Disclaimer: I own nothing, go figure. Except the characters and plot though both are fairly strange.
Summary: The Marauders and the girls are in their seventh year. They've become "friends" and all but Lily still can't grasp the concept of being nice to James Potter. Love/Hate relationship. Oh yes, this is VERY IMPORTANT!!!! I have a slight obsession with chocolate, country music and socks. There may be a few mentions of these subjects. Well, enough mindless babble. Read on. Review too please.
The hazy air on Platform 9 3/4 smelled of sweat and rain. The train whistled and I tried to drag my trunk quickly to the train with little success.
"Crap!" I yelled out as I had just dragged my trunk into a small ditch in the platform. I tried to heave it out but to no avail until,
"You want some help so we don't miss the train?" James Potter stood in back of me. I nodded helplessly and he scooted to the other side of my trunk and helped pull it out and carry it to the train. We jumped on just as the train lurched forward. I stumbled and dropped my end of the trunk. It sadly ended up landing on my foot.
"WHY THE BLODDY HELL AM I HAVING SUCH AN AWFUL DAY!" I shrieked as I tried pushing the trunk off my foot, yet again with little success. James pulled the side he still had as I pushed and we managed to get it off.
"Are you alright, Lily?" James asked. I don't know why but I was caught off guard by how nice he was being to me. He had always pranked me and called me mean names, but now he was being almost like a friend and he called me Lily, not Evans.
"I'm just fine, Potter. Now if you'll leave me alone I need to find my friends!" I spat. I don't now why. He was being so nice to me. I should be thanking him. Instead I was being a real brat. I turned around and walked away, fuming at myself. This is aggravating. I am so full of myself. I really do have to get a life, I mean seriously. All I do is read, study, do homework. HELLO, is there really anyone in the entire world who does that? I mean seriously it is pretty sad you've gotta admit.
I found the compartment containing the three monstrously loud teenage girls I call my friend. LOL.
(Charlotte Anne McAnthony is my best friend and evil, she has a bit of a temper, not as bad as mine mind you but it's pretty bad if you get on the wrong side. She has long, chocolate colored hair that goes to mid-back with chocolate eyes to match. Her nose slopes gently and her full lips always has an evil grin on it. Her perfectly tanned skin is the envy of most girls and her perfect complexion was another. She has all the right curves in all the right places too. She can get a guy to drop to his knees and kiss the ground she walks on with one glance. And sadly for most girls, Charlotte is smart too, but if you ever, ever called her Charlotte she'll probably kill you. Painfully. She hates her name so everyone calls her Charly.
Victoria Nicole Alvetario has the biggest sense of humor apart from the Marauders. She loves pranks and her looks are to die for. Her skin is tanned and soft, yes she also has a perfect complexion. Her hair is the blackest of blacks and flows silkily down to her waist. Her eyes are a strange color, they are black with blue and silver specks in them, and her nose slopes like a ski slope, her lips are full and always curved into a hysterical grin. Her body is perfectly toned and has a constant group of guys around her. But like Charly, she hates her name. So everyone just calls her Tori.
Alice Marie Campbell ,we call her Ali sometimes, is the sweetest girl you will ever meet. Her curly blonde hair falls to her shoulders in shiny wisps. Twinkling baby blue eyes smile to everyone, light freckles dot her pale face and a small sloping nose is the perfect addition to her full pale pink lips that always have a smile on them. Her pale complexion and perfect skin makes the other girls jealous, it's sad really how jealous other girls can be. Anyway, it doesn't matter if she's drop dead gorgeous, don't get me wrong or anything she is really, but she's got a boyfriend already. I swear they're gonna get married soon. His name is Frank Longbottom. He's kinda cute too and nice.
Then last but not least, me, Lily Rae Evans. Okay, I'm gonna question myself again real quick. WHY IN THE HECK AM I TALKING TO MYSELF!?!?!?!? Okay, now that that's over I can continue. I am fairly tall and slender. I have very emerald green eyes, I don't particularly like them but my friends have quite a different opinion. My hair is down to my waist and is a dark auburn color that curls slightly at the ends. My skin isn't completely pale but it's close. I have a good complexion and a slopey little nose. Ummmm, my lips are full and I, er, guess that's about it. Oh yeah, I'm Head Girl and I'm top student out of the seventh years. I'm a bookworm with a temper. And I have a crazy stalker who asks me out every second of every day, but he didn't today. I wonder why? Oh yeah, his name is James Potter. I get sidetracked sometimes.)
"Hey Charly, Tori, Ali. I missed you guys so-o-o-o-o much! How was your guys' summer?" I babbled, very unlike myself. They just laughed and began talking all at once. They laughed again and Tori started again.
