Mimiona's Disclaimer: We do not own Harry Potter, Red Bull, or Tangled (Totally my fav movie ever!) (I know, reading this disclaimer makes you wonder what the heck this chapter could be about, right?)

Ekaterina's Disclaimer: Okay, so today's disclaimer isssssss: We do not own Harry Potter or any characters pertaining to that book that happen to be created by the lovely . We also do not own Red Bull. Thankfully. No offense to those who like it

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Ekaterina's note: Hiiiiiiii! I'm so happy to be back! I wasn't able to write last chapter due to a five hour long car trip :P Ugh. But now I am back... and will be gone again later... So cruel, life is. Hehe. Yeah, this chapter is comedy and a slightly more emotional one. I'm not good with emotions really...Soooo I know that there was fluff promised for the last chapter, but I guess that just didn't work out, therfore, it will be coming "soooon, but not yet! Trust me pet..." Lols, for anyone who watched Tanged and memorized Mother Knows Best... Hmmm on the note of music, I absolutely ADORE Evanescence (I can't live without it, no matter how many times I listen it never gets old), We Are the Fallen (Similar to Evanescence, but not quit the same), Metric, the Pierces (for those who like Pretty Little Liars, they sang Secret, the opening song), and... hmmm.. A lot of Indian music :P (I looooove Bollywood music), ummm, I listen to Russian, Japanese, Korean, one French song, and one German song. Yeah... So anyways, enjoy the chapter! 3

An hour later, Lara knocked on the wardrobe door of their dorm room for around the umpteenth time. She was sitting cross-legged on the floor next to their walk-in closet, which had been modified with magic so that it would be able to hold all of the girls' clothes. Even then, it was a tight fit.

"Lily?" Lara called tiredly. "Will you be all right?"

"Yeess. I think so. I probably will. I mean, I've always gotten over these little obstacles in the past, haven't I? Oh gosh, I'll never be able to face Potter with a straight face ever again."

Lara sighed. "Lily, you'll be fine. Remember that time when you thought you got an "E" in potions? That turned out to be an "O", didn't it? Sirius had charmed it to look like an "E", right? And we all kicked his butt later. Maybe the same will happen with this. Anyways, even if it doesn't, it'll all blow over eventually."

Lily was silent for a moment.

"Lara?"

"Yeah?"

"Can I punch you?"

"WHAT?"

"Can I punch you?"

"Hm...you'll have to give me a moment to think about that. Should I let my best friend, Lily, punch me because she decides to be all depressed over one little defeat from James? Hm...I DON'T THINK SO!" With these words, Lara sprang to her feet and whipped out her wand, yelling, "Alohomora!" The wardrobe door sprang open. Lily gave a little yelp and buried her face in the stuffed bunny she had brought in with her.

Lara looked angrier then Lily ever remembered her in their entire friendship, even angrier than the time Lily had turned her favorite chocolate and her favourite blouse into piles of sludge while trying out a new spell.

"You-" she shouted at Lily, "-are being just ridiculous! I can't believe that this is the Lily that I know and adore. No. Lily, stop this. I know you actually like James but refuse to admit it and so pretend to hate it. Just suck it up and ADMIT IT TO YOURSELF!"

Lily bristled. "That's not true!" she defended herself.

Lara considered this for a moment. "Nope. Reality check, you never look in a mirror when James is around huh? Yep, you never get to see your pretty little cheeks blushing apple red. Or tomato. Which do you prefer?"

Lily had opened her mouth to protest, but now closed it again. Then she seriously considered what Lara had just said.

"Hey-" she began, but Lara silenced her with a wave of her hand.

"No. No talking." Lara said firmly but with a small smile. "Right now, all you need to do is listen. I'm still angry at you."

"But, you haven't even-" Lily tried again, but this time Lara pressed her hand over her mouth. "Listen, love."

"Lily. Listen to me. I love you a lot, I really do. We all do. I know that you feel bad, but you know, this isn't the basis of life. Everything in life isn't a competition for perfection. You are you, don't force yourself to be what you do not want to be! Just... Just LIVE!"

"Ah, I might have said a bit too much... But, you needed that sweetie. Now just kinda stop being a puppet for the perfectionist devil!" she announced with an idea that her words had gone through one ear and out the other. Her hand was on the knob when she heard a very soft voice.

"You're right."

Lara froze and turned Lily was, still holding her little stuffed bunny and smiling slightly.

"What?" Lara croaked.

"You're right." Lily's voice was slightly steadier. "I'm sorry. I really am. I-it's just-you have no idea just how much winning took over in my life. Losing seemed like death. And now that I've lost...it actually isn't that bad. I mean, yeah, it hurts, but not nearly as much as losing a friend. I know that much."

Lara smiled at Lily, then walked over to her and hugged her.

"It's all right now, Lil. You'll be fine. I swear, no matter-"

"LILY!"

What sounded suspiciously like a war cry rang thorughout the entire female Gryffindor dorm. James, shivering and slightly blue, smashed the door open, splintering the who-knows-how-old wood of their mahogany door and making his fist bleed. He did not seem to care and dashed straight for the two hugging girls, knocking Lara away with a violent shove and grabbing Lily by the shoulders. He was followed by Sirius, who was laughing so hard he could barely keep himself from collapsing onto the floor.

