Disclaimer- do you people even read these? I bet if I didn't put one here someone would tell me off. So here we go again.its not mine, never has been and never will be.*sobs*

Chapter 3

Lily grabbed her leather satchel and quickly headed out the class room door, eager to get away from the Slytherins.

"Hey, Lils, wait up!" Lily stopped and turned to see James, followed shortly by Remus and Sirius, with Peter lagging a few feet away. "Why d'ya run off so fast?" James asked in confusion.

"You saw what a mess I made in there!" She said, a blush covering her cheeks, she lowered her head, allowing her red hair to cover her face, 'Stupid red.'

"Don't be ridiculous," Sirius argued, James nodded in agreement, "Yeah, you're great at transfiguration. Everything you transfigure looks just like it should."

Lily stared up at the four boys in complete disbelief, 'what were they blind?' "It was red!"

The marauders looked slightly uncomfortable before Remus kindly offered; "You get red animals."

"Not red tortoises!" Lily said with an exasperated sigh, she turned and continued her brisk walk back towards the common room whilst mumbling. "Everything I transfigure ends up red! Red fur, red shell, I can never fix it!"

"Look on the bright side," Sirius called out as he increased his stride to be beside her; "It matched your hair." Lily glanced back over at Sirius who was attempting to keep a straight face, despite her anger she found herself smiling.

James watched Lily's expression turn from upset to happy with just one comment from Sirius. He felt a cold emotion stab at his heart.jealousy. Why did she reward Sirius with those smiles but not him? No matter what he did she was always so distant around him.

Quickly saying the password, they entered through the portrait. Dumping their satchels down, they slumped down onto their usual seats.

Usual seats.Lily mused over that phrase, she'd been here three weeks and she was referring to this as her 'usual' seat. Closing her eyes she thought back to her own time, her real family. They must be missing her; she missed them so much, every night she cried herself to sleep-alone up in her empty dormitory.

It wasn't that she wasn't happy here, to be honest she was closer to James, Sirius and Remus than she had ever been to any of her classmates back in 1997. Admittedly she wasn't too fond of Peter.

Remus however was very similar to herself, both were relatively quiet, were good students and both had secrets concerning who and what they really were. Lily felt strongly connected to him, he had a secret he couldn't tell, just like she did. It made him nervous around others and shy to new people. She always tried her best to make him feel comfortable and secure, whilst she pretended that she didn't know what he was.

Sirius on the other hand was a complete extrovert. In a lot of ways he reminded her of Ron. A loyal friend, who was quick to anger, and always trying to impress and entertain he seemed to be notoriously protective over those he cared for yet somehow never quite seemed to be able to tell people how much he cared. He always had the ability to make her smile, no matter what. It sent chills through her, knowing that this carefree youth would have all the life and laughter destroyed by false accusations and over a decade in Azkaban.

And finally there was James; he was the most difficult one here. He had a magnetic personality, was a natural born leader and Lily had found herself instantly attracted to him.

And it scared her.

This wasn't some little crush; it was something else, every time she was near him the world seemed to fade away. It made her want to forget her real time and just live out her life here. But she couldn't bring herself to do it. To accept these feelings, to hope for something.it would be giving in.

Giving in to the future and accepting her supposed fate. To die an untimely death, hopelessly protecting her son. Son.how do you deal with discovering your brother's best friend is in fact your son?

It was eerie, yet in many ways comforting; it explained the feelings that she had mistaken for love. But a ten-year-old isn't exactly capable of comprehending maternal love. What would happen to him if she didn't.

"Lily, you still with us?" Lily stopped and looked up at James, Sirius and Remus, Peter had disappeared off somewhere, like usual.

"Sorry, I was miles away." Lily murmured sheepishly. James smiled in return, "So we noticed." Smiling back, she allowed herself to look at the man fate seemed to be pushing her towards. Her eyes locked with his and she soon found herself drowning in his deep velvet brown eyes.

Remus and Sirius looked at each other, "Fancy a game of wizards chess, Moony?" Remus nodded and glanced back to James and Lily. "Sure, I left my set up in the dormitory. We should go get it." Sirius nodded and he quickly followed Remus out of the common room, giving his friends some space.

James, realising that both Sirius and Remus had disappeared without his noticing, blushed and broke eye contact. Glancing carefully back up at the red head he noticed that she was looking a bit upset.

"You're not upset about the red tortoise still, are you?" Lily looked up and shook her head. "No, just missing my old home that's all."

James nodded but said nothing. He knew little about Lily's past but he did know that she came from a family of muggles who didn't appreciate her being a witch, she didn't really like to talk about them to much. Thinking fast he changed the subject.

"So, um, what do you think of Hogwarts so far?" James winced at how lame it sounded.

Lily found herself smiling; a little voice in the back of her head kept telling her that she should end the conversation as soon as possible, but she ignored it. If James and Lily Potter where truly as happy as those who knew them claimed- then surely he was her soul mate? She couldn't change the past, or future, whatever it was- Dumbledore told her it was already set out.

"It's been interesting." James smiled, not really listening to what she was saying, he was listening to her melodic voice. And enjoying the fact that she was now speaking to him.

Leaning back in the chair, Lily relaxed, James was smiling at her.an odd feeling of belonging enveloped her as she gave way to her fate.

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