Turbulence

Chapter Twenty One - Prongs

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Lily stormed into the Great Hall and immediately made eye contact with the Hufflepuff girl, Kate. Kate looked down guiltily and kept eating. Lily plopped down next to her friends and huffed.

“Lily, what’s wrong? Your eyes are all red.” Morgan asked, looking worried. Lily really wished she hadn’t chosen the Great Hall to break down. She rested her head on Morgan’s shoulder and sobbed relentlessly.

“Shh, you’re okay.” Morgan cooed, stroking Lily’s hair. “Tell me what happened.”

Lily looked up and wiped her eyes. All her friends; Louise, Morgan, Remus, Sirius and Peter were looking at her worriedly. Lily felt stupid for crying in front of them but she was so happy to see them. She figured she better tell them before James came down for dinner too.

“Well, I went back to the Heads common room to put my bag away and there’s James getting up close and person with some ditsy Hufflepuff girl.” Lily told them, struggling to keep her voice steady. She wiped away yet another tear and watched Sirius stand up, looking pretty enraged. He was staring at someone entering the Great Hall.

James was walking in, his hands in his pockets. He stopped when he saw Sirius leave his chair and storm over to him. He saw Lily try to stop him, but he ignored her.

“What are you playing at, Prongs?” Sirius snapped, making a few people look their way.

“It wasn’t like that, Padfoot, I swear!” James said desperately. Why wouldn’t anyone just believe him?

“Oh yeah, I’m sure it wasn’t.” Sirius said sarcastically. “There’s a very upset Lily over there and I’m sure she’s not crying for no reason.” He said, pointing at Lily.

Lily wanted to sink into a hole and disappear. She couldn’t hear what they were saying but the whole Great Hall was watching now and Lily saw Professor McGonagall striding over them. Lily wished she had waited until later or even tomorrow before telling Morgan and Louise. And she wished even more that Sirius hadn’t gotten up and had just let Lily deal with it.

The two boys noticed McGonagall coming towards them and stopped talking. McGonagall said something to them angrily and Sirius returned to their table, a sad and ashamed James leaving the Great Hall.

“What happened?” Louise asked as soon as Sirius sat down.

“He reckons it didn’t mean anything and nothing happened.” Sirius scowled. “I could understand him sleeping around before but now he actually has something with Lily. It’s just not on.”

Lily smiled gratefully. “Thanks, Sirius.”

“What if he’s telling the truth, Padfoot? Prongsie wouldn’t lie about this.” Remus said hesitantly.

“Of course you’ll take his side.” Lily said, angry once again. “You think he just accidently let the Hufflepuff girl’s hand creep up his thigh?” Lily stood up. She’d only had a few mouthfuls of food but she needed to leave.

“Lily, I’m not taking anyone’s side!” Remus exclaimed. Lily ignored him and left the Great Hall. Again, she tried to hold back tears but her feelings and emotions were going haywire. She knew James would be in the Heads common room but she went there anyway, hoping to just push past him again.

She said the password and entered the portrait hole. She almost screamed, jumping back in fright. Waiting for her in the Common room was a large, brown stag. Something about it looked vaguely familiar but she couldn’t pin-point it. She looked around and saw there was no James.