Lily woke up with a pair of brown eyes staring at her.

"AAAAHHH!" screamed Lily as she fell off of her bed in an attempt to get up. "Shh! Lily! It's just me, James!" James said in an amused tone.

"James?! What are you trying to do?! Give me a heart attack?!" asked Lily as she crawled back onto her bed.

"Well, actually, that is on my to-do-list, but it's not my top priority yet," James said with a smirk.

"Ha ha, James Herold Potter, the comedian," said Lily as she returned a grin. "I thought so," James said.

"So, what brings you here at..." Lily looked over at her alarm clock, "Seven in the morning?"

"Get dressed and meet me downstairs. I need to talk to you." Lily gave James a confused look.

"Okay," Lily said. Just as James was about to leave the room, Lily asked, "James? Is something wrong? And don't tell me nothing is because it's written all over your face that something isn't right." James turned and smiled at Lily. 'She knows me too well. Life just won't be the same without her,' James thought sadly.

"I'll explain everything once you get dressed," and with that, James left her room. Ten minutes later Lily met James downstairs dressed in a casual pair of blue jeans and a dark blue tank top. James and Lily walked to the park where they sat down on the swings to talk.

"So, James. I am dressed, we are at the park, what did you want to tell me?" asked Lily, cutting to the chase. James inhaled a deep breath and slowly let it out. "Lily...my family...we have to...," James looked up at Lily.

"You have to...what? Go on vacation? Split up? Move?" At the expression on James's face when Lily said "move" Lily knew what was happening. "Oh, no. James...when? Where? WHY?" Lily, although she didn't know the entire story, was begining to feel very upset.

"This afternoon, can't tell you where, can't tell you why," James forced himself to make eye contact with Lily.

"You can't tell me where?" asked Lily. James shook his head.

"Or why?" asked Lily as her voice broke a little. James shook his head again. "James, I know that if you can't tell me why you are leaving then you must have a good reason...but...we've always told each other everything...everything," silent tears began to fall down Lily's cheeks. Although Lily and James were only nine years old, they felt as though the world was not worth living without each other. James painfully looked up at Lily. She wasn't looking at him, but he could see the hurt in her eyes, eyes that he had made laugh, eyes that he was now making cry.

"Lily...I..." James didn't know what to say. He felt nearly as bad as Lily did, and he couldn't think of any words that would make him feel better, so what would make Lily feel better?

Before either Lily or James knew what was happening, they were hugging. Not just the average friendly 'I'll-see-you-tomarrow' hug, but the 'This-is-the-last-time-that-I-am-ever-going-to-get-to-do-this" hug. After they tore apart, James's eyes were clouded over and Lily's face was tear streaked. Hand-in-hand, Lily and James made their way back to their house. During the time that Lily and James had gone to the park, Mr. and Mrs. Potter had told Mr. and Mrs. Evans about them moving. Mrs. Potter looked outside of the Evans' window. Tears began to flow down her face.

"Rose, dear, what's wrong?" asked Mr. Potter as he put an arm around his wife to comfort her. Mr. and Mrs. Evans also looked out of the window. Like Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Evans broke down into tears. Mr. Potter and Mr. Evans seemed oblivious to why their wife's were crying, so they asked.

"Evelan, honey, why are you crying?" asked Mr. Evans. Mrs. Potter answered for Mrs. Evans.

"It's James and L-Lily. They are going to m-miss each other s-so much!" Mrs. Potter managed to sputter out threw her sobs.

"They have b-become such good f-friends! J-James is the only p-person who Lily ev-ever hung out with! What is she g-going to do?" asked Mrs. Evans as she slowly began to calm herself, hoping that she would be able to stop crying before Lily and James got to the house. Instead of going to Lily's or James's house, Lily and James went straight to James's backyard and sat on the swings. They spent the entire day on those swings, talking, remembering the events that led up to their friendship. "And remember the time that I accadently tripped you and you fell into my birthday cake?" Lily asked as she and James continued to laugh. Mr. Potter began to approach Lily and James.

"James? I'm sorry, son. Say goodbye to Lily. It's time for us to leave," and with that, Mr. Potter went back into the house to make sure that nothing was being left behind. "James/Lily I-" James and Lily both said at the same time. In any other sircumstances, they would have laughed at this, but this time they just stood there and stared at each other. Brown eyes met green. Once agian James and Lily were in the embrace that they were in many hours earlier. The past five years flashed before their eyes. As they hugged, both began to feel different. Them, together, it felt so...right. Both were so focused on not letting go of the other that neither noticed the red and gold arura that had began to form around them. "James! Come on!" Shouted Mrs. Potter, already in their car. Lily and James broke apart, and as they did, so did the arura. James walked to the car, withough taking his eyes off of Lily. Lily just sat in the swing as James got in the car. Lily just sat in the swing as the Potters drove away. Lily just sat in the swing as her best friend left her life...forever.

Or so she thought....