On The Platform (A Jily Fanfic)

Sixth Year

Beginning of sixth year

"Lily!" A breathless James Potter called as he ran across the platform
to greet her as she got out of her car.

"Hey Potter," she responded warmly, but slightly uncomfortable noticing
all the people watching them. They were shocked that the two arch
nemeses were talking as if they were good friends. But a lot had
changed over the summer.

After she had decided to forgive him, he started to send her letters,
like he did every summer. But this summer, Lily's mother had seen them, and told her she had to respond, and politely, she had added.

That's how their friendship started. At first, they were just sending
painfully polite letters, but after a while, Lily warmed up to him, and
eventually they were writing each other long letters, full of inside
jokes, and every detail of their life.

By now, Lily considered him one
of her best friends. He had gotten her through a summer of hearing
about Vernon and Petunia's wedding. If Lily never saw another
centerpiece in her life, it would be too soon.

"Hey Evans," Sirius said, joining the conversation. He had been staying
at James's all summer, so he was used to the new friendship.

"Hey Sirius." Lily said. She used to call him Black, but now that Bellatrix was so infamous, he hated being reminded of his family.

"Did you guys have a good summer?" she said, addressing both the boys.

"Is there anything you don't already know?" Sirius said, snickering.
"Prongs here wrote you such long letters, I bet you know what we had
for breakfast. Oh, those letters... you should've seen the look on
James's face when you wrote to him. He looked like a child on Christmas
morning."

Sirius and Lily laughed while James's face turned as red as a tomato.

"I didn't- I just- oh whatever!" James stammered.

Lily laughed harder. She found it so funny that everyone in school
thought Potter was the toughest and coolest guy, but she knew better.
They didn't know that he blushed so easily. They didn't know that he
always got nervous round her. They didn't know that he was a big Mama's
boy, who had sent his mom roses on her birthday and wrote home twice a
week. The didn't know him. They only knew his bad side, the part of him
that had caused her to hate him for so long.

"Oh my God!" A seventh year Ravenclaw Lily thought was named Ella screamed.

"James Potter and Lily Evans finally got together?!?!"

Ella was excited but mad. There had been a bet for when they would
finally get together and she had bet Christmas time. There goes ten
Galleons, but gosh, they were so perfect for each other. Everyone at
Hogwarts had been waiting for them to get together, but it got cuter
when Ella and her friends had seen James carrying a pile of chocolate,
that after they bothered him enough, he admitted was for Lily because
her sister had gotten engaged, and Lily was upset. Lily didn't know
though. James had left them next to her favorite chair in the Common
room, and then pretended it wasn't him.

"We're not together." Lily clarified loudly, trying to stop the rumors
that were surely about to start to spread. "Do you guys think I've gone
crazy? I'm still me!"

"What?!?!" A fifth year Hufflepuff yelled, stopping to collect the
money he was being handed from the bet.

"Not just yet. Give me some time though," James said with a smirk.

Lily raised an eyebrow at him, but he just continued to smirk, causing
her to roll her eyes and hit him on the arm.

James grinned inside. Love hurts, but it's worth it. He didn't care what Lily said. He knew they were meant for each other, and was fine with being
punched, kicked, embarrassed, laughed at, and slapped in order for her to realize it. She was worth it.