Lily glanced shyly over her magazine again at the girl, who met her with an even gaze. "What's your name?" the girl asked.
"Lily. Lily Evans. And you? " Lily said, while thinking, 'ohmigod can't I think of anything more original?'
"Tracin Potter. My middle name is Jacqueline but I hate it," the girl said monotonously. "I have a brother, and he's a total idiot. He has a friend who's obsessed with girls. Last summer I went to Brazil. 'Zat sound exotic? It was okay."
Lily grinned. "I stayed here for the summer and got my letter. When's your birthday?"
And it went on like that for the next three minutes. A blond girl called Sylvia and a chunky brunette, Katie, sat down in the same compartment, and they were busy laughing and chatting for a good fifteen minutes after that.
"One day," Tracin began telling a joke, but then suddenly, a huge cockroach skittered under Lily's heels. All the other three girls shrieked.
"Ew!"
"Gross!"
"Where'd it go?"
Tracin stood up, and squashed it under her heel. "JAMES!" she roared. "Not funny!"
The (hot!) boy from the station appeared at the compartment. "Fine," he said, and swept up the cockroach remains with a swish of his wand. "Be that way." And he left.
"Do you know him?" Sylvia, Katie and Lily all breathed.
"Yeah," said Tracin Disgustedly. "He's my idiot brother."