Turbulence

Chapter Seven - Secrets out, Secrets pay

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Nothing exciting happened to James and Lily on their rounds last night. They walked around in silence until ten o’clock, each to their own thoughts. They only found one person out of bed; Sirius, snogging in a broom cupboard with an extremely clumsy blonde. Or maybe that’s because she had just been kissing Sirius. Lily scowled and kept walking, leaving James to deal with Sirius.

            Lily had been doing that a lot lately; scowling. She just wasn’t happy. The mood around the castle was dim anyway, with You-Know-Who killing more often. Everyone knew he was out there but he was becoming bolder, not bothering to hide the fact the he was on the move. Lily found it hard to smile these days. Only one person could make her happy; Alex. She has been finding more and more excuses to spend time with him; in the library, at lunch breaks, watching his Quidditch practise.

            Monday night, Lily and James stuck up the notice for Hogsmede: Saturday. Lily still wasn’t back on speaking terms with James, which proved hard to maintain seeing as they lived five meters away from each other. Luckily for Lily, Quidditch had started and the Gryffindor VS Slytherin game was looming closer and James had scheduled Quidditch practise four times a week.

Today was Friday, the day before Hogsmede. James knew this was his last chance. Although he knew they were very slim, he was going to ask her differently this time... Not like all the other times. Lily was studying Transfiguration when James entered the common room.

“Hey,” he said casually.

Lily didn’t bother to answer. She was concentrating.

“What are you studying?” He asked.

“Transfiguration,” she said shortly.

“Do you want some help?” He knew it was the wrong thing to say just as it came out of his mouth. Wrong, so wrong...

“I’m quite fine, Potter,” she snapped. “Just because you’re a genius at Transfiguration doesn’t mean we all suck.”

“Well of course you don’t.” James said, trying to sound positive and unaffected by her comment.

Lily ignored him and kept working.

What is this girl’s deal? James thought to himself. First she seems okay with him, and then she wants his head on a plate. She’s a rollercoaster. She doesn’t know what she wants. She wasn’t like that at the start of the year.

She’s going to say no anyway, James thought, may as well just ask. “Lily? Do you want to go to Hogsmede with me tomorrow? Louise and Morgan are coming. So are Padfoot and Moony.” He asked hopefully. He asked nicely. Maybe she’d come if she knows were coming too.

Lily thought he was nuts. Did he really expect her to say yes? “No thanks, I’m going with someone else.” She said indifferently, still not lifting her head.

“Who?” James tried to ask casually. He already knew the answer and he probably wasn’t going to like it.

Lily couldn’t turn back now. She couldn’t lie and say she was going with Morgan and Louise; they were already going with the Marauders. She knew James wouldn’t like the answer.

“I’m going with Alex.” She said boldly. Stuff him; she could go with whoever she wanted to.

James stiffened. He knew that would be the answer but that didn’t ease his anger. “Alex? Did you even hear what I said last week? Don’t come running to me if he hurts you, because I won’t hear a word of it!” He shouted at Lily. He wasn’t just making stupid accusations; he had proof. He’d heard stories, seen things too. Now Lily was his victim and James wasn’t going to let him hurt Lily.