" Back to school tomorrow," Lily sighed, as she pulled on her pyjama bottoms.
" Back to being tortured by Black and Potter," I laughed.
" They aren't that bad T," Lily said slowly. I walked towards her and put my hand on her forehead.
" Are you sick?" I asked.
" Don't be stupid. James apologised to me at the end of last year. We should give them a chance," she said. I folded my arms and raised an eyebrow.
" Give them a chance? We've hated them since our first day.."
" If I remember correctly you said Sirius was.."
" That's not the point! Has the world gone mad?"
" I think we should at least try to be civil. We only have to put up with them for one more year."
I climbed into bed and stared at Lily, who was on the mattress on the ground.
" What are you not telling me?" I asked.
" I may have saw him once or twice over summer..."
"WHAT?"
" Taylor. We have to be at the station in one hour and you are still asleep."
" One more minute."
A minute later I was on the floor. I opened my eyes and glared at Lily.
" For my best friend you sure are mean," I grumbled.
" Come on, up you get," she said, putting a hand down for me to grab. I grabbed it and stood up.
" You can fix my bed while I get dressed," I said. I grabbed a skirt and top from the wardrobe and went into the bathroom. I washed and dressed quickly then tied my long hair up.
I went back into my room to see Lily shoving the spare mattress my bed.
" Ready to go then?" I asked. She nodded and pushed her hair behind her shoulder. " Do you need to wear that badge already?"
" I want to show it off," she said.
" More like rub it in the faces of the poor Ravenclaw girls," I laughed, I grabbed my wand off the table and slipped it into my pocket before we walked downstairs.
" You girls are early. It's only half eight," Mum said. I turned and glared at Lily.
" Lily Evans. You lied to me," I said.
" You needed to get up," she said.
" No I didn't. I only needed to get up in like an hour!" I said.
I ran through the barrier after Lily and saw the scarlet train in front of me. The smoke was clouding the air and I coughed.
" Lily, come on. I'd rather not die thanks to the smoke," I said.
" One minute. I can see James," she said.
" You'll see him at school," I replied. She ignored me and walked through the crowds of people. I sighed and followed her as quickly as I could. I stopped a few metres away and stared.
They were hugging.
I walked past them and got on the train, along with my trunk and Bunny, my cat. I walked along looking for my friends and eventually found them near the top of the train, Remus, Frank and Peter were sitting with them. I walked in and put my trunk on the overhead rail then sat down.
" Good morning," I said.
" Where's Lily?" Daffy asked.
" With Potter," I said.
" Oh, so they're still together?" Alice said, before Hayley had her hand over her mouth.
" Ignore her. She's hasn't slept since June," Hayley said.
" I'd believe that," I snorted. " Did you get that Charms homework? I just couldn't get it."
" You can copy mine tomorrow," Daffy said.
" Thanks. Why I took it for NEWT I don't know," I said with a laugh.
" Because you can't be a Healer without it," Remus said, and I smiled. The door slid open and Lily and James walked in, grinning. They were followed by an extremely annoyed Black. He looked at me.
" Did you know?" He asked.
" About what?" I asked back.
" Them two," he said.
" I found out five minutes ago," I said, glaring at Lily, who automatically looked to Alice who started to blush. When no one spoke I stood up. " I need to go to the bathroom." I left the compartment and walked down the train. I stopped when I saw an empty compartment and I slipped inside.
So...
James apologised to Lily.
They met up over Summer.
They are now together.
And she didn't bother telling me any of this.
" Aren't my friends great?" I asked myself.
" I wasn't told either," Black said, and I jumped.
" When did you get in here?"
" While you were daydreaming." He smirked and sat opposite me. " So why did they tell everyone but us?"
" I don't know," I replied.
" You really had no idea?"
" No."
" Did Lily mention anything?"
" No."
" So you only heard today?"
" Yes."
" We need to do something. We need to get them back for keeping secrets."
" I would prefer not to get involved Black. I haven't had detention yet and I don't want any this year," I said.
" And if you stick with me you won't get any," he said.
" Right," I said, standing up. I pushed opened the door again as he spoke.
" So, how about that date?"
" In your dreams," I laughed.
As I walked back I remembered the first time I was on this train.
Taylor glanced around anxiously. She didn't know anyone and her parents couldn't come through with her.
" Hi." She turned to see a girl with really short red curls, that reminded her of Little Orphan Annie.
" Hi," Taylor whispered.
" Good, you're a first year too. I'm Daffy. Well it's really Daphne but everyone calls me Daffy. I'm the last in my family to go to Hogwarts, and everyone's in Gryffindor. My sister Molly's already finished and the twins are in sixth year. And they said that they wouldn't sit with me on the way to school even though Mum asked them too," she said, and Taylor couldn't help but laugh.
" I'm a muggleborn... Is that the right word?" She said, with a grin.
" Yep, come on. Lets get on the train," Daffy said, nearly bouncing with excitement.
" I've got an older brother, he's nineteen and my sister is five," Taylor said, as they got on the train.
" I wish I wasn't the youngest. I have to do everything," she said. They walked up the train, passing two boys also in first year as they went.
" You haven't seen a spider. Have you?" The boy with glasses asked.
" It's probably be squished," Taylor replied.
" James, will you just give up. You can get another one in school," the other boy said, he smiled at Taylor who looked to the ground.
" Ok. Come on Sirius," James said.
" See you at the sorting," Sirius said, staring at Taylor. " And maybe we can talk at dinner. If we're in the same house." Taylor smiled and nodded before he walked away.
Daffy raised an eyebrow and smiled at her new friend.
" Do you like him?"
" We're eleven and we've only just met. But based on those two minutes I would say yes," Taylor said.
" You'll be perfect together. I can see it already," Daffy squealed.