This one took me forever. Got to love writer's block. Actually I hate it,but we get to have a look see at how girl minds think...Or at least how my mind thinks sometimes when I think too much. If that made sense. :]

Chapter 31: Girl Logic

While Lily waited for Mary to return to the common room she wrote back her mum. Just giving her an update, telling her about getting back together with James, getting sick, apologized for not writing sooner, and said that she was happy her mother was well at home. By the time she finished Mary still hadn't shown up, and small figures were zooming around at the pitch outside.

Only a minute or two after finishing the letter, however, Mary came into the room tears staining her cheeks. She looked at Lily, who was sitting on her bed.

"Did you know?" Mary asked her chin quivering. Lily nodded sadly.

"I never really liked him you know." Mary continued wiping her eye.

"I know." Lily said sympathetic.

"And we fought all the time." Lily just nodded as Mary sat down in front of her on the bed.

"And he was such an immature pessimist. Why would he do this?"

"I'm sorry." Lily said. Mary whimpered dropping her head into Lily's lap.

"I really like him." she sobbed. Lily didn't say anything as she stroked Mary's hair. "Why does he have to be such a-a-a..."

"Because he's a boy." Lily told her. Mary sniffed still crying. She moved over so she was crying into Lily's pillow. After several minutes of reassurances, cruel names pointed at Sirius, thousands of tears, and a mascara stained pillow case, Mary dosed off and Jamie entered the room.

"Is she asleep?" She asked hovering at the door.

"I think so." Lily replied. Jamie nodded. Five silent seconds passed.

"Potter's looking for you." Jamie informed her. Lily nodded. Five more seconds.

"Thanks." Nod, five seconds. Jamie crossed her arms. Then sighed. Sat on her bed.

"Is that all he said?" Lily asked.

"Yep." six seconds silently passed.

"Are we really going to do this?" Lily asked.

"What?" Jamie asked looking at her sheet.

"This silence thing. I mean don't you think it's a little juvenile?" Jamie shrugged. "Why are you so mad anyway?" Shrug, sheet staring. "Well let me know." Lily said leaving the room. She wanted to stay friends with Jamie, but she was being so incredibly stubborn.

But sure enough sitting in an arm chair, black hair wet, and in his regular clothes, sat James. Lily walked up to him, putting her hand on the top of his head as she walked around his chair. He pulled her into his lap making her giggle.

"Your messing up my do." he teased. Lily laughed ruffling it more so it looked like it's usual untidy mess.

"Better?"

"Much. Thanks." James said ruffling it more.

"So what are you doing back here?" Lily asked.

"I couldn't stay at practice forever. We spend a good two hours out there. We nearly missed dinner." He told her. "And I took a shower."

"Two hours?"

"Yes."

"Wow. So then where's Black?"

"You're not mad at him are you?" James asked noting the use of his surname.

"I'm not mad at him. I just think he's being a jerk."

"Isn't that the same thing?" Lily shook her head at that.

"No. If I were mad at him I'd probably be mad at you by extension." She explained. James frowned.

"What?"

"Yeah. Because your he's friend, then I would find a way to blame you as well. So I'd be pissed at you and Black. But instead I only think he's being an immature child afraid of commitment, so your safe."

"I don't get it."

"That's okay. It doesn't really make sense. But that's the way it usually happens."

"So if you hated Sirius, you would hate me?"

"yes."

"But when you did hate me, you didn't hate Remus."

"Nope."

"That's mental."

"He apologized." Lily shrugged.

"But he didn't do anything."

"Yes. But he cared enough to apologize for you. So I forgave him and we became friends."

"Yeah but then, if he apologized for all of us, why did you still hate me?"

"Because you didn't apologize."

"But Remus did for me."

"It's not the same." Lily said easily. James stuck out his lips, considering this.

"But,"

"Let it go."

"It doesn't make sense."

"It doesn't have to."

"Well it should." James insisted.

"It won't."

"Why?"

"Because, James, we're girls."

"So?"

"So nothing we do ever makes sense. Unless your a girl." He just frowned.

"But,"

"James! Let it go."

"But it's stupid."

"No one said girl logic had to make sense."

"I did apologize." James said eventually. "Several times."

"But not the right way."

"So now there are wrong ways to apologize?"

"Yes. Like the time you shouted in the Great Hall, 'I'm sorry Lily, now will you go out with me?' that was the wrong way." James laughed.

