Sirius snapped his fingers... 'Oh Lilykins. close your mouth.' he sang.
Lily looked at him. 'I'll close my mouth when you act your age and not your shoe size.' she said smirking.
Sirius stared at her in shock. Everyone else burst out laughing.
'She got you good, Padfoot!' Sean cried.
James punched Sirius on the arm laughing hysterically.
'Moony, they're ganging up on me again!' Sirius whined.
Remus just chuckled. 'She got you there Padfoot' he said.
Lily checked her watch and jumped up.
'Potter! We have to patrol the train. NOW!' she cried.
James groaned.
Lily glared at him. 'James Henry Potter! You get your arse up here before I do it for you.' she said.
James got up reluctantly.
Then he froze. 'How do you know my middle name?' he asked dumbly.
Everyone laughed except Sirius who didn't know what they were talking about.
Addy smirked, 'The same way we know that Sirius's middle name is Orion.'
James stared at her, 'What does that mean?' he asked still confused.
The three girls shouted. HOWLERS!' and then burst into laughter.
James hit himself on the head 'Duh!' he said.
Then he looked at Lily who was still laughing with her friends.
'Lily, we have to patrol, NOW!' he exclaimed mocking her from before.
She frowned at him. 'What did you say?' she asked.
James coughed. 'Nothing!' he said quickly and exited.
Sirius coughed something that sounded oddly like 'Whipped' James came back in and punched him on the same arm he punched before and then left.
'Prongs!' Sirius shouted after him. 'That's going to leave a mark on my beautiful body!'
James and Lily patrolled the train in silence. As they neared the front they heard raised voices followed by a bang.
Lily sighed. 'You go check out the bang and i'll go check out the raised voices.' she said.
James nodded and they went into compartments opposite each other.
Inside the compartment there was one boy and one girl. The girl was looking delightful and the boy was scowling. His hair and eyebrows were singed.
They both looked up when he came in.
'Who are you?' the girl asked.
James bowed. 'James Potter, resident Gryffindor, Head Boy, and Marauder' he said in mock formality.
The girl laughed, The boy managed a weak smile before sulking again.
'May I ask what that bang was?' James said.
The girl giggled. 'That was me, Christina Walfor beating my twin brother Taylor Walfor at Exploding Snap. Mark it down.' she said waving her hand like a queen.
James laughed. It was easy to tell they were twins. The girl had a light shade of brown hair while the boy had a darker one but their eyes were the same brilliant blue color.
'Nice, I'll save you guys seats at the sorting. You two seem like Gryffindors' he said walking out.
They nodded excitedly behind his back.
Outside Lily was standing in front of the compartment opposite the twins.
As they walked back she asked. 'What was that bang?'
James laughed. 'A girl beating her twin brother at Exploding Snap.' he said.
Lily laughed.
They stopped in front of the Marauders' compartment.
James turned to Lily.
'Lily I know we have our differences but do you think we could try to be friends?' he asked.
Lily stared at him .
'Friends?' she repeated.