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A/N: Ok……sorry about last chapter…with the whole let's skip half a year thing. But I thought that Sirius's idea was a good place to stop the year…..also year 3 should be…interesting… (Evil smirk)…ok well on with the story!

Chapter 20: Strange Feelings on the Hogwarts Express

Lily stepped on to the platform and walked over to the Hogwarts Express; it was finally September 1st. Alice and Athena had to leave after Petunia some how managed to gain fifty large red pimples and a beard right before her "huge" date with her boyfriend. Some guy named Vernon Dursley; Lily had never met him, and Petunia wanted to keep it that way.

Lily still smiled at the memory of her sister with a giant blonde beard- almost as long as Dumbledore's- and all those pimples… It however couldn't be overlooked by her parents, so the two had to leave the next day. Though they all agreed it was worth it.

Lily stepped onto the train and immediately began to go search for her friends. She was just about to look into another compartment when the door to it swung open and there stood…
James was once again talking about the upcoming Quidditch try-outs, much to everyone's disgust. Especially Sirius's who spent the whole summer at James' house.

James got up to go to the bathroom, and swung the door open to see a red headed girl standing right in front of him. For some reason his stomach did a strange sort of flip.

"Uh, Ev- Evans what are you doing here?" James asked, for the first time in his life, shyly.

She looked at him strangely. Then said, "I was looking for my friends…are you alright Potter? You look sort of…ill…"

For some strange reason he blushed, then said, "Oh…I'm…fine."

She looked at him disbelievingly then said, "Ok, if you say so." and walked away.

He turned back to his friends. Sirius was grinning evilly at him. Remus was still reading but seemed to have a secret smile on his face. Peter however looked worried.

"Are you alright James?" Peter asked, "She's right you do look ill!"

Sirius shook his head with a light chuckle as James shrugged.

"Bloody hell Peter! Why are you always so thick?" Sirius asked.

James and Peter both looked at him confused.

"What? Isn't it obvious?" Sirius asked and without waiting for a reply he added, "James fancies Lily!"

"What!?" James yelled, outraged, "No, I don't!"

"Yes, you do." Sirius said simply.

"No, I don't!" James said stubbornly. Then he turned to Remus, who seemed to be engrossed in his book, "Tell him I don't Remus!"

Remus looked up, a slight smile tugging at his lips.

"Looking at the facts I would have to agree with Sirius," he said, then he frowned, "Though I think that will be the first and last time…"

"Hey!" Sirius yelled. "What's that suppose to mean?!"

Remus smiled slightly. Ignoring him, he turned back to his book.

James just stood there thinking to himself, while Sirius was still bugging Remus. He couldn't like Evans, could he? It didn't seem possible. She was always the serious, studious person, while James was the laid back, trouble maker.

How could he possible like her? He couldn't! He didn't! But for some reason every time he thought about her his stomach gave an odd sort of jolt. "Why?!" he wanted to know, "How could I like her?!" His thought went on and on.

"How could I like the serious, no doubt future prefect?" he thought. "With her long red hair that falls just to her shoulders…and those lovely green eyes she has-" He stopped and looked around wide eyed and shocked.

Wait! What was he thinking?! Those lovely green eyes?! Did he like her!? Oh this was going to be an interesting year!
A/N: Sorry for the length. Well good news for all L/J fans! I bet you can guess what that is! It is pretty obvious in this chapter!! I can smell love…and hate…in the air! Ok well hope you liked it! You can tell me by reviewing!

It won't matter what you put! Even if its "good" or "bad" or even "Oooh! Look! A monkey!" Ok well hope you liked it! I'll try to update soon!

Next chapter: James tries to find out his feelings…in other words, denial. Also Lily seems to notice how odd James is acting…

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Misty Cherry: You missed me? That's pathetic! Just kidding! Sorry you thought it was short…you must be furious at me with this one ; ) Also sorry for skipping half the year! I'll try to make third year worth the skip! Ok well thanks for reviewing! Do you now know the full meaning of EW4eva? I doubt it! It's hard when it only has two chapters!