Meant to Be?

Disclaimer: I don't own the normal Harry Potter characters, but anything unfamiliar I do own.

Summary: In Lily Evans's fourth year, she fell in love with James Potter. Nothing ever came of it though, and he transferred to Durmstrang the next year. Finally, after years of trying, Lily believes she's over him, and is looking forward to her seventh year at Hogwarts, especially since this year she has a boyfriend. Yet, what happens when James comes back?

Prologue

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A young girl, around the age of seventeen, stood on the platform 9 ¾. She had long, dark red hair, and sparkling emerald-green eyes. She was about 5''3 in height, and at that moment was searching for her best friends. The said girl wasn't what you would call a normal, in fact she was anything but. She was a witch, and starting her Seventh, and Final year at Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Next to her was a trolley full of luggage, right on top, a bird cage. In the birdcage was a large, black owl, with deep, hazel eyes. It started hooting loudly as a young blonde girl came running up. "LILY!" she cried, hugging the auburn haired girl.

"Dre! It's so good to see you," Lily replied, hugging her back, "Where's Ree, Sirius, and Remus?" The short blonde looked at Lily with her icy blue eyes. Since Dre was about two inches shorter than her friend, she had to look up.

"They are on the train saving us a compartment," she replied, helping Lily put her stuff on the train.

"Then why didn't you just say that Andrea Nicole Destean?" Lily asked playfully.

"Because I was waiting for you to ask Lillian Marie Evans," Dre replied, failing to keep a straight face. The two girls fell into giggles.

Dre and Lily had met on the train ride in their first year. They immediately became the best friends. Since Lily was muggleborn, and Dre was halfblood, they had been able to talk about their favorite muggle things. That was also the year they had met Maria Sutterland, their other best friend, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and of course, James Potter.

Lily sat down in the empty compartment, and took out her favorite muggle book, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. She had reached chapter 2 when someone slid opened the compartment door. In walked a short, little, blonde girl. She saw the red head, and asked , "Is it ok if I share this compartment with you? All the rest are full."

Lily smiled at her, "Sure. My name's Lillian Evans, call me Lily."

"Andrea Destean, Dre," the blonde replied.

The two girls had chatted quietly for the next hour, by then they were already good friends. Dre had just asked Lily about her book, when for the second time that day, the compartment flew open, and in walked a tall girl, with brown hair, and hazel eyes, behind her four boys. "Oh, I'm sorry, we didn't know that anyone was here," the girl said.

"That's alright," Lily replied, "I'm Lily Evans, and this is Dre Destean." Dre waved her hand at the girl.

"I'm Maria Sutterland, call me Ree though, I hate my name," she smiled at them, then continued, "These are my friends, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, and James Potter."

Lily looked at the four boys. Sirius was easily picked out as the charmer. He had dark brown hair, and glittering brown eyes. He was probably a good seven inches taller than Lily. She saw him move next to Dre. He immediately started trying to talk to her, and Dre was signaling for Lily to help get away from him. She just laughed. She turned back to the others.

Remus was probably the quiet one, Lily mused. He had light brown hair, almost blonde, and blue eyes. He was the tallest out of the four, standing at 5''11. He and Ree sat down across from Lily, and started chatting aimlessly. Lily could tell Ree must have had a slight crush on him, since her cheeks were slightly red as they talked.

The shortest of the group, Peter, didn't seem to belong there, Lily thought. He had mousy brown hair, and little beady, black eyes. He sat a little further from the group. He was also a bit chubby, unlike the other three, Lily observed, and didn't have the same type of grace.

Lily brought her attention to the last boy, James Potter. When she looked over at him though, she was surprised to see him staring back. Something about the boy irked her, but she didn't know what. He was about five inches taller than her, had unruly, jet black hair, and hazel eyes, hidden behind a pair round glasses. He smiled at her, then went to join Remus and Ree, in whatever the two had been talking about. Lily couldn't help but think her first year at Hogwarts was going to be something interesting.

'It had been,' Lily thought, as she and Dre walked onto the train. The six of them always hung out together, sometimes with Peter, sometimes without, and slowly they began to pair up. Ree and Remus having the sweet, slow courtship, they'd told each other how the had felt right after fifth year, and had been happy since. Dre and Sirius had the on again, off again relationship, as far as Lily knew, they were on again. She just wished that the two of them would just stop breaking up over the little things.

