Hi guys. This is my first ever story, so please don't be too critical. I decided I would like to write something just like my favourite authors, Daisy Blue and Loves to Dance. Their favourite topic is Lily and James Potter. I love that topic as well, but I don't know whether I will be as good as that as them. Well, here goes….………

Love chickibabe45 (previously chickibabe46)

P.S. I don't own any of the characters you recognise. They were made by J. K. Rowling. Also the products that you recognise (e.g. Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans)

Chapter 1-The Beginning of Something New

Lily Evans was at the front door of her London townhouse, waiting for her parents to drive her to the train station. She looked at her watch. There was half an hour 'til the train left.

"Mum! Dad! The train leaves in half an hour. We have to leave NOW!" she yelled, as her mother came rushing down the stairs.

"Oh George, dear, we have to be leaving now, or Lily will be late. We don't want to have a repeat of last year!" her mother yelled to her father.

Last year's incident was quite nerve-wracking, as Petunia, Lily's older sister, had decided to have a tantrum, saying that she wasn't going to come to see her sister off, because she had been a bitch to her.

Her mother was still trying to persuade her out of her room five minutes before the train was to leave.

Lily had pleaded with her mother, and finally convinced her that she didn't mind that Petunia didn't want to farewell her at the train, because it would be leaving in five minutes. If they didn't get there in time, there would be no reason for Petunia to farewell her, as she would miss the train altogether!

Her father had driven them there like he was in a car rally. The usually ten-minute-long trip turned into a speedy five-minute trip. Lily's owl, Snuggles, had been enjoying a nap, when her cage was tipped over after Mr. Evans had turned sharply on a corner. She had screeched for the rest of the way.

Lily did not want a repeat of last year either. She didn't want Snuggles to be frightened again, as she had taken refuge under Lily's bed for the first three weeks at Hogwarts.

Hogwarts. Lily loved the way it just rolled off her tongue. This was to be the last year she went to the place she considered her second home. There was also another reason she was excited to go back. She had waited in anxious despair for the letter that would put her above the whole student body, and had finally received it, two weeks ago. It had said:

HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Miss Evans,

We are proud to inform you that you have received the position of Head Girl for this year's school term.

Please find enclosed, a badge, regarding your rank, a letter of consent; to be returned as soon as possible after receiving this letter, and all of the necessary equipment and books you will be required to finish your last year of Hogwarts.

Some of the basic roles you will play are point deducting and detention giving. You will also have the privilege of a separate common room especially for the Heads and a private room, which you may vacate if necessary.

I would like to inform on some of the major roles you, as Head Girl, will participate in this year. You will be organising social functions for the year, with the Head Boy. You will take part in the decorating and all the other essentials. You will also organise all the Hogsmeade trips, excluding the first trip, which will go through on the first weekend of school term. I hope you choose these dates wisely.

This is a new endeavour with the Head roles, as we have previously had the Head of the houses choose the dates.

With regard to your Head partner, you will meet at King's Cross Station on the 31st of July, when the Hogwarts Express departs.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

Lily had jumped up so quickly when she read this note, that she had hit her head on the roof. She lived in the attic part of the house, where the roof slanted down. She remembered the pain that it had caused her for the next few nights.

She wondered who the Head Boy was going to be. She hoped it was Stephen Corrie. He was a tall, blonde guy with blue eyes and long eyelashes. He was toned, but not buff, and he was the Hufflepuff Quidditch Captain. Most of the guys that Lily had gone out with were blonde, blue-eyed guys, and Shaun was no exception. She hoped they could spend some quality time getting to know each other.

When her parents finally got ready and into the car, there were 20 minutes to get to King's Cross. She would have 10 minutes to find and meet up with her friends, which would be easier than trying to find them in the train.

As they got nearer to the train station, Lily could feel butterflies in her stomach. She didn't know why she was nervous, but the thrill of meeting her friends and the new Head Boy overcame her, and she massaged her stomach where the flutters occurred.

At last, they arrived at the train station. Lily jumped at a sudden thud on her window. She looked out and saw her best friend, Molly grinning at her with pearly white teeth. Her long, blonde, curly hair and overly tanned skin glowed with a golden shine. Lily jumped out of the car and squealed as she hugged Molly, both of the girls jumping up and down to vent their excitement at finally seeing each other.

