The next few weeks flew by for the sixth years, and Lily and James were forced to settle for quick hexes on each other, ones teachers weren't apt to notice. Sirius asked Missy out on a Monday night, and, of course, she accepted. Their snogging at the dinner table, in the common room, and just about everywhere else became natural to see. Lily was highly frustrated she hadn't been able to carry through with her larger plans for James. McGonagall always seemed to be there whenever the two were forced to be within a hundred feet of each other. Their friends groaned and tried to make them truce, but the hatred ran too strong between the two prefects, and all attempts seemed futile.

To Lily, all too soon, they were packing up their things, readying for the train ride home. Lily sighed; resigned to a summer of only seeing Missy now and then, and being forced to listen to Petunia's shrieks every day for weeks.

Lily walked down the stairs to the Great Hall, where the farewell breakfast was about to commence. Breakfast itself was uneventful, but of course, the Marauders went out with a bang, gluing all the Slytherins to their chairs and spelling them to sing some ridiculous song about worshipping the superior Gryffindors, with gold and red confetti and sparks flying about the room. Lily laughed along with everyone else in the hall (minus the Slytherins).

Later, on the train, Lily found an empty compartment and sat down, sighing. Joan followed her, then Missy, attached at the lips to Sirius (of course!) unfortunately for Lily, with Sirius came James and Remus. Peter was nowhere to be seen. (A/N: this is because I hate Peter and he sucks beyond all reason and belief. He's getting run over by the train for all I care.)

After about fifteen minutes, Missy detached herself from Sirius, proclaiming that she was bored. Lily laughed. Missy was always bored. "Truth or Dare?" Lily suggested, then cringed. Damn it!

"Yeah!" said Missy, eyes lighting up. "That's perfect!" Lily proceeded to bang her head mercilessly against the window. Missy set up a charm that caused you to only be able to speak about how much you love Slytherins for a week if you either refused the truth/dare, or told a truth incorrectly. That would keep anyone from cheating. "Remus, truth or dare?"

Remus thought for a moment. "Truth."

"Hmmm. Who is your current obsession?" Joan sat up, her attention caught.

Remus blushed. "That spell is for real, isn't it?" Missy nodded devilishly. Remus muttered incoherently.

"What was that?" asked Missy, her eyes shining.

Remus sighed. "Can I request that the object of my obsession leave the room while I proclaim my undying love for her?"

Missy nodded.

"Joan, please leave." Remus said mischievously. Joan's eyes lit up, but Missy shoved her out the door before she could say anything. "Obviously, I have a crush on Joan, now if we could let her back in?"

Missy giggled, opening the door to admit a very red Joan. As she walked into the compartment, Sirius 'casually' stuck his leg out, tripping her. Joan fell into Remus's lap.

"Do you really like me?" she asked.

"I'm not talking about how much I love Slytherins, am I?"

Joan giggled. "I really like you too, Remus."

Remus's face lit up. "Are you serious?"

"No, he is," (A/N: I love doing that!) she said, nodding to Sirius. "But if you mean do I really like you, then yes."

Joan kissed him on the cheek. James scooted over so she could sit next to Remus instead of on top of him.

"Prongs and, truth or dare?" Remus asked.

"Hey, that's not fair!" said Lily. "You can't do two at once!"

"Um, actually Lils, since he addressed both of you, you both have to do whatever he tells you," said Sirius.

"Damn it!"

"So you two, truth or dare?"

"Dare!" the two said together.

Remus grinned an evil grin that no one knew he had possession of. "I dare you to make out."

The following insued: "THANK YOU! GENIUS! IDIOT! I'M GONNA BE SICK! kisses" this was all said by: Missy, Sirius, James, Lily, and Joan (in that order, yes, the kisses are Joan because Joan resumed kissing him).

"What's worse? Kissing your enemy, or talking about Slytherins for a week?" asked Remus evilly.

"Moony, I do declare, you are an absolute genius!" said Sirius seriously (A/N: I'm SO sorry, I couldn't resist the pun! I'll try to never do it again…) The only sound coming from Missy was hysterical laughter. James looked as if he would like to jump out the window, and Lily did indeed look like she was going to be sick.

