Two of a kind.

Disclaimer: I own nothing found in the wonderful Harry Potter books.

Summary: starts of in Lily and James' 5th year till Harry is born. Lily and James have come to an agreement that if they become friends James will stop annoying Snape. But does James want more than friendship. It won't follow OotP.

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Chapter 1. The Beginning of a lasting friendship.

Lily Evans woke up on the last week of school to noise, and lots of it. It was a Monday and the student of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were allowed to spend their last week doing anything except going to Hogsmeade.

Lily groaned after she looked at the clock. 7:01, not the time that she wanted to be up at on her only rest week in the whole school year, except holidays.

"Lils, you up?" Lily's best friend Holly Mathews asked her from behind the curtain.

"I am now." Lily replied stiffly.

Holly was one of the most beautiful girls in Hogwarts. She had bright blue eyes, wavy, light brown hair, and a body to die for (which most of Hogwarts did). She was a kind girl, who helps everyone with homework and boyfriend problems, and still manages to be the best damn friend Lily could have.

Lily slowly got out of bed and looked at herself in the mirror. Her copper red hair was a mess, and her emerald green eyes looked sleepy, just like she felt. She had a nice figure but she didn't think she was pretty. In actual fact, she was another one of those people who get gawped at no matter what they do or wear. Why did she think she was ordinary? Because her sister put her down when she got her Hogwarts letter. She called her things like 'freak' and 'witch', which she was but it made her feel ugly.

"Lily come on. Into the shower or into your cloths. Big day ahead of us." Holly pushed Lily away from the mirror and towards the bathroom.

"Ok, ok. I just need to get my towel and I'll be gone." Lily protested.

"Fine. Just remember that we're hanging out with the Marauders today." Holly told her. As these words left her mouth Lily groaned again.

"What have you got against them?" Holly asked Lily.

"I don't know. I have nothing against Remus, Peter or Sirius, but James just gets on my nerves." Lily replied truthfully.

James Potter was one of the most popular boys of Hogwarts. He has the most untameable black hair anyone could ever have. Beautiful hazel eyes, although hidden behind glasses. And a really sexy body. Girls fall at his feet and he does nothing to stop them. He gets good grades without trying and shows off too much on the Quidditch pitch.

Sirius Black is the biggest joker in the whole school, not a day goes by when Sirius pushes his fellow Marauders into doing a prank or two. Like James he has black hair but his is under control. Brown eyes that show lots of emotion, mainly happiness. He, James and Remus are all around the same height. Very tall. Sirius has had a crush on Holly for half a year now and she's not giving in without a fight.

Remus Lupin is the most sensible of the group. He has blond-brown hair and blue eyes. His grades are the best in the group because he studies as well as muck up. He is one of the Gryffindor prefects with Lily, but he's not as devoted as she is.

Peter is the odd one out of the group. He tags along with the other three and doesn't fit in as well. He is the shortest of the group and only gets girls attention because he hangs out with Sirius, James and Remus. He has blond hair and brown eyes. His grades are always dropping and he is constantly having Remus tutor him for something or another.

"Come on Lily, it's just for one day." Holly told her as she walked back into the bathroom.

"I said I'd come, now go away before I change my mind." Lily yelled back through the bathroom door. As she turned on the shower she heard a silent 'Yes'.

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"Where are we going?" Lily asked Holly half an hour after she had gotten out of the shower.

"We are meeting the Marauders at the front doors and then going outside to sit by the lake." Holly informed her.

"What no breakfast?" Lily asked

"You have to suffer to be beautiful."

"Then I don't want to be beautiful, besides I'm not."

"You're not what?" A voice asked from behind her.

"Ahh. Potter don't do that." Lily said turning around and coming face to face with none other than the Marauders.

"What are you not?" He asked again pursuing his question.

"If you must know beautiful." Lily said then she turned away and walked straight to the oak doors and pushed them open only to be greeted by a blazing sunlight which she welcomed greatly as if it was the only thing that cared.

"What with her?" James asked Holly who was just staring at Sirius and hadn't noticed Lily's reaction to James.

"Pardon?" She asked him which only made Remus and James laugh.

"I just asked what's wrong with Lily?" James repeated.

"What?" She asked then looked around to find that Lily was nowhere in sight. "Where'd she go?"

Remus, Peter, James and Sirius just pointed to the door.

"Great."

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Lily walked straight to the lake. She usually goes to a spot opposite the school so she can think and escape. It is surrounded by trees and wild flowers. Lily listens to the sound of birds chirping just to clam her down. A small waterfall is positioned not too far from her.

'It's such a mythical place.' Lily thought to herself as she sat on the grass and looked over at the lake and school. The birds were singing happily, water was trickling down a rock making a small slashing sound. The only human sound heard was Lily's breathing.

At least that's what she thought.

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"Evans? You out here? Hey Evans?" A voice, none other than James Potter's, was yelling.

"Lily are you over here?" Another voice yelled.

"Face it Remus, she's not here. Let's just go back and let her come back on her own accord.

