James followed after her, the trunk weighing him down.
"And what exactly was that supposed to mean?" He didn't sound angry. He just sounded like a person who wanted an answer. So Lily gave him one.
"Well, you seem to act all Macho. Not that anything's new of course."
"Was it a compliment or an insult?"
"Well, seeing as how I think your a brainless git whom I don't like, I would say an insult. But you can be the judge of that." She walked across the street and to James' car. The trunk was open much to James' relief. He dropped the trunk inside, causing the car to sink a few inches. He sighed, pulling at the neck of his shirt. He pulled it down over his shoulder and shook his head.
"Look what your trunk did." Lily looked at his shoulder and shrugged.
"I didn't ask you to carry it."
"Yes you did."
"I did not. I didn't say "James will you please carry my trunk"." He rolled his eyes.
"No, but you wanted me too."
"Yes, I did. I'm glad you caught on." She gave a sweet smile just as Mrs. Potter came out the front door.
"Hello Lily dear!"
"Morning Mrs. Potter." She opened the door and climbed into the backseat. James sat up in front with his mother.
"So, Lily, are you excited about going back?"
"Yes. Very."
"James is too. James told me that he would be on his best behavior this year and get great grades." Lily tried her best not to laugh. It was true, James was very smart. He always did well in his studies. But it was the behavior part that made her want to crack up laughing. James couldn't behave if his life depended on it. It just wasn't possible." He also said that he wanted to be Head Boy. I think he has a good shot. And so do you, from what he's told me." So James actually talked about her in a good way. that was interesting. Too bad she didn't do the same for him The ride to the station was oddly silent. Mrs. Potter was normally trying to make conversation between the two, but she wasn't today, and Lily was perfectly fine with that. She didn't want to ride in the same car as James let alone talk to him. She despised him and he must've known it because he tortured her so. Why, the previous year, he had snuck into the girls dorm and put hair dye in her hair spray. It made her hair a light green that wore off a couple days later. She had not told Mrs. Potter any of this, however. Though she should have. James would have gotten into a lot of trouble, which would have made her happy. But she wasn't like James. She didn't like to torture people like that. Not all the time anyways. Mind you, she had gotten her revenge on him once, by making him get a detention. For then on he made sure he was extra hard on her.
They pulled into the station and Lily quickly got out. When the trunk opened her tried to heave her trunk out but had no luck. She sighed and James pushed her out of the way, not hard but not gently either. He got her trunk out and set it on her own trolley.
"There. Bye." She rolled her eyes and walked by, saying thanks and bye to Mrs. Potter. She reached the barrier to Platform 9 3/4 and then glanced at the clock hanging on the brick wall right next to it. She had exactly five minutes to get on the train and get seated. She sighed and made sure no eyes were wandering her way, then gave a running start towards the barrier. She slipped through with ease and smiled.
She pushed her trolley to the entrance of the train and went around the side to start unloading her trunk, but groaned. Why did her trunk have to be so darn heavy? She pushed her trolley closer to the door and turned her trunk sideways, sliding it onto the train. She put on a victorious smile and pushed her trolley aside, stepping onto the train.
She scooted her trunk down the isle, looking into each compartment to see if it was empty. She was halfway down the isle and still had no luck.
""Lily! In here!" a voice sounded from behind her, but hen she looked no one was there. "In the compartment, silly." Lily smiled and rolled her eyes slightly. No one called her silly but her best friend, Tiffany.
Tiffany had straight, elbow length, strawberry blonde hair and green blue eyes. She was a normal height, about as tall as Lily.
"Yeah silly. In the compartment."
"Great. You again. I've certainly seen you enough today to last me an entire life time. And maybe even more." She turned to face him.
"Oh. Is wittle miss Evans in a cranky mood today?" James said, sounding very much like a child.
"James, you should know by now that I take my bad days out on you." She pushed past James, Sirius and Remus and entered the compartment with Tiffany and her friend Lexi.
"Why do you have to be so mean to that poor boy?" Lexi asked.
"That poor boy? Ha! He's the devils son."
"I highly doubt that. I think he's kinda cute," she said, smiling slyly. Lexi's light blonde hair shone bright in the sunlight. As the train started, her loose curls bounced slightly.
"Ugh," said Lily and collapsed in a seat.
"Oh Lily, you know you want him," said Tiffany, playing along.
"Oh yes. He's all I dream about, night and day," she replied sarcastically.
