Here's another Jily fic. I hope you will like this. I hope you will enjoy reading this. Read and Review...my dear friends! I can't wait to hear what you think about this.
Summary : The Marauders last year at Hogwarts. And there's a lot happening –one being JILY!
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"You're a Freak!" shouted Petunia, breaking the green eyed orange haired girl's heart. Again.
"Tunie..." she mumbled. But Petunia just ran away.
The scene kept playing in her mind again and aagin. Why did it still hurt? She thought to herself. She was getting sick of these problems that whirled aroud was Petunia not talking to her since she got the letter from Hogwarts. Lily hated tyhe fact that Petunia acted like she never existed.
Next was the heart breaking event of her best friend Severus calling her a mudblood. Well...no more a best friend. Mudblood! He had called her. The person she least expected. And a 'sorry?' He came to say a sorry? He really thought an apology would do?
Lily blinked her eyes. A few tear drops rolled down her cheeks. No...no more tears for him. The thought about Severus was making her cry. Maybe because he was the one who stood by her when Petunia made her feel so lonely. To add to her misery was the next person who always hurt her – James Potter. James Freaking Potter. She didnt even know what her actual problem with him was. That irritated her even more. He was an arrogant toerag, showing off and constantly asking her out. The tears evaporated (apparently) due to the heat of fury rising to her cheeks. She clenched her fsts. Aaargh!
"I am so mad!" she said to herself. She looked at the clock in her room. It was almost twelve in the midnight. In a few hours time she would be on the Hogwarts Express on the journey to her favourite place. The thought made her smile and at the same time frown. It was her last year at Hogwarts, the coming one. Though she has been selected as Head Girl and had a long year to really feel Hogwarts, she started wondering how she'll be able to survive without the castle, the grounds, the black lake, the Hogsmeade visit, Honeydukes and everything.
"What's with you Lily?" she asked herself. She realised she was getting sad over her past- Sev, Tunie and the coming future-leaving Hogwarts and the war! The war! Lily tried hard not to think about The War.
Smiling at herself, hoping for the best, she closed her eyes. She didnt want to doze off during her ride on the Hogwarts Express.
"Bye mom, Bye dad" said Lily as she happily got on her compartment. She was finally going back to Hogwarts after that awful summer of unwanted memories. Lily sighed as she stuffed herself with chocolate frogs.
Chocolate.
It reminded her of something. But she couldnt remember what.
"Hey Lils!" said Alice. She looked cute in her white top and blue jeans. "Oh, you changed into your robes?"
"Hey Alice. Yeah! I missed these so much" Lily shrugged.
"You're Head Girl!" she said, eyes sparkling "well thats expected...but who's Head Boy?"
"Remus, I guess!" said Lily.
"Nope. It's James" said a good looking forgetful boy. It was Frank Longbottom. Her chocolate frog jumped out of the window.
"James...? James who?"
"How many James do you know Lily?" asked Alice raising her eyebrows.
"No..." she shook her head. "Oh no..no no!"
"I'll be back..." said Alice "...oh...yes!"
"James Potter is Head Boy?" she asked herself.
"Oooh Yes!" said a voice. It didnt take her long to realise who that was. He had black hair and intense black eyes. The boy with the wicked smile. Sirius Black.
"Black!" she said involuntarily.
"Hey, Lily flower! Excited about sharing the Heads Dorm with Jamsie?" he said casually.
"WHAT?" Lily almost screamed. She was getting her senses now. The Heads shared a dormitory with the Heads Common Room. Her cheeks were burning. She looked red. But she didnt know f it was anger that was on her face.
"Now now...you look like a red Lily!" said Sirius and walked away.
Oh. My. Freaking. Gosh!
Lily blinked. 'Is Dumbledore alright?' was her first thought. She tried not to think about it more. She was scared if that'd ruin her last year of Hogwarts. No! She wasn't going to let anyone do that. Anyone. Especially after that horrible summer she had had.
Hogwarts was well lit as always and everybody awaited the grand welcome Feast. Lily looked up. The sky was starry and the ceiling of the Great hall reflected it. She looked around. There was Marlene, Alice, Remus, Peter, Black, Frank and no Potter? Where was Potter?
She was about to ask Marlene where he was when she suddenly saw him coming towards the table.
'What? I was going to ask someone about Potter? I must be bloody out of my mind!' told Lily to herself. She was amused herself at her behavior. He was walking fast, his robes failing to not show his perfect shoulders, robust physique and tall figure. Lily gulped as she looked at his face.
