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I broke your jaw once before

I spilled your blood upon the floor

You broke my leg in return

So lets sit back and watch the bed burn

Love sticks

Sweat drips

Break the lock if it don't fit

A kick to the teeth is good for some

A kiss with a fist is better then none

-A Kiss With A Fist

-Florence + The Machine

"Bye Mum! Bye Dad! I'll see you in December!" Lily Evans shouted to her parents as she boarded the train. Then, as an afterthought, she added, "Tell Petunia I say goodbye and good luck with Vernon!"

Lily inwardly cringed at the thought of her sister's awful boyfriend. She did not know what her sister possibly saw in him. The fact that he had a stable job and money, maybe. But his personality... Lily suppressed a shudder. She didn't know if her sister was actually happy with him. Petunia, on the few occasions that she addressed her sister, insisted that she was. But Lily never knew. She wished Petunia would talk to her. Really talk to her, instead of the rare short, superficial conversations they shared. But her sister stopped talking to her when she started attending Hogwarts.

Lily walked through the train to find the compartment with her friends. She would set her things down and then go to the prefect's compartment to lead the beginning of the year prefect's meeting with the Head Boy. She still had no clue who she would be both working with and living with in the Head's Dorm for the next year. When Lily had received her Hogwart's letter containing her badge, she was thrilled. It was no surprise of course. Everyone knew that she would get the position. She had been working towards it her entire Hogwarts career. But there was a ton of speculation as to who the new Head Boy would be. Rumors flew with most of them being neither confirmed nor denied. Lily was excited to find out who it would be.

She finally came to her friends' compartment. She opened the door and was greeted by the loud squeals and exclamations of her friends. On one side sat Marlene McKinnon, Marly as her friends referred to her as, and Dorcas Meadowes. On the other side sat Emma Vance and Alice Young. The four of them plus Lily made up of the closest groups of friends in Hogwarts. They all had a friendship to rival even that of the Marauders'.

Marly had long blonde hair and pale blue eyes. She was tall and slender with a nice body and had the looks of a model. She was the one out of the group who dated the most guys. She came from an incredibly rich and powerful wizarding family. She had a bubbly personality, but was actually a very smart girl. She was the one who the others came to for boy and outfit advice.

Dorcas had short chestnut hair and grey eyes. She was petite and considered by most to be a pretty girl. Despite her build, she was incredibly athletic. She was the seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. She was the most gossipy out of the group and was terrible at keeping secrets from the other four. She was very blunt when talking to people, which garnered both respect and annoyance from other students.

Emma had dark brown hair that she usually kept in a ponytail and light brown eyes. She was of an average height, but was very skinny. When she actually bothered to care about her appearance, she could be very pretty. But she usually didn't care. Other than Lily, she was the most studious. Although her parents were both wizards, she loved to listen to muggle music and read muggle books. She and Lily would often have discussions about muggle pop culture, which the other girls would roll their eyes at. She was very sweet but also rather shy.

Alice had black hair and brown eyes. She was short and plump and had a round face. She was dating Frank Longbottom, another Gryffindor seventh year, and had been dating him for a year and a half. She was almost always with either him or her friends. She was very witty and sarcastic, but generally a very nice person.

Lily had bright red hair the color of fire and emerald green eyes. She was about the same height as Emma, but not as skinny. She was the only muggle-born of the group. She was known for being one of the nicest people that was at the school, but was not afraid to stand up to someone if they were doing something wrong. She was always one to look out for the younger students or those who were bullied often. But once someone did something to lose her favorable opinion, it was almost impossible to win it back. She was also one of the brightest witches at the school. She was naturally very smart, but studied often anyway. All of the teachers loved her and all of the students knew her.

Together, these girls were some of the smartest, prettiest, and overall most well known girls at Hogwarts. "The Gryffindor Gals" as some referred to them as. Offend one of them, and they all were all offended. They were all well-liked and could be considered very popular in an unconventional way. Nothing was kept a secret for long between the five of them. The five of them were sisters. Just not by blood.

"Lily! Sit! We were just talking about who the new Head Boy is!" Dorcas said at a lightning pace. "You have heard who it is, right? Of course you have! Why am I even asking? You are the Head Girl after all. But I cannot believe that Dumbledore gave it to-"

"Sorry girls! Can't talk! Have to change and get to the prefect's compartment! And no Dorcas, I don't know. But I will find out soon!" Lily interrupted. Dorcas started to say something, but Lily dashed out of the compartment before she could.

"Lily is in for the shock of a lifetime when she steps into that meeting," Alice remarked. The other girls all nodded their heads in agreement before launching into a conversation about the classes they were taking this year.

Lily walked hurriedly down the train. People shouted greetings at her, to which she shouted greetings and apologies for not being able to talk right now back. She wasn't looking where she was going as she shouted a greeting and apology to a fellow Gryffindor, when she suddenly collided with someone. They were both knocked to the ground.

"Oh my goodness! I am so sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going and I am late and..." Lily's words died on her tongue as she looked up and saw who she collided with. Her bright green eyes met hard black ones. Severus Snape. Her former best friend. He looked like he was about to say something, but Lily cut him off.

"I am sorry for running into you Severus," Lily said coldly. "But I have to go."

"Lily listen. I am so sor-"

"Save it. I don't need to hear anymore of your apologies. You have clearly chosen your path," At this, Lily threw a look at the compartment behind him in which Mulciber and Avery, two large, scary looking Slytherins sat. "And I have chosen mine. I need to get to the prefect's meeting. Goodbye."

With that, Lily started to hurry back down the train, leaving Severus Snape gazing longingly at her back.

Lily burst into the prefect's compartment. Everyone turned to look at her. She shot apologetic looks at everyone she could see.

"I am so sorry for being late. I was late arriving to King's Cross and I had to drop my stuff off in my compartment on the other side of the train and I needed to change! Shall we get started?"

"Thank you for finally arriving Lily. Everyone, as you all should know, this is Lily Evans, our Head Girl for the year. And she's right. We should probably get started."

Lily heard those words from a voice that she knew. She recognized that voice so clearly. But he couldn't be! He wasn't even a prefect! But then he stood up, and Lily's fears were confirmed by the shiny badge on his robes.

Her partner for the year, the Head Boy, the guy she would be working with and living with for the school year, was none other than James Potter.

Hi! So if you have read this far, then thank you! I have the next two chapters already typed up, so I will be putting them up shortly. But, (if anyone wants to know) I am terrible about updating by a certain or specific date. I write when I can.

This chapter is shorter than the length that I foresee most of my chapters being. I could never write 20 thousand word chapters, but I am definitely going to try to make them longer. And just so you know, I do have a story planned out in my head! This isn't just me writing with no story in mind! Also, this story is rated T for now, but I am 80% sure that that rating will be changed to an M at some point. Just saying.

So please review! Any feedback is good feedback! Thank you for reading! :)