I wrote this one in Social Studies (we were watching a movie so it was totally okay). I really think this song is great for this chapter.

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2. How to Save a Life

The Fray

Where did I go wrong I lost a friend. Somewhere along in the bitterness...

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Samantha POV

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I heard about what happened with the Marauder's through Remus Lupin. He retold me the whole story, which I later solidified with Clare, including the part with Lily. I was sure James was over reacting about Lily crying, but when I later saw her with tear streaks running down her face for the briefest of moments, I knew James was telling the truth.

Remus and I are pretty good friends. I knew I could trust him, but what if they are tricking him? It was an outrageous thought, but it could happen. I shook that theory away as I saw a solemn looking James sit across from me at lunch. I tried to hide behind my straw colored hair but my bangs weren't long, so they fell short of my eyes, exposing the green circles. I regretted the decision to tie my elbow length hair back. I found James quite uncomfortable to be around when he was sad.

"Hello, Samantha." His voice was monotone. It surprised me.

"Hi, James." I said quietly. There was an awkward silence among us as we ate our sandwiched. Mine was piled high with turkey, ham, cheese, and tomato. James' was thin with only a slice of cheese and a small amount of turkey. I felt immense relief when Sirius strutted in with Clare following not long after. Sirius flipped his hair across his eyes so they fell halfway over them before sitting himself down next to James. Clare came over cautiously to my confusion and sat next to me without looking at James or Sirius.

"Prongs, mate. Don't be sad. Lily will come around." Sirius assured his best friend. I high doubted this statement. Lily could be very stubborn when she wanted to be. Right now, she most likely wanted to be. James surprisingly agreed with me.

"No, Sirius. I don't think she will this time." Without eating anything, which was high unusualy for James loved food, James walked out without his usual swagger to his walk. Before he left, I heard him utter "I really screwed up for good this time" before slowly walking out. I exchanged a worried glance with Clare.

"Sirius, how has James been acting today?" I asked with as much politeness I could muster up.

"Well after Clare came and had a chat with us, he's been even more quiet and sad." A flash of guilt passed Clare's face before she hid herself in her arms, dark blond hair fanning out over the table in her natural messy banana curls.

"Couldn't you have just said 'quiet and sad'?" I said, patting Clare on the back.

"Not when she's the cause of it!" Sirius snapped. I jumped back a bit, then glared at him.

"Hmph. You wonder why Clare calls you a jerk."

"Whatever, DeCroix." Sirius rolled his eyes. Wow, using my last name was really gonna make me mad. Nice job Sirius...not!

I sighed in frustation before grabbing my stuff and dragging Clare out of the Great Hall with me in a rush to get away from Sirius Black. Clare didn't seem to like this.

"Hey, I didn't get a chance to eat!" Clare cried once we were in the near deserted corridors.

"Did you want to be alone with him?"

"No, but I'm hungry." I sighed again.

"We'll find something to eat later." Clare gave in and we walked up to the Gryffindor common room to find Lily if we were lucky.

Well, it seemed I was out of luck today. The common room was empty, save two third years talking in deep conversation in the corner. We both sighed, me for the third time in ten minutes.

"How do we find her?" Clare turned to me with a hand on her hip. Her other hand was wrapped around her waist loosely. She looked very odd.

"How do I know?"

"Well you're a good thinker..." Sometimes Clare is not very helpful. "But I guess we could go ask Remus for the Marauder's Map."

"The what, now?" I never heard of this Marauder's Map, so I became more attentive. How did Clare know about it? She didn't speak to Remus often unless me or Lily was there.

"Lily told me Remus showed her this map James, Sirius, Peter, and him made called the Marauder's Map. It shows where everyone is at the moment." Sometimes Clare is brilliant.

"Great idea! But where's Remus?"

"Uhm...that's the problem. See, I don't know." Well it was a good plan.

"Okay there goes that idea..."

"Hey, I tried!" I couldn't argue that.

Suddenly, I remembered something.

"Let's check the dock. I can't believe we didn't think of this before. She loves to go out there when she's angry or sad." Clare smiled and we hurried out of the portrait to find our friend in need. On the way there, I remembered something.

"What did you tell the boys when you talked to them earlier?" Clare turned deep red.

"Just my mind..."

"Clare, what did you say to them, exactly?" I narrowed my eyes in suspicion at her.

"Okay! I told Sirius he was a jerk and I yelled at James cos Lily was crying!" She shouted. A few students turned to look for a few seconds before going back to their activities. I hushed her.

"What did he say?" I calmly asked. I was obviously better at keeping my composure than her.

"He said Lily was always the one being mean and that he never did anything bad to her." Clare's eyes got wide. "Do you think that's true?"

"I-I don't know Clare. Maybe." I was surprised. Was Lily the bad one here? She couldn't be. I've known her since I came from France in second year...Lily would never lie. Would she?

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I'm sorry this chapter is short. You know how things seem longer on paper than electronically? Yeah...definitely applies here. I have a page of chapter 4 done so far. It'll be up by Sunday. :D

Liv