Lily stood in the bathroom stunned. She was still trying to process the news that Jeremy was the father of Georgia's unborn child. She felt angry, not with Georgia for she could see the guilt and hurt that the fifth year girl felt. She felt betrayed and hurt that Jeremy could lie to her like that, when they had first got together he was such a gentleman, always offering to carry her books and opening doors for her. He always paid for their drinks in the village, he always listened when she had a problem that she needed to talk about. He always held her when she was upset. Now to be told that he had cheated on her during their relationship and forced Georgia to abort the baby, he seemed like a completely different person.

She kept having flashes of their time together, sat by the lake messing around with a camera. Holding hands in Madam Puddifoots. The way he used to kiss her cheek that made her feel cute. There was never the slight hint that he had cheated on her, he had always been the same as he usually was. He had never acted weirdly to make her think that something was wrong.

Georgia was crying silently, tears streaming down her face. Lily's eyes met Georgia's brown ones and she knew that Georgia was telling the truth.

"Jeremy?"

Georgia nodded and wiped the tears away.

"I'm so sorry."

Lily left the bathroom in a hurry, she didn't know how to process this news. She found herself marching towards the Great Hall and seeing Jeremy sat alone at the Hufflepuff table. She went over and sat opposite her ex-boyfriend, hoping that he could see how hurt she was.

"Lily, is everything alright?" asked Jeremy.

She shook her head, "Can we talk privately?"

Jeremy nodded and the two rose from the table, Jeremy saw that James was watching them closely and he wrapped his arm around Lily's shoulder whilst grinning smugly. Lily walked faster out of the Great Hall and out into the grounds, stopping to sit on an empty bench where no students were around. Jeremy sat next to her, holding her hand with a look of concern on his face. As Lily looked into his blue eyes, all she could remember was the way he always gave her a reassuring smile. How could he possibly be the horrible person that Georgia had described? How could Jeremy possibly have lied to her about James being the father and how could he have cheated on her and not feel remorse? She had only kissed James and had ended their relationship, she felt awful for that. Now it turned out that Jeremy was the worse one out of the two of them?

"What's wrong Lily?"

Lily's expression changed to pure anger.

"I know the truth Jeremy."

Jeremy raised an eyebrow, "Truth about what?"

Lily scoffed, she couldn't believe that he was going to continue his lies.

"About everything, I know you cheated on me in February and forced Georgia to have an abortion. I know you slept with her in August and got her pregnant again and slept with her once she told you of the news. I know that you don't care about her and lied when you told me that James Potter was the father of the child."

Jeremy's face fell.

"Lily, it's true that I slept with Georgia and made her have an abortion because she was a forth year and I in my sixth; we were both coming to a stressful point in our lives so it was for the best." Jeremy sighed.

"And now?"

"Potter is the father."

Lily's hand connected sharply with Jeremy's cheek, leaving a blood red mark on his face. She had never felt this angry before.

"Georgia told me the whole story, how could you let her go through this alone? How could you lie about James?" Lily demanded.

"It's not as if Potter's perfect, I mean he must have been in a situation like mine once with one of his adoring little fans? You're better than those girls Lily, why do you think I lied? I wanted to protect you from the hurt he would cause you, I love you. I want us to get back together and I don't blame you for the confusion you feel. I want to marry you when we leave school."

Lily could feel the tears welling up in her eyes, she was devastated. The boy she thought she knew was a complete fantasy, the boy who she had had come to care for deeply was gone. In his place sat a boy who could cheat and lie to get what he wanted and not care about the consequences. In his place sat a boy who could get a sixteen year old girl pregnant and not care about what the mother of his unborn child was going through. She didn't blame Georgia in the slightest. Georgia was just a girl who had been naive enough to think that Jeremy could care for them both, could help her raise the child. But in actuality, Georgia was alone in this pregnancy.

"Even if I were stupid enough to take you back, what about Georgia and the baby?" asked Lily.

Jeremy blinked, "She was just a distraction, I have no intention of committing to her when all I want is you and a life together with just us two." he answered.

Lily shook her head in disbelief as she stood on her feet.

"I never want to speak to you again, you aren't the person I thought you were. You say that Potter's bad, when in reality you're worse. You got a sixteen year old girl pregnant and won't step up and do the right thing by her. Georgia and that baby are better off without you." Lily hissed.

As she turned to walk away, she felt Jeremy grasp her arm and spin her around. Before she could shove him away, she felt his lips press to hers and kiss her. She pulled away from him and stepped back, disgusted that he was trying to win her round.

"I love you Lily." Jeremy said, desperately.