"Gee Lil. Never knew you liked me that much," said James, who was standing at the door. He smirked as she got up. He thought she was going to make some nasty comment but instead she slammed the door shut.. James staggered backwards. No one, let alone a girl, had ever slammed the door in his face. It just wasn't normal for him. Normally he had girls giggling as he past or blushing as he smiled at them. But not Lily Evans. She seemed so sure that she hated him. He'd known she hated him since Sirius moved in and became his best friend. He had to admit it was quite mean of him, leaving Lily out to dry. After all, those first 5 years of his life he and Lily were inseparable. But now she didn't want anything to do with him. And he couldn't blame her of course. He would hate himself too. But it wasn't that that made him so determined. It was that fact that she didn't giggle or blush at the sight of him. What was he so determined about you ask? To make her like him. But not like him like him. Just like him enough that when he walked into the room she smiled at him instead of rolling her eyes and she blushed whenever he would be flirtatious instead of telling him to get lost. But Lily would be a hard one to tame, so to speak. It seemed as though it were easier said than done. And James fully agreed, but he would be willing to try anyways.
He stepped into the compartment where Sirius, Remus and Peter all sat, playing Exploding Snap. One of the cards flew up and his James in the face, causing the others to laugh.
"Cute. Real cute." Sirius and Remus laughed and James sat down. He stared out the window, watching the trees and meadows zoom by.
"Where were you?" Sirius asked, breaking his trance.
"I was just doing the usual. Making fun of Lily and her friends."
"Why do you do that? Lily's friends didn't do a thing to you," said Remus, trying to stuff the cards back in the box, but before he could they exploded and landed all over the place.
"Remus, your only saying that because you like one of her friends. That one girl.....what's her name? Lexi, I think?" James and Sirius both looked over at Remus who was trying to hide his face by attempting to stuff the cards back in the box again. Sirius chuckled. "So I was right. It is Lexi."
"Yeah so," he snapped. "Who do you like?"
"I don't like anyone. At the moment. I don't know who that lucky girl will be yet." James laughed and hit Sirius on the head.
"Your so sure that the girls will be falling all over you this year?"
"They did last year. What would make things change? You had girls falling all over you too."
"Except for one," said Remus, looking up, with a sly smile on his face.
"Oh, that's right. Lily Evans. She never has liked you has she?"
"We used to be best friends," James stated. "But we grew apart once you moved in. I finally had a boy my age to hang around with. But now Lily only has her sister. The poor thing." James shuddered at the thought of Petunia. Although James was a wizard, Petunia still found him cute and she flirted with him every chance she got.
"Yeah, I feel sorry for Lily for having to live with that. It must be difficult." Said Sirius, shaking his head.
"What does she have to live with?"
"Her sister, Petunia. I never would have guessed, not in a thousand years, that the devil was a girl." James laughed. Just when Remus thought he had gotten the cards in, they exploded again.
"And what exactly was that supposed to mean?" He didn't sound angry. He just sounded like a person who wanted an answer. So Lily gave him one.
"Well, you seem to act all Macho. Not that anything's new of course."
"Was it a compliment or an insult?"
"Well, seeing as how I think your a brainless git whom I don't like, I would say an insult. But you can be the judge of that." She walked across the street and to James' car. The trunk was open much to James' relief. He dropped the trunk inside, causing the car to sink a few inches. He sighed, pulling at the neck of his shirt. He pulled it down over his shoulder and shook his head.
"Look what your trunk did." Lily looked at his shoulder and shrugged.
"I didn't ask you to carry it."
"Yes you did."
"I did not. I didn't say "James will you please carry my trunk"." He rolled his eyes.
"No, but you wanted me too."
"Yes, I did. I'm glad you caught on." She gave a sweet smile just as Mrs. Potter came out the front door.
"Hello Lily dear!"
"Morning Mrs. Potter." She opened the door and climbed into the backseat. James sat up in front with his mother.
"So, Lily, are you excited about going back?"
"Yes. Very."
"James is too. James told me that he would be on his best behavior this year and get great grades." Lily tried her best not to laugh. It was true, James was very smart. He always did well in his studies. But it was the behavior part that made her want to crack up laughing. James couldn't behave if his life depended on it. It just wasn't possible." He also said that he wanted to be Head Boy. I think he has a good shot. And so do you, from what he's told me." So James actually talked about her in a good way. that was interesting. Too bad she didn't do the same for him The ride to the station was oddly silent. Mrs. Potter was normally trying to make conversation between the two, but she wasn't today, and Lily was perfectly fine with that. She didn't want to ride in the same car as James let alone talk to him. She despised him and he must've known it because he tortured her so. Why, the previous year, he had snuck into the girls dorm and put hair dye in her hair spray. It made her hair a light green that wore off a couple days later. She had not told Mrs. Potter any of this, however. Though she should have. James would have gotten into a lot of trouble, which would have made her happy. But she wasn't like James. She didn't like to torture people like that. Not all the time anyways. Mind you, she had gotten her revenge on him once, by making him get a detention. For then on he made sure he was extra hard on her.
They pulled into the station and Lily quickly got out. When the trunk opened her tried to heave her trunk out but had no luck. She sighed and James pushed her out of the way, not hard but not gently either. He got her trunk out and set it on her own trolley.