She said goodbye to her parents, and they both walked into the station. They ran onto Platform 9¾ and sat their luggage down for a rest. The train would leave in ten minutes, so they had a bit of time to catch up before the train left.

"Oh my god, how are you?" asked Lily, an expression of awe appearing on her face. Molly had certainly grown over the summer holidays. She had finally developed breasts, and her body had formed into one of a goddess. She had also grown taller, which had thinned her out. In other words, she was a gorgeous human being.

"I'm great! Lily, you won't guess what happened just before I met you!" exclaimed Molly.

"What? What is so great that is causing you to have a big, smiley grin on your face?" Lily sarcastically questioned.

"Alex Taylor talked to me!" she screamed, then hushed herself as some people walking past looked at her with uneasiness.

"I knew it! I knew you were going to say that. He is so cute! You practically worshipped him, and he didn't talk to you for six years, then, all of a sudden, he's interested in you. Now, why would that be?" she sarcastically added.

"Because… he thinks I'm……. nice?" Molly added, a depressing feeling telling her she was certain where this was going.

"That's probably right, but there is also another reason. He has obviously started to appreciate natural beauty. God, you two would be sooooo cute together!! You should definitely play hard to get- wow; usually you're the one telling me this stuff! I can't believe tha-"

Just then, someone tapped on her shoulder. She eagerly turned around, hoping to see her other friends, Grace, Carrie and Ali, but, to her disappointment and disgust, was face to face with her worst nightmare and the most sought after boy in the whole of the school, James Potter.

"Hello Evans. Just passing by and saw you needed a hand with your luggage!" he said, adding a hopeful grin to his speech.

"As you can see, Potter, I am perfectly capable of carrying my own luggage, or do you think I am a weakling, or something?" she snapped, sporting a quizzical yet firm brow.

"No, of course not. Just offering," James quickly said.

"Wow, Carter, looking good there!" Sirius Black appeared at James' side and started to check out Molly.

"Uh, thanks Black," Molly answered, an uncomfortable feeling striking her face.

"Sorry to interrupt your chat ladies." James bowed and pulled Sirius hurriedly over to where the other Marauders were eyeing off the two girls.

Just then, they heard a scream, and turned around to see Carrie and Ali sprinting towards them, Ali's little sister Sara closely behind. She was quite fast for a six year old.

They had a group hug, and started off arm in arm, to climb on the train. They said goodbye to Ali's little sister, who ran off crying to her mum, but immediately started to laugh and run with the train as it started off.

The five girls found a compartment all to their selves, and vacated it immediately. They commented on all the different people passing by the compartment, but quickly look out of the windows as the Marauders passed. Lily took a quick glance at James. Sure, he was cute, with his messy black hair and bright hazel eyes, but he could be such a pain sometimes. She was surprised he hadn't asked her out at their meeting before, as that was usually a routine conversation in his world, or so Lily thought.

"Excuse me for a moment guys; I have to go to the Heads' compartment to have a meeting with the Head Boy and the prefects. Be right back" Lily said, as she stepped out to join the long line of people walking into the compartments along the train. She finally reached the compartment, which was at the front of the train.

When she got inside, she saw the person she least expected to be Head Boy. James Potter. He was laughing and joking with the prefects as Lily came in, but immediately stopped and put a straight face on.

Lily beckoned for him to come out to the aisle with her for a chat before the meeting. "Potter, what the hell are you doing in here?" she whispered furiously.

"Well, since I'm Head Boy- ." he started, but Lily interrupted. "You're WHAT? How could Dumbledore choose you?" she whispered angrily, a reddish tinge starting to form on her cheeks.

"Evans, calm down!" James whispered.

"You must have bribed him or something-." Lily tried to convince herself it was a bad dream. She would open her eyes, and Stephen Corrie would be grinning at her with his award winning smile. But she opened her eyes again, as one of the prefects interrupted them.

"Excuse me Lily, James, is there a problem? Cause we'd really like to get back to our compartments soon," he said.

"Sorry, we're coming now," Lily said happily, her anger momentarily subsiding from the prying prefect's eyes. She looked daggers back at James and made her way back to the compartment.

She gave the rules while James sat back and watched her with eager eyes. When she had finished, and all the prefects had left, it was only her and James in the room.

"Lily, could I just say something," he said, hoping she would listen, "I have grown up a lot after the past holidays, and I was wondering if you'd agree to be on first name terms," he added quickly, as she turned to face him. She had a deathly look in her emerald eyes. She only saved that look for people she hated with a passion, which, unfortunately, included him.