"Yeah. I figured."

"See."

"Your too complicated." James sighed leaning his head back.

"I'm really not." Lily disagreed.

"Yes. You really are." he said.

"No. It's just girls in general that are complicated." James lifted his head up looking at her.

"That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard." Lily just smiled, causing James to do the same. "I love your smile." He told her making her smile bigger, a slight blush forming on her cheeks. He lifted her chin, directing her lips to his. The portrait banged open, the fat lady protesting loudly. James and Lily moved apart, the moment ruined.

"Did you hear!" Sirius called into the room. "There's a Hogsmeade visit!" He walked further into the room discovering who exactly he was talking to.

"Hello you two. Did you," he paused taking a sudden deep breath. The breath was followed quickly by a sneeze, then some cursing.

"You're still sick?" James asked him.

"Yes. But I did go to the hospital wing." Sirius said.

"Then shouldn't you still be there? If you have the cold Madam Pomfrey would make you stay there for at least twelve hours." Lily told him.

"She did."

"So why aren't there?" Lily asked again.

"I left." Sirius shrugged as if this was no big deal.

"You can't just leave the hospital wing. Not without being released." James had decided to stay quiet.

"I just did. But were you not listening? A Hogsmeade visit!"

"I heard." Lily replied dryly.

"Hey, didn't you have head duties tonight?"

"Yes." She snapped. But Sirius just lounged on the couch.

"Shouldn't you be going then?"

"We don't have to leave for another ten minutes." Lily told him. She'd been keeping track of the time and didn't need his reminders.

"When's the Hogsmeade visit?" James asked.

"Day after our next Quidditch match." Sirius told him. "So, Sunday.

"Another Practice Thursday." James told him.

"But it's Tuesday now." Sirius argued.

"So? You better get better by tomorrow so your fit for practice." Sirius groaned sprawling on the couch. James smiled turning back to Lily. "So is it time to go?"

"About yeah." She said. But really she just wanted to be away from Sirius. Lily moved off James' lap, taking his hand to make him follow her.

"We should warn Ivy, Ambre and Remus. You know, tell them it's almost curfew." Lily decided walking through the portrait hole.

"Okay." James agreed absently. They walked silently to the library where Ivy was gone, but Remus and Ambre sat huddled closely together at the only occupied table. The rest of the room was deserted. Ambre laughed quietly as Remus continued to grin, telling her something. Lily stopped pulling James to a halt as well.

"I thought we were warning them?" James demanded.

"Shh." Lily whispered watching them. "Leave them alone."

"But I thought," James started as Lily smiled at them. Ambre looked at Remus from the corner of her eye writing something on her parchment. He sat beside her watching with a grin of his own. James trailed off watching Lily smile warmly at them. He looked back and forth between the two studying and Lily.

Ambre ducked her head, biting her lip as Remus spoke softly to her. Her smile widening as she looked at him. They were off in their own little world, not about to be disturbed by anyone on the outside.

James wrapped his own arm around Lily, pulling her close. He kissed her temple before leading her down the corridor. Lily smiled to herself leaning into him as they walked side by side, arms around each other, away from the library.

As they walked around the corner they stumbled upon Ivy, who was on the floor reading a book. She looked up at the sound of their footsteps.

"Oh, hello." she said placing a marker in her book before closing it.

"Hey. What are you doing out here? And on the floor?" Lily asked.

"Oh!" Ivy smiled. "Well Remus and Ambre were in the library,"

"Are, actually. They're still there." Lily told her.

"Really? Huh. Well I didn't want to disrupt them, and I figured you'd be in the common room with James."

"I was in the girls dorm with Mary." Lily told her. Ivy's eyes widened.

"Shoot!" she exclaimed standing up. "That stupid boy broke up with her! I completely forgot!"

"When I left her she was asleep." Lily told Ivy.

"I feel just awful for forgetting like that." Ivy said to herself moving toward the tower.

"She talks to herself a lot." James said once Ivy rounded the corner.

"I guess. But it's not too bad." Lily agreed.

"No. And it makes me pretty thankful you don't talk to yourself." Lily laughed once shaking her head.

So this probably wasn't one of your favorites, but the girl logic thing was pretty good, and for those girl readers can't you agree with it? I'm like that and so are most of my friends. Tell me what you think. And if you have any ideas PLEASE share. I could use some insperation.