"Wow," Lily said after Loralei told her the story. "How are you doing?"

"Surprisingly good, actually." Loralei told her. "It wasn't as bad as Sirius, believe it or not. I mean, I love Fabian, but we just got back together after a year, it was a little soon, don't you think?"

Lily nodded. "Yeah, and you're just sixteen last Tuesday."

"I told him that, and he was in this whole, 'it's now or never' thing." Loralei told her. "I feel bad."

"Did you ever talk about the future?" Lily asked.

Loralei nodded. "But nothing like marriage, we talked about kids for a bit, but I never said I wanted any of that soon."

"Did he want kids?" Lily asked.

"Yeah, ginger kids. He wanted to make the whole world ginger." Loralei told her smiling.

"Did you guys ever talk about having kids?" She asked.

"No, just about if I got pregnant." Loralei told her. "It probably wouldn't have happened, but we still needed to talk about it. Sirius and I talked about the future more than Fabian and I did."

"You also got back together two months ago." Lily added.

"I know right?" Loralei said. "I'm sixteen and it's been two months, I don't think he was thinking, at least I hope he wasn't."

"Are you and Molly still friends then?" Lily asked.
"I hope so." Loralei said. "I mean, I want to be."

"Just because it didn't work with you and Fabian doesn't mean you can't be friends with her." Lily said, comfortingly.

"That's what I'm thinking." Loralei agreed. "I hope she sees it that way."

"She seems reasonable." Lily said. "I bet she'll agree."

The compartment door opened to Remus. "Hey are you okay?" He asked, looking concerned. "James and Sirius just told me."

She nodded sadly. "I'm fine, it's just a little hard to grasp, you know?"

He sat down next to her, and put his arm around her. She leaned into him, putting her legs on the other seat.

"You'll get over it." He promised.

"I know, that's why I'm so confused." She told him. "It was better than with Sirius."

"You guys did go out for almost a year." He said. "Fabian was only a couple months."

"But we went out all fourth year." Loralei complained. "We were together longer. First love and all."

"Maybe that's it." Remus told her as Lily watched, in awe of how good he was with her. "You got over him once, you know how it goes. With Sirius everything was different, and it wasn't a mutual break up, he pissed you off and you guys couldn't get passed it."

"Yeah," Loralei muttered. "I actually wish Fabian and I never dated. It just complicated things so much more. I love him and all, but it wasn't the right time, you know?"

"We're young, it's the perfect time to screw up." He told her.

She smiled. "Yeah, at least I hope it is."

"She said no!" Sirius cheered, four compartments down.

"We get it man." Remus said. "Let it go." He turned to James. "How's she doing with all that?"

"I don't know, we don't really talk much." James muttered.

"So you don't care that she could be depressed or anything? Remus asked, standing up. "Well I'm going to go talk to her, see how much any of you seem to care about her." He slammed the compartment door behind him.

"He can make you feel bad." Sirius muttered. "Is it too soon for me to see if she's okay?"

"If you follow Remus, yeah. He's going to be all nice and sweet about it, maybe give her some chocolate or something, you follow that and you seem like an arse." James told him.

Sirius nodded, before breaking into a smile. "Still, she said no. She didn't even say, 'okay but in five years' or something stupid like that! She said no! She shook her head ten-seconds after he asked!"

"Yeah, and how is your plan to win her back?" James asked. "So far you got a hug out of her, and you're talking again, what's the next step?"

"Waiting." Sirius told him. "Since this shit happened, she needs some time to think about it, and get over it. He was the rebound, I'm gonna be the one she ends up with."

"You hope at least." James replied.

"She's talking to me already, I have better chances than you with Lily." Sirius told him.

"That changed fast." James commented.

"She moves fast." Sirius told him. "If she likes you, she really likes you, if she hates you, she really hates you. There's no middle ground for her, and she likes it that way. She likes extremes. Plus, Loralei hasn't hit me since we walked in on her and Prewett, Lily hit you less than two weeks ago."

"I didn't know that, and I live with her." James said. "Shut up about being hit by Lily, Loralei has hit you more than Lily's hit me."

"I dated her for a year, I know her pretty damn well." Sirius told him. "Or I should. I know her well enough that I might be able to get her back this year."

"She's stubborn." James replied.

"So am I."