Disclaimer: In case for some reason that you can't recall what I said in the last chapter, everything except the plot, and a few names, places and things you don't recognize, this is all J. K.'s

*Honorable Mentions*

alya1989262: well, they may not guarantee fast up dates, but they certainly help to increase my typing speed!!

ambigousjoe: glad you like my fic so much, although I wouldn't exactly call it awesome…

*starborn*: thanx, I plan on keeping it going for a really long time! That is, as long as my computer doesn't break down again, or get a virus (I hate it when that happens, don't you?)

qwerty: oww! That must have hurt (about your brother!) luckily, I don't have any brothers, but I do have quite a few cousins. Unfortunately, I think it will be a while before James and Sirius learn to watch what they say in this fic, that is if they ever do! (I like the way your pen name just flows across the keyboard! ;-D)

Marie: glad you like my idea!! Don't ask me how I came up with the idea, it just sort of came to me during a REALLY gross movie and C.P.S., has any one ever seen " A Fire in the Sky"?

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"Uhhh… well he meant…what I mean is he, umm…" James trailed off as he tried to come up with a reasonable lie for their situation.

"It's a… secret code thingy,… that me, James and Remus have!" filled in Sirius.

"Yeah, what he said!"

"Ok, but who's Remus?"

"A friend of ours."

"I guess that's a reasonable explanation, but I don't think you're telling me the whole truth. Oh well, I guess its none of my business any way. I can be pretty nosy sometimes, or at least that's what people tell me."

"Really, I didn't notice." Said James sarcastically, as he mentally let out a sigh of relief. Luckily, although Sirius can be kind of a moron at times, he is good at lying, James noted.

They spent the rest of the time, while waiting for their flight, eating their lunches and talking about random things (James and Sirius had a hard time not saying anything that had to do with the wizarding world, and phrases like "did you watch last weeks quid…oops", and "what house at Hog…ohh, umm, never mind." were often accidentally said.)

Eventually, 1:15 rolled around and the three new friends boarded the plane and found their seats.

The two-hour flight was pretty uneventful, except for the fact that they man sitting behind Sirius threatened to chuck him out of the window, even if that would cause the plane to crash and burst into millions of flames, from which no one, including himself would most likely escape from alive.

Apparently, Sirius had never been on a plane before, and was fascinated by all of the buttons, headphones, lights and the fact that you could recline your chair. He happened to choose to experiment with that last one, just when the man behind him was eating some VERY hot soup. You do the math.

Like I said, the rest of the flight was pretty uneventful, and before they knew it, they had arrived at Liverpool.

They got off the plane, and then attempted to find their luggage. James and Sirius found theirs immediately found theirs (thanks to a simple summoning charm Sirius's mother had taught them before they left.), Lily, on the other hand, just couldn't seem to find hers.

She sat on a bench next to the boys and their luggage in frustration. As she sat there, thought about which was more possible; a. someone had stolen her things b. her they were still at the airport in London, c. they had managed to get on the wrong flight and were now headed for China, or d. they had been abducted by aliens (a/n the last was suggested by Sirius.). As she sat there, contemplating her luggage's fate, she stared at James' and Sirius' things. They each had one or two bags, which were nothing out of the ordinary, but along with those, Sirius had a toad? and James had an owl? and they each had a broom? Ok, they are definitely not your two, average, everyday guys. Lily thought to herself.

It was as she was thinking this that Lily realized that she might never see James or Sirius again. She began to think about the long, lonely summer that lay ahead for her. There weren't many kids her age near her grandparents' house, and to put it nicely, her grandparents could be rather dull.

She looked up, and saw that James and Sirius had gotten up and were walking towards some man in suit.

"Hey James, wait up!" she called after James, as he and Sirius continued to head toward what Lily realized must be his chauffeur (a/n, let's call him Bob.). He must be rich! Lily thought to herself.

"Yeah?"

"You know you just got up and left your luggage over there, where anyone could take it right?"

"What are you talking about, shouldn't it just follow us?" piped up Sirius.

"What are you talking about?"

James elbowed Sirius in the side. "Oh, oops…never mind."

James cursed himself for forgetting that this was a muggle airport and your luggage doesn't just magically follow you to where ever you're going. "Thanks, we almost forgot it."

