Hi im new here and this is my first jlly fanfiction. it starts in 6th year christmas. the first chapter moves really quck but i will hopefully stop that in chapter 2. sorry if there are spelling or punctuation mistakes.
chapter one- shooting stars
Lily's hand ached from the repetitive motion that is waving goodbye, as she stood on the platform at king's cross station. Her eyes almost by instinct began to look for the intriguing hazel ones that were looking directly towards her as the boy they belonged to began to make his way over.
With a final step James stood in front of lily, moving his hand towards his hair for his minutely brush, before embracing the petite girl into a loving hug. After what felt like eternity stood back, leaving lily to feel a sense of incompleteness without the heat of his body against hers. James continued to look down at the fiery red head before mumbling a half-felt goodbye, as he didn't want to see her go, while wishing her a merry christmas, he walked away towards his parents and sirius as they were beginning to leave, however not without glancing at the girl who would leave his mind, only to be faced red hair pointing towards him as she gave her boyfriend a kiss goodbye. He quickly averted his eyes, but not without feeling the stab in the gut as he reached sirius.
Lily sat at her desk staring at the small parcel and letter in front of her as the rest of her family gathered downstairs for their christmas party, which she did not want to be apart as it would be filled with wiry glares and not so hidden remarks about how much of a strange girl she is. Instead she found herself staring at the last christmas gift she had yet to open. The reason for this was no surprise as it was from no other than james potter .Of course she had given him a gift, a great one she might add, but not for one moment did she believe that she would be getting a gift in return.
Slowly and carefully she peeled the paper apart, getting ready to duck behind her desk at any suspicion that this may be a prank from both sirius and james. However no such explosion or prank happened the gift just simply layed on the table as a small box. Lily began to open the box, taking the same precautions as the first set of rapping, only to be left was a small simple necklace that lilly fell in love with. The plain chain complemented the also plain star that lay in the middle, with a small shine. Without hesitation lily held up the necklace and clasped it around her neck. Bringing her hand to the necklace, a smile appeared on her face as she rushed to open the letter that was sent alongside the present.
His small scruffy handwriting was split into small sections of the page. The letter simply held a note wishing her a merry christmas and a request, more of a plea to see her at his annual new year party.
Slowly after reading the note to make sure she hadn't missed anything she folded the parchment again placing it delicately in her draw, feeling no need to reply as he would get his answer in six days.
James stood bewildered in front of his highly decorated tree, staring directly at the set of tickets that he held in his hand. Only minutes before had james rushed to open all his presents, leaving the smaller ones to last, to come faced with one of the best presents he had received all year. Two tickets to see Montrose Magpies vs Chudley Cannons. The game james had desperately begged his parents to go see for months and it was one of their only games that was being played when he wasn't at hogwarts. When he looked to his parents they were as shocked as he was. His hands bolted back down towards the letter that had been discarded unread, he assumed it was another letter from his parents. With great force, nearly ripping the parchment, james opened the letter only to find a sentence hoping he had a good time. His eyes drifted down to the bottom of the page to see a small name that had been singed. Lily.
Lily forced back the remainders of her drink before, heading outside towards the garden, she couldn't be forced to see all the PDA that would been seen in any minute at midnight. She heard the door behind her open again, believing it was just another couple trying to sneak off to do something more then kiss to bring in the new year, she didn't bother turning around.
"Thank you" she heard someone whisper in her ear as a body, that she soon realized was none other than the host, as he came to stand next to her, while sipping his drink.
"I should be thanking you, i loved the necklace by the way" she replied softly as she brought her hand up to grasp the star that lay around her neck.. She had been doing that a lot when she felt happy or safe, since receiving the gift.
"No, your present was simply too much, so because of that, you will be my accomplice for the day." he said smugly, with a grin on his looked back in pure shock, she had expected he would take sirius as he was the expected choice.
