Hey, thanks so much for the reviews! They were all really nice, and I'll
try to make my chapters longer!
MysticAngel4- thanks for telling me about the James/Remus head boy thing, but I've started off with Remus as head boy so I'm going to keep it that way for this fic.
On with the story...
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Lily stood at Kings cross station and kissed her mum and dad goodbye, then she ran forwards and slid magically through the barrier between platforms eight and nine. She stood for a minute, looking around to see if she could find any of her friends. All of a sudden she heard someone yelling
"Lilly!! Over here Lilly!!" she turned around to see one of her best friend Beth standing beside the train. Lily dragged here suitcase over to her and said hi. Even though they had seen each other over the holidays they still had loads of catching up to do.
They were talking about their holidays when Rachael, came over to them. Rachael, Beth and Lily were best friends and had been ever since they were put in Gryffindor together. They all looked very different. Rachael was tall with coffee coloured skin, very dark eyes and black curly hair streaked with red. Beth was small, had blonde hair, grey eyes and was always very pale, except when she was embarrassed when she went bright red. Lily was average height, had bright red wavy hair, and had very green almond shaped eyes. All three girls were quite good looking, but Rachael was definitely the most striking and always had a group of boys following her around. She was currently going out with Sirius Black, this annoyed Lily because it meant they had to hang out with him and his friends, she liked most of his friends but hated James Potter.
"I need to go and see Professor McGonagall before the train goes" Lily told her friends, who already knew about her being head girl.
"Ok, we'll take your trunk into a carriage and you can come and find us when you're finished with McGonagall" Beth said picking up Lily's trunk. James and Sirius travelled to the Kingscross Station by themselves. They walked casually through the between platform eight and platform nine and after a few minutes they met Remus Lupin. They stood and talked for a while until they realised that everyone else was on the train and the train was about to leave.
"I was meant to go and see McGonagall before the train left" Remus said suddenly. "You two go and find a carriage and I'll come and sit with you once I've seen Professor McGonagall" Remus said to James and Sirius and ran off leaving them with his trunk.
When Remus got to the carriage where he had been told to meet Professor McGonagall, she was already there talking to Lily Evans.
"Hi" Remus panted "I'm really sorry I'm late"
Professor McGonagall turned to look at him and said, "That's alright, just don't let it happen again Lupin, you are head boy now and have to set a good example."
"Yeah, good example, won't happen again Professor."
Meanwhile Sirius and James were trying to find a free carriage and not having such much success. The last carriage they got to had only two people in it, Rachael and Beth.
"Sirius!" Rachael exclaimed excitedly, getting up and running to give him a kiss. Sirius grinned, gave her a hug and went to sit beside her. James sat beside Beth who asked him "Where's the third musketeer?"
"Remus?" James asked,
"Uh-hu" Beth nodded her head,
"He's off speaking to Professor McGonangall about his head boy duties or something" he told Beth, then asked "Is that where Lily is?"
"Yup, except she's not talking about head boy duties" James laughed and they started talking about their holidays. Beth and James got on well, they were both on the quidditch team, James was a keeper and Beth a chaser.
Lilly and James walked along the train talking and looking for their friends. They had various duties to do, but they also had privileges, which included being allowed out of their common room later than everyone else, and using the library after Madam Pince left.
They found their friends just as the food trolley reached their carriage, so they had to stand and wait until Sirius had bought half the trolley. The witch with the food trolley waved her wand and the empty trays filled with sweets, then she moved on to the next carriage.
Lily entered and went to sit beside Beth, Remus followed her and sat beside James who had been watching Lily avidly. Remus snapped his fingers in front of James' face and James turned to look at him,
"What, what is it?" he said quickly, blushing slightly. Remus just shook his head and smiled.
After an hour on the train, Remus had fallen asleep, Beth was reading, Rachael and Sirius were "busy" and James and Lily were both looking out the window feeling extremely bored.
"Have a good summer?" James asked Lily.
"Yes" she answered shortly "did you?"
