AN: Hey everyone! I've been VERY busy, very being an understatement. In fact I was so over worked I nearly fainted in school the other day. I know I said that their sixth year would be short but I got a lot of great ideas for it so I thought of making it as a bit of a filler. I would like to thank everyone who is reading this and I would also like to apologise for the irregular updates. I hope you like it and please review, it's really motivating.

Lily was getting along surprisingly well with Johnathan who was very charming and sweet, a real gentleman. But Lily had to admit that she didn't really feel anything beyond friendship for the Hufflepuff. The only reason she carried on with the way things were was probably because it really seemed to annoy Potter, who had miraculously stopped asking her out. Indeed Lily did feel guilty about stringing Johnathan along, but the guilt she felt was nothing compared to the relief she experienced ever since Potter had started leaving her alone, and anyway she wasn't in a relationship with him... yet.

She no longer had to duck in the corridors or hide behind suits of armour just to avoid another annoying meeting with him. Another reason Lily still went out with Johnathan, although it was completely subconcious, was that everytime she saw Snape, he looked sad and almost a little broken, as if he actually cared about losing Lily. He had clearly shown Lily what was more important to him by chosing those horrible Slytherins who were ready to go over to the Dark Side over their friendship.

There had been a time when she was his only friend, when everyone made fun of him because of his shabby clothes, oily hair and his wiry built. But now all that seemed like a dream, as if it had never happened, like it was from another world where it was possible for him to be friends with someone like her. Lily still felt tears stinging her eyes whenever she thought of the heart breaking incident but she tried her hardest not to let it affect her and she did the best she could to push it to the back of her mind, not wanting to be weakened by something that didn't matter anymore.

"Lily, you do know that what you're doing is wrong?" Mary asked Lily with a disapproving look when they were lounging in the common room one evening.

"What are you talking about?" Lily asked innocently although she knew exactly what Marry was referring to.

"You know what I'm talking about," Mary said pointedly with a look that made Lily feel bad about herself.

"It's only for a short while Mary!" she wined. "I promise I'll stop as soon as I'm sure that there's nothing between Johnathan and I."

"You're already sure that there's nothing there!" Mary said exasperatedly. "You told us yourself!" This was true. After her first kiss with Johnathan, Lily had confided in her friends that she felt absolutely nothing for him.

"I just want to be sure," Lily lied. Mary just sighed and shook her head, dropping the conversation for the moment. A first year walked up to Lily, looking nervous and said in the tiniest voice,"There's a boy outside who's asking for you," and as soon as the message had been delivered, the tiny girl scurried away from them.

"It's probably Johnathan," Lily told her friends as she got up to leave.

"Don't forget what we talked about!" Mary called after her as Lily climbed out of the portrait hole. Lily wasn't surprised to see Johnathan waiting for her outside. His blonde hair framed his face perfectly and his blue eyes twinkled at the sight of her. He wore an apprehensive expression on his face which reminded Lily of the time he had asked her out. He held out his hand without a word and Lily took it, letting him lead her away from there.

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