Authors Note: Thank you Allie and Erin!! You're great!! I will write a chapter on Lilys pov again, I just have to get the general stuff out the way. Now Erin, I have a friend called Erin round my home so she isn't based on you don't worry.  

Lily met Kirsty as she clambered of the train; Kirsty had been busy down the other end of the train trying to calm down an ecstatic Hannah Price who had been having a fit of happiness and giggles at the prospect of going on a date with Sirius Black, James' best friend. When Kirsty had joined up with Lily she tried to point out that the last thing she had wanted to do was spend fifteen minutes talking about a wizard who made her life hell half the time.

'I mean if she knew him like I did then she certainly wouldn't be happy about meeting him, let alone being alone with the guy for more than ten minutes.' Kirsty grumbled as they wandered the corridor of the train looking for a door that was crammed with first and second years all wanting to get out and enjoy the leisurely ride up to school.

'He isn't that bad,' Lily said 'I've been alone with him some time this year in the common room and he is a real-'

Whatever Sirius Black was Kirsty never got to find out as two third years came pelting out the side compartment, sending Lily flying to the floor with a crash.

'Jesus Christ,' Lily yelled, wincing at the incredible pain in her left arm 'watch where you're going will you,' The third years looked at her worriedly, exchanged glances and continued running down the corridor 'NO RUNNING!' Lily screamed after them, being helped up by Kirsty.

'You'd think I was invisible,' Lily grumbled getting to her feet, then with a look out the window she added, more to herself than Kirsty, 'and to some people I am,'

'I am NOT, I repeat NOT walking up to school with this thing,' James said angrily 'you can walk but I'm taking a carriage,'

Sirius, Remus, Peter, Jackie and Nicola had tried to tell James that it was such a nice day that they need not use the carriages this time and that a walk would be much more pleasant than the stuffy carriages.

'Anyone coming,' James asked, seeing as no one replied he continued back down to the station doorway where the carriages were slowly pulling up. Remus then caught up with him adding 'I didn't want to listen to Sirius and Jackie argue all the way up there,'

'Oh crap,' Lily said, hiding quickly behind one of the carriages while Kirsty and their other friend, Erin Jackson piled up the suitcases and bags on the top of the carriage. Erin looked curiously at the red head that was now bent kneed kneeling by the wheel of the carriage.

'Is she okay?' Erin asked Kirsty sceptically

'You've been her friend for seven years and you've only just asked me that?'

'She's acting a little-'

Lily shrieked as she proceeded to fall backwards of her knees, she closed her eyes in embarrassment and proceeded to slowly get up. Kirsty nodded her head in the direction behind them, imploring with a look for Erin not to turn round. Erin missed the hint. Seeing James Potter and then glancing back to the struggling Lily it took Erin a few seconds to realise what Kirsty was on about.

'Never,' Erin said gob smacked and grinning from ear to ear, her tousled brown hair curling at her shoulders.

'James, I reckon you should talk with Lily again,'

James looked at his friend with all hesitation and shook his head, remaining as quiet as was possible for him as the carriage trundled up to Hogwarts. Remus wasn't going to give up, he had been a prefect with Lily in the fifth year and had found her a very accepting and pleasant person to be with. Though Remus was under the impression that the amount of time she and James had spent together over the last year might've changed James' views on her from the sixth year. James had completely gone of Lily when he turned 16 saying she wasn't his type, though neither Moony nor Padfoot believed him at first they were forced to accept it when James dated Anne Parks for three months while Lily dated Freddie Bloom.

'I don't want to talk her again, we're fine,' James said shortly

'So you and James eh,' Erin said cheekily smiling at Lily 'how long you fancied him then,'

'I don't,' came Lily's reply, though Erin was just as unconvinced as when Sirius had once told her that they were going to build a bridge or a tunnel linking France to Britain.

'Oh Lily, stop lying,' Kirsty said frustrated 'I know for a fact you've liked him a lot longer than you say, the dream has just confirmed it to you that's all,'

'Ohhh, dreams eh,' Erin said in her sweet girlish voice 'I never thought you one for erotic dreams, Miss Evans,'

(AN: Erin is one of those witches who won't let something drop even if it's wrong and write all over your history file that you're madly in love with Sirius Black or John Oster, which both or not true…hmmm).

'It wasn't erotic,' Lily implored sternly, then added with a slight smile 'I woke up before it ended,'

THE FEAST

It couldn't have gone worse. Lily was still embarrassed about the whole affair and didn't want to run into any of them sooner than she had to, it wouldn't have gone so bad if she hadn't slipped and fell to the floor as she entered the great hall, having the whole student body that was behind her laugh at her.

