As they were all leaving the train, they noticed that most of their fellow students were not looking eagerly towards the castle and dinner, but to two figures coming out of the last car on the train. Lily could barely make out what all of the kids were saying,

"Did you see them?"

"Omigod, He's GORGEOUS! How's my hair look?"

"She's so tall, are they all that gigantic?"

Emma and Alice rushed up to the group, completely winded.

"Guess what? Do you see those two kids over there? They're transfer students from America!"

"What?" Lily whirled around to face her breathless friends, "How do you know?"

"Amanda went up and started talking to the boy as soon as she saw how amazingly hot he was," explained Alice, "he told her his name is Mark, and now shes making friends with his sister, Caitlin. He's got the cutest New Yorker accent ever! Omigod, he's looking over here!"

Lily glanced behind her. Mark was looking over at them with interest, but upon seeing them turn to him, he quickly began talking to the tall girl beside him who could only be his sister. They both had blond hair and blue eyes, and from what Lily could tell from the creases in Mark's shirt, he was incredibly... fit.

Feeling her gaze on him, Mark looked back over at Lily. Caught watching him, she gave him a smile and a little wave. A relieved look washed over at his face as he returned her small smile and then was reluctantly pulled away by his sister.

"Oh great," exclaimed Emma behind her, "Now they've gone gooey-eyed for each other. Leave it to Lily to snatch the only decent looking guy who ever came to this school."

"What do you mean? I wasn't watching anybody!"

"Oh me thinks thou doest protest too much." Quoted Sirius, "That's ok Lil, I completely understand. I was just examining his very good-looking sister. You know American girls can't resist an English accent."

He then continued to explain to Lily all of the wonderful things he'd heard about American witches while the group walked over to the carriages. They reached the carriages and Lily was about to follow Sirius and Lupin into an empty one, when she felt a small tap on her shoulder. She turned around and found herself looking up into a pair of very blue eyes.

"Hi, I'm Mark. Is this carriage full?"