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Ch. 2~ Still a Balloon Head

"Goodbye, Lily darling! Have fun at school!" Said Mrs. Evan's, kissing her on the cheek.

"Toodles, Poppet." Said her father, hugging her. But her sister just stood there.

"PETUNIA!!! SAY GOODBYE" Yelled her mother. Petunia sighed and looked at her

sister crossly.



"Goodbye, freak. Now can we go, mum! I don't want to keep Vernon waiting! We're

going on a date!" Said Petunia, crossing her arms over her chest.

"On a date this early in the day?" Asked her mother. Petunia rolled her eyes.

"All day dates, mum! They are all the rage in London!"

Lily said her final goodbyes and made her way to the train. She caught up with Leila and

they found a compartment togther. Lily and Leila had been over eachothers houses numerous

times over the summer, so they enjoyed talking about it.

"...and wasn't it fun when we went flying over the lake! And that muggle almost saw us?"

asked Lily excitedly, but Leila didn't answer. Lily was confused. She saw Leila's head turn

towards the grimy train window. Lily looked as well, and saw what Leila had been staring at. It

was James. He was taller, and more handsome than he had been last year. Leila couldn't keep her

eyes off of him, and even Lily had a hard time doing so.

"Oh! Still on about him!" Said Lily turning away, and rolling her eyes. "Seriously, Leila,

when will you get a grip?"

"When I marry him!" Said Leila dreamily. Soon, James was stepping on to the train.

Leila's heart began to pound, and her face became red.

"OOOOH! Lily, Lil, he's comming! How's my hair?"

"Fine"

"My make up?"

"Fine!"

"My clothes, they alright?"

"FINE!!!!" Said Lily at the top of her voice, and suddenly James walked in, followed by

Sirius, Lupin, and Pettigrew. James made his way to Lily and Leila's compartment.

"Go on boys, I'll catch up!" Said James, winking at Sirius, and taking a seat next to Lily.

He put her arm around her. Lily blushed.

"Get off of me! You GIT!" She said lifting his arm off of her. Leila just sat there, staring

at James with astonishment.

"What's the matter, Evans? Can't a bloke show his affection?" He asked, looking into her

emerald eyes. Lily turned away.

"Go show your affection to a toad you arse hole!" Said Lily cooly. James was taken

aback. He didn't think the fair maiden had it in her to say "Arse hole".

"Lily, don't talk like that! It's rude!" Said James, half grinning. Lily was so angry at the

moment, she felt as if she was going to explode.

"No, Potter," she started calmly "THIS, IS RUDE!" and at that, Lily took her hand and

slapped James across the face. James stood up and shook his head, obviously not in much pain.

He was much bigger than Lily, and her slap felt like a slight sting.

"Wow, Evans. You've changed!" He said, in an astonished tone "It's a turn on! I like a

feirce little girl!"

"Wow, Potter. You HAVEN'T changed! It's a turn OFF!" And at that James left the

compartment, blowing a kiss to Lily.

Lily just sat there for a moment. She felt proud of herself for getting up the nerve to slap

some sense into that idiot. She had only wished it had done some harm to him. Leila sat there,

not moving an inch. Finally they spoke, and the first to speak was Leila...

"D'you think he noticed me?" She asked. Lily was upset that she didn't mention that her

best friend was a bit of an airhead in her diary. Lily laughed.

"Yeah, he noticed" Leila gave a sigh of relief.

"Nice hit, by the way..." Leila added. Lily looked at her friend and they began to laugh.

"Thanks. I don't know what you see in him, Lala (Lala was Leila's nick name) He is still

the Balloon Head he was in first year, but boy is he cute!" Lily paused for a second, retracing the

words she had just said "OH NO! Did I say that, Lala??" Leila giggled and nodded her head.

The rest of the way there, Leila did most of the talking. Lily however just sat and

"listened", she was really thinking about James. Maybe James was a balloon head, a git, an idiot,

and a loser, all at the same time, but did Lily see something in him? //No! It can't be! I hate

James Potter, and I always will...// Thought Lily

//I think//

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