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Chapter 2

Lily was running late on September 1rst. She'd never been late before and was extremely disappointed with herself as she ran through King's cross. Five minutes. She saw the platform, she glanced around and kept running right through the barrier and onto Platform 9 ¾. Three minutes to spare, Lily grabbed her owl and shoved her trunk up onto the train. Once it was on board she walked down the carriage looking for the compartment her friends were in. The train had started moving, and it was only a moment later that she saw Alice and Marlene in a compartment to themselves.

"There you are Lily! We thought you weren't going to come." Alice told her as she made her way in.

"I was running late this morning and barely made it in time." Lily set her owl cage down on a vacant seat and started to heave her trunk up onto the rack above them. "I have something I need to tell you guys."

Lily was starting to feel a bit fuzzy, did that mean her mate was somewhere near them?

"Hello ladies." James Potter's voice came from the door, Lily looked up her heart pounding and her vision slipped. Lily crashed to the ground the trunk unbalanced coming after her.

James dove forward catching the heavy trunk before it landed on a KO'd Lily. He shoved it up onto the rack and looked between her friends.

"James you okay buddy?" Sirius asked poking his head around a shocked Remus and James, Remus having been right behind James as they entered.

"Why'd she pass out?" James asked picking up Lily's limp body. Remus put her owl up above with her trunk.

"I don't know, she said she had something to tell us then you entered and she passed out." Marlene told him as Sirius sat down next to her; she turned a bit red in the cheeks.

James sat down placing Lily carefully in his lap, at this point he'd take what he could for having her in his arms; even if she was knocked out.

"She's really out." James announced picking up her limp wrist and dropping it back on her thigh. It registered something inside Lily apparently because she let out a small groan then shifted. Everyone was staring at her and James' body started to react to her shifting in his lap.

"Lily?" Remus asked leaning over and Lily's eyelids started to flutter.

"What's going on?" She asked blinking furiously then up at the person she was apparently sitting on. "Ah!"

Lily jumped off of him surprised; then she sank into the seat across from him.

"What happened, my head is killing me." Lily stated rubbing her temples.

"Well, you were just about to tell us something and then James and his friends walked in and you passed out." Marlene told her.

"Then you nearly got squashed by your trunk but James caught it before it fell on you." Alice finished.

"Thanks for that." Lily said looking up at him with a smile. James was surprised but smiled back.

"What were you going to tell us?" Alice asked her.

"Oh well, it's a- I can't say it in front of the guys." Lily stuttered and boys raised their eyebrows.

"Does it have to do with a guy?" Marlene asked wiggling her eyebrows suggestively.

"No! Well sort of, but it's more what my parents told me over the summer." Lily explained.

Alice gasped. "YOU'RE BETROTHED!"

"NO! How did you even come up with something so ridiculous?" Lily asked her looking shocked.

"It could be a possibility, that's what muggles do." She shrugged.

"Maybe in the eighteenth century." Lily rolled her eyes and she pressed her back into the wall putting her feet up on the seat next to her so she could face the compartment better.

"Oh, are you pregnant then?" Marlene asked with a sigh. James looked like he was going to jump out of the train window.

"That idea is even more ridiculous than the Betrothed one, because technically you could count that as part of it." Lily closed her eyes wishing the boys weren't in there. Her head was pounding and she wanted to just come out and tell them but it would be awkward in front of the boys.

"What else could it be then?" Alice asked looking at her best friend; even the boys were attentive watching Lily's reactions to see if they could figure it out.

"Um." Lily bit her tongue then suddenly jumped up on the seat. She began digging in her trunk to find the book that had the section on Veela's in it. She pulled it out then slid back down on the seat.

"Remus if I tell you, you won't tell the others right?" Lily asked him holding the book in her lap.

"Of course not." Remus agreed.

"Okay, James, Sirius and Peter stay at that side of the compartment and you other three come down to this side." Lily waved around and James complied amazingly. The minute he was on the other side her headache subsided a bit though, but it was still there pounding. "No shouting anything out once you know either."

"We promise." Alice and Marlene said together.

"It's terribly shocking though and I know you guys are going to freak out." Lily told them and they held their pinkies out to her.

