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They had arrived back from their holiday all eager to get the shopping for their school supplies. The four girls walked arm in arm down Diagon Alley and headed into Flourish and Blotts for their seventh year predicted, the shop was packed full of Hogwart's students who had had the same idea as Lily, Marlene, Alice and Mary to go school shopping today.

As Lily and Alice stood in the queue to pay for their school books, she felt a hand tap her shoulder. She turned and her smile faded when she saw that it had been Jeremy who had tapped her shoulder. His face fell, having seen her smile fade when she saw him.

"Hi Lily." Jeremy said quietly.

She instantly felt a pang of guilt, clearly he wasn't moving on either.

"Hi Jeremy."

As the queue moved forward, the two of them remained silent. Lily had never felt more awkward in her life than she did right now. Alice was the next customer at the till so she continued to stand in front of Jeremy, wishing that she hadn't bumped into him.

"How was your summer?" asked Jeremy.

"Okay and yours?"

"Rather lousy." Jeremy muttered.

Lily nodded, "I'm sorry to hear that."

"Lily, why did we break up?"

The dreaded question but was saved just in time when the sales assistant called her to the till, she handed her books over and paid for them as the sales assistant placed them all in a bag for her. When she took the bag from the assisant, she turned back to Jeremy.

"I have to go, I'll see you around Jeremy." Lily said, with an apologetic tone.

Jeremy nodded, "See you around Lily."

The two girls met Marlene and Mary outside the shop and Lily explained to the other two girls how awkard the situation had been in the shop with Jeremy. Her three best friends sympathised but Marlene just told Lily to tell Jeremy the truth and then to work out who she wanted to be with, if she wanted to be with Jeremy or James at all.

As they continued up along Diagon Alley, Lily's shoelace became untied. Seeing that her friend's had headed in the direction of Madam Malkin's she shouted that she'd catch them up. She bent down to tie her shoelace back up and as she stood back up, she felt a prescence behind her.

"Miss me?" a voice whispered in her ear.

She shivered and her heart raced faster in her chest, she knew that she was going to have to face him at some point; she just didn't want it to be now. Lily turned to face him and she felt like something was different about James Potter, but she couldnt' quite put her finger on what it was.

"Not really." Lily mumbled.

James took ahold of her arm and led her down a secluded alley between two of the shops. She backed against the wall with James's arms on either side of her head. This is dangerous. Lily thought to herself.

"I missed you."

"Why? You haven't forgotten that I hate you, have you?" Lily sneered.

James chuckled and moved his head closer, she couldn't believe that this was happening.

"You don't hate me Evans. I think you're conflicted."

"Conflicted?"

James nodded, "Since I last kissed you, you ran off crying. Then the minute school ends, you rush off to Paris to avoid seeing me or Jeremy this summer. Now you're stood here with me, I can hear your heart beating fast in your chest, I can feel your heavy breathing. You're nervous to be alone with me because you don't know what's going to happen, but you want it to happen." he whispered.

Lily said nothing but stood in shock as she realised that James was completley right, but she didn't want to give him the satisfaction of him knowing her inside out like he claimed to do.

She gulped, "I have to catch up with the girls." she said, trying to change the subject.

James moved closer to her neck and inhaled the perfume she wore, making himself light headed and making Lily feel slightly giddy.

"Just remember Lily Evans, I have feelings for you. I want you to consider going out with me, I did some changing over the summer. Ask Remus, he'll vouch for me. You can deny it all you like but we both know that it's only a matter of time before you realise that what you've been looking for has been right at the end of your nose for the past five years." James whispered.

With that, he kissed her cheek and headed off back into the crowded cobbled street. She followed as soon as she was able to calm herself down, wishing that James didn't have that effect on her. Wishing that she could change the past and be in the happy relationship that she had once had with Jeremy. As she made her way back up the cobbled main street, she silently decided that when she was back at school, she and Remus needed to have a little chat.