Chapter One
Lily Evans woke up, typical, but today was different. Today she could start up her life again, reunite with old friends. Today was the first day of her seventh year. Her final year at Hogwarts, but enough about the future. Lily sat up, her back cracking and crunching the stillness of her slumber. Shoving her navy blue comforters off of her body she quite literally hopped out of bed. Pulling on her favorite pair of jeans, and a normal muggle tee shirt, she began throwing quills, text books, and parchment into her trunk. Her mood was above the clouds until she heard that rap on the door.
"Oh sister!" She could hear how Petunia sneered the word 'sister' as if the word poisoned her tongue.
She yanked open her door, and gave her endearing sister a strained smile. Running down the stairs ahead of her she bounced into the kitchen and gave her father a peck on the cheek.
His newspaper he was reading didn't shift, nor did his eyes. "Good morning Lilian, you seem rather chipper today."
A small giggle escaped her lips as she took her seat at the breakfast table, making small talk with her parents.
As Lily finished her breakfast, she made her way back to her room to finish packing. After she had fastened the buckles on her trunk, she sat on the edge of her bed, thinking. She had received letters from all her friends this summer, chatting about this and that. As she sat, she realized one thing, James had not. This normally wouldn't have bothered her if they weren't on such good terms before they had left for the holidays. She was actually hoping he would ask her, seriously, to be his. He didn't , however, and left her with silence over the holidays. Unsure if he had gotten bored with her she glanced at the clock on her wall. Realizing she needed to hurry if she wanted to make the train. Grabbing her trunk, she sluggishly hauled it down the stairs.
Once the car was loaded, she said a tense good-bye to her sister. Her father drove her to the station, and gave her a send off hug. She pushed her cart into the long lines of other carts that would soon be loaded onto the train. She climbed the steps to the fire truck red locomotive, and glanced back. This would be the last time she loaded onto the train, but she was ripped from her sentimental thoughts as Marlene spotted her. Her overly eager friend, pulled her into a hug before showing her the way to the cabin. Sitting down in the seat next to the window, she greeted her friends. Accounting for all of them, minus James, she sat back in her seat. Listening to the chatter of her friends. She knew this year would be unlike the rest, and it had only just begun.
At the moment Lily leaned back in the chair, was when James himself stood just to the left of the cabin. Trying to find the courage to enter the car, face the friends he had ignored, and better yet, the girl he loved.