Hi! I'll write my A/N at the bottom or I might ruin everything
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Previously:
"Oh, Lily," he sighed, kneeling down so his face was exactly level with hers. He traced the planes of her face, memorizing them. He sat there for a very long time, watching his Lily sleep, before finally standing up, ruffling his hair.
"I will get you back," he murmured to her, before walking out of the room.
Lily woke up the next morning and sat up quickly, looking for her watch. She was late for breakfast. She groaned; her first day of the new term, and she didn't have James. It was going to be a long day. She pushed herself out of bed, albeit reluctantly, and walked over to her dresser. She picked up James' locket, and ran it through her fingers, before closing her eyes and putting it in the first drawer, along with the bracelet from Emily and Daniel, and the ring from Sirius. She had assumed Sirius was taking James' side in the break up, and she didn't want to parade the fact that she'd wear Sirius' jewelry but not James'. She got ready quickly, before running out of the Heads dorm.
She had cried so much in the last two days, she felt as if she had no tears left. Her eyes were still slightly puffy, and there was a lump in her throat that she doubted would ever vanish. She walked into the Great Hall, which was back to its usual state, full of people, and saw Hestia and Alice sitting with the Marauders and Frank. James was there. She froze, not knowing what to do. Should she go sit with them? Or sit alone? Sirius' head snapped up as he felt eyes on them, and he saw Lily standing at the entrance of the Great Hall. He could tell she didn't know if she should sit with them, and he decided to make it easier.
"LILY-FLOWER!" he yelled, gesturing over to her. Everyone jumped and James turned to look at her. Lily, slightly pink, walked over before Sirius could yell again and plopped down next to Peter, who was sitting next to Remus, who was next to James.
"Hey Lily," Peter said, smiling at her, and she smiled back. She didn't deserve to have them all nice to her. She had ruined everything.
"Ms. Evans!" Lily jumped and looked around to see McGonagall walking over to them. She groaned and stood up; McGonagall looked like she was in a bad mood.
"Morning Professor how are you?" she said in a friendly voice, and she saw McGonagall's expression dissolve a little.
"I'm well Ms. Evans, and yourself?" Lily flinched, unsure of how she should answer that question, but McGonagall didn't give her the opportunity to answer, "Anyway, Ms. Evans I'm going to need you and Mr. Potter to run a patrol tonight. It's the first day back from holiday and students usually decide not to behave on these nights," she said, and Lily nodded, trying not to laugh, "Thank you," McGonagall said, and with a nod to everyone else, ignoring Sirius blowing her a kiss, she walked away.
Lily sat down awkwardly, not knowing what to say anymore. Thankfully, Sirius wouldn't stop bickering with Remus the whole of breakfast, which gave her the opportunity to be quiet.
"Wait where's Gwenog?" she said, suddenly realizing who was missing.
"Ms. Jones will not be returning to Hogwarts," Dumbledore said, who was standing behind her all of a sudden, and Lily jumped.
"Why?" Alice gasped.
"She is now a member of the Holyhead Harpies, it's a full time job, she needn't complete her NEWTS, and she is busy with practices," Dumbledore said, and Lily, Hestia and Alice looked down at their plates.
"Without saying goodbye?" Lily said quietly, and Dumbledore looked down at her sympathetically.
"She said she would be back in a few days to say goodbye," he said, and the girls nodded, "Did you make it to Privet Drive alright?" Dumbledore said, looking down at Lily, who felt her eyes blur.
"Yes, thank you," she said quietly, feeling James' eyes on her.
"Good. Now off to class, the lot of you," he said, waving his hands in the air. The seventh year Gryffindors stood up and made their way to Charms.
The day passed by excruciatingly slow. Lily felt as if the world was trying to rip her heart out. She hated not talking to James, she hated not being able to touch James, she hated not being able to grin at him, and she hated not having him next to her. James watched Lily the whole day, wanting her to look at him, wanting her to walk over and lean on him like she used to. Their classes passed by slowly, and everyone seemed to sense the difference in attitudes between the head students.
"Where'd our happy couple go?" Avery sneered, as he walked by James in the hallway. James, who couldn't take it anymore, turned around to punch Avery in the nose. Avery fell over, and James made his way over to Avery, but Sirius grabbed him around the torso, and pulled him in the other direction.
"Not worth it mate," Sirius said, and James shook him off, and continued to walk away with Sirius at his side.
