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Author's Note~ Sorry, but this chapter is really not good at all. I wrote it as I was watching t.v.

The Story Of Us ~ Chapter 2

Lily's first year passed quickly. Maggie and Jackie were great friends, and, she realized had no advantage in classes, being from magical families. In fact, Lily was top in all of her classes, except for transfigurations, which James had mastered.

After that first encounter in the hallway, James was quite polite to Lily, and their groups bonded. They had a great year playing pranks on Slytherins, and causing mishap in their classes. Maggie and Sirius were the worst of all. They always had a smirk on their faces, their heads bent together making up the newest prank. Halfway during the first year, a new kid, by the name of Peter Pettigrew came to Hogwarts. Funnily enough, he was put into Gryffindor (everyone thought he would be better off in Hufflepuff), and took to following the Marauder's around. They pitied him (especially Remus) and decided to make him a member of their "club."

The two following years passed as quickly as the first one did, and before Lily new it, she was returning home after her first three years at Hogwarts. Petunia had learned, years back when Lily came home for her first Christmas holidays, not to mess with her little sister- she was the queen of charms.

It was a good thing that Lily and James made peace, after their first day at Hogwarts, because it turned out that Lily's mom's cousin was a witch, and went to school with James's father. The Evans visited the Potters at their beach house a great number of times a year, (much to Petunia's dismay), and Lily could hardly sit still on the Hogwarts Express, on their way home for summer vacation. James had told her that they had gotten a new speedboat, and Lily couldn't wait to wake-board behind it.

Two weeks into the summer, Lily was sitting in her mini-van, squashed in between her broomstick, (James was on the Quidditch team-along with Sirius and Maggie- and insisted on practicing throughout the summer) and her duffel bag. The ride was long and sweaty, and as soon as the Evans arrived, Lily jumped out of her van.

"James" she yelled, dashing into the house, "put on your suit we're going swimming. (Hello Mr. and Mrs. Potter)"

"I'll meet you out there" James called down from his room.

Lily knew the house like the back of her hand, and flew upstairs into the room she shared with Petunia. Unpacking could wait, it was time to cool off. She opened her bag and pulled out her new swimsuit. It was a tankini, with funky green, blue, and yellow slashes across it. She had decided to buy it, because the green in the suit matched her eyes perfectly, and she wanted to look pretty. 'For who?" she had thought?

She raced down stairs, her fiery hair flowing behind her like the tail of a kite flowing in the wind. James was already at the beach wading into the water.

"It's cold Lily, wa-" but James was cut off as Lily streamed past him and dove into the water. She came up with a piece of seaweed in her hair. James swam out to her.

"You look like a mermaid" he said, and pulled it off.

"Well you look like a sea monster" Lily reported back to him.

"Why I aughta...." with that James took after Lily chasing her deeper and deeper into the lake.

"No, don't…" Lily was laughing so hard that she gulped in a mouthful of water and choked. She tried to take a breath, but just drank in more water. "James!" she cried, gulping in more water. She turned in circles looking for something to grab onto, but found nothing. "Help! James!" with every word, more and more water came into her mouth. When finally she could breath no more, Lily went under.

"Holy…..Lily!" James dove under the water, and opened his eyes. He couldn't see a thing, it was too murky, and not to mention, he didn't have his glasses on.

"Thud" he felt something knock his arm. He reached out and felt a foot; he pulled at it, and grabbed onto Lily's shoulders. With all the strength he could muster, James started swimming back up to air. If Lily hadn't been such a petite person, and if he himself hadn't been working out, on account of Quidditch, the situation would have been a lot tougher. But he brought them both up to air, and pulled the spluttering Lily to shore.

"Lily?!" James shook her shoulders. She lay there, her chest slowly falling and rising, but it was falling and rising, which meant that she was breathing.

"Aw, shoot" thought James "I thought she was gonna need mouth-to-mouth." He looked down at her, alarmed at what he had just thought. "I don't like Lily! She's like my sister. That would be wrong! It must just be the water in my lungs." He shook his head to get the thought out, and called Lily's name once more.

"Lils? You okay?"

"James?" Lily opened her emerald eyes, and saw a pair of concerned brown eyes looking back. "What happened?"

"You're fine, don't worry"

"Yes, I can see that, but what happened?"

"Oh, that…right, well you swallowed water, and went under."

"So….."

"So, I saved you. Don't worry about thanking me, you're very welcome."

"Thank you?" Lily screeched and sat up, knocking James over. "Why should I thank you, when you're the reason I nearly drowned?" She stood up, her full 5 feet and 4 inches looming over James, who was still sitting in the sand. "I will not thank you" she spat.

"Well, then at least sit with me" James said, while doing so; he raised his leg in the air, behind Lily, and knocked his leg against the bend in her knee. She came crashing down, and smacked onto the sand beside James. "That's better" he said, and grinned her that grin, that melted every girls heart.

"Yah, fine." Lily glared at James, and couldn't help but smile, and feel a small flutter in her heart.

Sorry that this chapter was so short, I wasn't in a very creative mood when I wrote it L I'll try better next time. But do review, those are ALWAYS nice to have!!