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"You're kidding, right?" Lily said.

"I don't see what's so funny. Where am I again?" Adriyana said, looking around nervously.

"Er…this is kind of strange…let's see…I'm Alice, and this is Amber and Lily. We're your best friends."

"Isn't that a bit presumptuous of you?" Adriyana said, though they all assumed she was kidding. "Go on….who are you two?" She pointed at James and Sirius.

"I'm James Potter…I'm smart, funny, attractive, athletic, and also incredibly modest," James said.

"That's…nice," Adriyana said, giving James the first warm smile they had seen on her face in a while. Lily glared at her.

"And I'm Sirius…I'm your boyfriend."

"Okay…awkward," Adriyana muttered, sending Sirius into shocked silence. "This place gives me the creeps…when can I leave?"

She looked so lost and helpless it took all of Sirius' willpower not to throw his arms around her then and there. He knew he really shouldn't, seeing as she thought she'd just met him. He would just have to restrain himself until she remembered everything again.

This wasn't going to be easy.

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To Madam Pomfrey's relief, Adriyana was released the very next day. Apparently she was asking absurdly annoying questions, such as: "Who are you?" and "Who am I?" fifty times an hour. The pre-accident Adriyana would have gotten a real kick out of that, but maybe she wasn't kidding now…

Sirius followed the girls when they went to the hospital wing so that they could get her and escort her back to Gryffindor Tower. They got there and saw a very forlorn-looking Adriyana standing by the door. Madam Pomfrey simply nodded at them as she walked by, carrying a steaming goblet of some kind of potion for another student. They took this as their cue to leave.

Adriyana smiled and looked at the four of them. "Hey guys! Let's see…You're…er…"

"Lily. This is Amber, Alice, and—"

"My boyfriend, right?" Sirius heart leapt. She remembered something, and that had to be a good sign, right? "I forgot your name, though." Well, so much for that.

"I'm Sirius," he said.

"Like the adjective?" Adriyana said. Lily groaned, and once again, Sirius noted, partially in amazement, that there was someone in the world who could make fun of his name and not be getting their face punched in a second later.

"Sure…" he said, giving her what he hoped was a kind smile.

"Hey, where's that guy with the hair?" Adriyana asked. Though this was normally a very broad question, as many "guys" in Hogwarts indeed had hair, they all knew she meant James.

"He's asleep, maybe? Why?" Lily said. Sirius thought he heard a hint of bitterness in her voice. He had kind of noticed Lily did this whenever anyone talked about James in front of her. Well, in a different way than she used to, at least. It was quite odd, really.

They got to the portrait of the Fat Lady. Adriyana looked up at it, her eyes widening in shock.

"I could swear that painting just blinked at me…" Adriyana said.

"Yes, they will do that sometimes," Lily said, sarcasm dripping from her voice.

"Password?" the Fat Lady asked. Adriyana screamed and looked like she was about ready to start tearing down the hall. Out of the corner of his eye Sirius saw Lily smirking. What was wrong with her?

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What was wrong with her?

Lily hated herself. She really did. She was supposed to be the nice and caring one, the one who would bend over backwards for a friend in need, yet she could not stop herself from being…well, a complete jerk, especially towards Adriyana.

She didn't fail to notice that it only happened when Adriyana talked about James.

Take now, for instance. They were sitting in the common room, and James was introducing Adriyana to everyone. Sirius was helping him, though he looked slightly less amused. Amber and Alice were taking to Remus, Peter, and Frank…

And Lily was glaring at all of them from across the room.

She actually knew what was happening to her, though she would rather swallow poison than admit it. She hated her brain for betraying her and thinking about it anyway.

I'm jealous. I was jealous that Adriyana was getting into such a successful relationship when I didn't have one. There was finally something she had that I couldn't have. Now that that relationship is failing, which, in some sick way, I'm happy about, she's taking comfort in James. And I'm not happy about the fact that I'm not happy about that.

Well, she was very good at confusing herself, at least.

