Chapter 1

James Potter tucked his auror robes into his large bag as he made his way down a muggle sidewalk in London. He had on muggle clothing which consisted of jeans and a plain white tee shirt with a light jacket over it.

James was a good looking twenty year old boy. He had hazel eyes slightly hidden behind round wire framed glasses. He had a sharp jaw line giving his face an even leaner look. He had a trademark smile that was a bit crooked which made it all the more attractive. His hair was black and it laid on his head in a messy fashion. Quidditch hadn't brought him the career as a professional quidditch player like had he wanted but it did put him in very good shape. He was a little over six feet tall.

As he made his way down the busy sidewalk something or rather someone caught his eyes. A girl with red curly locks. James did all he could to catch up to the fast moving girl.

He got his chance when she stopped to wait at a crosswalk. "You might want to hide you're W-A-N-D a little better." James whispered into her ear.

The redhead gasped and pushed her wand deeper into her pocket. "Thanks." She said gasping once again when she looked up at James.

James smiled at her with his crooked smile. The girl went as fast as she could without running as the people began crossing the road and James managed to keep up.

"You're pretty fast." James said with a light laugh.

"What do you want?" The girl asked impatiently avoiding eye contact.

The two stopped in the middle of the busy sidewalk. "I just wanted to know your name." James said a bit shyly.

The girl had a perplexed look on her face as she studied his face. Did he really not remember her? So strange, she remembered him so well.

James cocked his head to the side as her face changed as if something just popped in her head. "Kerry Marshmallow." She said hitting herself mentally.

James laughed slightly. "Sorry, I didn't catch your last name." James said thinking maybe he misheard.

"Um Kerry Marsh." She said softly.

James smiled. "That's a pretty name. Hey listen maybe tonight you could…" James was cut off by some impatient people elbowing through the two.

James managed to get hold of the redhead's arm and pulled her to the edge of the sidewalk then he turned down a little alley and the girl followed.

"Where are we going?" She asked a little worriedly as he held a gentle grip on her arm.

James didn't answer he just walked beside her as the alley came to an end. The girl furrowed her brow at the sight in front of her. It was a quaint row of spaced out houses.

James made his way to the backyard of one of the houses and turned to look at the girl. "This is my two best friend's house, I apparate home from here everyday. You can do the same if you'd like, this whole row is wizards and witches."

"I might." The girl said stubbornly. "You never told me your name." She said even though she knew, in fact she even knew his middle name.

"Oh sorry, I'm James Potter." James said a bit embarrassed. "Well, what I was trying to ask before when we got elbowed apart was if you wanted to maybe come to my house tonight and hang out, maybe get to know each other better." James said nervously wringing his hands.

The girl stood there a bit stunned. She couldn't believe how nervous he was acting around her, he never acted like this around her before, and plus he didn't even recognize her and deep down that hurt.

"Yeah sure." She finally got out. "That would be nice."

"Great." James said perking up a bit. "How about eight? I live in Godric's Hollow, it's the biggest place there you can't miss it plus the mailbox says Potter." James smirked.

"Eight sounds good." She said not sure this was a good idea. "Well I really got to go I live with my two friends and they depend on me to make them supper so I should get home."

James nodded. "Yeah well I'm going to go in and talk to the guys." James said motioning to the house. "I'll see you later then."

The girl smiled then apparated to her tiny flat. "Lily Evans! On time as usual!" Andi said hugging the redhead as she entered.

"What do you want?" Lily said impatiently.

"Supper?" Andi asked innocently.

"Gosh you two really aren't fair to me I do all the cooking here." Lily said setting her coat and bag aside and placing her wand on the counter.

"Hey!" Andi said offended. "We all make a meal!"

Lily made a noise of disbelief. "All Remi does is get up and put some cereal boxes on the table and we all have jobs so there is no one for you to make lunch for."

"That's where your mistaken, I don't have a job so I have to make lunch for myself." Andi said stepping back knowing that wasn't a good thing to bring up.

"Here it comes." Remi sighed as she watched Lily's face grow stern.

"And why don't you have a job yet Andi?" Lily said crossing her arms over her chest and moving closer to her.

"Oh boy." Remi muttered as Andi stepped back.

"I've been paying for your third of the rent for the last four months ever since we moved in here. You're not being fair to me. Remi and I have no problem paying for rent. I don't have a problem helping you out with money but not if it's because you're just too lazy to get your butt out there to get a job." Lily said remaining stern.

"Here come the excuses." Remi called out.

"Lily that's not true I've been looking in the papers for jobs it's just nothing is appealing to me." Andi said now backed against the wall.

"You no longer have the right to be picky. You are going to get a job whether you like it or not." Lily said poking her finger at her.

"Alright fine." Andi said giving in. "Tomorrow I'll go out and look for a job."

"Good." Lily said smiling obviously satisfied. "Macaroni and cheese it is." She said moving to the kitchen.