James scheduled a Quidditch Practice that night, which went terribly, because of the Captains' obvious distance from the people.
"James! The game against Hufflepuff is in 2 months mate! We need to crush them to make the House cup!" Sirius yelled, hovering next to him. Sirius was one of James' beaters, and now that Gwenog was gone, James realized he needed a new chaser.
"We need tryouts for a new chaser," James said quietly, and Sirius nodded, clapping him on the back. Sirius was worried for James, and didn't know what he was going to do if James didn't snap out of this quickly. When James got back to the Common room that night, it was to see Lily sitting at her desk, working. Her head snapped up as he entered and she grabbed her stuff, and ran up the stairs, not wanting the tears to escape in front of him. James sighed, and kicked the sofa, before heading up his own stairs.
By the next morning, everyone knew about the Head Boy and Head Girls break up. The day went by slowly once again, and James noticed that even the teachers knew about the breakup. Lily was so upset, that she didn't answer any questions in class, which was unlike her. She was usually the only one paying attention. However, in transfiguration, when McGonagall yelled her name for the 3rd time, Lily answered the question correctly. After that, Lily buried herself in work. She didn't even talk to Alice or Hestia. She wanted to make it up with James, but every time she saw him, she saw the image of a dead stag in her mind, and she couldn't look at him.
"Lily I thought you were going to talk?" Remus asked the next morning at breakfast, but Lily sighed.
"I'm working on it," she muttered, "Every time I try I see a dead stag and I can't do it," she said, her voice breaking. Remus sighed sympathetically and he rubbed her on the shoulder before getting back to his food. They would get to it in time.
"Lily-flower, what's going on?" Sirius tried, after Remus, during Defense Against the Dark Arts. Lily had been paired with him and they were working on patronusses. Lily, who could usually produce a patronus, wasn't even getting wisps of silver. James, too, wasn't able to produce one. When Lily didn't answer, Sirius sent his patronus to run around her, causing her to chuckle, "There's that smile," he said gently, and Lily wiped the tears that escaped her eyes.
"I can't do this anymore. This apart thing," Lily whispered, glancing over at James, who had taken to watching all the other patronusses.
"Then fix it," Sirius said, and Lily shook her head.
"It's not that simple," she sighed, "I'm tired of imagining dead stags. And dogs and rats at that too," she turned, narrowing her eyes at Sirius, who blushed lightly, "I don't want you all to get hurt. It hurts me to think of you and Peter getting hurt, but it absolutely shatters me to even imagine James with a broken leg," she sighed, and Sirius sighed as well. He didn't know how to fix this.
"Lily!" Lily's head snapped up as Hestia stormed into her bedroom that night, while James held Quidditch tryouts for a new chaser a week later, "Lily snap out of it! You've been moping for a week, and you haven't been talking to us. Enough!" Hestia screamed, sitting down on Lily's bed.
"Lily you have to join the land of the living again," Alice said gently, shooting a glare at Hestia, "And seriously Hestia, the girl is upset. Don't yell at her!" Hestia blushed, embarrassed, and Alice held her hand out to Lily, "Let's go."
"Where?" Lily asked, wiping her eyes, "And I'm sorry," she said quietly, looking at her friends.
"Lily, don't worry about it, you're upset. You two were perfect together. We completely understand. We just missed you," Hestia said, putting her arm around Lily's shoulders. Lily chuckled and allowed her friends to drag her out of her room.
"And anyway, it's Saturday. It is not the day to work," Alice added, slinging her arm through Lily's.
"Where are we going?" Lily said, feeling better than she had in days. She had forgotten the magic of having friends, but she still felt as if she's been ripped in half.
"We're going to watch the Quidditch tryouts. I want to count to see how many girls show up to swoon over James and Sirius," Hestia said, nudging Lily, who chuckled. The mention of James' name had knocked the breath out of her, just like anything to do with James did after the break up, but she had to agree with Hestia. They made it down to the Quidditch Pitch, and Alice snorted. There were so many girls gathered in the stands to watch the boys.
"I win!" Hestia yelled, and Alice sighed, pulling out a galleon, "I bet tons of girls would show up, while Alice said they had lives," Hestia explained happily to Lily, who rolled her eyes.
"Really Alice? I thought you were smarter than that," Lily said quietly, and Alice nudged her playfully, glad that Lily was speaking. They walked into the stands and sat down. James had their back to them, and was watching the people trying out fly around the pitch. He wasn't actually watching though. He was thinking about Lily, like he usually did these days. He kept replaying everything that had happened between them, from when they'd gotten together, to the snowball fight. The blur of red flying around the pitch reminded him of her hair, and he felt the familiar lump rise in his throat. He shook his head and focused on the players.
