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Lily Evans was gathering her belongings from the compartment that she and her friends were sharing. It was the end of her sixth year and the Hogwarts Express had just pulled up to Kings Cross Station, signaling the beginning of her summer. Lily quickly got off the train with her best friends Lindsey Austin, Julia Swift, and Amanda Miller.
Lindsey had long black hair that came to her waist. She was the tallest of the group at 5'7". She had sapphire blue eyes and was an amazing Quidditch player and could rival most people. Julia was the shyest of the four. She had wavy blond hair and sky blue eyes. Amanda was by far Lily's favorite. She was a metamorphmagus, who liked to stand out, and didn't care what people thought of her. Her favorite 'look' was short, spiked black hair with silver tips and amethyst eyes. Amanda was always the one who stood by Lily and helped fight the Marauders.
"Will you guys promise to write to me this summer?" Lily asked. All of her friends were going on vacations with their family sometime during the summer and she wanted to stay in touch.
"Of course Lily." Lindsey said.
"We won't forget you while we are on exotic trips around the world." Amanda added.
Lily turned to Julia, only to find her staring absent mindedly at a black haired, grey-eyed prat, or at least in Lily's opinion.
Lily sighed exasperatedly, "Julia, why don't you just go talk to him? It's obvious that you like him, so why not tell him?" As much as Lily hated Sirius Black and the rest of the Marauders, especially James Potter, she wanted her friend to be happy. Even if that meant helping her get together with Sirius Black.
"I have no idea what you are talking about Lily." Julia said with a blush, before running through the barrier that separated the muggle world and the magical world. Lily sighed, shaking her head, as she watched her friend fall hopelessly in love with…god forbid…a Marauder. Lily followed Julia through the barrier and knew that Amanda and Lindsey were right behind her. She scanned the crowd for her mother.
Lily knew that her father and sister would not be here to pick her up because they hated the fact that she was a witch. They had immediately left Lily and her mom, and had moved far away to Surrey.
Lily didn't mind much because she neither liked nor love her father or sister. She thought that she and her mom were better off on their own anyways.
"Lily!"
A voice shouted, breaking her out of out of her thoughts. She turned to be faced by non other than a messy haired, four eyed marauder.
"What do you want Potter? I won't go out with you, so don't bother asking!" Lily said. She knew that she had said it harshly, but just thinking of her father and sister made her mad, so right now, she didn't want to talk to Potter.
"No Lily, I wasn't going to ask you out, though my offer will always stand." James left the suggestion in the air. "I was actually just going to tell you to have a great summer, and that I will see you in a couple of months."
James stuck out his hand. Lily looked apprehensively at the hand.
'It's just a hand Lily, a simple hand with five fingers.' Lily thought, 'Just five simple fingers.' Lily slowly extended her hand and grasped James'.
James' smile if possible got broader.
"Have a great summer Lily." James said, lifting her hand to his lips. Still staring into her emerald eyes, he laid a small kiss onto her hand.
"You too Potter." Lily said, extracting her hand from his grasp and turning to leave. She hastily wiped her hand on her jeans and continued to search the crowd for a familiar face. What she found shocked her. She saw a boy of the age of 17, leaning against the wall closest to her.
He had short curly brown hair and a fantastic smile. At the moment he had a welcoming smile and a familiar twinkle in his brown eyes.
"Adam!"
A/N This story will get better, I promise. Lily will arrive home to see none other than James next chapter. Please review and tell me what you think.
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