So, I'll probably upload a couple of chapters a day until I've caught up to where I'm at. Here's chapter 2 ;)

After letting herself onto the platform, Lily sought after the messy haired Head Boy who had accosted her at the front of the station. She smiled to herself and thought, Imagine the look on Marlene's face when she finds out who I'm looking for.

After minutes, she still hadn't found him and was distracted by a high pitched squeal from behind her.

'Little Red!' Lily spun around, a brilliant smile plastered across her face as she was thrown to the ground by a mess of blonde curls. She looked up into the blue eyes of her best friend, Marlene Mckinnon, who had pinned her to the floor, grinning like a lunatic. 'Lily, my sweet, I missed you!'

Lily pushed her off as Marlene started raining kisses all over her slowly darkening cheeks. Lily looked around, an older boy with grey eyes and a smirk winked at them. 'Oh look Marlene; it's your darling Sirius...' Marlene growled and hooked her arm onto Lily's.

'Let's go Red; I don't even want to see him right now.'

'Lena, what happened?' Marlene shook her head and dragged Lily into an empty compartment and put a secrecy charm on the door.

'I kind of...' Marlene trailed of, her hands still swirling. Eventually she groaned and then made a series of vulgar hand gestures.

Lily gasped and began to laugh, 'You little whore!'

'Shut it Evans! I really, really like him and... Well, I broke it off with him...'

'You did what?' Lily took Marlene into her arms and hugged her. 'Why?'

'Because I know what he's like at school! I don't want him to make a fool out of me!' Marlene sighed and buried her head in Lily's shoulder. 'Honey, you're supposed to be in the heads compartment... Alice will be here soon.'

Lily gave Marlene a soft peck on the side of her mouth and grinned, 'I'm sorry I don't kiss as well as Sirius. But honestly, can you blame me?' Marlene laughed and threw a pillow at her as she slammed the door shut.

Lily was quite surprised when she reached the Heads Compartment, James Potter, Procrastinator of the Year, was already sitting at the table, quill in hand.

'I thought you might be late,' he said quietly, not looking up from the parchment under his nose.

'Why? When is Lily Evans ever late?' she asked sitting across from him.

He merely shrugged, 'I hear Marlene had some interesting news.'

After a few minutes of silence, Lily got tired of the sound of his scratching quill grating through the tense air. She quickly plucked the quill from his hand.

'Hey!'

'James, what are you doing?'

He looked up, his hazel eyes grazing across Lily's face, 'I was just writing a letter... My parents are in Australia, visiting friends...'

'Oh, sorry,' she quickly gave his quill back and his face split into a broad grin.

'It's ok, love. Here, try this. They sent it over for my last week but Sirius won't touch the stuff... I fell in love with it.' He pulled out a small glass jar from his bag and opened it up. Lily felt her cheeks heat up a little at James' term of endearment. She scolded herself.

'Vegemite, James?'

He looked confused, 'How do you...?'

'I have cousins in Australia; they send me over jars of it. You're not the only one with weird taste. Come on; let's get started on the notes for the Prefect meeting.'

James nodded and put the jar back in his bag, pulling out another roll of parchment. He also took two of a shelf beside him. He handed her one of the rolls and opened his carefully.

Mr Potter,

Congratulations on making Head Boy this year. I know you will do well. Attached is a list of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh year Prefects. You, along with Miss Evans, must roster each Prefect for rounds at least one night a week and for an hour each weekend. I am also leaving you two in charge of Hogsmeade Visits and anything else you think may think the students will enjoy. If Miss Evans has finally succumbed to your charms and is reading this I beg that she stops reading here.

James laughed and showed Lily the last line of his letter, she rolled her eyes with a smirk and shook her head, 'That man has finally lost it.'

Now Mr Potter, I know you have a weak spot for pranking people, I am not asking you to give it up, just that you don't get caught. I'll have you know, I quite enjoy seeing the faces of students when they realise that their hair has turned pink and is standing on end.

Once again, Congratulations on making Head Boy and I hope all is well for the coming year.

Sincerely,

Albus Dumbledore.

James shook his head and turned to Lily, who was watching him carefully.

'James, is something wrong?'

'Why do you keep calling me James?'

'That's your name, is it not, Mr Potter?'

He nodded vigorously, 'I'm just confused.'

'Wouldn't be the first time,' she answered, grinning cheekily. She didn't know why, but she felt unusually comfortable with James. Last year, he would have asked her out by now. She liked this new James.

'Ha ha, funny... Maybe I should just go back to calling you Evans and yelling stuff like... "Hey Evans, do you have a mirror in your pants?" down corridors.'

'A mirror in my pants?'

'Yeah, coz I can see myself in them.'

To James' utmost surprise, Lily burst out laughing, 'Oh, James, that was terrible! So terrible, in fact, that I may have given you a pity date out of it...'

'Really?'

'No,' she said, finally controlling her giggles. Looking down at the parchment in front of her, Lily raised an eyebrow, 'Well James, how would you feel about organising a
ball? Maybe for Halloween?'

James grinned, 'I'll agree on one condition...'

'If you ask me to go to the ball with you, I will tell Marlene that you snooped through my underwear draw and stole my lingerie...'

'You own lingerie?' Lily blushed, annoyed that she'd let that little piece of information out.

'That is not the point of this conversation, James... Marlene would go on a Potter pranking spree and you would be humiliated beyond belief...' James suddenly jumped up and sat on the chair next to her, looking like a fifteen year old girl in the mood to gossip.

And yes, he was going to gossip. 'Oh my gosh! Did you hear about Marlene and Sirius?'

Lily squealed in excitement, 'Of course! How did it happen?'

'Well, you know Sirius lives with me?' Lily nodded, completely enraptured by the story of her best friend falling in love. 'Marlene came over to play Quidditch on the pitch at my place and I left to babysit one of my cousins and apparently...'

'Are you two finished gossiping?' Lily and James turned to find Remus Lupin standing at the door, looking politely confused at the fact that James and Lily were speaking. 'The Prefects are all here. James? You know Sirius is going to kill you, right?'