Author's note: This is my first fanfic so please review and tell me what you think. I am always reading stories about James being a big headed prat and Lily being a sweet abused little girl. So I'm going to switch a few things around. I am a fan of James more than of Lily so if you don't like it I'm sorry.

Love Hurts

James walked slowly onto the platform and boarded the Hogwarts Express. His eyes had dark bags under them and his clothes hung loosely on his thin muscular frame. He searched aimlessly for an empty compartment, finally finding one in the very back of the train.

He hadn't seen his friends yet and frankly he was glad. He wanted to sit by himself for a while. His fathers words rang through his head as he thought about his most recent fight with his father.

'You are an embarrassment to our family. Always running around playing pranks. Why cant you be more like me. You pathetic piece of shit. I cant wait till you leave school. So you can never come back. I wish you were never born and I hope you will never disgrace our home with your presence again. Now get out!'

He gingerly touched his shoulder were his father had cursed him. A deep oozing gash red with infection was hidden beneath his shirt. The curse would make the wound stay there for a long time becoming increasingly painful as time passed. He wouldn't tell anyone until the pain became unbearable. For the time being he would find a way to make his other scars disappear so know one would ask questions when it came time to tell someone.

He let out a quick gasp when he leaned roughly on his shoulder. He stared sadly out the window trying to fall asleep. Suddenly the door slid open and Lily Evans stepped into the compartment. Her two best friends Taylor Von and Carolyn Dane.

Lily Evans was a tall slender red head with a fiery temper and emerald green eyes. She was top of her year along with James and had a heart of gold accept for James. Taylor Von had long black hair that always hung in a loose braid and deep blue eyes. She was tall and slender standing 5'8. Although she was very pretty she was extremely shy, but never missed lending a helping hand Finally their was Carolyn Dane. She had short brown hair and subtle black eyes. She was the shortest one in the group but made up for it with her outgoing way and lively demeanor.

"Oh, girls I guess we cant sit here, Potheads here," Lily said making Carolyn laugh. James turned around and looked at Lily. She looked angry and he tried to pretend her words didn't affect him.

"Hullo, Lily," James said before turning back around. She looked taken aback that he had called her by her first name, but she shook it off.

Against Lily's orders Taylor sat down across from James.

"Come on Lily there's no other place to sit," Taylor said staring up at Lily. Lily couldn't say no to Taylor. She never could. So no matter how much she didn't want to she sat down near Taylor. Carolyn doing the same.

"So James how was your summer?" Taylor asked shocking Lily and Taylor. She never talked to the Marauders.

James looked up and smiled a bit.

"It was fine, and how was yours," he asked politely. Lily was shocked James wasn't acting like a prat. Like he normally did.

"Oh mine was fine, I spent some time at Lily's and worked at the animal shelter near my house," she replied with a small smile. James turned to face Taylor and they began having a conversation about Quiditch. Lily and Carolyn watched amazed as their shy friend laughed and talked with their worst enemy James Potter.

Soon after they began talking the Compartment door opened again. Sirius Black and Remus Lupin stepped in smiling. James looked up from the conversation and smiled at his two best friends.

"Hello Jamsie," Sirius said sitting down with James. Remus grabbed a seat next to Sirius

"Hello Padfoot, it's great to see ya," James replied. James looked back at Taylor who was staring at her lap and then back to Sirius.

"Hey Padfoot I'd like you to meat Taylor Von, she kept me company while I waited for you guys." Taylor looked up and smiled shyly, her blue eyes darting from Sirius to James. Sirius smiled and walked over to her. Plopping himself down between her and Lily.

"How did you do it?" Sirius asked.

"Do what?" Taylor replied shyly.

"Keep him entertained, I can't even keep his attention for 5 minutes without him falling asleep on me," Sirius said laughing." Taylor smiled at Sirius.

Remus and Lily were having a conversation about the Potions essay they had over the summer, and

Taylor was listening to bored. Every once in a while James would cast a side ways glance at Lily. He so

envied Remus at the moment. He had tried everything to get her attention, but nothing worked. She still

considered him a big headed prat.

Taylor and Sirius were sitting in the corner talking animatedly about Quiditch, Taylor forgetting her usually shy demeanor, and James continued to glance at Lily. The trolley lady stopped by the compartment and all of them got something off the cart. James paid for it all. Lily gave him a quick thanks and then blushed, turning back to Remus.

Suddenly the door slid open violently and Severus Snape, Lucious Malfoy, and their cronies stepped in.

James stared angrily up at them, but remained seated.

"Well, well, well, look what we have here. James Potter how are your parents treating you these days," Severus smirked. James visibly stiffened.

"Oh, hello mudblood," Severus hissed at Lily. James immediately stood up his wand pointing at Severus's forehead. Sirius and Remus were about to stand up but their henchmen pointed their wands at them so they remained seated

"Don't you ever call her that you fucking bastard, and if I find out you have I'll cut off all of your appendages starting with your smallest," he growled fiercely

"James put your wand down now," Lily barked glaring at him. He looked at her confused, but did as she said. Snape saw this as a window of opportunity and he shot a curse right at James' chest and he fell to the floor coughing. What he didn't realize was his shirt had been torn and his gash was visible. Lily saw it. The veins around it were black, it oozed green-yellow liquid, and blood leaked slowly out of it.

She was just about to look closer when he noticed and hurriedly covered it up. Sirius and Remus quickly pulled out their wands when the henchmen looked away. Both pointing at the Slytherins. Snape glared at him and they quickly ran off.

"James are you okay?" Sirius asked leaning down to help his friend, James was still coughing and his breathes were coming in short gasps. Lily pulled out her wand and transfigured a candle into a glass of water.

"Here you go Potter," she said handing him the glass. He graciously accepted it.

He took a drink and coughed it up. Suddenly a large ball of blood shot out of his mouth and a small black ball rolled from it.

He immediately stopped coughing and took a deep needed breath. Sirius clapped him on the back as Remus inspected the black ball.

"It was the furvus respiratus curse, or the black breath," Remus said after a minute. Ames looked up questioningly.

"What's that?" James asked. Lily answered before Remus could.

"It's a curse that blocks your air passage with a black substance than dries immediately when it comes in contact with air. Hence the black ball," she explained. James nodded and sat back.

He noticed Lily looking at his shoulder and he looked up at her. She met his gaze and he shook his head solemnly. She knew he didn't want to talk about it and she respected his decision. At that she forgot about it.

The group soon forgot about the encounter and they talked the rest of the way to Hogwart's, Lily occasionally talking to James, who was on cloud 9 every time she did;