"Whaddu wan?"
It was dark now, the school was now mostly silent as she walked around the ongoing corridors, fulfilling her duty as Head Girl, she wasn't sure what she expected to find tonight, perhaps a few hormone ridden teenagers in a broom closet, some young mischief makers with stink bombs, maybe Peeves the Poltergeist awaiting her with paint pellets, but this wasn't what she expected.
"For Merlin's sake James, stop this!" Lily screamed, before her lying on the floor, barely able to keep his eyes open lay a familiar boy, his skin the pale shade of grey it had turned in the months past, his black hair sticking to a sweaty brown, he was a state. His shirt was unbuttoned, his trousers crumpled, his clock thrown over a nearby suit of armour. "Just stop it! Stop acting like a fucking idiot! Stop throwing your life away! You weren't the only one who lost her!"
Her beautiful ruby locks seemed to fly around her head, her eyes ablaze with fury, it was like electricity was pouring from her very soul with her anger. He stared up at her with blurred sight and saw a vision before him of fire and fury, beautiful and painful to behold.
"Fuck you."
His words so simple were like a dagger through her heart, his selfish ways were painful to bear, and he didn't have a single clue.
"Come on, I know you're angry and blah de blah, but you're my best friend Lily, and he isn't dropping after you anymore, is it really so bad that I take his attention from you?" Lily looked at her friend bemused by her action, how could she be so foolish, she'd always known she was just a game to James, but Becca… Becca of all people to do this?
"I just don't understand…" Lily said looking frustrated, but looking at Becca it was impossible not to want to agree with her, her large ocean blue eyes were looking at her with such a sense of hopefulness. "But what makes you happy makes me happy."
"Good, because he was really worried it would make things weird, he doesn't want it like that, and neither do I and you're my best friend and all that jazz," Becca rambled, linking arms with lily and walking in the general direction of the Gryffindor Common Room, as if perfectly timed waiting for them on the couch was James, Sirius, Remus and Peter. "Hi guys!"
"Hey," James smiled, instantly getting to his feet, he smiled a natural smile, not his usually boyish smirk, and could not remove his eyes from Becca, happily taking in her small frame, with chocolate brown wave framing her beautiful face. Lily saw it then, the look of true happiness on his face, every worry she possibly had was erased with that one look. "Erm, Evans, I know we have a lack of history, but Becca…"
"It's alright Potter," Lily assured him, nodding as she walked past him towards Remus. "Just break her heart and I'll rip yours out."
When Lily returned to her Dorm, her solitary dorm, she walked straight into her bedroom, she sat tiredly down onto her bed, heaving a sigh as she did, before pulling open the top draw of her bedside table, it was almost bare expect for just a few special items. A beautiful silver frame that held a moving picture of two teenage girls, one a redhead the other a brunette, they were laughing as they hugged each other, in the corner of the frame sat a golden badge, 'Head Boy' it read, they were the only things in the draw. Lily carefully picked up the frame, holding the badge in her hand.
Her ruby locks were pulled into a ponytail, that the brunette would teasingly pull very so often, her skin looked pale, even dotted with freckles all over, her school uniform was shorter and more fitted than perhaps was regulation, showing off her then developing body to it's best. Above all that stood out was the large almond shaped eyes that shone so brightly with laughter as she hugged her best friend.
The other girl was smaller, but more athletic in her build, waves of chocolate hair fell just beneath her shoulders, as she wrapped her arms around her friend. She was smiling brightly, a wide beautiful smile, which reached the deepest most breathtaking sea blue eyes, she looked gorgeous.
They were sixteen when the photo was taken, still the best of friends, the sun was shining down upon them, and behind them sat the lake sparkling under the suns rays. The castle was just to the side, while there were others in the background lazing about in the summer weather.
A tear trickled down Lily's rosy cheek as she stroked the image of her friend, wishing things were different. So simple it had been, such beautiful days with brilliant people, she missed that so much.
She looked down at the badge in her hand and sighed, for all that she thought of him back then, he was a great guy, and now that guy was gone once again.
"Do you keep that in the draw?" A familiar voice broke across the silence in her dark room, Lily nearly jumped out of her skin at the sound, looking up and seeing a friendly face. "Sorry, James woke me up when he got back; I figured you'd still be up."
"Sorry, I couldn't silence him, he might have gotten into more trouble along the way," Lily explained. "And yes, I do keep it in the draw, I didn't used to but James couldn't bear having her pictures around… it just seemed better."
"You can take it out again, Sirius and I figured James had lost his position his bed is back in the Dorm," The person explained, the light suddenly switched on and she saw Remus standing there his hand still on the switch. Honey blonde hair was falling into his tired looking eyes, as he watched her. "Things aren't getting better are they?"
"No, they aren't."