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Lily yanked her trunk from the car and it fell to the ground with a thud. Her father smiled slightly as he handed her a cage with Matilda, her owl. 'Have a great year,' he told her.
'Thanks, dad,' she said happily. From across the station she could see her best friend waving to her. She waved back, jumping up and down so that she could be seen. Her friend ran over to her, gathering so much momentum that she could not stop in time and thus knocked Lily over.
'Oops,' she said guilty as Lily sat up, grinning and rubbing her head.
'Gee, Bella, I can tell you really missed me,' Lily joked. Bella nodded.
'LILY!' she suddenly screeched into her ear.
'Ouch! What was that for?'
'Well, I never got to greet you properly,' Bella said cheerfully. Lily sighed. 'Anyway, I can't believe that they made you Head Girl!'
'Oh, I know! I'm so excited!'
'Is Remus Head Boy?'
'Er, no. I don't think so. the letter didn't say who it was though,' Lily said thoughtfully. 'I wonder who it is, then.'
Lily's father coughed. Bella smiled winningly up at him.
'Hello, Mr. Evans, good to see you. Now, Lily, we need to rush you to the Head compartment, and as soon as you give the Prefects their duties, you need to sit with me. I wouldn't want to be alone. Here, I'll take Matilda for you,'
The next five minutes passed in a flurry of hugs and good-byes, and then screamed greetings to friends she had not seen for the entire summer. As Bella helped her load her trunk onto the train, Lily told her where the Head compartment was, and then told her to bring their other friends when they saw the Prefects patrolling the hallways.
'I've heard that the Head compartment is really nice, and as long as the Head Boy is someone nice, we can have so much fun sitting there,' Lily called over her shoulder as she raced toward the front of the train.
In front of her, she could see a tall figure heave a trunk onto the train. 'Thank you,' she heard a girls voice say, obviously a first year.
'You're welcome,' the boy said politetly before helping her onto the train where the two went separate directions. Lily sighed, almost wistfully. Even though she had not been close enough to see the boy, she knew that he wasn't a seventh year. None of them were so polite, probably from the influence of the Marauders. It simply wasn't fair. The sixth year girls were really lucky if that boy was in their year.
She reached the Head Compartment and slid the door open. Amos Diggory was waiting with several fifth and sixth years. So that was who the Head Boy was. Lily smiled at him, a favor that he returned happily. Lily was slightly surprised to see that Amos had been made Head Boy. She had been rather hoping for Remus, truth be told. He was the most polite seventh year there was. Surprising, considering that he was a member if the famous- or infamous- Marauders.
'Lily!' Amos greeted her brightly. 'How are you?'
'Er, I'm, uh, fine,' she said, taken slightly aback at his jovial manner.
'Good!'
Several prefects pulled the door open, faces red and their breaths short from running. Amos did a quick head count. 'Okay, we're all here. So, now for those of you who are fifth years, and some of you sixth years who need reminding.'
Five minutes later, all the Prefects had been assigned patrolling duties and had left. Amos smiled at Lily, but the smile she returned was rather forced. She had not been given a chance to have her say. Amos had explained everything and never asked her agreement.
Annoyed, she ignored him and looked out the window. After a few minutes, she felt guilty, so she turned to see where Amos was and jumped when she saw him right next to her.
'So, Lily, how was your summer?'
'Oh, it was good.'
'What did you do?'
'The usual,' Lily said evasively. She didn't feel like going into Petunia here with Amos. She resisted the urge to look back out the window. Amos leaned closer.
'Is it true that you're going out with Potter?' he said suddenly. Lily glared at him.
'What? Where did you hear that?'
'Oh, just. around.' It was his turn to be evasive. Lily's green eyes flashed.
'I see,' she said dangerously. There was a flurry of voices from outside the compartment, and then a knock on the door.
'Oh, those are my friends. do you mind if I let them in?' she said, feeling a bit sorry for Amos. He glanced at the door, then back at her, frowning slightly.
'Well, if you want--'
'Thank you!'
She opened the compartment door and Bella, along with Cassidy and Miranda stepped in.
'It's just that--' Amos saw the three girls. 'Oh, never mind,' he said, sounding slightly annoyed as he strode to the other side of the compartment. Lily smiled, hugging Cassidy and Miranda.
'How was your summer?' she questioned.
'Great,' Cassidy replied, then leaned closer. Bella and Miranda leaned in as well. 'Guess what?'
'Er-'
'Guess who owled me?'
'Um,'
'BLACK!' Cassidy said, grinning, and leaning back. Then she laughed. 'You should have seen your face! Priceless! Anyway, he just wanted to ask me about you,'
'What?' Miranda sounded surprised. 'He should know better than to mess with Potters-'
'I'm NOT Potters Girl, or anything even remotely close to that!' Lily snapped. Miranda and Bella grinned.