"Fine, Po-, I mean, James. But you know what? Ask me out one more time, and I swear to God you will regret it the moment it comes out of your lips. Understand?" And with that, she stomped off down the corridor, back to her compartment.

James felt like hugging himself. He was on first name terms with Lily Evans! He didn't care the way she said it, but she had said his name! He couldn't wait to get back to the compartment he was sharing with his three best friends, the Marauders, to tell them about the great news.

After walking past Lily's compartment without looking too obvious, James hurried into the Marauder's compartment and started telling them about his progress. Sirius sarcastically yawned, Remus looked very concerned and tactful, and Peter was grinning madly, as his favourite Marauder had finally made some progress with the girl he had been trying to get since fifth year.

Lily stormed into her compartment and sat down, her face fuming. "Whoa! Lily, what's wrong?" Grace asked, concerned that her friend was so red in the face.

"James fucking Potter! That's what's wrong! Dumbledore chose James Potter as Head Boy-"

"WHAT?" her friends shouted in outrage. "Dumbledore must be on something!" exclaimed Molly, shaking her head.

"There must be a mistake. Knowing Potter, he probably pranked you. There just can't be any other reason for this!" stated Ali.

"Yeah, well, I don't think it was a prank this time," said Lily, "He's Head Boy, and I'm Head Girl, so I guess we're gonna have to talk sometime. I mean, he is pretty cute. At least I will be able to look at him without shuddering everytime," Lily added uncomfortably.

"Yeah, I guess. I just don't understand why Dumbledore would pick James Potter-" Carrie exclaimed, but was interrupted by the compartment door opening, and the drop-dead gorgeous grin of James Potter faced Lily.

"Um, Lily, we have to do compartment rounds now." He waited at the door, looking uncomfortably at the curious faces staring up at him.

"Okay. I'll be there in a minute," Lily said. She looked daggers at her friends as they laughed while pouting their lips and making kissing sounds, but held her head up high and stepped out.

As they were doing the rounds, James asked her about her holiday. Lily shrugged and said it "wasn't too bad." She could tell he desperately wanted to get her attention, but she was too stubborn to give him any.

Finally, they finished the rounds. "So, I'll see you later?" James asked hopefully. "Well, we kind of have to do patrol at night, so I think that's a given. But yes, we will see each other," she added, regretting the words as soon as they came out of her mouth. "Great!" James said, that killer of a grin appearing on his handsome face. He opened her compartment door for her, which surprised Lily, as she did not think him to be a gentleman. She noticed that his muscles in his arm were bulging as he opened the door. She felt a flutter in her stomach, but dismissed it as soon as she turned around to thank him.

"Thank you James," she said in a friendly tone. "You're welcome Lily" he answered, sending flutters in her stomach back on high, then bid her goodbye and walked down to his compartment.

"Whoa! Lily! Bit of chemistry going on there!" yelled Molly. "Wait, you don't fancy him, do you?"

"Of course not!" Lily said, her cheeks flaming.

"Lily likes Potter. Lily likes Potter. Lily likes Potter," the four girls chanted, making Lily blush. She threw a chocolate frog at Ali, who screamed, and then danced around the compartment trying to get the frog off her head.

"Get it off! Get it off!" she screamed as she fell over, whacking her hair where the chocolate was trying to take refuge. When she stood up, she had a mischevious glint in her eyes. "Right! You asked for it, Lily Evans, you asked for it!" she yelled, and started chucking Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans at Lily, who in retaliation started to throw more chocolate frogs. By this time, all the girls were involved, and people were starting to stand outside the compartment and laugh at the food fight that was happening.

Finally, a couple of minutes after the ten minute food fight had occurred, a voice rang through the train telling the students to put their robes on, as they were approaching Hogwarts.

Everyone in the train cheered, as they were all ready for the long-awaited feast that stood ready for them at the Great Hall. Lily couldn't wait to sink her teeth into the roast potatoes and ice-cream sundaes that the House Elves prepared.

The five friends changed into their robes and got their stuff ready for the carriage ride up to the castle. Lily was nearly home at last.

Okay, so, how was it? Please review as soon as possible, coz I'm probably going to write Chapter two in the next few days. I need as much feedback as possible, coz I think I need it. Thanks to anyone who reviews. Thanks to Daisy Blue and Loves to Dance for inspiring me as well.