Chapter 1
James:
I saw her. She was standing next to a woman that might be her mother and a horse – faced, bony girl with a disdained look on her face. She had beautiful red hair that flowed behind her like a sheet of silk. Her green eyes darted nervously about, as though looking for someone. I walked over to her.
Lily:
He walked over to me. He had funny black hair and sparkling blue eyes.
"You need help?" he asked. I looked at his trunk. On top was perched an eagle owl.
"Er, yeah, How do you get onto the platform?"
"Just walk straight through the barrier between platforms nine and ten and you should see a scarlet steam engine. I'm James by the way. James Potter."
"Lily Evans. Oh, this is my mother and my, er, sister. Petunia."
"Nice to meet you. Well, see you on the other side." He walked casually to the barrier and leaned against it gently. He vanished.
"Well, mom, Nia, see you on the Christmas Holidays okay? I'll write to you often."
"Have a good year sweetie. Tell us if anything interesting happens." She winked at me.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing. Get going, you'll miss the train."
James:
I fell through to the other side. I looked around. I was completely lost. The platform was packed with hassled looking witches and wizards. I looked over and saw a scared looking boy. I gave him a feeble smile, and he returned it. He turned back to his mother and hugged her. I lugged my trunk to a compartment in the front. It was empty except for a weary looking boy with light brown hair and eyes.
"Hi. I'm James. What's your name?"
"Remus," he said. He didn't look eager to talk.
"Mind if I sit with you?"
"Go ahead."
Our compartment door opened. A tall, lanky boy with black hair and dark brown eyes came in. He looked around at Remus who was sitting there with a distant look on his face and me looking up at him waiting for him to speak.
"You two need to lighten up. The name's Sirius. Sirius Black."
"I'm James, this is Remus."
Lily:
I walked reluctantly to the barrier. What if nothing happened? What if it only worked on wizards? I did exactly what James had done. I leaned against the barrier. I stumbled through and almost fell down. A pair of strong hands caught me.
"Oh, you almost had a bad fall there. Are you all right?"
"Yeah, thanks." I looked up to see a tall boy, sixteen at least, holding me a foot from the ground. He had bright red hair, like me.
"I'm Arthur Weasley. I'm in my fifth year here at Hogwarts."
"Lily Evans, first year."
"Oh, I remember being a first year. Good luck at the sorting. I have to go Molly's waiting for me on the train. Nice meeting you Lily."
"Same here Arthur." I picked up my trunk and heaved it to a compartment in the front. I opened the door and saw James. Thank God for friendly faces. His face split into a smile when he saw me and I felt myself blushing. No one was ever happy to see me. I pushed it down. I smiled back.
"Hey James. Can I sit?"
"Sure. Oh, by the way, this is Remus and Sirius." He pointed in turn to a weary looking boy and a cute tall one. "Guys, this is Lily, what did you say your last name was?"
"Evans."
"Right. Sorry about that." The compartment door opened again and there stood a scrawny, scared looking boy.
"C-c-can I-I s-s-s-si-sit h-here?" he stuttered.
"Sure," I said. He looked grateful.
"Th-Th-thanks," he muttered quietly.
"Jeez, nervous?" asked Sirius. We all laughed. That broke the ice. We all loosened up a bit after that.
"I'm Peter by the way."
"Well, that cute one over there is Lily," I blushed, "That's Remus, That one with the weird hair is James and I'm Sirius." He flashed me a grin, and I blushed even worse.
"Excuse me," I muttered. I left for another compartment to calm down.
James:
After Lily had left, I stared at Sirius.
"How on earth can you be that forward with girls? I'd love to be able to do that," I stammered, amazed.
"Just pretend they aren't there. She is cute ain't she?"
"Yeah," whispered Remus. It was the first thing to emerge from his lips since before Sirius came. I stared. I had an unattractive habit of staring
"I'm gonna go talk to her," I said. "I think you scared her a little." I left the compartment in search of Lily.
