31st October 1981: Lord Voldemort is dead. The world is full of chaos, fear and grief. James and Lily Potter, who ended this war, have a life to repair.

Lily Evans has problems. An ex-best friend. A sister who... is Petunia. A guilty conscience. She's determined to change. She's going to be fun. But fun is getting harder to come by in a world heading to war. If only she could be as reckless, and self-assured as James Potter and his friends. But they're changing too, and Lily's no longer as sure of the world as she once was.

Lily and James are known for butting heads, but there are real feelings there. As of their fifth year, he feelings are decidedly one-sided. Lily feels only mild irritation and James hasn't quite admitted to himself, or his three very persistent friends, that he likes Lily and they don't like it. Kind of aimless Marauder banter, light on the plot.

Lily has always considered herself ordinary. But as she enters her 7th year, things start changing and Lily starts going a bit mad. Suddenly, she's Head Girl, her mates are acting strangely, and there's a new James Potter she can't seem to get rid of. PRE-HBP

He knew I wouldn’t cry. I’m smarter than that. Selfishness urges me to, but of course I wont. I don’t want to cry. I don’t even want to persuade him. Fate rests in our words, so I’ll speak none. He knows I wont go hard on him. He’s smarter than that.