For the last time, Lily says goodbye to her parents on the platform going to school. She hugs her friends and says hello, even though she saw them a week ago at her house. She and her friends, Skye and Ariel, sit in the compartment, mute. Emily had passed 8 months before. This was the first time they had gone to Hogwarts without her. They eventually got into casual conversation, and talked about Emily, even.

"She would want us to laugh, and to have fun. She wouldn't want us to miss out on this year. You know Lils, there are really only a couple of things she really wanted. She wanted to fall in love, she wanted to become a healer, and she wanted all of us to grow up happily. She wanted all of us to get great careers, and fall in love. She knew who we would all end up with you know. She wrote it in my letter," Ariel said quietly, "She wanted me to be with Remus."

"She wanted me to be with Sirius," replied Skye. They both looked to Lily. She said nothing, but they knew.

They began to talk of happier things when suddenly, it hit Lily: the Head's meeting! She placed the letter out of her mind and rushed out to the Prefects' department. Along the way, she wondered who the Head Boy was. Head Girl was a great honor, she figured it would be someone like Remus Lupin, just because he was prefect the last two years, and really responsible, most of the time. She slid open the door only to see a messy haired boy sitting in the Head Boy's seat…

James Potter.

"What are you doing here? Why did you take Remus' badge?" She questioned him like he really took it.

"I'm Head Boy," he said it calmly and coolly.

Lily was in shock. "But you weren't even a prefect!"

He looked back at her, but replied quickly, "I know, I don't know why Dumbledore picked me. I guess we can ask him when we get to school."

He smiled at her, and she just turned away. They went over the directions to the prefects, and then they were dismissed. Everyone left except James and Lily. James made to leave, but noticed that Lily wasn't budging. She seemed to be writing, going through papers, checking times, etc. Lily looked up to see him staring at her. She sighed in a frustrated way and went back to her work. Sirius appeared at the door.

"Prongs! Come on mate, we're all waiting on you. Oh, hello, Evans." He just barely noticed her small frame hiding behind James' chair on her right. "So are you coming?"

James got up again, but looked back at Lily, then back at Sirius. "Nah, I'll be there in a minute, Padfoot."

Lily shrugged and went back to her work. James sat carefully back down next to Lily. Lily looked over at him, and he started a conversation.

"How was your summer, Lily?" She was taken aback that he chose to speak at all. She sighed again, and answered him.

"Well it was fine except I had to spend it with my mediocre sister. How was yours?"

He was appalled that she answered his question at all. He told her about his family, Sirius moving in because his family disowned him for his Gryffindor behavior (they were all Slytherins), etc.

As they were getting up to go back to their compartment, James looked at Lily and asked her if she was alright, about Emily. She didn't say anything at first, but just sat back down in her chair. James reached out a hand and rubbed her back while she held her face in her hands. After a few minutes, she looked up at the wall opposite to them. He rose from his chair, and offered a hand to help her back up again. She took it, and he embraced her in a surprise hug. He rocked her gently back and forth, and she just closed her eyes. She was so close and he couldn't control himself. He pulled back a little bit, but did not let go. He could tell from Lily's eyes that she was enjoying his company and needed his hug. He took his right hand, and placed it under her chin to raise it up. He kissed her softly, and she barely returned his kiss. He pulled away, and she stared at him for a minute, before running out to her friends, crying. Her friends embraced and hugged her, but never asked what happened to her.

Lily had left a confused James standing in the Heads' compartment. He looked down at the chair she had just been sitting in. He slowly walked over to the chair, and sat down. He leaned back in the chair, still able to smell her sweet and light perfume. Closing his eyes, he thought of the kiss they had just shared, and why he felt so blissful when she locked her lips onto his.