Memo to me, have weekends abolished. Lily sat huddled in a corner on Sunday night trying with all her might not to be noticed by James or any of his little crew.  Not something people who normally was dating someone would do, but Lily had very good reasons.

One, she was not sure if she wanted to keep dating that boy.

Two, if he saw her he would be next to her and bothering her in annoying ways since she will not allow them to tell people that they are now dating.

Three, the aforementioned boy was extremely cute and some inappropriate behavior might ensure if she was found. Not to terrible of a situation if she was not trying to think up a way to break up with him.

And it wasn't fair! She did not want to break up with him. She in fact liked him quite a lot as unimaginable as it seemed.

But then she would think of the mystery boy. Red. He was sweet, and unlike James didn't only want to snog, they talked and got along with each other as well as kissed. It was such a mess.

Lily sighed and glanced around the room as her thoughts ran away form her. She stood up after a quick scan and made to dash up to her room without being spotted. She was almost to the stairs when the portrait whole flew open.

"Well, if it isn't my favorite little redhead!"

"Shit," Lily turned around and sure enough making his way to her with his idiot friends not to far behind was James. Lily shifted her books to a more comfortable position in her arms and raised her eyebrow at the approaching boy. "Something you needed?" she asked coldly. It was to easy to go back into the hating him mode.

"Not at all." He said loudly so the rest of the common room can hear, "come with me." He whispered right in front of her.

"I can't." she said back. "I have homework," she once again shifted the load of books in her arms to prove her point.

"Please? I want you to see it. You'll like it I promise. And if you don't I will let you come back here and do your homework."

"Fine." Lily consented, "just let me put my books away."

"All right."

Lily slowly climbed the stairs and up to her room. She through her books onto her bed and plopped down after them.  She saw the scratch pad on her table and decided James could wait a few minutes so she could see weather or not Red was on. 

She picked up the book and opened it up. Sure enough in the corner there was a little red dot. Quickly she grabbed a quill and touched it to the dot.

L- HEY RED she wrote lying down on her stomach on her bed.

R- WHO?

L- WHAT? YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL YOU

R- OH, I THINK YOU MEAN ONE OF MY DORM MATES. BUT WHY WOULD YOU CALL HIM THAT?

L- I DON'T KNOW WHO HE REALLY IS.

R- WHY? HOW?

L- THE MASQURADE I NEVER LET EITHER OF US TAKE OFF OUR MASKS SO WE WOULD KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER AT THE LAST ONE AND WANT TO KNOW WHO WE WERE WITH

R- ODD, BUT WHATEVER DOES IT FOR YA.

L- WELL TELL RED I SAID HI, I HAVE TO GO.

R- SURE THING, BYE

L-BYE

Lily closed the book and went back down stairs.

"What took so long?" Lames asked from where he was lounging on one of the chairs.

"Nothing important." She said, "So what do you want to show me?"

"Come on." James pulled her out of the common room and down the hall in a rush to get wherever he was going.

"How far is it?" Lily asked after turning down a corridor she didn't remember ever seeing before.

"Not to much farther." James assured her grinning back at her while he pulled her with him.

Lily sighed and let him pull her further and further into a maze of hallways she would never remember. Finally he stopped in front of one of the Portraits

"Red." He said as the picture fell open.

"What?" Lily asked startled. "What is the password?"

"Red? You know the color?" James said looking at her oddly, "are you alright?"

"Fine." She answered a weak smile on her face. "So are we hear?" she asked walking into a completely dark room. James let the portrait shut behind them and they were sounded in darkness.

"What are you… " Lily stopped as the room lit up by tons of candles sprinkled around and a beautiful fire dancing in the fireplace.  "Oh my god." She breathed in awe.

"I hoped you like it." James said grabbing her hand and pulling her with him to the bed in the middle of the room and sitting her down on it and falling gracefully next to her.

"It's like nothing I ever imagined." She said eyes soaking in all the splendor in the room. It was relatively small but cozy. The wash of creams and deep reds made the room look warm and comfortable. "Did you do this all yourself?" she asked him.

"I made the guys help me." James said grinning at her, "Do you like it?" he asked hopefully.

"Yes, but I… " She stopped talking to look at his expectant face, "you shouldn't have done this for me." She whispered sadness creeping into her voice.

"Why not? You great! You deserve something special." He said looking at her confused.

"No I'm not, I can't see you anymore." She said so softly he almost missed it with the crackles of the fire.

"What? Why?"

"I just can't." Lily said running out of the room and down the hall towards the Gryffindor tower. Her tears leaving a track from where James sat stunned.

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I can't believe how long I left this. I'm very sorry. I hope it's all right. There are only like three or four chapters left so yeah…

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