Yup, I went away to France, it was dead hot and there was loads of fit chicks there" James said without thinking who he was talking to.
"God, do you think of anything else?" Lily said frowning.
"Yeah, I do, I think about loads of other stuff actually"
"Oh yeah, like what?"
"Quidditch and.. stuff."
Lily snorted, "Quidditch and stuff"
James glared at her. Why didn't she like him, they had stuff in common, she liked quidditch, so did he. She was clever so was he. James woke Remus up and dragged him out of their compartment into the corridor of the train to tell him this.
"Erm, I don't know how to break this to you James" Remus said, "sure, you're both clever, but she doesn't go around announcing how clever she is and hexing people just to show she can. Does she?"
"Well, no. But I don't announce how clever I am, I just tell people if they ask and I don't hex people to show I can, I hex them because they annoy me" James retorted.
Remus grimaced, this was going to be hard, "Well, as long as you keep going round hexing everyone who annoys you and telling people how clever you are, she's not going to go out with you."
"Why not?" James asked exasperatedly.
"Because she likes sensitive guys, nice guys"
"I am nice!!!" James said angrily.
"Yeah, I know you're nice, but Lily doesn't think so, I mean you've never exactly charming towards her have you?"
"I was nice to her just there and she wasn't very nice to me."
"Well, she's going to wonder why you're being so nice all of a sudden, you can't blame her for being horrible to you."
"Yes I can" James muttered "What can I do then, to make her be nice to me?"
"You'll just have to be persistent, if she's horrible to you don't say something nasty back, just keep being nice."
"How will that work?" James asked.
"It's really hard to be horrible to some one if they're being nice to you, believe me, she'll have to start being nice to you eventually."
"Fine, I'll try being nice to her, but you'll have to help me. I say stuff without meaning to sometimes." James said looking at Remus dolefully.
Remus laughed, "I'll help you, I just hope this works."
"Yeah, it better," James said, "because if it doesn't I'm blaming you."
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I hope that's long enough for you! What did you think, please review and tell me.
MysticAngel4- thanks for telling me about the James/Remus head boy thing, but I've started off with Remus as head boy so I'm going to keep it that way for this fic.
On with the story...
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Lily stood at Kings cross station and kissed her mum and dad goodbye, then she ran forwards and slid magically through the barrier between platforms eight and nine. She stood for a minute, looking around to see if she could find any of her friends. All of a sudden she heard someone yelling
"Lilly!! Over here Lilly!!" she turned around to see one of her best friend Beth standing beside the train. Lily dragged here suitcase over to her and said hi. Even though they had seen each other over the holidays they still had loads of catching up to do.
They were talking about their holidays when Rachael, came over to them. Rachael, Beth and Lily were best friends and had been ever since they were put in Gryffindor together. They all looked very different. Rachael was tall with coffee coloured skin, very dark eyes and black curly hair streaked with red. Beth was small, had blonde hair, grey eyes and was always very pale, except when she was embarrassed when she went bright red. Lily was average height, had bright red wavy hair, and had very green almond shaped eyes. All three girls were quite good looking, but Rachael was definitely the most striking and always had a group of boys following her around. She was currently going out with Sirius Black, this annoyed Lily because it meant they had to hang out with him and his friends, she liked most of his friends but hated James Potter.
"I need to go and see Professor McGonagall before the train goes" Lily told her friends, who already knew about her being head girl.
"Ok, we'll take your trunk into a carriage and you can come and find us when you're finished with McGonagall" Beth said picking up Lily's trunk. James and Sirius travelled to the Kingscross Station by themselves. They walked casually through the between platform eight and platform nine and after a few minutes they met Remus Lupin. They stood and talked for a while until they realised that everyone else was on the train and the train was about to leave.
"I was meant to go and see McGonagall before the train left" Remus said suddenly. "You two go and find a carriage and I'll come and sit with you once I've seen Professor McGonagall" Remus said to James and Sirius and ran off leaving them with his trunk.
