"Ready to go?" April asked Lily. Lily's parents had said that April could stay at their house over Christmas provided they didn't cause any trouble. April was ecstatic because that meant she wouldn't be staying in the Gryffindor Common room all on her own. It also meant that Lily and April could go and visit James and Sirius.
"No, I don't want to go." Lily said as she stuffed the last of her books into her trunk.
"Aw, You'll have me" April said hugging Lily. Lily grinned.
"Of course, how could I forget?" Lily said. April hit Lily for the remark and let go of her.
"I know why you're not ready, you're going to miss James" April said in a slight baby voice.
"No I'm not." Lily said defensively. "We're just friends again." That was in a way true, though Lily and James did sneak off occasionally they were actually dating.
"Yeah, whatever. We saw you two kissing though" April said knowingly. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Come on, lets get breakfast, Jenny's waiting for us." Lily said.
"But I can't go down like this!" April said putting a hand to her hair. Lily sighed and pulled out her wand. "Oh, no. After what you did to James I don't trust you near my hair." April warned.
"Oh, grow up." Lily said flicking her wand. April's hair immediately went completely straight. April turned to admire herself in the mirror
"Have you ever considered becoming a beautician?" April said.
"No, now lets go." Lily said impatiently.
* * * *
"Lets see. We need three empty compartments" Sirius said as the marauders walked down the train.
"Three?" Remus asked.
"Yeah, one for me and April. One for Lily and James and one for the rest of you." Sirius said grinning.
"Lily and I are only friends, we're not going to go and do whatever you and April do" James said.
"Of course." Sirius said in a mock serious tone. "I forgot, you are just friends. The fact that you sneak off with her is because you have to 'patrol'" Sirius said. James looked at Sirius pretending to look angry. Sirius stuck his tongue out at James and they started wrestling on the train floor. Remus started laughing and Peter watched timidly. The two wrestled until someone cleared their throat.
"Good day boys" came Lily's voice. Sirius and James looked up to see Lily standing over them. James quickly got to his feet.
"Hi Lily." He said quickly. His hand went to his hair and he was about to ruffle it up again when he remembered that Lily didn't like that so he tried to flatten it. Lily tried to hide her smile when she saw this.
"The girls and I were wandering whether you'd like to join us in our compartment?" Lily asked.
"When you say girls would April be included?" Sirius asked as he stood up.
"Of course." Lily said. Sirius quickly pushed past and looked through all the compartments.
"I thought you and April were staying at the school." Remus said as the other three marauders walked down the train with Lily.
"Yeah, we were going to but Mum wants me home to meet my sister's fiancé. And because my sister is a total bitch I asked if April could stay with me." Lily said.
"I'm sure she's not that bad," James said. Lily gave him a look that said yeah right. He put an arm around her shoulders and pouted slightly, "Poor ickle Lily got an evil person for a sister" James said like he was talking to a baby. Lily gave him a sharp look but James quickly kissed her and the look disappeared and was replaced by a smile. Remus rolled his eyes
"Please, you're almost as bad Sirius and April." He said.
"We are not." Lily said quickly.
"Yeah" Remus said. They went into the Compartment that Lily's friends had saved to find that April and Sirius were already joined at the mouth.
"Thank god you're here. Do you know how boring it is talking to these two?" Jenny said. Lily grinned and sat next to Jenny.
"We're here to save you." She said.
"Yes, the super Marauders minus one" James said puffing out his chest. Lily poked his stomach quite hard and James doubled over.
"Just sit down." Lily said.
"Yes Professor" James said formally. Lily wanted to hit him for that but she couldn't bring herself around to do it so instead she leaned against him.
"What is everyone doing for their holidays then?" Remus asked after a few moments of nothing but April and Sirius kissing.
"My family is going to China." Jenny said, "They feel it's too dangerous to spend the holiday here."
"Are you coming back?" April said, pulling away from Sirius' strong hold of her.
"Of course I am." Jenny said. "They're not going to disrupt our education."
"That's good" April said, visibly relieved.
"Well, I am going to Potter Manor." Sirius said. "And away from my evil family." Lily was all to aware of Sirius' hatred for his family. It used to be a regular occurrence in the school halls for Sirius to curse his brother Regulus Black until Regulus was killed by Voldemort.
"Well, have fun, all you're probably going to do is Quidditch." April said.
"Or we could come and visit you." Sirius said. April put a finger on Sirius' lips.
"Sorry, you can't I'm staying at Lily's" April said pouting slightly.
"I'm sure mum and Dad will let them visit." Lily said. James gave Lily a smile and gave her a soft kiss.
"Oh no not those two." Jenny said rolling her eyes and turning away.
"You know, for friends you two are awfully close." April commented. Lily turned away and blushed.
