"- And don't forget to write!" Lily smiled to herself as she hopped onto the Hogwarts express. It was the 4th time her mum had said that in 10 minutes.

"I won't, Bye mum!" she called cheerily. It was the start of their seventh year and she couldn't wait to get back to Hogwarts.

Lily pulled her trunk along the train looking for somewhere to sit. She saw her friends Lola and Sky in an otherwise empty compartment. Lily smiled and pulled the door open.

"Lily!" Lola said cheerily, "did you make head girl?!"

"Yes!" Lily exclaimed, as she heaved her trunk inside.

"YES! In your face Sky!" Lola shouted

"Damn it!" Sky said, digging into her pocket and handing Lola a Galleon.

"Did you bet against me making head girl, Sky?" asked Lily in a mock-offended way.

"Well, it was early in the morning, and I would pretty much have said yes to anything,"

Lola grinned evilly.

"Know what? I'm gonna buy a HUGE bag of Jelly Snakes with this galleon, and eat them reeeeeeeally slowly, RIGHT in front of you,"

Lily giggled. Everyone at school knew that Jelly snakes were both Lola and Skys' favourite food, and they would stop at no lengths to get some. It was pretty much the only thing they could agree on.

"Why is one Galleon such a big deal to you?" Sky asked Lola.

"Because I never win our bets. And because they just reduced the mega packs of jelly-snakes to 8 sickles,"

Sky scowled for a moment.

Sky was a very laid back person. She was fairly pretty, but very informal, and her clothes reflected that side of her. She wore things like vest tops and low-slung baggy jeans so that you could see the top of her thong when she bent over. She liked jelly snakes and pizza and pumpkin juice, and more than anything she was a laugh. Nothing was a very big deal to her. Oh, and did I mention she was born with bright blue hair?

Lola was, there was no other word for it – loopy. Her brown hair used to be long, but it was now all different lengths as she had cut it. She was today decked out in a short orange skirt, knee length socks (one stripy and one patterned with sheep), and her trademark blue platform trainers. More than anything she loved Jelly Snakes (as we've all ready established) and handstands.

Lily had long red ringlets and emerald green eyes, and practically lived in jeans and flip-flops. Sure enough, she today wore a pair of jean shorts and red flip-flops. She loved cookie dough ice cream, weirdly enough, and more than anything else she cherished her silver locket, which she hadn't taken off since she was eleven.

"Anyway, how was your 10 days without me?" Lily asked, whilst trying (and failing) to shove her trunk onto the luggage rack.

However she did not hear Skys' reply as at that moment she spotted someone outside their compartment. Praying silently in her head that he wouldn't see her, she continued trying to get her trunk up. Unfortunately at that moment the trunk fell and made a very loud thud as it hit the compartment floor. James Potter turned around and spotted Lily. She swore under her breath as James and Sirius entered the compartment.

"Need a hand Evans?" James asked as she scowled at him.

"No thanks Potter" She replied, her voice sharp. He put on a mock hurt expression. She finally managed to get her trunk up and sat down quickly. Sirius quickly sat down very close next to Sky, and put his arm around the back of her seat.

James sat down next to Lily "So, Evans, have a nice summer?"

"Great; you weren't there" She snapped back.

"Hey, Evans, You'll never guess what!"

"What?" She asked tiredly. In response, James tapped his chest. Pinned to the front of his robes were two badges. One was the quiddich captain badge that he had worn for 3 years, and the other one was… a head boy badge! Lily's jaw dropped.

"Wh-W-What-but-Huh? What, You're Head Boy! How is that possible? It has to be Remus, or-or-or Anthony, or ANYONE but you!" James merely winked. She continued to gape at him for a moment, before spotting Remus Lupin outside the compartment.

"Remus!" She called, her expression softening. Of all 3 marauders (A/N: That's right, three. In my world, Peter doesn't exist), he was the only one she liked. She could tolerate Sirius, but Potter was just a pain. Remus saw them and entered. Lily, glad of a distraction, moved along so he could sit in-between her and James, who scowled.

