Chapter One: Train Ride

"Lily! Lily! LILY!"

Lily Evans turned around, her emerald green eyes scanning the crowd. It was the start of school again, the first day back from their winter vacation. Lily was eager to go back to Hogwarts and to see her friends.

"Lily, over here!" the voice shouted again. Lily spotted Jessica Thomas, one of her best friends, waving to her from the other end of Platform 9 3/4.

"Jess!" Lily squealed running to her and was greeted by a warm hug.

"Lily, I'm so glad to see you! God, I missed you! Jessica said, hugging Lily even tighter.

"I've missed you as well. You will not believe how incredibly boring my holidays were," Lily replied. "How could you see me, all the way from here?" she asked.

"It's kind of hard to miss your vivid red hair, Lils," Jessica laughed. Jessica had known Lily ever since they met on the train, six years ago. She was a bubbly blonde and loved to flirt. Many thought of her as a valley girl. "Anyway, what happened? Did Petunia try to poison you again?" she asked, smiling.

Lily sighed. "No, even worse," she replied. "She tried to bore me with her stories about her new boyfriend, Vermin…or Vernic Dursley. She was bragging about how she found 'the one' and kept reminding me that I don't have a boyfriend."

Jess rolled her eyes.

"She thought I was actually interested in her so-called love life so she showed me a picture of the Dursley guy." Lily shuddered and Jessica giggled.

"I take it that he must have been really ugly," she exclaimed. "By the way- have you seen Emi-"

"Hey guys!" Emily said as she jumped on Jessica. "Have you missed me, my dear friends?"

"Aaaaaaaaa! Get off me you idiot! I can't breathe," Jessica screeched. Lily laughed.

"So, any news? Have I missed anything?" Emily asked. Emily was Lily's and Jessica's best friend. She was a brunette and was very shy around guys. She was the sensitive one and always gave advice to everyone.

"Omigod! You have got to see what I got for my birthday," Jessica started. "It's this new make-up remover. See, you put on the concealer and-"

She was interrupted by Lily. "Umm sorry Jess, but I think we should get on the train now. There won't be any empty compartments left," she said.

The friends grabbed their bags and got on the train.

"Ugh, I think I packed too much…" Jessica whined.

Lily whipped her forehead and replied, "Yeah, my bags are really heavy."

"Would you like any help, ladies?" asked a familiar voice. The girls turned around to see the Marauders. The Marauders was a group of four boys who were considered the most popular in school. There was Sirius Black- every girl's dream. He was the Hogwarts heartthrob. Almost every girl had a crush on him. He had black long hair that elegantly fell into his playful gray eyes. He also had an incredible body (probably from playing Quidditch). He had slept with so many girls and broken so many hearts but it was still hard to hate him. Then there was Remus Lupin- the smartest of all the Marauders. It was hard to imagine why he would be in this group for he always got good grades and practically never got into trouble. He had light brown hair that had some sandy highlights in it and blue beautiful eyes. He was always a gentleman and always kept his cool. Remus was incredibly dreamy; many girls were in love with him (which was perfectly understandable). He was kind to everyone, even to some Slytherins. The third member of the Marauders was Peter Pettigrew (I HATE THIS LITTLE FREAK so he won't be in the story a lot). He was a timid little boy who was eager to do anything for the Marauders. And last, but not least, was of course James Potter. He and Sirius always competed against each other to see how many girl they could sleep with. He had messy black hair, which he messed up every few minutes to make it look like he just had finished playing Quidditch and dreamy hazel eyes. He has an amazing body and played Chaser (same as Sirius) on the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

"Yes please," Lily said giving them a weary smile. James came up and picked up the bags as if they were just pillows. James had a crush on Lily and everyone, including Lily, knew about it because he constantly asked her out. Every time she would reject him. Perhaps this attracted James to Lily, for no girl had ever rejected him. But James never gave up even though Lily used to hate him. Now, in sixth Year, she had stopped hating him and started acting nice to him but still rejected him. It was sort of a ritual- it had always been this way.

"Thank you so much for helping us. You can put down our bags here, we'll find a compartment," Emily said softly. The Marauders nodded and walked back to their compartment.

"I'm going to see Celine now," Peter said as he left. Celine was his girlfriend and they had been very close lately. "Bye."

