For the fifth time, Lily Evans and her family, without Petunia this time, headed through the barrier to the platform that would lead her to the train that would lead her to her home – Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Lily put her bags on the train carriage, and just as she walked away from her parents after saying goodbye to get on the train, she heard a loud scream.
"LILY!" Lily whipped her body around to see Skye Taylor, her best friend of 5 years, sprinting every ounce towards her. Lily smiled a very large smile, and ran to her best friend. They hugged a huge hug and ran giggling onto the train and began talking about everything under the sun. Summer, boys, school, boys, family, boys, etc.
"Oh, Lils, thank you so much for that great Broom Servicing Kit! It's AMAZING!" Skye exaggerated.
She was so excited to see her friend. Usually, they got together during the summers, but Lily and her family had flown off to Greece for the summer. Just as Lily had begun explaining everything, her two other best friends, Ariel and Emily, walked in, jumping up and down. They all hugged and talked and laughed. Once again, Lily was interrupted by screams and jumping up and down. They looked out into the corridor to see James and Sirius knocking each other over on the left, and Frank and Alice making out on the right.
"Together for 2 years now, right? Damn." Ariel had always wished for what Frank and Alice had, everyone did. They looked back at the cute couple and saw a shiny ring on her right hand. They figured it was a gift from her grandmother or something like that. They looked to each other, "aww-ed", and went back to their corridor after watching Remus and Peter jump on Sirius and James as well.
"Those dopes," Lily muttered as she sat back down with her Divines. She finally began telling her story, right from the point where they all had to leave each other for the summer.