Lily heard the train whistle as she hurried to get on board. Her mother had been late du to Petunia's insistence that she drive her to Vernon's first, Mom too tired to argue complied making her insanely late. Lily stopped to catch her breath as soon as she boarded the train. She dragged her trunk along the narrow grey-blue passage of the train until she found her best friend Mary Macdonald, sitting with her new boyfriend, Sirius Black. Lily slid the glass door open and let it slam behind her in frustration. "Damn." Lily swore as she sat in the seat across from Mary.
"Did I just hear you swear Evans?" Sirius chuckled; in response Lily silenced him with a death glare. Lily sighed "So you guys made it through the summer then?" She asked tentatively.
"Well I do have my arm around her…" Sirius began sarcastically. Lily sighed again
"Fine; Mary what did you do this summer?" Lily asked frustrated again with the lack of conversation.
"Well it's funny you should ask….." Mary giggled into Sirius's chest; Sirius lifted her chin and kissed her, with tongue.
"Oh gross" Lily heard the compartment door open "Finally someone--" She stopped dead James Potter had walked in through the door; Lily threw him a furious glare.
"Gee Lil it's nice to see you too." He said as he took the seat next to her, he stretched out next to her, taking up most of the seat. Lily sighed she was in for a long ride.
"So Evans how was your summer?" James asked giving her his most dazzling smile his hazel eyes crinkling around the edges.
Lily starting laughing "Potter there's a bit of broccoli stuck in your teeth." James's smile grew even wider at the sound of her laughing. Lily just shook her head and got up,
"Hey Mary I'll see you around I need to head to the prefects compartment to check in."
"Actually so do I," James started but stopped once he saw Lily's horrorstruck expression. Lily grabbed the part of his robes that had the prefect badge on it and pulled it closer examining it. Finally Lily let go but her shocked expression still remained.
"I know you wanted to get close to me but man you don't have to be so rough. Would you like to go now or would you like to poke a hole in my robes?" Lily's jaw clenched with frustration. James smiled at how furious she was.
"Get out of my way Potter,"
"Only if you'll go out with me Evans" James said his hazel eyes glowing as they pierced into hers. Lily felt the ends of her lips go up into a smile.
"Yes" James looked shocked
"Really?" He asked ecstatically
"No, move." Lily demanded, with a sigh James moved. Lily bumped shoulders with him on her way out. Lily walked down to the prefects' compartment waiting for Oliver who was the head boy to give a speech on the duties of a prefect. James came in through the door and everyone except Lily that is gave a chuckle. James sauntered over to where Lily was standing with his hand in his hair messing it up. Lily just shook her head laughing a little at the expression on Oliver's face. James just glared at her.
Lily was barely listening to Oliver she was too preoccupied thinking about her NEWT classes she was going to be taking this year. She was going to be an Auror and combat the dark lord. No person should have to feel threatened because of their ancestry. Just thinking of Voldemort makes Lily angry. Lily was still mulling over the start of her sixth year when all of a sudden "Evans!" Lily shook her head of errant thoughts as she responded "Here!"
"That's nice but I was asking whether you'd take the first night patrol?"
"Uhh yeah, sure."
"Good that's you and potter then." Oliver said resignedly. Lily closed her eyes in both humiliation and defeat. She'd be working with Potter the boy who had annoyed her since she set eyes on him. Had asked her out at least 10 times a day, this year was going to be great.
