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"Marissa, I don't know HOW I'm going to survive this year!" Lily said pacing her room, while Marissa sat on the bed listening to her rant.
"James Potter, Head Boy! What was Dumbledore THINKING? By the end of the year the school will be in ruins. Him and his little friends the 'Marauders' could get away with murder!" she said angrily. "And-"
"Lily calm down!" Marissa cut in. "Your making it sound worse than it is. James isn't stupid; he'll do a good job. Maybe—maybe Dumbledore did this for a reason. Maybe he thinks the job will mature James." She said shrugging her shoulders.
"Potter? Mature? Ha! That will happen when pigs fly!" Lily said laughing, but Marissa was completely serious
"Lily you can't act like that," Marissa said, in almost a lecturing tone. " You two have got to set a good example for the younger students. It's not good for them to see the two Head students fighting. " she said. "Lily, we've known each other forever. You've always wanted to be Head Girl. You wouldn't want to spoil it by being bitter towards James Potter. Anyway, he apologized for turning your hair blue in third year."
Lily cut in, "Okay, I understand that he was mad that I wouldn't go out with him, but turning my hair blue was uncalled for. It's not funny!" she yelled at Marissa. Marissa stopped laughing.
"Anyway, back to my point. Will you please, for the sake of my sanity, be civil with James this year?" Marissa said pleading. Lily thought for a moment.
"Alright, because I don't want to see you in St. Mungo's, I will be civil with James Potter. Scout's Honor." Lily said, holding her middle and index fingers up.
"Thank you. Now, we need to get to sleep. The Head Girl can't be late."
"LILY EVANS! YOU GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW! YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE!" Donna Evans yelled up the stairs.
"I'M COMING!" Lily yelled back. As she walked down the stairs, she asked, "Where's Marissa?" Her mother answered
"She's already down in the car, where you should also be. NOW SCOOT!" Lily stood in the doorway to the living room, where her older sister, Petunia, was watching TV.
"Bye, Petunia," Lily said, without emotion. Petunia completely ignored her. Lily's mother, being oblivious to the situation around her, said, "Petunia, did you hear your sister? You won't see her again until Christmas. Tell her goodbye."
Petunia turned in her chair, to face Lily, "Goodbye, Lily. I'll miss you" Petunia said with an obviously fake smile, plastered on her face. Then, she turned back to the TV, and didn't say another word.
When Lily and Petunia had been children, they had been best friends. But when Lily's Hogwarts letter arrived, Petunia began to ignore her, and it had been the same ever since.
It took about 45 minutes to get to King's Cross by car. If Lily and Marissa would have apparated, they could have been there in mere seconds. But, with their neighborhood being full of muggle's, they couldn't risk being seen.
"Now Lily, you send an owl as soon as you get settled in," her mother said as they prepared to run through the barrier.
"Don't worry mom, I will. I always do." Lily said kissing her mother on the cheek. Lily looked at the clock. Five minutes to go. "Alright Marissa we better get going." So they turned toward the barrier and ran through. Lily had no more than stepped onto the barrier when she heard a familiar voice to her left.
"Hello, Lily. Long time, no see." Lily turned to look into the smiling, and handsome, face of James Potter.
A/N: That chapter was kinda short, but I promise they'll start getting longer. I'm hoping to update again tomorrow. Now, you know what you gotta do. REVIEW!