"Even if I believed that, do you honestly think it would be enough for me? I told you that I cared for you as a friend so I didn't lead you into false hope of us getting back together. Yet you didn't accept my decision, you lied because you couldn't stand me trying to be happy with someone else. That isn't love Jeremy, that's jealousy and obsession." Lily replied.

"What do I do then?"

Lily shrugged, "I don't know but the one thing you can be sure of is that you have no future with me and I doubt you have a future as a father now that Georgia has realised that you don't care about her or the baby. Sort your life out Jeremy and do the right thing, be there for your child because if Georgia does give you a chance to be a father then that child is going to need you."

"But-

"Have a good life Jeremy."

She turned and walked back into the castle, ignoring Jeremy's calls of her name. She felt the tears stream down her face as she carried on walking back to the common room, she wasn't in the mood to go to lessons. It had been an emotional day for her. Her encounter with James had left her experiencing emotions that she had never experienced before, like fireworks behind each touch of their lips moving together. The need and desire for more from James. When Georgia told her about Jeremy, the only time she had felt such devastation was the morning she and Petunia were told that their father had died.

Lily had trusted Jeremy with her life, she had had deep feelings for him when they had been dating. Now she felt that she couldn't trust someone to not break her heart. It wasn't the fact that she and Jeremy hadn't dated for months, the way she saw it Jeremy could date someone else and she'd be fine with it. It was the fact that she had placed a lot of trust in Jeremy and after the hurt she had felt when she thought James was the baby's father, Jeremy had been there for her and it had felt nice to have someone there that she trusted. Now she had found out that she had been cheated on by the one she had trusted the most. She felt a sense of betrayal.

Once she had said the password and climbed through the portrait hole, she was glad to discover that the common room was empty. She sat in front of the fire and picked up a copy of Witch Weekly that had been left laying on the table. She was halfway through reading the magazine when she saw James walk into the common room. He stared at her, his hazel eyes showing concern through his glasses. She gave him a weak smile before setting the magazine back down on the table.

"Lily Evans skipping a lesson? Has someone kidnapped her and is posing as her via polyjuice potion?" James joked.

"I'm sorry."

James sat next to her and took her hand, gently placing her red hair over her back.

"What happened?"

Lily sighed as she felt his arm wrap around her shoulder, automatically leaning her head on his strong shoulder as he stroked her hair affectionately.

"Jeremy told me the truth after Georgia's confession to me. He cheated on me when we were together and about Georgia, he has no intention of supporting that girl through her pregnancy or through raising the child when it's born." Lily sniffed.

"I'm sorry Lily, you deserve better."

"I thought he was different, he had me so easily convinced when he lied about you being the father and for that I'm sorry."

"It's fine Lily, I just wish that he hadn't of done that because when we were going to go to Hogsmede after the match, I was going to tell you." said James quietly.

She looked up at him quizzically.

"You knew?" she whispered, almost mortified.

James nodded, "Sirius and Marlene told me, they overheard Georgia and Jeremy talking about it. Sirius spoke to Georgia and then the girl realised that Jeremy only cared about getting you back. I tried to explain but you didn't believe me and I thought that if Marlene told you that you'd think I was getting Sirius to get his girlfriend to do me a favour or something. Sirius thought it best that it came from Georgia." he explained.

Lily nodded slowly, she wasn't angry that James, Sirius and Marlene hadn't told her. It made sense the way that James had explained it, she probably wouldn't have believed them if she had been told that way. But still the knowing that she had trusted Jeremy for nothing, that hurt her the most alongside what her ex was putting Georgia through. She should be angry, that's what Mary would tell her and she was, with Jeremy. When she thought of Georgia, all she felt was pity. Mary would tell her that Georgia deserved to have her eyes scratched out for sleeping with Jeremy when he had a girlfriend, but she didn't care. Georgia had revealed Jeremy's true colours, in a way she felt thankful that Georgia had done so; for if she had chosen to get back with Jeremy then the lies would still continue and Jeremy would probably continue to cheat.

The tears fell again and she lifted her head off James's shoulder to reach into her pocket for a tissue. She hid her face from James, she didn't want him to see her like this. She felt like a mess. But when James gently gripped her face to turn her gaze back to him, she felt powerless to stop him. Even as she tried to struggle free, he kept his hazel eyes on her as she looked passed him.

"Look at me." he whispered softly.

Still she refused until James cupped her face and lifted her head to bump his forehead against her own; now she had no choice but to make eye contact.

"Lily, it's going to get better. You'll move on-

"It's not that, my feelings for him in that way have faded."

James looked confused, "Tell me, what's making you feel like this." he urged softly.