"Pinky Swear, it's your favorite muggle swear isn't it?" Marlene asked and Lily wrapped her pinky around their before opening the book. She found the section and the three huddled around. She handed the book to them and they all stared at the page together.

"No way!" Alice exclaimed looking at me. I nodded.

"You're not kidding?" Marlene looked at her.

"No and that means I only have a year." Lily exclaimed clutching her pounding head again.

"Oh Lily, what are we going to do?" Alice asked.

"Do you know who it is?" Remus asked after Lily ignored Alice's question.

"No, but you do know that I've found him. I mean come on, it's right there." Lily pointed at the text in front of Remus' face.

"I see that." Remus nodded.

"What am I going to do?" Lily asked him as her friends watched their exchange.

"Say yes whenever you feel a headache standing with them?" Remus suggested shrugging.

"Brilliant plan, so now I just become a random, desperate girl like everyone else?" Lily questioned staring at him.

"Okay, so maybe only to those in this compartment, I mean come on it is only about 3 feet, I doubt you'd have fainted if it wasn't someone in this compartment." Remus whispered leaning forward so no one could hear what they were saying.

"I really have to date the Marauders then?" Lily asked him with wide eyes.

"I would have to answer that with, yes." Remus tried to teased and Lily groaned banging her head against the window.

"I hate you." Lily muttered and Remus chuckled.

"Hey you might get lucky." Remus told her before moving to sit with his friends handing the book back to her.

"James stop staring at her!" Sirius slapped him upside the head and she clutched the same spot of her head as James. He looked at me for a moment and Remus raised his eyebrows.

"What?" Lily asked hoping it wasn't what she thought; he gave a slight nod towards James. "I hope not!"

Everyone started staring at me.

"My head was itchy, got a problem with that?" Lily quickly tried to cover and started scratching her head.

When the train stopped moving Lily jumped up get her trunk and owl down. James stood up and reached up to help her, he brushed her arm with his and there was a small sizzling sound. His arm was singed where it had touched mine.

"Ouch, what was that for?" He asked retracting his arm.

"I didn't do anything!" I told him exasperatedly, not knowing why he god burned.

"Whatever, if you didn't want help all you had to do was refuse." James told her moving to get his stuff down.

"I never said I didn't want your help!" Lily practically shouted at him and he turned to face her.

"I don't know why you got burned, I'm sorry that you did! Honestly!" Lily looked about to cry and James took pity on her.

"I'm sorry Lily. If we don't get off the train though, we're going to be heading back to London." James smiled and tugged her trunk off the rack. Lily gave him a genuine smile and they exited the train together.

"What took you two so long?" Sirius asked grumpily, causing Remus to give Lily a quelling look again.

"What's happened to your arm?" Alice asked looking at Lily's left arm, there was a burn mark there in the same spot as James. This was too much; everything just had to be a coincidence right? Remus could easily be my real mate! Lily thought frantically.

"No idea." I replied and Remus' eyes flicked to James arm, but it was covered by the sleeves of his robe.

Lily pulled on her long sweeping robe that she had forgotten to put on when she'd changed. The three girls and Frank Longbottom who hadn't been able to find Alice on the train sat in a carriage on the way up to the castle. They were laughing and having a wonderful time and when they climbed out the Marauders were walking right behind them. They were almost to the great hall when James called out:

"Hey Lily, will you go out with me?" Severus turned to see how Lily would tell him no this year, but to everyone's surprise even her own she said something completely different.

"Sure." Lily smiled then came James' reply which seemed automatic.

"Why n-" He stopped mid question. "Did you just say yes?"

"I believe I did. Yeah I'm pretty sure I did." Lily told him then she walked into the Great Hall her friends hurrying after her to see what that was all about. Severus stood there shocked for a moment more before sweeping into the Great Hall.

"Well mate, looks like you finally got the girl." Sirius joked.

"Padfoot, she only said yes to a date, not that she'd marry him." Remus reprimanded the two.

"She still said yes though." Peter put in shrugging up at his friends.

"I'm actually getting a date with Lily Evans, the Lily Evans." James turned excitedly to his friends and Sirius and Peter were grinning at him. Remus looked a bit curious about something, but James didn't care. He just strode into the Great Hall with an extra bounce in his step and a grin spread across his face.

Evil me. Hehe *evil laugh* Now we just have to wait for her confess her Veela secret...

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