6 April 1977, London

[lilium_evansiae]

Lily is quite relieved when she looks out the train window and sees the outskirts of London.

Of course, now that she's reached London, she has to deal with her interview, but at least that's something to do. The problem with this trip is that there has been entirely too much thinking and entirely no doing of anything.

Now there will be plenty of doing things, starting with finding James, who is meeting her at Euston Station. She had mentioned, one afternoon at Hogwarts, that she wasn't actually sure how to get to Diagon Alley from the Muggle train station and did he know the closest Tube stop? And James had assured her that he would meet her at Euston Station and make sure she got to Diagon Alley safely and on time and not to worry about it at all.

The train rolls to a stop, and Lily picks up her handbag and makes her way with the jostling morning crowd out onto the platform.

All she has to do now is find James.

Or, more likely, wait for James to find her.

(He's showing an amazing talent for it, recently.)

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[alotofgood]

It'd taken James about four and a half tries, getting on the wrong tube on the wrong line, and going back and forth from South London to West London, and then back again, only to head a little too far North-East, and then South again.

It'd been a bit frustrating after the fourth go at it, but James — for the most part — didn't let it bother him.

He is going to see Lily today, and that's the important thing. The most important thing.

He checks his watch for the umpteenth time, a bit impressed that for all his getting on the wrong train he manages to make it to Euston Station with two minutes to spare.

It's crowded here, full of Muggles hustling and bustling about, and the atmosphere is frenzied and energetic — it's the perfect sort of day, really, to pull an adventure like this.

He keeps an eye out for the fiery red hair of his most lovely girlfriend.