A/N- Ok, I don't have much to say. This chapter is a bit uneventful, I guess. I had no idea what quote to put, so I just picked one. It really has nothing to do with this chapter, but oh well¡Es la vida! Emily

Disclaimer- I own only the plot and characters you don't recognize. All else is J. K. Rowling's.

Chapter 3

A Page is Turned

"The future lies before you,
like paths of pure white snow.
Be careful how you tread it,
for every step will show."

"Well, that was interesting." Rachel said. "I hope you are happy, Mr. Potter. Making girls cry must be very entertaining to you."

"I don't understand why she is getting so upset over one word." James said holding his check that now had Lily's handprint on it.

(A/N- Maybe that quote does have something to do with this chapter…)

"Do you think anyone wants to be called something they aren't, especially if the thing they are called is bad?" Rachel snapped.

"Well, no…I…" James started.

"Exactly. How would you like it if I called you, let's see, a prick, an asshole, and more things, but I don't want to say them because they're mean."

"Well, no…"

"And what would you feel if I said your ego could fill Texas, twice?" (I know they're in England, but I don't care!). Rachel continued, unaware of James's continual interruptions.

"Hey, that's getting personal…" James said frowning.

"And what if I said y-" Rachel continued, but Sirius came over and put his hand over her mouth. She heard Sirius's calm voice in her ear.

"Calm down, Rach, I think he gets the point." He whispered. She smiled.

"Fine, but I'm starting to see why she hates him so." Rachel said to Sirius and loud enough for James to hear. Lily smiled to herself. She was glad to have Rachel as a friend. 'I would hate to be her enemy.' She thought. Then she laughed out loud. Everyone looked at her. Lily was cracking up. She was laughing so hard that she fell out of her seat and was rolling on the ground.

"I think she's gone mental." Sirius said.

"That's pretty bad coming from you, Sirius." Lily said sitting up, but still laughing.

"Hey!" Lily smiled at him. She had a feeling they were going to be really good friends. James scowled.

"What, pray tell, is so hilarious?" He asked.

"I…have…no…idea." Lily said, still cracking up.

"I agree with you, Sirius, she has completely lost it." Remus said laughing. Soon, everyone, except James, was laughing. When they finally stopped laughing, they heard the intercom come on.

"We will be arriving at Hogwarts in five minutes. Please change into your robes and leave your belongings on the train, they will be taken to the school separately." The conductor said.

Lily and Rachel grabbed their robes and headed out of the compartment to change. Sirius stood up and walked after them. Two seconds later, he was hurled back into the compartment. James, Remus, and Peter started laughing.

"Nice try, Sirius." James said. They changed into their robes and five minutes later, there was a knock on the door of the compartment.

"Yes?" Remus asked.

"Is everyone dressed in there?" Lily asked.

"No." Sirius said.

"Oh, ok." Lily said opening the door and walking in.

"Hey! We could be in here naked and you just walk in?" Sirius said.

"Well, yea." Lily said. Everyone looked at her for a minute, then she started laughing again.

"Oh no, not again." Remus said putting his head in his hands.

"Somebody shut her up!" James yelled. Lily stopped laughing abruptly. She looked at James with a look that could kill.

"Thanks, James," Sirius said. Lily turned to give him her death stare to find him smiling at her. All she could do was smile back.

"That's the Lil-Lil I like," he said.

"Lil-Lil, is that my new name?" Lily asked him.

"Yes, you like it?" Sirius said. Lily thought for a minute.

"I love it." She said hugging him.

"Awww, how cute!" Rachel said.

"Yea, I think I may barf." James said rolling his eyes.

"Shut up, Potter." Lily said breaking away from Sirius and giving him the look she had patented just for him.

"Let's go, Lil-Lil," Sirius said hastily, pulling her from the compartment.

When they got off the train, they saw a very large man yelling, "Firs' years! Firs' years over here!"

They walked over to him. He yelled, "No more than four to a boat, now!" Sirius, Remus, James, and Peter all got in one boat. James stuck his tongue out at Lily as Rachel and she got into the boat right next to theirs. They were soon join by two girls. One had almost white blonde hair down her back and cold ice blue eyes. The other girl looked much nicer than the first. She had shoulder length chestnut brown hair, and warm hazel eyes.

