A/N

Okay so lately I've been into James/Lily fics, so, I figured I should write one of my own since I'm always saying, "Oh I wish they did this like this!", or whatever when I'm reading…. This is my first fic with chapters and stuff so help me out… and stuff. By the way this is a working title if anyone has ideas about that, gimme a hand please!

Disclaimer: Don't own Harry Potter characters, or Owl City...

Changes

It was 10:57 and Lily Evans was unbelievably late to Platform 9 ¾. It was going to be her seventh year at Hogwarts and her parents didn't understand that the train left at exactly 11:00. Without bothering to check for watching muggles, she took off running at the barrier and burst through to the concealed platform. She threw her trunk on and jumped on after it just as the train began moving.

She slammed the door behind her and set off to find her longtime best friend Lauren Mayer. Lauren had medium length light brown hair with natural blonde highlights, hazel/green eyes, tons of freckles, and a button nose. She was also one of the shortest girls in their year, much to her resentment. She was also the best Chaser in the school, thankfully playing for Gryffindor.

Lauren was half/blood, but she was brought up in the muggle world, so she knew all about Lily's world. When Lily finally, found her she was in the second to last compartment listening to her I-pod (A/N I'm making it modern even though it should be the seventies…) and singing along beautifully.

Breathe and I'll carry you away

Into the velvet sky

And we'll stir the stars around

And watch them fall away

Into the Hudson Bay

Then plummet out of sight and sound.

The open summer breeze

Will sweep you through the hills

Where I live in the Alpine Heights

Below the northern lights

I spend my coldest nights

Alone, awake, and thinking of

The weekend we were in love.

She had her eyes closed while she sang and didn't realize anyone was there until Lily came over and sat on her lap. Her eyes shot open, alarmed, only to land on Lily, perched on her knees.

"Get off, Lily!"

"Well, hello to you to," Lily replied sarcastically, "What are you listening to?"

"It's my absolute favorite song, On the Wing by Owl City," Lauren elaborated happily.

"Sing more! Your voice is so pretty!"

Without hesitation Lauren continued,

Home among these mountain tops
Can be so awfully dull
A thousand miles from the tide

"This year's gonna be the best of all!" exclaimed Sirius Black excitedly.

"You're telling me, Padfoot!" agreed James Potter, already thinking of the pranks he could get away with now that he was Head Boy.

"James?… HEY! Prongs!" yelled Remus Lupin, the normally quiet one, interrupting James' thoughts.

"What?"

"Do you hear singing?"

"Put photos on the walls

Of New York shopping malls

Distract me so I stay inside"

"Who is that?!" wondered Peter Pettigrew, the short, pudgy one.

"Well come on, let's see," said Sirius. They stepped out of their compartment, which happened to be the last one, and discovered that the music was coming from the next compartment. They stood outside, listening.

"I wish the rocket stayed

Over the promenade

'Cause I would make a hook and I

Would fish them from the sky

My darling she and I

We're hanging on so take us high

To sing the world goodbye

I am floating away

Lost in a silent ballet

I'm dreaming your out in the blue

And I am right beside you

A way to take in the view

Late nights and early parades

Still photos and noisy arcades

My darling we're both on the wing

Look down and keep on singing

And we can go anywhere"

"Come on," motioned Sirius, and they all jumped into the open compartment door, just as the singer began the second chorus. Only to discover it was Lauren and Lily sitting together, Lauren being the singer.

The music stopped abruptly, and Lauren's face turned bright red at being caught singing.

"What the hell, Potter?!" Lily snarled, "She was trying to sing!"

"I didn't tell her to stop!" yelled James, just as angry as Lily now, "It's not my fault she too cowardly to sing in front of people!"

"What did you just say?!" commanded Lauren, in a low deadly voice. Nobody could see, but while her one hand gripped her wand tightly, the other was balled up in fist, nails puncturing skin, to stop her from crying. Because, without knowing, James had picked up on her biggest insecurity, her stage-fright. She could only sing in front of her closest friends.

"You heard me," James sneered, "But, if you're not scared then go ahead and keep on singing." Not believing for a second she would.

"She doesn't have to do shit for you Potter!" Lily snarled, "Stupifey! Petrificus Totalus! Oh no you don't! Stupifey! Stupifey! Oh yeah?! Levicorpus!", the battle would have continued if Remus and Lauren hadn't gotten fed up and simultaneously yelled, "Protego!"

"Leave, now!" Remus literally dragged James out, while Peter stayed to glare, before Lily made a furious movement toward him, and he scrambled out. Sirius only stuck around to wink at Lauren, who blushed furiously, cursing her fair skin, before, he left. Lily, to busy threatening Peter didn't notice Lauren's reaction to Sirius.

Lauren and Lily barely talked to each other for the rest of the ride, both deep in thought. Lauren thinking about her embarrassment at being heard singing, and at blushing at Sirius. Lily about how much she hated that arrogant, egotistical, toe-rag James Potter. They both took an ear-bud and Lauren blasted her most soothing music.

In the next compartment~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

'Wow, she's gorgeous when she's mad,' James thought fondly of Lily, 'In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have insulted her friend though.'

'She's amazing! Beauty, brains, a good sense of sarcasm, and to top it all of, she can sing! ' Thought the completely love-struck Sirius Black, 'I can't believe James said she was a coward, Lauren deserves better than that!… I could treat her right, like a princess, oh Merlin I sound like some cheesy romance novel now!'

"So, James, what do you think about Mayer? Not bad eh?" Sirius started, in a would-be casual voice.

"Yeah, she does have a good rack," James replied, not seeing Sirius' murderous expression, something that was not lost on Remus. James continues, "Why though? You've had bigger and better?"

"Just sayin'," Sirius replied in a strained voice, that, finally, got James' attention. He looked up only to see Sirius turn to look out the window.

'Wonder what his problem is. Wait a minute… where's Wormtail?'

A/N

So, thoughts? Should I continue? 'Cause there are a few things I'm kinda iffy about. And to tell the truth this chapter bored me, but I have to have it cause I need to build certain things up. So, hopefully it gets better. Oh yeah, if your wondering the character, Lauren, yeah that's me… I kinda flattered myself though… So, anyway, please review and give me your thoughts! And that's about it, thankies!