The Marauders hardly noticed him leaving. As James sat next to the window, Sirius sat across him with Remus next to James.

"Man, just seeing Lily makes me happy," James exclaimed. Remus and Sirius exchanged glances. James always got excited when he talked about Lily.

"I just wish that she'd see me as more than a friend, you know?" James said, taking a sip of his Butterbeer.

"Who knows, maybe she does like you more than a friend," Remus said, smiling at James. James sighed; Remus was just trying to make him feel better.

"She is so perfect, I wish I could be with her," James said sadly.

"Dude, why can't you get over her? You've liked her for about six years and she hasn't really shown interest in you at all," Sirius said, shoving food into his mouth. Little pieces of food sprayed all over James and Remus.

"Sirius, why don't you try to eat with your mouth closed?" Remus asked, wiping the food off himself. James, meanwhile, was staring out the window, obviously had not noticed what had happened. "God, she's perfect…" he said quietly.

(Meanwhile…)

"All the compartments are full!" Jessica complained. The girls had been searching for a compartment but unfortunately could not find one that was empty. "What are we going to do?" Jess moaned.

"Why don't we go to the Marauders' compartment? They should have some space?" Emily asked. Lily and Jessica started smirking. "What?" Emily questioned, confused by their reactions.

"So you can flirt with Remus, Emily? Is that why you want to go there?" Lily asked, smiling at her. Emily's eyes widened and she blushed.

"N-n-no of cour-course not! I don't li-like Remus more than a frie-friend!" she stuttered.

"Of course," Jessica replied sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "'Oh Remus, you're so strong'," she mimicked Emily. Emily blushed even more.

"Come on admit it Jess. You wanna go there as well. You like Sirius don't you?" she said, defending herself. Jessica turned away from them and started playing with her hair. "No," she said simply.

"Yeah right!" Lily said, giggling. "'Oh Sirius do you think my skirt is too short? Do you think you can see up it easily?'" The friends all burst out laughing at Lily's imitation of Jessica.

"Ok, I admit it! I do like him…I mean it's impossible not to," Jessica said, dreamily. Lily and Emily burst into a new fit of giggles.

"So Lily, what do you think of James?" Jessica asked, suddenly snapping out of her daydream. Lily quickly turned her head to look at Jessica.

"What do you mean, what do I think of Potter?" she asked, dangerously.

"Nothing, nothing!" Jessica hastily said. She and Emily exchanged glances. Lily got annoyed whenever James came up in their conversations.

Lily sighed and broke the silence by saying, "Ok, fine, you want my opinion? He is still the egotistical prat that he was in Year Five but he's deflated his head a little and now, I don't hate him anymore." Jessica raised her eyebrow. "And…?" she questioned Lily.

"Here we are!" Emily exclaimed in a cheery voice. "Wait..." she frowned and put her ear against the door. Her eyes grew wide and she smiled as she gestured to Lily and Jessica to come closer.

"…God, she's perfect," they heard James' voice say.

"Here we go again," muttered another voice. Jessica mouthed "Sirius" at Lily and Emily. They nodded and continued listening.

"…Lily is so beautiful; she's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my whole entire life….except for my mom…" James continued.

Lily blushed and Jessica and Emily started giggling. "That is sooooooooooo incredibly sweet of him…" she thought.

"…She is smart, nice, sweet…" James listed. Jessica made a gagging sound and rolled her eyes. She pushed open the door to reveal a bored-looking Sirius, a nodding Remus, and a dreamy James.

"Hello, ladies!" Sirius exclaimed sitting up straight, excited to see Jessica. His eyes traveled up and down her body. Jessica licked her lips when she saw Sirius staring at her.

Lily dropped her bags on the floor. "Sorry would it be ok if we could stay here? We couldn't find a compartment." James and Remus smiled warmly at them.

"I really needed to go to the bathroom…do you know where it is Sirius?" Jessica asked, even though she knew where it was. Sirius nodded and led her out of the compartment for a snog session.

"They really like each other, don't they?" Emily said, laughing. She looked around the room. "I'm so bored….I want to do something…"

"I have an idea! Why don't we play Truth or Dare?" Lily asked. "It's a muggle game. I'll explain the rules when Sirius' and Jess' snog session is over," she said after seeing James' and Remus' confused faces. "This should be fun…" she thought.