Lily POV

'Lily hurry, we don't want you missing the train!' Dad yelled. A little too loudly I might add. I got out of bed and rushed to do my hair. I didn't want to look terrible on our first day.

I usually wake up early but, a few weeks ago I broke my alarm clock. I spilled a glass of orange juice on it when I put my potions textbook down on my night table. I could have easily fixed with a repairo charm but no magic away from school.

Slughorn gave us a whole list of potions to learn over the summer. He has done that every year since ive been at Hogwarts but usually I have Sev to help me memorize them. No, no I cant think about him now.

Calm down Lily. Deep breaths.

To keep that off my mind, I finished packing my trunk I only had my robes and my transfiguration book left to pack.

Every year I read my transfiguration book twice before school starts. I can never really pay attention in class because unfortunately, I share that class with all four marauders.

'Lily its 10 o'clock! You know we have to drive all the way to kings cross please hurry'

'One sec dad!' I yelled back as I straightened the last piece of my hair.

I sprinted down stairs as quietly as I could, not wanting to wake petunia. I wasn't in the mood for being yelled at for being a freak today.

We got to the station at 10:55

I gave my dad I good bye hug and ran towards the wall between platforms 9 and ten.

This being my third time doing this, I wasn't nervous

As soon as I got through the platform I felt a pair of arms grabbing me into a hug.

'Lily!' Alice yelled as she pulled me into a hug.

'Hey Alice' I said with as much enthusiasm as I could muster having not eaten yet today.

We quickly jumped out of the way as we heard another person coming through the platform.

It was Frank Longbottom.

Alice looked over joyed but tried to contain it. She was still trying to hide the fact that she liked him.

Next to come through the platform at promptly 10:59 was all four marauders.

Me and Alice boarded the train and found the compartment where marlene and Marigold were sitting.

The marauders were in the compartment next to us and James stuck his head in and said

'How was your summer Evans?'

Sounds like a perfectly decent thing to say right?

No.

He knew how my summer was. He knew I wouldn't want to talk about it. He however, did.

'So how's Snivellus?' he asked.