Summer vacation went by fast. The Marauders enjoyed their 2 months in Mexico, under a hot summer sun. Both Amanda and Julie headed to Australia and toured around there. No matter how much time went by, no one cared enough to call Lily. Not that she cared, she had her future to prepare for.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL:

Lily awoke at 6 am, like she did on every first day of school. Except this one was different. When she left her house, she wasn't heading to platform 9 3/4; heading in the opposite direction, Lily was heading to Bridgenorth High. The highschool she would have attended before she was accepted to Hogwarts. Tears began to build up in her eyes, but she knew that this is where she belonged. She would use her pens, instead of a wand, no uniforms, just casual clothing, and no dorms, just her own room with herself. And last but not least, there would be no James Potter.

"Lily?" A girl cried out in the corridor. Lily spun around to see her old best friend from 4 years ago, before leaving for Hogwarts.

"Millie?" Lily asked, knowing the answer. Both ran towards each other, opened arms, and came in for a friendly hug. Formally known as Melissa, she grew up down the road from Lily. Her dirty blonde hair was pulled in a messy bun, staring back with blue eyes. Lily missed Millie.

"When did you come back? I thought you were staying south till you graduated?" Millie asked, but Lily smiled.

"I didn't like it as much as I thought. So, I'm back!" Lily laughed. She took out her time table and began to look around.

"Where do you have to go?" Millie glanced down at her paper, and looked back at Lily.

"Mrs. Heathers room." Lily sighed.

"Awesome! You're with me! Come on!" Millie pulled her down the hall. Not only would they have class together, this would lead to the opportunity for Lily to regain a friendship she left so far behind.

(HOGWARTS) FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL:

Amanda and Julie showed up together, their tans glowing nicely in the sunlight. Packing onto the train, they walked into the same room they always had when on the train. Normally Lily was first, but the girls just expected her to be late.

"Hello girls, long time no see!" Sirius Black announced, making himself comfortable beside Julie. James and Remus walked in right behind him. At first all seemed fine, until the train began to move.

"Where is Lily? She wouldn't be sitting in another room would she?" Julie asked curiously. Amanda shook her head. Still not convinced that Lily wasn't coming to school this year, they searched the entire train, using all the time it took to get there.

"She wouldn't seriously drop out, would she?" Amanda asked. Both girls began to look concerned, and hoped things would be all cleared up inside. After all the announcements and new students being assigned homes, there was no sign of Lily anywhere.

This is when the girls took matters into their own hands.

"Professor, um, you haven't seen or heard anything from Lily Evans have you?" Julie asked Professor McGonagall as she walked by the Griffindors common room.

"Miss Lily Evans will not be joining us anymore. That is all you need to know. But don't go around spreading it. Some things aren't meant to be told." She whispered, and began to walk back towards her office. The girls were struck with depression. They never bothered to call Lily all summer, and now they had no way of reaching her.

But there was one thing they could do.

"JAMES POTTER!" Julie screamed at the top of her lungs. James, sitting on the couch beside the fire cringed.

"What do you want?" He asked, his eyes peering over the chair head at her. She stomped her way over and slapped him.

"You're the reason that Lily isn't at Hogwarts anymore!" She screamed, tears building up in her eyes. James looked shocked.

"No I'm not." He said, unsure of what had happened.

Finally, he came to realize that she had meant it last year. She really wasn't coming back and it was because of him. He was struggling to find words. Julie and Amanda were sitting on the small love seat, hugging each other. Nobody realized just how serious her words were. And they would now experience life without Lily.