Still not great at this whole fan fict thingy so please comment with criticism/praise (hope you can find something to praise…)

Lily jumped as the compartment door slammed shut announcing her best friend Nicola's arrival.

"Oh. My. God! You will never believe who I just saw together!"

Lily grunted as way of a response but nothing could discourage Nic when she got into gossip mode.

"James Potter and Sandra Johnson! Lips locking, having a smoochy-smooch..."

Nic wiggled her eyebrows at Lily.

"Not really sure why you're telling me this. I've made my feelings – or lack of them – towards Potter clear…"

"Do you think they'll go out?" Nic said, acing as though she had never heard Lily speak. "This is so exciting!"

Biting her lip to stop her from rolling her eyes, Lily half listened whilst looking out the window at the zooming countryside outside.

Nicola babbled on until the door slammed open again and Hestia Jones came running in.

"People have got to stop doing that," Lily muttered.

"Lil! Quick… Sev… rus…Pott…duel…outsi…now" Hestia panted.

"Looks like his lady friend is forgotten already."

"Wait, what?"

Lily jumped up from her seat and raced into the corridor before ducking as a flying truck came her way.

"Apologise Snivellus. Now!" Potter screamed before sending another trunk towards him.

"I'll apoligise when you stop being a total twat!"

"Furnunculus!" Potter screamed. As the spell hit him square in the chest, Severus was suddenly covered in large purple, sore looking pimples.

"Potter STOP!" Lily screached.

"Tarantallegra!"

Snape laughed bitterly as Potter started doing a strange jig.

"That is ENOUGH! Nic, do something, please!" Lily pleaded.

"Oh! Err, Deprimo!"

The hallway was filled with a very powerful wind that caused everyone to hold desperately to anything they could find.

"Nicola!"

"Oops, sorry!"

"Now, what's going on?" Lily demanded.

Snape was speechless, even Potter shrank way from Lily's furious gaze.

"Well?"

Lily scowled at the two boys. Black and hazel stared back.

"He started it! He was mocking me and I snapped."

"I don't want to hear it Snape." Severus flinched at the use of his last name. "Now get back to your compartment. We're nearly at Hogwarts."

With a parting glare at Potter, Snape walked briskly back to the other Slytherins, still covered in the boils.

There was silence in the corridor as the crowd that had gathered went back to whatever they were doing before. Someone had thought to stop Potter's uncontrolable legs. Lily would have rather they hadn't. Serves him right.

"Emm, well this isn't awkward. Although, we are finally alone Evans…"

"Shut it Potter. I'm sick of you. Why can't you just grow up?"

James was left speechless as Lily stomped down the corridor and slammed the compartment door behind her.

"That bad huh," Nicola asked.

"Let's just say this is gunna be a long year," Lily sighed.