A/N: Aw, Jenna! Thank you so much!

Chapter Nine

Lily stared at her reflection in the lake.

Tereesa would be coming back to Hogwarts today, and would be arriving soon.

Lily had always imagined that Tereesa, Clare, and she would live together in an apartment. They all planned on being journalists, so they thought they could go work at the same place, too. The trio had already planned out their future, and Tereesa dieing certainly wasn't on the list.

Lily felt a wet tear slide down her cheek and she quickly wiped it away.

Ever since she set foot on the Hogwarts Express, she and Tereesa had been best friends.

"Need help with that?" A voice behind Lily asked.

Lily turned around and faced a blonde girl with warm, brown eyes.

"That would be great, thanks. I just packed so many book, my turnk became heavy..." Lily said and the girl grabbed onto one side of Lily's trunk.

"I'm Tereesa Fewint, by the way." the girl said as they walked into an empty compartment.

"Lily Evans." Lily said.

"It's been a pleasure." Tereesa said and turned to leave.

"Oh, you can stay in here if you want. I don't have any friends yet, so it's not really reserved." Lily said.

Tereesa smiled, "You have me as your friend! Let me just get my trunk, I left it back there." Tereesa said and motioned outside the compartment.

Lily smiled and looked out the window.

'Wow,' Lily thought to herself, 'my very first friend!'

Lily smacked the water with her hand and looked away.

"Lils!" someone shouted from across the school grounds.

Lily looked up and saw Tereesa running towards her.

"Hi Tereesa." Lily said, her voice cracking.

She forced a smile.

Tereesa frowned.

"You sound excited to see me. Do you know what happens to people who are boring?" Tereesa asked.

"No, and I don't want to find out." Lily replied.

Tereesa shrugged, "Too bad." Tereesa said and pushed Lily in the lake.

Lily swam to the surface and looked at Tereesa.

"Tereesa!" she shreiked but Tereesa was already running as fast as er legs could carry her.

Tereesa knew full well that Lily was the fastest runner at Hogwarts.

Lily jumped out of the water and chased after Tereesa, laughing all the way.

Lily finally caught up with her best friend and tackled her.

"Say your sorry." Lily said and sat on Tereesa.

"Lily! You're getting me all wet!" Tereesa protested and tried pushing Lily off her.

"I won't get off until you say you're sorry." Lily stated simply.

"Fine! I'm sorry." Tereesa said and Lily got off.

Lily helped Tereesa up but Tereesa was soon tackled by Sirius.

"Ahhh! Sirius!" Tereesa screamed.

James, Remus, and Clare walked beside Lily and watched Tereesa and Sirius tackle each other.

"It's so romantic!" Lily said and wiped away and imaginary tear. James and Remus laughed appreciativly.

"Those two were meant for each other."

That day's Herbology class was the best Herbology class of the year.

Lily got paired with Sirius, Clare with Ally (Kate's best friend), James with a Hufflepuff named Roger Herring, and Remus and Tereesa were paired together.

Lily and Sirius were particularly hyper.

"Sirius, your not supposed to touch that!" Lily said and giggled as Sirius poked the plant they were supposed to be growing. The plant Sirius prodded exploded and Lily and Sirius burst out laughing.

"Did you see that?" Lily asked Sirius, her arm around his shoulder for support. "That was awesome!" Sirius exclaimed and poked it again.

The rest of the lesson went like this, and Lily and Sirius emerged from the greenhouse still havig laughing fits.

"Remember when you poked it the fifth time?" Lily asked loudly. "Yeah, and then it sort of growled at me!" Sirius said and cluched his stomach from laughing so hard.

Remus and Clare rolled their eyes, while James and Tereesa exchanged looks. Peter just dragged behind them, almost being invisable.

Sirius and Lily finally calmed own, but now it was Tereesa that was boucing off the walls in the common room.

"Hey! Can anybody stick their tongue out and touch their nose?" Tereesa asked excitedly.

Tereesa stuck out her tongue and used her index finger to touch her nose.

"Get it?" Tereesa asked and rolled on the floor, lauging.

"Tereesa, you already showed us that three times before. WE GET IT!" Lily said and Tereesa stopped laughing.

"I'm hungry." Sirius said, breaking the silence.

"Yeah! Let's go to the kitchens! Let's eat CHOCOLATE!" Tereesa shouted and jumped up and down.

"Oh no." Remus said.

"Here we go again." James said tiredly.

"You know, I'm not that hungry." Lily said.

"Me neither." James said quickly.

"Fine then, poopers. We'll go without you. Right Remus?" Sirius stared at Remus.

Remus sighed and followed resentfully.

"Clare?"

"I'm not that Hun-"

"CLARE?" Sirius repeated, louder.

"Alright, alright. I'm coming." Clare said and followed Remus.

Sirius cleared his throat loudly.

Peter took the hint and scurried off after the group.

"So." James said and sat down on a couch.

"So." Lily repeated and sat down next to him.

"How's Kyle?" James asked, sounding more bitter then he intended.

Lily's expression turned dreamy.

"He's great. He didn't see us...er...yoo know, but I told him anyway, in case he found out. He was great about it. He said that Beth and Courtney are bitches and that they deserved what they got." Lily said.

She looked like she was ready to make a whole speech about Kyle.

"Right." James said quickly. "I think I'm going to take a nap before Transfiguration." James said and stood up.

"No! Please stay with me!" Lily begged him.

"I can't Lily, I'll just fall asleep on you." James said and rubbed his eyes tiredly.

"Then so be it." Lily said and pat the couch next to her.

"What?"

"I SAID, SO BE IT!" Lily shouted in his ear.

"Yeah, yeah..." James muttered and sat back down.

Did Lily just say she wanted James to fall asleep on her?

'No! She just wants you to stay with her.' James convinsed himself.

"I will sleep on you, I wasn't joking." James said uncertainly.

"I don't mind if you sleep on me, James. Friends wouldn't mind." Lily said tiredly.

James grinned. He put his head on her lap and looked up at her angelically.

Lily didn't seem to notice.

James was delighted.

Normally, Lily would have pushed James off her.

Did this mean something?

James fell asleep soon and Lily found herself tired. She rested her head on her hand and as stoking James' hair absentmindedly.

If people didn't know Lily and James well, they would have thought the two good friends were a couple.

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