Update 7/15/11:
Edited it a bit… I think it's better now.
Original:
Hey, I just started to write this last night, cause I had the urge. Haha.
Here's chapter one, hope you like it. Might need some pruning.
~pranceswithkitties
Summary:Lily and James had a 'falling out' their 6th year. Now, since they're both Heads of Hogwarts, can they put aside their differences and work together? Will it really be that hard? JamesxLily, maybe M rated later on.
Lily bit her lip as she gazed out of the car window. The bustling city of London passed by, as the Evans headed on their way to King's Cross Station.
"So this 'Head Girl' thing –" Mr. Evans began, looking back at his daughter through the rear-view mirror, "It's one step higher than that erm… what was she last year, Carol?"
"Prefect," Mrs. Evans said proudly, turning around to face Lily.
"Ah, yes- so now you're Head Honcho?" Mr. Evans proceeded, jokingly.
Lily finally looked away from the window, with a small chuckle. "I guess you could say that…" she glanced to where her older sister, Petunia, was sitting, with her arms crossed, looking as though she would rather be anywhere but in the car with her family.
"Here we are…"
Mr. Evans pulled into a spot at the Kings Cross parking lot. As he got out of the car, he went around to the back to unload Lily's things, such as her Hogwarts trunk, and a small pet carrier, that contained her beloved cat, Grizzabella. Lily and her mother got out of the car as well, but Petunia didn't seem keen to follow.
"I'm staying in the car, mum…" she grumbled, avoiding looking at her sister.
Lily sighed and went to the back of the car to help her father, as her mother and sister began to banter, quietly, as if to avoid Lily from hearing them.
"Now you've come all this way, and you won't even see your sister off-" Mrs. Evans began in a hushed tone.
"Why should I? She's just going back to that freak school again!" Petunia spat back.
"Young lady, if you are not out of that car within the next 10 seconds, you are officially banned from ever seeing that Dursley boy again. Be nice to your younger sister!"
Petunia's eyes narrowed, and she grudgingly got out of the car, slamming the door shut behind her. Lily caught her eye for a split second, but quickly looked away.
As they all began their way into the station, Lily's father put his arm around her shoulders, as he pushed her cart with the other.
"I can't believe this is your last year at school…" he smiled down at his daughter, "Now remember to write, your mother and I always get lonely while you're gone," he glanced at Petunia, who was lagging behind the group. "'Tunia never seems to be around the house…"
Lily smiled apologetically, as if it was her fault Petunia was so angry towards their parents all the time, "Don't worry dad, I'll write as much as I can," she leaned onto his shoulder as they approached the gap between Platforms 9 and 10. "Of course, being Head Honcho, I have a lot of new responsibilities…" she grinned up at her father.
He gave a hearty laugh, with a twinkle in his eye, "How could I forget?" he sighed, "Well…" he looked around, "Here we are," he backed up, to have one last look at his daughter before she left. Her mother came beside him.
Petunia was leaning against a wall, further off from the family. Lily made another glance toward her, hoping she would maybe come over, even though she knew she wouldn't.
Her parents both gave her a big hug after saying their goodbyes. Lily promised again and again to write to them, and nearly had to tear herself away in order to make the train on time.
As she pushed her cart through the portal, she ran into someone on her way out.
"Sorry-"
Lily's heart skipped a tiny beat as she realized who it was.
James Potter, stood right in front of her, looking nearly dumbstruck. That look quickly turned into a curt nod, "Evans." he said, in a sort of greeting, sounding strained. Standing at six feet tall, he towered over her. His hazel eyes, adorned with glasses, stared at her, as if refusing to back down.
"Potter…" Lily returned, gulping. She quickly steered her cart away from him, and toward the Hogwarts Express. Before she could get much closer, she was practically attacked by her zany friend, Addie.
"Lils! Liiiills!" she exclaimed, hugging her friend tightly, "This is it! It's our last year! Can you believe it?"
Lily laughed, though it was rather difficult, as she could hardly breathe.
She finally let go of her best friend and smiled. Addie Jones was a short girl, about 5'3'', with short brown hair and green eyes. She and Lily nearly looked the same, if it wasn't for Lily's long, deep red hair, "Oh, did you get on the train yet?" she asked, looking at Lily's cart. "We got a compartment in the back, you can join…" she trailed off as she saw the shining Head Girl badge on the front of Lily's robes, "LILS!" she exclaimed. "Head GIRL?"
Lily winced at the volume of her friend's voice. Smiling, she looked down at her badge, "Yeah… I figured I'd leave it as a surprise." she explained to the dumbstruck look on Addie's face. She quickly glanced over Addie, to where James was standing a few feet away.
Addie stopped for a minute, looking at her friend's face scrutinizingly, realizing that something was off about Lily, "Let's get on the train, shall we?" she said, taking one end of Lily's trunk. "Then you can tell me aaaall about your summer."
