Okay so hi this is new and I don't know how far it will go (hopefully to 7th year!) this a small prologue type thing of a flash forward to the start of seventh year with Lily and James. I hope to stick to the canon timeline as much as possible and will really appreciate comments on how to improve or if I got something wrong! Thanks I hope you like it.
Hogwarts was ahead of them and the day had finally come for when they would never see the castle for the first time after the summer ever again. The ginger girl, no longer a child, stood and held in her tears while first years were being herded like sheep and the older students used to the system rushed to friends and glared at almost forgotten foes. She was stock still in the crowds and shouts and didn't dare move a muscle in fear she'd simply drop to the floor and cry. That couldn't happen, that wasn't allowed to happen, she wasn't leaving yet and she wasn't even sad. But she still had to restrain the tears about to roll down her freckle spattered cheeks and she held them in for her friends, for the strangers, for the first years blissfully unaware of the sincerity of the current situation, because she is head girl and finally, because she is a flower in a forest and she will not be trampled by the trees. She is Lily Evans, a lion, a flower, a muggleborn and a brave heart.
Her friends had walked past but her she couldn't see James yet, he must be still on the train. Lily started to turn around to look for James when she felt a hand grab her own and started to grin, quickly forgetting the tears that had started to fall. Lily knew who it was immediately which meant she couldn't linger because he couldn't know, not yet anyway. James looked into Lily's eyes and noticed the tears streaking her freckled face, he quickly wiped them away and asked, "Hey, what's wrong?" his voice riddled with concern. Lily took a deep breath, calming herself by looking into the deep hazel of James's eyes, "Nothing, its fine I'm just getting a bit emotional about the whole not coming back after next summer thing is all."
"Hey, don't worry, we'll all be fine. You'll have me and the guys and I'm sure Dumbledore will keep an eye on everyone when we've gone."
"Yeah, I know that but it was more the never coming back to school again that was getting at me than the safety issue. I understand the risk with living on our own, I'm just really going to miss lessons and friends and the castle itself more than I'll worry about anything." He moved his hand to her cheek, people still bustling around them and whispered to her, "We've had six years here and we have another one ahead of us Flow, we can bask in the glory that comes with being head boy and girl, and being the hottest couple here of course-"
"Shut up!" She took her hand out of his and he pouted, looking silly, but she saw the hurt in his eyes when her skin left his and stopped for a moment, lost until he spoke again as if nothing had happened. "Wait a sec, what did you call me jut then?" He looked confused for a moment then realised what he'd said and explained, "Flow, like Flower because y'know, Lily's a flower. " She stopped for a moment, remembering how Petunia used to call her Flower when she was little, oh that was so long ago, but the new version of the long forgotten nickname brought new endearment, especially from Potter. He just looked at her and she smiled and nodded at him to finish his sentence, approving the nickname at the same time. "So yeah um, we have a whole year until we have to start worrying about anything okay?" He continued, seemingly unfazed by the blip in their conversation. She leaned in to his ear and whispered, "Okay, Potter. Let's do this." She was grinning again and grabbed his hand before dragging him towards the carriages that were waiting to take them up to the castle once more. She decided it didn't matter that he didn't know she loved him because she was going to try and make it as obvious as she could in these next few months that she wanted him (in a subtle way of course). She giggled and he chased her shouting at the top of his lungs "PADFOOT YOU LIL FUCKER YOU BETTER HAVE SAVED US A SEAT MATE!" which caused more than a few stares. But Lily didn't care because she was making the most of her last year at Hogwarts and James most certainly didn't care as he was so used to the attention it no longer fazed him. They were running and they were free and they weren't thinking but what they didn't know was how drastically their lives would change in the next few years. The only thing the two teenagers knew for certain was that they would never leave each other's side.