We are family
Lily's point of view
I rushed to my friends' compartment after James went to the Marauders. We all agreed on the one in the back being "our" compartment a long time ago, I think it was 2nd year. We decided on it because we could see the best scenery and wave to our family for a long time, until we got too far to see them. "We" was my friends and I. My friends were Gwyneth Sutherland, Diandra Hong, and Jenette Conti.
Gwyn was my best friend since 1st year. We were inseparable. Her parents were muggle-born too, making it SO much easier to explain muggle things to our other friends, and also making it easier to just TALK! Gwyn was 5' 3", the same height as me. And she had hazel eyes that were almost green, but with enough brown to make them the friendliest sight you'll ever see; the color of her eyes just gave this warm, welcoming glow. Her hair was a chocolate brown that fell right below her shoulders with light blonde streaks in the front.
Dia was Asian. Her (pureblood) family came to Britain a while ago for freedom from the Korean Ministry. Her eyes were almond shaped and darkish light brown. Her hair was ivory black with a few red highlights. She was the shortest in our group being just over 5'. She was the one we asked for help in arithmancy and subjects like that, or just math involved subjects or problems because she was so smart. Must be the Asian brains, I always said.
And Jenette; Jenn was French. At least her family was. She spoke French at home and was a pureblood. That didn't stop her from being a 2nd class witch. She did horrible and most of her spells went wrong and Gwyn, Dia and I, being the helpfully smart people we were, would help her sort through EVERYTHING. She had grey blue eyes, and extremely long blonde hair which she often pulled into a messy bun.
We were the prettiest girls in school. Diandra and Jenette, Gwyn and I were; and we all knew it too. Just by all the looks we got going down the hall at school from everyone, envious ones from older and younger year girls; mischievous ones from guys; proud ones from professors.
We all met in the beginning of 2nd year. Gwyn and I were unable to find a compartment and time was running out. So we squeezed into the far compartment. Later on, Jenette and Diandra came and started talking to us. We had so much in common, were BFFs ever since.
I opened the compartment door carefully and they yelled "CONGRATS LILS!" in my face. I was shocked. Then Dia said, "We knew you'd make Head Girl, even though you didn't tell us. It must have slipped your mind, I suppose. (She glared at me in a friendly evil way) You're so awesome at all of the subjects!"
"I thought it would be you, you know, because of arithmancy and stuff." I said.
"Nonsense! You rock! Plus, I stink at Charms. And that's ALWAYS been your forte!"
I just smiled. I knew that the real information they wanted was who this year's head boy was. I said, "Ok. We are going to play twenty questions, only instead of questions; you're going to have to guess the head boy." Gwyn chucked a pillow at me. It was one of those FOM ones that she HATED to part with. "That's how the real game works, silly! Honestly, I dunno how they picked you for a Head...." She joked. I knew what she meant. I was really clueless sometimes. (I know NOTHING about 20 questions, but this is my version of it. So THERE! lolz Can someone explain it to me?) "OK! Ok! Start guessing!" I said. So they did. They first asked if he was from Ravenclaw. I said "NO!" "Hufflepuff?" they tried. "NO WAY!" thinking of how James could ever be seen as honest was beyond me. "Slytherin????" they asked disbelievingly. "ARE YOU ALL CRAZY?????!!!!!!!'" I yelled. Even I had limits. James just couldn't be as bad as some of those Slytherins. He just couldn't! I just couldn't see how they could be so thick! Not that I could blame them. Head Boys and Girls almost never were from the same house. Gwyn said, "Ok so he's a Gryffindor." I knew my BFF had SOME sense. I nodded. They started rattling off names. They said almost all of the boys in our class's names, leaving 4 names for last, the Marauders. So, tiredly they said, "Ok, so he's not Peter is he?" "I am appalled at you! How can Dumbledore POSSIBLY make Peter Head Boy when the poor boy can't perform a simple leg-locker curse???" I was of course joking, but Jenn looked livid at me. "I lo...like him!" she exclaimed, almost in tears. I was sad that I made my friend so upset. "I was joking Jenny, I'm sorry. I didn't know you felt like that. Please forgive me. I mean, we've been making good jokes about the lot of them for a long time. I didn't know that it would change so fast." The bit on the end made her laugh.
"It's ok. I should have told you, Gwyn, and Dia. I'm sorry about that. We all shouldn't keep secrets from each other. I almost think of you guys as my sisters." Jenny said.
"AWW! Fuzzy kitty moment! GROUP HUG!" Dia said. She was ALWAYS the most caring and sensitive one. After the hug, Gwyn said "Ok, this is the right time to tell you guys. I like Sirius." We all looked confused. Sirius and Remus (and Peter, when he wasn't so forgive me Jenn stupid) were the only Marauders that were our friends. She rolled her eyes and said, "As MORE than a friend! God, I didn't know I had to explain it to you!" She laughed but I knew she was serious about Sirius. (A/N: I always wanted to say something like that.....) Then, almost immediately after Gwyn, Dia said "OMG! I fancied Remus for the longest time but didn't know how to tell you lot! I thought you (she looked straight at me) would make fun of me for it." I laughed at that and said, "I wouldn't've, Dia. But if you said you liked James, THEN I could be mad for the LONGEST time. You know how I hated him." So we all laughed. Even I joined in, even though I didn't have a Marauder to love. Then I exclaimed, "Lets CONTINUE the game!" they all looked excited, "OK! Is it Sirius?" "I think we ALL know the answer to that." I said, not bothering to answer. Sirius was a bright candle without fire. He didn't like to work, but LOVED to fool around. So they went on. "Is it Remus?" Here I could give a good answer because Remus was one of the smartest wizards in our year. He could have very well have been the Head Boy but, as I knew; he wasn't. "No." and all their eyes glimmered. They knew from the heavy sigh to the signs of hate. It was James. "Ok," Gwyn said. "It's James isn't it?" I nodded. "Why do you hate him, Lils? I mean seriously" she put emphasis on seriously. "His friends are nice and by the looks of it, he is too." And I said "I DO NOT hate him Gwyn!" It was tugging at me inside to tell them how friendly James was. So I did. I sat there and told them about EVERYTHING that happened since I got on the station and every thought I had since I got on the train. These were my bffs. If I couldn't face it and tell them I couldn't tell anyone. I checked to make sure I had time. 6:30. we had already changed into robes so I had a half hour. "Ok. And the most pathetic part of all of this is that..." I trailed off. "WHAT??? What Lils?" Gwyn, Dia and Jenn exclaimed. "...is that, I like him; Sort of anyway, as a friend." I finished. My conscience was guilt free meaning that it was true. I sighed. I could only hope he would ask me out again......