The three girls were all fresh out of Hogwarts. Lily and Andi planned on splitting rent and living together in the small flat but when they found out Remi had no where to stay they did all they could to fit her in. Lily and Andi shared the only bedroom which was upstairs and Remi kept her stuff in their room but slept on the couch. It was kind of crowded but the three girls didn't complain.

Lily Evans had long, beautiful, curly red hair that reached the middle of her back. She had very pale skin that brought out her hair color even more. She had beautiful green eyes and was an average 5'6". She was very thin and had a slight figure.

Andi Adams had long, straight blonde hair that reached her elbows. She had beautiful light blue eyes and an amazingly white smile. She was about 5'8" and very slim.

Remi Sands was the exact opposite of Andi. She had short, light brown, curly hair that was shoulder length. Her skin was naturally a tan shade that stayed all year round. Her eyes were brown with flecks of gold in them. She was 5'4" and had a very curvy figure.

After the three girls ate Lily placed the dirty dishes in the sink. "What time is it by now?" Lily asked curiously.

"Um… ten of eight." Remi said straining to see the clock from the table.

"Darn it." Lily said filling the sink with dish water. "Look guys I have to go and since Remi is working on stuff for Healer training that leaves you to clean the dishes." Lily said tossing a dish cloth to Andi.

Andi groaned a bit at the thought of washing dishes. "Where are you going?" Andi asked curiously.

"No where special." Lily said speeding up the stairs.

Remi and Andi exchanged looks then ran up the stairs after her. They found Lily rummaging through her third of the closet.

"Hot date?" Remi asked from behind Lily causing her to jump.

Lily turned around not amused. "Does this look like I'm going on a hot date?" Lily said motioning to the yellow tee shirt and black jeans she had selected.

"Well you don't date much so maybe in your eyes that's what you think you should wear on a hot date. And if that's so girl I got to give you some more pointers." Andi said snickering.

Lily scowled at her blonde friend and pushed passed the two girls and made her way into the bathroom and shut and locked the door. She quickly brushed her teeth and spruced up a bit with a light perfume.

She inhaled deeply bracing herself as she opened the door. As she expected Andi and Remi were waiting and they were both talking at the same time so nothing really made sense.

Lily managed to get passed them again and sprinted down the stairs. She grabbed her jacket and made for the door.

"Lily wait!" Andi called.

"What!?" Lily shouted growing angry.

"Don't forget this." Andi said holding up Lily's wand.

"Oh thanks." Lily said walking over and taking her wand.

Remi grabbed Lily's wrist as she turned for the door. "Lily what's going on? You always tell us where you're going. Please just tell us where you're going so we don't worry about you." Remi said with a concerned look on her face.

Lily pulled her wrist free and walked towards the door. She pulled the door open and breathed in the cool air then turned around. " I'm going to Potter's." She said not pausing for their response.

She shut the door and apparated to Godric's Hollow. She pulled her coat on, it was black came to rest over her hips and it tied around her waist. She looked around at the houses and the one caught her eyes immediately. It was very large it looked something like a mansion. She made her way towards it and slipped her wand into her coat pocket.

Lily stood in front of the house somewhat intimidated by its vast size. She glanced over at the mailbox which read 'Potter' then walked along the stone path and onto the brightly lit porch. She gave a short knock and jumped when James opened the door.

"You're late." He said grinning.

Lily smiled. "Sorry my friends held me up." Lily said stepping into the warm house.

"Don't worry about it. Can I take your coat?" James asked and Lily nodded.

He helped her slip out of her coat and she got a strange warm feeling as his hand brushed her arm. She touched her arm where his hand had brushed.

"Are you alright?" James asked placing his hand on her shoulder.

Lily smiled up at him. "Yeah I'm fine." She said watching him as he gave her a pleasant smile and draped her coat over one of the recliners.

He sat down on the couch and looked over at her. "You want to sit down?"

"Oh yeah of course." Lily said making her way across the large living room. She became a bit nervous as she came to the couch. She sat down a little ways from him.

He smirked at this. "I don't bite but you can stay there if you want." Lily blushed and her cheeks turned a light shade of red.

Lily moved over a bit closer and James draped his arm over the back of the couch. "So did you go to Hogwarts?"

"Yeah I did I'm actually fresh out I was a Ravenclaw." Lily said convincingly.

"Really? I can't believe I never saw you when I was there. I only remember one redhead actually. I think she just finished too her name was Lily Evans." James said.

"Oh yeah Lily, she was a Gryffindor I think. Everyone mistook me for her all the time last year and I just transferred to Hogwarts for my seventh year." Lily explained.

James looked at her closely which made Lily tense a bit he looked like he was trying to read her mind. "You two have the same hair sort of but your eyes are much more brilliant." James said with a sweet smile.

