A/N: Sorry for the confusion, but on the summary, it says that this story starts shortly before L&J second year, while it really starts before their seventh year. Please review!
I'm sure you guys can figure this out on your own, but just in case you just landed on this planet, I don't own Harry Potter.
The New Head Boy and Girl
Lily arrived at Platform 9 3/4, with a feeling of relief spreading though her. She had just ridden all morning in the back seat of a small car with her sister. Most of the drive was passed in total silence. Normally, Petunia won't have come, but she and their parents had decided to get some things for the wedding taken care of while they were in London. (Lily hadn't bothered to ask what they were doing.)
Lily searched over the heads of the many students already packed onto the platform, looking for one of her friends. She felt someone tapping her on the back. She spun around and saw Elizabeth Parr, one of Lily's fellow Gryffindors. She had blonde hair, blue eyes, and was slightly shorter than Lily. They immediately pulled each other into a hug.
After they broke apart, Lily asked, "How long have you been here?"
"I just stepped on the platform," said Elizabeth, "and with that red hair of yours, I knew it was you"
They slowly managed to drag their luggage into a empty compartment toward the back of the train.
"So, Miss Lily, I heard you were made Head Girl this year...Congratulations." said Elizabeth.
"Thanks...Hey, you haven't heard who the Head Boy is, have you?"
Elizabeth looked at Lily slightly confused, then her face cracked a small, mischievous smile. "You mean you haven't heard?"
"No...Who is it?"
"Who is what?" Alice, who came in to the compartment, asked.
"Lily hasn't heard who the new Head Boy is," Elizabeth told Alice.
As soon as she heard this, the same mischievous smile appeared on Alice's face.
"You honestly haven't heard?"Alice asked Lily.
"No, honestly...now who is it?"
"We can't tell you that, Lils" said Elizabeth.
"She's right, we can't tell you...But it's too perfect"
Lily was about to protest when Dorcas Meadows, olive skinned and tallest of the girls, came into the compartment.
"What's too perfect?" Dorcas asked innocently.
"Lily hasn't heard who the Head Boy is," Alice replied sweetly.
"Oh..."and Dorcas, too, smiled.
"You guys all suck," said Lily, trying not to let her temper rise.
"Well...we'll give you a hint...think of the very, very, very last person to be named Head Boy...and you're very close." said Elizabeth.
Lily thought silently. Who would she least expect? But before she could dwell on this very long, the whistle blew, and she realized that she needed to meet with the Head Boy-whoever he was.
She said her good-bye to her friends, and as soon as she turned the corner, Lily heard the girls burst into hysterical laughter, and though the noise, she heard Dorcas say, "Lily is gonna fucking die when she sees who it is!"
Lily made her way to the front of the train as it started to move, trying not to get too pissed of at her friends. Who in the hell is this guy, anyway, she thought. She had been so excited that she had been named Head Girl that she never even thought of who the Head Boy could be.
She opened the prefect's compartment smiled at a few of the familiar faces. The prefects train compartment was the largest on the train, with a long table in the middle so all the prefects could meet the Head Boy and Girl. She turned left and entered the a smaller compartment where the Head Boy and Girl got their instructions from Dumbledore.
Lily stared at the boy who was reading a letter, probably from Dumbledore. James Potter turned around to look and see who had entered the compartment. He smiled when he was Lily and said, "I figured it would be you"
"I gotta be honest James, you were not who I was expecting," Lily said, getting over the initial shock.
"I was just as shocked as you are, I thought Remus would have gotten it."
"So, is that from Dumbledore?" asked Lily, pointing to the letter in James' hand.
"Yeah...he says that we're suppose to introduce ourselves to the prefects, welcome everyone back, go over prefect duties, and he said to stress inner-house relationships," he added with a slightly doubtful look on his face.
"You don't think the last bit will work very well, do you?"
"Not with Slytherin, it won't," he sighed.
"You're probably right, but I guess we have to try"
"We're also in charge of deciding when Hogsmeade visits are, supervising decorating the Great Hall for Christmas, and organizing our graduation ceremony at the end of the year, and we are to meet with him after the feast,"
"It's gonna be one loaded year," said Lily smiling, as she sat down next to James.
"No shit," James agreed.
Lily took a deep breath, and asked, "So, should we go talk to the other prefects?"
"Sure," he replied.
Together, they walked into the prefects compartment. Lily felt herself involuntarily take a sharp breath. Her ex-boyfriend Will Logan and Rita Skeeter, both seventh year Ravenclaw prefects, were sitting together, holding hands. They're still together, Lily thought, how could they still be together? Lily had the sudden urge to either punch Will or Rita in the face, both of which seemed like a great idea.