Sirius, who had noticed the girls walk in, waved to them hugely, "HEY BABE!" he yelled to Hestia, who laughed and waved back, ignoring the glares from all the girls around them, who had turned to curse Hestia with their eyes. James turned to wave at Hestia, but almost fell of his broom as he noticed the familiar red head in the stands.
"LILY-FLOWER! YOU'RE ALIVE!" Sirius yelled, and James saw a small smile on Lily's face, which made his heart ache. She noticed James' eyes on her, and their eyes met for a moment, before she looked down at the floor. James turned back to watch his players, deciding to worry about Lily later, he needed his team to win the House Cup.
After the hours of tryouts, James finally selected a second year, with which he was satisfied. She was really good, "Welcome to the team!" he said happily, holding out his hand.
"Thank you," she said happily, "I'm Tonks," she smiled, "Hi Lily!" she said suddenly. James turned quickly to see that Hestia had run down to say hi to Sirius, followed by Lily and Alice.
"Hi Nymphadora," Lily said politely, smiling at her. James saw Tonks's nose crinkle.
"I hate that, it's Tonks," she said, and Lily chuckled.
"Okay Tonks." Tonks grinned at Lily, and James sighed. Why did Lily have to be so amazing? Everyone loved her. It didn't help with getting over her, which he knew was never going to happen anyway, "Hi," Lily said quietly to James, as Sirius and Hestia hugged next to her. Alice had walked away to Frank, who was sitting at the other side of the pitch with Remus and Peter.
James turned incredulously. Lily was speaking to him?
"Why haven't I seen you anywhere?" Marlene whined, running over to hug Lily, who stumbled due to the sheer force of it.
"I've been…busy," Lily said quietly, and Marline grinned.
"I bet. NEWTS. Blech." Lily's mouth twitched, knowing Marlene knew the real reason she was hiding. Lily looked back at Tonks, who was looking in the direction of Remus, and smiled.
"REMUS!" Lily yelled, and James found himself enjoying the sound of her voice. Sirius and Hestia jumped; they hadn't heard Lily's voice clearly all week. Remus, who was shocked as well, jogged over to them.
"Yes Lily?" he asked cautiously. Lily's eyes flickered back to Tonks, who was slightly pink and openly gawking at Remus.
"Remus, this is Tonks," she said, gesturing to Tonks, who blushed. Hestia, noticing Tonks' blush, grinned and walked over to Lily.
"Erm, it's nice to meet you?" Remus said confused, but politely, holding his hand out to Tonks for a handshake. Tonks, who blushed harder, took Remus's hand and shook it slightly, staring at her hand in his, "Why did you call me over?" he asked curiously, letting go of Tonks' hand. Lily ran her hand through her hair nervously, and James watched the way her hair moved as she did that.
"Just thought it'd be nice to introduce you to Tonks," she shrugged, and winked at Tonks, who grinned at her widely.
"Alright…I'm going to go now," Remus said, and with a grin to Tonks, he walked back to where he had been sitting.
"Oh Merlin, Lily you're the best!" Tonks squealed, and Hestia laughed. Sirius, who had caught on, smiled after Remus. Lily blushed under the compliment and she felt James' eyes on her once again. She turned to look at him and green met hazel, "If it's any consolation, I think that you two were really good together," Tonks said, gesturing between Lily and James. Lily froze a little, before smiling slightly at Tonks.
"Thanks," she whispered, and Tonks grinned. Another second year girl ran out of the stands towards Tonks.
"TONKS! Oh Merlin you got in! Congratulations! And Merlin's pants you talked to him!" she squealed, and Tonks grinned at her. Lily smiled at the second years as they squealed.
"I'll see you later," Tonks said politely to the seventh years, and with a grin at Lily, she and her friend ran away together, arms linked.
"Aw isn't she just the sweetest little thing!" Hestia squealed, and Lily smiled. Sirius barked a laugh.
"I can't believe she's in love with Moony," he said, rolling his eyes.
"Just more proof he's the attractive one," Lily said without thinking, and covered her mouth as Sirius gasped.
"I CANT BELIEVE YOU JUST SAID THAT!" Sirius yelled, and James grinned as Lily laughed.
