Chapter 3...yay!

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Year 7

The Train Ride

Lily stood looking at the scarlet Hogwarts Express with a tearful expression on her beautiful face. It was her last year. Her last year. She shook her head, freeing it of all dreary thoughts. No, it's gonna be a great year. We're gonna rule the school. Me, Sammy, Missy and Chelsea. This is our year. And plus…I'm Head Girl! Her sudden head movement caused her long curly hair to swish around her face. The golden-red mane of hair was Lily's distinguishing feature. No other girl at Hogwarts had the same vibrant hue of red with the shine, curls or volume that Lily's had. Unfortunately, it made her stand out like a sore thumb when she didn't want to be seen.

Someone tapped on Lily's shoulder and coughed. Lily sighed dramatically and turned around; she'd know that voice anywhere.

"What do you want, Potter?" She asked icily. He was not on her favorite person's list. Never had been, never will be. He just smiled and looked at her.

"What?" Lily asked impatiently. He was unnerving her. I think this is the longest he's gone without hitting on me or asking me out, Lily noted. And he hasn't ruffled-. James raised a hand and mussed up his hair. Never mind, Lily rolled her eyes internally.

"How was your summer, Lily?" James enquired politely. Lily's jaw dropped. No smirk, no wink, no sarcasm, and he called me…Lily. Not Evans, not Carrot Top. The world is ending. Lily tried to make her brain think of something to say back, something witty and cutting, but she was saved the effort by…

"Lily dearest! Looking gorgeous, as always!" Sirius Black popped up behind Lily. At his compliment she rolled her eyes. Always the ladies man. She turned towards him, ignoring James completely. He sighed and lifted his hands in a shrug towards Sirius, who lifted an eyebrow and then looked at Lily again, and trudged off to find his trolley. Lily didn't even notice.

She looked at Sirius closely. He had grown up a lot since the little eleven-year-old boy. He had filled out the gangly form that so many young boys tend to have, and with his toned quidditch body, long black hair that he kept neatly swept into a ponytail, dark gray eyes and handsome face, he was a proud member of the Hogwart's Heartbreaker's List that Rita Skeeter included in her weekly newspaper.

"Thanks Sirius…but you should save that for Dani." Lily winked and nudged Sirius at the mention of his girlfriend. Dani Lat was one of Lily's six Gryffindor roommates. She was pretty, as Sirius' girls always were, with her long blonde hair, sky blue eyes and curvy figure. Due to her half-elf heritage, she stood well below Sirius' 6'2 frame at 5'3, but they made the cutest couple. Actually, Dani was the longest that Sirius had kept a girlfriend for. They had been dating for a grand total of 5 months. Everyone had been impressed, Dani included. Sirius smiled at the mention of his girlfriend.

"I know…isn't she great? Oh, by the way, have you seen her yet today?" He questioned. Lily pointed to the train.

"Yea, she just got on the train with Marilee. I think they were looking for you and Remus." Sirius gave Lily a quick hug then dashed onto the train to look for his girlfriend, her best friend and one of his best friends. Marilee was dating Remus, and she was the final girl in Lily's dorm. All of the girls were very good friends, but Marilee and Dani tended to hang out together rather then with the other four. Marilee was very pretty with her black hair and almond shaped brown eyes. Remus had asked her out in third year, making them one of the longest standing couples in their year.

After Sirius left, Lily's mind turned back to James. He had grown up nicely over the years she noted. Yea…he's a stud, Lily admitted sourly to herself. That was one thing she couldn't hold against his arrogance. With his broad shoulders and wide chest, which she was sure was filled with quidditch muscles; he had grown into his tall eleven-year-old frame. His chocolaty brown eyes always held a glimmer of laughter, and were animated when he spoke. His jet-black hair never lay flat, and always had at least one cowlick at the top of his head. At 6'1 James was about a head taller than Lily, but then again, so were many of the other students. She shook her head again, to free herself of nice thoughts about James. What, she asked herself, was with his attitude? He was almost being civil…but there must be a joke behind it, what a jerk, it's definitely something James would do. With that settled, and her rude tones towards him justified to her mind, she ran onto the train, in desperate need of her best friend's advice.

James sighed and ruffled his hair again, his shoulders drooping. He trudged onto the train where he soon found his best friends Sirius, Remus and Peter laughing and joking with Marilee and Dani. Dani was seated on Sirius' lap, curled in his arms, and Marilee had taken the seat next to Remus and was resting on his shoulder, his arm around her. The two couples looked to be in perfect bliss, while Peter on the other hand looked out of place and very, very alone. James walked in and all heads turned towards him. It was the affect James had on every room he entered. He had lost all, or rather, most, of his arrogance after that day in fifth year, and now held an air of confidence and poise that made people want to be near him and want to listen to him.

"Hey guys," James said slightly depressed. He continued, "Dani, Marilee? D'you think I could borrow the guys for a bit? We need to have a chat." Dani and Marilee nodded, and with one last sweet kiss from their boyfriends, they skipped out of the compartment, presumably to find Lily and the rest of their dorm. James sat down wearily and turned towards his three best friends.