Lily relaxed. She wasn't sure if she should feel flattered or if she should slap the guy for being so dimwitted to not realize that she was Lily! She just smiled back though and looked out the picture window at his back yard which had a beautiful garden and a calm pond.

"So what kind of work you getting into?" Lily asked.

"I actually just finished my second and final year of auror training so now I can go on raids." James beamed.

Lily looked at him impressed. "Wow a fully trained auror that's great. In two years I should be one." Lily said.

James looked over at her with a raised eyebrow. "You're training to become an auror?"

"That I am." Lily said with a grin.

"I didn't know we had so much in common." James said.

Lily paused a moment before replying. "Well we just met so how would you of been able to know." Lily said almost questioning.

"Uh... Wow." James said running his fingers through his hair. "I'm sorry I just can't seem to shake off the feeling that I know you somehow."

Lily let out a few nervous fake coughs not knowing what else to do. "Need some water." James said looking at her a bit worried.

"Yeah sure that would be wonderful." Lily said hoping she could think something up to talk about before he came back.

James smiled and went to his kitchen and fetched a glass of water then came back and handed it to Lily. "So Kerry." James said as Lily took a sip of water.

Lily set her glass down on the coffee table. "So James." Lily mimicked.

James laughed. "Sorry I forgot what we had been talking about."

Lily smiled with relief. "Well I'm sure a subject change was in order anyway."

The two talked until eleven and somehow managed to have few awkward silences. Most of their conversations consisted of funny stories about their friends. But once eleven came around Lily knew she should head home.

"Well I should get going." Lily said standing up and stretching a bit.

"Right." James said standing up and heading to the recliner to get her coat. "Here let me help you." James said helping her into her coat.

"Thank you." Lily said quietly as she turned around a bit surprised at how close James still was.

James stared down at her for a moment then snapped out of it. "Oh wow sorry." James said trying to laugh it off but his pink cheeks showed his embarrassment as he backed up a bit.

Lily laughed lightly. "Well I had a good time, maybe we'll hang out some time again."

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow after I work, right? I was serious when I said you could apparate from Sirius and Remus's house. They won't care don't worry they aren't the type of guys to care about anything at all." James said laughing at the thought of them.

"Sure I'll apparate home from there I suppose." Lily said contemplating whether that was the right choice.

"Alright if I'm not there yet just wait up for me. I'll try to get there before you so you don't feel stupid standing in someone's backyard that you don't know."

Lily twinged a little bit thinking of how awkward that would be. "Yeah so I'll meet you there tomorrow. Good night then." She said give him a wave as she opened the door.

"Good night." James said watching as she exiting and walked down the stone path.

Lily apparated into her flat and took off her coat and placed it on the hook on the wall. She managed to go unnoticed by Remi who was laying on the couch watching a late night muggle show. So Lily made her way up the stairs as quietly as she could. She set her wand on her nightstand and grabbed a warm long sleeve shirt and a pair of sweatpants then slipped into the bathroom.

She took a long, hot shower and thought of her evening. It made her somewhat sad because of the situation she was presented with. She couldn't help but think that James may like her but then again if he does he likes Kerry not Lily. She knew she couldn't tell him who she really was though, it would be an automatic turn off and it would have just been embarrassing for him. Lily towel dried herself then slipped into the warm clothes she took into the bathroom with her. She brushed her teeth and scooped up the clothes she had worn earlier.

She walked into the bedroom and wasn't too surprised when she found her friends sitting on her bed waiting for her.

"Hey Lil." Remi said as Lily went about her business. "How was your night?"

"Fine." Lily said plainly as she threw her clothes in the hamper in the corner of the room.

"Before you left, um did you happen to say you were going to Potter's or did I mishear you?" Andi asked hoping not to anger her friend.

Lily sighed as she began removing her earrings and necklace. "You heard me correctly." Lily said surprised at how nice her friends were being about this.

Remi and Andi were itching for details but knew even if they pried they wouldn't get anything out of Lily because that's how she always was. "Do you want to tell us anything about it?" Remi said hoping maybe Lily would tell them something, but of course she didn't.

Lily took her wand and performed a drying spell on her dripping tresses and smiled lightly at her friends. "I appreciate that you guys aren't prying but I don't really want to talk about it now. So can I please have my bed now because I really would like to get some sleep because I have to get up early for work." Lily said with a pleading look.

Remi and Andi nodded and left without a word. Andi, who had gotten home only a few minutes after Lily, decided to take a hot shower and Remi went down to the kitchen table and started reading a book she needed to read for Healer's training. Lily laid down in her bed and managed to sleep but not very soundly.

A/N: Well I hope that you all liked this chapter and that you stick with my story because I actually have some good ideas that I'm excited about. Right now you're probably wondering why it's called Clear Lake Blue right? Well that will come up later on in the story this particular lake has a significant part in this story. Well please leave me some reviews because that will definitely help motivate me to write faster! So PLEASE REVIEW!