A/N: Story has gone through some adjustments, some slight, some major :) hope you all enjoy!

As hundreds of students poured off of the train and onto the platform, there was only one person James was looking for.
He scanned the crowd. He saw his brother waving him over from about 20 metres away, James forced his way through the crowd, dragging his trunk along behind him, when he saw his parent's grins, which he returned with gusto... but he saw the one he was really looking for, 10 year old Lily, holding her father's hand. James dropped his trunk as she let go and sprinted towards him through the crowd. She shoved her way through until she reached James, who lifted her off the ground and hugged her. She threw her arms around her neck; James held her close and kissed her head.
He still held onto her as she leaned back to talk to him.

"I missed you." She said, before putting her arms around his neck again,

"Missed you too Lil's" he replied, over the crowd he could see his mother, smiling at them lovingly. He lowered himself to set her down on the ground again, he picked up his trunk by the handle, and held Lily's hand with the other, and they forced their way to the rest of the family.

"How was it darling?" his mother asked the boys,

Albus began a rant about the year, about exams and about what he learnt, everything Mum wanted to hear, James smiled and looked down at Lily, His dad took his trunk from him, James grinned at his dad, then picked Lily up again as they kept walking, she giggled and he swung her onto his back. She laughed and struggled against him but settled on his back with her hands around his neck.

"How was school?" He asked her,

"It was good, it's weird though, because I won't see anyone next year..." she said, wrapping her legs around his waist.

"Weird saying goodbye?" He asked,

"Yeah, but hopefully I'll see them over the summer"

"I'm sure you will, I still see Sophia remember?"

"I saw her the other day; she was playing football in the park, I waved but I don't think she saw me..."

"We'll go see her soon okay? She loves seeing you"

By this time the family was outside the station,
Harry said; "I'll go bring the car around, wait here you lot"

"Psssst, James, There's a pretty girl staring at you" Lily giggled, starring to their left,

James turned and spotted the pretty girl Lily was talking about, she was petite, porcelain skin, startling blue eyes, deep brown hair... James knew this girl;

Eleanor Williams.

He gave her a slight wave, and Lily waved too. Her mouth was hung open slightly as she waved back. James winked ad grinned. She shut her mouth, rolled her eyes and got in the car in front of her. James laughed.

"She doesn't like you, does she?" Lily giggled

"She does" James grinned,

"She just doesn't know it yet does she mate?" Albus said nudging his brother,

"Shut it" James laughed, shoving his brother away,

Harry and Ginny pulled up in the car, and they all clambered into the back seat,

"How's work been dad?" James asked

"Busy" Harry laughed, Harry Potter after defeating Voldemort at aged 17, was inducted as an Auror only 2 and a half years later, and has been working at the Ministry ever since.

"What about you Mum?" James asked

"There's been a huge breakout of dragon pox lately..." Ginny said, flicking through the map book in the front seat,
Ginny Potter works at St Mungoes as one of the top Healers of the decade.

"Why do you need the map Mum?" Albus asked

"We're going to one of the blokes from the office's house for dinner tonight" Harry answered,

"Are we going?" Lily asked curiously,

"Not if you don't want to" Harry smiled at her in the rear-view mirror. She grinned back.

"I think I'll stay home if you don't mind Dad, pretty tired" James said to his dad

"Same" Albus chimed,

"Punch buggy-yellow!" James said punching his brother in the arm as he saw a yellow Volkswagen Beetle pass them

"Ouch!" Albus said, "No fair!"

"How old are you James?" Ginny asked, turning around to scold him,

"Ouch Mum, thought you would know, seeing as you we're there and all" James grinned

She rolled her eyes and turned forward again, Lily was in fits of laughter next to James.

After 45 minutes, they finally reached home. The beautiful white 2 story Potter home, the front of the house covered in luscious vines and the front yard filled with stunning flowers. They all piled out of the car and Albus and James grabbed their trunks from the car, once inside James dragged his up the stairs until he reached his room. He dropped his trunk and flopped down onto his bed face first. He suddenly began thinking of the last few days;

"Why won't you leave me alone?" she asked picking up her books and shoving them in the bag,

"Why do you want me to?"

"Just go away!"

"That's not an answer..."

"No but this is-" she said before she slapped him across the face.

She stormed away, and he put his hand to the now red hand mark which rest on his left cheek.

"She's mental..." He mumbled to himself as he rubbed his cheek.

James rolled over and groaned, he rubbed his cheek as he remembered the pain of the slap.

He wasn't sure what his infatuation with Eleanor was. There was just something so real about her that James liked. The other girls he had dated were so self-centred and fake; only doing things because it made people like them. Rather than doing things because they wanted to. Everyone called Eleanor, Ellie. Except James, he called her Williams. And she called him Potter. She was in Gryffindor, she played Quidditch, every morning that they had off of training, she would go for a run around the grounds. She was smart. She was, of course, beautiful. She was sweet and funny, but not to James. No, to James she was cold, and harsh, and short tempered. She just didn't realise that James knew how she really was...

She thought James was repulsive. That he was an egotistical git. That he was so pig-headed to see that not everyone wants to date him. But James knew that. He just wanted her to date him.

He groaned again. He sat up and looked at his trunk...

"Unpacking can wait..." He thought to himself.

Ginny was standing in the doorway as she lightly knocked on the open door,

"Hey" James said,

"We're about to head off" She said softly, His parents were going to some party for one of the aurors house warming party.

"You alright to look after everyone tonight?" She asked

"Of course, we've got food for dinner right?"

"Yeah I went shopping this morning, there's plenty of everything, also I've left money out if you want to get take out" She smiled,

"Great, well you and Dad have a good time then" He grinned, she nodded and walked away.
About 5 minutes later, Harry shouted from downstairs,

"We're off you lot! Behave yourselves!"

"We won't!" Albus replied from across the hall from James' room,

James could hear his parents laughing as they left.

"What's for dinner?" Albus yelled out,

"Make ya own" James replied,

"Seriously?"

"What do you want?"

"What do we have?"

"I don't know..."

"Well can you look?" Albus asked,

"Look yourself you lazy tosser" James laughed, he heard Al grumbling as he stomped downstairs and he laid back down onto his bed, thinking of Quidditch, his mind wandered to last year's trials...

"Williams?"

"For God's sake Potter, what do you want now?"

"I was just going to ask if you could pass me my drink, but never mind..."

"Oh-"

James wasn't sure what he had done to make her hate him... he knew why she hated him, that because to her he appeared selfish, arrogant, immature, cocky, basically every dismal quality under the sun. But he wasn't sure what had made her feel like this about him. Whether it was something he'd done, or said... he must have done it without realising...