Firstly, thank you so so much to everyone who reviewed the first chapter! I really appreciate it! So this chapter will follow onto the first day of summer. Because obviously James and Lily didn't spend much time together during the summer, it will flick backwards and forwards between the two. Please review again! Also, if you add it to favourites/alerts and don't leave me a review – I will hunt you down!

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"For Merlin's sake James," Remus sighed, starting to become frustrated with his hapless friends, "how difficult is it to have one conversation with her, without acting like a prat."

"I didn't mean to annoy her-"

"No you never do." Remus sighed, it had been six years and he still felt like he was talking to a group of immature first years. Remus loved his friends, of course he did, but sometimes they were completely exhausting.

"James! Sirius!" Striding up the platform towards the group of boys was a tall man, who bore a striking resemblance to James, following a dark haired woman who was anxiously glancing around, looking for her sons.

"Mum!" Sirius yelled, dropping his trunk and running to embrace Dorea Potter. Sirius had never had a particularly good relationship with his biological parents, and after enduring years of emotional and physical neglect, he finally left. Sirius had since been taken in by the Potters and they considered him their second son.

"You two look awfully serious," Charlus Potter remarked, stopping in front of his son and Remus, who were still discussing a certain red haired witch.

"Oh hello Mr Potter," Remus replied politely, but seeing the pointed look on James's father's face, quickly corrected himself, "Charlus."

Mr Potter laughed, "Is anything the matter? What have you done now?"

"You have so little faith in me dad," James complained mournfully, "when was the last time I got in trouble?"

"You were in detention this morning Prongs!" Remus interjected incredulously, smirking at the scowl he received in response.

"Yes but my dad didn't know that!"

"Oops!" Then spotting his mother, Remus strolled off, calling a quick goodbye to his friends and their parents.

"So what's it really about then?" Charlus asked, and then, when his son didn't reply, laughed. "So I'm guessing it involves a red haired girl with green eyes?" Seeing the look of disbelief his son's face he continued, "She's all you talk about son."

James was lost for words, yes, it was well known within Hogwarts that James Potter was madly in love with Lily Evans, but he hadn't realised that the news had quite reached his parents yet. Thinking about it, James supposed that Lily did come up quite often in conversation, but it was still quite embarrassing to think that his parents were aware of his infatuation.

"If you want my advice James," Charlus stopped his son and turned to face him, "move on. No one can be worth this much time and effort and heartbreak. Maybe it's just not meant to be."

"Boys!" Dorea Potter called, beckoning them over and James followed Charlus in a daze. As a young child, James had followed his father around endlessly, and he still considered his father a role model. If there was one person in the entire world who could convince James to move on it was his father, but the frank piece of advice had shocked James. As the family of four apparated home, James was seized by doubt. What if he was just an idiot who couldn't take no for an answer? Yes, his fellow Hogwarts students had been telling him this for years, but James had always been able to shake it off, convinced that his persistence would eventually pay off. What if he had just wasted six years of his life?

As James wrestled with his conscience, the object of his (confused) affections was enjoying her first Potter free hours at home. The car journey from King's Cross Station had given her an hour or so to sort out her frustrations and condemn all thoughts of hazel eyes and arrogant toerags to the furthest corners of her mind and begin to enjoy her summer.

"There's something you should know before Tuney gets home," Carolyn Evans began hesitantly, wary off bringing up the tense subject of Lily's absent sister. Receiving no response from her stony-faced daughter, she continued, "She's got a new boyfriend."

"Poor bloke."

"You wouldn't be saying that if you knew him," she joked, attempting to diffuse the tension.

"They sound perfect for each other."

"Lily…" Carolyn sighed, wishing that for once, it could be like Little Woman, that her daughters would be best friends again, rather than at each other's throats constantly.

"She started it."

"But can't you just end it?"

"No." Lily replied flatly, she had already spent too much time running after her sister, begging for her forgiveness. Really, it was quite ridiculous, what was she seeking forgiveness for? Being a witch? Well that wasn't by choice, and neither was her admission to Hogwarts. "She needs to grow up."

"I wish you wouldn't grow up," Mrs Evans sighed, "I wish you could both stay my little girls."

Lily laughed before reaching over to hug her mother, "I'll always be your little girl."

Oh My Gosh I'm so sorry for this – I know it's really short and nothing happened! This is just a slight filler chapter because I've been dying from a ridiculous combination of writer's block and obscene amounts of homework. I just wanted to start and introduce characters slowly so I promise it'll get better – bear with me! I find writing James really difficult, I enjoy writing him with Sirius or Lily but otherwise it's hard so give me time. I really value feedback and even the shortest review makes my day!

JinxWing xo