*Back Again

James, Sirius, and Lily had just barely stepped through the barrier to platform and ¾ when their names were heard being shouted.

"James, Sirius, over here!" Remus shouted. James and Sirius quickly told Lily they would meet her back on the train. Lily went to talk to her own friends.

"Lily!!" Maggie yelled before hugging Lily.

"Hey Mags! How has your summer been?"

"Ok. But I'm sure it wasn't as fun as yours. I heard you got to spend three weeks at James' house." Lily blushed and then told her friend that she had stayed at James' house.

"Hey, isn't that Sam?"

"It is!" Maggie replied. "Hey Sam! We're over here!" Samantha turned her head to see who was calling her name and was met by a pleasant surprise.

"Hey guys!" They chatted about their summers for awhile.

"You're felling better now, right Lily?" Samantha asked.

"Yeah, just fine." Lily replied. "It's so great to be out of that hospital. What time is it Maggie?"

"It is-" Maggie looked at her watch, "time to get on the train! Let's go!"

"I told James and Sirius I would sit by them on the train, so let's find them." The three girls went in search of their male friends. They quickly found them sitting in one of the back compartments. James motioned for Lily to sit by him. Liyl gladly did. Maggie took a seat by Remus and Samantha by Sirius.

"It's great to see everyone again." Maggie said.

"I missed you guys." Samantha said.

"Aw, don't get all mushy on us gals." Sirius teased.

"Do you realize that we've only got two years left at Hogwarts?" Maggie asked. Her comment left everyone in silence for a few minutes. Remus was the brave soul to break into everyones' thoughts.

"What happened to you this summer?" He asked.

"Yeah, I still haven't heard it come straight from Lily's mouth. All I know is that you got stuck in the hospital for awhile." Samantha commented. Lily explained about her bursting appendix.

"Her scar is awesome though!" Sirius told them. Lily rolled her eyes.

"I'll show it to you guys some day. The clothes I'm wearign won't exactly allow it."

"It's a lightning bolt!"

"Geese Sirius, it's just a scar!" Maggie said. "Don't have a cow." James, Remus, and Samantha began mooing.

"Mo-"

"Well well well, I always knew you were a cow foster, I just didn't know you'd realized it yet."

"Shove it Malfoy." Maggie replied. James and Lily stood up immediately to defend their friend.

"Aw look, Potter and Evans are going to fight me."

"What do you have against us Snape?" Lily asked. Snape began walking closer to Lily. She could feel his slimy breath on her face.

"I don't have anything against you Evans, "he sandwiched Lily with the wall, "but now I do, don't I?" Lily was repulsed, Snape had her pinned against the wall. She could feel his body, Lily knew that he could fell hers also.

"Get out Snape." James said coldly. Snape pushed his body even closer to Lily's.

"Now."

"Touchy, touchy. If I must, I will. I'll see you later Evans." Snape left their compartment. Alsmot everyoen in the room let out a deep sigh of relief. It was a fact that Snape fancied Lily. The only way they were able to defend themselves on the Hogwarts Express was physically, no magic was allowed until they were back at school. If Snape had doen something to Lily, there wasn't that much they could have cone about it. You could've heard a pin drop.

"Yuck." Liyl finally said. "I can't believe that git had the nerve to touch me!!" Liyl began pacing.

"Calm down Lily." James knew her tepmer was starting to flare, that was a very bad thing for everyone within a 10 mile radius. You could almost see the steam coming out of her ears.

"Why does that slimy, thing have to like me?" She asked with a frusterated look on her face.

"It's actually very easy actually." James slipped his arms around Lily. Everyone's jaw in the compartment dropped except Sirius'. He just smiled.

"I knew it all along!" He exclaimed.

"Knew what?" Sam asked.

"You guys were fooling around behind my back this summer, weren't you?" James and Lily blushed. Everyone else was waitign for their response.

"Well."

"I guess you could call it that." James put a protective arm around Lily.

"Aw, isn't that sweet?" Sirius teased. "I knew it all along!"

"Since when?" He asked.

"Three days ago." Lily replied.

"I wondered where James was that night." Lily hit Sirius over the head with her fist.

"Hey!"

"Oh, look!" Everyone looked out of the window.

"We're there!"

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