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Will You Quit It?!?

"Awww, c'mon, Lily!!"

Sirius voice could be heard whining down the entire hallway.

No one even turned.

"Why don't you just talk to us?" James called at her retreating back.

"Because I hate you!!"

"No you don't. You love us. Idn't that right Sirius?"

"It is."

"PLEASE!!! I wouldn't even consider loving either of you if you threatened me with a kiss from Malfoy!"

"Ouch!"

She ran. She didn't want to be near them long enough for them to come up with another way to humiliate her. 'How can you be humiliated when no one even knows you're around? ' She wanted to slap herself. She didn't mind being alone. Not in the slightest. It was this that kept her happy. Always happy. No one could bother her when she was alone. She was her own person. Her own friend. And then she began Hogwarts. She was so excited when the letter had come. Her parents were proud of her. Extremely proud of her. Plus, it was a way to put some distance between her and her awful sister Petunia, which is she was always by herself in the first place. Petunia made she didn't have any friends. But, with the support of her parents, Lily had come through. She just retreated into herself whenever Petunia called her bad names and such. She liked it there. Nothing could bother her in her little sanctuary. Nothing. Until she met the Marauders.

She could still remember it. She was so excited to get on the train. She even figured out how to get onto the platform all by herself.

"Well, there's 9…and there's 10…. Soooo… 9 ¾ must be right about here. Okay, let's just see if this magic stuff is for real."

And there she was. She was inwardly amazed, but reprimanded herself. How are you ever going to look normal if people see you gawking at the simplest of things? (A/N italics are thoughts [the person having them is implied]). She smiled politely at a group of elderly people as she passed by. She loved the old and the very young, but could hardly manage coping with her own age. Lily searched the entire train for an empty compartment, and found one at last. It's practically the caboose. She laughed inwardly. Sitting in an awkward position(those are usually the most comfortable) she pulled out one of her textbooks. She knew them all pretty well. Lily loved to read, so she read. All of her textbooks were thoroughly searched through 10 days after she had gotten her letter. She just wanted to skim through them once more. Her parents had playfully scolded her back at home.

"Lily!"

"Yes, mum?"

"Didn't you finish that book the day we got it?"

"Well, yes, mum."

"Then what are you doing sweetie?!?"

"Well, I wanted to read it again."

"Lil-"

"Mum!!! Don't even say it!! You wouldn't want your daughter to be the only one in the whole school not to know what a muggle is, would you?!?

"Muggle? Lily, if that's a curse word I hear coming out of your mouth, I'll- "

"No, mum! A muggle is a person simply without magic. I wouldn't have even known that if I hadn't read these. It sends chills down my spine to even think about if I have missed something else equally simple, but yet important."

"Just go easy on yourself, ok, Lily?"

"Alright my mum. I will."

"I love you, Lily."

"I love you too, mum."

She smiled to herself as she remembered. The train had begun to move, and happy voices drifted through her compartment. The door suddenly swung open, and standing there were three boys (A/N I took Peter out for now. I don't like him at all, and I have no idea how he would've acted… He might come in later, but, for now, he is not really one of their close friends.)

Lily's head snapped up from her book. She was so scared. Never before had anything remotely like this had happened to her. She was the only female amidst a group of pre-teen boys. She wasn't sure exactly what to do (geez, it's not like she had any expeiriance with girls-friends before, how in the world was one such as herself supposed to act around a boy?).

The boys stopped laughing and looked at her. She felt like something cold was being shoved in her stomach. Never before had anyone given her such soul-searching look.

Sirius grinned.

"Why, hello, my fair lady. Pardon me for not introducing myself. My name is Sirius Black, this Charming young man to my right would be a Mister James Potter (an old friend of mine), and to my left would be a new acquaintance for us both, Mister Remus Lupin."

Lily gave them a admiring smile. Are all boys this nice? And if so, what has caused me to never notice it before?

"Hello", she said timidly.

"You wouldn't mind if we sat in this compartment, would you? You see, all the others are a bit full." The boy who spoke had sandy blonde hair. He was good looking… infact, all of them were, she noted inwardly.

"No, not at all. Please, sit down," she beamed at him while putting both of her feet back on the ground.

The boy with the messiest hair she had ever seen sat across from her. She liked it though. He would have been too good looking if his hair had been neat. (Just because she's shy doesn't mean she doesn't notice things! He he) The one who had spoken first, Sirius, sat down next to her, and Remus sat on the other side of James.

James looked at her outfit.

"Aren't you freezing!" he said in amazement.

Lily looked at herself, and then back at James apologetically. She was wearing blue jean short shorts and a forest green tank top her mother had given her.

"Actually, it is starting to get cold in here. Guess I'll change real fast. Be right back."

She pulled out her humongous purse and extracted from it a pair of jeans and a sweater, and looked back up and James before leaving the compartment.

She has green eyes.

"So, you ready, Sirius?"

"As always."

"Ready for what?," Remus chipped in.

"Well, to pull a prank on that girl out there."

"James! You don't even know her name! Why don't you wait for awhile… at least lets see what kind of person she is, she might be really nice.," Remus stated.