The two girls dragged Lily's things onto the train, stowed them in the luggage compartment, and reached the furthest back room. To their surprise, it was occupied by a few people they weren't expecting. Instead of just Maxine and Sara, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were all crammed into the last carriage as well.
Addie wrenched open the door of the compartment and put her hands on her hips. "Well hello there…" she said, greeting the now completely full compartment. Sara Wright looked extremely uncomfortable as she tried to scoot away from Sirius Black, who was sitting next to her. Sara was smart, shy girl, who mostly kept to herself. This was in much contrast to her outward appearance, which revealed a 5'5", blonde, curvy, and blue-eyed fox of a girl. Sirius seemed to relish in this, for he was sitting far closer than Sara wanted.
Sirius Black, himself, was a rather handsome fellow. Standing tall at 6' 2", most girls melted at his feet. His rugged chin-length black hair, mixed with his silver eyes, made him rather irresistible, not to mention his gorgeous athletic figure.
Remus Lupin was not as tall as James or Sirius, at about 5'11". His light brown hair, and golden eyes went well with his pale skin. He was skinnier than Sirius, almost unhealthily so, but he still managed to make the girls swoon with his quiet, thoughtful disposition.
Beside Remus sat Maxine LaQuoix. She was a tall girl, about 5'8", with short, wavy dark brown hair. She was downright gorgeous, and had the sassy attitude to match. Maxine was eyeing Remus up and down, with a little smirk on her lips.
As for Peter, he was the polar opposite of any of the other boys. He stood rather short, at 5'6".He was a little on the plumper side, had sandy, mousy hair, and dark brown eyes.
Lily bit her lip and felt her heart start to beat a little bit faster. If the three of them were here, than James had to be…
"'Scuse me, Evans." a voice behind her sounded.
Lily jumped slightly and turned around to see yours truly, James Potter behind her.
Looking into the nearly full compartment, James cleared his throat, "I'll just get my things." he said, moving past her, into the compartment, where he grabbed his bag from the storage shelf.
Remus looked to James, getting the hint, "Well erm, we'll see you later then." he said to the girls with a strained smile, tugging on Sirius' sleeve as he stood up. Sirius looked at him, annoyed that he couldn't stay longer, but still followed as the other boys left the compartment.
Lily hand went to her chest, her heart beating fast as they left. Addie looked at her friend, and tugged her inside of the compartment with the other girls. She took a seat across from her.
"What's up with you, Lils?" she asked, and the other girls looked over questioningly, "Is it James?"
Lily bit her lip again, "Erm…" she trailed off, wringing her hands together. "I just… I keep running in to him, and I just feel so bad, after last term… he seems… different." There was a little pause of silence as the girls though about what happened in the year previous.
Maxine straightened up, "Oh, Lily, don't worry about that. It's James Potter. Really," she looked at her nails, "He bounces back like that." she snapped her fingers.
"Yeah, she's right." Sara said, in a small voice. "Forget about him. He always gets over things like that pretty quickly."
Lily was still biting her lip. "I know. I just…"
Addie surveyed Lily. "…you like him."
Lily shook her head and opened her mouth to protest, but nothing came out.
"Mmmmm. You like him." Maxine shook her head, "We've known it all along."
Sara nodded, "It's quite obvious, at times." she said quietly. "You know, that whole love-hate kind of thing…"
"Oh, guys, come on. You don't really think that I-" Lily tried to retort, when suddenly, the compartment door opened again.
"Sorry. Forgot something."
James walked into the compartment, and started looking around. He finally found a small envelope that must have dropped out of his bag, took it, glanced for a moment at Lily, and left the compartment again, uttering a thank you.
Maxine raised her eyebrows at Lily. There was a short silence that followed.
"…Lils, you nearly held your breath that whole time." Addie commented, laughing slightly.
"Oh, don't be ridiculous…" Lily said, remembering to breathe. She took a look at her watch, and gave a start, "Arghh! I have to go take care of the Prefect meeting… I'm late."
"Wait, what?" Maxine said at first, but then noticed the Head Girl badge on Lily's shirt. "Oooh, Head Girl Lily… Go round up those Prefects…" she said, smirking.
Sara looked over to see Lily's badge, "Oh, that's really great Lily, congratulations." she said with a little smile.
Lily thanked her, and quickly stood to go to the front of the train, to the Prefect compartment, "I'll be back soon." she called back to the girls.
She made her way down the aisle until she found a compartment full of 5th years, all with shining Prefect badges on. Upon opening the door, she found something that nearly shocked the life out of her.
Again. There was James Potter, for the fourth time this morning. And on his chest, oh yes, there was a shining crest, bearing the words, 'Head Boy'.
How could this possibly be happening?
Update 7/15/11:
Edited it a bit… I think it's better now.
Original:
I'm actually about to start writing the next chapter... not sure what's gonna happen, but we'll see! Haha, I'll go by the seat of my pants on this one.
~pranceswithkitties