"Sorry Sirius," she said cheekily.
"Yeah Lily, we're hurt," James said quietly, and Lily turned to look at him, their eyes meeting. Back when they were dating, she would've done something like stick her tongue out at him, or kiss him on the cheek. She didn't know what to do now. Hestia, however, sensing her best friends dilemma, butted in.
"Yeah well, we've just been proven right," declared Hestia, and Lily sighed, grateful for her best friend, and looked down at the floor.
"I'm going to go finish now," Lily said quietly, and Hestia sighed, letting go of her friend.
"LILY-FLOWER! We haven't seen you in forever!" Sirius whined, and Lily smiled, "You're not going anywhere. We're all going to hang out," he declared, and Lily paled. Hang out? With James? How? Sirius walked over and slung Lily over his shoulder, and Lily screamed.
"I cant, I have to finish my essay," Lily said quietly.
"It's Saturday!"
"I cant Sirius," Lily said, looking at Sirius, who sighed, as he understood.
"Fine. I'll see you tomorrow then?" he said happily, and Lily nodded. She turned around and walked off the pitch. James flew up into the air and watched as Lily broke into a run and entered the castle.
Lily stayed in her room the whole of Sunday, working, and revising. When anyone asked her, she reminded them of the upcoming NEWTS, which they promptly reminded her wasn't for another six months. She, however, ignored them, and spent the whole day sitting on her bed, looking through the album Hestia had given her for Christmas, and staring at the picture of her and James inside the locket.
The album contained pictures of them all through Hogwarts, from their First Year all the way to their Seventh year. She saw a picture of her and James in their First year, next to a picture of Lily sitting on his lap as his face was in her hair a couple months ago. She smiled at the difference, and felt tears escape as she looked at the picture of her and James. She put the locket on, missing the way it felt against her skin, and the meaning it held as she wore it, and took it off, before crying into her pillow.
That night, when James got back from Quidditch Practice, Lily was walking down the stairs. She saw James, and stopped, looking at him. James looked at her, dressed in his jersey, and froze. Lily looked down at the jersey and felt tears well up in her eyes. She pulled it off, she had been wearing a spaghetti underneath, and walked over to James.
"Here," she said, holding it out to him. James looked down at the jersey she was offering him, and then up at her.
"I don't want it," he said sadly, shaking his head, "It's yours."
"It's got your name on it," she replied, her mouth twitching. James chuckled, the exact argument he'd used on her back at his house.
"I thought I wasn't getting it back," he said quietly, and Lily's smile vanished.
"Things change," she whispered, and James shook his head.
"Some things never will Lils," he said. Lily felt her heart break at the use of her nickname, and looked up at him, "You keep it," he said, and turned around to head up his staircase. Lily sighed and placed the jersey on James' desk, before turning around and walking back up her staircase. It wasn't hers anymore, just like he wasn't.
"Today we're going to conduct pair activities," Slughorn announced, "we're going to be brewing Amortentia," he said happily, and Lily groaned. A love potion? Really?
"Now, I will assign you pairs," he said happily, walking over to the Gryffindors, and Lily crossed her fingers. Not James. Anyone but James, "Black and Jones," Sirius grinned at Hestia, who smiled back, "Longbottom and Pettigrew, Lupin and Prewett," Lily felt the lump rise up again, as she saw those pairs grin at each other, there were only two left, "And Potter and Evans," he said, with a wink at Lily, "Chop-chop!" he said, clapping his hands, and Lily walked over to James. Slughorn was the only teacher who was oblivious to the fact that James and Lily and split. He was convinced they were going to get married.
"I'll get the ingredients," he said quietly, and walked away. Lily closed her eyes and set up the cauldron and the flame underneath it. Potions was her best subject, which was why she was disappointed. She couldn't even concentrate too hard, she'd drift off a lot, and the brewing time would leave her to talk to James. James returned and put the ingredients on the table gently. Lily noticed how his glasses were dirty, and without thought, pointed her wand at them, and they cleared. James jumped at the sudden clarity and looked at Lily, who was blushing, and putting her wand away, "Thanks," he said quietly, and Lily shrugged it off.
They begun making the potion, but at the time when they had to wait for it to brew, they sat there quietly. They were all at individual tables, so they couldn't just turn and talk to someone.
"So," Lily said, and James smirked.
"How've you been?" James said quietly, and saw Lily pale.
"Terrible, yourself?" she asked, and James smiled.
