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Squinting through the crowd, Lily searched for Sarah and Rose but there was no sign of blonde hair nor raven black hair in the crowd. She gripped tightly on the handle of her trunk as she made her way through the crowd.

Many familiar faces past by but they didn't greet her. She felt herself being squeezed so tightly and suddenly that she didn't feel the pain in her ribs but she nearly had a heart attack. Lily calmed down after she let out a scream and recognized the bear hug as Sarah's. She turned to face the familiar icy blue eyes and the wide perfect smile.

"LILY, LILY, LILY!" she yelled excitedly as she jumped up and down. "LILY!" Lily grinned at her jumping friend but then a familiar voice sounded.

"Sarah, calm down. It's just the redhead we love so much," came the sarcastic voice. Rose appeared behind Sarah wearing a grin that brightened her features. "Hi, Lily!"

"Hey," Lily said. "Have a nice summer?" Just as she said the magical words, Sarah started ranting on about her trip to France. She even threw in some French words that she pronounced badly. As she talked on, they walked to the bright red train and climbed on.

Rose slid open the compartment door to find herself facing a full compartment. Four boys were sitting down laughing and joking but suddenly stopped to stare at them.

Lily looked at them--she had seen these boys many times. They were always in trouble for their pranks and they were popular. She turned to stare at a very familiar boy she had seen many times in the library.

"Sorry," Rose said staring at one of the boys. Her cheeks started turn red and she turned around to leave. Sarah winked at one of the boys before leaving and Lily took her gaze off the boy and left also. She noticed his cheeks turned pink when she stared at him but she immediately shook it off as Sarah continued about France.

They found an empty compartment and sat down stretching their legs. "Lily, what's that ugly pin on your chest?" Sarah asked pointing to Lily's Head Girl badge.

She grinned once again. "I'm Head Girl!" she said. Rose congratulated her while Sarah shook her head muttering something about books and libraries.

~*~

Lily flopped on her four poster bed tired and before she could even say goodnight, she fell fast asleep hoping she didn't get much homework on the first day of school.

~*~

"I've got a stack load of homework!" groaned Sarah as she slammed a large pile of books on a wooden desk in the corner of the noisy Gryffindor common room. Rose and Lily followed the suit.

"Transfiguration essay," groaned Lily looking at her thick Transfiguration book. "Potions essay... Divination--that should be easy. Say something tragic and we get a high score." Rose sniggered at the thought of their young strange Professor Trelawney and Sarah wrinkled her nose at the thought of her clothes.

Night came and the girls still were writing their hands aching and their brains dead. Lily finally finished her Transfiguration essay with a flourish and started on the last piece of homework, Divination. Sarah and Rose still had plenty of homework left and angrily glared at Lily as she finished Divination.

"You still have to do your homework!" Lily said sticking out her tongue. But that wasn't a good idea as she figured out. Rose pointed her wand at Lily and a stream of water kissed her face hard.

"Well, good luck!" Lily continued wiping her face with the back of her hand. "I'm going to bed..." She left skipping up the staircase and entered the welcoming dormitory.

~*~

"A what?!" Lily said indignantly as she stared down at her essay. Rose and Sarah both looked over her shoulder to read Lily's poor grade written clearly in red ink.

"I got a higher grade than you," Sarah and Rose stated simply. Lily stared down at her essay and angrily crumbled the piece of parchment.

"Miss. Evans, I would like a word with you for a moment. The rest of you will read until I am finished," Professor McGonagall said. Lily put down the ball of parchment on her desk and walked to the stern looking professor.

"Lily, I see you're struggling with Transfiguration since last year and I have been thinking... I think you need a tutor so I arranged a tutor session for you in the library after dinner," she said looking at Lily.

Lily's mouth dropped. "A w-what? Professor, I'm capable of teaching myself--" Professor McGonagall silenced her. "I know, Lily. You are the best student Hogwarts has seen but I think this subject is a bit challenging for you. Your grades are slipping and I don't want to hear anything from you. Mr. Potter is tutoring you tonight and that is final." Lily swallowed and walked back to her desk.

"Who is Mr. Potter?" Lily said annoyed. Sarah almost immediately answered her. "The geek of Hogwarts," she said.

"Sarah," Rose said giving her a look, "that's not really... nice." She finished lamely causing Sarah to snort and give her a skeptical look.

"Geek?" Lily mused. Sarah raised her finger and pointed at someone behind her.

"Him," she said. "The geek and prankster of Hogwarts." Lily turned around and saw the boy she had seen so many times in the library. She had finally learned his name.

A/N: She learned his name! I hope that was long enough for you and if not, I'll try to make the second chapter longer! Review and I'll write the second chapter very soon!

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