James felt very guilty, but that didn't put a stop to the bounce in his step. He really knew he shouldn't be happy that his best friend had just broken up with his girlfriend, but he couldn't help it. It didn't help that Dora was really mad at him.
"What about me have you stopped liking?" Dora demanded of James. "What about her is so much better?"
"Dora... She's not better then you, but she's not you." James said, Dora looked so angry and he realised his mistake. "I don't mean it like that, I just mean that... Look, Dora, I love you, but I'm not in love with you, I was never in love with you." James explained.
"But- I-I..." Dora stuttered, tears formed in her eyes, and James looked at her with dawning realisation.
"Oh Dora, I'm sorry." He said. "But I don't feel what you feel for me, not for you at least." The only thing that stopped her from ripping his head off was that she realised he was telling her the truth, he hadn't known, and he felt bad about letting her feel this way for him.
Lily grinned as she sat in Charms, she was sitting next to Mars, who was doodling aimlessly, Lily elbowed her.
"I really hope that you are naturally brilliant at Charms, because I have never seen you pay attention in one lesson." Lily whispered.
"Miss Evans." Called the tiny Professor Flitwick. "I assume you know the Patronus Charm then, as you see fit to not pay attention." Flitwick said.
"Sorry Professor, I didn't mean to interrupt." Lily said blushing.
"Well, come on then Miss Evans, I'd like to be able to see you cast the Patronus." Flitwick said, the class turned to her, curiously watching, Flitwick indicated for her to get to the front of the classroom and cast the charm, taking a deep breath Lily got to her feet and walked to the front.
"Expecto Patronum!" Lily called, memories flashed before her eyes and when she looked, around her feet there was a small silvery doe, searching the room, and then looking directly at her. She trotted around a little before disappearing.
"Impressive." Flitwick mused.
"Not really, I've been conjuring her since my fifth year." Lily replied, smirked and then took her place once more.
"Hogwarts is starting to affect you, you're just as cocky as Sirius." Mars whispered with a grin.
"Maybe I was always this way, and am just out to shock you all." Lily teased.
"Please, Miss Sunshine and Goodness, you like us? No way."
Finally the evening came and there was yet another party to be attended. Lily was a bit more worried about this one.
"Guys, what do I do?" Lily asked as the girls looked through their wardrobes.
"What do you mean?" Dorcas asked her, the pair were getting on really well, even with all this James stuff, simply because Lily was a nice, kind person.
"I don't have Remus, I mean, I'm going in on my own." Lily replied, Mars looked at her oddly.
"I'm sure Remus will hang out with you." Mars said.
"I'm sure he would too, but I don't want to hang out with Remus, I mean, well before we... I can't hang out with Remus. It would be strange, I mean he's like one of my closet friends, but it would be nice to get out on my own… I think" Lily said.
"Look, Lily trust me, it will just kinda come to you when you're there, who to hang out with, who to get with." Nay said with a wink. Lily rolled her eyes and giggled.
James sighed as Remus clapped him on the back.
"Sorry mate, but this does mean Lily is available, and that's what you didn't want, wasn't it?" Remus said quietly as the other guys checked to make sure the clothes they were wearing were actually clean.
"I can't go out with Lily, she's Sirius' Little sister, he'd kill me. But when she's around, it like... It's like I don't care what Sirius would say, or that Dorcas is hurting, I want to be with her and that's all that matters." James said, Remus sat there in shock, even he hadn't realised how strongly James felt for Lily.
"Prongs, maybe if you really do feel like that towards Lily, then you should act on it." Remus said. "Regardless of what anyone else thinks, but you have to realise Lily really isn't like Dorcas... If you hurt her I'll be in straight after Sirius to kill you." Remus warned.
"I know."
The music was pumping, Lily felt nervous as she walked into the Room of Requirement, she grinned at Remus as she walked past him, just to let him know she'd be alright, deciding that she might as well have a bit of fun she got onto the dance floor and started to move to the rhythm.
"That's gross." Sirius grumbled as he turned away from Lily. Frank was staring wide eyed at little Lily with a look that really did say anything but gross.
"I-I dunno... I think she looks..." Allie would have usually been upset that Frank was acting this way, but even she couldn't look away from Lily.
"She looks so freaking hot!" Allie exclaimed.
It wasn't long before two guys were at her side, one facing her, the other behind her, their hands were everywhere, but this didn't seem to bother Lily as she continued to move. James saw red as she slipped her hand around the back of the neck of the guy behind her, her other hand pulled the guy in front of her closer.
"LILY!" Sirius shouted, extremely unhappy at the turn of events, but his voice was barely heard over the music, instead James stormed towards the two guys and ripped them away from her, he grabbed Lily around the waist and stormed off the dance floor, with her struggling to get away, it wasn't happening however, and he dropped her on the floor, painfully, outside on the seventh floor corridor.
"What the hell?" Lily demanded.
"What were you thinking, you looked like a slut!" James growled.
"What the fuck is your problem?" Lily demanded.
"YOU!" James snapped, Lily glared at him.
"What were you thinking carrying me out of there like that?" Lily demanded.
"I was thinking I'd do her a favour and make sure she has some dignity left!" James growled.
"I was dancing! I'd expect this from Sirius! It's none of your business what I do!" Lily shouted, stamping her foot, and she was being immature, but he had pissed her off, she didn't understand why he was being so rude.
"You want to know what this has got to do with me?" James practically shouted at her, Lily crossed her arms over and looked at him expectantly, only to get something she didn't expect, he shoved her against the opposite wall, and kissed her furiously. It was painful and brilliant and without thinking she pulled him closer and kissed him back just as furiously, her hands reached his hair and pulled on it, hard, he gasped as he was pulled away from Lily's body.
"You've got no right to push other guys away because you want a new piece of meat to shag in a broom closet." Lily hissed. His eyes widened, he'd known she'd know, but the harsh tones shocked him slightly, not to mention how she looked right now, she was red in the face, her lips bruised, her hair was a mess, and she's never looked sexier.
"I don't want you in a broom closet." James replied nonchalantly, his cool tone shocking Lily slightly, allowing James the chance to remove her hand from his hair and pin her to the wall once more. "I want you in ever single room in this place." He murmured against her lips, before kissing her once more, this time more gently. He thought things were going well, when suddenly he felt a sharp pain on the right side of his face.
"Look else where, I'm not interested." Lily growled. And James watched her walk off down the corridor towards Gryffindor Tower.