Prologue

The end of sixth year, at King's Cross Station

"Hey, Evans, wait up!"

"Listen, Potter, my family's waiting for me and I'm not really in the mood to talk to you right now. Or ever, really."

He sighed. "I know, Lily. I know. I just have a few things to say. It won't take long, I promise."

I looked at my watch, the train arrived a few minutes early and I guess a have time to spare.

"Fine, go ahead."

His eyes widened. "Fine? Fine as in I can say what I want to say and—"

"Just get on with it, Potter."

He breathed deeply, looking very much like he was composing himself. "I just wanted to apologize about the whole Sniv—Snape thing last year, I know that hurt you very much and I didn't mean for it to."

My mouth dropped. Did James Potter, biggest git in the planet and prankster extraordinaire, just apologize? About bullying Severus no less?

"I don't know what to say, I—"

He held a hand up to gesture for me to stop speaking. "I'm not done yet," He took another deep breath.

"I also wanted to tell you that I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused you and that l have decided to try my very best to get over you and to cast aside my feelings that will obviously never be returned and to just stop bothering you with them in general. But I also wanted to let you know that you make it so hard. Not because you've lead me on or anything, just because you're Lily Evans and a part of me thinks I will probably never get over you but I owe it to both of us to at least try. So there."

If I didn't know what to say then, Merlin only knows what I'm supposed to say now. And a part me was waiting for him to tell me this was all a big joke and to ask me to go out with him this summer, but logic and common sense tell me otherwise. He was sincere.

"You don't have to say anything, I just had to get all of that out."

He threw me a small smile, a smile that didn't really reach his eyes. A smile that was unlike any smile he's ever given me before, it was lackluster compared to all the others.

"Your mum's over there, waiting for you." He motioned towards the entrance of the platform. "I'll just carry those for you." He took my trunk and Snow's case from my hands and went over to my parents.

I felt like I was in a dream. And I was yet to decide whether it was a good one or not.

I didn't know I followed him until I heard my mother's voice which made me snap out of it.

"Oh, you sweet boy, you didn't have to carry those. Was my silly daughter too lazy again?"

Potter smiled. "Not at all, ma'am. Just wanted to help and I couldn't miss this opportunity to finally meet Ev—Lily's beautiful mother. I have to say, for a second there, I thought you were her sister. I see now where Lily's good looks come from."

He was charming my mother, of course. And you could practically feel my mother's delight fill the whole platform.

"Oh my, you're making me blush. What was your name again? Lily! Stop sulking over there and introduce me to this lovely young man."

That lovely young man has spent his last six years in this school trying to make my life miserable with his antics and the outrageous ways he and his little friends come up in order to ask me out. That lovely young man, mum, is the reason why I write you frustrated letters every week.

And that lovely young man…had just apologized for all that and promised he would try to get over me.

"Mum, this is James Potter. James, this my mum, Regina."

What? I couldn't tell her all that, could I?

"It was nice meeting you, Mrs. Evans. And I'd love to stay longer but I'm afraid I have to go. My parents are waiting for me." Potter said.

"Please, call me Regina. It was incredibly nice meeting you too, James! Do tell your parents that they've done a marvelous job raising you, dear."

Potter smiled. "Will do, ma'am. Goodbye, Lily, Regina."

As he passes by me, his arm brushed mine, and I think I heard a faint "Don't miss me too much, Evans."

And he disappeared amongst the crowd.

A/N: Hey there. Did you guys like it? The plot of this story has been in my head for a while now, and I just needed to get it out. Review, if you guys want to see the next chapter. Oh, and I need a beta, if anyone is interested out there, PM me and let me know, okay? And one last thing, I NEED REVIEWS LIKE I NEED OXYGEN. xoxo