Lily was rather pale and kind of green. "Remus, when we get back to Hogwarts, you are going to get a very nasty surprise." Now it was Remus's turn to pale. No one wanted to be on Lily's bad list. "What's the verdict Potter?"

James sighed, defeated. "I think my parents will admit me to St. Mungo's if I start talking about my love for Slytherins, so I s'pose we have to do it, Evans. Damn it Moony, you're dead!"

"Um, question, make out, that means--"

Missy grinned. "That means at least one minute long. I don't think any of us are mean enough to make you two use tongue, am I correct?" everyone nodded. "All right, begin."

Lily smirked. "You don't get to watch." James grabbed her arm and pulled her into an empty compartment. "Is this really worth it?" she asked.

James sighed. "Well, it's either that or talk about Slytherins, and I think I'd cut my tongue out if I had to do that."

"Good point," said Lily. "Well, let's get it over with."

They leaned forward, and Lily closed her eyes. When their lips met, Lily felt an electric shock. Her eyes opened wide, meeting James's. Lily had never noticed that his eyes were hazel. She had always thought them to be brown. They pulled apart, breathing slightly fast. Lily blushed and cast her eyes down, as did James.

"Um," he said.

They both lunged for the compartment door at the same time, resulting in a head-on collision where James's forehead collided with Lily's mouth. They bounced apart, groaning.

"Owwwwwwwwwww." Lily fumbled for the door and slid it open, holding her head, just as James was. They sat down in the compartment, Lily blushing furiously.

Missy laughed. "Tough time?"

Lily looked at her, rather confused. Lily glanced at James. Seeing that James had a big red mark on his forehead, she pulled out her compac with a feeling of dread. Her lip was bleeding and swollen from running in to James. She knew what it looked like.

"Shit," she said, magicing a piece of ice for her lip.

Their 'friends' had moved around so James and Lily were forced to sit together. Missy and Sirius were holding on to one another for support, shaking with laughter, and Remus and Joan were just sort of lost in each other's eyes.

Lily spent the a while staring out the window, remembering all the things she had done at Hogwarts this last year, scooted as far away from James as possible. James sat there rubbing his forehead.

James watched Lily watch the scenery. No, that wasn't right. She was completely zoned out. Wow, she makes red hair look good. Oh my God, I didn't just think that about Evans! But… The bug had bit. James had caught the Lily-flu, like so many other Hogwarts guys. This can NOT be a good thing. But still, those eyes…

James reminisced for a while, completely oblivious to his surroundings. Lily eventually dozed off, and to James's joy, slumped against him, her head on his shoulder. James too, nodded off, his head resting on Lily's.

The pair awoke to the sound of giggles. Sirius, Remus, Missy, and Joan were watching them, making poor attempts at smothering their laughter. The train had stopped, and people were filing out.

When Lily woke up, she smiled before opening her eyes. Her head was resting on some guy's shoulder. But who? She had broken up with Zach weeks ago. Lily sat bolt upright, remembering that her pillow's name was 'James Potter'.

Lily glared daggers at her friends while gathering her stuff. That had opened the still-fresh wound of her break up with Zach. FLASHBACK-THINGY:

Lily sat next to Zach by the lake, his arm around her shoulder.

"I love you," he told her. Lily sat bolt upright.

"Why?" she demanded immediately.

Zach was startled for a moment. "B-because you're so beautiful, and--" Lily slapped him.

"Wrong answer!" she told him, tears forming in her eyes. The girl with flaming red hair walked away without looking back. END FLASHBACK-THINGY.

Lily wiped away a single tear. No, she didn't regret it. Any guy who was going out with her for her looks wasn't worth tears or time. Lily looked up at the world, defying all, and was surprised to see James watching her. Planning another prank on me, she thought. Probably something to kick off the next year. Lily sighed. Some things never changed.

Lily walked off the train and was dazzled by the bright sunlight. Lily said her goodbyes, hugging her friends. She finally straightened and walked through the barrier to muggle London.

A/N: giggles okay, I had fun with the whole Lily-and-James-smacking-heads deal. Um, what I did with the electric shock was kinda common, so if it's yours, I'M SORRY! Okay, watch this: doesn't that look kool? I'm easily amused. Uh, off to post more! Toodles. R&R or I'll send my evil purple elephant after you!