"James, I don't feel very well!" Renee whined.

"Deal with it Renee," he mumbled.

Renee scowled and said, "You know ever since that one night we got caught, you've been.. different."

"Different times, different people,"

"You don't really love me do you?" she whispered, a horrified expression daring to cross her relatively flawless features.

"Renee, not now please. Lily's in the Hospital Wing and I feel like it's all my fault," he said rubbing his temples with the tips of his fingers.

"When did Evans get in to this?" Renee screamed now standing up.

"Renee," he moaned.

"WHAT!"

"Can we please not get into this?"

"NO! We're dealing with this now."

"Fine!" he bellowed back. "What do you want to talk about?"

"THIS!" she said waving her arms around manically.

"Care to elaborate?" James asked snidely.

"Listen here James Potter, and listen well," Renee said poking him in the chest with each word. "I have put my heart and soul in to this relationship"

"So have I," he said nonchantly.

"Don't give me that. Do you think I'm blind or something? I can see you looking at Evans longingly. Frankly that doesn't bother me. The way you treat her is what bothers me. I don't like Evans," she sighed, "Trust me on that. It's just that you haven't been fair to her at all. If that's the way you're going to treat other woman.... I'm sorry but it repulses me."

"So let me get this straight..... Your mad that I'm being mean to people you don't like????" he inquired incredulously.

"No, I'm mad that you're being horrible to her! I know you were the one who kissed her and not the other way around. I mean honestly James. Did you see the betrayal and hurt on her face when you said that. Not to mention the hatred,

"I mean it's obvious that you still like her. It's like a first year! Be mean, act all tough, and ask her out. I know the drill. I've experienced it many times."

"So you want me to be nice to Evans?"

"Well yeah. She's a good person. She was starting to fall for you. Until you screwed it up that is. Now she almost hates you again. I could tell,"

"It's a girl thing." she explained seeing James' confused expression.

"Are you breaking up with me?" he asked.

"Yeah, I guess I am." she admitted thoughtfully.

"You know Renee; you're a good person too. Do you still want to be friends????" he asked shyly; for once in his life.

She smiled. "I'd like that."

"So where does this put us now?"

"Well I guess you should go apologize to your friends. They deserve it. Be patient with them, because I know they can be...stubborn. You might want to go check on Lily first though. She needs you right now. As a friend."

"Thanks Renee. For being so nice about this and all. I know it must be hard for you to be nice to them. Since well erm..... 'ya know,"

Renee laughed. "You mean since they hated me? Well yeah, I get that now. I mean I never understood their problem until a few seconds ago."

"I'd better go. I haven't pulled a prank in weeks."

"Bye Renee," he shouted over his shoulder as he ran down the deserted corridor

"Bye James," she whispered to herself, wiping a stray, unnoticed, tear off her pretty face.

"Lily?" he whispered. He was in the Hospital Wing. He snuck in; knowing Madam Pomfrey wouldn't let him in anyways, regardless.

"Josh?" she asked, eyes snapping open.

"No, not Josh. It's James," James said slowly, fearing her reaction.

Lily's face turned stone cold, her eyes flashed with anger, confusion, happiness, worry, and most of all hope; layered under all the other emotions it layed the thickest.

"What are you doing here?" she asked icily.

"I-I-I-I came to.... apologize"

"You don't sound so sure of yourself if you ask me?"

"I wasn't asking you," he said, temper flaring up.

Lily raised her eyebrows.

"Sorry," he muttered.

"It's ok, go on,"

"Well, I wanted to apologize first for today. I was completely out of line. I know you were unconcious and all, but I wasn't being the most pleasant person in the world to your boyfriend. Well your friends either for that matter.

"Second, I wanted to apologize for saying you were the one who kissed me. I know it probably made your life hell. I mean Head Girl kissing the Head Boy when he has a girlfriend. Sounds scandalist if you ask me."

"I wasn't asking you," she mocked.

"Point taken. Lily I just want to say I'm really, really, really, really, really sorry for everything the past month. If you want me to, I'll get down on my hands and knees and beg," he pleaded.

"Go on then."

"What?"

"You said you would get on your hands and knees, let's go!"

"It was rhetorical," he muttered.

"Do you want my forgiveness or not?"

"I guess it's worth it. Ok Lily will you pretty please with treacle tart, whipped cream, strawberries, cherries, blueberries, fudge, ice mice, sugar, and cinnoman on top forgive me?" seeing Lily's skeptical expression he added, 'please' weakly.

"Well........ You have to do something for me first," she decided.

"Ok whatever you want." he said grateful for her easy forgiveness.

"Accept my apology,"

"Your apology?" he asked; making it evident he was confused.

"Yes my apology. Why is that so hard to believe?"

"You have nothing to apologize for!" he practically shouted.

"Yes I do. Now don't say anything until I finish ok?"

James put his hand over his mouth; chilishly enough; and sat with perfect posture making sure it was clear that he was listening.

"I apologize for being so....... prejudice against Renee."

"How'd..." Lily cut him off.

"No talking. She came to see me and explain before you even got here." she explained.

"I now know she's a nice person along with being smart. Sorry I was so mean to both of you. You deserved it no doubt," she added quickly, "But, I'm still sorry,"

"Second, I want to say I'm really, really, really sorry that you took that curse for me." Lily bowed her head, and let a salty tear trickle down her face.

