"Lils!" Dana called out, rushing towards her best friend. They were on the platform, ready for another school year.

"Dana!" Lily called back and they hugged.

"C'mon, we don't want to end up in a compartment with Snape and Goyle again, do we?" Dana said, walking towards the train.

Lily grimaced at the memory of last year's train ride with Snape and Goyle. It had been awful. "Dana?"

"Yeah?"

"Uhh . . . I have to go to the head's compartment."

Dana stopped and turned to look at Lily. "You're head girl?!"

Lily nodded.

"Oh, I knew it! That's so great, Lils." Dana hugged her again. "I suppose I'd better go and find Cass then?"

"Probably," Lily said, as she began making her way towards the head's compartment. She wondered who would be Head Boy. Maybe Remus . . . She shivered at the thought. No, please, none of the marauders please, she begged. When she got there the compartment was empty, so she heaved her bag up onto the rack and sat down, looking out the window and waiting for the Head Boy. She watched a small boy outside, trying to carry his trunk and his owl's cage and failing dismally. Before long, a seventh-year called Josh went up and helped him. Lily smiled to herself. She had fond memories of Josh. For four months last year she'd gone out with him, and they'd had a pleasant break-up and were still friends. Lily turned as the door to the compartment opened.

"Evans," James said curtly.

Lily glared. "What are you doing here?"

"Why . . . I'm Head Boy."

Lily gulped. "Not you . . . you can't be."

James took a seat across from her, shrugging. "Believe it or not Ev."

"Don't fucking call me EV, POT!"

"This is going to be a long year," James muttered to himself, when someone knocked on the door. "Come in, Padfoot," James said.

Lily rolled her eyes, save me, please!

"Guess who's Head Girl, Sirius," James said, as Sirius sat down next to him.

Sirius grinned. "This is going to be an interesting year." He turned to Lily, offering her a chocolate frog.

She looked at him skeptically, stood up, and left the compartment.

"So, happy about this prongs?"

"And why would I be happy about this?"

Sirius shrugged. "Maybe you're secretly in love with Lily, but pretend you hate her guts because you don't want to be rejected by her."

"Hey, Padfoot, I've been rejected by her – remember second year? Anyway, I'm over her."

"Sure you are, sure you are," Sirius mocked.

Lily found Dana in a compartment a carriage down, with Cass, Josh, and Josh's friend, Keenan.

"Hey, Lils," they chorused, as she sat down next to Josh.

"So, Lils, who's Head Boy?"

Lily gritted her teeth. "Potter. He's currently sitting in there with Black."

"Shouldn't you be back there?" Dana asked.

Lily shrugged. "Wasn't staying there with him."

"I'll come back with you, if you like."

Lily tried to hide her smile. Ever since first year, Dana had had the biggest crush on Sirius. "Okay."

They stood up and made their way back to the compartment where James and Sirius were talking about their holidays and paid no attention when the girls entered.

"So, was she good?" James was asking Sirius.

"Oh, yeah. Definitely. Fucks like anything."

Lily sighed.

"What? You have a problem with that Evans?" James asked.

"Yeah, I do actually. What about this poor girl who thought she meant something to him!"

James and Sirius shrugged. "Seriously, Evans, get some perspective."

Lily got out her wand.

"No need to get dirty."

"Dirty?" Lily scoffed. "You wish!"

Sirius shook his head at Dana. "Don't you wish they'd just admit they want each other?"

Dana laughed, crossing her legs to show a bit of thigh and Lily shot her a look of annoyance as she cursed James. He now had a dick for a head.

All three in the compartment laughed at him and only when Dana's little sister, Abbey, walked in did Lily change it back.

"D-Dana!" Abbey said, crying.

"What's wrong?" Dana asked, concerned for her sister, whose first time it was going to Hogwarts.

"S-someone gave me a l-l-lolly that w-was p-poisoned!"

"What do you mean?"

Dana pulled her sleeve up to reveal red, itchy skin.

"You fucking bastard!" Lily yelled at James, undoing the curse. She knew it was him – he'd done it to her in first year.

Suddenly, the train lurched to a stop and Lily was thrown across the compartment on top of James and Sirius.