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Chapter 2 (First Fights)

It wouldn't have bothered Lily that James had a girlfriend if she wasn't in the dormitory as her own friends. True, she had her own room now that she was a head girl but it didn't matter because James had one just opposite to hers and Caroline was either in their shared living room or the dorm room where her friends stayed. She had to share everything with Caroline, her dorm room, her friends and even the guy who was blindly in love with her only a year ago. Only, he was now Caroline's boyfriend. She got to see all the things that would have been hers had she been in Caroline's place.

It was a day after a long and stressful night (a full moon) for the Marauders when James and Caroline had their first fight. He came inside the Gryffindor common room along with his friends hours after dawn. It didn't matter because this weekend, it was Hogsmeade weekend (scheduled around Remus's fortnightly changes.) so, they could sleep till late. James came inside the common room with the other Marauders when many pstudents were getting ready to go to Hogsmeade.

"James…." Caroline stood near the door.

James almost jumped out of his skin.

"Jesus, Care." He said, "You scared me."

"You were out all night?" She asked, angrily.

"Yeah….kind of." James scratched his face.

"What were you doing?" She asked. "I went by your room last night and no one was there."

"Yeah…I was out with these guys." He pointed to the Marauders coming behind him.

"Guys?" There was no one. They all had snuck out as soon as they saw Caroline at the door.

None of the Marauders ever had girlfriends before but they sure had seen a lot of drama in the common rooms to know when to leave.

"What did you do?"

"Nothing."

Where were you?"

"Around." James shrugged.

"I can't believe you, James!" She said, angrily.

She started to walk away.

"Care!"

"What?"

"Try to understand." He shouted.

"Understand what?"

"Understand….." He didn't know what to say.

How could he say something about Remus? It wasn't his secret to share. He was sleep deprived….he didn't know what to say to her that would make her feel better. What could he say that would keep his friend's secret and not offend her?

"I am going to Hogsmeade with the girls." She told him, "Till then you can think that you want lie to me or you want me around."

"But, I didn't say anything!" He shouted.

"Wrong answer." She walked away, her back to him.

"Shit." He said.

"Trouble, Potter?" Another seventh year called out.

"Yeah." James said.

He walked towards the Great Hall in deep thought. He had had a hard night, he just needed something to eat. It was probably where his friends were. Looking for some food.

"There you are!" Peter squeaked. "We were wondering where you went."

Remus and Sirius's concerned faces broke into laughter.

"Yeah, you were wondering."

"What happened?" Remus asked.

"She came into my room last night and it was empty." He sighed, "She came into my room at dawn and it was empty…..What do I say to her?"

"I am sorry, Prongs." Remus said. "It is my fault."

"It's not your fault." James shook his head, "How is it your fault?"

"Where is she?" Sirius asked, popping a piece of toast in his mouth.

"Hogsmeade." James groaned, hitting the table with his head, "I think it's over."

"No!" Remus almost shouted, "You two can't break up, I love Caroline."

"Yeah, I think I do too." James said, "But, what can you do?"

"You can tell her the truth." Remus shrugged.

"ARE YOU CRAZY?" James, Peter and Sirius said at the same time.

"What?" Remus took a bite. "Does it matter? She is my friend, I think she'll understand."

"There are a lot of people who are your friends." James reasoned with him, "You like Evans and McDonald…..And, that guy from Ravenclaw."

"Yeah, they are your friends," Sirius said, "You didn't think to tell them."

"Yeah, they aren't a source of happiness for my friends." Remus shrugged, "Caroline is."

"What?" James sometimes didn't understand Remus.

"Let's go to Hogsmeade." Remus told them, "Tell Caroline and get her back."

"Okay,"

"Okay then!" James said, excitedly.

"But, we come back early to sleep." Sirius told them.

"Come on, James." Remus stood up, "Let's get your girlfriend back."

"Okay, okay…..Gosh. You are more excited than I am." James smiled.

"Yeah, cause I like her."

They walked to Hogsmeade tiredly.

"Caroline better say yes after this walk." Sirius grumbled.

James laughed.

"We'll duck in for a butter beer while you find her." Peter was tired already.

"Okay." James wasn't even listening. He knew where Caroline would be. She would be at Honeydukes buying caramel filled chocolates. He ran to the other side of town. It didn't take him long. Only six minutes he was standing in Honeydukes as shuffling through aisles to find her.

"Hey." He saw Mary McDonald and Alice.

"Hi." They both chorused.

"Where's Caroline?" He asked.

"Over there."Mary pointed to Lily and Caroline who were talking in a corner.

"Hi, Lily." He said, pleasantly. "What are you guys talking about?"

"Just…..How you sneaking out is a regular thing." Lily said, laughing. "It's what you get for dating a rule-breaker."

"Is that true?" Caroline asked, "That you sneak out somewhere….doing god knows what?"

"Care…."

Caroline shook off his hand from her shoulder and walked out.

"Nice going, Evans." James said, angrily.