The Marauders, as they had dubbed themselves way back in first year, had a very simple relationship. They trusted each other completely and would give their lives for any member of their group, no questions asked. After discovering Remus' well-kept secret in third year, they had spent the rest of the year researching and learning how to become animagi. It was the summer before fifth year when Sirius and James had finally accomplished their transformations, and it was only a few months into fifth year when Peter had finally gotten his transformation right. Now they had "those insufferable nicknames", as Lily was fond of calling them. Prongs, Padfoot, Wormtail, and Moony; the four Marauders, and friends for life. Prongs, also known as James, was a stag when he transformed, and together with Sirius, they were the ringleaders of the Marauders, coming up with, and executing, their many pranks. Sirius, also known as Padfoot, was a dog; he and James were closer than brothers, and he often spent the holidays at James' house where his "real" family lived. Remus went by Moony. He was the sensible one, made prefect in fifth year, and he was the one who came up with the logic and planned out many of the pranks. Peter was…well, Peter. He was a rat, hence the name Wormtail. He wasn't happy about his form as an animagus, but he got over it. He mainly followed Sirius, James and Remus around, hanging on their every word. Besides being the resident pranksters, who nobody could top, they were also the heartthrobs of Hogwarts. Girls sighed when they walked by, and nearly died if James smiled at them, or Sirius winked, or Remus waved. James and Sirius used to get around, having new girls every few weeks, while Remus had Marilee. Peter got his fair share of girls, but never the amount of attention that the other three boys got. Sirius, always the blunt one, was the first to speak.

"Lily trouble again?" He asked. James put his face in his hands, a sure sign that the problem was indeed a Lily one. Sirius, Remus and Peter exchanged glances. Oh, boy.

"Why does she hate me so much?" Came James' muffled reply, "All I did was ask how her summer was, and she just walked away! And when she first saw it was me, she got all mad, calling me Potter. Why can't she see I'm not that arrogant little boy who shows off with the snitch anymore, or picks fights with stupid Snivellus, or dates a new girl every week? Why hasn't she noticed that I haven't even had a girlfriend since sixth year, and even that relationship was for three months? I did all of this for her, and she hasn't even noticed!" James picked his head up and looked at his three best friends, who all looked just as distressed as he did.

"She'll notice eventually. It's only the first day back, you know," Remus patted James on the back.

"But, but…" James sputtered.

"And don't forget Kam." Sirius reminded James. James glared into space, his hands clenching into fists.

"Yea…Kam…"

FLASHBACK

James had finally gotten Lily alone in Hogsmeade last year. Granted, it was only as friends, and only because his friends and her friends had ditched them. They were walking around the shops, actually having a civilized conversation.

"And then, Sirius goes, 'But I WAS being serious!'. We nearly died laughing…it's the oldest pun in the book, but his expression was priceless." James' eyes were twinkling with laughter, and he held his breathy as he waited for Lily's reaction. He nearly had died when she burst out laughing. He had made Lily Evans laugh! He was sure this was a step in the right direction; after all, don't girls like it when guys can make them laugh?

Lily was bent over laughing, holding on to James' arm to help keep her from falling. He was laughing too. They looked the picture of happiness until someone cleared their throat. Lily stopped laughing abruptly, and looked up. James opened his eyes when Lily stopped laughing and was met with the blonde haired, blue eyed, one and only Kam Pohorylo. He was a Ravenclaw Chaser, the captain of their team. He had almost as many girls as James and Sirius did, but of course, no one could beat them.

"Hey Lily." Kam said. He nodded at James.

"Hey Kam, what's up?" Lily asked, as her hand dropped from James' arm.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go get a Butterbeer with me?" He asked, throwing a quick glance in James' direction to see if he was paying attention. But James didn't notice this. His fists had clenched when Lily had stopped laughing and he had seen why. His eyes had narrowed when Lily had taken her hand off his. His muscles had tightened in preparation when Kam opened his mouth. When Kam asked Lily to go get a Butterbeer, James opened his mouth before Lily could reply.

"Actually, we already had some, and she doesn't want to go anywhere with you, so if you'll excuse us," James tried to pull Lily away from where Kam stood. Lily wrenched her arm out of James' hand and glared at him.

"No, James, we didn't have Butterbeer already, and you don't have any right to tell me what I'm want to do, you ass!" Lily turned to Kam, "I'm sorry 'bout him…you know how he is. Still up for Butterbeer?" She took Kam's hand and they walked off to the Three Broomsticks, leaving James standing in the middle of Hogsmeade by himself.

The next day, Kam had asked Lily to be his girlfriend, and she had joyfully said yes. The way James saw it, Kam had stolen her from him, right when James had almost had her. After that day, Lily and James were right back at screaming at each other in the common room every night.

END FLASHBACK

"I don't care about Kam!" James exclaimed, "This is my last year. If I can get Head Boy, I sure as hell can get the girl!" And with that he walked out of the compartment and headed down the train towards the Head's compartment.

Sirius and Remus shook their heads, "That boy is gonna need some help," Remus said.

