AUTHORS NOTE:

ok here goes my second attempt at a fanfic...computer crashed the other one and I decided it was no good- plus I forgot my password hehe oops...

for starters:

i'm not gonna refer to stuff from the actual time when lily and james where living in... I'm going to use the century we're living in now thanks and refer to more recent inventions ect. Its just easier to relate that way and I know I'll not mess up any information that might not have happened during the time they lived this is just my fun way to imagine what it could have been like in the time of the maurauders that I happen to be sharing with other ppl...polite criticism is appreciated... if its just cruel I'll probably ignore it anyway lol. Got any complaints or ideas for the story then email me...I'll work on it haha P.S.- There won't be any sick sex chapters so if that's what your looking for you might as well stop you pervert lol

DISCLAIMER: This is the disclaimer for the entire story just so I don't have to write it over and over again... because I have more important things to do and we all know that wonderful harry potter and all things related belong to J.K. Rowling, minus made up characters by yours truly...it wouldn't be fair if she got them too :p...so yeah not mine hers you know the drill by now. I'm not J.K. Rowling posing as someone else as much as I might like to think.

(A/N this starts right after Lily defends Snape in OotP and walks away)

"Ooh that slimy scumbag actually thinks the way to get a date with me is to make fun..." Lily started muttering as she stormed back to the castle. "Thank Merlin this year is almost over!" she added in frustration.
"Lils! Lils WAIT!" shouted her friend Lynsay Cambridge. She knew Lynsay would probably be the only one to calm her and possibly get her in a better mood so she slowed up and made the mistake of turning around very abruptly, right into Lynsay who had been running full speed to catch up with Lily.
"UGH! Way to go Lily, that's another memory for the book right there."Lynsay said while rubbing her head and laughing in her quiet manner. Lily looked at her friend and decided she must be one of the quietest sweetest girls at Hogwarts. Sure Lily had quite a few people that wanted to be the best of friends with her but she was never very close to them. She and Lynsay were pretty good friends but Lynsay always enjoyed doing the more quieter activities, which didn't bother Lily a bit because she had some time to reflect upon her day and about her best friend that she longed to see this summer who had moved back to America right before she got her letter to Hogwarts almost 6 years ago. They had been keeping in touch by muggle post ever since she had gone. The last time she visited was the summer before Lily's 3rd year at Hogwarts. Her name was Peyton Starr and their parents were best friends so naturally they grew up together. Something had been missing from Lily ever since she left and no matter how many people she knew none could ever compare to her best friend Peyton.
"Lily...earth to Lily?" Lynsay said in her quiet demeanor.
"Huh? Sorry Lyn must have zoned out there for a second..."Lily replied.

"It's alright...uh when did we get down here?" Lynsay asked, just noticing they had fallen onto the ground.
"Must have been when we collided...as usual." Lily answered giggling. She and Lynsay had run into each other so many times over the years they had lost count. It seemed like every time one of them moved they ended up smacking into the other and landing on the ground.
Soon their giggles burst into full fledged laughter and they were laying face down in the fresh summer grass taking no notice of the students who were heading back to the castle since the entertainment at the lake was over. The Marauders came wandering by and looked at the girls in amusement.
"Oy and I thought I was nutters." Sirius said aloud while looking at the two girls, one who had just been screaming like a mad woman at James about 10 minutes earlier. "Girls are so weird." He added.
"Especially Evans, she knows she likes me but she is just trying to hide it under a false hate for me." James said matter of factly.
Lily looked up after he had come to this conclusion.
"Why James Potter whatever took you so long to figure it out? That's all I've been waiting for is for you to come right out and say what you already know I'm feeling about you." She said sweetly to him while batting her eyelashes.
James gave his friends an I-told-you-so look and turned back to face Lily. Lily kept leading him on and James barely noticed they were slowly walking back towards the lake.
"James...I...I...I've been waiting a long time to do this and-" Lily started to say while leaning in closer to James.
James flashed the famous Potter grin and got a sort of far away look in his eyes. "And?" James said thinking Lily was going to kiss him.
"And well- close your eyes ok?" Lily said
"Alright then...let's have it then." James replied.
"Well if you're sure you're ready?" Lily asked once more trying to contain her smirk.
"Oh I'm posit- AHHHH" James yelled right when Lily pushed him into the water.
"Don't you EVER assume that I'm going to fall all over you like the other girls here do you arrogant little scumbag. Maybe next time you want to ask a girl out on a date you'll have a little more respect for them and yourself and not just assume they will say yes all the time. You need to grow up Potter and get a life then you can come and talk to me but until then just sod off." Lily said calmly leaning by the side of the water before standing and walking back to the castle with Lynsay.
"Tough luck mate." Sirius said helping his best friend out of the water.
"You know maybe you should consider that advice James." Remus finally said.
"Too right you are Moony...can't have the girls getting too shirty with you all the time Prongs." Sirius said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Don't you even start Padfoot you're just as bad as him if not worse, so maybe both of you will take Lily's advice." Remus replied once more before walking back to the castle to study for a few more exams. Remus hardly ever spoke out about his friend's behavior but he thought today might be a good time to start. Frankly Sirius and James were a little stunned. If Remus really thought that... then well... some of it must be true. They had a lot of respect for Remus and thought about everything that had happened that day on their way back to the castle. They could hear Peter behind them puffing along and trying to keep up with their long strides.
Before any of the Hogwarts students knew it they were boarding the Hogwarts Express to head back home for the summer. Lily and Lynsay did outstanding on their OWLs, as well as the Marauders. Well except for Peter of course, he barely managed to pass, but pass he did and the little rat managed to make it to 6th year with the rest of his friends. Lily was shaking with excitement on the train ride home. She couldn't wait to see Peyton, who was going to be with her and Lily's parents at Kings Cross to pick her up. Peyton merely thought Lily was away at a prep school in the country so she was to meet them at a different platform. She had been thinking about telling Peyton she was a witch her entire life, and this summer she decided she might just get enough courage to do it. She was mostly afraid her friend would abandon her and call her a freak...much like her sister Petunia did. Lily did know if she could even stand that so that was the reason she had kept it a secret from her all these years. Lynsay and Lily were sharing a compartment and about thirty minutes after the trolley with snacks came they fell into a peaceful slumber and didn't awaken until the train stopped at Platform 9¾ at Kings Cross Station.