Hey everyone! Here is chapter 6 of my story. I hope that you all like it, because I know that I do. But seeing as how I wrote it…anyways I would like to say a huge thank you to my beta Nita, she has helped me sooooo much. Thanks Nita! So please read and review! Happy reading!

Chapter 6

Lily was slightly ticked off. 'How dare James say that I can't take care of myself!' she thought angrily. But the rational part of her brain said, 'He was only trying to help, you know.'

'But he said it in that way, as if I couldn't do it myself,' she argued with the sensible part of her brain.

'Well, if you give him a chance, he might apologize to you.'

'Potter doesn't know how to apologize!' she told herself.

'But James might,' she thought rationally. Lily took a moment to ponder that last thought. How did she really know that James wouldn't apologize? The only person she knew was Potter, the arrogant, self-centered person that wasn't present now. Maybe she should give him a chance. But she decided to wait for him to come to her.

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James was trying to calm himself down. 'Ok, all I have to do is knock on the door and tell her I'm sorry,' he thought rationally. 'Do you even know how to apologize politely?' He thought that the stupid part of his brain was slightly correct. 'Damn, I definitely need to learn how to apologize, and fast,' he thought to himself. He was used to telling Sirius he was 'sorry', but he was always sarcastic. He didn't really know how to tell Lily that he was sorry without making her even angrier. The only way that he had ever apologized to her was in that arrogant, sarcastic tone of voice. He definitely couldn't do that now.

Minutes past without a word from James. He tried to work up his courage, but everytime he tried to speak, he would loose his nerve and continue pacing. He was slightly surprised by this. He had never been this nervous about anything before. Not even asking Lily out that many times, just to be turned down. 'You weren't just turned down, James old boy,' that stupid part of his brain said. 'You were tuned down with a vengeance.' James frowned, 'Well, there's no reason for me to be this nervous about this…is there?' he thought desperately. But that stupid, yet almost always correct, part of his brain didn't say anything back. 'Ok,' he told himself. 'It's now or never.' He took a deep breath and then said, "Lily?"

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Lily had lost track of how long she had been in the bathroom. But at that moment, Remus' words about this bathroom came back to her, "…and a small bathroom, but you can't be in there for more than 15 minutes every 3 hours…" But, before she could ponder those words she heard James call her name, she stood up, in hopeful anticipation. But he didn't get anything else out for a second after he said that, the door to the bathroom flung open and Lily was thrown headfirst out of the room.

James saw Lily flying toward him and, because of his Quidditch training, he was able to catch her.

Lily was never as thankful that James was on the Quidditch team. He gracefully caught her and asked if she was ok.

"Are you alright, Lily? Are you hurt? If you're hurt I'll be sure to give Sirius and Remus a good kick in the –"

"James," she interrupted him, knowing where he was going with his rant. "I'm fine, I just stayed in there longer than I planned," she said, hoping that he would get the point.

James hung his head, "I-" he tried. He looked up and saw Lily's expecting face. He felt all of his nervousness melt away, the only thing that was important was that Lily know that he was sorry. "Lily, I'm sorry. I don't know what made me say something like that. I don't even believe that the man needs to do everything for the woman. I know that I never should have said that. Please forgive me?" he asked.

Lily looked at James and she went deep into herself and asked herself if he was actually sincere. But one look in his eyes and she knew that he was sincerely sorry. She felt her heart melt as she looked in his eyes, eyes that showed regret and love. Lily knew that she wouldn't be able to tell him no. She smiled sweetly, "Yes, James. I forgive you. I think I over-reacted. Deep down, I think I knew that you were only trying to be helpful. I was just reverting back to old ways. I'm just so used to arguing with you. Old habits die hard, you know. And I'm sorry for making such a big deal out of nothing."

"No," he said, stepping forward, closing some of the distance between them. "You didn't overreact. It was my fault, so don't you say it was yours," he told her forcefully.

Lily smiled, "Alright, I won't." Lily saw that James was starting to yawn, but trying to cover it up with his hand. "Why don't you lay down and take a nap. I bet your friends woke you up early this morning, didn't they?"

James nodded, "Yeah, but I'm fine."

Lily gave him a look. "What else is there to do? I'm going to take a nap as well. So you might as well get a nap yourself," she said wisely.

James yawned again, "OK, I guess it couldn't hurt. We're going to be here for a while anyways," he said. He flopped down on the floor, and put his cloak underneath his head. "Good night Lily," he said tiredly.

"Good night, James," she said. But she might as well have not said anything, for James was out like a light once his head hit his cloak. Lily smiled slightly. She was still so amazed at how much she had come to love this man that was sleeping on the floor. She couldn't believe that this was the same person that she met that day on Platform 9 3/4. He was so rude back then. She got lost in the memories of that day as she laid down to watch James for a while.

