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Summary: Lily Evans' life just started getting perfect, when, her world was turned upside-down, inside-out, and she has to start at the bottom again. and then just when she thought it couldn't take anymore twists and turns, it comes to an abrubt halt.

Chapter 1: Starry night

O.W.L.s were over, The stress was gone, Lily felt like a bird, flying free, she wanted to dance, to sing! To throw all her papers into the lake and watch them drift lazily into the reflection of the sunset, and laugh.

She settled on just watching the sun slip slowly behind the mountains, with her friends, none of which she had been particularly Close to. However, she now felt sorry about saying goodbye to them for the summer, they could be fun on occasion, and she would miss them.

When the sun was almost gone, a loud bout of Bark-like and loud laughter came from the old beech tree.

"Hey, Ladies," every girl in the vicinity tuned their heads to hear James Potter shouting out towards them, Lily remained staring forcibly at the Lake. "Come have a drink with us!" Sirius joined in shouting "To the End of Exams," and drained his glass. The four girls around Lily got up. The nearest, Olivia (the only person Lily could consider for the position of Best Friend), Pulled on her arm, and when she would not budge Meg, grabbed her other arm and they pulled her up in a joint effort.

Most of the girls skipped, or half-ran to the Marauders, But Lily. She dragged her feet, Celebrating with the marauders was not her idea of fun. However, they were not all bad, Remus Lupin, for example, He was a prefect, and all though he let his friends slip, he seemed like a handsome law abiding citizen. Her walk seemed less of a chore at this thought.

When she arrived, there were at least ten extra people, she took a seat on the grass next to Olivia, who was flirting with Sirius, Who was sitting next to Remus, who seemed a bit less enthused about the idea of the Party that James, who was next to him, was suggesting that they have in the common room.

Sirius handed over a Butterbeer to the girls around him, "Evans," he said with a fake wink, handing over the bottle, slippery with sweat. The air was hot and think and when the sun has disappeared and taken all it's light with it, James jumped at the opportunity of throwing a party in the common room, as Sirius now suggested, in protest to the darkening sky.

Lily spotted a few stars on the eastern horizon, and lay down to watch the rest emerge as everyone slowly dispersed towards the castle in bunches and pairs. She smiled when only silence was left on the grounds, echoing melodiously off the stone walls.

Quite a few minutes went by before someone else sighed at the peeking of the waning moon above the mountains. She sat up quickly and looked around the edge of the tree. There sat Remus Lupin, just as she had been, looking up into the sky, however, he now had his eyes closed. She wondered loosely if she should say something. Finally she decided on "Hello." He sat up quickly and looked wildly around before focusing on her. "How long have you been there?" She asked.

"Since after History of Magic O.W.L. this afternoon," He smiled nervously. Lily nodded in response. He was kind to make a nervous joke. "And what may I ask, were you doing over there?"

"Spying on you of course." Lily smiled.

"Not much of an interesting subject I'm afraid." He scooted around the tree to sit next to her.

"Okay, I lied," She smiled, again this time it stuck to her face, he was looking her directly in the eyes, that always made her stomach flip; that sincere eye contact is not the kind you make when you're talking, but the kind of connection you make when someone tries to stare intently into your soul and take it. "I'm a hopeless romantic watching the stars come out."

"Me too." he laughed, and looked back on the lake, her stomach went back to it's usual place, slowly. "As long as we're out here, doing the same thing, would you care to do it together?"

"Oh, that would be just lovely." Lily smiled, swooping feelings returning, and slid over next to him.

So, they sat there in silence, watching the moon rise above the mountains, and it's reflection, slide towards them on the lake. Finally it broke free of it's mountainous captor, and Lily watched it kind of skip the next few feet quickly and sighed, sitting her back on the tree. "Oh, It's so beautiful," she said quietly, looking over at Remus, expecting him to have seen the moon's Liberation. But he was sitting very close to her, looking intently at her, when she saw him, her heart skipped a beat.

"Yeah," He said quietly, "you are." Blood rushed to her head, everything was tingly and happy feeling, and he continued to look at her with a soul-catching stare, all she could do was grin. Adrenaline rushed through her every vein, causing her to have no idea who first closed the gap between them. She did however know that he was a very good kisser, he knew just what to do, and just how to do it.

Surely there was nothing inside of her now, she was the Mylar balloon version of Lily Evans, she drifted up to Heaven, and seemed un-poppable. However, her world burst in the middle of her adventures and she was looking at a sad-faced Remus Lupin. His hand slipped from the back of her neck. "I'm sorry," he said. "I shouldn't have done that."

She still couldn't form words in her mouth while she was still tingling from his touch. She could hardly keep her eyes open. If he shouldn't have done this, then why was he still so close? She wondered. Finally she shook herself awake, "Yes, yes you should have done that," she said very forcefully, "And you should do it again, several times."

He smiled sheepishly, "I dunno,"

"Well, I do know," she picked up one of his hands and placed it around her waist, "and speaking from experience I say, that you should to that again." His smile changed quite rapidly from sheepish to mischievous, a smile not often seen on Remus Lupin at all, and Lily Evans liked it. No- she loved it. Putting his hand on it's rightful place, the back of her neck, he pulled her back to his lips, and this time Lily fought to stay conscious. . .

Lily didn't walk back to her dorm, she floated, on clouds of Euphoria. No one was awake, that meant it had to be late. But she didn't mind, getting up late just meant no questions. She flopped down on her bed. It took her a while to get to sleep but when she did it was very peace filled, and almost dreamless.

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A/N: how was the first Chapter? not anything like the next ones at all in any way. but I'd still love your Reviews!