She hiccoughed and swallowed a lump in her throat.

"I trusted him, he was the nicest boy I had ever known to take a romantic interest in. He never showed me that I should be doubting him. The way that Georgia explained everything seemed unbelievable. When I spoke to him, he didn't care about Georgia. He didn't even apologise. He was my friend and I trusted him and now he's broken that trust. I thought he was a completely different person and now it's made me question if I'm a good judge of character."

James made a shushing gesture to try and soothe her as his thumbs stroked the tears away.

"So you feel betrayed? Hurt? Angry?"

She nodded, "How can I trust someone with my heart after learning that my ex-boyfriend is someone I thought he wasn't? I feel hurt that he wasn't honest with me, we were together a long time. I mostly feel angry because of the way he's treating Georgia more than angry that he cheated and lied."

"Evans, I understand how you feel. All I can say is that when it comes to trusting someone with your heart, you'll have to listen to what it says and decide if the person you're willing to give it to is worth it. Take a risk. This is just one school relationship, when we graduate you'll be in the real world and in a real relationship where honesty and trust is the best thing and all guys aren't the same."

Lily smiled weakly at his attempt to cheer her up, it was like she hadn't fallen out with him at all.

Before he could say anything more, Sirius and Peter walked into the common room and James let go of Lily. She quickly wiped her eyes and sniffed, thanking James and heading to place her schoolbag in her dormitory but she stopped on the stairs.

"Comforting Lilypad? You have been busy." Sirius teased.

"She knows everything."

"About what?" Peter questioned.

"Tell you later Wormtail." Sirius muttered.

"How's Remus?" asked James.

Sirius looked around when James told him that it was only the three of them and Lily in the tower, for they knew that Remus had told Lily about his condition over the summer when she had visited him to ask about James.

"The usual. Listen you coming tonight or are you on patrol with Evans?" asked Sirius.

"On patrol and she needs a friend right now. Are you two going to be okay without me? I know Moony can be a handful but when we're in animal form he seems to be okay." James said apologetically.

"Of course we'll be okay. Remus will understand anyway." said Peter.

"Thanks guys." said James.

Lily heard Sirius and Peter walking up the boys staircase when she hurried up to her dormitory and chucked her bag on her bed. She hadn't meant to overhear the conversation but if James was talking about the boys being animagi then she needed to have it confirmed by James. She hurried back down the stairs and sat back down next to James.

"James, can I ask you something?"

He nodded, "Of course."

Lily gulped before asking her question, she didn't want him to think she was snooping.

"Look I'm sorry but I overheard your conversation with the boys about Remus."

James's eyes widened, "What did you hear?"

Lily leaned in closer, "Are you an animagi?" she whispered.

James stood up and helped Lily to her feet, dragging her out of the common room and into an empty classroom. Once inside, he locked the door and cast a silencing charm before taking off his glasses. Lily watched as James changed into a mighty stag, it was an amazing sight to behold; looking at James Potter in animal form, she now knew how good he was at Transfiguration. Once James had changed back, she stepped closer to him.

"Why?" Lily said softly.

James placed his glasse back on his nose before smiling down at her.

"We found out about Remus and decided that we didn't care about his affliction. In fifth year we managed to become illegal animagi, once a month after curfew we sneak down into the grounds under my invisibility cloak and transform to keep Remus company in animal form. He suffers badly with his transformations and we found that we in animal form actually make him a lot calmer and his transformations are more bearable when he has us for company." James explained.

Lily felt stunned, never before had she seen a considerate side to James Potter. For years he had been a show-off who liked the attention from girls when he hexed the Slytherins or pulled pranks that earned him detention and she assumed that he was like this even with the marauders. But now she had come to the conclusion that Remus was right when he had said that there was more to James Potter than messy hair, Quidditch and pulling pranks. She was beginning to see James in a new light. One that made the flutterings in her stomach go wilder than ever before, even more than when he kissed her.

"You know something Potter? There's more to you than showing off, I admire how loyal you are to those boys." Lily mumbled.

James smiled as he tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear.

"They're my brothers Lil, there's nothing I wouldn't do for them."

Lily returned his smile.

"Now, we have a patrol to do in a few hours. I trust you don't want to eat dinner with Jeremy in the Great Hall so how about I sneak us into the kitchens and treat you to something different to what's on tonights dinner menu?" James suggested.

Lily wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him, closing her eyes as she enjoyed the feeling of James squeezing her tightly as he returned her embrace.

"This could be the start of a beautiful friendship Potter." she said quietly.

James released her and uncast the silencing charm and unlocked the door.

"Oh Evans believe me, this could be the start of something even better."