She forced herself to look away. She caught a glace at Remus Lupin, who gave both her and James encouraging smiles.
"Hello everyone, my name is Lily Evans, and this is James Potter..."
Lily carried on for the next few minutes, explaining the prefect duties, and so on.
"Are their any questions?" and when no one asked anything, she continued, "Good, go a head and patrol for the next fifteen minutes or so, and you can find your friends and catch up"
Everyone got up to patrol, but Rita and Will lingered back to make it a point to kiss in front of Lily. Lily actually started to move forward, when she felt someone grab her elbow.
"Do you really want to do that?" James whispered in her ear.
She looked into his hazel eyes and, for some reason, felt much calmer. She took a deep breath and said, "Thanks"
"No problem" he smiled.
He has an amazing smile, Lily thought. No, don't think of that! It's James, your friend, and nothing more!
They rest of the way to Hogwarts discussing Hogsmeade weekends, decorations, and their graduation. When the train finally came to a stop, Lily and James stepped of the train and help direct the students, and a few absolutely terrified looking first years, were to go.
"Just follow that really, really big guy with the lantern, down there" Lily said to a first year for what seemed like the hundredth time that night.
Finally, Lily and James got into a carriage that took them to the castle. Lily smiled sadly out the window. It was so hard to believe that the past six years were really in the past, and that this was the last year she would spent at this castle.
James and Lily met their friends in the Entrance Hall and they all walked into the Great Hall, towards the Gryffindor table.
Lily caught up with what everyone had been up to that summer. Dorcas and her family had gone to Italy to visit her aunt and uncle while Elizabeth's family had flown (the Muggle way) to New York to visit her grandparents.
Just as Lily was really starting to get hungry, Professor McGonagall held the frightened first years though the Great Hall to be sorted. Lily could remember how nervous she was before her own sorting.
The Sorting seemed to take forever, but it finally came to a close. Immediately, the tables were filled with, what Lily thought was, the most amazing food in the world.
While the girls talked of their favorite subject, boys, Sirius started on James.
"So, Prongs,"Sirius said quietly so the girls wouldn't hear them, "Is this the year where you finally get Lily, or have you given up on her?"
James glanced down at Lily. "I don't know...I guess we'll just wait and see"
"Well, you do know that the Head Boy and Girl spend a lot of time together," Remus said.
"Yeah..."
James, however, was spared by answering properly, for Dumbledore had risen to his feet. James could never exactly figure out how Dumbledore could do it, but he could make the whole hall go completely still just by standing.
"Welcome," Dumbledore began, "Welcome to Hogwarts! I need to warn you all that the Forbidden Forest is, just that-forbidden to all students, as some of the more senior students should do well to remember," his eyes rested momentarily on the Marauders before continuing, "On a more personal note, I need ever student that attends this school to do something, as a favor, for me: I need you all to have fun while you attend this school. The wizarding world is in great turmoil because of Lord Voldemort and his minions," much of those gathered gave an involuntary shiver as Dumbledore said Voldemort's name, but he continued, "I know that many of you have already suffered loses from him. The time that you spend in these protective walls may very well be some of the last happy days many of you will have. Enjoy them while you can.
Now, let us all go off to our warm beds and get a good nights sleep to be ready for our first day of term tomorrow."
As everyone made their way to their respective common rooms, Lily and James made their way to the staff table to meet with Dumbledore.
"Hello," Dumbledore greeted them, "I will make this short. Because of your positions, the two of you are able to use the special common room and bedrooms for the Head Boy and Girl. They are located behind the portrait of a princess, across the hall from the statue of the one-eyed witch. The password is 'chimaera'. Do either of you have any questions?"
James and Lily both shook their heads. After Dumbledore bid them goodnight, they made their way to their new sleeping quarters.
"So, how was your summer, Lily?" James asked trying to make conversation.
"It was okay. I didn't do anything too exciting. How was your's?"
"Well, since Sirius stays with me over the summer, everyday is interesting,"
Lily laughed and James' heart leapt. How does she do that, he thought, She laughs and I go nuts.
Soon after, they arrived at the painting of a princess in a beautiful blue gown. James said the password, and she admitted them.
Their common room was about a quarter of the size of Gryffindor's, yet it was still quite large for only two people. Their was a large, comfy looking couch and four squashy armchairs surrounding a coffee table next to the roaring fire in the fireplace on the right side of the room. On the left side where two desks. Straight ahead where two doors; the one on the left had a plaque that said Head Boy while the door on the left said Head Girl.
"Well, its been a really long day...I'm going to bed." said Lily.
"Goodnight, Lil"
"Goodnight, James"
They both went off to their respective bedrooms, and though neither could know it, both went off to bed thinking of the other.