This is just a fic, and if people like it, I'll probably continue to write more on it. Don't be a hater, haha, so kind reviews only, please! And if this seems kind of fluffy, it honestly wasn't intentional...Cheers, -Lizzy Lupin.

James Potter sidled quietly down the street, thumbs in pockets, with an uncharacteristic scowl splashed across his face. The sun was sinking lower and lower in the evening, and spinning colors of pink and yellow swirled in the sky.

The wind whistled slightly, and ruffled James' hair. James subconsciously shook his head in the breeze, and ran a hand through his hair trying to make it even more ruffled. Then he realized what he was doing, and with a furrowed brow, he suddenly swiped a pocket comb out of his pocket and he pulled the comb through his hair, trying to straighten it...he was going to win Lily no matter what, and if she didn't like him ruffling his hair, then he was going to keep it straight.

A few weeks ago, James Potter had been at Hogwarts finishing his sixth year...and just last week, he had ridden home on the Hogwarts Express, and took so many trips to the bathroom that Sirius figured James must have spent the whole night drinking Butterbeers. But really, the seven trips to the bathroom were actually seven trips to walk casually by Lily Evan's compartment. Each time he would walk by, Lily would see him out of the corner of her eye, but would not acknowlege him, and instead would chat even more exhuberantly with her friends. Finally, when he made his eighth trip, he found that Lily had closed the compartment door...

Back at his own compartment, the food trolley had come by. James, struck with an idea, bought a large and careful selection of sweets.

"Excellant, Prongs..." Sirius Black said, grinning, and reached his hand towards James' pile of candy. James swept up the pile of candy before Sirius could grab any.

"Sorry, guys," James said, with a small smile. "They're not for us." Sirius looked crestfallen, and pretended to sniffle over a pack of every flavor beans.

"Alright, alright, your lucky," James said, "I'm feeling generous today." And he threw Sirius, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew each a pack of sweets before hurrying from the compartment. Down the train and to the left, he reached the compartment of his destination. He knocked on the door and while he waited he ruffled his hair.

One of Lily's friends, Mary MacDonald, slid the door open, then she sat back down.

"Hey, guys," James said, grinning. Lily's friends giggled at his appearance, but Lily herself frowned and furrowed her brow and a slight color rose in her cheeks.

"Yes?" Lily asked, emotionlessly, not looking up from her magazine.
James, used to such greetings from Lily, leaned against the compartment doorway and said easily, "Me and the guys bought so many sweets that we can't eat 'em all. Thought you guys might enjoy them."

Lily gave no reaction as she continued to read her magazine. One could have assumed she was hard of hearing. James, who refused to show he was hurt by this, said quickly, "Well, here you guys go, I gotta run." And he dumped his armful of sweets on the vacated seat next to Lily. The other girls in the compartment squeeled thanks to James, and Mary MacDonald said, "Oooh, Lily, they're your favorites!" Yeah, James thought, that's why I bought them...

James, who knew a lost cause when he saw one, knew that he wasn't going to get any reaction from Lily, so he hightailed from the compartment. "Lily, that was really sweet of him..." He heard one of the girls muttering crossly. "Did you have to be like that?"

When he got back to his compartment, he sat down with a blank stare on his face. He didn't used to get hurt by Lily's cold shoulder to him...but now, nothing could hurt him more...

Later on, they reached Kings Cross Station. He saw Lily hurrying to her parents. As James waved distracted goodbyes to friends, he knew that this would be the last time he'd see Lily before spending a whole summer without seeing her...this goodbye had to count.

He saw Lily hugging her parents, and together, her family started to head out of the station.

"Evans!" He called, running after her, and trying to think of what to say. At his call, Lily halted in her tracks, and put her face in her hands. She ushered her family to go on without her, saying she'd be along in a minute.

James caught up with her and she turned around abrubptly.

"Yeah?" She asked, averting his gaze, and instead tried in vain to glance around at the other students scattered around Platform nine and three quarters.

"Well-I, I guess I'll see you...later," James said, a little clumsily. Lily, still not meeting his gaze, nodded.

"Evans?" James said suddenly, helplessly. Lily ripped her gaze from the train. She finally looked up at him, apprehension in her eyes.

"I--I'll see you around, then," Lily said uneasily.

"Yeah..." James said, meeting her gaze and searching her face desperately.

"I've gotta go," Lily said, shuffling her feet.

"Right, well, later then," James said. He coughed and held out his hand for her to shake. She shook his hand reluctantly, and James, unaware of even thinking to do so, pulled her into a brief hug. Before she could stop him, before she even had time to react, James released her quickly and he ran away down the platform.

As he ran, he threw a glance over his shoulder to see Lily standing stock still where he had left her. A surprised expression was on her face, but she was frowning, and her brows were knit. If only her skin wasn't so pale, James' wouldn't have seen the scarlet hue rising in her cheekbones...