He had grown. Like grown up. He had an air of maturity. The way he walked, held his wand, ruffled his hair-which made her realize that she was staring-and the way he smiled at her. He was smiling. At her. Not the wicked smile. But smiling. Genuinely. She gulped again.
Sirius whistled. She didn't know if it had anything to do with her but she turned the color of her hair and she knew it was definitely not because she was angry. As everybody moved out with full stomachs, Lily was particularly slow. She was thinking how to start a peaceful conversation with James Potter, now that they were Heads and would have to spend a lot of time together.
"He's quite charming. Isn't he?"
Lily rolled her eyes at Sirius. "Oh, what are you talking about Black?"
"You know..."
"I don't know!" she cut him off and walked away fast -practically ran.
"Well..set an example...you know...you don't want the first years to see the Head boy and Head girl ripping each others throat every minute they face each other, right?" he almost shouted staying at the same place.
Lily turned back and smiled. Sirius froze. Lily Evans actually smiled at him? And not that sarcastic smile? Lily shook her head. Was Sirius Black actually speaking something sensible? He could do that? Whoa!
Lily thought about the piece of advice she just received. She was Head Girl. She had to set an example. She got inside the heads Common Room and looked around. The fireplace looked magnificent, the furniture-cozy and the staircases to their respective rooms- wonderful. She was immersed in thoughts what a miracle Hogwarts is when she heard a voice.
"Hey Evans, I see that you have become a lot more thoughtful than last year" said James. Lily gaped at him. He could actually speak something other than -"Will you go out with me?" to her. And. That. Too. Sweetly!
He didn't stare at her, she noticed. He didn't even looked arrogant.
"Huh?" was all she said.
"See?" he said again. Lily shook her head trying to remember what he had said earlier.
"No, I was just...you know wondering what a miracle Hogwarts is" she heart skipped a beat. She was actually smiling to him.
Oh. Sweet. Merlin.
"Yeah, but I bet about 99% students don't know about the Room of Requirement and the secret passageways." He said with a grin.
"Ah" she smirked. "You speak like you really know it" she said much to the amazement of the boy in front with the messy black hair.
"In fact, I do! Lily Evans! Don't you know that I am a Marauder?"
Her eyes lit up. Right! Whom was she kidding? He was James Potter- the Marauder. It felt so stupid to Lily that she even asked him that. But she was definitely not going to tell him that she didn't know what this Room of whatever was! She moved to sit in the couch.
"You're not going to sleep?" he asked and she wondered if she heard concern.
"Well...I just missed Hogwarts so much that I don't even feel like sleeping now that I am here" she said as she did an action of hugging the air as if hugging the castle, her arms spread wide. He smiled. She looked so cute doing that...well for him, she had always looked cute. And he couldn't believe she'd be here with him as Head Girl all year. James even wondered if he was dreaming. Even Lily was being really friendly *cough* even that was hard to believe.
Lily fell asleep on the couch thinking about Hogwarts and James on the floor watching her fall asleep.
Lily woke up to find herself not in her room. It took her a moment to realize that she had slept on the couch. She saw James Potter on the floor near the fireplace, he looked so much like a cute kid, glasses askew, lips a bit parted and his hair messier than ever. She almost said "Aaaw!" when she realized they only had half an hour before breakfast. It was her first day of Seventh year and she didn't want to be late.
"Potter! Potter! Wake up!" she shouted. He opened his eyes. His mind was racing.
Wait, what? Lily Evans was waking him? Where was he? Is this real?
"Lily, are you real?" he mumbled half expecting her to vanish at the moment. But she didn't. She flushed. He just called her Lily, and the sound of it felt so good. He also called her casually. Like it was normal for him to call her that.
"Yes, I am...now Potter! Wake up. You have half an hour before breakfast. You should not be late on the First day of school as Head Boy" she said it all very fast that he sprung to his feet and ruffled his hair saying...
"good morning"
She smiled..
The sight of Lily Evans and James Potter walking together towards the Gryffindor Table took most people's breath away. Peter, Marlene and Frank's to be precise. Remus and Alice made a face that said "I knew they would get along well" while Sirius just smirked. They all sat down together, Lily was about to call him 'Potter' when a bunch of first years passed that way.
"James, what class do you have first?" she asked him, casually. Everybody's jaw dropped. James blinked. Once. Twice. Sirius looked at Lily and winked. She ate her breakfast like nothing happened. Lily did and inner smile. She was even liking the sound of 'James' than 'Potter '.
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