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Chapter 8

It was Thursday after classes near dinner time. She wondered if people were thinking about where she was, she hadn't gone to the Great Hall at all to eat, nor had she gone to any classes. She just went to the Kitchens instead. Then she came up to the Astronomy Tower.

As Lily looked over the Astronomy Tower she thought about how peaceful it was. She just thought about everything. Her screwed up life, the Rose situation, just everything.

She thought about how this seventh year jumped off the Astronomy Tower and died when she was in her third year. His name was Drew Anderson. She wondered if he'd been scared at all, if he'd thought about his family and friends before he'd jumped, what the consequences of his action were.

She closed her eyes and leaned over the edge of the Tower. It was so quiet, so peaceful; there was absolutely nobody there to stop her; she could just jump now and have it all end. Just do it! Her mind shouted at her; she just couldn't bring herself to jump.

"What the hell are you doing?" Lily jumped startled, she nearly fell off the edge of the tower.

Nicholas was standing just a little away; if she reached out she could touch him.

"Are you okay?" He asked concerned. "Are you crying?"

Lily had not realized she'd been crying. Why had she decided she wanted to jump off and end herself?

"It's alright. Come here." Nicholas said soothingly; he drew her towards him and hugged her.

"Come on. Let's get you out of here." He said as he led her away from the Astronomy Tower.

Nicholas was shaken; he couldn't believe what he had just seen, Lily nearly jumping off the Astronomy Tower. He realized that this was most likely her brother and her cousin, Rose Weasley's, fault.

Lily was still shaking, and silent tears were dripping down her face as Nicholas led her to his dormitory in the Ravenclaw Tower. Lily must've realized where Nicholas was taking her, because she stopped.

"No. I don't want to go." Lily whispered.

Then, she led him behind a tapestry and they sat down.

After Hugo came to him; Albus realized that he hadn't seen his sister at all the whole day. He had asked her friends if they'd seen her. They all said they hadn't seen her since morning in the Slytherin Common Room, and that she hadn't been in any of her classes either.

"I don't even see why you care." Rose huffed.

"She's my sister." Albus replied automatically.

Rose went back to her dinner, angrily ripping a piece of chicken apart with a fork and stuffing it in her mouth. She must've given this some thought because a bit later she asked Albus a question he didn't know exactly how to respond to.

"What exactly has Lily ever done for you?" She said.

Albus thought about it. I don't know. It doesn't matter she's your sister.

Albus didn't know how to respond. He just pushed the thought to the back of his mind.

Nicholas liked listening to Lily talk. It wasn't anything big, but small details like how her eyes twinkled when she was talking about something happy or how melodious her voice was or how she used hand gestures that were a bit exaggerated when she was talking.

"I remember one time after my mum left, my god-brother Teddy taught me to ride a broom, and it was a good thing dad wasn't there because he would've been mad that I was riding a broom because I was only six at the time y'know." Lily murmured with her head on Nicholas' shoulder. "Have you ever done something you weren't supposed to?"

"I remember me, my brother, and sister went to my Grandma Bell's house when we were little. We decided to bake a cake muggle style, and my brother Alex accidently set my hair on fire. Grandma Bell got mad but then she saw the cake. I think we did some accidental magic, because I swear when we first finished with the cake it didn't look quite that good." Nicholas found how easily he could talk to Lily without watching what he was saying, oddly relieving.

They must've talked for hours behind that tapestry on the seventh floor. Nicholas realized that they were a lot alike in more ways than one.

Lily was a truly beautiful person inside and out. He knew this was what he'd been waiting for. He'd finally have enough strength to break up with Alexis. He'd do it tomorrow, Nicholas promised himself.

They both fell asleep holding hands like children in a fairytale behind the tapestry on the seventh floor.

Lysander and Lorcan were sitting on their beds in the Ravenclaw 6th year boys' dormitory; it was nearly one o'clock in the morning. They were wondering where Nicholas was. Nicholas would never spend the night with Alexis. Lily was missing all day too; lately she'd been getting more and more depressed. Lysander had the inkling of an idea exactly where Nicholas was. He just needed to make sure…

Lysander poked Lorcan to get his attention. "Hey Lor, you want to borrow the map from Albus Potter right quick."

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking, dear brother of mine." Lorcan said with mischievous grin.

Lysander thought about how Lily was emotionally unstable lately, she seemed fine on the outside. Lysander knew better than that though; she must've been trying very hard to keep up the façade. He thought it would be better to just leave her, and if possibly Nicholas was with her, to leave them be.

"No," Lysander said carefully. "Let's just go to sleep. Lily probably wasn't feeling well today and is probably up in the Slytherin dorms."

Lorcan raised an eyebrow. "What of Nicholas?"

Lysander didn't have an answer to that. He climbed up in his bed, and closed the curtains around him as he tried to sleep.

Ginny had not expected Harry to be so cold towards her. She thought he of all people should know that she wasn't feeling well. She didn't understand why he would stop her from seeing her own children. She thought she had almost every right to talk to her own children.

