Thanks all of you who have responded so far, but I can never hear too many. Just to let all of you know Lily is no longer a first year. It's the summer holidays before her second! (I've decided to skip because it'll make the story move along a whole heck of a lot faster) Of course, hardly any of these characters belong to me, they are all mostly J.K. Rowlings. Thank you all! *G*

Boy Against Girl-Chapter 4-The Kiss

Lily sat on her bed, contemplating things she could to make James Potter's third year a living hell. He had certainly made her first year one. He did everything to her ranging from frogs in the bed to stealing her wand before her Transfiguration test.  She smiled ruefully to herself. He'd gotten detention for that one, not that he minded much.

"Lily, get your butt down here!" Her sister, Petunia, yelled.

Lily sighed in frustration. "Yes Petunia." She said as sweetly as she could.

"Petunia, dear, don't sass your sister." Lily heard her mother say softly. "And go get your father the paper." She added.

Lily skipped down the steps, whistling the Hogwart's theme song. Her hair bounced off her shoulders and her emerald eyes twinkled with her smile.

"Hi Daddy!" She said cheerfully as she passed his chair, kissing his balding head.

He smiled back at her. "Hello Angel. Any news from those friends of yours?"

Lily went into the kitchen, grabbed some toast and walked back into living room. "Yeah." She said, her mouth full. "I got a letter from Andrea, she wants to meet me at Diagon Alley tomorrow. Plus Sirius is going to be there tomorrow too so its great timing.

Harold, her father, raised his eyebrows at the mention of Sirius. "And who is this boy?"

Lily laughed. "Daddy! Sirius is a good friend of mine."

"He better not be too good young lady. You're only 12!"

"Daddy!" Lily sighed in aggravation. "Sirius is like a brother…liking him would be…Yuck!"

Her father nodded. "It better stay 'yuck' too."

Lily sighed and walked away, bumping into Petunia.

"Watch where you're going…witch." Petunia yelled at her.

"I am a witch." Lily grinned back and continued to walk up the stairs.

She had tons of packing to do in less than three days. It August 28 and she would be spending the night at Andrea's house to go to King's Cross, on September 1. She had had a completely boring summer. She had only seen Andrea once the entire holiday and that was it. Petunia had managed to scream every time she saw her, except when her parents where home and constantly teased her about being what she was. Lily, however, saw nothing wrong with being a witch.

She walked to her mirror and looked at her reflection. Petunia managed to tell her she was ugly every day, and she supposed she was. Her nose was a little bit turned up, which she had always liked, but it could be turned up a little bit too much perhaps. And maybe her green eyes where a little to green and a little too big. Her auburn hair was probably more reddish the auburn, but she liked it that way. Her final verdict was that, either she liked odd-looking things, or that she wasn't odd-looking.

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James was looking forward to a relaxing day with Sirius. They were planning on going to Diagon Alley where they could spend most the day in the Quidditch shop and the joke store.  Sirius, was of course, late. He looked around, hoping to see either Sirius or Erin, his new girlfriend. He didn't see either, he did however see a gorgeous red head walking to Flourish and Blotts.

'Woah! She's gorgeous! Wonder who she is though…don't know very many red heads.'

Just then it clicked. He had been checking Lily Evans out. What was wrong with him? She sure had changed a lot over the summer. He then saw Erin; girl shorter than Lily, who was about three heads shorter than James, with long brown hair and blue eyes. She ran over to him and gave him a quick kiss.

"Hiya Jamsie!" Erin said in her high-pitched voice.

"Hey Erin." James replied, wrapping an arm around her waist. Sirius walked up to him then too.

"Hi James." Sirius said, giving an aggravated look toward Erin. "Why'd you bring her?" He whispered at James, while Erin started picking at her split ends.

"Because I'm seeing her." James answered back.

"Yeah yeah." Sirius muttered.

Just then Lily walked out of Flourish and Blotts, wondering where the heck Andrea was. Sirius looked at her twice and then whistled.

"Hey Lily baby! Come over here." He yelled.

Lily raised her eyebrows. 'Baby?'  But came over anyway.

"Yeah Si?" She asked, confused.

"I want to introduce you to Erin." He said, placing an arm around her waist.

Lily stiffened and whispered in his ear. "What the heck are you doing?"

Sirius laughed, as if she had said something terribly funny and James raised his eyebrows. "Just play along."

Lily glared at him but forced a laugh out. She tried her best to act like some of those movie stars when they used a boy. "Sounds fun baby, but later."

