Lily quickly learned to ignore the mudblood comment from the Slytherins. By the first couple of weeks, she was so busy that she didn't even notice anyone but her friends and her school work. She was going to prove to them that she was a great witch and that she deserved to be there. Charms turned out to be her favorite class, with Professor Flitwick. Transfiguration, with Professor McGonagall, turned out to be her worst class. She didn't hate it, but it was a hard class that she wasn't very good at. It turned out that Skye, Ariel, and Emily had to be the best friends that she ever had. They found themselves as the Divines, because of their eyes being so deep in color. After they all finished their homework, with Lily helping most of the time, they would sit and talk about everything – mostly guys. Lily, lately, had been crushing on Amos Diggory, a 2nd year Hufflepuff. He had seen her in the hallway, and smiled, but nothing more so far. Skye was already dating some 2nd year Ravenclaw. Everyone else was single…after all, they're only 11.
Lily had been learning more and more about magic and the wizarding world in general. She used the school's owls to write to her family every now and then, and she received the wizarding newspaper, the Daily Prophet, daily.
One morning, during breakfast, Ariel tapped Lily on the shoulder, motioning to Amos Diggory, who was getting up from his table and walking towards her. She smiled wildly at her friends and turned to the guy who was now standing beside her.
"Hey, I'm Amos Diggory. You're Lily, right?" He smiled down to her, and she just stared.
Ariel poked her again, and she mumbled out a, "Uh, err, yes, yes, you're Amos?" She suddenly became very red.
He smiled at her embarrassment, and continued the conversation. "So, uh, do you want to go, you know, out sometime?" He asked.
"Like a date?" Lily asked back in a very squeaky voice.
"Well, yes, I guess." Lily looked like her dream had come true.
She looked back at his smiling face, and replied, "I'D LOVE TO! I-I m-mean, th-that'd b-be you know, cool, sure, yes…Yes. Fine."
She was muttering and had never been more embarrassed in her life. She had lost all capabilities to talk now.
He put a hand on her upper back, and said, "How about, 7 pm tonight, meet right in the Entrance hall?"
Skye replied this time, for Lily. "She'll be there!"
He walked away smiling, and Lily squealed. Skye, Ariel, and Emily laughed, and they walked to class, unaware of prying and jealous eyes.
"Urg, why did she have to say yes? He's no good, that prat," James found himself wondering aloud, as he stared at Lily's beautiful smile.
"Uh, James, mate, you okay? What are you talking about?" Sirius asked with a glance from his fellow marauders.
James suddenly realized what was going on, and went to go find his girlfriend, Jamie Matthews, from Ravenclaw, waiting for him outside to walk him to his next class.
The Marauders were known for their excessive dating, and this girl was just to hold him over until Lily came to her sense and found out that he was alive.
Sirius, Remus, and Peter, looking very confused, decided to take note of this. Quickly, they went to go rescue their friend, to plan some more pranks on the girls before class. While walking to find James, they all talked.
"What the bloody hell is up with that guy?" Sirius asked in a rage. "He hardly talks, and is always staring off into space."
"Yeah, yeah, I agree with Sirius, here. He's been ignoring us all year," Peter claimed.
"He's in love," Remus said simply.
"WHAT?" Sirius and Peter exclaimed together. "Marauder's rule, no one can fall in love!
"Yeah, but we shouldn't have that rule. We all will sooner or later. Don't ask him about it, he'll come around in his own time."