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Anyhoo….to be honest, I have absolutely no idea where this story is going, I'm just writing down whatever comes to my head, which can be rather disastrous when I got back and read my other chapters, some things sound so stupid! But oh well. Any ideas are welcome. Oh, and if I'm making heaps of typos, please let me know!

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Lily stopped crying to let out an ear-piercing scream which caused several nearby owls to fly furiously from their perches in the trees above, and Remus and James to cover their ears in protest. She then drew and enormous breath and proceeded to yell at her very loudest,

'How dare you, you evil, slimy, foul little…shit head!

Both Remus and James were stunned at Lily's use of language, and were unsure at this point to whom she was talking, but it was soon clarified for them.

'I trusted you….I thought you were the one person I could talk to, but I get it now, I was just part of another one of your pranks! I thought you were the sensible one Remus….I thought you alone could distinguish between a bit of a laugh and a serious situation! But obviously I was wrong! I hate you both, and if you ever so much as breath near me, you will regret it!'

With that, Lily arose, turned on her heel, took one last look at their stunned faces, stuck out her tongue, pulled out her wand, recited a useful incantation she learned from Gem and covered them with a stink sap-like substance.

Lily reached the Entrance Hall and let out a huge sigh. She couldn't quite breathe properly, and it took her a few minutes to get her adrenalin rush under control. Lily told herself she was calm, fixed a smile upon her face and looking at her watch, saw she only had 15 minutes until classes started.

Groaning inwardly at the thought of double transfiguration, on her empty stomach( she hadn't eaten the toast Remus had brought out with them) she rushed up to her dormitory to grab some of her secret chocolate stash.

Upon her arrival in the dormitory, she found Ella still asleep. Lily laughed to herself and grabbed the glass of water on Ella's bedside table. With a grin on her face, she proceeded to tip the water all over Ella's face and neck. Ella sat up coughing and spluttering.

When she saw Lily standing there laughing at her, she got a impish look in her eyes, foretelling that some unfortunate event was about to take place involving Lily. Lily saw this look and bolted for the door, calling out over her shoulder,

'No time to chase me now, McGonagall's expecting us in 10 minutes!'

Ella let slip a very rude word and screamed out in despair. The corner's of Lily's mouth twitched slightly, a sight very familiar to those who knew her, she was forever holding back her enjoyment in something, but when she did laugh, it was like the beautiful tinkling laugh of a bell in the wind, or as delicate as the wings of a butterfly. Just ask James Potter, those were his words on occasions past.

James and Remus were sitting in stunned silence on the grass where Lily has left them. Remus cleared his throat unnecessarily and sighed loudly. James voiced his thoughts,

'Remus, mate, I'm so sorry. I'm used of her hating me, but you don't deserve the same. I….I heard you talking to her this morning. I was listening from the other side of the Portrait Hole.'

Remus looked up at James, his eyes betraying the annoyance he felt. James, however, misinterpreted this look and laughed. Remus clenched his jaw and exhaled loudly through his nose. He glared at James, got up and stalked away, muttering incomprehensibly under his breath.

'Fuck,' said James. 'This is NOT good!' he finished angrily.

He lay down on the grass and stared up at the tree nearby. Quite a few of the leaves had already to turn different shades of auburn, gold and chocolate. After he'd had enough of looking at the leaves, he let his thoughts drift away, to another place. He thought back to the beginning of the era that he thought had stopped today, although now he wasn't so sure. It was the day Lily had first told him she hated him…

It had been just after the Christmas holidays in their first year. In order to get Lily's attention, James and his friends pulled endless pranks on Lily. She generally tolerated them, usually just ignoring the humiliation and annoyance she felt. However, one day he brought about his own downfall. James thought back to the day now.

James was all alone in the Common Room, four days after Christmas. He was staring out at the grounds, covered in a heavy snowfall from the day previously. He heard the faint sound of the Portrait Hole opening. He resisted the urge to turn around, it was probably some sixth-year that had left a book in their room. It was only when he heard the clunking and the exasperated noises accompanying the person that he turned slowly around.

It was Lily Evans, a tiny, delicate child. She had changed much in the years since then, but on that day, she was in no way capable of carting her trunk up the staircase to her room. James went over to help, although he thought it strange that she was back so early from holidays. However, he didn't enquire at that point. Although he couldn't actually help her up the stairs with the trunk (that tricky slide…), he did know a very helpful spell that he performed.

'Locomotor trunk,' he said, directing the trunk to the landing in front of Lily's room.

'Thanks,' she said quietly, scurrying up the staircase, away from the cute, but scary boy.

James turned back around to face the window, but as he heard the door handle turn, he suddenly summoned up the courage to do something he'd been wanting to do for a few weeks now.

'Lily, hey, hey Lily,' he called out to her.

'Yes,' she replied timidly, whirling around to face him, her hand on the door-handle.

'Lily, w…would you like to go out with me, for a walk around the lake or s…something…one day?' he managed to get out eventually.

For a few seconds, there was a look of fright in her eyes and then, somewhere far, far away, a bell rang, bringing James back to the world of today.

A/N: there you go peoples, I did eventually manage to get an idea for this chapter, so I'm really sorry that it took so long. I apologise in advance if you thought this was a bad chapter, I have no idea where this is going, or how long it's gonna be, so every chapter is as much a surprise to me as it is to you. If you have any suggestions for future chapters, let me know and I'll see how I go.

Much appreciated

Caitlin

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