James put his finger on her chin and lifted it lightly.

"I chose to do that Lily. You couldn't have done anything to stop me. I don't know what I would have done if I saw you be hospitalized for almost two months, just knowing that I could have taken the curse for you would have killed me."

"Don't say that," she whispered.

"No I mean it Lily. You need to know that."

"I do know that," she yawned.

"You need your sleep. I guess falling down a hill really takes a lot out of you," he teased lightly.

"I'd say," she grunted. "Nothing like getting your wrist and ankle broken, losing 2 pints of blood, and waking up to your enemy of a month, all in one day." she said sarcasm laced thoughout her voice.

"Sleep well," James said softly as Lily passed out right then and there.

James just sat there staring at Lily for several minutes, then grudgingly remembered he had other apologies to make. Other apologies that wouldn't be so pleasant. He cringed at the thought.

He trekked his way up to the Gryffindor Common room. His eyes were scanning the room for his fellow roomates, and their girlfriends/crush (in Remus' case).

Deciding a direct approach was the best he walked over to his ex-friends inconspicuously.

He plopped himself down on the floor right next to Peter, who he thought would be the least dangerous. Peter always looked up to James, so he thought that it would be the safest place to sit if somebody decided to lash out on him.

"Hey guys, what up?"

They all looked at eachother silently debating what to do. Suddenly Sirius nodded.

"What are you doing here?" Sirius asked, unknowingly repeating Lily's exact reaction to seeing him at her bedside.

James sighed. 'This is the hard part.' he thought silently to himself.

"I decided it was time to say I'm sorry,"

"James Potter say he's sorry! I'm shocked," Kylie said sarcastically.

'Wel at least there's sarcasm,' he thought.

"Yeah, yeah, make fun of me. I'll deal with it,"

"So really, why are you here?" Morgan asked curiously.

"I told you, I wanted to say I'm sorry for everything. Like everything everything."

"Well let's hear it," Remus said.

James sighed. "Well I'm sorry I was trying to show off with Renee. I know it must have been a little annoying for you to watch that."

"A little annoying?" Logan asked incredulously.

"Try humongo-gynormously ennoying," Frank chiped in.

"Ok so it was humongo-gynormously annoying, and I'm sorry for that. It was just so you would think I wasn't affected by not hanging out with you guys," James admitted sheepishly.

"Also," he breathed. "I want to say that I know I shouldn't have been such a Slytherin to you guys,"

"It wasn't as bad as the Slytherins," Peter admitted. Everyone glared besides James who looked at his old friend appreciately.

"What?!?! He wasn't! He didn't curse you guys or anything did he?" Peter defended.

The group all looked away averting their eyes.

"That's what I thought." he ended smugly.

"Fine you weren't as bad as the Slytherins," Lauren admitted deflated.

"Thank you but I deserved that title,"

"No you didn't mate," Sirius said regrettably.

"Really James you suck at this whole apology thing," Alice snickered.

"Wow thanks Alice that makes me feel so much better about myself,"

"I know right!"

James just rolled his eyes at his old friend.

"So are we friends again?" he asked hopefully.

"Well......" they all teased.

"There is one thing," Frank started.

"That you could do for us," Logan continued.

"What is it?" he asked suspiciously.

"You have to run through the Great Hall in your boxers screaming I'm a pretty pony!" Kylie declared, eyes shining with mirth.

"No way!" James screamed.

"Hey, it's either that, or we hate you for the rest of your life." Lauren shrugged.

James sighed. He knew they were serious for the who 'hate him for life' thing.

"What color boxers?" he asked moaned.

"Pink of course!" Alice squealed.

"You know, for somebody so small, your really evil?"

"Thanks, it's a gift."

"Can I get this over with?"

"Nope! Not until breakfast tomorrow at least," Remus said, clearly enjoying the payback for yelling at Morgan earlier.

James groaned again.

"Fine,"

"Come on let's go up to bed," Morgan suggested.

"Yeah, I want my eye-sight to be nice and sharp for tomorrow morning. Got to get my rest if I want the memory to last." Alice said cheerily.

"Night Frank," she said giving him a sweet kiss on the cheek.

"Night Logan, night Sirius, night Remus, night James, night Peter!" she said clearly buoyant about morning. She even gave each of them a kiss on the cheek, skipping around to Frank to give him another on the lips this time.

The rest of the girls were obviously happy too. Alice's mood just seemed contagious even to James, who was clearly dreading breakfast time.

"Night Alice," they all chimed.

The night ended on a good note for all of them. James had his friends back. His friends got to see him run around in pink boxers. He was going to have another memory to add to the others of his seventh year, that was for sure once he saw what Alice had in store for him......

OK!!!!! I posted! Yayyy! I really like this chapter. Well it was one of my favorites to write. I don't feel I really get to make James miserable enough at some points.... He's always mean to the others, so taking the reviews into account. Also how they were all saying how James was being a mega-jerk and all, I decided it was payback time. I'm not that good at writing apologies, I know that now. Please forget the bad writing of that part, and instead look at the meaning of it. I know the writing part is bad, and sorry about that.

REVIEW to reassure me about my bad writing skills at apologies, or say something nice, warm, and fuzzy. It doesn't matter just REVIEW! Please and thank you.

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Brittney/Siruis' Sweetheart