A/N: Here is the 9th chapter, again I'm sorry for being away for weeks. Stupid broken interent. DIE DIE DIE.
Anyyyyyyyyyyyyywaaaaaaay.
Review pwease with a Jily on top.

Chapter 9
Or,
Confessions, Bitches and Kisses.

Lily managed to avoid Josh for a whole week. She sat with James a lot, especially in Transfiguration, as it turns out; James was a complete genius at Transfiguration- which helped Lily a lot, considering she sucked. They also sat together in Charms, as Lily was now the genius and James was the one who sucked. They were actually becoming friends, in fact, they were already friends.

It was now only one week until the celebration ball, Isabelle was still going with Sirius- they were spending a lot of time together recently- Alice was going with Frank, after he asked her after potions one day, and Hestia and Marlene were going with nobody- they always just danced with random guys, and also took part in several rounds of a physical activity that definitely wasn't dancing.

And Lily still didn't have a date.

After she found out Josh was cheating on her, you could say Lily wasn't herself- well, who would be? She was really upset, she was angry too, but she managed to wake up every day and plaster a smile on her face. Lily still wanted a date to the ball though, she just didn't think she'd get one considering the person she planned on going with, well was a completely an utter twat- to say the least.

So, Lily decided she would go alone- unless somebody asked her, and then she might have a chance of going- and with the hope that she was going to be asked on a date, she set off to the Great Hall alone. Alice had already gone down with Frank- after being persuaded by Lily, telling her she was okay- and that left Lily alone considering Isabelle was in the shower, Marlene hadn't come back last night, and Hestia was asleep.

At least she'd have Marauders to sit with.

Speaking of the Marauders, they were unusually early for breakfast. They were sat in their usual spot at the Gryffindor table, but Lily noted they were having a conversation which appeared way too heated for a breakfast; James was looking distressed and Remus and Sirius were trying to convince him of something, Peter was just eating.

"Padfoot, it is my fault that Lily and Josh broke up!" James said (for what was about the seventh time since they sat down at breakfast.)

Sirius decided he better amuse him. "Okay, how?"

"I knew that he was cheating on her, didn't I? I was the one who caught him with Grace the night we got back here! And I was the one who told him about the secret corridor!" James sighed.

"That doesn't make a difference." Remus said, trying to finish this conversation because Lily was approaching James- in fact, she was nearly behind him now.

"Yes it does, Moony! I didn't tell Lily that her boyfriend of one month-"

Sirius interrupted. "Two months."

James sent an icy glare in his direction, but corrected himself. "I didn't tell Lily that her boyfriend of two months was cheating on her. I feel like shit. Seriously, I should have told her. I lied for him and everything."

"Prongs shut up." Sirius, who had noticed Lily behind James, said.

"All you have to say is 'shut up'? I am responsible for Lily being heartbroken…" James paused after Sirius' warning glare. "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

When Remus nodded behind him, James turned around to find Lily standing behind him.

His eyes widened. "Lily, at least let me explain, please?"

"What? It's okay that you knew, James. Yeah, you could have said something but you didn't, we weren't exactly friends and to be honest I wouldn't have believed you anyway." Lily rolled her eyes and sat next to him, saying a quick 'Hi' to Remus and Sirius before taking a bite of toast.

James grinned and breakfast was enjoyable. They laughed, and Sirius had started a mini food fight- much to Lily's dismay- and Lily never thought about Josh for the first time all week.

Until he cornered her after she was leaving the Great Hall. And much to James' delight, he was sporting a black eye. Alice, Isabelle and Marlene- who had joined Lily and the Marauders after breakfast- looked nervous on Lily's behalf.

"Lily, we need to talk." He said flatly, sending a disgusted look toward James- who, of course, didn't ignore it.

James glared back. "Oi, what was that look for?"

"James, leave it, please." Lily intervened before James hexed Josh- not like she actually cared, but she was a prefect.

"Oh, he's James now?" Josh sneered, fixing his glare onto Lily instead.

"Yes, he is James, if you're going to say about James and I being friends, don't bother. Get on with what you need to say and just fucking say it before I'm late to Charms." Lily demanded, before giving Josh one of her famous eye-rolls.

"I want to talk in private, Potter doesn't need to be the security guard- you're the violent one, not me." Josh stated, indicating his black eye.

"I don't care what you want, and James is not the security guard. As you've clearly pointed out I can defend myself against stupid twats like you, so get on with what you want to say."

Josh sighed, clearly pissed off. "Okay, fine! Look, Lils I'm sorry. No, I really am. I don't know why I did it, but please can we pick up where we left off? We've fallen apart."

"You want me to punch you again?" Lily asked- causing an eruption of laughter from James and Sirius.

"Stop being such a bitch Lils." Josh yelled.

"Me being a bitch to you is exactly what you deserve, Richards. Don't stand there and go on as if I'm the bad one because I punched you- you deserved it. I'm actually standing here and listening to you, I'm giving you the chance to say your part- not like I'll believe it- but I'm still giving you the chance. You don't deserve the chance, but you'll not give up so I may as well get on with it now. You are worthless and you shouldn't be staying away from me because I really don't want to talk to you. Just leave me alone, don't try to talk to me again."

"You just said you were giving me a chance to say my part, saying don't talk to me again isn't giving me a chance!"

Lily was close to tears. "I'll rephrase: I don't want you to say your part, Josh. I really don't even want to look at your face, or hear your voice. You hurt me, and you have no right to even try and speak to me really. We didn't fall apart, you tore us apart. So leave me alone."

Josh went to argue again, but James could tell that Lily was fighting the tears, so he stepped in before Josh could get another word out of his mouth. "You heard her; she said leave her alone and that is exactly what you're going to do!"

"You broke us up, Potter. It was all you; this is a wind up, a set up! You wanted to be with Lily and you were foaming because I got her instead of you!" Josh yelled again.

James laughed. "I didn't make you shack up with Grace, so don't blame me."

"Enough!" Lily bellowed. "That is enough. I don't want to hear anymore! James, just leave it. Josh, fuck off and leave me alone. And everybody else that is watching this little soap drama, you can all get to your lessons, right now." She turned on her heel, and sped off to Charms. She was the first one out of her friends to get there, so she pulled out her parchment and quill- and she started to make notes from her book before anybody could ask her if she was okay.

Marlene still managed to do so. "Lils, are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

"Aren't you angry with him?"

"No, Marlene. I'm not angry, I'm pretty heartbroken." Lily sniffed and wiped a tear away, while Marlene smiled sadly and hugged her friend.

James heard what Lily had just said, and he felt as if his heart had just broke too.

So he decided to cheer her up.

"Lily?"

She didn't reply.

"Oi, Evans!"

"What?"

"Will you go to the ball with me, please?"

Lily whirled around in her chair and stared wide-eyed at James who was grinning- probably because Josh had just came into the room, and was looking positively disgusted.

"Yes, James. I'd love too." Lily replied.

"Now, did you ever think you'd hear Lily say that?" Sirius chimed in, laughing.

"No." Alice, Marlene and Remus all said in unison while Lily rolled her eyes.

She got up from her chair, and walked around James' desk; she was smiling, actually happy because of James- so happy, she gave him a hug. And she kissed him.

Only on the cheek though.