"Hi," the second girl said, "I'm Jennifer Collins."

"Hi, I'm Lily Evans, and this is-" Lily said.

"Rachel McKelly." Rachel said.

"Nice to meet you both." Jennifer said. She started to say something else, but was interrupted but James yelling, "Hey, Evans!" Lily snapped her head around.

"What?" She retorted. Suddenly, she felt the coldness of the lake creeping up her body. She looked around her, she was in the lake. James had pulled her into the lake.

"POTTER!" She screamed. "I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" Rachel and Jennifer pulled her back into the boat. She looked over at James who was laughing hysterically. Sirius and Remus looked shocked and Peter just looked scared. When they reached Hogwarts, Lily was freezing. She saw James and attempted to get to him. Jennifer and Rachel each held one of her arms. James just laughed.

"You know, James, we could let got over her at any time." Rachel said smiling. James stopped laughing and ran. All three girls started to laugh.

The sorting began as the Sorting Hat began to sing its song:

(I'm not a lyricist, so make up your own song.)

After it finished singing, the hall burst into applause. Then, Proffessor McGonagall stepped forward. She unrolled the parchment she was hold, then began to read off names.

"Anderson, Michael!" A tall boy with blonde hair and blue eyes stepped forward. He put on the hat, and after a minute, it shouted:

"HUFFLEPUFF!" The hall applauded. Michael put the hat back, then walked over to the Hufflepuff table.

"Black, Sirius." Sirius walked up to the hat and put it on his head. After about a minute, it shouted:

"GRYFFINDOR!" The hall applauded again and Sirius took the hat off. Lily yelled, "Go, Sirius!" Sirius winked at her than sat down at the Gryffindor table.

"Collins, Jennifer!" Jennifer stepped out of line, trembling. She put the hat on. After about two minutes, it shouted:

"GRYFFINDOR!" She breathed a sigh of relief then joined Sirius at the Gryffindor table.

Two more people were called, then,

"Evans, Lily!" Lily stumbled out of line and up to the hat. She put it on, then heard a little voice in her ear.

"Ah, yes, Miss Evans, where shall we put you? You are very hard working, and brave, oh my yes, but you are smart and always looking for an adventure. So in must be GRYFFINDOR!" The hat yelled out the last word. The hall applauded, James groaned. 'Great now if I'm in Gryffindor, she'll be with me!' He thought. Lily put the hat back and walked over to the Gryffindor table. She sat next to Jennifer. Jennifer hugged and shrieked, "I'm so glad you're with me! I know we just met, but I have a feeling we're going to be great friends!"

"I think you're right, but I have to ask you, do you like pulling pranks?" Lily said.

"Do I ever! You don't grow up with five brothers without learning some good ones." Jennifer replied.

"That's great because I have a feeling we're going to be pulling some tonight on a certain black haired boy." Lily said smiling mischievously.

Just then, "Lupin, Remus!" was called. Remus walked up to the stood, and put the hat on. After about three minutes, the hat called out, "GRYFFINDOR!" He walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat next to Sirius.

"Good job, Remus." Lily said. He smiled.

Next was, "McKelly, Rachel!" Rachel walked up to the stool, put the hat on her head, then star down. After a minute, it shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!" Rachel smiled and put the hat back on the stool. She skipped over to the Gryffindor table and plopped down next to Lily. She grabbed Lily's hands and they both squealed.

"Ah! I'm so glad we're in the same house, Lily! And you, Jenn!" Rachel said.

"Ladies, please. Enough with the dramatics." Sirius said rolling his eyes. Lily hit him upside the head. "Ow! Ok, ok, on with the dramatics!" The three girls laughed.

Three people later, "Pettigrew, Peter!" Peter stumbled out of line and sat on the stool. The hat took a while to choose where he should go, but in the end, it yelled, "GRYFFINDOR!" Peter walked over and sat across from Remus.

"Goodness, Peter, I was thinking you weren't going to get sorted at all!" Sirius said laughing. Peter smiled weakly.

Next was, "Potter, James!" James walked out of line, smiling. He put the hat on, and after less than a minute, it yelled, "GRYFFINDOR!" Lily groaned. He walked over and sat next to Peter and across from Sirius.

"So, carrots, are ya happy I'm in your house?" James said smiling.

