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Lily raced out of the hall, abandoning her eggs, followed by Madison and Alice, who also forgot.
As the three reached their dorm room, slightly out of breath, they started picking their things off the floor.
"So, Lily, what did you say you were doing over the Summer?" Madison asked conversationally.
"I'm staying with Emma over most of the break, I don't think I can stand being around Severus the whole Summer, and Petunia's worse than ever lately." Lily replied. "Where did you say you were going Madi?"
"I'm staying with my grandpa in Greece this Summer, I'm so excited!" She said enthusiastically.
Lily smiled. As she looked over at her two friends, frantically looking for lost earrings and shoe laces, she realised how lucky she was to have them in her life. Madison was bubbly, and always smiling, with long, light brown hair that went up in spirals. Her icy blue eyes were filled with joy, and her tall, tanned physique gave her a confident look. Lily had never had the privilege of height, but she wasn't that bothered by it. She looked over at Alice, who was shy, but kind and comforting. Her eyes were also blue, but darker than Madi's, and her hair was blonde, and mid-length. She was taller than Lily, but not by more than about two inches, and she had freckles all over her nose and cheeks. She and Lily had that in common, as well as being pale.
As Marlene and Emma walked in, she thought about her other two best friends. Marlene was mischievous, and cheeky, but fiercely protective of her friends, and the bravest person Lily knew. Marlene's dark eyes were almost black, and wide, which suited her. She had a tanned complexion, and short black hair that only just touched her shoulders. She was about the same height as Alice, which was just about the only thing the two had in common, not just appearance-wise. And then there was Emma. Fun-loving and boy crazy. Flirty with any boy that glanced at her, which happened a lot. She was very pretty, like the rest of her friends, with chestnut brown hair, which was long and wavy. She had brown eyes that matched her hair, and a soft tan that made her look like she had just come back from the beach. She was just as short as Lily, but nobody noticed, because she wore chunky heels that made her seem a lot taller.
Lily, on the other hand, had the longest hair of the group, which was wavy, and vibrantly ginger. She had very green eyes and was short, freckly and pale, all of these suited her, however.
"Lily, stop daydreaming for a second and help me find my spare tie!" Madison called from under her bed.
Lily giggled at her clumsy friend, and started searching for the tie.
By the time the girls had finally finished packing their trunks, it was already midday, they only had two hours until they had to leave.
"I need to go get Lyra" Lily told her friends as they made their way to the common room. Lyra was Lily's owl, and Lily loved her dearly.
The other four nodded, and went to sit by the fireplace, as Lily walked out of the portrait hole.
Lily walked through the corridors, which were surprisingly empty, die to everyone packing. She approached the owlery, and to her surprise, there was another person there.
"Hi, Fletcher," Lily said cheerfully. Fletcher Lee was a Hufflepuff in Lily's year, whom she liked, but didn't talk to a lot.
"Lily! H, Hi!" Fletcher replied, turning pink. "Had a good year?"
Had a good year? What are you thinking? Fletcher thought to himself.
"It's been good, how about you?" Lily responded.
"Good, good," Fletcher ran a hand through the back of his dark brown hair, and it involuntarily turned-
"Pink!" Lily blurted. "Your hair, it turned pink!"
"Did it? Oops. I'm a metamorphmagus, didn't you know?"
"I didn't! Wow, that's so cool!"
Fletcher went as pink as his hair, and chuckled at Lily's awe.
Just ask her out, idiot! Fletcher thought to himself, but nothing came out.
"Anyway, I'm just here to get my owl." Lily told him. "Lyra! Come on!" Her grey barred owl flew down onto Lily's arm, and nipped her fingers affectionately.
"See you, Fletcher!"
"Wait, Lily!" The pink haired boy called after her.
"Yeah?" she looked at him intently.
"Nice bird!" He said very quickly, before rushing out of the owlery.
Idiot. Nice bird? That's all you could think to say?
Lily walked out of the owlery, confused, Lyra perched on her arm, and went back to the common room. She spotted her four friends talking to the Marauders by the fireplace, and went to go sit down.
"Hey guys, how's it going?" She sat down, next to Remus, and joined in their conversation.
20 minutes later, as they sat and talked, Emma jumped up off of her armchair.
"Guys, it's ten to one! We need to go!"
The Gryffindors raced down to the entrance hall as fast as they could, while holding their trunks and pet cages. The group only just made it, and all 9 of them had to squeeze into one carriage, James squeezed next to Lily, much to James' liking. James fake yawned, and stretched his arm around Lily's shoulders.
"Oi, Potter, keep your hands off me please!" Lily berated him.
James chuckled. "Only for you Evans, Only for you." And he retreated his arm.
A.N: Sorry for the short chapters! They will get longer, I promise! I know things are a little boring, but they get better throughout the story. Please review! xoxo