Hi guys. Sorry it's been so long. My laptop was completely busted (I had a ton of viruses on it… like 10 Trojans!) and then it stopped completely cause the "Motherboard" broke down...? I've been doing a part time job along with a full time production of a play (which sucks by the way… lol). And Jr. year= pure evil.

But.... I MET DANIEL RADCLIFFE! I saw him in Equus on Broadway. And I got his autograph, and he talked to me ("you're welcome"!) and his hand touched mine! Ahhh.. pure bliss... lol

Anyway, enough excuses. Here are the thanks, and then ON WITH THE STORY!

Thank Yous:

Sunny Sammy

An Aspiring Author

LilyHeartsMarauders

BitterBeginnings- Lily's dreams are prophetic, meaning they're not exactly what going to happen, but a pretty good idea of what it. Sry... it's hard to explain. There's more info on it in the earlier chapters

MissSaraJean-Jellybean47

summerlover86

Fire of Thine Eyes

firewalker32

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Lily huffed and clenched her fists, feeling her nails digging into her skin and knew she'd have deep half moon marks on the palms of her hands later. But right now, she really couldn't care less.

She glanced over at her best friend who just stared at her innocently with her big blue eyes, the purple flecks flashing. It was a look that had fooled so many before. To Lily however, there wasn't anything innocent about it.

Her emerald eyes quickly turned back to the messy haired boy who was looking just a unhappy as she did.

It was supposed to have been a nice, quiet day at Hogsmeade. Just hang out with Dawn, maybe get a few new clothes or books...

But no.

Her best friend and that other twat friend of James Potter just had to ruin the peace. Lily had suspected the two had been up to something for months. The two had been acting strange ever since Lily admitted to Dawn about the drunk-kiss incident. It was currently June and their last Hogsmeade weekend.

After that day James had kissed her, Lily found herself in more and more situations in which she was alone with James. They had been incredibly awkward for her at first but she had gotten used to being in the boy's presence. And though she hated to even admit it to herself, she found herself slowly getting used to it. One might even say she was developing feelings for the boy!

Of course she would never let Dawn know that.

But this was just getting ridiculous. Alec had chosen not to come to Hogsmeade, opting for a more relaxing day in the dorm with a good book, thus leaving the two girls by themselves. But then Dawn had suggested they go to the Three Broomsticks in which upon entering, she had ran over to an empty table at the exact same moment as two of the four Marauders. And Dawn had of course made the suggestion of sharing the table.

Lily did not miss the mischievous glances between Dawn and Sirius as they sat down.

And so that was where she was now. At a table staring directly into the face of James Potter with Sirius to her right and Dawn to her left. Clenching her fists under the table as for no one to see her frustration.

"So Sirius, how are you?" Dawn asked sweetly. 'Too sweetly...,' Lily thought to herself.

"Oh I'm just wonderful Dawn. But I'm in the market for some good candy. I suddenly want some. Bye James, Lily." Sirius got up ourt of his seat quickly with Dawn following close behind after saying, "I'm in the mood for some candy as well. See you later at dinner."

Before either Lily or James could open their mouths, the two had literally bolted out the door, leaving the couple alone.

Lily opened her mouth, then closed it, not sure what to say. She broke the silence between the two, saying simply,"Well then... That was weird."

James only nodded in agreement as he continued to stare out the door where his best friend had just run out with Dawn. He slowly turned his hazel eyes back to Lily and the two just stared at each other for a few seconds.

Lily opened her mouth to break the silence when she noticed all the staring and whispering going on around her. Looking into their minds she could tell they all thought the two of them were on a date.

'Whoah. Who'd of thought? Evans and Potter going out.'

'What does James see in that girl? She's a freak!'

'Oh, I can't wait to tell Meg about this. It has got to be the biggest scoop since Fiona Skillet and Joseph Mion got caught in the broom closet during class.'

"Looks like we have an audience, "Lily said softly and nodded her head over towards the staring teens.

James glanced over and saw all their heads snap away from their staring and he couldn't help but smile and laugh. "Yeah, looks like it." There was yet again. an awkward silence between the two. James quickly decided that if they were alone, they might as well make the best of it. "So, what are you planning on doing this summer?"

Lily shrugged as she called over a nearby waitress, ordering a Butterbeer for herself and waited for her to leave with her and James' orders before responding. "I'll probably just stay home with Dawn. But, knowing us, we'll just wander around to some of the clubs in London. I hear there are supposed to be a bunch of new ones that are good. What about you?"

"Same here. No real plans, though Sirius wants to get his own place too. He's been living with me since last summer."

Lily nodded, remembering hearing about how Sirius had run away from his home last summer to the Potter mansion. The two Butterbeers were delivered and paid for and the two began drinking.

"So are you nervous about finals?"

James shook his head, "Nah. I mean I'm still having some trouble with the sparkler charm but I'm sure I'll be fine."

"If you want, I could help you with that charm. I mean I'm pretty ace at charms." Lily couldn't believe she had just offered to help him so she quickly added, "Of course, I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to learn it on your own."