"Even worse," he shrugged, and Lily giggled.
"We need help," she said, shaking her head at the floor. James smiled at the use of 'we'.
"What's at Privet Drive?" he asked, encouraged by the fact that she was at least speaking to him. He had been wondering that ever since Dumbledore had asked her about it that day.
"Tuney." James's eyebrows raised high.
"You went to visit Tuney? Why?" Lily could hear the surprise in his voice and blushed a little.
"I needed to talk to her," she said quietly.
"Why?"
"I didn't know what to do," she said so quietly, James almost missed it. He ran his hand through his hair, knowing what she was referring to.
"What did she tell you to do?" he asked warily. Lily turned a fiery shade of red, and James found himself marveling in how beautiful that colour was.
"She told me what I already knew," Lily murmured, and James raised an eyebrow.
"What do you already know?" he whispered, leaning towards her. He had promised he was going to get her back, and he would. Just then, the potion began to bubble and Lily stood up quickly, looking inside the potion, and James sighed.
"Can you pass me the roots?" she said, and James passed them to her dejectedly. When Lily started to stir, James smelt the overwhelming scent of Orchids, Lily's shampoo, and gasped. Lily smelt the smell of James, and closed her eyes, marveling in its scent, "wow," she breathed, taking in the scent.
"I bet it smells like the each other," Slughorn chuckled as he walked over. James saw Lily blush deep red and ruffled his hair. Thanks for making it awkward Slughorn, "This potion receives and Outstanding," he said, grinning down at Lily, who gave him a small smile.
"Thanks Professor," she said, and Slughorn chuckled, his belly jiggling.
"Ah Mr. Potter you've got a good one here, don't lose her," he said, patting James on the back before walking around him, and James felt something tug at his navel at Slughorns words.
"So let's clean up," she said quietly, not looking at James. She stood up but felt James take her wrist.
"Lils, I can't go on like this," he said quietly, and Lily heard the lump in his throat. She turned to face him, "I know you're worried, but you need to know, I'm not just being stupid. I do it for Moony, he needs us," he said, his voice breaking. Lily, who couldn't take being apart from James any longer, put her finger on his lips, and James stopped talking, looking down at her finger.
"We'll talk later," she said quietly, and James felt his stomach flip, and a glimmer of hope. Sirius, who had noticed James and Lily, nudged Hestia, who looked over at them, and a grin split across her face.
"Not long now," Hestia muttered, and Sirius grinned at her.
"How are you so sure?"
"I know things," she giggled, pinching Sirius' chin. Sirius grinned and leaned down to kiss her on the nose, and Hestia squealed.
"Now Mr. Black, focus on the work," Slughorn said, chuckling. Sirius grinned up at Slughorn and winked, causing Slughorns giant belly to jiggle with chuckles once again. Hestia, who had blushed, nudged Sirius, and he turned to look over at Lily and James.
"Why can't we talk now?" James said, putting his hand on hers, pulling her finger off his lips, and didn't release her hand. Lily looked down at her hand in his, and felt her pulse race. This was not good; she had it way too bad. Lily opened her mouth to say something, but was cut off by Slughorns booming voice.
"Well done everyone! Every Potion in here passed! Now off to lunch!" he boomed. James saw Lily grab her back quickly and picked his up as well.
"I'll see you in the dorm later," he said, and Lily turned pink, but to James' immense happiness, nodded. She walked over to Hestia, who grinned at her.
"What?" Lily said, and Hestia shook her head happily. Sirius winked at Lily before walking over to James.
"Hey," Sirius said, clapping James on the back, and James grinned, "Wow I haven't seen you do that since the snowball fight," Sirius said, rolling his eyes, and James smiled down at Sirius.
"Thanks mate," James said huskily, and Sirius shook his head.
"What are best mates for?"
Lunch was painfully uneventful, but anyone could see the new hope in James' eyes and the small smile on Lily's face. There was more energy in the two than there had been all week. Lily tied up her hair, noticing James' eyes on her hair, and smiled to herself. The last two classes passed by slowly, and soon, it was dinnertime.
The Great Hall was noisy. Especially since they had spent the last few meals at the tiny oval table. Somehow, Lily ended up sitting across from James, and spent the whole meal looking down at her food, as did James. She couldn't help but think of the game she had played with him at the Potter mansion, and a grin spread across her face at the memory.
"What are you smiling at?" Sirius said through his mouth of food, and Lily winced as a bit of chicken flew out of his mouth.