"Oh, come off it, Remus! You're just saying that because you fancy her."

Sirius smiled as he watched the two of them bickering.

"I do not fancy her! I don't even know her name!"

"But that doesn't stop you does it Remus?" James joked.

"Oh, c'mon, James. Just wait a little while. I just don't want to hurt her feelings. She seems quite nice."

"Alright. I'll wait. A little while. But I can't promise anything."

"Okay. That's fine with me."

"What do you think about her, Sirius?"

Lily stopped herself abruptly from opening the compartment door. They were talking about her. Inside she wanted to cry, but she kept listening out of curiosity.

"I think she's quite a good looker, myself."

He thinks I'm good looking? Oh my goodness.

"I must say, Sirius, that, for once, I agree with your choice of women."

"She seemed really nice to me. She's so pretty, too. I'll bet she already has a boyfriend." Remus said blushing slightly.

"Yeah, you're probably right. What's keeping her, anyway? I thought she was just changing." James said checking his watch.

Lily slowly opened the door. They didn't see her standing there.

"What're you doing James? Need to go check up on your girl?" Sirius laughed playfully.

Lily blushed furiously.

"No! I was just checking the time. Oh… Hi." James face now matched Lily's.

Sirius turned. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't hear you come in.", amusement still lingering on his voice.

"That's alright," she said quietly and hurriedly sat down.

"Excuse me, but may I ask you your name?" Remus' voice came drifting over to her. She ceased from gazing out the window at the passing scene.

"Oh! I'm terribly sorry! You all introduced yourselves, and I just forgot! Please, pardon me. My name's Lily Evans." As she said this she wore a look of apologeticness and was truly scolding herself to have been so careless.

"Oh, no! Remus didn't mean nothin' by it. We were just wondering what to call you, unless you want to be called 'hey! You!" Sirius said smiling brilliantly at her. She couldn't help but smile back.

"So, Lily. What House are you hoping to be sorted into?" James looked at her face with utter amazement. How could anyone have such green eyes?

"Well", she began timidly. "I would most certainly like to be in Gryffindor. It is the most amazing by far. Though, Ravenclaw doesn't seem quite that bad really. If I was in Hufflepuff, which is what most likely will happen, I should be disappointed in myself for not having a braver character, like that of Gryffindor. I don't want to be in Slytherin." She said the last sentence with a bit of fear and anxiousness.

"Don't worry, you've got too nice of friends to be in with that crowd." Sirius said smiling handsomely at her.

Wow! I have friends! This is so cool. I've never felt happier in my whole life.

And then it happened.

Sirius burst out laughing, looking at Lily.

"What is it?" she said defensively.

James was laughing, too, but somehow he seemed less surprised. Even Remus was smiling.

"James, I thought you said you would wait."

"I did. Hey, and now you know her name."

Just then a boy with platinum hair walked into the compartment. He sneered at her.

"Nice hair-do, loser,"

Lily was looking hurt at the boy giving her dark looks. She eyed James and Sirius still laughing their heads off, and then she saw Remus. Giving her and apologetic glance.

Tears gathering around her eyes she stood up, just as they began to pour down her face. She ran to the bathroom and looked into the mirror. Her hair had been turned a deep green.

Lily snapped back into the present as she sat by the lake. She kept giving it dirty looks as she remembered how she had cried the whole way there because the first friends she had thought she had had, never really liked her at all. They were just using her for a laugh.

It had been three months since then, and so far she had had she robes transformed into a rather slutty disco outfit, she hair turned every color of the rainbow (once all at the same time), and had a curse put on her to when she opened her mouth she screamed, "I love Snape!!!!"

Lily sat there, gazing at the lake. In her point of view, Severus Snape was not that bad of a guy. He was the only other person that noticed Lily, besides her tormentors. He had even given her help in transfiguration once. His hair was always neat and clean ( AN remember this is how Snape USED to be… kinda…) and he always smiled and waved when he saw her. Although, she couldn't help but notice how mean he was to other Gryffindors. Well, I'd be bitter too if I was under the impression that ALL Gryffindors were utterly and completely hopeless jerks.

1 AT THE SAME TIME

"Man. What have we done now?" Sirius bellowed.

"I don't know. I was just trying to lighten her up a bit. Who'd have known that she thinks black teeth aren't funny?"

"Well, let's not mention this to Remus. He'll probably get upset that we've annoyed her again."

"True."

"Want to go play chess, James?"

"Sure, Sirius."

The two boys skipped down the hallway, arms linked.



Lily finally got herself to get up from the lake. If only I could make people leave me alone. Like the Giant Squid. Lily thought longingly. She brushed the grass off of her robes. Better be off to dinner. And she headed towards the Great Hall.



A/N So sorry. This is my first real fanfic…. Although I have read quite a few. Anyways, hope you liked it. Any sort of criticism is welcomed. If you'd like to help out, e-mail me at Leah21222@aol.com

Thanks! Oh, and please, if you have any suggestions, you can send them to me. I'm kinda just beginning, but I will try to write a new chapter everyday, just to let you know. Thank again!

-Leah