She lay down on her bed for a few more minutes, but she began to feel restless. She stood up and crossed her room to the parchment and ink. She started to a letter.

It took Ginny nearly an hour to decide what to write. She didn't know which one of her children she would send it to, she thought for a bit and finally decided. She sealed the letter and wrote on the front; Lily Potter. She tied the letter to the owl on her windowsill, and sent it on its way.

Harry would be furious, but what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him.

Oliver Wood loved Katie Bell. When he married her, he knew he loved her. When they had their first child together, Alexander Wood, he knew he loved her. When they had their second child, Nicholas, he knew he loved her. He still loved her when they had their first daughter and third child, Cecelia. He never imagined that he would have to try to get over her.

Katie Wood formerly Bell hated him now; all because of one stupid mistake he made at a Puddlemere Victory party when he was piss drunk. He had nearly given up on trying to win her back. Even his children hated him now, but he wasn't giving up yet.

Albus Potter had taken a look at the Marauders Map, when Rose went to sleep. Lily wasn't on there. The only reason she wouldn't be on the map would be if she was in the Room of Requirement on the seventh floor, if she was dead, or if she had somehow snuck out of the school and was not in Hogsmeade.

He ruled out the fact that she was dead, if she was someone would've found her by now. He highly doubted that she had snuck out of Hogwarts without getting caught. She had to be in the Room of Requirement.

Albus got out his Invisibility Cloak and set out for the seventh floor determined on finding his sister.

Albus Potter was getting very frustrated. He had tried twenty-seven ways to find Lily in the Room of Requirement, none of them had worked.

It wasn't. 'I need a place where no one can hear me' nor was it 'I need a place where I can cry'.

Albus took a deep breath and tried again. "I need a place where I can hide.'

The door appeared and he opened it. Albus stepped inside. He was in a room that seemed like it was in the back of a tapestry; it was narrow and dimly lit, nearly dark. He saw two figures near the end of the room and walked towards them.

Albus was shocked. It was his sister and some Ravenclaw boy, they were sleeping side by side holding hands; he vaguely remembered that the boy was friends with Lysander and Lorcan Scamander and Lily sat with them all sometimes.

Before he knew what he was doing he shouted. "What the bloody fuck Lily."

Lily woke up to someone shouting. She remembered what had happened few hours before. Nicholas was still right beside her holding her hand and for that she was grateful. He was looking defiantly up at her brother.

"What are you doing Lily?" Albus asked slowly and angrily.

"Sleeping, what do you think?" She responded with fury quickly bubbling up inside of her.

"You know I never believed Rose when she called you a whore, but I think she was right because nobody has seen you all day, most of us thought you were dead." Lily paled at that, but Albus was still ranting. "But all you were doing was skipping classes so you could whore around with some poor, misled Ravenclaw boy. Thank God, you're in Slytherin, because that's where you belong with all the other stupid whores just like you."

Lily stomach and heart fell five miles. She felt hollow and empty; she always thought Albus was pretending to hate her. But when he was yelling at her it looked like he really hated her, she saw cold fury and hatred in his eyes. She hated herself.

"I am not a whore. Maybe if you took your stupid arse out your own perfect life, and for at least one minute opened your eyes and came down to reality, you would realize that there was something wrong in mine. Why did you even bother coming down to look for me, if you were just going to be a jerk." With that Lily ran out of the Room of Requirement with tears swiftly streaming down her face.

"You know," Nicholas turned to Albus. "I always thought you seemed like a nice guy, it seems like I was wrong. You are a complete jerk. Grow up!" With sparing Albus a scathing look, Nicholas ran out after Lily.

What had gone wrong? Albus thought to himself.

As much as Josie Rosier was a bitch that gossiped way too much; she was Lily's best friend and utterly loyal. Lily refused to get out of bed out of sheer sadness and Josie had not moved from her side once. She had gotten other girls to bring food up, and had gotten Lily to get up and wash her face; and what's more she was hell-bent on getting revenge on Albus Potter for making Lily, smiling Lily that never cried to break, and she was not going to rest until that happened.

As much as Lily hated Josie at times, she could not deny that Josie was a great friend and she would always be thankful to her.

Nicholas was exasperated. Lily's friends and the girls in her dorm would refuse to let anybody up to see her. Nicholas had finally decided after getting kicked out one too many time that Lily would talk to him if she wanted to.

As he was making his way up to his bedroom, Alexis popped up in front of him; he remembered the promise he made to himself. Better get it over with. He thought to himself.

"Look Alexis," he started. "You are a wonderful person, and when we first got together I really liked you, but I don't feel the same way anymore, and it's not fair to me or you, so I think we should just end it. I'm sorry." Alexis it seemed had not been expecting this, and tears leaked out of her eyes.

Nicholas walked away before he would go weak, and she would have him under her control again.

It's funny, Nicholas thought to himself. How I didn't want to get caught in any drama, and look where I am now.

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