"Better get on the train Lily, you don't want it to leave without you!" Lily was staring up into the face of her loving mother. "You are going to have such a great year!" She smiled and kissed Lily's cheek. It was Lily's second year and Hogwarts and she was extremely excited to go back. She decided to make her way to the back of the train and settle down into the last cabin. It wasn't long before she heard voices moving towards her.

"Well Sirius, are you ready for another wonderful year at Hogwarts? I wonder what kind of trouble we can get into this year." Lily sunk into her seat, hoping she would go unnoticed. James Potter walked right into the cabin, Sirius Black close behind him. They were known as trouble makers at Hogwarts. "What do we have here?" Sirius's voice filled her ears. "Lily Evans? You should know better than to sit in our cabin."

Sirius pulled out his wand and made Lily's books fly from her bag and start ripping themselves to shreds. Lily screamed, "STOP IT! I NEED THOSE BOOKS!" James laughed. "Who needs books?" He moved towards her, his wand stretched in front of him.

"LILY! LILY WAKE UP!" Lily opened her eyes to find herself lying in a bed in the hospital wing. So she had only been dreaming? Thank God! She did not want to have to live through that memory again.

"Lily! Are you listening to me?" She sat up and faced Monica, who was the one who woke her up. "You were tossing and turning so violently I thought it would be wise to wake you up. Dinner is about to start and Madam Pomfrey said you could leave."

Lily gathered her wand from the bed side table and her and Monica ran off to the Great Hall. When they arrived, she looked to see James and Sirius snickering at her. Monica had not told anyone what had happened out on the Quidditch pitch and Lily was glad. She didn't want anyone to know.

They sat down and began to eat. "Lily, what are you going to do over the summer" Monica looked at her curiously. Lily shrugged. "My parents want to go over to Italy to visit a family friend. They said I could stay back home if I wanted and I am considering it." "So Lily Evans is spending the summer alone?" A voice cut in. It was the voice of someone she wanted to hear the least right now. "Go away James! It's none of your business what I do with my summer!" She turned to him.

James had made his way over to her and was now sitting on the bench. "Maybe I could visit you. You don't want to be alone all summer, do you?" Lily became angry, her face turning red. "I don't need you to keep me company James. I never have." James smirked. "It won't be long before you are begging me to keep you company Lily Evans. It won't be very long at all." He stood and walked back to Sirius, who was still snickering.

Monica put her hand on Lily's shoulder. "I wonder what that last part was about? It doesn't really matter though. Just ignore him." And that's just what Lily hoped to do. Ignore James Potter.