'Of course not,'
'Seriously! Do you know what Amos asked me? He asked me if I was dating Potter! Now, where do you think he would hear something like that?'
'Did something happen over the summer that you need to tell us about?' Bella asked, an evil glint in her eye. Lily glared at her.
'NO!' she snapped.
'I think Potter just wanted Black to see if I would tell him how Lily was doing,' Cassidy interrupted.
'Why didn't Potter just ask Lily himself?' Bella mused.
'Yeah, it's never stopped him in the past,' Miranda added.
'I think that he's changed,' Cassidy said. Lily rolled her eyes.
'Yeah, and pigs fly,' she snorted.
*
'So, seen Lily yet Prongs?'
James grinned at his best friend and shook his head.
'Nah. but she is most likely in the Head compartment. Isn't that what her friend told you?'
'Cassidy? Yeah. I wonder who the Head Boy is?'
'I hope it isn't Malfoy.' James muttered.
'It's Diggory,' Remus put in without looking up from his book. James and Sirius turned to look at him.
'WHAT?' James spat. 'Diggory? Diggory, alone in a compartment, with Lily?'
Peter sniggered.
'Shut it, Wormtail,' James snapped. 'I'm telling you, if he makes one move on her- one, he is a dead man,'
'Oh, come off it,'
'Everyone knows that Diggory is just a pretty-boy. He hasn't got the brains or brawn of any other seventh year.'
'Yeah, even Wormy,'
'Hey!' Peter snapped. Remus glared at Sirius.
'Play nice, Padfoot,' he said mockingly. Peter glared at Remus.
'What is this, yell at Wormtail day?' he asked. James grinned.
'Sorry, Pete, I just don't like the thought of Lily and Diggory,'
'Alllll alone.' Sirius interrupted. 'Maybe they're making out. She's probably going to become his girlfriend. They'll get married. Have children. Live happily ever-- '
James leapt on Sirius and the two of them tumbled around the compartment.
'Oh, stop it,' Peter said after a few minutes. Remus stood up and the two of them pulled James off of Sirius. 'Anyway, I bet Lily invited her friends in with her,'
'Yeah. that was intelligent, Wormy, congratulations,' James said.
'Hey!!!'
* * *
Amos entered the Great Hall with Lily and her friends, much to James' annoyance. He flashed her a smile before heading over to the Hufflepuff table.
From where James was sitting, he could see one of her friends whisper something into Lily's ear, and her roll her eyes and push her friend away. The other two girls laughed.
Lily glanced around the Great Hall, waving to a few people. She looked at James, who smiled. She raised an eyebrow, smiled back, and sat down.
James was in heaven. She had smiled at him! Lily Evans had smiled at him, James Potter. He grinned dreamily. Sirius broke into his reverie, dumping an ice cub down his back. James jumped up, yelping.
'What was that?'
'Food's here. You even missed Evans and Diggory standing up. yep, you should have seen the chemistry between them, oooh yeah..'
Remus rolled his eyes. 'I don't know what he's prattling on about, Prongs, so ignore him. Lily didn't even look at Diggory,'
James smiled at Remus. 'She smiled at me, before she sat down. Maybe she doesn't hate me,' he said hopefully. Sirius, Peter, and Remus exchanged looks.
'Here we go again,' Sirius muttered to his plate.
*
Lily took a delicate bite of chicken, hardly listening to her friends talk. Why had she done that? It had bothered her all through Dumbledore's speech, had bothered her when she stood up to cheers, and was still bothering her as she ate her dinner. Why had she smiled at Potter?
Maybe it was because he had yet to talk to he. Starting in their third year, he had made a point of sitting and attempting to flirt with her on the train. It had annoyed her to no end. It had seemed that Potter was conceited enough to believe that no one could really hate him.
Maybe he had changed. The truth was, Lily didn't hate him. Hate was too strong a word for anybody. If she hated anyone, it would be Malfoy or Snape. But Potter? He was annoying, yes, but truthfully not evil. He drew the line at attacking innocent people simply because they were Muggle-born. And he was right- he would never call her, or anyone else, a Mudblood.
In fact, she had almost liked him in her second year, when they were friends. Not best friends, but they would talk in the halls and sometimes in the common room. He was always very polite and nice to her, but then she had seen him cursing a first year, and all respect for him had dwindled away.
That didn't seem to turn him off her, though.
'LILY!'
'What? she said, irritated that she been shaken from her thoughts.
'Do you realize that Potter hasn't even been over here once?'
'Yeah, well, maybe he's changed,' she said, still annoyed.
She didn't notice that glances that her friends were exchanging.
Soo.. I'm not entirely sure what to do with this story. I think I know where its going. please please please review though, okay???
yay..