"Yeah, well. He's the one who kisses me. I…put up with it." James gave her a look but Lily ignored him.
"Ok, Jenny now you have to choose Moony or Wormtail." Sirius said. "Which one?"
"What do you nicknames actually mean?" Jenny asked. The four boys went into an awkward silence.
"They're just names we call each other." James said
"Yeah but they must have, like an origin." April said.
"It's all a childhood thing" Sirius said. "but you." He looked at April and again they joined at the mouth.
"Oh please!" Peter muttered.
* * * *
The journey passed quite quickly and they had to get off the train a bit too soon. It was incredibly difficult getting Sirius and April to separate but eventually Lily and Jenny managed to get April away. Lily saw her parents standing next to Jenny's parents talking.
"I'll see you after the holidays then," Lily said to James. James smiled.
"My parents are just behind your ones" James said smiling. Lily looked and behind her own parents were a couple, the man looked a bit like James and the woman had long brown hair. Lily smiled and pushed her trolley to her own parents.
"Hi mum" She said. A woman with dark blonde hair turned from talking to Jenny's mum and smiled. She had a similar build to Lily and was about the same height as her. She gave Lily a tight hug.
"How was your journey?" She asked. Lily shrugged.
"Hello Mr. And Mrs Evans." April said.
"April." Lily's mum smiled. "Jenny, how have you been?"
"I'm ok thank you." Jenny said.
"I'll see you some other time." James whispered to Lily. Lily turned to look at him.
"Ok, I'll ask mum and dad about you visiting." Lily told him. James grinned and gave Lily a quick kiss and dragged Sirius to his parents.
"Who was that?" Mr. Evans asked. Mr. Evans had brown hair and a strong jaw-line. He had the same green eyes as Lily had.
"He's the head boy" Lily said.
"And her boyfriend" April muttered.
"He is not my boyfriend" Lily snapped at her.
"Yeah right." April said.
"Ok, girls. We have to get home. I've left Petunia with the cooking and recently she's had a cold." Mrs. Evans said.
"Ok, bye Jenny, have fun in China" Lily said giving Jenny a hug.
"You to." She said. April came and joined in the hug.
"Jenny. Lee, come we must go." Jenny's mum said. Jenny pulled away and followed her sister and parents.
"Girls." Mr. Evans said. Lily's parents took the girls' trolleys and wheeled them to the car.
"I'm going to miss Sirius." April said nostalgically. Lily smiled as she hauled her trunk onto her bed.
"Do you love him?" Lily asked April.
"Maybe." April said with a smirk.
"Oh my god you do." Lily said.
"Yeah, Lily, why are you doing that, use your wand" April said. She got her wand out and pointed it at Lily's trunk. "Sortae" The trunk opened and all of Lily's things flew out of her trunk and flew to their proper places. Lily had to duck as a book flew past her, where her head had been seconds before. April wasn't quite as lucky as an inkpot flew into her and shattered.
"April!" Lily said. Lily got her own wand out and performed a spell. The ink disappeared and then she fixed the inkpot.
"Sorry." April said looking sorry. Lily tried to keep a serious face but she started laughing. April started laughing as well but a scream pierced the house.
"Lily!" screamed Lily's older sister.
"What!" Lily shouted back. Lily and April headed to the living room, where they knew Petunia was. April and Lily had to try and prevent themselves from laughing as they saw Petunia wrestling with an owl, trying to keep it out. Petunia had quite thin hair and she was quite skinny and didn't look that strong. Petunia had always been jealous of Lily's looks and popularity and since it was obvious Lily was going to be a beauty she had tried to put Lily down.
"How many times do I have to tell you to keep your freaky things to yourself." Petunia said.
"You're not my mum Petunia." Lily said. "Accio." A letter flew past Petunia and into Lily's hand. Petunia let out another scream and the Owl flew away.
"Who is it from?" April asked anxiously. Lily opened it and smiled.
"It's from James." Lily said. "Hi, just got back home. I'm missing you so much already. Have you asked your mum about me coming to stay? Forever yours, James" Lily read to April.
"That's so sweet" April said as she read the letter as well.
"Who the hell is James?" Petunia asked. "And you are not having anymore freaks around our house." Petunia said.
"That's up to mum to decide. Besides if it bothers you that much I'll take them to the cinema" Lily said.
"Oh, can we go later?" April asked. April, being from an all magic family, had rarely been to the cinema, she only went with Lily. She loved the cinema and was always amazed at how muggles got along without magic.
"Lily dear," Mrs. Evans said from the kitchen, "When you've finished unpacking could you and April pop to the corner shop and get some milk?" April's eyes lit up.
"Lets go now." April said. April loved the muggle way of life but could never imagine living without magic.