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Bloody hell. I haven't slept that well in ages.

Lily slowly opened her eyes, everything looked different this morning. Her curtains were open, she was sprawled on top of her duvet, she was still in her robes and her bag was already packed at the end of her bed.

What the hell is going on? I better not be sleepwalking again.

Oh wait.

Memories of the previous night hit her like a ton of bricks. She groaned out loud, she felt like a total fool.

"Morning, Lily."

Lily turned so quickly that she nearly broke her neck. James leaned against her doorframe, smiling at her.

I am so embarrassed. Why did he have to be the one to see me when I was a complete hysterical wreck? Jesus, he must think I'm a crazy, unstable freak.

"Hi, James." She could feel herself blush, "Thank you for last night. Erm, sorry for being…you know…I'm sorry…I was a bit…yeah…sorry if I freaked you out."

James sat down next to her, reaching for her hand, "Lily. You don't need to apologise for anything. And why would I stay with you all night if you freaked me out?"

He stayed all night? Oh my god.

"You stayed with me?" She could hear her voice tremble, but had no idea why.

He squeezed her hand gently, "Of course, you needed a friend and if you'll have me, I'll be that friend. Always."

Lily hugged him, surprising them both.

"Thank you."

"No problem, Lily." He began to stand up, "I'll wait for you to get ready, and then we'll go to breakfast."

Lily nodded, trying to push her fears away.

What if Liam tries to talk to me? What if he's there with her? How will she tell everyone? This is such a mess.

First thing. Look as hot as possible.

That wasn't too hard. Just be her friend, it's what she needs right now.

James tried to ignore the pain Lily had caused him; she was hurting more right now. How was he supposed to control himself when he saw that bastard Fairclough? His hands shook in fury just with the thought of his smug face.

I'd love to hex that look of his bloody face.

No! He had to be calm. Revenge is best served on the Quidditch pitch, and luckily the Hufflepuff match was this weekend. Serves Fairclough right, he deserves to get his arse kicked.

"Sorry I took so long! I'm ready to go!" Lily yelled as she waltzed down the stairs.

Shit. How is it possible to look that fit? It must be illegal.

James smiled, trying not to stare, "Off we go then. Ready to face him?"

Her perfect smile faltered slightly, then reappeared, even brighter than before.

"He's the one in the wrong. He cheated on me and made me feel like hell. I've done nothing wrong here; he's not worth me tears."

"Wise words." James smiled gently as he took her bag off her shoulder.

"A lovely wise Head Boy told me that; while I sobbed considerably, probably ruining his top." She winked mischievously, almost skipping out of the portrait hole.

"This Head Boy seems very intelligent and exceedingly handsome. I think he seems quite a catch." James replied in a mock serious tone.

"Oh he is. I can barely control myself." Her eyes twinkling cheekily, "But I'm pretty sure he's gay."

James pouted his lip like a petulant child, "Come on Lily! Why did you have to ruin the game? We were having so much fun."

Lily laughed. God I love making her laugh. "Yeah, I'm sure you loved getting complimented, stroking your ego."

"Who doesn't love that? I think it should be a legal requirement!"

"What? That everyone must stroke James Potter's enormous ego every single day?"

"Now, with policies like that, you could be the next Minister of Magic. You'll have my vote."

Lily's laughter suddenly stopped. They had reached the Great hall. She began to bit her lip, unable to move any further forward.

He ran his hand down her face, tilting her chin so she looked into his eyes. "Hey, what happened to my fierce, sassy Lily? You've done nothing wrong, he should be the one nervous to face you. Walk in there with your head high, he's not worth it."

She slowly began to smile again. Then, straightening her skirt, her head held high, walked into Hall, smiling at James's reassuring face.

Focus on just getting to the table. Mary and Marlene are there. Walk towards them. Ignore everyone else.

"Lily!" Mary squealed, "OMG, we haven't had breakfast together in ages!"

"I know and I'm really sorry for ditching you guys so much. I love you all." Lily hugged her two friends, feeling awful about how she'd treated them.

They looked confused at her apology, Marlene rubbed Lily's arm caringly, "Don't worry about it. Are you alright? I mean, you have just walked in with James?"

Lily nodded, reaching for a muffin, "I'm not great really, but me and James are good now."

"Well that's great news!" Mary clapped her hands together, "But…what about Liam?"

"We're over. I caught him cheating on me last night."

Lily's best friends looked completely shell shocked.

Mary suddenly looked murderous, "Merlin, he's coming over. Let me kick him in the balls. No one does that to my bestfriend!"

Lily tried to laugh, but her voice had stopped working.

Breath. Breath. He is the one in the wrong here.

A hand suddenly landed on her shoulder, "Hi there, babes."

"Babes? Really?" Her voice was harsh and cold, also a bit louder than she intended it to be.

Liam tried to turn her around to face him. However Lily swatted his rough hands away, "God, Liam. Stop embarrassing yourself and go and sit down. You are pathetic."

She didn't even turn around to look at him; she just continued to eat her muffin.

"Lily, you don't have to be like this. Come on babes."

"You know what I'm a bit busy right now. So why don't you leave me the hell along?" Her hands began to shake with anger and hurt.

