Lily was delighted to be at home, finally. She loved Hogwarts and everything. It was just nice to be at home with her things that she grew up with, and her parents. The only thing that Lily didn't miss was her dreadful older sister Petunia. They used to be friends before Lily found out the truth about herself. They had actually been quite close. But ever since Lily had befriended the greasy haired wizard, they stopped speaking, civilly. That felt like ages ago that she and Severus were friends. He and she had been fighting a lot lately. Mostly because Lily really didn't like what he was into, the dark arts.

The train ride home from Hogwarts, her second home, she kept on thinking about the conversation she had with James Potter. She still couldn't figure out why she had said 'Maybe.' It was frustrating thinking about it. And to think that she had sit with him and the marauders on the train ride back, since her friend Marcy is going out with Remus now. They did make a cute couple though. Lily couldn't deny that.

Marcy was only one of her best friends. She had two Marcy and Kela (Key-la). They were the best of friends since the first year when they all became Gryfinndors together. Marcy had brown hair that came about to her shoulders. It was very layered and often she wore it flipped out. Her brown hair and blue eyes made her look beautiful.

Kela one the other hand had long blonde hair with bright blue streaks running through it. She had dark brown greyish eyes that looked so mystical. All three of the girls were around 5'7", with slender bodies. Kela was more muscular then the other two, since she had played on the quidditch team since the third year. Most around the school thought the three friends were some of the prettiest girls in the school. And they were right.

Lily watched as the trees ran by the window. She sighed thinking about the long summer that laid a head of her. She really would like to see her parents, but truthfully she just could not stand the thought of putting up with Petunia for the next two months. Lily looked up to see the compartment door open and in walked the famous marauders. Sirius strutted in and sat beside Kela. Lily knew that secretly, Kela had a thing for him but she wouldn't admit it openly.

Remus walked in and asked kindly if they could sit in here with the girls. Marcy immediately agreed and he sat beside her. The third marauder and lets say the less intelligent of them stumbled in and sat on the other side of Kela. Finally the last marauder entered. He looked around and saw that there was an open seat beside the girl of his dreams.

"Lily. Mind if I sit here?" James Potter asked.

She shrugged not really caring. He sat down and began asking what everyone was planning on doing this summer.

"I'm going to Italy for July. But I'll be back by the thirty-first." Marcy told the group.

"Well I probably have to baby-sit all the munchkins around my house." Kela muttered.

"I'll be doing not much most of the summer." Remus said and Peter agreed.

"James and I are going to be partying!!" Sirius danced.

"Lily?" James asked.

"I'll be at home with my sister. And parents."

Everyone talked about what the summer would uphold for them. "I think that we should have a pool party when you get back from Italy. And invite all you girls over." Sirius said to the group.

"Yeah my parents are going to be away for a few weeks in August. You're all welcome to come over." James agreed.

The girls looked among themselves. "We'll have to ask." Marcy said.

"Yeah well, we'll owl you over the summer to see what's up." Sirius said happily.

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Lily stepped off the train onto the platform, she heaved her trunk behind her and headed toward the barrier which lead into the muggle world.

"Lily!" Someone called from behind her. Lily recognized that voice.

She spun around to see James standing in front of her.

"I was just wondering..." James began.

"Yes?"

"If maybe I could owl you during the summer." James said in one breath.

Lily looked down and bit her lip. "I guess. But not too often."

She then turned around and headed out to find her parents.

Entering the muggle owl, Lily felt like an outsider. She didn't belong here anymore. She was a witch and proud of it. She loved everything about the magical world. The way the fashion was, or the way people were excited to get brooms. Everything seemed too odd to her when she first entered the magical community. But now she couldn't get enough of it.

Lily saw her parents standing slightly by the barrier. They looked so, 'mugglish' Lily thought. 'To think I used to be like that.'

"Lily, dear. We've been waiting for you. How was the year?" Her mum, came up to her and hugged her youngest daughter.

"It was.. Interesting to say the least." Lily had never told her parents about her boyfriend. Too many questions would be asked.

"Oh that's good. We best be getting back. Your sister is waiting in the car. We were going to go look around in some stores since we're already down town. Are you up to it honey?" Lily's mum asked.

