Note: I have no excuse to give you as to why I have been gone for so long, I will be better about as the school year rolls around, and there might be one more long break like this because I just received my summer assignments for the fall, and I have much to do. So I apologize in advance.

"You going to kill me one day Lily, or my mother will disown me for you, whichever comes first. Top of our year, every year, prefect, now head girl. I mean- Lily? Hello? Are you even listening to me?" Marlene said waving her hand in front of Lily's face trying to get her attention.

"Wha- yeah I'm listening..." She said.

"What was I talking about?"

"Being disowned, me being prefect and head girl..." She listed

"Alright, lucky guess." She muttered, "But what's you're deal? You've been zoning out a lot lately, is it because of the almost kiss?"

"How did you know about that?" Lily was pretty sure that she hadn't told Marlene about that.

"Sirius told me right after it happened." She explained, "But I can't believe you did tell me."

"That's because it was nothing…"

"Nothing?! You Lily Evans almost kissed James Potter, and you call that nothing?

"Yes I do. I was just caught in the moment. I don't fancy James Potter, end of story."

"Say what you'd like, but we both know the truth. Now come on, we're going to be late." Marlene said and stood up taking her trunk from the side of her bed.

Lily had been staying with Marlene for the remainder of the summer, making it more covenant to get to Kings Cross Station on time.

When they arrived on Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, it was as crowded as always, yet it seemed like people were missing. Voldemort had been gaining more and more power, his number of followers growing as was the number of disappearances.

"There they are." Marlene said pointing to the four boys. As they got closer Lily noticed a bunch of girls were crowding around them. Well more like him.

"I'm so sorry to hear about your father James." One of the girls said

"It must be really hard…" Another one said

Lily narrowed her eyes at them and had a weird feeling in her gut, could they be any more desperate, she thought before she could stop herself.

"Some one's jealous…" Marlene sang softly enough so only Lily could hear.

"I'm not jealous…" She muttered.

"Hey Lily." James said when they got closer.

"Potter…" She nodded.

James raised an eye brow, "Did I do something?" She hadn't called him Potter in a while, so it was a little strange for the situation at hand.

"You're always doing something." She stated before going on to the train.

"What was that about?" Marlene asked a little while later.

"What are you talking about?" Lily asked innocently.

"You know what I'm talking about, that little scene with James on the platform."

"It wasn't a scene, and I did nothing wrong. I don't understand what the big deal is."

"The big deal is that you just gave James the cold shoulder because a few girls were talking to him."

"I did not. Now if you don't mind I have to give the prefects' their assignments." She walked through the train and met with Remus who was the head boy and gave out the assignments.

…

"Bow before the all mighty head boy Remus 'Moony' Lupin!" Sirius yelled as Remus entered the compartment.

Remus rolled his eyes.

"It'll be different in the dorms this year without you. This year you can hide away and you're roommate studies as much as you do." James said.

"You wish you we're in Remus's position, James-I-Almost-Kissed-Lily-Evans-Potter." Sirius teased.

"And I would have too, if someone hadn't decided that they had to talk to me."

"I said I was sorry. But what's her deal anyway? She just blew you off back there Prongs."

"If I may, I'd say it was because of those girls that were talking to you before, James. I noticed that she was almost glaring daggers at them." Remus said.

"So you're saying that she was jealous?" James asked

"Maybe…" He shrugged, "Though she could be in a type of denial. If she was jealous, that would mean she would fancy you, but maybe she doesn't want to."

The three boys looked at him in confusion, "Think of it this way. For the past 5 ½-6 years she spent a majority of that time hating you. Now all of a sudden you guys are friends and maybe could be more. The change of heart is sort of sudden to her if you think of it from her perspective. Also, I'm sure that getting into a relationship with you was one of the last things on her mind. No offense."

"So what you're saying is that there's a chance she could fancy me, but because of our history she wouldn't want to?"

"I guess, I mean it's just a hunch. If you really want to know, you should just ask her yourself. I'm not sure what type of response you'll get though…"

James took the rest of the ride, minus the time he took for sweets and a game of Wizard's Chess with Peter to think about what Remus had said, could she just be scared? So set against the fact that maybe- no what was he thinking. It was just a freak thing, the almost kiss, nothing more, nothing less.

When the train finally pulled into Hogsmade station they all headed out to the carriages and James walked right past Lily. I wasn't sure what made him say it, but he spoke in a voice just low enough for her to hear, "There's nothing wrong with liking me you know." Before continuing on his way, glancing back slightly to see her watching him as he went.