.

I stood up, and he did the same. "Well, thanks for listening, James. I really needed that," I said.

"Anytime."

We stood there awkwardly for a moment and then, to his surprise, I stepped forward and gave him a hug. "Thanks for saving me today. And, err... sorry for being such a big jerk about it. I owe you," I said quietly in his ear.

"No, it was no problem," he said back. I didn't break the hug, and neither did he. I felt strangely safe in his arms. It's amazing how much can change simply in one day. After a few moments he whispered "You called me James."

"And you called me Lily," I whispered back. Then I stepped away from him and smiled. He was smiling, too. I reached out and touched his shoulder. "Sorry about your shirt," I said. The shoulder part of the shirt was completely soaked with my tears.

"Hey, no biggie," he said with a grin. Then he started heading for the door.

"Where are you going?" I asked. "Aren't you going to bed? Its almost past curfew."

"I uhhh... have some business to take care of before i head to bed. Goodnight, Lily," he said.

"uhh... night James." I said, rather suspiciously. And he left our common room. But you know, me being me, couldn't just let this go. Sometimes, I'm way to suspicious for my own good. So, of course, I secretly followed him.

James was walking briskly, with purpose. I was so confused as to where he was going, and why he was acting this way. I made sure that he didn't know that I was there. He walked along, muttering angrily to himself, and generally looking very agitated. I saw him round a corner, and as I peeked around it several seconds later, I saw James standing in front of jake. It was just them two in the whole hallway, as it was pretty late at night.

I watched the two of them, and several seconds later, I saw James take a huge swing and punched Jake in the jaw. Jake tried to fight back, but it was useless. James had him pinned to the floor. He sat on Jake's legs and yelled "How. DARE. You. Use. Her. Like. That?" each word punctuated with a blow to Jake's stomach. James stopped punching Jake, but continued yelling at him, while Jake was still pinned to the ground. "How DARE you call her ugly, stupid, annoying? You are a LIAR. And YOU are a heartless person."

Jake still looked shocked from being attacked, but mustered up the energy to fight back. He whipped his head forward into James' face, which made me wince. James was just punching him back when Professor McGonagall rounded the corner opposite mine.

"Mr. Potter! Get of Mr. West at once!" She screeched, and she pulled James up. He was still shaking with rage, and I could see a rather large bruise forming around his eye and cheekbone. Jake shakily go off of his back, and I noticed blood running down his nose, and he was clutching his stomach. "I cannot believe you, Potter! A head-boy, too!" She scolded "Twenty points from Gryffindor, and a triple detention for you."

"Yes ma'am," James said polietly, without any argument whatsoever.

"Mr. West, come with me to the hospital wing," McGonagall continued. "Mr. Potter, if you could please go back to your dormitory at once."

I hurried away, as to not be discovered by anyone. I headed, however, not to my dorms, but to the Gryffindor Common Room. I headed to my old dorm. I woke Alex and Mary up, apologized profusely, and explained everything. They forgave me, and by the end of it, we were all crying and hugging eachother. It was past 1:00 when I returned to my dorm. Despite the late hour, I woke up early the next morning. I did my hair nice, and put on some makeup. I made myself look my best. I had to show Jake that I was 100 percent unnaffected by the breakup.

That morning, I sat by Alex, Mary, and the Marauders at breakfast. James told me I looked really nice, and, Hey! I didn't slap him! He had a very large bruise around his eye and cheekbone, but he wouldn't tell anyone how he got it.

Sometime during breakfast, James cracked a joke, and I laughed. "Woah, woah, WOAH!" Sirius said. "Evans ACTUALLY laughed at one of Prongsie's jokes?" James looked kind of pleased. "Will someone please tell me what in the heck is going on?"

Sirus had been very perplexed by the sudden turn of events this morning, (Me greeting James first this morning, me sitting next to them at breakfast voluntarily, me interacting positively with James, me actually calling James James, etc.), so I gathered that James had still not told him what happened between us last night. Once I had finished my breakfast, I got up to leave.

As I turned around, I saw that Jake was standing right behind me. After an extremely awkward moment or two, he said, "Wow. You, um. Look amazing,"

I grinned and said, "Thanks!" I noticed James watching Jake with narrowed eyes.

"You know, Lils, I was wrong to let you go yesterday. I really do love you. Give me another chance? Will you go out with me again?" he asked earnestly.

I turned and looked right at James. He looked VERY panicked. I mean VERY panicked. I turned back, and smiled sweetly at Jake, and looked as if I was really considering the offer. I spoke up in a happy, cheerful voice. "You know, Jake?" I took a huge swing and punched him as hard as i could in the face. "... I'd rather not." I turned back to my seat to collect my bag, acting as if nothing happened. I saw James, Mary, and Alex all grinning like crazy people, and Remus and Sirius looking 100% shocked. I slung my bag over my shoulder and said "Bye!" cheerfully.

I turned to walk away, and winked at James. Then I left, leaving Jake flat on his rear with a very swollen lip.

Alright, I'm REALLLY sorry for taking so long to update. Things happen. It sucks. Sorry. Please, do me a huge favor and REVIEWW MEE.