At last I found her in an empty compartment, trying to calm down.
"Lily," I said as walked through the door.
"Oh, hey James. You startled me."
"He's was just kidding around, you know."
"Yeah, I know, it still embarrassed me a little. Don't any girls go to this school?"
"Well, there's me," said a girl from behind. She was gorgeous. She had long blonde hair and bright, dancing blue eyes. "I'm Saria by the way. What's your name?"
"Lily, and this is James."
"Hello," she said, looking James up and down.
"Do you by any chance know Sirius Black? He's the exact same way with girls." She laughed.
"That old git got into Hogwarts? Oh, he's gonna die when he sees me."
"Why?"
"I know him, very well."
"Then lets go back to our compartment. He's there. Probably laughing at me."
We walked back to the compartment, Lily talking animatedly to Saria and I walking a few steps behind taking in her beauty.
Lily:
"He's so in love with you!" I shouted at her.
"Good. He's cute."
"You people are eleven. What ever happened to jacks?"
"What?"
"It's a game where you bounce a ball and pick up as many jacks as you can."
"What are jacks?"
"They're little metal things with points."
"Why would you want to play with anything pointy?"
"You wouldn't understand."
"Whatever you say Lils."
"Since when have you been calling me Lils?"
"Since now. You need a nickname."
"Should I cal you Sas?"
"If you want to."
"Alright, we're Sas and Lils! We're here. When I say, 'sorry I ran out on you like that…' come in, okay?"
"Got it." I opened the compartment door.
"Hey Lily. Sorry about that. I didn't mean to scare you."
"It's okay, sorry I ran out on you like that…"
The door opened and in walked Saria in full glory.
"Sirius, you old git! Come now is that anyway to treat your ex-neighbor ex-girlfriend?" Sirius had gone pale.
"One that dumped me heartlessly, yes. Lily, what are you doing with this devil woman?"
"She's my friend."
"No she's not. She's not to be trusted. Lily, take my advice and stay away from her. She doesn't care about you."
"Since when have you been making decisions for me?"
" When you became my girlfriend."
"I'm no one's girlfriend. Just cause you like me, doesn't mean I like you."
"Jeez Lily, the world doesn't revolve around you! Yes, you're cute, big deal! I've seen a lotta cute girl in my time. I'm sticking up for you as a friend! You're a girl; you're my friend! Girl plus friend equals girlfriend!"
"Don't bite my head off Sirius. I just hope your bite isn't worse than your bark!"
"I'm not a dog Lily!"
"Yes you are!" I stormed out.
Chapter 2
James:
Remus, Peter and I sat stunned for a few minutes after Lily stormed out. Saria turned and walked out behind her with a satisfied look on her face. I ran out behind her and pulled her back.
"Don't you ever bother us again. Stay away from Lily. I swear, if you weren't a girl, I'd hit you."
"Why don't you?"
"What?"
"Hit me. Go on hit me."
"I'm too much of a person to hit you. You are nothing but scum on the bottom of my shoe."
"Ouch, that hurt!" she shouted, sarcasm dripping from her voice like a broken tap. "James you're so cool, wait uh, uh, uh tpthbttt!" she had given me a thumbs up and raised it above her head with every 'uh' and when she gave me a raspberry, she brought her thumb down in a thumbs down motion.
"Go to Hell 'Sas'!" I almost spat at her but I heard Lily come storming back.
"Sas, you're supposed to be making a stand with me, not flirting with James."
"Potter over here just gave me a little factoid of what he thinks of me. I won't bother you again. Bye Lils, see you when we get to Hogwarts." She left me stunned and Lily glaring at me.
"What did you say to her?"
"Listen, Lily, even if you don't believe Sirius, I do. I'm looking out for you, you seem to nice to be hurt." I saw her start blushing again. "Come back to the compartment? I think Sirius will apologize sincerely enough for even you, if we beat it into him," he added, laughing. She smiled. It was my turn to blush. She ran up to me and threw her arms around my neck.
