Septermber 1, 1977

Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is I found my Hogwarts uniforms. They were in the laundry room! To think that they were there all this time (I was sure that Petunia got a hold of them since she's been so giddy lately, but I later found out that her oaf of a boyfriend has put aside that fact that I'm "different" and is still going to marry Petunia -- damnit!). Oh, and I cleaned my room. Shocking I know, but its clean. My mom almost had a heart attack when she saw my room. I think she said something along the lines of: "Last time I saw your room this clean was the day we took you home from the hospital! And you have a floor! I haven't see that since you were seven! Harold! Harold, you have to come and look at this!"

"What is it, Brook?"

"Our little Lilliana has cleaned her room!" at this point my mother looked like she wanted to throw a bloody party and I wouldn't put it passed her either.

"Really?" He took one look in my room and began to sing praise with my mother, "Woah...I haven't seen your room this clean since we took you home from the hospital."

The bad news is James Potter is Head Boy. I was so sure Lupin would get it, considering he's been a prefect since fifth year, but he probably only got it to keep his idiotic friends in line. But alas, he let him friends run a mockery of the school rules and he did nothing to stop them! Granted I never stepped in to stop them (I just yell at them after the fact) , except when they were terroizing Snape after our DADA O.W.L but at least I did something! Lupin just sat there with a bloody frown on his face! God, if you don't like what your friends are doing you tell them! And Pettigrew wasn't an better, in fact what he was doing was down right scary. Sitting up straight looking like Christmas had come early, clapping and egging Potter and Black on. And by the looks on their faces I think that Potter and Black liked the fact that one of their friends was acting like one of those bimbo fan girls that follow the blasted group around.

Lily closed her journal and hid it deep inside her trunk, she didn't need Potter or Black find it and blasting her secrets from first year on all over the school. Especially that crush she had on Potter for most of their second year. Lily shuddered. 'I would die if Potter or any one else for that matter found out about that serious lack of judgement.' She than got up, smoothed an imaginary wrinkle out of her skirt and left the compartment to find her friends.

"Cheer up, Prongs. It wasn't that bad."

James stopped from hitting his head against the window and look at his friend. "Wasn't that bad? Wasn't that bad! Bloody hell Wormtail she almost bit my head off when she found out I was Head Boy!"

"At least I got something good out of it." Sirius said with a smirk

"Oh," said James looking at his friend with a raised eyebrow, "And what's that?"

"20 gallons from both Moony and Wormtail. Moony said that she would completly ignore you when she found out, while Wormtail said that she would go to Dumbledore and demand that he make you give the badge back to Moony," conituned Sirius ignoring the wild hand motions Remus and Peter were making, "And I said that when she found out she would turn an attractive shade of pink than proceed to yell at you--" Sirius cut short finally noticing the murderous glare James was sending him. He turned to Remus and Peter, "I shouldn't have told him that. Right?"

"No you should have told him that we put money on Lily's reaction when she found out he was Head Boy." repiled Peter with a sigh

"Really?"

"NO!" chorused Peter and Remus.

"You guys had money on how Lily was going to react?" said a surpirsingly calm James "You guys were betting on what she was going to do!" Turning his attantion back to the window he grumbled, "Some friends I have."

"Woah..man. We didn't think you'd care this much. How about this I'll split the money with you. Besides if you hadn't become Head Boy I wouldn't have the money in the first place," said Sirius with a smile

"I can't believe him! You'd think he'd stop being such an arragant toe-rag! But no its physically impossible for Potter to grow up just the tiniest bit!" Lily contuined to rant to her friends not even bothering to stop and see if they were listening, "And how he shows off with that snitch! I thought it was unhealthy to be into yourself but once again he's proved me wrong. What the hell was Dumbledore thi--"

"Lily dear. This is our last year at Hogwarts. Can we please not talk about Potter durning the Welcome Back feast?" asked Amanda Kasey.

Lily stopped ranting and looked at Amanda, who was sitting across from her and, as always, was reading a book. Amanda was the most soft spoken of the friends and was rarely seen without her best friends Droces, Janet and Lily. She was undoubtably the bookworm of the group. So much so that she spent most of her time in the libraray and during Hogsmead weekends she "would much rather sit in front of a roaring fire and curl up with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate." When she wasn't see with a book she was often seen tutoring some of the younger students with either Potions or Herbology -- as those classes were her best subjects. She was often reminding her friends about forgotten homework and test that they had to study for. She had been a prefect along with Lily during both their fifth and sixth year but surprisingly she wasn't one this year. She was rather pretty with her big brown eyes and curly light chestnut hair but she didn't care about dating or boys, she would much rather hang around with her best friends.

