She didn't have to wait long. Almost as soon as she had found herself
a seat, two figures came bounding into her compartment. All she saw was two
pairs of excited brown eyes before she found herself slammed into the side
of the compartment and engulfed in what some people might call a bear hug.
"Get off me you psychos!" yelped Lily, nearly suffocating from the weight of her overeager friends.
"Lily! Oh god I'm so excited to see you!" cried her friend Alice, "When we didn't see you at the station we thought you might have been sick or been run over by a car-re or whatever you call them..." And off she went babbling about the dangers of the Muggle world. Alice was well known for her ability to talk the ears of an elephant.
"Lil, it's good to see you," breathed Emma, who looked as if she had just run a marathon, "Alice made me run all over trying to find you. How was your vacation?"
Lily grinned. Her friends hadn't changed a bit. Emma and Alice were cousins and they looked so much a like that many people often mistook them for twins. Personality wise, they were complete opposites. Alice was the spunky, while Emma was much more quiet and reclusive. Yet they were so close they could have been attached at the hip.
"It's good to see you both. You're so tan!" Lily was always jealous of her friends' gorgeous skin while hers remained perpetually white.
"Oh I know! Daddy took us to the coast last week and it was absolutely fabulous! You should have come with!" chattered Alice, "Amanda and Sophie are up at the front, come on!"
Lily grimaced, "Um, yeah sure ok." She thought it was much too early in the morning to deal with Amanda and her millions of stories of all the hearts she had broken this summer. But she followed her chattering girlfriends to where Amanda sat doing her nails with Sophie who was reading a magazine and chewing gum loudly. Alice and Emma speed away as if on wings to say hello to all their other friends. Lily was about to follow them when Amanda beckoned her in the compartment.
"Lily doll it's so good to see you, sit down!" Amanda said, patting the seat next to her, "I was just telling Sophie here all about this adorable Russian boy I meet at the beach..."
Sophie rolled her eyes at Lily had already stopped paying attention. Did she really have to sit for hours listening to her? Amanda was great and all, but she was like medicine, she had to be taken in small portions otherwise you could make yourself really sick.
It seemed like she wasn't the only one who thought that.
"Hey Amanda, lay off a little, Lily just got here," muttered the voice of Sophie from behind her Sugar magazine. Lily gave her a grateful look, and Sophie gave her an almost nonexistent wink.
Amanda pouted for a moment at being interrupted during her story. But she regained herself quickly and said to the group, "Hey, where are our favorite boys?" carefully not looking at Lily, "Especially that sexy James."
Lily closed her eyes. Urgh. She didn't want to think about him. She hoped he wouldn't come around here anytime soon. She could only take so much cockiness in one room, and Amanda had more than enough. The door to the compartment banged open.
"Hey who let these dazzling beauties onto this train?"
Too late.
A tall, black haired boy leaned into the room grinning from ear to ear. When he saw Lily glaring back at him, he grinned even wider.
"It's the Lovely Evens herself," proclaimed James Potter. He came into their car and squashed himself between Lily and Amanda, putting his arms around them. He leaned over to Lily and said in a deep mocking voice, "Did ya miss me gorgeous?"
Lily shrugged off his arm. "Yeah, about as much as I'd miss gum in my hair." She shot at him, moving over to sit across from him.
James grasped his heart with his free hand, while one arm was still around Amanda. He faked a look of deep hurt. "Ouch, looks like your summer hasten soften your red head temper."
Amanda poked James in the side. She batted her eyes at him, "What about me, did you miss me too."
James smiled, "Words cannot express how much I longed to see you." Amanda smiled coyly. When she turned her head, James made a gagging motion that the rest of the girls could see. Everyone laughed but Lily. As much as she enjoyed making fun of Amanda, she never let herself laugh at James' arrogant jokes. Well, almost never.
