Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, only Nadia and Eloise.
Summary: An L/J fic with some Sirius and Remus on the side. Set in their seventh year to whenever.
Chapter one
"Bye Lily don't forget to write." George and Kathryn Evans said their 17 year daughter.
"Okay." Lily said as she walked away. Lily and her parents' relationship had always been rocky, mostly because of her sister Petunia. Her parents had always favored her over Lily, and it became even worse when Lily was accepted to Hogwarts. Since Petunia hated Lily for having something she didn't, her parents began to resent her as well.
Lily was a beautiful and slender 5'6 with creamy white skin and curves in all the right places. Lily had dark red hair that always curled perfectly at her shoulders, and bright green eyes that showed her emotions. Lily was absolutely gorgeous, but she didn't seem to notice it.
She secretly hated her parents for the way they treated her, but at school she acted as though her family was perfect. Not even her best friends Eloise and Nadia knew about her family. As Lily walked through the barrier she was ecstatic to be away from her screwed up family forever. She found an empty compartment and sat thinking about the year to come.
She was headgirl and she already knew from Eloise who headboy was, James Potter. How he managed to get headboy was beyond her. Sure he was funny, handsome, and popular, but he wasn't mature enough to be head boy in Lily's opinion.
James Potter was quite handsome with his messy black hair, jovial hazel eyes and winning personality. He was stood at strapping 6'1 and a prominent member of the Marauders, seeker of the Gryffindor quidditch team, he could have any girl he wanted, but the only girl he had wanted for the past 2 years was Lily Evans. He had only one sibling; his twin sister Eloise.
Eloise Potter like Lily was also very stunning. She and James looked a lot alike, same eyes, same color hair, but James hair was muddled, while hers was silky and shinny. She stood at a petite 5'3 and was quite outspoken and wild like her brother. Eloise had been best friends with Lily since their first year, they told each other everything.
James and Lily had never really gotten along. Lily was a high strung and a complete perfectionist, while James was laid back and threw things together last minute. James had had a crush on Lily since fifth year. Lily thought it was only because she the only girl he couldn't have, but she sensed that it was more than that which aggravated her further, but this year she wasn't going to going to loose her temper with him she would be polite and ignore him.
"Lily," Lily's other best friend Nadia Bryson called through the compartment doorway.
"Nadia! It's so good to see you" Lily exclaimed hugging her friend.
Nadia was the quieter and more reserved of the group. She had straight blond hair that was quite lank, and bright blue eyes. She had tanned skin and a trim figure, she stood at a tall 5'9 and was breathtakingly gorgeous. Nadia was the classic girl next door with her sweet and innocent persona. She was very easy to talk to and always had good advice.
"How was your summer?" Nadia asked Lily.
"It was okay, how about yours?"
"Good, I stayed with Eloise at her parent's beach house in Aruba, it was so fun!" Nadia said.
"Lilykins, so nice to see you again!" Sirius Black had arrived.
"Please don't call me that" Lily said trying out her new plan in which she showed no annoyance at the Marauders presence.
Sirius Black was also a member of the marauders, and happened to be the hottest guy in school. With his neat black hair, chocolate brown eyes that could make any girl melt. He was a powerful 6'3 and beater of the quidditch team.
"Hello Lily, how was your summer?" James asked politely as he came into the compartment just after Sirius.
"Uh, fine." Lily replied flabbergasted at his sincerity.
Remus Lupin followed James into the compartment.
Remus was the more levelheaded member of the marauders, but not any less handsome. He had light brown hair, pale skin especially around the full moon, brown eyes and a gentle nature. He stood at a lanky 6'0 and always had a book.
"Lily, there you are I've been looking everywhere for you!" Last but certainly not least Eloise was there.
"James what are you doing here?"
"I was here first, I should be asking you the same question" James said.
"Come on these are my friends" she said.
"Hey they're my friends too. Right Lily?"
"No"
"Nadia?"
"Oh, yeah sure" she said flippantly.
"Nadia" Eloise and Lily whined in unison.
"What?" she asked again.
"That's what I like about you Bryson, unconditionally nice." Sirius said taking a seat to the left of Nadia who was next to the window
James gladly took a seat next to Lily who was also sitting next to the window. Remus sat next to Sirius and across from Eloise.
"Did you go anywhere over the summer?" James asked Lily.
'Why is he being so nice to me?' Lily mused
"No" she said to him. 'Maybe he's changed' she thought.
'Good she didn't yell at me this is defiantly a start' James reflected.
"So Nadia tell me something about yourself." Sirius said.
"Like what?" Nadia asked bewildered
"What did you do this summer?"
"I went to Aruba with Eloise. It was a lot of fun."
"Cool. I guess that's why you're so tanned."
"Yeah Ellie doesn't get too brown, so she was kind of upset that I got so dark." she stated
"Oh, I bet she was, she's obsessed with tanning… She's laying out every chance she gets." Nadia just nodded at the fact
"So Remus, how was your summer?" Eloise asked Remus.
"It was good, I went to Italy with my aunt, how about you?"
"I went to the beach with Nadia, it was the best!" she said
"I wish you could have come with us Lily." she said to Lily.
"I know. It wasn't nearly as fun without you." Nadia said
"Yeah, me too" Lily said sadly, her parents wouldn't let her go to Aruba because they said they wanted to spend her last summer together, but Lily knew it was because Petunia wasn't able to go.
"Why couldn't you go?" James asked Lily when Eloise went back to talking to Remus.
"My parents didn't want me to" she said.
"Why?"
"They just didn't" she said end the matter.
"We need to go to the head meeting" James said.
"Okay." 'he seems more mature, but is it permanent?' Lily thought.
'I hope Lily can see that I've changed and then maybe she'll start to see me as more than the cocky jerk I used to be' James thought. All summer Remus had been working with James on becoming mature and modest rather than a cocky, adolescent, after 3 months James was a completely different person… He had changed for the good and his everyone could tell.
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