Lily had lived here her entire life, slept in this bed, in this room since her parents brought her home from the hospital. So how is it now, as she laid on her back looking up, did she just notice the water stain on her ceiling?

She hadn't realized how much she had let go unnoticed, like the family photo her mother had placed at the top of the stairs, or the jam packed drawer in the bathroom. Now, of course, it's too late to notice anything else, today was September first, and it was time to return to Hogwarts.

Lily let her eyes trail across the ceiling and down the side of the room to the door of the small second floor bedroom. Sighing, she sat up and let her legs hang on the side of the bed. Slowly she smoothed down the covers on her bed, and taking another deep breath, stood up. Without taking another look around the room, Lily grabbed her trunk and the carrier that contained her cat, Goose, and walked out of the room.

James was a very good looking young man, and sometimes unfortunately for those around him, he knew it. When it came to looks, charm and intelligence, James knew he had it made. He was able to get away with anything, including some well thought and very hilarious pranks his friends and he came up with.

What James forgot sometimes was knowing where to draw the line. Which James was quickly figuring out the morning of September the first, when he found himself cleaning up a mess of green sludge of the drawing room floor in his five story manor.

He had thought it might have been amusing to magic a bucket of said sludge to fall on Sirius as he walked through the door, but Sirius knowing James so well, had suspected something and asked Mr. Potter to go ahead of him. This also explains why Sirius is also cleaning the floor with James.

"I can't believe you actually set that up for me," Sirius groaned as he scrubbed the floor with a worn out sponge.

"I can't believe you let my father go ahead of you, if it just involved us, we wouldn't be cleaning this up the muggle way," James grumbled back.

"As long as we make it to the train on time, I haven't even finished packing yet, and I'm still covered in sludge," Sirius said throwing the sponge into the water.

"Of course we will, Mum would never let us miss going to Hogwarts on time, she can't wait for the peace and quiet that comes with us leaving." James said, "And how are you not done packing? You barely own anything and mum's been reminding us for the last week to do it."

"Prongs, when I said haven't finished, I really meant I haven't started yet. You should know that I always put it off." Sirius grinned.

James pushed himself to his feet, rolling his eyes as he went to his best friend.

"You know Padfoot, sometimes, it's okay not to rebel, and do small things like, packing your trunk in time for the Hogwarts express."

"James makes an excellent point, Sirius," Dorea Potter said while grinning, as she entered the room. "Now hurry upstairs and finish packing and get that slime off yourself quickly, so we can leave on time."

Sirius very smartly shut his mouth, though with great restraint that James could see, and leaped up and out of the room taking the stairs outside the door two at a time.

"Are you packed dear?" Dorea inquired.

"Yeah Mum, been packed for a couple days now. As much as I love it here, I'm anxious to get back." James grinned at his mother.

"I'm sure you are sweetie, especially considering that's where Miss Evans is as well, hmm?" Dorea winked at her son and left the room, leaving a blushing James behind her.

Lily Evans. Every man's dream to be honest and someone James thought about on a daily basis.

James could not wait to see her.

A/N: Well, I'm new here, well sort of. I've been reading HP fics for about a year now. I've only just got the courage to write my own. It's been awhile since I've written anything, about 5 years actually, so please be a little gentle on me! I am looking for a beta, someone who has a lot of experience with beta-ing, preferrably.
Anyways! Reviews are received with love and potentially some sweets!