When Remus got to the carriage where he had been told to meet Professor McGonagall, she was already there talking to Lily Evans.
"Hi" Remus panted "I'm really sorry I'm late"
Professor McGonagall turned to look at him and said, "That's alright, just don't let it happen again Lupin, you are head boy now and have to set a good example."
"Yeah, good example, won't happen again Professor."
Meanwhile Sirius and James were trying to find a free carriage and not having such much success. The last carriage they got to had only two people in it, Rachael and Beth.
"Sirius!" Rachael exclaimed excitedly, getting up and running to give him a kiss. Sirius grinned, gave her a hug and went to sit beside her. James sat beside Beth who asked him "Where's the third musketeer?"
"Remus?" James asked,
"Uh-hu" Beth nodded her head,
"He's off speaking to Professor McGonangall about his head boy duties or something" he told Beth, then asked "Is that where Lily is?"
"Yup, except she's not talking about head boy duties" James laughed and they started talking about their holidays. Beth and James got on well, they were both on the quidditch team, James was a keeper and Beth a chaser.
Lilly and James walked along the train talking and looking for their friends. They had various duties to do, but they also had privileges, which included being allowed out of their common room later than everyone else, and using the library after Madam Pince left.
They found their friends just as the food trolley reached their carriage, so they had to stand and wait until Sirius had bought half the trolley. The witch with the food trolley waved her wand and the empty trays filled with sweets, then she moved on to the next carriage.
Lily entered and went to sit beside Beth, Remus followed her and sat beside James who had been watching Lily avidly. Remus snapped his fingers in front of James' face and James turned to look at him,
"What, what is it?" he said quickly, blushing slightly. Remus just shook his head and smiled.
After an hour on the train, Remus had fallen asleep, Beth was reading, Rachael and Sirius were "busy" and James and Lily were both looking out the window feeling extremely bored.
"Have a good summer?" James asked Lily.
"Yes" she answered shortly "did you?"
Yup, I went away to France, it was dead hot and there was loads of fit chicks there" James said without thinking who he was talking to.
"God, do you think of anything else?" Lily said frowning.
"Yeah, I do, I think about loads of other stuff actually"
"Oh yeah, like what?"
"Quidditch and.. stuff."
Lily snorted, "Quidditch and stuff"
James glared at her. Why didn't she like him, they had stuff in common, she liked quidditch, so did he. She was clever so was he. James woke Remus up and dragged him out of their compartment into the corridor of the train to tell him this.
"Erm, I don't know how to break this to you James" Remus said, "sure, you're both clever, but she doesn't go around announcing how clever she is and hexing people just to show she can. Does she?"
"Well, no. But I don't announce how clever I am, I just tell people if they ask and I don't hex people to show I can, I hex them because they annoy me" James retorted.
Remus grimaced, this was going to be hard, "Well, as long as you keep going round hexing everyone who annoys you and telling people how clever you are, she's not going to go out with you."
"Why not?" James asked exasperatedly.
"Because she likes sensitive guys, nice guys"
"I am nice!!!" James said angrily.
"Yeah, I know you're nice, but Lily doesn't think so, I mean you've never exactly charming towards her have you?"
"I was nice to her just there and she wasn't very nice to me."
"Well, she's going to wonder why you're being so nice all of a sudden, you can't blame her for being horrible to you."
"Yes I can" James muttered "What can I do then, to make her be nice to me?"
"You'll just have to be persistent, if she's horrible to you don't say something nasty back, just keep being nice."
"How will that work?" James asked.
"It's really hard to be horrible to some one if they're being nice to you, believe me, she'll have to start being nice to you eventually."
"Fine, I'll try being nice to her, but you'll have to help me. I say stuff without meaning to sometimes." James said looking at Remus dolefully.
Remus laughed, "I'll help you, I just hope this works."
"Yeah, it better," James said, "because if it doesn't I'm blaming you."
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I hope that's long enough for you! What did you think, please review and tell me.