"Oh yea, I'm ecstatic." Lily said sarcastically. "Can't you tell?"

"Oh yea, Lil-Lil, you look ecstatic to me." Sirius said.

Just then, the sorting finished and Dumbledore stood up.

"Welcome to all new and old students! Now, I know I will not hold your attention for long before the feast begins, so now, eat!" He smiled and sat back down. Lily looked at him, puzzled.

"Potatoes, Lily?" Jenn asked. Lily looked down at the table. Her mouth fell open. The dishes that were empty a minute ago were now piled with food. She began to pile food onto her plate. Sirius was by far eating the most. After a few minutes, she got an idea.

"Hey, Potter." Lily said. James looked up.

"Yea?"

"Do you like see food?" She asked. James looked at her quizzically.

"Yea, it's ok wh-" Lily opened her mouth to reveal half-chewed meat and potatoes. James look away disgusted.

"Lil-Lil, that was great!" Sirius said laughing. "You get it? See food? See food!"

"Yea, Sirius, we get it." Remus said rolling his eyes.

"See food," Sirius said to himself, still laughing.

After the feast and Dumbledore's speech, the students filed out of the Great Hall and to their common rooms. Lily, her friends, and her enemy followed the other Gryffindors until they got to a huge portrait of a very fat lady. A Prefect who was leading said, "Wizbee!" And the portrait swung open revealing a comfortable looking room. There were two doors. The girls went through one, while the boys went through the other.

When Lily, Jenn, and Rachel reached their dorm, they found two other girls already there. One had dark brown hair down to her waist that had bouncy curls at the ends, and mint green eyes. The other had straight light brown hair that was cut just below her chin and honey colored eyes.

"Hi," the girl with the honey eyes said. "I'm Sarah Wendle and this is Elisabeth Schneider." Sarah said pointing to the girl with the mint eyes.

"Hi, I'm Lily Evans, and this is Rachel McKelly and Jennifer Collins." Lily said pointing to each girl in turn.

"Nice to meet you all." Elisabeth said.

"You too." Rachel said as she searched for her nightgown in her trunk. She found it then went into the bathroom to change and brush her teeth. When she came out, the other girls were already changed. Lily and Jenn grabbed their toothbrushes and ran towards the bathroom to see who would get there first. Lily won, and slammed the door so Jenn couldn't get in. Jenn banged her fists on the door yelling, "C-mon, Lil, hurry up!" Lily took extra long just to make Jenn mad.

When she finally came out, she jumped into the bed along the left wall, the wall opposite the door. Rachel's bed was next to hers, and Jenn's next to Rachel's. Sarah's bed was directly across from Lily's bed, and Elisabeth's bed was on the left of Sarah's bed.

Jenn joined the other girls after a few minutes and got into her bed. Rachel had the hangings pulled around her bed, so she was probably almost asleep, Sarah and Elisabeth were brushing their hair, and Lily was reading Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

"'Night, everyone." Jenn said and blew out the candle next to her bed.

"'Night, Jenn." Sarah and Elisabeth said in chorus.

"Goodnight, Jenn. Goodnight, Elisabeth. Goodnight, Sarah." Lily said.

"'Night, Lily." Sarah and Elisabeth said in chorus yet again.

Thank You's!

Noelle- Thanks for your second review! I can't kill Peter off! If I did, there wouldn't be the Marauders because he, no matter how much we hate him, was a Marauder, and you did want the Marauders in the story, yes? I am not going to include him much, though. You are a VERY good author! Yes, you are!

Starfishy- I'm glad that you liked chapter 2, what about chapter 3? Did you like that too? It's so good to hear I'm a talented author! You don't know how much that means to me to hear you say that!

Mystikalolo- Aren't Lily/James love/hate fics the best? Yes, they are! They all have the same scheme to them, but they are all a tad bit different, making them all worth reading! I'm glad you liked that chapter!

Princess Hermione (Gabby)- Is Gabby your author name? Glad you liked the story!

Dyl- Glad you liked the chapter! Yes, I will try to keep the Marauders in all of the chapters. They most likely will (minus Peter), but I don't want to say they definitely will if I can't guarantee they will. Keep reading anyway!

Calypso Re- Did you like this chapter? Hope so! It's good to know my story is written better than other one you've read! Glad you love the story so far!