__THORON__
Lily yanked her trunk from the car and it fell to the ground with a thud. Her father smiled slightly as he handed her a cage with Matilda, her owl. 'Have a great year,' he told her.
'Thanks, dad,' she said happily. From across the station she could see her best friend waving to her. She waved back, jumping up and down so that she could be seen. Her friend ran over to her, gathering so much momentum that she could not stop in time and thus knocked Lily over.
'Oops,' she said guilty as Lily sat up, grinning and rubbing her head.
'Gee, Bella, I can tell you really missed me,' Lily joked. Bella nodded.
'LILY!' she suddenly screeched into her ear.
'Ouch! What was that for?'
'Well, I never got to greet you properly,' Bella said cheerfully. Lily sighed. 'Anyway, I can't believe that they made you Head Girl!'
'Oh, I know! I'm so excited!'
'Is Remus Head Boy?'
'Er, no. I don't think so. the letter didn't say who it was though,' Lily said thoughtfully. 'I wonder who it is, then.'
Lily's father coughed. Bella smiled winningly up at him.
'Hello, Mr. Evans, good to see you. Now, Lily, we need to rush you to the Head compartment, and as soon as you give the Prefects their duties, you need to sit with me. I wouldn't want to be alone. Here, I'll take Matilda for you,'
The next five minutes passed in a flurry of hugs and good-byes, and then screamed greetings to friends she had not seen for the entire summer. As Bella helped her load her trunk onto the train, Lily told her where the Head compartment was, and then told her to bring their other friends when they saw the Prefects patrolling the hallways.
'I've heard that the Head compartment is really nice, and as long as the Head Boy is someone nice, we can have so much fun sitting there,' Lily called over her shoulder as she raced toward the front of the train.
In front of her, she could see a tall figure heave a trunk onto the train. 'Thank you,' she heard a girls voice say, obviously a first year.
'You're welcome,' the boy said politetly before helping her onto the train where the two went separate directions. Lily sighed, almost wistfully. Even though she had not been close enough to see the boy, she knew that he wasn't a seventh year. None of them were so polite, probably from the influence of the Marauders. It simply wasn't fair. The sixth year girls were really lucky if that boy was in their year.
She reached the Head Compartment and slid the door open. Amos Diggory was waiting with several fifth and sixth years. So that was who the Head Boy was. Lily smiled at him, a favor that he returned happily. Lily was slightly surprised to see that Amos had been made Head Boy. She had been rather hoping for Remus, truth be told. He was the most polite seventh year there was. Surprising, considering that he was a member if the famous- or infamous- Marauders.
'Lily!' Amos greeted her brightly. 'How are you?'
'Er, I'm, uh, fine,' she said, taken slightly aback at his jovial manner.
'Good!'
Several prefects pulled the door open, faces red and their breaths short from running. Amos did a quick head count. 'Okay, we're all here. So, now for those of you who are fifth years, and some of you sixth years who need reminding.'
Five minutes later, all the Prefects had been assigned patrolling duties and had left. Amos smiled at Lily, but the smile she returned was rather forced. She had not been given a chance to have her say. Amos had explained everything and never asked her agreement.
Annoyed, she ignored him and looked out the window. After a few minutes, she felt guilty, so she turned to see where Amos was and jumped when she saw him right next to her.
'So, Lily, how was your summer?'
'Oh, it was good.'
'What did you do?'
'The usual,' Lily said evasively. She didn't feel like going into Petunia here with Amos. She resisted the urge to look back out the window. Amos leaned closer.
'Is it true that you're going out with Potter?' he said suddenly. Lily glared at him.
'What? Where did you hear that?'
'Oh, just. around.' It was his turn to be evasive. Lily's green eyes flashed.
'I see,' she said dangerously. There was a flurry of voices from outside the compartment, and then a knock on the door.
'Oh, those are my friends. do you mind if I let them in?' she said, feeling a bit sorry for Amos. He glanced at the door, then back at her, frowning slightly.
'Well, if you want--'
'Thank you!'
She opened the compartment door and Bella, along with Cassidy and Miranda stepped in.
'It's just that--' Amos saw the three girls. 'Oh, never mind,' he said, sounding slightly annoyed as he strode to the other side of the compartment. Lily smiled, hugging Cassidy and Miranda.
'How was your summer?' she questioned.
'Great,' Cassidy replied, then leaned closer. Bella and Miranda leaned in as well. 'Guess what?'
'Er-'
'Guess who owled me?'
'Um,'
'BLACK!' Cassidy said, grinning, and leaning back. Then she laughed. 'You should have seen your face! Priceless! Anyway, he just wanted to ask me about you,'
'What?' Miranda sounded surprised. 'He should know better than to mess with Potters-'
'I'm NOT Potters Girl, or anything even remotely close to that!' Lily snapped. Miranda and Bella grinned.