Everyone had managed to get up their on time for the WB feast, though Sirius, Jackie and Peter turned up about twenty minutes late earning them detention for all day Saturday by Hulton the detention mistress. The second Lily saw James she still blushed crimson and forced her self to abruptly walk in the other direction, meaning she missed the feast and when Kirsty demanded to know where she was at dinner she hit the roof. James had seen Lily and turned bright red when he saw her, but tried to smile, Jackie looked suspiciously at her and Peter and Nicola wondered why she was acting so weird.

'IT WAS JUST A DREAM,' Kirsty pointed out for the third time in their small, rather loud argument. Lily was perched on the end of her four poster watching Kirsty pace nervously.

'But it felt so real and warm-'

'Don't need that a graphic detail, Lil'' Kirsty said quickly

'Hang on didn't you give me a kiss by kiss account of your and Remus's first-'

'Lily,' Kirsty said firmly 'that wasn't a dream and it happened thank you very much,'

I need help, Lily thought, psychiatric help and maybe a knife to kill myself or I could jump in the lake and avoid this whole situation for the rest of my life.

'And Jackie, she's giving me evils,'

'Evils,' Kirsty said blankly 'what do you mean?'

'I'm sure she knows I think that she and James are an item,'

'Lily, half the school think there an item, you're just another one of the hundreds in our year,' Kirsty pointed out

'But I know both of them and I know what she's like, she can get really bitchy and everything when with James,'

'James isn't like that,' Kirsty explained 'even if he wanted to, he couldn't bitch about someone to save there life, especially a girl,'

'But I know she will bitch about me to Nicola, oh god I have to walk past them tomorrow and oh shit, what if they comment Kirsty!' Lily said, now in full, what Kirsty and Erin liked to call, "Lilypanic" and it was different from normal panic as in normal panic things weren't thrown across the room and nor were bed sheets and pillow cases dipped in ink. Lily had quite a temper when she came to it and her panic modes usually led to a temper out rage. However after seven years both Kirsty and Erin were fully experienced in helping her calm down.

'Breath Lily, okay, just think of it this way,' Kirsty said quickly in a calming voice 'you and James are now fine, you're speaking aren't you?'

'I know that,' Lily grumbled 'but its what they'll all-'

'Lily, do you want me to ask him out for you?'

'NO!' Lily half shrieked 'that would make things worse,'

'I'll leave you to think a bit Lily, and remember to breathe okay? It's that thing where you convert carbon dioxide into oxygen, okay,' Kirsty said slow and steady for her, quickly removing a book and vase of dead flowers from Lily's bedside.

History of Magic was the first lesson on Monday morning and Lily dreaded it, the only possibly good thing about the whole lesson was that James wasn't in it, but Sadia was. Sadia happened to be James' half cousin; she had known him for the best part of her life and would demand to know why Lily looked so lost in thought.

'What's up?' Sadia asked, after watching Lily for almost half an hour do nothing but stare longingly out the window, Lily was startled and turned to face her friend grudgingly, Kirsty and Erin were in Arithmancy together.

'Nothing,' Lily said quickly 'well actually, there is something. Lily filled Sadia in and Sadia was, well there was no other way to put it, shocked.

'My James, my idiot wizard of a cousin who you swore you never liked? The same James that you've been hanging out with every Thursday-'

'Yes, god damn it,' Lily said laughing a little 'the same James, the same James who is most probably going to grow up and marry her,'

Sadia didn't seem to need to ask who "her" was.

'I always thought he and Jackie were together,' she answered honestly

'Yeah well I'll get it in the neck even more for saying that now,' Lily moaned and let her head fall forward into her outstretched arms.

'Don't worry,' Sadia said to her kindly 'I'll talk to him,'

Lily wasn't sure about that, she was fine with it now, at least she was speaking to him normally now, well as normal as was possible without feeling a pang of embarrassment.

'I don't know,' Lily said edgily

'All I want is your permission, I'll talk to him anyway,' Sadia said confidently, there was never any changing Sadia when she had finally made up her mind.

'Fine,' Lily said ruffled 'you have my permission,'

'Good,' Sadia said grinning 'I was going to do it anyway but, its better that I have your permission.'

The lesson passed fairly uneventfully unless you counted Steven and Robert turning Darren Hayes' hair green and causing an uproar at the back of the class.

Authors Note: It will become heavy L/J by the end of it. Next chapter will be Lilys lunch with James.

Don't own any of the guys, everyone belongs to themselves.

Own the plot…as it is my life.

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