"Gross Sirius!" she said, shifting away from him as everyone snickered. Sirius swallowed and shifted closer to her, putting his arm around her shoulders.
"Ah Lily-flower. You might think that was gross, but you obviously haven't seen Wormy's feet," he said.
"OI!" Peter yelled as everyone laughed. Lily chuckled and pushed Sirius off her.
"Mr. Black, for the last time, what are you wearing?" McGonagall asked, storming over to them. Sirius had taken to wearing his leather jacket over his Hogwarts robes.
"Like it eh?" Sirius winked, and McGonagall blushed.
"It is not dress code, take it off," she said.
"Just the jacket or everything?" Sirius said cheekily, and Lily had to bite back a laugh at McGonagall's expression. She could see everyone's shoulders shaking violently and looked over at McGonagall, whose face was the colour of Lily's hair, and whose lips were pursed into a tight line. McGonagall walked away without another word, "Don't worry, love, I'll be graduating soon! Our love will no longer be forbidden!" Lily saw McGonagall stumble on her way up and then they burst into laughter. Lily watched James laugh, and felt her stomach flip. They were laughing so hard that they didn't notice someone come up behind Lily.
"Lily?" Lily turned around at the mention of her name, and saw Amos Diggory, a seventh year Hufflepuff, who most of the girls at Hogwarts swooned after, that is, after James, Sirius and Remus.
"Hi Amos," she smiled, and she saw both Hestia and Alice sigh at his smile.
"I heard about you and Potter, you know, splitting, and I was wondering if you'd like to go to Hogsmeade with me the next Hogsmeade visit?" Lily saw everyone tense and she saw James' jaw clench across from her.
"Uh, Amos, I don't think that'll work out," she said quietly.
"Why not Lily?" Amos whispered, leaning down closer to Lily. Lily leaned back, away from Amos, "Lily I'd be good for you," he said, and leaned down further. Lily froze as Amos kissed her on the forehead and suddenly, there was a blast, and Amos was thrown backwards.
She turned around quickly to see James standing up with his wand out. Sirius and Remus had their wands out as well. Everyone in the Great Hall seemed to have frozen and turned to see what had happened. James, whose eyes were shining with tears, continued to glare at Amos, who had stood up.
"POTTER WHAT THE HELL!" Amos yelled, pulling out his wand. He pointed it at James and James dodged the hex Amos had sent at him, which hit the opposite wall. Sirius, Remus, Peter and Frank stood up, wands drawn, facing Amos Diggory, with murder on their expressions.
They aimed their wands at Amos, ready to curse. Everyone watched as five spells flew at Amos, and he was thrown back hard, slamming into the other wall. He aimed his wand and pointed it at Remus, whose face erupted in bat wings, which he cured with a flick of his wand. Furious, Sirius aimed his wand at Amos, and a large ribbon flew out, tying him up. Amos cut it off, and aimed his wand at James. James was thrown back, and Lily stood up.
"Stop!" she yelled. She pointed her wand at James, who was about to slam into the wall, and he flew back to them, looking at Lily incredulously. Lily turned and pointed her wand at Amos, "Expelliarmus!" she yelled, and Amos' wand flew over to her. All the boys turned to look at her, as did Hestia, Alice, and the rest of the hall. Even the teachers were watching with rapt attention. Secretly, they all wanted the Head Boy and Girl to get back together. After making sure James was okay, Lily turned to glare at Amos.
"Lily he cursed me first!" Amos said incredulously.
"If you even aim your wand at him again I will curse you so hard you wont be able to sit on a broom properly," she yelled. There were whoops and cheers erupting along the Gryffindor table, as well as from the teachers, Lily noticed, and Lily could see James watching her out of the corner of her eyes. She saw Sirius, Remus, Peter, Frank, Alice and Hestia turn to look at her, and she saw grins on all their faces.
"Yes!" she heard Sirius hiss. Everyone knew what was going to happen after that.
"Lily you're being stupid!" Amos yelled, and Lily turned slowly to glare at him.
"Excuse me?" she shrieked, finally letting out all the emotions she'd been holding back for that week.
"You heard me! He hurt you Lily! And you haven't been the same! You need me!" His response caused all the Gryffindors to hiss. She saw Hestia raise her wand but Alice stopped her.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Lily shrieked, and she heard people clap, "Why would I possibly need YOU? The only person I need I haven't talked to in a week!" she screamed, and tears started spilling from her eyes. James froze to look at Lily, and felt his stomach flip. Yes!
