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Summary: James and Lily are friends who love each other but as in a lot of cases they both think the other doesn't feel the same way so neither knows how the other feels. Will they ever realise they both feel the same way?

Authors note: I love Lily and James stories and I'm a total romantic at heart so I thought I'd write this one and see what you think. This first chapter is just to give you some basic background information on Lily and James and their personalities so please review it and tell me if you like it when you've read it thanks.

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Lily stared out of the open window feeling the cold, clear night air on her face. She loved this time of night it was so peaceful and magical. The grounds around Hogwarts shimmered and flickered as the stars and the moon traced paths across the grounds. Fireflies flew luxuriously over the flowers and bushes and whizzed playfully around the trees as if they were trying to catch each other, which Lily thought they probably could have been. You see Lily didn't go to a normal boarding school Lily went to a school where magic and mystery were smiled upon rather than frowned at, where lessons were fun and interesting and where she'd been the happiest of her life, Lily went to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Lily remembered clearly the day she'd got her letter offering her a place she'd been intrigued as well as a little sceptical because everyone knew witches and wizards didn't exist they were just characters in story books made to entertain young children. Lily wished it could be real though. She'd always felt different and apart from everyone else, everyone had seemed to know who they were and where they were going but Lily didn't. She felt like there was a huge part of herself missing and if this could only be real it would explain all of her feelings over the last eleven years. Telling her parents about the letter was the hardest thing she'd ever had to do she was worried they might laugh at her or say she was being silly to even believe something so farfetched it took her two days to work up the courage to show them the letter. However they'd done something she had never expected, her mum had hugged her fiercely to her while sobbing "I knew it, I knew it" and her dad had started to smile and go on about needing to change his money into galleons, whatever they were.

Lily smiled happily to herself as she remembered how quickly things had gone after that. Her mum had explained how her best friend Kerry Potter had told her all about the wizarding world three years ago, as she didn't want any secrets ruining their friendship. Lily remembered how happy she'd been after that everything in her life had finally slotted into place, her weird behaviour, her sense of not belonging, everything and when she'd finally arrived at Hogwarts she knew she'd finally come home.

Lily sighed happily and laid her head against the cold glass and stared out across the grounds she loved feeling her eyelids becoming heavier and heavier as she finally drifted off into a contented sleep.

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James was also sitting starring out of his window gazing happily into the distance. He loved Hogwarts, he loved finding all it's little nooks and crannies, all it's forgotten secrets and lost parts.

He didn't think it was going to be like this when he got his letter. All his family had gone to Hogwarts; they'd all said how great it was. James hadn't believed them though, he'd always worried about his own magical abilities he'd always been able to blow things up quite easily but he'd never been able to make things float like his little sister could and she was only three, what if he was no good at magic? What if he could never control his powers enough to stop things from blowing up? These thoughts had haunted James for the two days after he'd got his letter which was how long it took for his parents to find out he'd been offered a place. They'd been so happy for him; his mum had grabbed his hands and danced him around the room, while his father had stood in the corner of the room smiling proudly at him. It was at that point James had realised he couldn't tell his parents about his worries and fears; he couldn't ruin their excitement. From that moment on James had been determined to improve his magic and be able to control his powers.

James smiled at the memory of all the practising he'd done before he came to Hogwarts and how a week before he was due to start his first term here he'd finally managed to control his magical ability. After that an amazing feeling of understanding had poured through him causing him to be able to perform any spell he set his mind on perfectly.

James fingered his wand lovingly as he turned back towards the window focusing his mind on the present again and watching as the sun rose peacefully on the horizon signalling the start of a new day.