"Congratulations on Head Girl Lily," He said kindly

"Thanks Remus. I must say I expected you to be Head Boy! I guess Dumbledore had some kind of mental breakdown or something," James looked slightly offended, but Remus just laughed and smiled.

"Thanks Lily," Then he turned to Lola "Hi," he said, smiling.

"Hi," Lola said happily.

As they sunk into a conversation, Lily looked around the compartment. Lola and Remus were talking and Sirius was trying very hard to get Sky to flirt with him. She sighed as she realised the only person left to talk to was Potter. However, Sky saved her from a silent train journey by exclaiming;

"Hey, who wants to play truth or dare?". Everyone agreed, Sirius and James quite enthusiastically, and Remus and Lily quite reluctantly.

"Ok, there are only three rules," She said about 1 minute later, once they had sat themselves in a circle. "No.1…You can't lie on a truth. No.2 You can't back out of a dare. No.3…NOTHING leaves this compartment. Unless that's part of a dare."

"Ok, Remus, you can choose first" Lily said.

"Umm, Lola, Truth or Dare"

"Dare…no, truth…no, dare!…No, definitely truth," she said.

"Ok…What is your worst fear?"

"See-saws," She said. The boys looked at her as though she was insane (which she probably was).

"Lily, Truth or Dare?" She asked.

"Truth"

"If James asked you out right now, what would you say?"

"The same thing I have been saying for 6 years; 'No, now leave me alone.' Sky?"

"Dare" she said with a grin. Lily considered for a moment, before daring her to ride Sirius up the train and back down again, shouting. He agreed a little bit too enthusiastically and slung her onto his back with a grin.

When she was back she said;

"Remus?"

He considered her for a moment before saying cautiously

"Truth."

"What is your deepest darkest secret?"

He looked at her in horror. The other two boys watched him with wide eyes, and they seemed to be having a silent communication.

"I'm sorry," he said slowly after a long moment, "But I can't tell you that."

"No backing out!" said Sky.

"I apologize for having to break the rules, but I will not share that."

"No, you have to-"

"Leave it Sky," interrupted Lily in a small voice, "This isn't just some dumb crush. It's a real life secret, and if he doesn't want to tell you and Lola then he doesn't have to. Not everyone is as open as you."

The boys gaped at her. They had no idea that she knew.

"Bu-But… W-wh-when…" Remus choked out.

"Third year. I'm not stupid, Remus," Lily replied in a kind voice, smiling at him.

There was silence for a moment, before Remus said;

"Sirius, Truth or Dare?"

And that was how it continued for most of the journey.

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"Ok, goodbye boys," Lily said, ushering them out of the compartment so the girls could get changed.

"Hey, why is it us that gets kicked out?!" Sirius said indignantly.

"Because it was our compartment first," Lily retorted.

"Fine," Sirius left and closed the door behind him. Once they were all changed the train was just pulling into the station.

After the sorting and dinner, Lily and James were shown to the head students common room. After mulling it over in her mind all through dinner, she had decided that seeing as Potter really was head boy, and she would try and be civil to him for the whole year. After that she never had to see him again.

"Unless you want to see him," Sky had pointed out when Lily had told her the new plan. " I mean, what if, say, you started DATING him! Then you would probably want to see him"

As a response Lily threw a lump of potato at her head (and missed, but that's not the point). Sky simply grinned and licked her knife.

Professor McGonagall showed them to their common room and pointed out each of their dorms, then left. James made to go inside his room, but Lily called after him.

"James," he turned around. "Listen, I just wanted to say that, since we will be spending a lot of time together this year, whether I like it or not, it would help a lot if we could get along. So I think it would be good if we turned over a new leaf this year, you know? Try and forget all that other stuff," She took his silence as a yes, smiled at him and turned toward her dorm. Just as she reached out for the door handle, he said in a small voice

"Thank you for calling me James"

Lily turned around, startled.

"Ummm… you're welcome?" She said uncertainly.

"Night, Evans" James said. Lily smiled again.

"Night James"

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And that was the first chapter! Not my best work by far, but i hope you enjoyed it! Now... REVIEW!