"He's gonna do it though. James was right, if he can get Head Boy, then he can get Lily." Sirius said. Peter looked confused.

"Why?" Sirius and Remus just stared at him.

…Back with the 7th year Gryffindor Girls…

"Sammmmyyyyyyyy!" Lily complained once she had found her friends, "Why was he acting like that?"

"I don't know! Why are you asking me?" Sammy's dark mahogany hair swished as she held up her hands in a gesture of surrender, and her dark brown eyes were twinkling with laughter at her friend's groan.

"Chelseeeeeeeeaaaa! Missyyyyy! C'mon guys! Help me out here!" Lily turned to Chelsea and Missy who were sitting opposite her and Sammy in their compartment. She crawled on her knees towards them, the perfect picture of helplessness. Chelsea started laughing, her well-placed sunglasses slipping off her perfectly coiffed black hair and onto her nose. Perfect Lily? On her hands and knees asking for help? That was new…they always went to her for answers.

"Lilyyyyyyyy," Missy and Chelsea chorused, still laughing. "You're the Head Girl, smarty pants…shouldn't you know?" Missy teased, her brown eyes laughing along with Chelsea.

"But this is a boy, not Charms class!" Lily replied, looking put out. Sammy snickered.

"Yea, but you sure do know those charms, eh Lily? Not only do you have Kam Pohorylo," here Chelsea and Missy fake-sighed, clutching their chests, "but you have James Potter too, only the hottest boy in the entire school!" Sammy finished, Chelsea fanning herself and Missy pretending to faint at the mention of James' name. Sammy laughed at Chelsea and Missy's antics while Lily delivered several kicks to the shins of her tormentors.

"I'm not good at those charms. And I don't 'have' James either. He's just an an-" Lily was interrupted.

"Annoying, egotistical, bullying toe rag. We know!" The other three girls chanted. Missy continued, her eyes suddenly serious, "But haven't you noticed that he hasn't been any of those things in a really long time? When was the last time he had a girlfriend…or the last time he beat up Snivellus?" Lily stopped in the middle of her breath and tried to think. She couldn't remember.

She couldn't remember.

She was wrong.

"Oh…oh no." Lily turned to her friends, "But…but he's still immature, and still pulls pranks––" Here she was interrupted by Sammy.

"Hun, we pull pranks." She laughed.

"But ours are harmless!" Lily defended, and then she continued her list of things that Potter did wrong, "He still ruffles his hair, and…" Lily kept going. Missy, Sammy, and Chelsea all exchanged glances and sighed, leaning back in their seats and resigning themselves to yet another train ride full of Lily-ranting.

They almost cheered when Lily was stopped again when there was a knock on the door of the girls' compartment. It was Kam. Lily leaped out of her seat, and into Kam's arms. He kissed her soundly, as the other girls made gagging sounds. No one but Lily liked Kam; in fact they all hated him for ruining the Hogsmeade trip. They had all "ditched" Lily and James on purpose, and when James had come back completely depressed and in a fit of anger, they were all mad at Kam on James' behalf. They all knew her and James were meant to be together.

"Hey Lily, how was your summer?" Kam asked, taking a seat. Lily sat on his lap, and Sammy scooted as far away as possible, to avoid any flying spit. Lily sighed.

'It was ok, 'Tuna was horrible as always, but it was nice to see mum and dad." Lily and Kam continued to cuddle for a while, with only occasional kissing to the immense relief of Sammy and Chelsea, who was sitting directly across from the pair. That only lasted for about 10 minutes, which was when Lily realized that she was going to be late to meet with the Head Boy and the prefects. After promising to meet her friends in a carriage when they arrived at the station, Lily and Kam left the compartment. Three huge sighs of relief could be heard from outside of the 7th year Gryffindor girl's compartment if you listened closely.

As Lily tried to make her way to the Head's compartment, Kam kept stopping her. Every few yards he would tug on her hand and press her against the wall of the train, snogging her mercilessly. Lily would giggle and kiss him back, and then insist into Kam's mouth that she needed to go. They finally made it to the end of the corridor and to the Head's door. As a parting kiss, Kam wrapped his arms around Lily's waist and pulled her to him. Caught up in the kiss, Lily put her arms around Kam's neck and tangled her hands in his blonde hair. This was how James found them when he came to investigate the squelching noises he had heard outside of the compartment. He cleared his throat, and Lily pulled away guiltily, and slightly breathlessly. James turned on his heel and walked back into the Head's compartment.

"Do you have to go?" Kam groaned, kissing Lily rather urgently.

"Yes, Kam I do. I worked hard to get Head Girl, and I can't skip meetings!" Lily pulled away, "I'll see you after dinner." She turned and opened the door to the compartment, and with one last wink to Kam, she walked in.

Kam watched the door close behind her and walked off with an air of pride and arrogance. He had seen James' face. He saw the pain and anger that James' eyes held. Kam knew that he had pissed James off, and he was glad about it. Hell, Kam was just dating Lily to get back at James. Yea, you might be able to beat me at quidditch, and beat me out of Head Boy, James, but I got the girl. With an evil grin he disappeared into his friend's compartment.

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