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James tried to get Adriyana to just be calm and start talking to Sirius again, but she kept following him around like a lost dog, calling him Jaeger.

Last time James checked, Jaeger wasn't his name. In fact, he wasn't even sure that was a real name.

At first, he thought playing "the nice guy" for Adriyana would get him into Lily's good books. But one of the few times he chanced a glance at her, she was glaring daggers at him.

James sighed mentally. How could someone he felt so strongly about have such adverse feelings towards him? It wasn't fair! He kicked a nearby coffee table, causing Adriyana to jump.

"Oh, sorry," he mumbled.

"It's okay, J—"

"James."

"Right. I knew that," she said, then turned back to Sirius, who was helping her learn her schedule and where her classes were. James looked up at Lily again. Why was she still glaring at him? Maybe because he was ignoring Adriyana? Maybe if he looked like he was helping her more…

James sat down next to Adriyana and put a comforting hand on her shoulder, then helped Sirius explain her schedule to her.

That's right, James Potter, now helping others in need. Lily wouldn't be able to resist his philanthroposity. If that was a word.

Well, if Jaeger could be a word, anything was possible…

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"Which door is ours?"

"The one with 'Sixth Years' written on it. Because we're in our sixth year. Do you see how that works?" Lily said, hating herself for the sarcasm, yet unable to stop.

"Okay," Adriyana said, a little nervously. Lily got the feeling that Adriyana couldn't wait to find someone else to talk to. Adriyana walked a little faster up the stairs, until she got to their door and opened it.

"Wow…where are all these roses from?"

"They're yours. From your boyfriend. Because he's so perfect, so nice, and so great, and you love him…you know what? I'm going to bed. Goodnight!" Lily almost screamed, pulling her curtains shut violently.

"Well, that definitely could have gone better," Adriyana whispered, before Alice walked in, spending a good fifteen minutes teaching Adriyana how to use her various magical possessions. By the time Adriyana pulled Lily's curtains back so that they could talk, the redhead had lapsed into a rather fitful sleep.

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Sirius wasn't sure he could take much more of this.

The next morning, he was waiting for Adriyana and her friends to come down the stairs. He thought that even though she was having trouble remembering his name, he should make an extra effort to be there for her. He was willing to do anything that might help her to remember him faster.

"Morning, Padfoot!" Peter said, bounding up behind him.

"Hey, Wormtail. I'll be down to breakfast in a minute. I'm waiting for Agie…unless you want to wait with me?"

"I would, but you know what today is. I'll just meet you down there," Peter said, leaving a snickering Sirius behind him. Today was one of James' bi-weekly "torture the Slytherins" days.

Adriyana, Amber, and Lily came down the stairs. Lily was glaring coldly at the back of Adriyana's head. Sirius frowned as the three walked up to them.

"I really like this red and gold tie! It's cool," Adriyana said as she fingered the tie around her neck.

"Funny, you used to think it clashed horribly with your eyes and made you look terrible," Lily said.

"Gee, I never thought of that, but thanks so much for pointing out that possibility," Adriyana said, rolling her eyes. Apparently she and Lily weren't getting along so well "You know, you're not very nice."

Lily just scowled at her. "Come on, Adriyana. Let's go to the Great Hall. This way," Amber said, pulling Adriyana away from Lily.

"Evans, what's the matter with you? Did she do anything?" Sirius said to Lily, now that the two of them were alone.

"No, it's just…I don't even know!" Lily said, clenching her fists angrily.

"Then stop it! You…well, you should be ashamed of yourself! She needs us right now!" Sirius said. Lily stepped closer to him in anger, looking as if she would love nothing more than to blindfold him and fling him out the window of Gryffindor Tower. He held her intense emerald-green stare, meeting it with an equal intensity. They stood there, just glaring at each other, for quite a long time, until the anger her eyes held left and was replaced by…sadness? Loss? Well, something he couldn't quite place, but whatever it was, James would have his head on a pike for making Lily look like that.

