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Chapter 2 – New School
Lily bid her father goodbye at the platform, after promising not to let on about their "father-daughter super secret quality time", which really meant any punishment she had received. She carefully worked the spit in her mouth. She didn't like to swallow, not so soon after…well, she just didn't like it.
"And make sure you come home for Christmas, I've got presents for you," he father said happily. She smiled, painfully. It wasn't as if he had anything to be sad about. He enjoyed punishing her.
She dragged her trunk on the train and waved goodbye. Carefully, she swallowed, biting back a whimper. Her mouth was far too dry to put it off any longer.
She heaved her trunk into an empty compartment and sat by the window. There was always something so…safe about a window. Perhaps it was because she was mere steps away from freedom. Or maybe it was a psychological thing, the fact that her father always shut them and pulled the curtains when he…
She liked windows. She pulled her knees up to her chin and rested her head there, as if the closer she was to the floor, the worse off she was. The little aches would wear away soon, she was used to them.
The door opened and someone walked in. She turned to see Remus Lupin himself, smiling at her and turning red at the same time.
"Hello," he said quietly.
"Remus, you're holding up the progression!" someone from behind him complained. Lily jumped at the loud voice and merely glanced at the boy who walked in after Remus, grinning.
"Sirius, couldn't you be just a bit louder? I don't think they heard you in China!" a boy behind him complained. He had untidy black hair and hazel eyes, which were only accented by his round glasses. Lily giggled softly at his joke and his eyes locked with hers.
For a brief moment, both had this urge to talk to each other the rest of the way. But then the boy looked over at his friend, Sirius, and shook his head at the smirk.
"Don't matter if they heard me in China, mate! It's Hogwarts we're going to!"
Remus sighed heavily. The boy just walked all the way in and behind him came yet another boy, a little chubby but otherwise smiling.
"I'm James Potter," the boy with the glasses said, smiling at Lily. "That's Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and – "
"Remus Lupin," Lily finished for him. James nodded. "We've met."
"More than met, I heard," Sirius boasted. Lily and Remus both began to blush.
"Shut up, Sirius," Remus said quietly.
"Oh, come on, Remus. It's not every day a girl kisses you on the lips!"
Remus was already tomato red, and Lily was hiding it by staring out of the window. They obviously don't have sisters, she thought. The punishment must be different for boys.
James looked at her and then at Remus, up at the ceiling and finally leaned back in his chair. "Well, it's been an early morning. Goodnight," he said and slowly fell asleep. The others followed until only Lily was left awake, and even that didn't last long.
She jolted up as the train started to slow down. Looking at the four sleeping boys, she hurriedly remembered that they were supposed to be wearing robes. She pulled some out of her trunk and hurriedly put them on. She then bit her lip and thought of what to do.
When her father had to wake up, he had given her very specific instructions on how to do it. But he also told her not to tell anyone about what they do. She bit her lip.
Carefully, she gently shook the closest boy, Sirius. He jumped up in alarm, looked around wildly and then checked the time. His eyes widened as he shook everyone else awake and turned to Lily, whom he pushed out of the compartment, muttering about changing into robes.
Standing in the hallway, Lily bit her lip again. Maybe she had done it wrong. Maybe she had to wake them up as she woke up her father after all. He said it's good manners, and she always tried to have good manners. But to those four boys, who obviously haven't seen a girl apologize, from Remus's reaction to her apology, they probably haven't seen someone woken up that way either.
Five minutes later, James opened the door. Lily looked up at him, close to tears.
"We're done, you can come back in…hey, what's wrong?" he asked, looking at her, confused.
Lily shook her head hurriedly and went in, getting her trunk and belongings ready. Before the others could react, she dragged her trunk out of the room and whispered "Goodbye," to them. The train soon stopped and she got off, looking at the station and the huge lake in front of her. She climbed into a boat and was soon joined by five girls. The boats set off, and soon a castle came into view unlike anything Lily had seen save in her dreams. She grinned widely as she welcomed her new home, Hogwarts.