A/N: Here's the first chapter of The Truth About Forever. For the few of you who have read this before, I have gone back and edited it. None of the characters have changed, however. Review! Second edited chapter should be up soon.

Disclaimer: If I was J.K. Rowling, one I would live in England, which would be awesome. And a dream come true. And I would be rich. And I'd be able to buy all the dressage horses I wanted to. Do we get the point? I'm not J.K. Rowling.

Title of the story comes from Sarah Dessen's book The Truth About Forever.

I'd like to thank my original six reviewers who reviewed on my craptastic old chapters: LilyWinsor, Reeves3, shetlandlace, IheartJake IheartAlice, FootballChick12, and DiamondAngel08 - you guys rock!


The majestic red steam engine powered around the corner and came to an abrupt halt. Lily's breath caught in her chest as she realized this would be her last year on the Hogwarts Express.

Pushing her trolley forward, she began the incantation to levitate her trunk onto the train but her concentration was interrupted by a deep, teasing voice.

"Evans! O shining moon of my heart! Go out with me tonight?" Lily turned to find James Potter smiling at her, his hands extended in an outrageous gesture. His hazel eyes twinkled mischievously, his impossibly messy black hair flopping into his eyes.

"Potter. I see you haven't changed at all. Let me remind you that I haven't either. No matter if you ask me every minute of every day this year, I will not go out with you!" Lily tossed her hair over her shoulder and made her way into the train.

James turned to face his best mate, Sirius Black, and made a pouty face. "Bugger. I thought she would have changed her mind by now."

"Cheer up, Prongs! It's Evans. What do you expect? It's probably her time of the month. Girls are always funky during their…womanly time." He snickered into his hands.

Remus walked up to them in time to hear this last remark. "Sirius! Show some consideration for the opposite sex."

His words were wasted on Sirius, who was still giggling because Remus had said the word sex. Remus of all people! To Sirius, the words "Remus" and "sex" were never used in the same sentence. Of course, Sirius didn't understand that there were multiple meanings of the word 'sex'.

Remus shook his head. Would Sirius ever grow up? He followed James and Sirius into the Hogwarts Express just as the train picked up speed and swept away from King's Cross.

Inside the train, Lily managed to find her friends' compartment at last. As she slid open the door, she paused a moment to think about her two best friends, Morgan Hughes and Olivia Peterson.

Lily and Morgan had been friends since they had been in diapers. They had gone to the same preschool and loved all the same things: popsicles and wind chimes. Then Morgan had moved away when they were five and the two girls had lost touch. They had reconnected during their first year at Hogwarts and were the best of friends again. Olivia, on the other hand, had transferred to Hogwarts from Beauxbatons in their third year and the three had hit it off immediately. Soon it was if the three had known each other their whole lives.

However, Olivia and Morgan were as different as night and day. Morgan was one of the most outspoken people Lily knew. With her striking blue eyes and luscious dark brown hair, she was the most classically gorgeous of the three. Of course, she had to be a tomboy. As an avid member of the Gryffindor House Quidditch team, the beater was destined for greatness.

On the other hand, Olivia was the girl next door. She had big brown eyes and curly blond hair. She was smart, pretty, outgoing, and selfless.

Lily smiled as Morgan and Olivia finally noticed her standing in the doorway. "It's our favorite Lilykins!" Olivia cried. The three girls crashed into each other with big hugs.

They chatted amiably about their summers for a few minutes until Morgan absently glanced down at her watch. "Say, Lily, shouldn't you be bossing around the prefects right about now?"

Lily jumped up. "Oh bugger, I'm late. See you guys later!"

Olivia and Morgan exchanged a look. "Obviously she hasn't found out who's head boy yet."

Lily entered the prefects' compartment, breathing heavily. Nine pairs of eyes stared back at her. "Nice to see you finally joined us, Lily."

Lily's mouth fell open as she comprehended who was speaking. Turning her head slowly, she saw her worst nightmare come true. James Potter, all six feet of him, stood at the opposite wall, surrounded by the prefects of each house.

"Potter?" she said.

James crossed his arms over his chest. "That's me. And you're late, Miss Head Girl. So I suggest we get started." His smirk was barely noticeable to anyone but Lily.

"Right. Of course," Lily replied, flustered.

"Well, then," James turned to face the prefects. "Things are pretty simple today. Just keep an eye out for any mischief on the train and make sure everyone stays out of trouble."

"Hey Potter, aren't you usually the one causing the trouble?" Amos Diggory said with a sly smile.

James grinned. "Right you are, Diggory. But no one else needs to know that, right?" He winked.

Lily realized she had better hold up her end of the meeting. "We'll have our first meeting tomorrow at eight o'clock in the Heads Dormitory and every other Thursday after that. We'll discuss patrolling, prefect duties, and new rules then. Potter and I will patrol tonight. Any questions?"

Everyone shook their head. "Right then. You're free to go."

As the prefects departed, Lily snuck a glance at James, who was gathering up his things. She couldn't believe she was going to have to share the Heads Tower with him, of all people, for the rest of the year.

Oblivious to the world, Lily continued to stare at James' bent over form, lost in thought.

"Like what you see Evans?" James straightened up with a smirk.

Lily glared at him as she walked back towards her compartment. "You wish."

James shook his head as he stared at her retreating back. "I guess she's right. Nothing's changed," he sighed.


A/N: Sorry it's kinda short. Next chapter should be up soon, though (hopefully in the next three days or so). I'm removing the old chapter two so for now there will only be one chapter up. A especially large humongous thank you to my beta ahrocks08!