"Well, maybe I need someone too!" Lily said, before whirling around and racing back up the girls' stairs.

Sirius could only stand there, confused, wondering if he'd ever really understand women.

Doubtful.

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Sirius headed down to the Great Hall, taking a seat between Adriyana and James and across from Peter.

"Have you guys seen that ceiling?" Adriyana said, looking up at the ceiling, this morning a clear blue sky, in awe.

"Yeah…we've noticed it," Peter said flatly.

"And look at this fork! Have you ever seen a gold fork before?"

Sirius held up his own fork for her to see. "For the last six years."

"Oh…right. So we have History of Magic next? Is that any good?"

"Oh yeah, it's more fun than spending the summer at Sirius' house!" James said enthusiastically. Sirius kicked him from under the table. "What? It's true!"

Adriyana just stared at them blankly. It was awful that she had no idea what they were talking about, whereas the real Adriyana (and Sirius hated to call her this, even mentally, because she was still the same person) knew almost everything there was to know about Sirius' life--he had felt so comfortable telling her everything--and now it was basically all for nothing.

Something heavy fell on his shoulder. He shook himself out of his daze. He couldn't see exactly what it was, because a mess of brown waves were obstructing his vision. He pushed them out of his eyes, and saw that a hysterically laughing Adriyana had collapsed on him.

He looked over towards James, who shrugged and said, "I didn't think it was that funny…I told her about that bit in our fourth year, you know, when we charmed people's pants to sing…but she's overreacting just a tad, don't you think?"

He turned back to Adriyana, who had stopped laughing and was looking at them and examining her cutlery again. He must have imagined it, but as he was turning away he thought he saw her wink at James from the corner of his eye.

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He loves me…he loves me not…he loves me—

Lily snapped the last petal off of James' gift. She just knew he had put that many petals on there on purpose. She was a little worried about how quickly her heart was pounding.

Could she possibly be starting to like James Potter?

No, the whole lily-petals thing was just stupid, there was a fifty-fifty shot, so why was she getting so worked up about it?

It's because you like him.

…Oh, Merlin, I think it is…but he's still the same arrogant jerk he was last year!

Are you sure about that?

Ye-well, no, but it's not like I have the guts to actually get serious about James anyway, not after six years of the way I've treated him.

But—

Shut up, Lily.

Oh, joy. Now on top of all the James stuff, Lily has schizophrenia to worry about.

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That next morning, Lily, Amber, Alice, and Adriyana, whose memory still hadn't progressed one bit (though it should be by now, according to Pomfrey), walked down the corridor to Transfiguration. Lily knew it was partially her fault Adriyana's wasn't getting any better.

Well, mostly her fault. Okay, she had to stop flying off the handle. So far, her first day being the kind, gentle Lily was working out pretty well.

Then again, nobody had brought up James yet.

Then again…again, that didn't mean she wasn't thinking about him.

"Hey you guys…where's Agie?" Sirius asked as the girls passed where the Marauders were standing in the corridor.

"First of all, you have to call her Adriyana for now. And what are you talking about? She's right…" Lily looked at the now empty spot Adriyana had been standing in just a second ago. "Oopsie…"

"How could you guys lose her?!" Sirius said.

"We didn't! She's right over there, talking to…oh, honey!" Amber called, as she darted down a corridor and out of sight. A second later, she reappeared, dragging Adriyana behind her by the arm.

"Okay, Adriyana…that boy you were talking to? His name's—"

"Broderick Thomas. He told me."

"Yeah…you don't like him," Amber said, while behind her, Sirius nodded vigorously.

"Oh?" Adriyana said, tilting her head.

"…he's not nice," Lily added.

"Okay, I trust you guys…but he has a blue tie. I thought I was only avoiding people with green ties," Adriyana said, looking confused.

"How about you stay by us?" James said kindly, and Adriyana smiled at him. Lily clenched her wand so tightly in her hand that she nearly snapped it.