'Of course not,'
'Seriously! Do you know what Amos asked me? He asked me if I was dating Potter! Now, where do you think he would hear something like that?'
'Did something happen over the summer that you need to tell us about?' Bella asked, an evil glint in her eye. Lily glared at her.
'NO!' she snapped.
'I think Potter just wanted Black to see if I would tell him how Lily was doing,' Cassidy interrupted.
'Why didn't Potter just ask Lily himself?' Bella mused.
'Yeah, it's never stopped him in the past,' Miranda added.
'I think that he's changed,' Cassidy said. Lily rolled her eyes.
'Yeah, and pigs fly,' she snorted.
*
'So, seen Lily yet Prongs?'
James grinned at his best friend and shook his head.
'Nah. but she is most likely in the Head compartment. Isn't that what her friend told you?'
'Cassidy? Yeah. I wonder who the Head Boy is?'
'I hope it isn't Malfoy.' James muttered.
'It's Diggory,' Remus put in without looking up from his book. James and Sirius turned to look at him.
'WHAT?' James spat. 'Diggory? Diggory, alone in a compartment, with Lily?'
Peter sniggered.
'Shut it, Wormtail,' James snapped. 'I'm telling you, if he makes one move on her- one, he is a dead man,'
'Oh, come off it,'
'Everyone knows that Diggory is just a pretty-boy. He hasn't got the brains or brawn of any other seventh year.'
'Yeah, even Wormy,'
'Hey!' Peter snapped. Remus glared at Sirius.
'Play nice, Padfoot,' he said mockingly. Peter glared at Remus.
'What is this, yell at Wormtail day?' he asked. James grinned.
'Sorry, Pete, I just don't like the thought of Lily and Diggory,'
'Alllll alone.' Sirius interrupted. 'Maybe they're making out. She's probably going to become his girlfriend. They'll get married. Have children. Live happily ever-- '
James leapt on Sirius and the two of them tumbled around the compartment.
'Oh, stop it,' Peter said after a few minutes. Remus stood up and the two of them pulled James off of Sirius. 'Anyway, I bet Lily invited her friends in with her,'
'Yeah. that was intelligent, Wormy, congratulations,' James said.
'Hey!!!'
* * *
Amos entered the Great Hall with Lily and her friends, much to James' annoyance. He flashed her a smile before heading over to the Hufflepuff table.
From where James was sitting, he could see one of her friends whisper something into Lily's ear, and her roll her eyes and push her friend away. The other two girls laughed.
Lily glanced around the Great Hall, waving to a few people. She looked at James, who smiled. She raised an eyebrow, smiled back, and sat down.
James was in heaven. She had smiled at him! Lily Evans had smiled at him, James Potter. He grinned dreamily. Sirius broke into his reverie, dumping an ice cub down his back. James jumped up, yelping.
'What was that?'
'Food's here. You even missed Evans and Diggory standing up. yep, you should have seen the chemistry between them, oooh yeah..'
Remus rolled his eyes. 'I don't know what he's prattling on about, Prongs, so ignore him. Lily didn't even look at Diggory,'
James smiled at Remus. 'She smiled at me, before she sat down. Maybe she doesn't hate me,' he said hopefully. Sirius, Peter, and Remus exchanged looks.
'Here we go again,' Sirius muttered to his plate.
*
Lily took a delicate bite of chicken, hardly listening to her friends talk. Why had she done that? It had bothered her all through Dumbledore's speech, had bothered her when she stood up to cheers, and was still bothering her as she ate her dinner. Why had she smiled at Potter?
Maybe it was because he had yet to talk to he. Starting in their third year, he had made a point of sitting and attempting to flirt with her on the train. It had annoyed her to no end. It had seemed that Potter was conceited enough to believe that no one could really hate him.
Maybe he had changed. The truth was, Lily didn't hate him. Hate was too strong a word for anybody. If she hated anyone, it would be Malfoy or Snape. But Potter? He was annoying, yes, but truthfully not evil. He drew the line at attacking innocent people simply because they were Muggle-born. And he was right- he would never call her, or anyone else, a Mudblood.
In fact, she had almost liked him in her second year, when they were friends. Not best friends, but they would talk in the halls and sometimes in the common room. He was always very polite and nice to her, but then she had seen him cursing a first year, and all respect for him had dwindled away.
That didn't seem to turn him off her, though.
'LILY!'
'What? she said, irritated that she been shaken from her thoughts.
'Do you realize that Potter hasn't even been over here once?'
'Yeah, well, maybe he's changed,' she said, still annoyed.
She didn't notice that glances that her friends were exchanging.
Soo.. I'm not entirely sure what to do with this story. I think I know where its going. please please please review though, okay???
yay..
__THORON__