"Thanks James. I think we're going to be great friends."
"Potter, I don't get it, how come you get her? I'm the one that's always complimenting her and I come to apologize and I find you hugging her," said Sirius. He cried noisily and obviously fake for a few seconds then cleared his face. "Eh, I'm over it," he laughed. We went back to the compartment.
"Sirius, am I that easy to get over?" He turned to me.
"What's the right answer?" he asked. Lily punched him hard in the arm.
"Ow! Watch out for her. She's a regular tabby cat, that one is. Temper
Lily, temper."
"At least I'm not a stray dog!" Lily laughed, poking Sirius in the stomach.
He giggled like a schoolgirl.
"Get a room you two!" I joked. Lily turned to me a glared at me. "I'm
kidding! You're right Sirius, she has got a temper."
Lily:
When James said, "Get a room you two!" I nearly died. Yes I liked Sirius, he was cute, but James had an odd mystique about him as well.
"Hey, you'll end up with her before I do buddy. You two have the perfect chemistry."
"As if! I mean no offense James but really! I don't think I'd ever go out with a friend." That was a lie, if he asked, yes would be my immediate answer.
"What about me?" asked Sirius in a puppy dog sadness (faked as usual).
"Sorry bud. New rule, no dating friends." As soon as I said it I wished I hadn't. James's face fell slightly.
"Deal," said Sirius. "You aren't even that cute anyway…" I opened my mouth in wide eyed disgust.
"Hey doggie, don't push it!" I said warningly. We went back to the compartment to find Remus and Peter deep in discussion about Arithmancy.
"You two, you'd think we'd be entering our third year!"
"I've already started thinking about what subjects I'm going to take," said Peter. "I'm such a failure at magic. I was so happy when I got in. Have you guys thought about what house you want to be in yet?"
"Gryffindor" was everyone's simultaneous answer.
A voice came floating throughout the cabin: "We will be reaching Hogwarts shortly. Please change into your robes if you haven't already. Leave your luggage on the train. It'll be taken up for you tonight. Prefects and the new Head Boy and Girl are supposed to meet with the heads of their houses for the new password. You will not miss the sorting."
"See you in a bit then," I said as I left to change into my new Hogwarts robes.
"Oh, stay Lily, we're all friends here," pleaded Sirius.
"In a fantasy world, for you that is, I would stay. Welcome to the real world. Is all you ever think about girls?"
"Let me think…"
"That should be hard work," laughed Remus. I hadn't heard much from him over the course of the trip. He was quiet, but he stung. I liked him immediately.
"Ha! Good one Remus. Got any others, don't be ashamed to speak up," chortled James.
"See you in a bit," I said as I left to change.
James:
Lily left to change into her robes. I half agreed with Sirius, why wouldn't Lily stay? We're all friends, right? None of us had impure thought, Sirius perhaps, but the rest of us just thought of her as a friend.
I kicked open my trunk half in anger, half because I was too lazy to bend over and open it.
"Mad?" asked Remus, smiling. He was on a roll with those sharp comments.
"No, really?" asked Sirius sarcastically.
"Perceptive, quite," put in Peter.
"Shut up guys. I'm too lazy to bend over."
"Oh, I think someone else besides shaggy over there wanted me to stay." Lily had appeared at the door. She was smiling. She was joking but I still felt the heat rising in my face. I looked at her in her Hogwarts robes. They fit her much better than her baggy sweatshirt and jeans. "What? Never seen a girl before?" she asked.
"Apparently not one that looks as good as you," laughed Remus. Sirius gave a snort of laughter.
"Remus, never shut up again."
"Okay, I think I can manage that, what about if I'm sleeping?"
"Good Lord you're quick!" shouted Lily, going red in the face from laughing.
The train stopped. My stomach gave a funny jolt. We were here.
A/N: IF you recognize it, I don't own it. I changed it a bit, to make it a tad easier to read. I got some complaints about the font. Anyway, enjoy and please review.