„Hey Lily." A too familiar voice Lily had known.
Oh, no, not him again. The school hasn't even started and he is after me again.
"Lily, Hi." James Potter, the most popular, good-looking boy and most talented natural Quidditch player of whole Hogwarts was standing beside Lily Evans. "Lily –"
"Yeah, Potter, that is my name and you have used it now quite often. What do you want?"
He looked startled, but then he caught himself again. "I just wanted to ask you –"
"NO, Potter, will you ever give up on asking me? I mean, you know what I think about you. You are an arrogant, self-loving, egoistical, violent, non-stop annoying, womanizing prick, who will never ever get a grip of himself and therefore does not deserve my attention whatsoever and I will not go out with you, ever, unless it snows in the desert!" Lily said furiously. She was getting pissed off with his continuous asking her out.
"What?" James dumbfolded."Don't play dumb, Potter, I know you were trying to ask me out again, but this year will be different, because –"
"I will not ask you out anymore. Nor will I annoy you nor will I chase you. Nor will I pull a prank on you. Nor will Sirius do anything. Promise"
"You won't ask me out anymore." Lily completed her sentence not even listening to James.
"Uhm. That is what I have just said, Lily." James looked at her and he gave something like a grin.
Now it was Lily's turn to look dumb. "What?"
"I said, I won't ask you out anymore." James repeated slowly.
"What?" Lily asked again.
James rolled his eyes. "Can.You.Understand.The.Words.I.Am.Saying?"
"Of course I can, don't be stupid Potter." Lily rolled her eyes.
"Sure, so anyway, I will go now." James gave a nod and left the compartment.
"POTTER!" Lily shouted. James ripped the door open and looked at Lily. "Yes?"
"Well, I guess- thank you." Lily mumbled.
"What?"
"I said, thank you." Lily looked down and blushed.
"Welcome?" James said. "Well, I have to go back to Sirius and Remus and Peter. They're waiting. See you around." And he left the compartment the girls were in.
"Nikki? Kenzie? Did you also hear what I heard?" Lily asked them.
"Oh yes, clearly. But obviously you needed to hear it more than once." Nikki, one of Lily's friends said. Nikki was a rather quiet girl. She was good at studies and all. She had long blond her, which is usually pulled back into a nice ponytail.
"Well, all of a sudden he stops? What is that supposed to mean and by the way, I needed reassurance. So I couldn't blame it on my bad hearing you know." Lily said matter-of-factly.
"Your ears are clean, Lily." Nikki assured her with a grin.
"Thanks, Nik." Lily replied.
"I guess you will have an enjoyable Potter-free sixth year, Lils." Kenzie grinned. MacKenzie was her real name, but everyone called her Kenzie. She had short brown hair, always open and flying in her face. She was shorter than Nikki and Lily, but louder than both of them together and for her studies she was one of the best of the class (after Lily) of course.
The girls talked about the reasons why he would all of a sudden stop annoying Lily.
He has clearly moved on. That is good for both of us. He has the girl he wants and he cares about and that's why he has to stop asking me out. He moved on…moved on. That is good right?...Of course it is good! I can at last have a normal year without fearing that he will jump out of the corner and ask me out or play a prank on me. What else can I wish for?...Nothing more. But why then did Potter seem so upset? He has a new girlfriend and he moved on, he is supposed to be happy. Oh well, that is not one of my concerns. I should be happy and enjoy the coming year. Yeah, that is what I will do!
Lily was happy about it. She did not think anymore about the reason why James stopped asking her out. Why should she? Nikki, Kenzie and Lily talked about all sorts of stuff on the ride to Hogwarts.
At Hogwarts they sat the Gryffindor table and waited till the sorting was over. Then they dug in and ate as much as they could. Even though Lily and Nikki ate like elephants their figures would never change. Neither of them did any sports, but rather refused to do it. Kenzie ate more than any of them, but she was on the Quidditch team as a Chaser with James and Sirius.
After the meal they went up into their dorms, where their luggage was already waiting for them to be unpacked.
"I am tired. I will go to bed now." Lily said and changed into her PJs.
"Night you two." Lily jumped into her lovely four-posted bed and fell asleep immediately.
I know it is a rather short chapter, but I promise to update soon. Sooo…did you like it so far? It will get better…just the first chapter…please review.