The countdown had begun inside, lily however did not notice this as she was still too taken back by james recent statement. Unlike lily james did hear this and as it got to one he lent in ad gave lily a kiss on the cheek, not just creating a red flourish in lily's cheeks but also his own, with that, he turned away and began to make his way back into the house but not without a final comment.
" pick you up at 8am monday, Evans. Don't be late."
"Whyyy" was the first words out of lily's mouth that morning when james arrived at her door. It was the earliest she had been up since leaving Hogwarts.
"The game doesn't start until 2, why do i need to be up at this ungodly hour." starring james right in the eye as she made her complaint.
"Because as my sources tell me, YOU Evans have never been to a real quidditch game before. So i make it my responsibility to give you the real, and best quidditch experience ever known to magic kind." he said with a smile upon his face. As he held his arm towards lily.
With a sigh, lily accepted the arm and soon they had apparated to a small restaurant in london.
"What the hell are we doing here you buffoon. This is not the stadium."
"I am quite aware that this is not the stadium, thank you very much. And i am not a buffoon! I just thought you might like some breakfast before we set off to the actual stadium. But if you don't we cou-" james was interrupted by not only the sounds of lily protest but also the sound of her unusually loud stomach growling.
When they both sat down at a booth in the corner of the restaurant, the waitress began to take their orders. James ordered nearly every option on the menu, using the excuse of being a teenage boy who was still growing, for defending his appetite. Looking at lily waiting for her to order, with an evil grin she simply said
"I'll have what he's having"
The waitress left leaving lily alone with james once again. James did not say anything to lily he just sat there, his mouth slightly open staring at her dead in the eyes, always believing that no girl, except for maybe marlene, could eat that much food.
Maybe ordering as much food as james was not a good idea as lily had thought. The nice breakfast had soon turned into a race and a competition to see who could eat the most and in the fastest time. Lily felt like she was going to be sick, while james simply stood there with a smirk on his face, unaffected by the amount of food he just consumed.
As they left the restaurant, lily clutching her belly, they decided to walk around a bit rather than lily vomiting after they got there.
Due to their current location they made their way to the leaky cauldron, and on through to Diagon Alley. Lily looked up at james with a smile on her face as she grabbed his arm, pulling him towards flourish and botts. A gron voiced from within james as he soon entered the shop he desperately wanted to leave. James loved to read, yet he hated the idea about being surrounded by books that could fall on you at any moment, it was a fear that he had never shared and didn't plan to, especially to one Sirius Black.
Lily disappeared for a few minutes only to reappear with a small book, which she handed james. The title read 'the lion, the witch and the wardrobe'. James eyes found lily's with a sense of curiosity.
"What is this?" james questioned with a hint of uncertainty.
" A muggle book, that i read before i knew about magic, i thought since you are going to show me a thing you grew up with, i can only return the favor."
James began to make his was towards the till before lily grabbed his arm showing the receipt in the other hand.
Once they had left the shop james once again held out his arm which lily gladly took.
When they got to the stadium lily had to rush away from james before leaning over the grass ready to spill her breakfast out before her, however she never did. All she did was glare at the boy behind her as he tried, and failed at hiding his laughter.
"Ok, are you ready" james joyfully screamed out to the open are, indirectly asking lily the question. With a small nod they made their way into the stadium.
"We won , we won" lily began chanting in james' face as they left the stadium after the match.
"Yes i know the chudley cannons one this time, no need to rub salt in the wound any longer. Miss Evans"
Lily smirked and began chanting even louder before james came behind her and picked her up over his shoulder. Screaming lily started to smack james back, demanding he put her down the instant. James however ignored her and apparated to her house.
Slowly he began to place her back down onto her doorstep when he stared into her emerald eyes.
"See you in two days Evans, i had a really great time today." james said softly as he began to walk away.
" POTTER" shouted lily as he was nearing the end of the road, running to him, lily wrapped her arms around his neck quickly before letting go a giving him a quick peck on the cheek.
"I had a great time too" with that lily made her way back to her house, giving games a wave before losing her door.