Lily went with them back to the bench."Umm, I was wondering, could we maybe exchange phone numbers, you know, so we can keep in touch over the summer?"

Phone numbers?!?! What's a phone?? James thought to himself. "Uhh, sorry, I don't have one… I think." He added the last bit to himself.

"Oh." He's either weirder than I thought, or he really stinks at lying. "I don't have one", please, he could at least come out honest and say that he doesn't want me to call him. Lily thought to herself.

By then James and Sirius had gathered their things together on a cart, and were heading back to Bob. When they reached him, there was an awkward silence. After a while, Lily finally broke it "Ok, well, good-bye, I guess. I mean, I'll probably never see either one of you again."

"Oh yeah, bye. It was fun talking to you. Thanks again for what you did for us before." James said, holding out his hand. Lily hesitated for a moment, and then on a sudden impulse, she reached up and gave him a quick hug.

"Bye James." Lily said quickly, and then did the same to Sirius.

James just stood there for a moment, but was then brought back to earth when Bob mentioned the fact that they were on a tight schedule. "Umm… I guess we'd better go now, bye!"

 With that, James grabbed Sirius by the arm, and started to head for the exit with Bob. Sirius wasn't quite finished saying good-bye, so as he was dragged along, he called over his shoulder, "Good-bye Lily, fare thee well, adios, see ya when I see ya, aloha, au revoir, auf wiedersehen (a/n that's German!!), arrivederci, hasta la vista baby!"

Lily stood there watching them as they left, before it occurred to her that she should probably continue the wild-goose-chase of finding her luggage. When she finally found it, she got into a small argument with a little old lady who claimed that one of Lily's bags was hers. Lily tried to show her the rather large name tag on it that read in bright green "Lily Evans", but the poor lady appeared to be both half deaf and blind. As a last resort, Lily yanked the bag out of her hands, tossed it on her trolley, and made a run for it.

She nearly hit 3 people and a dog in her mad dash, which she had to continue for a surprisingly long time. The old lady happened to be a VERY fast runner for someone who's 70 something years old and is half deaf and blind.

She eventually made it to the exit, and managed to flag a cab.

Lily stared absentmindedly out the window on the ride home. It was a rather cloudy day, but every now and then, the sun would find a gap and shine proudly through. As she gazed at the clouds, to pass the time, Lily tried to find ones the shape of objects and animals.

She was just staring at a particular cloud that was the shape of a bunny with fangs (a/n don't ask), when she noticed something flying up ahead of the cab. At first Lily thought it was a bird, and then maybe a plane, but the more she looked at it, the more it began to resemble a… Car? It can't be! She thought to herself. I must be seeing things or something. Wait, isn't seeing things a sign of insanity?

So is talking to yourself. Answered a voice in the back of her mind.

Who said that?

Uhh… no one.

What?? How could no one have said that? It's physically impossible.

Grrr…why do you have to be so smart??

Oh… I just am, isn't it wonderful? Well, getting off the subject here. Who are you?

Uhh… I can't tell you.

What do you mean you can't tell me?

Umm… I just…can't?

Why?

Because…

During most of this conversation, the cab driver (a/n let's call him Steve) had been watching Lily. He was rather amused by the sight that he saw. Lily had a look of very hard concentration, and was staring at the seat in front of her, like she was trying to burns holes through it with her eyes. Any other driver would have been greatly surprised by this, but Steve wasn't. He had given many rides to a crazy old man who lived in a park nearby. The man would often do the exact same thing as what Lily was doing right now. The poor dear, she's so young, and already starting to go off her rocker. It seems to happen younger and younger these days, probably cause of those blasted t.v.'s… Ok, back to weird italics conversation. Because why…

Because I just can't tell you, ok? At least not right now!

Oh fine, your no fun.

Well, I've got to go now.

Why?

You're really nosy, aren't you?

Yup, and proud of it! But that still doesn't answer my question.

If you want the answer, look out your window.

With that, the voice disappeared, and Lily realized, upon looking out of her window, that she had arrived at her grandparents' house.

(a/n well once again, not very long, but hopefully that's just because its still the beginning and were not in Hogwarts yet. Once we get there, however, hopefully this story will get a lot better!! Remember, the more reviews, the quicker the chapters go up. Let's try to reach at least 15 reviews, ok?)