"Hey!" said Lara, both angry at the shove and slightly alarmed at James's state of mind.

"ARE YOU OKAY? I'M SO SORRY! I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT! ARGHH!" In James's wild frenzy, he shook Lily back and forth, making her feel quite sick and nauseous. Was the world always so...spinny? she thought. Then she fell unconscious.

"Lily!" James screamed. "Who has done this horrible thing to you? I'll make them pay. I'll knock them senseless. I'll-" BAM. James fell to the floor, unconscious.
Lara stood over James, holding what looked suspiciously like a frying pan that had a slight dent in it where it had made contact with James's head. She did not take shoving very lightly.

"You won't have to worry about that. I've already knocked him senseless." she told James's body ominously. At this, Sirius gave up any thought of self-control and burst into giant peals of laughter, which practically shook the room.

Lara glowered, "Just when I was about to say that 'no matter what, we all love you, etc' this useless piece of crap had to come in like some maniac on red bull!"

Sirius chocked on his laughter, and if possible, started to laugh even harder as he held up an empty can of Red Bull, and mangaged to cough through his laughter, "You- *giggles* should have *more giggles* seen his face!"

Lara's eyes went wide, "Oh... God Sirius, you didn't! You know what a hyper James is li-"

"LILYLILYLILYLILYLILYLILY!" James popped up from his unconcious state and started chanting Lily's name. She sat up from her unconscious state to see a very happy James.

"AAAAAAAHHHH GET HIM AWAY!" squealed Lily between screams and laughter.

"Lily,Lily,Lily, guesswhat?That'sright!" he said in a much calmer tone. He held out his arms to show how much he loved her.

"Ah... Umm... I..." stammered Lily.

Lara grabbed Sirius's arm, "C'mon... There is no way I am letting this opportunity slide by."

"Ah, are you sure it's safe to leave James like that?" asked Sirius cautiously.

"Oh, I'm sure James won't do anything rash... He knows what I can do," answered Lara breezily.

"Umm No. I was talking about the safety of leaving him there with Evans. She might murder him," was Sirius's only answer.

"Oh. Well, sucks for you, mate," chuckled Lara.

"Yea- Wait. Why me?" asked her confused boyfriend.

"He always said that if he had to die, he would love to die by Lily's hands..."

"So... I loose my best mate and he dies happy? I hate this..."

"Suck it up, Cupcake," smirked Lara.

"Ummm James?" asked Lily tentatively. It had taken him a while to calm down from his hyper active state and into a relatively somber mood. She hoped he wouldn't go all hyper again because she felt like she was going to simply explode from all the revolving emotions inside her. He rubbed the back of his head and sighed, James felt like he could fly off the Astronomy Tower right now and survive. But that might not be a good idea. Just maybe. Instead he tried to keep it together for Lily, she looked exhausted and hadn't murdered him yet, which gave him a vague idea that something as wrong.

James gave her a sad smile, "I'm sorry Lily. It was wrong of me. I didn't know that you didn't like to cook. I... I really hope that you won't hate me, but I won't blame you if you do. I really like you Lily and will do anything to keep you near me, may you be yelling, smiling, or cursing me. I don't mind any of it because the fact that I can rise every morning with the thought that I can see your sweet face is what keeps me going. What makes me want to fight the darkness in this word. What makes me glad to be alive and me."

He gazed at her wistfully, then gently cupped Lily's face in his palm, "Promise me, Lily. Promise me that no matter what, you won't take stuff like this stupid competition and feel sad. I want you to be happy no matter what. Even if you have to hate me every day of your life, I want you to stay.. well... you."

Lily opened her mouth in surprise, but nothing came out. She wasn't certain of what to say to such words, she had no idea that she could have this kind of impact on some one's life.

"I... I don't-" she started. She could feel tears threatening to overcome her as a wave of mixed emotions, generally she was able to hold any sadness, anger, or emptiness behind a strong facade of happiness, a court mask almost.

But she was starting to find that some people were able to break through this wall, break her mask of indifference and show that she really cared and felt what she did. Her friends- Lara had just made her feel like she was simply a hollow doll living for the sake of getting through life, being perfect, never letting herself enjoy.

Her party planning had been an outlet of free time in the form of stress and time limitations. Violin, it made her feel good to put her emotions into something so that she wouldn't be carring around a burden of sadness, overbearing joy, or arrogance even.

James Potter... She had no idea what the deal was about him. He managed to break down her wall in a matter of minutes, only he could get her so frustrated and annoyed, so elated with his streams of compliments and praise. Only he made her feel uneasy when he reprimanded some sort of behaviour. She didn't know what to think. Both Lily and James knew that when she said 'I hate you' it wasn't meat that way. She knew that he would always be around, that he wouldn't be like Severus, and that Lily didn't mind him as an aquaintance but she did mind him as a constant companion. It was all so confusing.

"Shhh. It's okay. You're probably at a loss for words, that's fine. Whenever you want to talk, I'll be there, okay?" he said softly.

"I...um yeah..." Lily muttered uncomforably. She wasn't good with her own emotions, she could help just about everyone, but once it came down to her, it was sort of like 'boom.'

James leaned in and gave her a light peck on the cheek, "See you at dinner." With those parting words he left an extremely flustered and blushing Lily