(A/N) It's rele long, and it explains what happened in dumbeldor's office...it's actually 2 chaps. in 1 so i want double reviews!!!!

Chapter 11

Fighting, Quiddatch, and the Truth

Weeks past uneventfully, it was now the begging of October and the first quitach match was in a week or so.

Lila and Remus as well as Kay and Ben were hanging out alone a lot. Rach who had hated Sirius was now getting along better. And Lily and James weren't at each others throats. Well most of the time at least.

But Lily and Lizy were conatantly fighting like crazy which caused Lily and James to fight, which Lizy liked.

Every one went to their separate ways after dinner. Remus and Lila went to the library to 'study' aka to stare at each other and pretend to work. Kay was helping Ben with home work. Peter had disappeared mumbling something about remedial potions. Rach and Sirius were on the quitach pitch practicing. Lily at the astronomy tower 'doing work' aka crying. And James was with Lizy.

Lily wiped her eyes and stared out at the stars wondering what she ever did to deserve this. She couldn't get the Slytherins thoughts out of her head. Her friend said they weren't true, but she felt they really were. She cried and cried about school, being a goody-two-shoes, somethings I won't metion at this point, family issues (hint, hint) Potter. G-d how she hated him, he cinfused her, he angered her and annoyed her, and at the same time she wanted to make him see how great she was. Honestly, for her there was a feeling towards James she had never felt before towards anyone, and she couldn't figure it out. It confused her and every time she felt like she had pin-pointed the feeling she was wrong. Lily hated being confused, she hated being wrong even more.

Anyway, on with the crying baout school and peers and being a goody-two-shoes, and naturally James Potter.

What do I have other than work? Lily questioned herself. The others all have had boyfriends and will settle down and get married, have kids. I don't have anyone like that. The only guy who ever liked me was James. Potter. His name is Potter! And he was doing it for the chase, he didn't really like me. She scolded herself. I don't like him. I didn't like him when he liked me either. But what will happen when they all get married. I'll be the lonely old women with 50 cats all the little kids are scared of. They were right all i do have was work, my friends have fun. When they were partying in the common room after a won or even lost quitach game, I am telling them to shut up. And staying in my room working. When my friends sneak into hogsmead late at night to get drunk with other kids, mainly the marauders, I scold them and stay in my room studying. All I do is study. She finally realized that. Well not any more. She told herself. I can study and still have fun. I will go to the parties and to hogsmead. I can study after or just not do all the extra credit. I will have fun. I just have to.

'Ok,' she said out loud, 'I am a new Lily Evens. I don't work all the time. I go to parties. I'll get a boyfriend. Maybe I'll even have a drink at the next party. No, I don't want to be that crazy.'

With that she lifted her head high and started walking back to the common room.

When she reached the door she herd a conversation going on inside, it was James and Lizy.

'But still,' she said, ' I don't like you hanging out with her so much.'

'Come on Lizy she's head girl, I'm head boy, we have to work together.'

'You hang out with her in the halls at night. How do I no you're not doing anything.' she said in a whiny voice.

'We don't like each other like that, in fact she doesn't like me at all.'

'Well than do you have to walk with her every other night.'

'Yes, Lizy. We have to patrol the corridors. I would much rather be with you though.'

'And you have to be in the library with her all the time?'

'Yes, we're just doing headwork.'

'I don't believe that.' she said.

'Listen, Lizy,' he said getting aggravated, 'she a stuck up, snobby, conceded, goody-two-shoes, know-it-all. I like you not her. She means nothing to me.'

Lily just stared tears welled up in her eyes, she didn't know were she was going but she just ran.

She ran and ran, until she found herself sitting by the lake tears streaming down her face. Hair blowing in the light September wind.

Mean while up in the air Sirius and Rach were practicing moves for the Upcoming game.

Meaning that the two enemies were competing and insulting each other. Sirius nodded toward the ground.

'Who's that out by the lake?' asked Sirius.