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Flashback:

Lily was a little nervous as she looked at the platform that she was supposed to run through. There was a couple with a boy with jet-black hair. He was looking at her with a weird look in his eyes; she didn't like it at all. But she wasn't going to say anything in front of her parents.

She looked at the wall and decided to go before she had to converse with that boy that was starting to openly stare at her. Lily took a deep breath and started to walk fast towards the wall. She was just thinking how stupid this was; she was going to get seriously hurt. But as she ran to the wall she closed her eyes, bracing herself for impact but didn't feel anything. She opened her eyes and stopped right before she went off the platform. She felt someone grab her from behind and pull her back.

Lily sighed with relief and turned to say thank you to who ever helped her, and found that it was the black haired boy. "You all right?" he asked.

Lily didn't know what to do, he had that look back in his eyes and his body language was saying something that she didn't like. She saw her parents and quickly said thank you and ran over to them. They went over to the train and Lily turned to her parents and gave her mom a big hug and turned to her dad as the train whistle sounded. She started to tear up; she loved her parents dearly and didn't want to leave them. She was especially close to her dad and couldn't stand being away from him. But she had to go soon or the train was going to leave her. Her dad pushed her away and gave her a big kiss. "Go, Sweetie. You're going to miss the train if you don't go."

Lily started crying, "I'll write daily," she said thickly. Her dad started to push her onto the train. "Bye! I love you!" she said as the train started to pull away. She watched as her parents waved goodbye to her and watched until they were out of sight.

Lily walked to the nearest empty cubical and started to cry harder than she ever had. She felt homesick already. She didn't know how long she was crying but she was very aware when someone came in. "Oh, I'm sorry. I'll just go." She heard a small voice say.

She looked up and said quickly, "No, it's fine. I'm sorry, I'm just homesick."

The girl smiled. "Yeah, me too. Do you mind?" she asked, motioning to the seat.

"No, not at all," Lily said, drying her tears. "What's your name?" she asked the girl, once she sat down.

"Oh, how rude of me. I'm Sarah, Sarah Prue. And you are?" Sarah asked.

"I'm Lily, Lily Evans. Where are you from?" she asked her new friend.

Sarah was about to answer when the same black haired boy opened the door. He had two other boys with him this time.

"Hello, I couldn't help but see that you were all alone in here. You mind if we sit down?" he asked, but before she could say no, he sat down next to her.

Lily was fuming. How dare he just waltz on in and just sit down! "Yes, I do mind. Please leave." She told him, angrily.

"Wow, you're a feisty one, aren't you?" he asked. "I'm James Potter by the way. This is Sirius and Remus."

Lily was starting to get fed up with this Potter character. "Get out before I curse you out. I've learned some of the spells and I will use them!" she said fiercely.

One of the other boys, with brown hair, finally spoke up, "You read the books already?" he asked. Lily nodded her head proudly. "So did I. I found them quite informational, didn't you?" he asked.

"Yes, I did," she answered. Lily was starting to like this brown haired boy by the name of Remus.

"Come on, James. Let's go. We're apparently not wanted here," the other boy said.

"But-"

"Sirius is right, James. Let's go get our own compartment." Remus interrupted.

James looked put out, but got up with his two friends and started to walk out, and turned around when he went to close the door. "If you ever need a date, give me a call," he said with a wink.

Lily got up and slammed the door and then put a locking spell on it, even if it wasn't very strong. Lily was seething as she sat down again. She knew that Sarah was looking at her, smiling. That wasn't helping matters much. But the only thing she could think of right now, was how much she was going to hate being in eyesight of that boy, let alone if he was in the same house with her!

Lily looked up at Sarah and decided to continue their earlier conversation. "So, where do you live?" she asked politely.

: End Flashback:

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Lily smiled, she knew that James was going to be a pain in the arse, and he sure was. From that day forward, he never left her alone. Now, in only a few hours she was in love with that same boy. She sighed, and decided to get some shuteye herself. Giving James a kiss on the forehead, she pulled her cloak off and made a pillow and went to sleep, thinking of how much she loved James right now.

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I had a great time writing this chapter! I'm so glad that this chapter is much longer than the others. I love longer chapters, so I know most of you do as well. So, I'll stop babbling because I have some homework to do. So I hope you enjoyed the latest chapter! I will have the next chapter up by next weekend as well, I am going to hope for weekly updates here. So PLEASE review! It doesn't take long to just put in a few words of encouragement or a few words saying what you didn't like about the chapter.

Thanks, to everyone who does review. I really appreciate it.

Later, Jen.