Lilly

Lilly couldn't help but zone everyone out she was too busy thinking about her future, it was all right there in front of her just in her grasp. She wanted her future but she also wanted to savor the past. Sighing she glance out at the rushing scenery and her own reflection. She squinted slightly trying to blur her face when suddenly Potter's face popped up out of nowhere right next to hers. She tried to turn annoyed with him as always but he said "No wait, look" and grabbed hold of her hands ignoring it when she slaped them away.

"What is it?" she asked her tone was seething with agitation. She didn't understand why his presence always made her so frustrated; it just seemed to be, ever since that first day on the train when he made fun of Severus she had disliked him. It was ingrained and something she knew, it was her safe harbor.

With thoughts of Severus came a familiar pang it came around along with it the memory of his voice shouting out the taboo word, she was hurt but mostly she was angry. She didn't want to waste her energy on the future death eater and she had an open opportunity to push it out of her mind.

She turned to look he was now standing next to her swaying slightly because of the train; "Look" He said again a happy grin across his face. Lilly looked up at him paying attention to the details, not to who it was, much.

She had to admit to herself, he had gotten hotter over the holiday, his grin sparkling white, dark hair sticking up in odd ways but still cute, his arms were muscular from years of Quidditch. "Look" he said again slowly as if making sure she could hear him, "You might miss it".

She finally looked out the window wondering what on earth could be so important.

It was beautiful, she had never seen Hogwarts from that angle, it was so large and stuck in between trees, but apparently invisible to muggles. The light from the few ponds and lake struck at the stone castle in odd and yet beautiful ways.

But as soon as she saw it the sooner the train whipped around a corner leaving the view behind. "Told you you were going to miss it if you didn't hurry up didn't I?"

"Yeah," she mumbled silently pondering how such an arrogant toerag could notice something as silently beautiful as that.

"So my Lilly-flower, you were you impressed weren't you, not just by the castle of course" while Potter grinned she glared at him.

"Go away".

"Well if you say so" he sauntered away in such a cocky manner all the respect that he had earned only seconds ago ceased to exist.

After he walked out of the compartment she dug my hands inside my robe groping for her most prized possession. Finally she laid purchase on it pulling out my wand and fingering its designs.

"I don't get why you hate him so much" Alice Tomas said a slight smile on her lips.

"Yeah, his really matured since well you know..." Marlene Johnson said trailing off, while Lilly looked at her a slight smile on her face.

"And not to push you into peer pressure or anything but he quite frankly hasn't been more fanciable than now" Dorcas Meadows stated.

"Is that even a word?" Lilly giggled.

"Don't try to change the subject" Alice scolded.

"Yes well..." Lilly trailed off. The girls could tell Lilly was done with the conversation, and they shifted into different less frustrating talk.

Every now and then people would stop by to talk or say hello but Lilly wasn't really paying much attetion, even though they stopped to say hello to her, she was too busy thinking.

James

"Oi!" Sirus said, smiling and snapping his fingers under peter's ear.

"Bug off Sirus,"Remus said not looking up from his Daily Prophet.

"Fine" Sirus said sullenly crossing his arms but grinning widely at James who was paying little or no attention.

"What's up mate?" Sirus asked still grinning.

"Thinking" he answered but didn't elaborate.

"And"

"That's about it"

"Okay at the moment, no offense, you're not so fun" and Sirus went back to snapping under peter's ear.

"Uahh" peter woke up with a start and we all (except peter) started roaring with laughter.