Slightly AU Jily fic. Lily needs some help - who better than James?
In a modern age Lily Evans gets into an argument with Petunia (that's not that interesting part) and results in making up a boyfriend. Who's name happens to be James Potter. But what will happen when she has to continue with this charade?
I walked downstairs, hearing Petunia shout obnoxiously about how 'Vernon' was coming over and how the house needed to be 'presentable' and seeing as mum and dad had gone out for the weekend, it was up to me to help her.
"What?" I said, having already been up for three hours (being a early bird) and she was panicking having spent the last hour and a half getting ready, and completely neglecting the house.
"Vernon is coming over to pick me up and he already thinks you are weird. And rightly so. But you are still in your track pants and haven't done your hair. Do you want to remain alone your whole life Lily?" Petunia shot me a glare.
"Yeah, my deepest dreams are to end up as a creepy tabloid obsessed cat lady." I rolled my eyes, putting an earphone into my left ear.
"Oh grow up." Scowled Petunia, brushing her skirt down. "Besides you will never have a boyfriend - you're just jealous of me."
I bit the inside of my cheek. "I could get guys heaps better than Vernon." I snarled.
"Oh yeah? Vernon is better than you could ever get." Petunia put her hands on her hips, looking up from dusting the bench on top of the fireplace.
"I have a boyfriend." I gave a smirk, lying like only a Gryffindor could.
"Please Lily. No boy has stepped within five feet of you since you and Serverus broke up." Petunia snarled just as harshly, taking advantage of the moment.
"Really? He's been sending me letters all summer. Surely even you could notice that?" I blew another hit, not once the thought occurring that I had absolutely no way of proving this.
"Prove it." Petunia smirked. "Show me the letters."
"Fine." I smirked back, hearing her mutter 'liar' as I turned and walked up the stairs.
I found myself in my room and saw my laptop sitting harmlessly on my desk, where I had abandoned it this morning. I could send myself emails, but I had already told her that I had been exchanging letters with this mysterious guy.
Looking at a stack of blank parchment I was planning on using for my Charms essay, I considered writing letters quickly, but I knew that Petunia would be up soon to check. That also ruled out using a Quick Quotes Quill.
Racking my brain for ideas I looked around my room until I spotted a large pile of unopened letters, next to the ones from Emmy and Delia.
"Lily? You're not going to start writing letters from your fake boyfriend are you?" Petunia gave a little giggle, knowing exactly what was going through my mind. I gritted my teeth. And grabbed the pile of parchment.
"Petty?" I used Vernon's nickname for her. "I've got the letters if you must read them."
"Oh yeah?" She took them off me, flicking through. "What's the boys name?"
"… James. James Potter." I said hesitantly.