James shook his head and Lily couldn't help but notice how his messy black hair was made even messier with this action. "No, I'd appreciate it a lot. Remus tried to help but... well, let's just say he needed a new pair of shoes and pants. His old ones got a bit burnt."

Lily laughed, getting glances from the people around her and James flushed ever so slightly, something that Lily wouldn't have noticed had she not been a vampire and had superior eyesight.

She tried ti take some of the embarrassment from him."Well, trust me. You couldn't have done as bad as me when I was first turning a piece of wood into a needle in first year. I swear, that table still isn't completely fixed. One legs is still a couple inches shorter than all the others."

James nodded and laughed in agreement, remembering the assignment they had done in Transfiguration for first year and how Lily had blown up her and Dawn's table. He also remembered how she had glared at the entire class when they had laughed at her; she had silenced them all.

"Yeah, I guess your right."

Lily and James ended up talking for another hour before leaving and walking around the streets of Hogsmeade.

"Good job winning the Quidditch Cup by the way."

"Oh, thanks. It was a pretty tough game versus Ravenclaw. I wasn't even sure if we were gonna win, but in the end, Johnson got that Snitch just in the knick of time."

"James, you seem into Quidditch... what exactly do you want to do with your life? I mean, your father is a well known Auror."

James shrugged as they walked along each other, side by side. "I'm actually not one hundred percent. I mean, I'll most likely be an Auror but I have thought about being a curse breaker or working in the Magical Games Department at the Ministry for security."

"Oh, so no future sports career for the Quiddtich star?" Lily teased.

James just laughed. "No. I mean I know I certainly qualify; the skills, the connections... and of course the classic good looks of any top Quidditch player."

Lily laughed at James comment and James too gave a soft laugh. They soon got serious again though.

"No, I don't really want to be a professional Quidditch. Sure I love the game, but not enough to have to commit so much of my time and my life into it. Plus, I'd rather be out there helping people. Things seem to be getting worse out there by the day... Even thinking of just flying around on my broom, catching a quaffle, while there's a raid by Voldemort in some part of the country. I can't just sit back and watch it happen." James realized he had started ranting so changed the subject to Lily. "But Lily, what are you gonna do? I don't mean to sound mean or anything but vampires aren't really given the best jobs out there." He noticed Lily's eyes darken slightly and immediately felt bad. "Sorry. Forget I even said anything."

"No," Lily shook her head making a strand of her red hair fall out in front of her face from her ponytail. "No you're right. Even in this day of age, vmpires are looked down upon. Us and other dark creatures, much like Remus faces. And it is and will always be a struggle for us and our kind. But that's why I don't really plan on informing the Ministry about my being a vampire unless directly asked about it. What they don't now, doesn't always hurt them."

"But... you'd be lying about who you are. It's not right."

Lily sighed. "I never lie about who I am James. I just never mention it. Revealing the fact that I'm a vampire would not only cause trouble for me, but those around me. My parents could be in even more danger from Voldemort and his attacks, Dumbledore would probably be fired for having vampires in school, the Ministry would investigate and discover Remus' "furry little problem"... It's simple for the best that no one knows. For not just myself but for those I care about."

James nodded slowly, understanding Lily's point. "It' really is a shame that the wizarding world is so... so..." He trailed off trying to find the right words.

"Narrow minded?" Lily suggested.

"Yeah, that's it. The Muggles have laws against that kind of treatment against those different from them, right?"

"Kind of. There are laws that aim to prevent the mistreatment and equal rights of different races of people. And they're definitely more enforced than any sort of law like that in the magical world. I guess when you really think about it, the Wizarding world is really much more old fashioned than the Muggle world. Other than the whole issue of mistreatment of those different, there is also the technological differences."

Seeing James questioning look, Lily continued to explain. "Well, for one thing the Wizarding world is reliant on their magic to bring them places with Apparating, Disapparating, the Floo network, that kind of stuff. But Muggles travel with cars, airplanes or simply walk. The magic world in my opinion wants to just get places. But the Muggles, they really get to appreciate the world around them." She shook her head. and laughed "Ha ha ha. I'm sorry. I'm probably not making any sense at all. I'll just stop talking."

James smiled and shook his head and Lily still couldnt help but watch his dark lucious black hair become messier. "No I understand what you mean sort of. But how about let's stop talking about such serious things. What do you say?"

Lily smiled grateful for a change in conversation topic. "Sounds great."

The two's conversation drifted from their childhood, their family and friends and their talking stopped only when realizing it was time to return to the castle.

Halfway there, Lily suddenly stopped, making James stop 10 steps ahead of her and turning around with a confused look on his face.

Lily tried to avoid his gaze as she said softly, "Maybe it's best if we go in separately."

"Why?" James' confused look grew as he wondered why she wouldn't want to walk back with him. They had had a good time the entire time... so why the sudden change in attitude.