"POTTER? ARE YOU BLOODY JOKING?" Amos yelled, and James turned to look at him murderously.
"Go to HELL Amos!" Lily shrieked, pointing her wand at Amos. Amos froze and put his hands up in surrender.
"Lily!" Amos yelled, "He doesn't have you anymore!"
"And you never will!" she yelled. She sent a nasty hex at him, and Amos was thrown back, erupting in nasty hives. The Great Hall cheered, and Lily, grabbing her stuff, stormed out of the Great Hall, allowing tears to fall down her cheeks. The Great Hall froze after Lily left, and James looked after her.
"Go!" McGonagall yelled, breaking the silence, gesturing after Lily. Dumbledore looked at her incredulously, "Potter go after her! Oh shut up Albus," she muttered, and Dumbledore chuckled, "Potter just bloody go! Go after her!"
James grabbed his bag and ran out of the Great Hall to cheers and applause. Sirius blew a kiss to McGonagall, who grinned, before sitting down.
He ran up to the Heads dorm, but Lily wasn't there. He dropped his stuff off, and went to check Gryffindor Tower, with no luck. He ran to the library, but she wasn't there either. He ran outside to the Marauders tree, to Hagrids hut, to the Quidditch Pitch, to the bloody girls bathroom, but he couldn't find her. He went back to the Heads dorm and fell onto the sofa. Where could she be? James' head snapped up suddenly, and he started running to the seventh floor, to the place across the tapestry of Barnes The Noble. He paced back and forth, closing his eyes, and then, pulled open the magic door, and looked around the room he had shown Lily all those months ago, before they had gotten together in the first place. Lily was sitting in the armchair, her shoulders shaking, oblivious to the fact that she wasn't alone.
He walked over to her and cupped her face in both his hands. Lily gasped as someone touched her and found herself looking into her favorite colour, hazel.
"James I'm sorry!" she choked out, tears streaming down her face, "I'm so sorry! I was stupid! I was scared, and I was angry, and I-I" she couldn't go any further, and James pulled her into his arms, sitting on the floor, with Lily in his lap.
"Shh Lily," he said soothingly, "let's go back to the dorm okay?" Lily nodded and he helped her up. He walked next to her, not sure if he was allowed to hold her hand, and they made their way back to the Heads dorm. When they entered, Lily turned to James in the middle of the common room, and looked up at his face.
"James I'm sorry," she whispered, and James shook his head, putting his finger on her lips. Tears continued to flow down her face and James wiped them away with his thumbs.
"I'm sorry too," he whispered, and Lily shook her head.
"You d-don't have to a-apologize. I was out of l-line," she choked out, and James shook his head.
"No you weren't. I should have told you," he said, and Lily nodded, "And you love hearing you were right don't you?" he teased, and he saw his favorite sight in the world, Lily grinning.
"That's because I'm always right," she said, and James rolled his eyes. Lily looked up at James, "Can you forgive me?" she whispered.
"Oh Lily," James said, resting his forehead against hers, and Lily felt her heart race. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her towards him, and Lily wrapped her arms around his neck. He leaned down carefully, unsure if he was allowed to do this, but Lily clarified that by getting on her tiptoes, and closing the distance between them. She sighed in contentment as she felt his soft lips on her again, and tears flowed down her face again. Tears of Joy. James moved one of his hands into her hair, and his lips curved up in a small smile. She moved her hands into his hair and started messing it up more than it usually was. When they finally broke apart, James kept his forehead against hers, catching his breath.
"Just clarifying, we're together again aren't we?" he asked, and Lily laughed, finally feeling as if she'd been sowed together again.
"Thank Merlin. I've missed my locket," she said, grinning up at him, and James grinned down at her.
"You know I love you right?" he whispered, looking into Lily's eyes.
"And you know I love you too," she said, before reaching up to kiss him again.
Hey guys! Lot's of you wanted a happy chapter, and here it is! I'm so happy; I was tired of them being apart. It's depressing at the beginning, yes, but it gets better! I was listening to 'Sleepers Just Don't' by Mayday Parade during this chapter, and I think it helped inspire me in a way. And I just couldn't resist but add Tonks in there. I wanted to get Remus a lady friend, but I couldn't imagine him with anyone but Tonks. I hope you like it! I'll update later today probably.
Review! Happy Fanficcing!