Chapter Two:

As I boarded the train that fateful year, I was on a mission. A mission to steal Lily Evans heart. But when I first boarded the train after saying goodbye to my mother, I ran into Lily way too soon. I didn't know what to do! I didn't have a plan or tactics or anything! I simply wasn't prepared to deal with a girl like her. As I ran speeding around the corridor I ran into her. Not literally, but accidentally.

You see I'm not the type of guy who likes to run into his crushes. I prefer to observe from afar. To make subtle moves. So unlike James, who preferred to stalk his crushes, and then flirtatiously make a move.

But as soon as I saw her, my heart started to go into hyperdrive and I felt like I couldn't breathe. Like I was having some sort of reaction, which I kind of was, only to Lily Evans. It got to the point, it felt like I was choking, choking on my own heart.

"Hi!" she smiled at me, as she slid into the compartment next to where I had stopped. I nodded my head, confused, and shocked. Did she just say hi to me? Did she just say hi to me? I kept asking myself. No, she must have been saying hi to someone else. At least I didn't respond, That would have made me an even bigger idiot. I felt dazed, and I slowly drifted over to where I normally sat with my three friends, David Ode, Sean Dean, and Ivan Turner.

As I entered my compartment, I noticed that David was sitting there all alone.

"H-hey!" I shakily called out to David, still stunned by my recent run in, "Where's Sean and Ivan?" I asked.

"Oh, Ivan is head boy, and is setting up in the heads compartment, and Sean is-" started David, looking at me concerned.

"Flirting with all of the adorable new 5th year prefects!" filled in Sean Dean, sliding open the door. "Their really hot this year!" I shook my head. Sean was always obsessing over one girl or another. He was the most outgoing and flirtatious out of the four of us.

"I do have to admit." said David, my more sensible friend. "That Lily Evans is quite the-"

"Quite the babe." Filled in Sean. "I know! I know! It's just too bad Will here doesn't have the chance to hang out with her, since she hates his brother."

"Hey!" I objected. "She said hi to me on the train just now! I'm sure that's more then your ever going to hear from her!"

"Whoa! Since when have you started liking Lily Evans?" asked Sean, wide-eyed.

"I don't." I sighed frustrated. "I'm just a little irritated at girls using me to get to my brother." See, you might be wondering why my friends don't know about me liking Lily. But I'm not really one who likes to confide in others. I prefer to…well I prefer to confide in a person who doesn't slip up or anything. I'm always afraid that my friends are going to be slipped a truth potion and all of my secrets will be spilled in front of everyone over pumpkin juice. So I stuck to confiding in the one person in my life who I knew would never tell a soul. Tulia. My owl.

"You know what mate?" asked David, looking concerned again. "You need a woman. Not a temporary woman, but you need to like, fall in love."

"No I don't." I said, "It's just a phase." I tried to tell myself that the next 5 minutes, but it wasn't working. And soon, I would have to go to the prefect's compartment and face Lily. Oh Merlin.

Suddenly, the door to our compartment opened, and I came face to face with my little brother.

"Hey Will!" he exclaimed, sliding down on the seat. I wondered where Sirius, Remeus and Peter were, James normally didn't go anywhere without them. Or vice versa. But I saw that they were waiting outside after a second look.

"Hey Jamie." I responded, teasing him a little. James hated that nickname I had given him, shortly after birth. What can I say? Old habits die hard. And I couldn't resist the opportunity to embarrass him in front of him and his big shot friends.

"Aw Will! You know I hate that nickname. And if you keep this up, you might wind up being our first prank of the year." He warned and winked at me. I grinned at my mischievous brother.

"Not if you want me to write dad that you are getting points docked from Gryfindor." I threatened. Our dad was part of the Gryfindor alumuni, and he was constantly nagging James to quit messing around and to concentrate on earning points for Gryfindor.

"Merlin Willy." He said, using my childhood nickname too. "You're just too cruel!" he exclaimed, fake clutching his heart. I laughed.

"What's happening?" I asked, praying that it wouldn't be anything dealing with Lily. Please don't be about Lily. Please don't be about Lily. Please don't be about Lily. Please-

"Oh I was wondering if you could do me a favor." He asked. I frowned. This was not going good so far.

"Depends on the favor." I said in a business like voice.

"Weeeelll, I was wondering, since you're a prefect and all…" He said, trying to pull a Sirius on me. Sirius was always getting girls, teachers, parents and peers to do stuff for him, by opening up his eyes and blinking a lot. It worked for Sirius, and apparently he was giving lessons to James, because he was looking very convincing.

"Sooooo I was wondering If you could possibly talk to Evans for me?" he asked. Oh Merlin. Sweet Merlin, why? Why? I'm mostly selfless, I get pretty good grades, I don't get in trouble, why? I was about to give in looking in my brothers eyes, but I then remembered my resolution for this year. I was going to step out of his shadow. I was going to get Lily Evans. And helping him get her, was not helping myself.

"Sorry, no can do little bro." I said, turning around to face my friends.

"But whyyyyy?" whined James, blinking even more now, "You have to talk to all of the prefects anyways." He said, still trying to convince me. But my mind was set.

"Haven't you harassed that poor girl enough?" I asked. "It's obvious she doesn't like you." I said. Okay, I'll admit that was a little cruel, but Lily didn't like him! She was revolted by him! So he should respect that. I would. Okay, no I wouldn't. But I wouldn't act like a crazed stalker, asking her out every minute of the day!

"Fine." said James, huffing away. But I wasn't concerned. He would find somebody else to amuse him for a while before his infatuation would start up again.. He always did. Meanwhile, I had a prefects meeting to get to, and I wouldn't want to be late!