"Are you implying that you don't want to find Ms Lily Evans?" Remus asked a smile playing across his face.

"Of course I want to find her. Do you think I'm not worried about her? Do you think liking her for the past year is going to make me forget her? No." James replied. "I just don't want her thinking we're intruding, which we would be. And the fact that she ran away because of me is another reason that I don't want to find her at this moment. Hell we're close to where she runs off to everytime she upset or close to tears."

"And you would know this how?" Remus asked smiling again.

"I kinda…kinda stumbled upon her when she was crying once." James answered.

"Why was she crying? What year was this in?" Remus asked.

"Um…. I don't know why she was crying, but it was in fourth year." James answered.

"Right after her mother died." Remus said mainly to himself. "Did you comfort her?"

"Sure I did. I might have annoyed her but I'm not stupid. I do know when someone's upset." James replied harshly.

"Sorry, ok well we'll just tell the others that we found her but we're leaving her in peace. Do you think anyone else knows about the place?"

"Holly does, so if she wants to she can go and find her. Bye Evans." James yelled over his shoulder.

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"This is not good. We sent James and Remus off the wrong way." Holly said to Sirius and Peter.

"Really? Why?" Peter asked her.

"Because, she's not likely to come running towards the quidditch pitch." Holly answered.

"Why not? I would if I was running away from James." Sirius replied.

"She's not runn- ok well she is, but she goes somewhere else when she's upset and we've sent them right towards it." Holly replied.

"So why didn't you just go there straight away?" Peter asked.

"Because, Remus was running the search program and he doesn't know where it is. So when they stumble across it Lily will scream and start yelling at them for invading her privacy and she'll get all flustered." Holly explained.

"Does anyone else know about this 'secret place'?" Sirius asked.

"Not that I know of. But if one of you guys knew about it she would have told me. Unless she wanted that person to be there." Holly thought for awhile. "Hey you guys. Do you remember when Lily's mother died last year?"

"Yeah, what about it?" Sirius replied.

"Lily was missing for like 5 hours."

"So. What's the significance of this story?" Sirius asked.

"I'm getting there. James was missing too. And then when Lily reappeared, James was with her."

"So. What has that story got to do with Lily's 'secret place'?" Peter asked

"Pete are you dumb. It means James and Lily were walking up the hall together. So they were being civil. Big deal." Sirius replied.

"No. It means that James knows where Lily's hiding and we've just sent the one thing she hates to him." Holly explained.

"World War III?" Sirius asked. Holly nodded. Peter still looked confused.

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"Holly does, so if she wants to she can go and find her. Bye Evans."

Lily heard this much of the conversation being said just beyond the line of trees to her right.

'Bye Evans?' She thought 'James.'

"James, you out there?" Lily yelled

"Yeah." Came his reply.

"Come here I have to apologise." Lily yelled

"If you say so." James answered.

Lily heard some rustling in the bushes and the James walked out. He had a piece of twig in his hair. This mad Lily laugh.

"What?" James asked. "What's wrong with me?" He started walking round in circles till he got dizzy.

"Come here." Lily said getting up and reaching her hand to his hair and picking out the twig. She then stepped backwards and sat back down.

"So you had something to say to me?" James asked sitting down too.

"Yes. I'm sorry I get all agitated when you talk to me. I should think of other peoples' feelings." Lily said

"But Lily-" James started.

"I'm not finished. I get really annoyed when you attack Severus for no reason at all. I know you proclaim that it is because he 'exists', but that still gives you no right to torture him."

"Ok, fine. I'll try to stop torturing him for you. But it's going to be tough what without something I'm doing it for." James replied.

"What have I got that you want?" Lily asked him trying to think of something herself.

"How about friendship between you and me?" James asked her.

"James that's not something I want to put on a line for, not for Snape." Lily said. This made James laugh and Lily smile at how child like he looks when he laughs.

"Come on, think about how all the teachers will be so surprised when we talk together without screaming, how Snivellus doesn't get hexed anymore, how… well I can't think of anymore." James said.

"Of how surprised own friends will be when we don't come back with big noses and funny coloured hair." Lily said giggling. "Besides no-one else knows we're here."

"Actually, Remus was with me, but then you called me, so he said he'd go find the others and tell them you were alright and that I was talking to you." He replied.

Lily started giggling again.

"What?" James asked her.

"I can't wait to see the looks on their faces when we walk in together not jinxed and spelled." Lily answered still giggling.

"Come on." James said getting up and walking around to her back and picking her up. One arm was under her legs, the other was supporting her back. "Put your arms around my neck and we'll walk out like this. That will surprise them even more."

"Holly won't believe it, but it doesn't look like I have a choice. Do I?" Lily asked

"Nope."

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A/N:

I hope you liked that first chapter and I hope it's enough. I didn't want to drag it out too much. I know I've left you hanging to find out what the others will think of Lily and James' friendship but it will come up in the next chapter.

Please review because I really need to know how I went. My other story is crap, so I want this one to be a hit.

Bye, bye.

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