"Well, I was able to prank the Morons." she laughed. The Morons are the Marauders James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin. We're all friends though, as much as friends can be when your constantly bombarded wit pranks and trying to think of a suitable revenge. "I don't think they'll be too happy with us this year though. So, watch your backs." Tori laughed again.
"Well, my family spent the summer in Germany. It sucked." We all laughed at Charly's bluntness. "Well it did." she stated in a slightly whinny voice.
"I spent the summer with Frank and his family. You all know how he graduated last year right?" Alice said the last sentence rather quickly and continued on. "Well, he's going to become and Auror and is starting his training in October but look." she held out her left hand and we all shrieked. "Ali, we are so happy for you!!!" we all squealed. For on her left hand ring finger was a beautiful gold ring with a large diamond on it. Ali blushed a deep crimson color as the compartment door flew open and the Morons stood in the doorway looking rather frightened.
"Are you girls ok?" James asked out of breathe. There was silence for a moment and then the girls and I burst into fits of laughter. The guys stood there still looking a bit frightened but more confused than anything.
"Alice is getting married!" I said a little too loudly, though that was caused by the laughing. "That was sweet of you boys to come and check on us though." I said smiling.
The guys looked embarrassed but soon got over it as Sirius let out a girly shriek and ran up to Alice and grabbed her left hand. "Oh, Alice, it's so-o-o-o romantic! When's the wedding. Your gonna invite us right?" Sirius said all this in a high pitched voice. Everyone burst out into peals of laughter.
We settled down after awhile and the boys congratulated Alice on the good news. We all got rather serious as we thought about how young we all were and that Alice was already getting married. "Hey, did anyone hear who the Heads are this year?" I asked. I hadn't told anyone I was Head Girl yet. There was a shaking off heads but I caught a mysterious glint in James' eyes and I couldn't help but wonder. What if... nope not gonna think about it LALALALALALALALA. Yeah exactly.
"Well, ah...I think I'm gonna get changed and look for...uh...Melanie." I stuttered and said the first name that came to mind. Melanie Johnson is a sixth year Ravenclaw. "You guys can go now." I said grabbing my uniform out of my trunk as the guys left in slight confusion.
"Lils, what was that all about?" Tori asked me and I buttoned up my shirt and pulled on my skirt. "I gotta tell Melanie something and I, yeah." I said as I attempted to tie my tie and shove my foot into my shoe. I finally finished dressing and pulled on my black cloak.
"See you soon." I said to the girls and walked out into the hallway, straight into James Potter. "Hi, uh, what are you doing here?" I asked him looking him up and down. He looked much like I did. A few buttons on his shirt were buttoned in the wrong place, his tie wasn't completely tied and his shoes were on the wrong feet. I let out a laugh after looking up and seeing his hair in even more disarray. He gave me a funny look and said, "What are you laughing at? You look about the same as I do." I glanced at myself in a window nearby. Sure enough, Buttons buttoned wrong, tie not really tied at all, hair in complete disarray and shoes on the wrong feet. I let out another laugh and looked at him again. "Well, I gotta go talk to Melanie." he nodded and we parted ways, me for the Heads compartment and him for who knows where.
I managed to avoid anyone I knew and slipped into the Heads compartment. It must have been charmed to fit a larger capacity than a normal compartment because this one s huge. About half the size of the Gryffindor common room it is. It has some really comfy looking sofas and a coffee table in the center of the room. There is a small cabinet in the corner so I walked over to it and opened it. To my utter delight I found food. Free food! I turned as I heard the compartment door open and close again. Eager to meet my partner I looked up from the floor and found myself staring into the wonderfully delicious chocolate brown eyes of, Potter.
"What are you doing here?" I asked in an all but friendly tone. "Is this not the Heads compartment?" he asked in a falsely confused tone. I groaned and slapped my hand to my head. "Gees Evans, don't sound so excited." HE IS MOCKING ME!!!! I am going to get my hands around his neck and then I'm going to squeeze all of the life out of him as he whimpers for mercy in a sad pathetic way and then I'll...My thoughts were interrupted by Professor Dumbledore walking into the compartment. He looked at me and I realized that I was still staring at that insolent prat, Potter. I looked at my shoes and felt the heat rise up into my cheeks.
"I just came to tell you that the prefects have already been assigned their jobs and to ask is you would see me after the feast tonight." Dumbledore's eyes twinkled and he smiled as he turned around and left. James and I stared after him in amazement. That was quite an odd conversation.
"Well, I think we'll be arriving soon." I said and was about to walk out the door when Potter grabbed my arm and pulled me around. "Why are you so rude?" he asked very bluntly. I just stared at him as my breath slightly labored. I got hold of my thoughts and stomped hard on his foot. He let go of me and I walked quickly out of the compartment. I jumped off the train as it came to a stop and I took in the view around me.