Lily kicked her black converse in the dirt, showving her hands into her almost black jean pockets. "They all already saw us at Hogsmeade together. It'll spread around that their is something going on between us if we walk into the school to dinner together."

James stood there for a second and was about to open his mouth to argue but realized Lily was right. Hanging out with the Marauders, specifically James Potter, made people wonder. And people wondering about Lily would only make people want to find out more about her. It wasn't good for her to get a lot of public attention. Someone would realize that she was a vampire.

He nodded. "Yeah. Okay. I guess I'll just see you around then."

James turned and continued walking towards the school and stopped when he heard Lily call out to him, "I really did have a good times James." He put on a smile and turned towards Lily and responded, "Yeah. Me too Lily."

Sirius and Dawn peeked out from behind the tree and watched as James walked away from Lily and Lily walking away a minute later, much slower than necessary.

"Well then... That was a waste of time."

Dawn shook her head and stepped away from the tree and crossd her arms, her eyes on her friend walking towards the castle. "No it wasn't."

Sirius looked at her. "Are you serious? She basically just told him off."

"You really aren't as smart as I was beginning to think you were. They were together today and had a good time. She only told him to go on alone to avoid questioning. If we keep this up-"

"-they'll get together," Sirius said with realization. Dawn rolled her eyes and nodded, walking away. Noticing Sirius wasn't going anywhere, she rolled her eyes, walked back to him and grabbed his arm. "C'mon you mutt. Better talk to the two lovebirds."

Throughout the entire dinner, Lily felt herself unable to resist to look down the table and watch James. And Dawn didn't fail to miss that.

Taking a sip of water, Dawn looked down to where the Marauders wwere sitting and found James too occasionally glanced over towards the two girls. Specifically Lily.

"So Lily." Dawns voice brought Lily into the real world and she turned twords her friend. "How was your day at Hogsmeade?"

Lily was about to answer about how she and James had a good time and their conversation when she realized Dawn was the one who had abandoned her. She narrowed her green eyes/ "Wouldn't you like to know? Where's your candy?"

Dawn didn't let Lily have the upper-hand though. She just shrugged and responded, "Eh, none that I liked. And Sirius ate all of his within the first 10 minutes." Lily wasn't buying it and Dawn knew it but continued the conversation. "We saw you and James walking in Hogsmeade though you two looked pretty good together and we didn't want to interrupt."

Lily's pale skin suddenly had a faint redness to it upon hearing her friend saying 'looked good together' but let it quickly pass, and covered up her face by putting her hair so it you couldn't her face completely. "We just talked about what we want to do after Hogwarts. It's about time we start talking about our future."

Dawn saw she was't going to get anthing else out of Lily at the mopment and decided to go along with it. For now. "You already know what I plan on doing Lily. The question is, what about you?"

Lily bit her lip. "I'm thinking maybe curse breaker or Auror. Not sure."

Dawn looked surprised at Lily's response. Lily had always told Dawn she wanted to be a healer, or do something closely related to government, maybe something like her mum did. But this, about Lily and being a curse breaker or Auror, this was news to her.

Lily didn't even wait for Dawn's question of 'why?'. "The world is getting to be a dangerous place Dawn, and I want to help. I know I have the capabilities to do so, so why not use my talents to the fullest? I could help people. Save lives."

Dawn just nodded her head understandably at her friend and was about to speak when Alec appeared out of nowhere, a happy look on his face. "Hey girls. What's up?" he asked as he sat between the two girls, oblivious to their previous conversation.

"Just about our futures. What we want to do in life."

At the mention of future, Alec's face turned grave, and both girls suddenly felt guilty for bringing up the future. Neither they, nor Alec, knew what would happen to him during the summer, much less after Hogwarts. He did live with Voldemort after all and had only been allowed to attend Hogwarts in the condition he spied on Dumbledore.

''Alec... What are you going to do?'

Alec's face was tense, his jaw locked and Dawn watched as her brother said nothing but saw the slight tinge of fear in his blue eyes. She leaned to him and hugged him tightly. Lily quickly joined her friend and Alec was brought back to reality with the two girls hugging him tightly. Too tight.

"Umm... guys... Can't breath."

Lily and Dawn quickly released themselves and just laughed at Alec trying to breath again. Alec smiled lightly and took a roll from in front of him and picked at it as he went back to thinking about what exactly he wasgoing to do about Voldemort.

He looked up at feeling a squeeze on each shoulder and looked from Lily on his left and Dawn on his right curiously.

Both girls told him in sync, 'We'll be there for you Alec. Through all of this.'

Alec smiled again and put an arm around each girl. His girls. "Thanks guys. For everything. I really am lucky to hve you guys."

Lily rolled her eyes as she removed Alec's arm. "Yeah Alec. You'll think that until it's time to study for your NEWTs and I'll be there forcing every bit of information down your throat. Then, you're gonna wish you never knew me."

Well, I hope you enjoyed it. I tried to make it EXTRA long. And I'll try my hardest to update soon.