A/N: Heyyy! This is Hogshire speaking. Man is this exciting. First FanFiction //screams//!!!! Hope you love it!!!

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Chapter 1: Change?

Lily stood on Platform nine and three-quarters, her long, red hair tied up in a messy ponytail that leaned to the left side of her head as her startling emerald green eyes searched the station for her two best friends. The Hogwarts Express, a gleaming red steam engine was pulled in at the platform. Lily's mood brightened at the sight of the beloved train, because the Hogwarts Express meant Hogwarts. She loved being a witch, everything about it, but not everyone was in favor of it; her sister despised all things magical. Her parents had always been supportive, but Petunia… not so much.

Lily spotted her friends boarding the train a couple of cars ahead. She ran to catch up with them, but not being as coordinated as others, Lily tripped over a trunk and found herself on the ground, landing in a mixture of gravel and owl feathers.

"Are you okay?" She heard a familiar voice say, but at the moment she couldn't place who it was.

Lily grabbed the stranger's hand, not caring who it was and just wanting to get on her feet. The boy pulled her to her feet and she found herself staring into deep, hazel eyes, wide with concern. Realizing who those eyes belonged to, Lily's emerald eyes narrowed with anger and disgust.

"I could've gotten up myself, Potter!" She snarled at the one guy she loathed more than anyone. "You just never gave me the chance." She quickly grabbed her trunk and started to make her way to the train.

"Is that any way to treat the Head Boy, Evans?" James said rather cockily, a smirk spreading across his face.

Lily froze. Were James Potter and Head Boy just used in the same sentence? He couldn't be! It's impossible! He wasn't even a prefect! She slowly turned to face James, and sure enough, pinned on his chest, a Head Boy Badge gleamed in the light.

Lily refused to believe it. "Potter, stop kidding around and give Remus his badge back," she said.

The smirk upon James's face suddenly made Lily feel very nervous. James ruffled his untidy hair and smiled. Lily slowly turned her gaze to the auburn-haired boy standing behind James.

Sadly, Remus Lupin shook his head, clearly at a loss for words. "Sorry Lily, James is Head Boy," Even before he'd finished speaking, her mouth gaped open.

Lily Evans and James Potter were Heads together?

"Oh, well… I guess I'll see you on the train then, Potter." She was trying to hide the disappointment in her voice as she avoided eye contact.

"Well… that went well!" Sirius Black commented sarcastically once Lily was out of earshot.

"Are you kidding?" James scoffed. "Did you see her face? She's completely disappointed that I'm Head with her. What do I have to do for her to stay in my presence for more than three minutes?"

"Come on mate," Sirius put his left arm around James's shoulder. "What did you really expect?"

"I…" James started, but then thought for a moment. "I don't know. This is my last year to finally get her to give me a chance. I love her."

A small, high-pitched squeak suddenly came out of the last Marauding member.

"Love, Prongs?" Peter Pettigrew asked nervously, "That's big." He took a step toward his friend but tripped in the process, landing face-down on the pavement. James and Sirius helped him up with ease. It was from practice.

"Moony," James said to Remus, "You're the smart one. What should I do?"

"I'm out of advice, guys." Remus, "You'll find that happens after five years of the same situation."

"I have advice!" Sirius announced. The other three raised their eyebrows at him, expectations low. "Forget her. You can have any other girl, Prongs. Let me demonstrate."

Sirius looked around and spotted a sixth year girl passing by them. "Hey!" he shouted at her, then smiled and looked at her with his deep, black eyes. The girl giggle with pleasure and gave him a little wave as she left.

"See?" Sirius turned back to his three friends, "You could do that too! Just pick a girl." He said to James.

"I pick Lily." James stated. Sirius smacked his forehead with his palm.

"James, I suggest you go to the Head's compartment to brief the prefects, I'll go with you." Remus told him, being a prefect since fifth year.

"Alright, let's go." James gave in.

The two left Sirius and Peter standing there.

"He's hopeless." Sirius said to Peter.

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"I saw you five minutes ago, Potter, and you're late?" Lily said, obviously ticked off.