"Babe, please. You're being ridiculous-"

Before Lily could go into a screaming rant about how he ripped her heart out and was now acting like it was no big deal, a warm hand rubbed against her arms. "Lily, do you want to walk with us to History of Magic?"

The Marauders stood there smiling at her, almost daring Liam to hassle Lily in their presence. Liam's face drained of colour. Coward. Lily grinned, ignoring Liam completely, took James arm and said, "I'll see you later, girls."

Sirius smirked at Lily's cool manner and waved enthusiastically at the terrified Hufflepuff.

Lily could tell the Marauders were tying to make her feel better and she loved them all for it. History of Magic was the best lesson to pass notes, as Professor Binns never notice anything. Sirius kept making hilarious suggestive remarks, causing James to hit him with various objects and Remus to shake his head, laughing madly. Peter spent most of the lesson getting pelted with flying things, most that had the label 'Lots of Love Padfoot' on them. Lily, at one point, was laughing so hard at James attacking Sirius with a shoe; she had to ask to go to the loo, as she thought she was actually going to wet herself. That awfully confused poor Professor Binns.

Suddenly a note landed on her desk. It read, 'Need to talk.'

"What?" Lily turned to face James and Sirius.

"I've been thinking, my darling Ginger." Growl.

"Careful you don't hurt yourself." James laughed

"SOD OFF. Anyway, you need to get Fairclough back."

James hit Sirius with a textbook, "God you are such an insensitive prick! She's just dumped him!"

"Exactly! She needs to humiliate him, make him sorry for what he's done! She already achieved phase 1 and 2!"

Lily raised an eyebrow, "Care to elaborate, dear?"

"Well, its obvious you've tried to look fit today, which you have definitely achieved." James hit him again. "Come on! Don't tell me you haven't noticed her extra short skirt, more makeup and the extra open buttons?" Another attack from James, this time a roll of parchment. "And you were so cold to him this morning, by the way well done on that. So you are ready to humiliate the bastard!"

"Merlin, Sirius. Leave Lily alone. She might not be ready to-"

"No, James. I think I need to make him feel like hell. Call it a final exorcism."

Remus nodded, "Maybe it would be good to have a definite finish to it all. Cut all ties with him. 'Cos he doesn't deserve you, Lil."

"Bravo, Moony! Jolly well said" Sirius joked in a posh voice, causing Lily to giggle again.

James groaned, and in desperation said "Come on Pete, you agree with me, don't you?"

"Actually, I think it would be good for Lily, and really hilarious."

"Brilliant, so I'm overruled. Fine then. Do you have a plan?"

Lily smirked, with a very Marauder twinkle in her eye, "Well I may have a plan."

Some people use their free period to study. Lily Evans, the goody-two shoes Head Girl, would usually be found in the library doing her homework, studying passionately or doing extra coursework, to 'get ahead'.

However this particular study period, she spent it with a particularly troublesome group of boys, plotting revenge on her…its weird to say 'ex' so soon, the boys just referred to him as 'that bastard Faiclough', even mild-mannered Remus.

Lily was ready to for this. She wasn't usually vindictive, but she felt like she had to do something. He wasn't getting away with the way he treated her. She was going to be the best thing he never had. Lily was in a Beyoncé/feminist/girl power mode, ready to kick Liam's arse for treating her so badly and breaking her heart.

*RING*

"Right, that means it's lunchtime. You ready, Lily?" James looked deep into her eyes, trying to make sure this is what she wanted to do. Lily had a look of steeled determination in her eyes that made him sure of her decision, "Ok, off we go then. To the Hall."

They walked toward the Hall in a movie style strut, that really deserved a slow-motion effect, a wind-machine and some dramatic music.

"Oi! Lily! Wait!" This was not part of the plan. He was supposed to talk to me later.

James and Sirius noticed Lily's panic and shared a look that obviously said "Prank Virgin". Lily saw this and glared.

Liam grabbed Lily's arm and spun her around to face him, "You are going to talk to me." James made some noise that was somewhere between growling and a strangled lion.

"You want to talk, do you?" The crowd going to lunch sensed drama and began to form a circle around the couple.

"Yes, about last night, it wasn't what you thought it was!"

"Really?" Lily's laugh was hard and sarcastic, "Of course it wasn't. So you weren't shagging some random slut? And you didn't ask me to give you a minute? Is that not true, darling? Were you just comparing notes?"

Everyone laughed

"You think you can just cheat on me, get caught and say you are busy? I can't tell if you're deluded or just incredibly stupid? You treat women like dirt, and I cannot believe I put up with it. Liam, 'babes', you are a chauvinistic, egotistical, stupid, rude bully. So I am very glad to inform you once more that we are over. Luck for me, as after last night, you're not are well-endowed as you brag that you are." Lily wiggled her pinky, causing everyone laugh, especially the Marauders. Liam looked like he wanted to hit her.

"Why don't you run along now, back to your whore? Maybe you should look at the little decoration I've made for the Front Entrance? I'm sure it will be a welcome puncture to your enormous ego. Have a nice life, you arsehole."

Lily began to walk away, however she heard Liam mutter "Frigid bitch!"

So she turned around and punched him, breaking his nose.

That was worth it.