Lily nodded her head. "Yeah, that would be great."

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James watched as the beautiful red head disappeared into the barrier. He had never really known why, she captivated his heart so much. Maybe it was her beauty, or her intelligence, or the way she stood up to him. Yes, it definitely was all of that.

Turning around James' saw his best friend flirting with Kela. James shook his head and headed over to the pair.

"Oy Padfoot. We better go find my parents before they get worried." James joked. His parents wouldn't be worried. They knew that they were safe, here on the Hogwarts Express Platform.

Sirius looked over at his friend. "Give me a sec' will ya'."

James shrugged and looked around to find his parents, Harold and Aura Potter. It was easy to spot them, since Harold stood taller then most at his 6'9" stature.

His mum saw him, and ran over. "James honey. We've been looking for you." She squeezed him tightly. Aura looked around. "Where's Sirius?"

James shrugged. But Aura spotted Sirius with Kela. "Sirius honey. We got to get home, you can flirt with the beautiful girl another day."

James laughed, as Sirius' face went red. He stepped away from Kela, and headed over to the Potters.

"Are we all set then?" Harold asked. Everyone nodded. They headed out to take their journey home.

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Lily looked out her bedroom window. She had only been home for a week, and yet she missed the wizardry world. Already she had received seventeen letters from James. Every time his owl showed up, Lily's heart seemed to flutter. In the past week she had learned so much about James that she had never known before. Like how he loved strawberry jam, but hated strawberries. Every letter said something different, and they often made Lily laugh. He told her a lot about what he and Sirius were doing.

Lily sometimes found herself, wishing to be with James. Slowly but surely, Lily was starting to see James in a whole new light.

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James still couldn't believe that he was owling Lily, and that she was owling back. He had learned things about her, like that she had a horrible older muggle sister.

His summer had been eventful, thus far. He and Sirius had done some interesting things. And he'd had Remus and Peter over a lot.

But James missed Lily. They had finally, started to get along and then the summer vacation started. It still bothered him, what Lily meant when she had said 'Maybe' a few nights before the summer started.

He often thought about it, and hoped that she was going to go out with him. Often he fantasized taking her out to dinner.

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Lily woke early one morning to go outside for a walk. She didn't have any friends that lived around her anymore, since she started going to 'boarding school'. So her days were spent lonely, except for the letters.

Stepping out from under her covers, Lily got dressed and headed out the door. She loved watching the sun rise. All the different colors. Her favorite place to watch it was the old park that she had often went to when she was younger. The same park where she had met Severus.

Sitting down on one of the swings Lily watched the sun come higher into the sky. Her mind wandered, thinking about everything, but mostly James.

"May I sit here?" A cold voice was heard from behind Lily.

Lily looked up to see Severus take a the swing beside her. "I haven't talked to you in a while."

Severus shrugged.

"I don't appreciate getting ignored at school, just because you think that all muggle-borns are filthy." Lily just had to get that out, all year she had wanted to tell Severus that, but never seemed to get the right chance.

Severus looked at Lily. "I can't help it."

Lily looked at him with hurt in her face. "I can't help it? I don't believe you, Severus! After everything that's happened. You tell me that you can't help it."

Severus looked at lost for words.

Lily stood. "Do you know what? I can't be friends with you anymore. You disgust me." Lily began to walk away.

"This is because of Potter isn't it?" Severus yelled.

Lily swung around. "James has nothing to do with this."

"I thought you of all people would be able to see his ignorance."

"James is a decent guy. Something that I can't say for you."

"You always said that you hated him, but your just acting like all those other sluts that he's slept with. You're falling for him. You filthy mudblood."

Lily stepped forward and slapped him with all the passion she contained. "Never call me that again. James is so much better then you'll ever be. You disgust me."

Walking away, with her head held high, Lily felt like she had ten pounds of wait lifted from her shoulders.

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A/N: Here's chapter two. I thought that I was just going to make this story a one shot, but then I changed my mind. I'm going to keep going on it. Hopefully I'll be able to post the chapters faster then what this one was. Tell me what you think of this story/chapter. Is it any good? Should I continue with it?

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