Walking around the school with Millie showed her just what she had missed for so long. She forgot all about her old friends, class mates and boyfriends. Within a few days time, Lily grew to except that she had missed so much over the past few years, but was able to rekindle the relationships she had lost so many years ago. Especially with a certain someone.

"Daniel?" Lily asked, accidentally running into someone in the hallway. He straightened his shirt and grabbed his books from the floor.

"Lily?" He asked in confusion. "I thought you were down south?"

"Well, I decided to come home and finish school here." Lily blushed, remembering their past.

YEAR BEFORE LILY LEFT:

Daniel and Lily had been going steady for almost 3 months, when the letter to Hogwarts showed up at her door. With the best intentions, she told him that she was accepted to attend a private school down south, and would return every summer. They tried to have a long distance relationship, but the pressure in the summer to see each other constantly to make up for lost time was ridiculous. They broke up in spite of how much they cared for each other.

BACK AT SCHOOL:

Lily continued her conversation with Daniel down the hall and towards their separate classes.

"Do you still have the same phone number?" He asked.

"Of course. Call me sometime." She told him, and they both seperated.

Not even 5 hours later, when Lily was at home, preparing dinner, her phone rang. Without even realizing it, she was secretly hoping that it was Daniel.

"Hey, I hope I didn't catch you at a bad time?" It was Daniel.

"No, it's just perfect. What can I do for you?" She asked, stirring around her soup in the sauce pan. She was so caught up that she didn't notice the heat was on too high.

"Well, I was going to ask if you wanted to catch a movie later on?" He asked. Lily's heart skipped a beat. Something inside her wanted to giggle.

"Sure, I'd love to!" She replied.

"Ok, so I can pick you up at about 8?" He asked. Lily was glad that he didn't ask her in person, since she was going beat red with enthusiasm.

"Alright, I will see you then." She announced. Then she wished him good bye and hung up. Turning back to stirring her soup, she noticed that most of the water had evaporated and the noodles were mushy. She shrugged her shoulders, and dumped out the soup. There would be time to eat dinner, after she got ready.

HOGWARTS:

Julie and Amanda began to cope without the help of their best friend. The famous three were now the famous duo. Not something that they wanted, but had accepted. It impacted everyone. Without Lily there, James had lost the will to prank Snape, the girls had lost the desire to stay up all night talking about guys and almost all the prefects found themselves doing boring jobs without any interest. How could some girl make such an impact on ne school?

"Well, it's now October, and it sucks. Been a month with nothing. No detention, no threats, no jokes! Where did we go wrong?" Sirius asked James, as he fell from his bed, hitting the floor. James look at him confused.

"Bored." Sirius replied to the stare. James nodded. James went back to writing his homework assignment when he had a great idea. Something that James never encountered everyday. He grabbed out a clean sheet of paper and began to scribble something down. Then he stood up and ran down into the common room, down the stairs and outside. Running to the owlry, and grabbing the nearest owl. Attaching the note to his leg, he sent it off to Lily. In hopes he would get a reply.

LILY AT HOME:

The weekend had finally come. She missed being able to sleep in, and not have to worry about being somewhere. Forget about teachers watching you're every minute! Lily finally felt free from worry. Just as she walked into the kitchen, an owl appeared out on the window sill. She opened it, and the little brown owl hopped in, and perched on the faucet.

Lily looked at the owl, not recognizing it at all. She carefully took the note from its leg, and gave it a small piece of bread to nibble on. She opened the letter and read:

Dear Lily,

I miss you. We all miss you. I'm sorry if it was me who caused you to leave. Please return!

Yours truly, love

James.

Lily stood there, frozen. She niether smiled or frowned. A part of her wanted to go back desperately, but the truth was that she made the decision not to. Plus she wouldn't be able to continue any courses, since they had already been in session for about a month. A tear rolled down her cheek. It was all too much to handle.

She missed Hogwarts. She missed her friends.

But she loved being home. She loved being with all her old friends and Daniel.

The truth was, she liked being needed.

And with that, she wrote 3 words on the note, and sent it back with the bird.

"RETURN TO SENDER"

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