Lily walked from the classroom in her usual way. She would mechanically gather her belongings, and put them in her bag. Then, she turned to the door and walked out, as if she was in a trance. Today was no different. Except this time, she dropped something. She hadn't noticed it, so James Potter went to pick it up. His eyes scanned the page, and then widened in shock. His eyebrows furrowed, and his mouth formed an 'O' of what seemed like understanding. Then he glanced up almost guiltily, and hurried from the classroom.

He walked swiftly towards Lily, and called out her name. She continued walking, as though she hadn't heard him. "Lily!" He yelled most insistently.

She turned slowly.

He held out the paper to her. "You dropped it after class." She took it from him mechanically.

She turned to go to the next class that she would pay no attention to, when he blurted out, "Lily. You can't keep doing this."

She turned back and said in a broken, but still flat voice, "Doing what?"

"Don't stop living just because they're gone."

Her eyes flashed with anger, the first emotion she had let out in weeks. Her voice was hard when she spoke, and scarier by far then when she yelled. "You shouldn't read other people's mail. It's personal. Besides, what would you know about it? What do you know about how it feels to lose someone like that? Why can't you just leave me alone, Potter?!"

Pain flashed to James's eyes, then anger. "You aren't the only one to lose someone to him. But I kept going, because I knew that she wouldn't want me to stop living once she was gone. So, Evans, what do you know about losing someone like that?" He spat.

Lily's face crumpled in pain. "I know how it is for me. Hell." Her eyes filled with tears.

The fire in his eyes went out, and tears slid silently down his face. "Yeah." He whispered. "Hell."


The moment of truth...

So, anyway, this chapter is dedicated to megara, my very first anonymous reviewer! And to violeteyedkitten, because I enjoy her babbling! ;D

Now, who noticed James never said how his mum died... I did that for a reason. I want to see if anyone can guess what happened to her... I will give a sneak peek to whoever guesses right, so good luck!

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