'Dunno, why don't you go check. I'll put the stuff away. And FYI am so much better than you.' Said Rach and stuck her tongue out at him. Little did she know that Sirius was very close to flying up to her and taking her tongue in his mouth.

Sirius had a thing for Rach, considering she was considered the girl in their grade best in bed, and one of the few girls he had not slept with…yet.

He nodded and flew toward the ground and walked over to the lake.

When he saw it was Lily he looked puzzled.

What is she doing out here, he thought, but then realized she was crying.

'Hey Lily-flower.'

She looked up and saw Sirius plop down beside her.

'Oh hey.' she said wiping the tears from her eyes.

'What's wrong'

'Oh, it's nothing.'

He gave her his famous puppy-dog eyes.

She laughed a little in spite of her self.

'Some boy stuff, but mainly family trouble.' she said, which wasn't all a lie. She did have a lot of that these days. It was also the reason she was on the astronomy tower earlier.

'And..?'

' I don't think you would understand.' she said, doubting any one would.

'Try me.'

She gave him a questioning glace.

'Oh trust me, I know family trouble.' after another glace he said, 'What would make you feel better my list of never ending family problems or me listening to you, patting you on the back telling you,' he put on a high voice, 'every things going to be ok dear, it will all work out for the best, come, I'll make you a cup of tea.'

She chuckled.

'I'll go with the 1st one.'

'Ok,' he said, 'I personally think my family is evil, they are huge supporters of old Voldy-Moldy. My family is known as the noble house of black, we are all pure bloods, it you marry a half blood who's 'noble' or something the may except you. There is a family tree tapestry with all our names if you do something wrong they burn our name out of it. My name is burned because I not only am in Gryffindor, or did I make friends with the Potters, who are head auras, but because last year I ran away I live with the Potters now. Every year at break I go see them and every time my mother kicks me out yelling things like, blood traitor, or mudblood lover and such.'

'Wow.' said Lily in shock. She never would have guessed about Sirius having a family like that, he was such a nice guy.

'Well after that my problems seem stupid.'

'You're Lily Evans, nothing about you is ever stupid. Tell me.' he said.

'Well,' she started but didn't know how to continue. The bulk of her problems were thing that she had been keeping a secret for the last few days. 'Well it's kind of a secret.'

'I won't tell, promise.' Sirius said using his puppy-dog face.

Normally she would have laughed, Sirius was known as the schools gossip king, but the look on his face convinced her.

'Well, last week my parents were murdered,' tears were welling up in her eyes, 'it was Voldemort. My older sister lived, she's not a witch and she's always called me a freak for being one. My sister and I were best friends until I got my letter. Then she was convinced I was a horrible, weird, twisted, a freak. But this summer, we were getting along, her boy friend proposed, and she hadn't told my parents, but she told me, we talked and laughed just like old times. We were having a great time planning. She even asked me to be her maid of honor. Then when they were killed, she blamed me in a letter. I guess it really is my fault. She said all sorts of things like 'you killed them' or 'it's your fault I won't have a father to dance with at my wedding.' She doesn't even want me there now. I barley have any relatives and none of them know I'm a witch, my parents died and my sister disowned me.' she cried and cried. Sirius sat there patting her on the back bewildered.

Lily seemed so perfect, perfect grades, good friends, Prefect, Head girl, but it was all a mask, she was so miserable. She hadn't even told her friends. He thought.

'I'm sorry,' she said eventually after wiping her eyes, 'I don't know what came over me. What time is it?'

He looked at his watch, '9:00'

'We should go back to the castle; curfews in a hour.' she said as though nothing had just happened.

'Ok.'

They got up and walked in silence back to the castle and to the Gryffindor common room, right before they entered Lily muttered a quick thanks and walked in.

(A/N) sooooo long, wow rele rele long. I finally got 10 reviews...yay pleaz pleaz R&R!!! now you finally no what happened at Dumbeldor's office. It's rele 2 chaps. in 1, so I WANT REVIEWS!!!

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