Right well the thing is that this story was also on the Disney Harry Potter boards, and I can't post on there anymore…because of a hacker and now I have to post on here so you're going to be getting about 20 chapters till I've caught up to where I was in the other site, because my readers are coming here to read. I guess they love me too much, joking, and so new readers I hope you enjoy!!

Chapter 10: Realization

"P-Pardon" Lily said.

"James is Head Boy" Sydney said calmly.

The train had already set off, but Lily wished it would stop so she could get off and get a breath of fresh air, because she needed it. How would she cope? How was she going to deal with him all year?

The conversations between the girls continued whilst Lily sat there, nodding every once in a while, before she was brought back to reality when Cassidy started to wave her hand in her face.

"What is it, Di?" Lily said.

"Isn't it time you have to go to the Head compartment or something?" Cassidy asked.

"Oh yeah" Lily said. Before the girls could protest that she had to change, she had already left the compartment and was making her way to the front of the train.

She reached the front, and pulled open the door and peeked in. It was still empty. She still had an hour before the Prefects would be piling in, and five minutes before the Head Boy would be arriving. Just as she took a seat and was wondering how she would talk to him, the door banged open to reveal a red James Potter.

He didn't say anything but just took the seat across from her and looked into his lap, at the window, to the floor…basically anywhere but at her.

Lily couldn't take it anymore, they were meant to be here to talk over work and how was she meant to do that if he wouldn't talk to her, she finally came to a decision that she would need to apologise for him to speak to her. Before she could speak, he had decided to speak first.

"I'm sorry" he said, his gaze rising and finally fixing at her.

"For what?" Lily said, confusion drowning her.

"For being an idiot all these years…I was a jerk and really horrible" he said giving her a slight smile.

"I'm sorry too" she said. "For being so ignorant and bossy…I shouldn't have hit you…I had no right"

"Yeah so… were going to be working together…want to be friends?" he said extending his hand. She smiled and took it.

James was beside himself with happiness, not only had she forgiven him for his indecent actions but she was even his friend.

"So…the Prefects will be here in like an hour or something…we have some spare time…want to talk?" Lily asked.

"Sure" James said. "How was you're summer?"

"It was nice…I went camping with my parents and we went to Spain early in the holidays" Lily said.

"Yeah, Olivia told me about that" he said looking down to his hands, which seemed so more appealing to look at that than looking at lily.

"So how was you're summer" lily asked.

"It was alright…we went to Australia for two weeks to visit cousins, it was just me, Olivia, Sirius and my mum…my dad had business…and then we just hung out with Remus and Peter for the rest of the holidays" James said.

"Olivia told me how you turned her hair bright pink and blue" Lily grinned.

"Well…she was our own colourful Cruella De Vil" James laughed.

Lily smiled to herself, maybe this wasn't going to be as hard as she thought it was.

They talked over various things whilst they sat there for the spare hour they had; families, friends, what were there favourite sweets when the witch with the trolley came by and pranks.

Lily felt like she was warming to James, everything he said made her want to get to know him even better. He wasn't the arrogant, idiot that amused himself but hurting others, but he was this boy who had this amazing mind and he just wanted to share his ideas and Lily knew that truthfully he never meant to hurt anyone but it was just for some fun, and frankly he wouldn't mind if someone pranked him back. She learnt of his brotherly love for his best friends, and how they saw each other as their own blood, and they could do absolutely anything for the others, and Lily found this remarkable.

"I expect it's going to be fun working with you" James said.

"I guess so…were going to have to set an example though" Lily said.

Even though James mind was brimming with new ideas for pranks he steadily gave her the reply she wanted.

"I know" he smiled.