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Chapter 29: Train Ride Home

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Merry Faerie- I don't take that as a flame at all! I'm glad you pointed out what you didn't like; it makes me a better writer and you a great reader!! I agree that I should've made this story more realistic and in the views of a British teenager in the LJ time period. It was well over a year ago that I wrote this story, so I have to admit, there is a lot of things I don't like about it. But, I wouldn't want to rewrite it because then it wouldn't be what I wrote a year ago. It's kind of confusing, but I really wanted to keep it the way I wrote it in the beginning. A year ago, I thought I was a pretty good writer. By today, I think the beginning of this story sucks and it's downright crappy. (Obviously my writing has improved based on other fics I wrote!) But, that's just my opinion and I'm my own toughest critic. This was my first (well second, the first one was a complete screw up lol) LJ fic. I wanted to be able to look back on my writing and pick out where I can be better. I really didn't want to post this story on here in the first place, just for reasons like this, but I thought, what the heck, I'd like to see what others think about it…and I got a pretty good response. I also agree about the spelling, I hate that too. (Its one of my pet peeves too!) It's really hard to read through a story with a bunch of misspelled words and abbreviations and such. That was one of the things I always made sure was in my writing was that everything was spelling right. Thanks for pointing out my good points, as well as the points you disliked. So, thanks again for taking time to read my story and letting me know. If you got this far, then thanks for reading! If not, then oh well, I understand. Thanks again!

Another quick note to ALL my fabulous readers:

Thanks soo much to all of you who stuck with me from the beginning, who joined in the middle, and even who read in the end. I appreciate it more than you think. Especially since this fic was like my first baby. I'm still learning to 'raise my kids' and I learn from my mistakes. Lol. Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing! Look for upcoming fics of mine!

Thanks bunches!

-Katie

"Well," Bree sighed observing the common room, "If I said I was excited to graduate, I'd be lying."

"Me too," I put my arm around Bree's shoulders, "I can't believe its over."

"It went by so fast," she replied.

"Too fast." I added.

"Now what?" Bree asked.

"We go and get a place to live and a job." I shrugged, "Wanna live with me?"

"I've waited fifteen years for you to ask me that." She giggled.

"We should get an apartment together." I replied, "But first we need to get a job!"

"That would help!" she giggled, "Are you going to live in the magical world or the muggle world?"

"I don't know." I sighed, "I guess we'll sort it out when we get home."

"Alright." We headed up the stairs…for the last time, "I guess we should get to bed."

"Oiy! Bree! Lily!" I heard Sirius run into the common room, "Where are you going?"

"Sleep." Bree replied, "There's nothing else to do."

"Are you sure of that?" his eyes twinkled.

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Just a bit of celebration!" he called.

The common room was suddenly filled with confetti and decorations.

"OIY! PARTY!" Sirius called loud enough for the whole castle to hear.

Everyone who heard Sirius called rushed down the stairs to start the party. Even most of the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff houses were there.

"I should report you." I joked when we reached Sirius and Remus.

"Yes, you could," he replied, "If you were still Head Girl. But since we no longer go here, your not!"

I glared at him, "You planned that."

"Just so you wouldn't tell. Besides this is the last party we'll have in this common room!" Remus replied, "Let's make it fun!"

"Your right." Bree answered.

We were soon joined by the rest of the Marauders and our friends. We spent the whole night partying and making more memories to fill our brains with.

I took one last look around my room to make sure I had everything. This afternoon we will get on the Hogwarts Express for the last time and leave Hogwarts. But first the teachers had one more activity for us to participate in.

"Muggles make these all the time," I stated as we sat down at a table after hearing McGonagall talk.

"What are they called again?" James asked.

"Scrapbooks." Bree reminded him, "We make a little book full of pictures."

"This will be a nice memory." Remus said picking out a blank book.

"Yes it will." I agreed looking through the many boxes of pictures.

"Where did they get all these pictures?" Sirius asked, "I don't remember anyone having a camera."

"Dumbledore got all the pictures." I answered, "But don't ask me how because I have no idea."

"This one is definitely going in my scrapbook." Bree giggled. "It's when we pushed you guys in the lake then Remus pushed us in."

"You guys deserved that." I laughed, "But I don't remember why."

"This one is priceless!" James jumped up, "It's when Lily kissed ME!"

"Let me see that!" I reached for the picture but James moved it out of my reach.

"No way! You'll destroy it!" he pasted the picture down, "Now its there forever."

"Don't get used to it." I mumbled.

"Aww look at this picture of Bree and me snogging!" Sirius exclaimed.

"What?"

"And look another of us in the common room snogging. And another one of us in the broom closet snogging. And look here's one of us by the lake snogging! I never knew we snogged so much!" Sirius joked.

"Where did you get those?" she demanded.

"Well now they will be in my book." He smiled sweetly.

