It had been two weeks since Lily had slapped him and she hadn't spoken to him since unless the subjects were about classes or patrols. This was the angriest that he had ever felt in his life and although he could hardly deny that he was desired by the opposite sex, he only wanted to be with one girl in a physical way; the one girl who was now refusing to have anything to do with him. And the thing was that Jeremy didn't know that he, Marlene and Sirius knew about how Jeremy had cheated on Lily while they were together and had caused Georgia to fall pregnant and have the baby aborted. Luckily for him, he had patrols with Lily on every Tuesday and Thursday night and he loved every second of it. One reason being because she couldn't avoid him and the second because he liked being alone with her. He was determined to get her to listen to him even if it took kissing her senseless to get her to.
On Tuesday night, he and Lily were patrolling the corridors with their wands dimly lit. He kept catching her eye but the minute he caught her looking at him, she'd look away again. They turned a corner and he cleared his throat.
"What?" she hissed.
"I'm not the father." James replied.
Lily rolled her eyes, "You'd say just about anything wouldn't you?" she whispered.
"So I'm a liar?"
"Yes."
"But-
"I don't care Potter-
"Lily you can trust me, my feelings for you are real." James insisted.
"How can I trust you? That little revealation, it broke the trust I had in you. How am I supposed to believe that your feelings were real?" she challenged.
James stopped in his tracks before grabbing hold of her and covering her mouth with his own, surprisingly she didn't pull away. She moaned into his mouth as he backed them into a hidden alcove and placed heated kisses along her jaw and down her neck; unbuttoning the first few buttons of her shirt to access the sensitive skin better. He lifted her off her feet as she tugged on his hair to bring his lips back to hers, locking her legs around his waist. His blood boiled, her heart raced faster in her chest as they continued to kiss each other, her anger turning into a passion that met his. She could feel the urge coming to rip his shirt off, to run her fingers across the bare chest; to see if his body was as muscular as she had dreamed it was.
He pulled away but remained a millimetre away from her lips, their breaths were ragged and they looked each other in the eye as they tried to get their breathing back to a normal pace.
"Was that a lie, Lily?" he whispered huskily.
She couldn't answer him, she didn't know what to say.
"If you must know, I've been with no-one. There's only one girl I could ever want in that way and that's you."
"But-
"Merlin you're sexy when you're angry." he chuckled quietly.
"James-
He set her back on her feet and as he stepped away, he had to fight really hard to stop himself from pressing her back up against the wall and kissing her like that again; that kiss by far had to be the best one that they had shared to date. Her hair was ruffled and he could see the skin on her neck was red from where it had come into contact with his lips; silently begging him to do so again. But now was not the time or the place, even if she did look irresistable.
"I'll find the proof that you need if you can't take my word for it." James vowed.
Lily nodded silently and hurried past him, he decided to give her a few minutes head start before resuming patrol.
Wednesday morning came quicker than James would have liked, he had returned to the common room after patrol to see that Sirius was waiting up for him. They had discussed ways in which they could get Lily to hear from someone else but couldn't think of anyone. If Marlene had told her the truth about Georgia and Jeremy, Lily would be skeptical as Marlene was now dating Sirius. Lily trusted Marlene more than she trusted most people but even though Marlene was Lily's best friend, she would assume that James had asked Sirius to ask Marlene to make up some story.
They had soon decided to try and ask Georgia for her help, after all from what Sirius and Marlene had overheard the fifth year girl wasn't pleased at the fact that Jeremy had used her to fulfill his needs. Sirius offered to try and talk to her as he knew Georgia a bit better. James agreed, knowing that Sirius would try anything before giving up.
The first three periods they had been unable to try and reach Georgia between classes and James was rather irritated to see that as they queued outside for triple Potions that Jeremy had put his arm around Lily and pulled her close to whisper something in her ear, causing James to consider throwing a punch at the Hufflepuff boy. How Jermey Thomas didn't get to be a Slytherin, he didn't know. For it was common knowledge that Jeremy was a muggleborn but his sly nature and ambition would have been qualities that Slytherin would have admired.
As they walked to lunch, James had never felt more miserable. Lily was refusing to meet his gaze and she had gone to sit with Jeremy at the Hufflepuff table. With many of the Hufflepuff seventh year girls cooing and making comments like 'Aww I hope they are back together." or "They always were meant for each other." which caused James to leave his bacon sandwich half eaten and return to the common room.
Sirius saw his opportunity after he had finished his lunch that day. He exited the Great Hall and saw Georgia stood in the entrance hall with her friends, he checked his watched and smiled to himself when he saw that he still had fifteen minutes of lunch break left. He strode casually over to Georgia and tapped her shoulder, grinning widely as she turned to face him.
"Sirius, what can I do for you?" asked Georgia, brightly.
"Can I talk to you privately?"
"Sure."
He led Georgia over to the nearest broom cupboard and once inside he locked the door and soundproofed it, making it clear to Georgia that he didn't want to be overheard.
"Sirius, you made it clear that you were with Marlene McKinnon now." said Georgia.
"I'm not here about that."
"Then what do you want-
"I know about your dirty little secret."
Georgia raised her eyebrows, "What secret?"
"That you're keeping Jeremy Thomas's baby and that you slept with him when he was dating Lily, slept with him during the summer holidays and when we returned to school." Sirius answered.
Georgia's face turned to shock and she began to shake in panic. Sirius gently guided her to the floor and gestured for her to take deep breaths. Since her collapse on the pitch, the teachers had sworn to keep her secret and protect her at all costs. When she started to show, she would be privately taught by a substitute professor and given potions to keep calm as her workload for her OWLs wouldn't stress her out when she was due to give birth in May.
"How-
"It doesn't matter. What does matter is that Jeremy doesn't care about you or the baby." said Sirius, harshly.
"He's promised to get a well paid job at the Ministry to take care of us. My parents and Jeremy will take responsibility for the baby so I can continue my education. He's promised to support me."
"I'm sure he told you that to keep you quiet. All he cares about it getting Lily back, he's even told her that James Potter is the father of your child to stop her from pursuing a relationship with him."
Georgia froze and shook her head manically, she couldn't belive what she had been told. She knew that Jeremy didn't want a romantic relationship with her and she was fine by that. But when it came to the child she was carrying she expected him to take responsibility for it, after all the baby was half his.
"Did he really?"
Sirius nodded, "I wouldn't lie about something this serious."
"What do I do?" she pleaded, for the first time it looked like she realised how big of a situation she had gotten herself into.
"You can tell Lily the truth."
"But Jeremy is clever, he'll work out what I'm planning to do."
"So you continue to act like you believe his little promises he makes to you. I'll make sure that James traps Lily so she has no choice but to go to the bathroom on the third floor on Friday. You'll get there before her and come out of a cubicle and make it look like you've just thrown up or something, start going on about how great it's going to be with Jeremy and make sure you slip his name out." said Sirius.
Georgia bit her lip, still not convinced whether it would be a good idea.
"If I do Jeremy will kill me, he won't support our baby."
"There are steps you can take to ensure that he does. Legally he has an obligation to provide for your child and the Ministry can ensure that he pays a monthly amount to you to help with the baby's upbringing."
She considered it for a few moments longer before nodding her head in agreement.
"You'll do it?" asked Sirius.
"To save a potential relationship and to ensure that Jeremy gets what he deserves."