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A/N: PLEASE review soon! I'm getting kinda depressed; cause no one is sending me reviews! Anyway, enjoy this chapter!
I need love, love to ease my mind,
I need to find, find someone to call mine
But momma said,
Can't hurry love,
No you'll just have to wait
She said love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take
No, can't hurry love,
No you'll just have to wait
You gotta just give it time
No matter how long it takes
But how many heartaches must I stand
Before I find a love
To let me live again
Right now the only thing
That keeps me hangin' on
When I feel my strength
Yea, it's almost gone
I remember momma said
Can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait
Love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take
How long must I wait?
How much more can I take?
Before loneliness,
Will cause my hard heart to break
Now I can't bear
To live my life alone
I grow impatient for a love
To call my own
And when I feel that I
I can't go on
These precious words
Keep my hangin on
I remember momma said
No love, love don' t come easyBut I keep on waiting
Anticipating for that soft voice
To talk to me at night
For some tender arms
To hold me tight
I keep waiting
I keep on waiting
But it ain't easy
When momma said,
'Can't hurry love' Diana Ross and the Supremes
"Hello James," Lily said putting on a smile like Petunia's. "It has been awhile."
"Wow, does this mean we're on first name basis?" asked James. "Usually you call me 'Potter', or "Conceited Pig'," Lily gave him a sharp look, "But James is good, James is good." He said quickly, noticing her patience slipping.
"Alright, James," Lily said walking toward the train with James and her trunk in tow, "you're Head Boy this year. Many responsibilities come with this position. Such as, setting a good example for the younger students, no hexing people when they don't deserve it, AND you have GOT to stop hexing first years! It's not funny anymore!" Lily said as James tried to explain.
"I only hexed that kid cause he was making fun of my hair! It was only one time!" he argued as they carried their things onto the train.
James! Daniel Cramer is still afraid of you! You didn't even apologize to him!" Lily said, piling her things into the compartment that her and her friends usually shared. She sat down on one of the seats that her friends trunks didn't occupy.
"What are you doing?" James asked as he watched her sit down, "I thought we had to be in the prefects compartment?"
"We do," Lily said as she took out the Witch Weekly magazine that was sticking out of Riley's purse. The headline read:
'The new "Anti – wrinkle spell that really works!"
"But we don't have to be there for another 25 minutes. I thought I would just hang out in here till then." She said flipping through the pages. James sat down across from her.
"What do you think your doing?" Lily asked as she saw what he was doing. "My friends are sitting here, there won't be enough room for all of us PLUS our trunks." Lily said, trying to get him out of the compartment.
Just then, the compartment door slid open, and in walked James' best friend, Sirius Black.
Sirius had neat black hair, dark gray eyes, and a bark-like laugh. Most of the girls at Hogwarts thought he was "Hot", including Riley, but Lily had never fallen for his charm. To her, he was just as annoying and conceited as James.
"Hello James. Hello Lillian." Sirius said happily as he sat down next to Lily and put his arm around her.
"It's Lily," she said as she shoved his arm off of her, "And what are you doing here?"
"Well your beautiful friend Riley, told me, Remus and Peter that we could sit with you guys." He said as two other boys walked into the compartment. Lily recognized both of them as the other two marauders.
One was Remus Lupin. He was Lily's favorite of the four. Remus had sandy blonde hair, green eyes, and a calm demeanor. Although they were friends, Lily couldn't help but feel that there was something he was hiding.
The other was Peter Pettigrew. He was a rather stocky boy, and didn't really fit in with the other marauders, though they still treated him like one of their best friends. Lily had never really understood why, James, Sirius, and Remus were friends with him. He seemed untrustworthy.
"Really? Riley said that?" Lily asked, not sure if she should trust him.
"Yes Lily, I told Black that he could sit with us," said a tall girl who had just walked into the already small compartment. She had long brown hair that was pulled into a low ponytail. She had dark blue eyes, a smiling face, and had an air about her that said "Don't even think about it." Riley Gannon.
"Riley!" Lily squealed as she jumped up from her seat to hug her friend. The marauders stuck their fingers in their ears.
"I hate it when they do that!" Sirius mouthed to James. James smiled.
"Riley, I'm so glad to see you, and we'll talk about our summers later, but for right now, we need to figure out the seating arrangements. There's barely any room for you, me, Marissa, and Natalie, how are these four supposed to sit in here too?" Lily asked as her and Riley sat down.
"I will gladly bunk up," Sirius said as he made to sit on Riley's lap.
"Don't think so, Black." Riley said shoving him off her, although with an evident blush.
"Don't worry about it Lily," said Remus, as he pulled out his wand. With a wave of his wand, the trunks had minimized to pocket size, leaving the compartment with plenty of space.
"Thanks Remus," Riley said as she got up from her seat. As she reached the compartment door, she kissed him on the cheek. Sirius glared.
"Alright, alright, get a room," he said as he sat down next to where Riley had been sitting.
Riley poked her head outside the compartment and waved someone over. In came Marissa and Natalie. Lily and Riley squealed.
"Not again," Sirius moaned as he stuck his fingers in his ears for the second time.
The girls rolled their eyes. All of them sat down, trying to get to where they wanted to sit, or more like whom they wanted to sit by. Well, the only ones who really tried to do that were Riley and Sirius, since they wanted to sit next to each other anyway. Both of them acted like it was some kind of coincidence that they were sitting with each other.
As for the rest of them, Natalie sat with Remus, Marissa sat next to Peter, and James sat next to Lily. Lily seemed upset by the seating, but didn't say anything. Her friends seemed to be just fine where they were. Natalie and Remus were already chatting happily with Marissa and Peter adding things to the conversation every now and then. As for Sirius and Riley, they were already flirting.
"When do you think he'll ask her out, she's bound to say yes," Lily said to James, as she forgot who was sitting next to her. Lily realized what she had said a second later. She turned to look at James. He had a stunned look on his face.
"You repeat that Potter, you die," she muttered so only the two of them could hear.
"Don't worry, the secret's safe with me," James said, crossing his fingers behind his back. Sirius had to hear that.
The rest of them talked happily for another 15 minutes. Then Lily and James went to the Head's Compartment. They had just walked in the door, when they heard an unwelcome, familiar voice behind them.
"You have got to be kidding me."
A/N: hope to update again soon. Hope you liked the chapter!