A One Time Thing

Chapter 1: Let's Begin Shall We?

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The whistle blew proudly from the long red train that would take the young wizards and witches to Hogwarts. Lily Evans zoomed out of the barrier and looked around, startled. Her watch must've been running late. She was sure she'd be early since she had planned out her whole morning the night before. Breaking into a run, she rushed past the parents and boarded the noisy train.

Lily looked down the narrow corridor and took a deep breath. In a few hours would be her first step into fifth year as one of the Prefects of Hogwarts. She felt a huge responsibility on her shoulders for the actions of the students and everything else in general. The only comfort she had was that Remus would be there. They've been friends since first year when they constantly ran into each other at the library being the studious people that they were. Things were comfortable with him and she was able to keep her composure with someone calm like him by her side.

She would never have hoped to be anything more than a friend with Remus. He didn't encourage it. It was highly disappointing and heartbreaking when she admitted her feelings at the end of first year and he refused her. Later, she had come to realize that she would rather not have such a relationship with him and thus, life moved on.

All the compartments were full and some energetic students got out to greet her as she went by. She waved back, attempting to straighten out her hair as she dragged her trunk behind her. The Prefect's compartment was supposed to at the very end. She spotted it and quickened her pace towards it through the small corridor. Wild laughter erupted to her right and before she could react, someone flew out and collided into her.

Lily's hand fumbled and she lost hold of her trunk. The sharp buckle slipped past her fingers and cut through the skin. She looked to examine it quickly but her back crashed painfully into the other side of the corridor. A faint smell of shampoo and cologne filled her senses. There was another thud and the other person slide to the floor with her before getting up gingerly to sit to her opposite.

"I'm sorry," he mumbled, hand caught in his silky black hair. He stretched his legs, but due to not having enough room, bumped them roughly into hers. "Oh, sorry again."

"Oi! Alright there, Sirius?!" a different voice called out.

"No thanks to you, you stupid git!" Sirius yelled back. The laughter inside started again.

"Ow…" Lily rubbed her side to the already bruising spot. She felt something wet and sticky on her other hand and looked to find blood trickling from her index finger. She winced at the sight. Sirius looked on curiously at the bowed head. There was no mistaking the deep red hair tied in that messy or the loose locks coming from it that framed the pretty face.

"Evans?" Lily looked up. Sirius gave a boyish grin, hand still rubbing his head in slow circles. His hair was ruffled up and from the looks of it; he'd been previously changing. Lily just had to smile back.

"Evans?!" James's head poked out of the compartment and looked down at her. "Oh gee, I'm really sorry. If I knew, I'd have gone at you myself!" Lily glared at him and he rolled his eyes back before retreating behind the sliding door. What was it with James? They never got a moment of peace before one would say something that would upset the other.

"Really now," she fumed, cheeks growing pink with disapproval. Then she gasped and her face seemed to gain more shades of red. "Sirius…that isn't very hygienic."

He shrugged nonchalantly and removed her fingertip from his mouth, blood gone, and kissed it softly. Helping her to her feet, he picked up her trunk for her as well.

"I don't know about it being hygienic," he said, brushing stray strands of hair out of his face, "but my mum used to do it. I'm sorry about James back there. You alright? I mean, I know a lot of girls fall for me, but not like this."

"Yea, I'm okay." And she gave a sparkling laugh.

"That's nice," he said at the sound. She stopped to stare at him. The gorgeous Marauder had just complimented her. It was unusual for anyone to catch Lily with such a vacant expression on her face, but whether it was because she had just turned fifteen over the summer and her hormones were out of wack or because Sirius was looking at her like that - who cared? All she knew was that she had never had more than two classes with him since second year and it was surprising how much he's changed.

"Hey, shouldn't you be some place, Miss Prefect? Remus took off about fifteen minutes ago."

Lily stared at him for a second longer, then realizing quite quickly that she was supposed to be somewhere else, took her hand from his and ran off. Sirius watched with slight interest after her before sliding open his compartment door and going in to join James and Peter in another round of Exploding Snap.

Lily zipped into the last compartment at the end of the train and plopped into a seat next to Remus, breathing hard. She let go of her trunk and she shoved it under her seat with her leg. Remus nodded to her and she smiled back, sticking out her tongue. He chuckled and tried to give her a warning look, but failed miserably.

"Tardiness is not becoming for Prefects such as yourself, Miss Evans," the strict face of Professor McGonagall spoke to her from a large mirror propped up against the window. Lily gave a tiny yelp of surprise and settled back into her seat, tongue well inside her own mouth. The face began speaking once more as if nothing had disrupted their meeting.

The meeting ended and students began heading back to compartments to rejoin their friends. Remus stayed seated with a book in hand, reading quite comfortably in silence. Lily fiddled with her uniform, pulling up her white socks so that they were back to its knee-high standard. She went up the mirror where Professor McGonagall's head no longer was and did up her tie suddenly thinking of Sirius who didn't even bother buttoning up his shirt. Yes, he was definitely much better than James, manner-wise at least. She shook her head to clear it and turned from one side to the other, checking her kilt.

"It's too short." Lily jumped slightly.

"Sorry, what?"

"Your kilt," Remus said, putting down his book.

"Yes, well, I haven't had time to buy a new one. I'm planning to on our next Hogsmeade weekend."

"I could always do a spell for you." Remus lifted his wand slightly.

"No, thanks."

"What? Don't trust me?" Remus held his hand up to his heart and Lily snorted.

"One shouldn't rely so much on their wands."

"That's true."

There was silence and Remus resumed reading. Then, a few minutes later the train lurched and halted. A voice from thin air told the students to gather their things and be ready to file out to the platform. Excited voices filled up the silence and a storm of shuffling and stomping of feet could be heard. Their door slide open with a bang and James, Sirius, and Peter appeared, trying to keep steady on their feet with people trying to push them along.

"Come on, Remus! Get going already!" James shouted. Lily was at the doorway looking for a way to get out. James took this advantage to pinch her sides, making her shriek.

"Remus! You move like an old man!" Sirius whined as people bumped into him. Then his eyes caught Lily's and he smile slyly at her.

"Hey, Lily."

"H-hey, Sirius." Her cheeks went aflame and he reached over to touch the skin there.

"Made you blush!" he crowed. Lily swatted his hand away, embarrassed. Not again!

"Si-ri-us!"

"Hey! It's not a bad thing...!"

Remus was finally ready and he whisked past her, giving her a look as if he'd just discovered something new. They disappeared into the thick stream of students.

"Don't give us too many detentions this year now, Miss Prefect!" And she could hear them laughing their lungs out at something all the way outside.

"I'll try," she said under her breath. "If you guys don't give me too much trouble first."

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Hey guys, it's icemint again! This is an experimental fic and it's going to be a Lily/Sirius one. If you don't like the pairing, please don't bother me about it. Rather, click 'back' and read something else. Since I'm not entirely sure what this'll lead to or even if I'll ever update, I'll need some opinions. I'm throwing this one out to see how people would take it. =P

On a side note, those who read my other works on a regular basis (I can't call it regular anymore – I hardly update!) my birthday just passed yesterday! Yay for me! Haha! XD

So, anyway! Thank you for all who took time to read and for anyone who's going to review. =)

Friday, June 18, 2004