A/N: Allo, poppets! Not too much going on here… you should know how devoted I am; I'm writing this at 11:23 pm!! ::bows and curtseys while people cheer:: Well, here's the next chapter.

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Lily moaned and rolled over, feeling incredibly sore. She rolled again, but the tenderness didn't go away. Suddenly, she sat bolt upright, and realized where she was. On the floor, in her room. That established, she asked herself where the throbbing was coming from. That was harder to answer, mainly because she couldn't pinpoint it. Is seemed to generate from her left forearm, side, and leg. Looking down, the memory of the coffee incident flooded back into her mind. Then she looked at the alarm clock on the dresser. What she saw there took a few seconds to understand. It read: 9:34.She had slept for a whole day and night. Lily had exactly ½ an hour to get from here to the train. It was a ½ hour ride from the house to the station, but since she intended to floo there, that wasn't an issue. Abruptly she remembered her condition. She needed to do the charm. Now. Lily quickly scrambled to her feet and limped painfully over to the dresser. First she cast a painkilling charm, and then, pointing at herself, said "concealus". Instantly, all her cuts disappeared. The pain was mostly gone, but she still moved gingerly. She grabbed her trunk, and after doing a hurried re-check to make sure she had packed everything, cautiously stuck her head out of her door, to make sure the coast was clear. It was, so, dragging her trunk behind her, she silently crept to the front of the house and into the living room. Heading straight for the fireplace, she shoved her trunk in and threw in some powder she retrieved from her pocket. Lily stepped into the fireplace and yelled 'King's Cross Station!'. There was a sudden sensation of being whirled around at an unbelievable speed, and then an abrupt jerk, and she fell out of the fireplace in the stationmaster's office. She quickly dusted herself off, and ran as fast as she could (with her trunk) to the entrance of Platform 9 ¾. She darted through the wall, and just as she emerged on the other side, she heard a long drawn out whistle. She sprinted to the side of the train as it started to move, and dumped her luggage onboard. Lily ran alongside the train, looking for an entrance, and not finding one. She was going to be left behind. As the train began to pick up speed, a compartment door was thrown open, and a boy leaned out of it. "Take my hand!" he yelled to her. She was running now, to keep up with the locomotive, and she reached out desperately with her left hand. The boy made a wild grab, and seized her firmly by the forearm. He pulled with all his might. "When I say three, jump!," he called. She was running as fast as she could, but she was falling behind. "One!" She wasn't going to make it… "Two!" The grip on her arm almost made her scream with pain, his fingers leaving prints over the invisible yellowish bruise… "Three!" Lily jumped as hard and as far as she could while running faster than she ever had before. "Oof!" she and the boy landed in an undignified heap on the floor of the train. She hurriedly scrambled to right herself, as he did the same. When they were finally seated across from one another, and had caught their breaths, Lily finally took a good look at the boy. He had rich, chocolaty eyes, and messy black hair. His face was tan, and he looked as though he had spent summer vacation at the beach. Lily could tell he was analyzing her, as well. She stuck her hand out, saying, "Thank you. My name is Lily Evans." The boy grinned at her, a warm and welcoming smile. He stuck out his hand as well, and they shook.

"Hello, Lily Evans. It was a pleasure to save you. I'm James Potter."

A/N: Well? Tell me what you think!! I swore on my Harry Potter books, and I fulfilled that oath. Okay, enough with the seriousness… things will get pretty interesting in the next chapter, and they'll get even MORE interesting if you click that little button down there that says review!! hint hint