We continued working on our scrapbooks and finding many interesting pictures. It seemed as if there was a picture for everyday we spent at Hogwarts. There were pictures from our first year and even pictures from the party we had last night. One of my favorite pictures had to be of all of us together in the common room with James trying to hit on me. I also found some pictures of Bree and I. I filled my scrapbook with tons of pictures.

Remus looked over Sirius' shoulder at his scrapbook, "The snug book? What is a snug book?"

"Snug!? What? It's supposing to be the SNOG book!" he cried.

"It looks fine. In fact it looks funnier as the snug book." Bree laughed. She opened the first page, "I think you have enough 'snug' pictures." She joked. After a few pages of her and Sirius she found tons of pictures of the Marauders and plenty of the pranks they played. Then there were pictures of him and James hexing the Slytherins with Lily yelling at them.

"Look I have the first few pages dedicated to Lily!" James cried, "Isn't it wonderful!?"

"Stalker." I laughed.

"Now I can always look at Lily's pretty face, or her sleeping face, or her yelling face!"

After everyone finished their books and tables disappeared we all headed to our dorms for one last check. Before I headed up with the rest of the crowd Dumbledore called James and I aside.

"Splendid job this year! I think I made an excellent choice in making you two Head Boy and Girl. The remaining pictures that you didn't use can be found in each of your trunks. Thank you for helping make this year a wonderful year. I wish each of you the best in your coming years." His eyes twinkled, "Owl me any time you need me."

"Thanks Professor." I replied, "We will definitely miss you and the castle."

"Trust me Miss Evans, you nor anyone else will ever be forgotten here." He smiled, "I think you will go down in history here at Hogwarts!"

"Yes!" James cheered silently, "Sorry, Sirius will be so happy."

"Off you go before you miss the train!"

"Goodbye Professor!" We called before heading up to the Gryfinndor tower for the last time to grab our bags.

"James can I talk to you before we arrive?" I asked. There was only a few minutes left on the train before we would arrive at Platform 9¾.

"Sure." He replied. We exited the compartment and headed into an empty one.

"I just wanted to know if maybe we can start out as just friends." I started.

"Yeah," he said trying to sound calm. But I could tell he was excited, "I can do that."

"Good. Because I guess your not as bad as you've been in the past." I said.

"Yeah, I guess I did grow up a bit." He laughed.

"Well," I said looking out the window, "Looks like we're here."

"Yup." James sighed.

"Well, good bye, James. I'll owl you sometime." I gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"Bye." He replied not leaving the compartment.

I caught up with Bree after she said good bye to Sirius and we put on trunks on a trolley. Both of our parents had to work so they arranged a cab to come and pick us up. We exchanged good byes with our friends and promised to owl each other a lot.

Bree and I looked at each other then at the wall in front of us that separated us from the muggle and magical world.

"Do you think one day we'll be able to watch our kids run through the barrier?" she asked.

"I hope." I smiled.

We casually walked through the barrier trying not to attract attention from the passing muggles.

We exited the station and headed towards the parking lot to find our cab. When we found ours we started putting our trunks in the back.

I was about to climb into the back seat where Bree was waiting when I heard my name being called.

I turned around and saw James running towards me.

"Lily!" he panted.

"James? What's wrong?" I asked.

"I have to tell you something." He put his hands on my shoulders and tried to catch his breath, "Please don't ever forget about me."

"How can I?"

"A very long time ago," he continued, "I promised myself that I would get you to date me before the day I die. And when I would get to agree, I would give you this." He pulled a long black velvet box out of his pocket. "But since I didn't succeed I don't want you to forget about me because I definitely wont forget about you. You mean more to me than anything in the world. But if you don't feel the same way about me, I don't want to force you. It would be a waste to keep this, so I want you to have it anyway."

"James." I said quietly. I felt the tears slowly fall down my face.

"Please. If friends is all we will ever be I'll have to live with it. Even if it means being miserable and feeling my heart break everytime I see you with Jacque. I have to go," he started to go but then turned around, "I love you. You were the first girl to ever steal my heart." He stepped back, "Please go."

I slipped the box into my pocket and looked at James again.

"Your car is waiting," he didn't show any sign of emotion on his face.

"Good bye James." I mumbled before getting in the car next to Bree.

"What was that all about?" Bree asked as we drove off.

"Nothing." I said quietly. I looked out the back window and saw James standing at the curb not taking his eyes off our cab. I felt terrible…I am the reason why he is miserable.

Well, it took me a whole year to write this story, and its over. It's weird having a story that I got so attached too. And, I certainly have to say, my writing has improved in a year. Check out my other fics.

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P.S. I origonally hated this beginning when I posted it on Harrypotter.com but now that I re-read it, I like it. What do you guys think? Let me know if you want the sequel! Adios!