Then there was her and James. Just those three words, Lily and James, brought back so much for Lily. Since their first year, Lily, Dre, and Ree had all watched the four boys pull pranks on the other students, had even watched them become the Marauders. Lily had began to despise James. She hated how he treated the other students, especially Severus Snape. Eventually that grew, and by fourth year she hated him. Yet, that wasn't the whole truth, and all the rest knew it. Lily had feelings for James, the only way she could control them was to have the reverse effect, instead of loving him, she had to hate him. She thought that they would stay enemies for the rest of their lives. Oh, how wrong she had been.

In the middle of fourth year, Lily was starting to lose control of her feelings for James. She hated that. James, he was tired of her hating him, or making it appear so, one day he finally asked her why she did.. Her being completely thrown off by that one simple question, was silent. After that, she confessed to him that she liked him. It was mutual, though they never did act upon it. You, see James didn't want a relationship at the time, but Lily did. They remained friends after that, and it was sort of an unspoken rule that neither of them spoke of it again. The following year, he transferred to Durmstrang, and she never saw him again.

Lily knew then though, that she was in love with him. She tried to repress her feelings at first, or dating other guys, yet nothing worked. She knew she had to let him go first, so she did. It took awhile for her though. It wasn't until the middle of her sixth year was she able to date another. That's when she met Matt.

Matthew Patterson is a seventh year Ravenclaw, and Lily's boyfriend of eight months. They had been studying in the library one day, when he had ran into her, literally. They had got to talking, and became friends. A few months later, he asked her out, she said yes. He made her happy, something she hadn't really been since James broke her heart for the first time. James. Lily's mind began to wonder to him, when Dre broke her out of her trance.

"So a little bird told me that you're Head Girl this year, Lillikins," Dre said, smiling mischievously.

"Har dee har har, Andikins. Yes, I became Head Girl," Lily said. She smiled as she saw Dre scuff at the nickname. She showed Dre her badge as Dre opened the compartment door. Dre was about to say something when a loud voice interrupted her.

"LILLIKINS!" Sirius shouted, as he bounded up to Lily, and gave her a bear hug.

"Siri-choke-I-breath-need-choke-to-breath-breathe," Lily gasped. Sirius let go of Lily, and laughed at her.

Then he put an arm around Dre and said, "How's my favorite girl?" Dre rolled her eyes and smiled up at her boyfriend. They walked in, and sat down, Dre on Sirius's lap.

"Lily," Ree said, "How was your summer? Was Petunia as bad?" They all knew about how Lily's sister treated her when she came back from Hogwarts.

"She actually wasn't too bad this summer. Petty's got herself a new boyfriend, Vernon Dursley. He has got to be the closest person to an actually pig, I swear," Lily said, as Ree started laughing. Remus came up, and hugged her hello, and Peter waved. They sat and talked for about a half an hour, then Lily said she was going to see Matt really quick before going off to her Head duties. She, of course was mocked by Dre and Sirius about Matt. She smiled as she pulled the compartment closed, and headed to where she knew Matt would be.

Once she got there, she saw him hanging out with two of his friends, John Davis, and Hunter McDowell. Matt smiled at his girlfriend, as he saw her walking up to them. He gave her a hug, and a peck on the lips hello, before asking how her summer was. She said hello to Hunter and John, then the two of them walked around together. Matt took Lily's hand.

"I missed you," he said, leaning down to kiss her.

"I missed you too," Lily replied, laughing against his lips. They broke apart, and he noticed her Head Badge.

"Congratulations on making Head Girl Lils," he said.

"Thanks, speaking of which, I have to go do my Head duties, but I'll see you later, alright," Lily said, kissing him.

"I'll walk you down there," Matt spoke. Lily nodded, indicating it was alright, and the two walked hand-in-hand to the Head's compartment. Matt kissed her goodbye , then walked away. She watched until he was out of her view, then she slide the compartment open, and stood there in shock.

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Author's Note - I decided to do a James and Lily Fic. I hope you're all enjoying it so far. Chapter 1 will be updated soon. Next Chapter - Lily gets a surprise, which brings back more memories. Please review. =)