"Sorry Lily!" James said. "I was just –"

"Don't blame him, Lily." Remus said, stepping into the compartment, "We were all talking, lost track of time. Sorry."

Lily eyed both of them, then turned and strode into the prefect carriage. James mouthed thanks to Remus, and they both followed Lily to brief the prefects.

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"Hey guys!" Lily exclaimed as she walked into her friends' compartment and hugged Jill and Sam in turn.

"Lily! We missed you!" Her friends yelled together as they hugged Lily back.

Samantha Brown was, by most guys' standards, the most gorgeous girl in school. She had light, flowing blonde hair that reached to the middle of her back in amazing waves. Her eyes were the brightest blue, and many boys, of all houses, had fallen into their depths. She had a carefree attitude and an optimistic personality.

Jillian Jones was a little more conservative than Sam. She had brown hair that flowed straight to her shoulders and her eyes were dark. She was a little more shy than her other two friends, but once you got to know her, her personality really began to shine.

Lily, Sam, and Jill were inseparable. They had been friends since day one at Hogwarts. They were like the Marauders, in their own way, but because of their friendship than pranks.

Lily took a seat next to Jill and told her friends about Potter becoming Head Boy and her encounter with him on the platform.

"Potter? Head Boy? You cannot be serious!" Sam said.

"It is surprising," said Jill, "I mean, why him? I expected Remus to be Head Boy."

"Me too," groaned Lily in a monotone.

Suddenly, Remus walked into their compartment with a smile on his face. He always got away from his friends for a while to come visit them on the Hogwarts Express.

"Hey Remus," Lily greeted him, "Come sit! How was your summer?"

Lily glanced at her friends. Jill was fixing her hair and Sam was applying an extra coat of lip gloss. Lily knew they both liked Remus. On the train home last year, Jill went off to the bathroom for five minutes. During that time Sam had revealed to Lily that she fancied Remus, though they both knew that Jill had had a crush on him since their first year. Lily thought Jill and Remus were perfect for each other, so she hadn't said anything at the time.

"My summer was fine," Remus said as he sat across from Jill and next to Sam. "I went to Paris with my Mum and Dad."

"That sounds wonderful." Sam smiled at him.

"I love Paris." Jill said sheepishly, "I went there with my uncle last year."

"Great, isn't it fantastic?" Remus asked, and Jill nodded. "I only went for two weeks though. I spent the rest of the summer with James and Sirius at the Potter's house."

Lily stiffened at the sound of James' name. "That's nice." she stated quickly.

"He's really not that bad Lily." Remus said, though from his tone one could see he had obviously spoken those words a lot. "He hasn't had a date since third year because of you. And you can't say he doesn't care about you."

"Why is that?" Lily questioned.

Remus sighed. "Lily, you know what James said to me, Sirius, and Peter the first time he saw you at the beginning of second year?" Lily shook her head, "He said 'Guys, that girl is special.' We asked him why, and all he had to say was 'She is a good person who makes me feel.' We never asked him why again. We didn't have to."

Lily thought for a moment about what Remus had just said. "I…well then why has he been acting like a jerk?"

"He was immature and selfish. You were a challenge." Remus told her, "That was his one mistake, thinking that you would welcome him with open arms just like very other girl."

"I agree with you there." Lily said.

"Hold on," Remus said, "But your huge mistake was, Lily, is never giving him the slightest chance."

"I agree with Remus on that one," Jill said, "Honestly, Lily, you've never though twice about giving him a chance. The answer was always 'no.'"

"Or the ever popular 'For Merlin's sake leave me the bloody hell alone, Potter!'" Sam put forth, chuckling.

"Okay, I get it," said Lily, "I haven't been very fair to him. But I'll give him a chance, alright?"

"Took you long enough," Remus smiled. "If you ever need any advice on James Potter, I'm you're go-to guy."

"Thanks, Remus." Lily smiled back.

But can James Potter really change?

A/N: Can he? What do you think? Hi again. Really hope you liked the first chapter. This might have been a little slow, but in the next few chapters we have some romance and some real intense action coming up. squeals -

Please review and say what you thought. Everyone needs a confidence boost once in a while.

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