"Amanda's right Lily, said Dorces, "Every year we have heard you rant about how terrible--"

"or handsome."

"Potter is and how much you you hate-"

"or love."

"Janet! Stop interrupting me!"

"Wait wait wait!" said Lily looking slightly confused, " When have I ever said that he was handsome and that I loved him?"

"In your second year when you had the biggest crush on him in all of man-kind." answered Janet. Janet Michaels was the most honest girl you would ever meet. She would tell you the truth even if it was brutal. Her motto was: "I would rather tell the truth and make someone cry than lie and have them smile." Most people thought that she was just being a bitch but her friends knew Janet was just being...well Janet. She was also the most fashion conscious girl you would ever meet. She kept up at date by ordering various wizarding fashion magazins. Janet was always trying to get the other girls to try some of the new make-up she bought or have them try on clothes that would flatter their body better and what color matchs their skin tone best. The three other girls would start off running in the opposite direction whenever Janet would say she has something for them, and most of the time Janet caught up with them seeing as she ran track for most of her primary school.

Lily stared at her. She had forgotten that she told them about her little lack of judgement five years ago. "I was not in love with him." Lily growled crossing her arms over her chest.

"You so were! You even went to the Quidditch pitch to watch him practice after he made the house team!" said Dorces looking smug. Dorces Meadows, Lily's best friend. The two met on their first train ride to Hogwarts and had became fast friends. And it only got better when they were both put into the same house: Gryffindor. Dorces knew Lily better than anyone, she could tell when she was having a bad day or when something was bothering her when nothing appeared to be wrong. The two girls were as close as sisters and sometimes considered them to be since Dorces was an only child and Lily only had Petunia. She was the most sport obssesed out of the group, and had made the Quiddtich team during their third year when the keeper, Samantha Farsen, graduated the year before. She was also the tallest of the group being 5'7" while Amanda, who was the shortest, was 5'4".

Lily blushed and whipped her head around to see if anybody was listening to their conversation, "Keep your voice down! What if someone hears you!?" Lily said a little more harshly than she intended. Her friends however didn't notice.

"Lily you nee--"

"Shh! Stop talking guys," whispered Amanda, "Dumbledore is about to speak!"

The girls stopped their arguing and looked up to see that Albus Dumbledore had indeed risen from his seat at the Head table and was perpared to make a toast. He was beaming at the students, his arms opened wide, as if nothing could have pleased him more than to see them all there.

"Welcome!" he said. "Welcome back to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin out banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddoment! Tweak! Thank you!" Dumbledore sat back down while everyone clapped and cheered.

James blinked. "Well that was...werid." said James as Dumbledore sat back down.

"Are you kidding!" said Sirius, who was clapping loudly along with everyone else. "It was bloody genius!"

"Padfoot, sit down. You're embarrassing yourself." joked Peter

"Wormtail, Wormtail, Wormtail," said Sirius sat down and than started shaking he head back and forth like he was disappointed in Peter, "When are you going to learn? Chicks like when a guy isn't afraid to look like an idoit. It shows them that your confident with yourself."

"Really?" said Peter as he hung on to Sirius every word, like a child would hang onto a his/her parent.

"Of course! I know what I'm talking about," replied Sirius who had his arms crossed and had a rather arragont expression on his face. " I know everything there is to know about girls and why they do the things they do. From how they act to how they dress. It's all up here." finished Sirius pointing to his head

Remus snorted, "What's next are you going to demand us to call you Dr. Love and make us pay you when we come to you for advice?"

Sirius looked up to the bewitched ceiling -- which at the present time looked like it was about to down pour on to the unexpecting students below -- and scratched his chin, "Hmm...That's not a bad idea."

"Hey! Maybe you can help Prongs get Lily!" Peter whispered excitedly.

"No!" said James loudly and caused several people to turn their heads and look at the group, "I mean no thanks," said James who had lowered his voice considerbly, "Thanks for the offer mate but I'd rather win Lily on my own. I'm going to get her this year. I can feel it."

Remus sighed, "James you've been saying that since thrid year. What makes this year any different?"

"Yeah, and what if she finds out that you're the Minister's son?" whispered Peter.

James looked away, farther down the table, and ignored his friends questions. His friends gave each other a look and backed off they knew that James was a little guarded when it came to him being the Minister's son and they didn't want to push him, at least not with some many people around who can over hear. They nodded to each other, they would ask about it when they were back in the seventh year boy's dorm when they got back.

James on the other hand turned his attention to the very girl that had held his attention for so long. 'Gods...she's so beautiful.' He watched as Lily tipped her head back and laughed at something one of her friends had said. 'I'm going to get her this year. I just know it.'