"Okay, Thanks…er…"

"Jaeger," Peter supplied, grinning. James whapped him in the back of the head.

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Sirius hated this. Maybe it would have been more bearable if Adriyana showed at least some sign of improvement, but she still had trouble remembering things as simple as her friends' names. He wanted to help her remember everything, him especially, but it didn't seem like there was anything he could possibly do.

He looked out the window of the dormitory onto the grounds; the thick blanket of snow that lay there was rough with footprints, attempts at snowmen, and—

Motorcycle tracks. That was it. If he could get Adriyana to go for a ride with him on that motorcycle, she would surely remember him, right? I mean, she did get it for him.

Well, according to James, Adriyana paid for half of it and researched all the spells they needed, but she was a terrible mechanic.

Whatever. The motorcycle thing would still work. He just had to convince Adriyana to go with him.

"Hey, Ag--Adriyana!" It was hard to remember to call her by her entire first name again.

"Yeah?" Adriyana said, looking up from where she was sitting on the floor, doing her Transfiguration homework. Apparently, the amnesia didn't affect her academic skills in the slightest.

"Come with me, I have something that may help you remember some stuff," he said, holding out his hand to her. She took it, and he helped her up, but after she was standing, she let go.

He tried to ignore that. "Come on, this way!" Sirius said, pulling her towards the portrait hole. She grabbed her cloak, which was lying next to her, and followed him out.

"Are you sure we're supposed to be in here?" Adriyana asked him, as she stood in the doorway of the shed that Hagrid stored magical gamekeeping items in, and the home of Sirius' bike.

"Don't be nervous, just trust me," Sirius said, pushing the bike out of the shed, clutching the handles of the bike tightly so that his hands wouldn't travel in Adriyana's direction…again.

"Sure," Adriyana said, smiling at him. He smiled back.

"Okay," he said, putting a helmet on her head very gently. Merlin forbid anything else happen to her already damaged skull or she might never remember anything again. "Now sit here, and wrap your arms around my waist. Like that," Sirius said, adjusting her arms. He imagined she was slightly uncomfortable, but she'd feel better when the bike got in the air.

A second later, the bike was speeding across the grounds, and then rising into the air. It was more exhilarating every time he went for a ride.

Behind him, Adriyana let out a terrified scream. He could feel her nails digging into him, and she buried her face into his shoulder from behind. What was wrong? Adriyana most definitely didn't normally act like this when she rode with him.

As much as he was desperate for any kind of physical contact between them at all at this point, Sirius grounded the bike, and hit the brakes. Adriyana's face was pale and scared-looking.

"What's wrong?" he asked, suddenly very concerned. What had happened?

"You didn't tell me it FLEW!" Adriyana said, her voice wavering somewhere between scared and angry.

"Oh, Merlin, I'm sorry. It's hard to remember how much you've forgotten," he said. How could he have been so stupid?

She smiled weakly at him. "This must be extremely hard for you," she said. He noticed that whenever she spoke, she usually refrained from saying anyone's names. She could only remember Lily's name as of now, which made him mad. Where did Lily get off being such a prat to Adriyana, to be the only one whose name she could remember? "I hope I get better soon, all of you seem like great friends."

She helped him get the bike back into the shed, and as the two of them walked back to the castle, he noticed her smiling at him.

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'This isn't happening. It CAN'T be!'

'But it is, Lily. It's about time you accepted it and—'

'Begin my life of solitude?'

'That's a little extreme, don't you think?'

'It's better than me…ME!...starting to like James Potter!'

That's all it is, right? She was only starting to like him. She wasn't in so deep yet that she couldn't hoist herself out.

But did she really want to?

A/N- Had fun with this one! I especially like the random Schizophrenic!Lily scenes. And I'm pretty sure Jaeger is the name of a kind of alcoholic beverage…or something like that…being too young to drink, I shouldn't really know. So, review and tell me what you think! I'll give you a cookie…no, wait, that cookie dough stuff. You know, Break 'n Bake? Mmm…