Sirius blushed, and James' eyebrows went even higher up. Erin laughed annoyingly, and both Sirius and James blushed. Then Andrea ran up.

"Sorry I'm late Lil. My sister wanted to stop by a muggle store." Andrea said, out of breath. "They have the weirdest things!"

"It's ok." James muttered. "Sirius kept her occupied."

This time Lily blushed and Sirius grinned.

"Lily?" Then Andrea gasped. "You didn't tell me you where seeing anyone."

Sirius laughed. "Well we aren't really seeing just each other. We're seeing other people too. Lily doesn't want to make it too serious because well…she was serious enough with me!"

Lily smiled sweetly but glared at him. "And I'm ready to make it less Sirius and more…Wes Jordan." She spit out the first name she could think of and everyone stared at her.

"Wes Jordan?" James laughed out. Sirius just looked shocked.

"You like Wes Jordan?" Andrea asked.

"Well," Erin started, "It's too late now. He got hooked up over the summer. Some girl named Amanda Grey I think."

"Oh yeah!" James said. "A Ravenclaw I think."

Lily hit her head, this was not at all how she had planned this day to be. "I do NOT like Wes Jordan!" She screamed.

"Why not?" Said a voice behind her.

She bowed her head. This day could not get any worse. She turned around, looking up into the eyes of Wes Jordan.

"Well…it's not like that at all Wes. You see…I'm seeing…Sirius." She forced out. "And he was being annoying and stuff, as usual, and so I mentioned you and they all started teasing me. See?"

Wes laughed. "Yeah. A pity though." He grinned and walked away, meeting up with Amanda.

She glared at Sirius. "Can I speak to you for a minute?"

He thought for a moment and then shook his head. "I think I'd live longer if I stayed with my pal James."

She grabbed his arm and started pulling him away, towards the ice cream parlor.

"What the heck was that back there?" Lily screamed at him. "First you make them all believe we're dating! Then you make a fool out me in front of Wes!"

Sirius grinned. "So you do like Wes I see."

"NO I DON'T!" She yelled.

"I know." Sirius laughed. "But remember, I'm the mean big brother you've never had."


"And I'm starting the thank God that I don't have a real one."

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Sirius looked around the compartment of the Hogwart's Express. Lily and James were both asleep, with idiotic smiles on their faces. Erin, trying to be social, wouldn't stop talking to Remus, who looked about ready to strangle her. Peter, however, was looking at Erin and drooling. Literally. Sirius, had nothing to do, so was amusing himself by tearing up the parchment in Erin's trunk and throwing pieces at her. Being her, she didn't notice.

The train suddenly came to a lurch. Erin flew into Remus, who fell onto a very uncomfortable looking Peter, Sirius grabbed onto the luggage rack, no harm done to him. Lily and James however, fell into each other. Lily's head fell into James' lap, and James' head fell on her shoulder, making him wake up with a jerk.

"Evans get off me!" He yelled.

Lily shot up. "Wha? Who? Where? Huh?"

Sirius patted her on the shoulder. "Sometimes it's just best not to ask dear."

Erin glared at her though. "You had your head on my Jamsies lap!" She pouted.

Lily went white. "Oh. I seem to sleep deeply."

Sirius laughed. "We noticed."

James looked over at the pile of people on top of Peter. "Erin…um…why may I ask are you sitting on Remus' lap?"

Erin looked flustered and Sirius laughed. "I don't think he's enjoying it much. You may want to move." He laughed again. "I think your weight is getting to him."

Everyone laughed, except Erin. "Well I don't think it's very funny!" She pouted standing up. She walked over to James and started toying with his hair. "Do you think it was very funny Jamsie?"

"Um…no?"

Erin humphed. "Typical thirteen year old boy."

Lily went to mutter something to Sirius, but it turned out that Sirius was going to mutter something to her, and their lips met half way. Lily bolted back, her hand automatically colliding with Sirius' face.

He rubbed his jaw. "Woah. For a girl you sure can hit hard."

After that, the trip turned pretty much to normal. Sirius and James started their plotting on how to get more detentions., Peter was basically ignored, Lily and Andrea started plotting on ways to get James back, Remus joined in the plotting—he helped both sides. The train finally came to a stop at jolly old Hogwart's. Everyone grabbed their things and headed for the school. Lily stepped out side and breathed in the damp, Scottish air. She felt at home, finally after a whole summer of longing.

"Well, this is going to be one heck of a year." She said, talking to herself.

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Well that's it for chapter 4. Hope it was ok. J Thank you again so much for all the replies! They make me want to write so much more! Luv ya all!

~Aly~