Chapter 1 Friends, Reunions and a Kiss?

Lily Evans was preparing to leave for her 7th and final year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. And, as in every year that had passed, she was determined not to let the arrogant James Potter embarrass or ridicule her.

She was determined to stay away from him, but he was persistent. Ever since third year, in which Lily had slapped James numerous times, he would ask her out, claiming that one day she would give in to his charm and "good-looks". He was cocky, he was rude, he was obnoxious, he was childish and he was everything Lily hated.

But, it seemed to Lily that her fate -- to be hounded by James Potter for the rest of her life -- was sealed the day they met...

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On the train, Lily's first trip to Hogwarts, she was walking towards a compartment, her head down, when she collided with another girl. The girl had dark hair and even darker eyes.

"What are you looking at, Mudblood?" sneered the girl.

"Excuse me?" Lily asked, unsure what a mudblood was, but guessing it was probably an insult.

The girl's friends laughed "Oh, so you're a Mudblood and deaf?" She raised her wand, but just as she was about to throw a curse at Lily, a bespectacled boy jumped out from one of the compartments, followed by a companion.

"Are you okay?" the bespectacled boy asked her. Lily nodded, not quite sure if she should speak.

"Bella, don't! James, watch–" but before the other boy could finish his sentence, Bella threw a curse at Lily and James. Before James could react, the curse hit them both, and then everything when black for Lily.

When she woke up, James was staring at her with an odd smile on his lips. Lily, afraid that this boy would try to hurt her, got up quickly and left.

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Lily sighed at the memory and realized she was smiling. She then thought that if that incident had not happened, she might not have met her best friend, Kay Spooner.

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No sooner had she rushed out of the compartment, then she collided with another girl. This one seemed nicer, and had short brown hair with blue eyes. The girl introduced herself as Kay Spooner, and invited Lily to sit in her compartment. Lily readily agreed, not wanting to bump into that Bella girl and her friends again, or even that James boy and his friend.

Kay and Lily talked all the way to the castle and found out they had much in common. Kay admitted that she didn't know who Bella or James where, but that they would find out at the Sorting later on that night.

When the Sorting came and Lily found herself in the same house as Kay,Gryffindor, she was overjoyed, but also angry that James Potter and his friend Sirius Black were also in the house. That incident on the train set off a series of other situations that Lily was quite embarrassed about--

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She realized she was smiling again and groaned. "Why does he make me do that!" cried Lily. Her sister, Petunia, came in the room with a evil grin upon her face. Petunia had not been nice to Lily since she found out that her sister was a witch.

"Oh, Lily has a cru-ush!" she said, in a sing-song voice. Lily glared at her sister. Petunia was tall and very skinny, with brown hair and eyes. Lily was the total opposite of her sister. She had flaming read hair, green eyes and a curvy body. Most people didn't even believe they were related at all, which suited both sisters very well..

"Go away," said Lily to her sister.

"So you can daydream about your boyfriend? No way!" said her sister. "'Oh, why does he make me do that?'" her sister mocked.

"Leave!" bellowed Lily.

"Fine! But Mum wants you down in 5 minutes," said her sister, leaving the room. Lily rolled her eyes and finished packing.

The car ride seemed to take forever. Lily could not wait to see her best friends again. When the family finally got to the railway station, they hurried over to platforms 9 and 10. They went though the secret barrier and saw the Hogwarts Express right in front of them. Lily and her parents always loved the train, but Petunia hated anything magic-related.

As Lily was hugging her parents good-bye, some one tapped her on the shoulder. Expecting it to be Kay, or Alice Lachalle , her other best friend, she turned around smiling. Her smile quickly turned into a frown.

In front of her was standing the man she loathed. James Potter. His black hair had gotten a little longer since the last time she saw him. His brown eyes were staring at her. He had a smile on his face but Lily groaned.

"Potter! What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Now Evans! Why must you ask a silly question like that! I'm here to complete my education!" he said, in his deep voice. Lily rolled her eyes.

Behind her, Petunia let out a squeal. "This is the person..." she started to say, but Lily cut her off.

"I'm only going to warn you once. Do not ask me out this year! Got it?" she said.

"Now, now Lily! Let the gentleman speak! Hello, my name is Laura Evans. And you are..." her mother said, holding out her hand. James shook her hand.

"Hello Mrs. Evans. My name is James Potter. I see now were Lily gets her ravishing red hair," he said, making Mrs. Evans blush, "but she must get her dazzling green eyes from her father. James Potter, nice to meet you!"

"Doug Evans. Nice to meet you, James. This is our other daughter, Petunia," he added.

Petunia nodded, and looked around. Lily could tell she would rather be anywhere but there. "Potter, please leave now," Lily told him.

"But my friends aren't here yet! Plus, I think I'll stay here. It seems to be where all the pretty girls are," he said with a small wink. She tried to push him away, but those Quidditch practices made him too strong. She found herself thinking that his muscular body was oddly attractive.

"NO! Stop thinking about his hot, muscular... AHHH! STOP!' she thought. James said something but Lily did not hear him.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!" Lily suddenly screamed. James had picked her up and slung her over his shoulders. He said good-bye to the Evans's. Lily was trying to kick him, but his grip was too strong. "Put me down!' she told him.

"Not a chance, Evans!" and with that, he carried her onto the train As they passed, many students glanced at the funny sight before them.

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James found an empty compartment and put Lily down. He closed the door. "Before you storm off," he told her, "I want to talk." Lily looked at James with narrowed eyes. "Don't mess this up Prongs," he told himself.

"Look, Evans. This year, I promise I'll do anything you want so that you'll go out with me. I'll change. I'll stop crumping my hair, and anything else!" he told her. She looked into his brown eyes. He looked sincere. He didn't have his famous grin on his face.

She couldn't take her eyes off of his. Butterflies crept into her stomach.

He was staring into Lily's green eyes and felt butterflies creep into his stomach. They were getting closer and closer.

"Dear God! I'm going to kiss him!" thought Lily.

"I'm finally going to kiss the girl of my dreams!" thought James. Right before their lips touched, 3 people came into the compartment.

"Are we interrupting something?" said a voice.

Author's note: So this is the first chapter of my story. I hope you like it!

A/n 2: Being retyped, with the help of my beta CharlesTheBold. All the other chapters will be retyped as well.