Amanda looked over to catch the joke. Lily almost felt sorry for her for a moment. Amanda turned back to keep flirting with James, and he responded like any 15 year old boy. Lily looked out the window and groaned inwardly. This was going to be a really long ride.
"Get off me you psychos!" yelped Lily, nearly suffocating from the weight of her overeager friends.
"Lily! Oh god I'm so excited to see you!" cried her friend Alice, "When we didn't see you at the station we thought you might have been sick or been run over by a car-re or whatever you call them..." And off she went babbling about the dangers of the Muggle world. Alice was well known for her ability to talk the ears of an elephant.
"Lil, it's good to see you," breathed Emma, who looked as if she had just run a marathon, "Alice made me run all over trying to find you. How was your vacation?"
Lily grinned. Her friends hadn't changed a bit. Emma and Alice were cousins and they looked so much a like that many people often mistook them for twins. Personality wise, they were complete opposites. Alice was the spunky, while Emma was much more quiet and reclusive. Yet they were so close they could have been attached at the hip.
"It's good to see you both. You're so tan!" Lily was always jealous of her friends' gorgeous skin while hers remained perpetually white.
"Oh I know! Daddy took us to the coast last week and it was absolutely fabulous! You should have come with!" chattered Alice, "Amanda and Sophie are up at the front, come on!"
Lily grimaced, "Um, yeah sure ok." She thought it was much too early in the morning to deal with Amanda and her millions of stories of all the hearts she had broken this summer. But she followed her chattering girlfriends to where Amanda sat doing her nails with Sophie who was reading a magazine and chewing gum loudly. Alice and Emma speed away as if on wings to say hello to all their other friends. Lily was about to follow them when Amanda beckoned her in the compartment.
"Lily doll it's so good to see you, sit down!" Amanda said, patting the seat next to her, "I was just telling Sophie here all about this adorable Russian boy I meet at the beach..."
Sophie rolled her eyes at Lily had already stopped paying attention. Did she really have to sit for hours listening to her? Amanda was great and all, but she was like medicine, she had to be taken in small portions otherwise you could make yourself really sick.
It seemed like she wasn't the only one who thought that.
"Hey Amanda, lay off a little, Lily just got here," muttered the voice of Sophie from behind her Sugar magazine. Lily gave her a grateful look, and Sophie gave her an almost nonexistent wink.
Amanda pouted for a moment at being interrupted during her story. But she regained herself quickly and said to the group, "Hey, where are our favorite boys?" carefully not looking at Lily, "Especially that sexy James."
Lily closed her eyes. Urgh. She didn't want to think about him. She hoped he wouldn't come around here anytime soon. She could only take so much cockiness in one room, and Amanda had more than enough. The door to the compartment banged open.
"Hey who let these dazzling beauties onto this train?"
Too late.
A tall, black haired boy leaned into the room grinning from ear to ear. When he saw Lily glaring back at him, he grinned even wider.
"It's the Lovely Evens herself," proclaimed James Potter. He came into their car and squashed himself between Lily and Amanda, putting his arms around them. He leaned over to Lily and said in a deep mocking voice, "Did ya miss me gorgeous?"
Lily shrugged off his arm. "Yeah, about as much as I'd miss gum in my hair." She shot at him, moving over to sit across from him.
James grasped his heart with his free hand, while one arm was still around Amanda. He faked a look of deep hurt. "Ouch, looks like your summer hasten soften your red head temper."
Amanda poked James in the side. She batted her eyes at him, "What about me, did you miss me too."
James smiled, "Words cannot express how much I longed to see you." Amanda smiled coyly. When she turned her head, James made a gagging motion that the rest of the girls could see. Everyone laughed but Lily. As much as she enjoyed making fun of Amanda, she never let herself laugh at James' arrogant jokes. Well, almost never.
Amanda looked over to catch the joke. Lily almost felt sorry for her for a moment. Amanda turned back to keep flirting with James, and he responded like any 15 year old boy. Lily looked out the window and groaned inwardly. This was going to be a really long ride.