"There. Bye." She rolled her eyes and walked by, saying thanks and bye to Mrs. Potter. She reached the barrier to Platform 9 3/4 and then glanced at the clock hanging on the brick wall right next to it. She had exactly five minutes to get on the train and get seated. She sighed and made sure no eyes were wandering her way, then gave a running start towards the barrier. She slipped through with ease and smiled.
She pushed her trolley to the entrance of the train and went around the side to start unloading her trunk, but groaned. Why did her trunk have to be so darn heavy? She pushed her trolley closer to the door and turned her trunk sideways, sliding it onto the train. She put on a victorious smile and pushed her trolley aside, stepping onto the train.
She scooted her trunk down the isle, looking into each compartment to see if it was empty. She was halfway down the isle and still had no luck.
""Lily! In here!" a voice sounded from behind her, but hen she looked no one was there. "In the compartment, silly." Lily smiled and rolled her eyes slightly. No one called her silly but her best friend, Tiffany.
Tiffany had straight, elbow length, strawberry blonde hair and green blue eyes. She was a normal height, about as tall as Lily.
"Yeah silly. In the compartment."
"Great. You again. I've certainly seen you enough today to last me an entire life time. And maybe even more." She turned to face him.
"Oh. Is wittle miss Evans in a cranky mood today?" James said, sounding very much like a child.
"James, you should know by now that I take my bad days out on you." She pushed past James, Sirius and Remus and entered the compartment with Tiffany and her friend Lexi.
"Why do you have to be so mean to that poor boy?" Lexi asked.
"That poor boy? Ha! He's the devils son."
"I highly doubt that. I think he's kinda cute," she said, smiling slyly. Lexi's light blonde hair shone bright in the sunlight. As the train started, her loose curls bounced slightly.
"Ugh," said Lily and collapsed in a seat.
"Oh Lily, you know you want him," said Tiffany, playing along.
"Oh yes. He's all I dream about, night and day," she replied sarcastically.
"Gee Lil. Never knew you liked me that much," said James, who was standing at the door. He smirked as she got up. He thought she was going to make some nasty comment but instead she slammed the door shut.. James staggered backwards. No one, let alone a girl, had ever slammed the door in his face. It just wasn't normal for him. Normally he had girls giggling as he past or blushing as he smiled at them. But not Lily Evans. She seemed so sure that she hated him. He'd known she hated him since Sirius moved in and became his best friend. He had to admit it was quite mean of him, leaving Lily out to dry. After all, those first 5 years of his life he and Lily were inseparable. But now she didn't want anything to do with him. And he couldn't blame her of course. He would hate himself too. But it wasn't that that made him so determined. It was that fact that she didn't giggle or blush at the sight of him. What was he so determined about you ask? To make her like him. But not like him like him. Just like him enough that when he walked into the room she smiled at him instead of rolling her eyes and she blushed whenever he would be flirtatious instead of telling him to get lost. But Lily would be a hard one to tame, so to speak. It seemed as though it were easier said than done. And James fully agreed, but he would be willing to try anyways.
He stepped into the compartment where Sirius, Remus and Peter all sat, playing Exploding Snap. One of the cards flew up and his James in the face, causing the others to laugh.
"Cute. Real cute." Sirius and Remus laughed and James sat down. He stared out the window, watching the trees and meadows zoom by.
"Where were you?" Sirius asked, breaking his trance.
"I was just doing the usual. Making fun of Lily and her friends."
"Why do you do that? Lily's friends didn't do a thing to you," said Remus, trying to stuff the cards back in the box, but before he could they exploded and landed all over the place.
"Remus, your only saying that because you like one of her friends. That one girl.....what's her name? Lexi, I think?" James and Sirius both looked over at Remus who was trying to hide his face by attempting to stuff the cards back in the box again. Sirius chuckled. "So I was right. It is Lexi."
"Yeah so," he snapped. "Who do you like?"
"I don't like anyone. At the moment. I don't know who that lucky girl will be yet." James laughed and hit Sirius on the head.
"Your so sure that the girls will be falling all over you this year?"
"They did last year. What would make things change? You had girls falling all over you too."
"Except for one," said Remus, looking up, with a sly smile on his face.
"Oh, that's right. Lily Evans. She never has liked you has she?"
"We used to be best friends," James stated. "But we grew apart once you moved in. I finally had a boy my age to hang around with. But now Lily only has her sister. The poor thing." James shuddered at the thought of Petunia. Although James was a wizard, Petunia still found him cute and she flirted with him every chance she got.
"Yeah, I feel sorry for Lily for having to live with that. It must be difficult." Said Sirius, shaking his head.
"What does she have to live with?"
"Her sister, Petunia. I never would have guessed, not in a thousand years, that the devil was a girl." James laughed. Just when Remus thought he had gotten the cards in, they exploded again.