(A.N) Before starting this little story of mine I'm going to give credit to JK. Rolling, I only take credit for the characters I made up and some of the storyline. Everything in this story was inspired by JK. Rolling I just really liked the James/Lily storyline. Hope you enjoy it and please review it if you can
"Lily…lily"
Lily was awakened by the sound of her mothers soft voice cooing her name well gently nudging her awake
"Mmmm ok, ok I'm up… kind of"
"Lily come on you have to get up or you'll miss your train"
"Ok I'll get up"
"Well just hurry up sunshine you don't have much time"
And with that she left the room flicking the light on and shutting the door on the way out.
Lily slowly to her feet, she looked at her opened suit cases on the floor. Wow, I dint realize how much I still had to pack. Lily thought to her self but that was no longer a problem. There was a small smile one her face as she picked up her wand and performed the a spell that instantly made all the cloths, books and all the other things she would need for the summer fall neatly into her suit case and then it closed with a snap. Lily put a satisfactory smile on her face life was so much easier now that she was seventeen and could use magic outside of school. Not that she was the type that depended on magic for every thing but it was nice to use to make things easier.
Lily walked into the kitchen to find her dad and sister already eating breakfast and her mom bringing a fresh helping of bacon and eggs to the table before sitting and helping her self to the tee sitting on the. When her father looked up from his paper and saw lily her smiled and greeted her
"Hey darling are you all packed up and ready to go to your grandparents for the summer?"
"Yep daddy I just finished" she smiled
"Ok well eat up quickly we have to leave soon if you want to catch your train"
"Honey are you sure you don't want to go all summer like lily?" he now was addressing petunia.
"No dad I don't just like I didn't want to last year"
"Ok then but you are coming with us when the rest of us head down there to visit right?"
She gave a sigh before answering. "Yes dad I'll go with you and mom at the end of the summer."
"Ok glad to know you're at least going for a bit. Any ways lily you finish up eating and I'll go put your stuff in the car"
"Ok dad"
At the Potter House
"But mom I don't want to go!"
"James Potter that's enough you're going and that's that! Be sides you always loved to go and visit your grandma before"
"Well yah when it was just grandma I did but now..," he trailed of not wanting to finish his sentence knowing what his moms reaction would be if he did.
"But now that she has a boyfriend and now that they live together you don't want to spend time with her any more?"
"It's not that I still want to see her I just don't want to spend time with that guy"
"James your grandmother care's about 'that guy' quite a lot why don't you just give him a chance?"
"It's just I can't imagine grandma with any one other then grandpa it would be like you not being with dad it's just not right"
"But you're not looking at it from her side yes she loved your grandpa and really misses him but it's been 5 years she was probably a bit lonely and needed a companion. Look James no ones trying to replace your grandpa but I think you should at least give him a chance and not let your resentment for him interfere with you relationship that you and your grandma have"
"Fine I'll go but I still don't see why I'm going all summer I've never stayed that long before why am I staying all summer this time?"
"Because now your 17 and I don't think I can handle you using magic all day long making my life a living hell, is that a good enough answer for you? Now go pack your things we'll head over there in about an hour.
After only a few more delays James and his mother were stood out side of a small quaint looking house two hours later. Mrs. Potter leaned forward and gave the door a power-full knock. When the door was opened there was a, vary kind looking elderly woman standing in the door way. She broke into a smile at the site of her daughter and grand son.
"Hey mum" Mrs. Potter said and she nudged her son forward
"Hi grandma"
"well don't just stand outside come in come in I'll introduce you both to Mac" she enthusiastically ushered them in the door and led them down, not even noticing the grimace on her grandsons face. She turned off in a small room with some light flooding through the window. It was a handsome room it had a fire place on one wall and a large bay window the rest of the walls were covered by book shelves they were crammed full. There was a tall white haired man sitting in a leather arm char obviously in the middle of reading the thick book that was lying in his lap but stopped when he heard them entering the room.
"I assume you're Mac?" It was Mrs. Potter who spoke before her mother got a chance to say any thing.
"Yes it is. Mac this is my daughter and her son, my grandson"
"It's nice to meet you" Mrs. Potter said as she extended her hand in welcome
"Hello it's nice to meet you I've heard so much about you, both of you" he turned to James extending his hand. Before James even decided if he wanted to shake the mans hand or not his mom pinched his arm with a flick of her wand behind her back making it clear that he had no choice in the matter of shaking the hand that was out stretched in front of him. He reluctantly shook his hand and mumbled a 'hi'. Satisfied that her son had at least been a little polite to the man he was determined to hate decided to start a conversation.
"So do you guys already have any plans for the day?"
"Why yes we do have some plans for the three of us" her mom replied as she motioned them to sit down on the over stuffed couch.
"We were invited to have dinner with the couple next door. We thought it would be a good idea to go over there tonight, their granddaughter is also arriving to visit today and she's about the same age as James so we figured we should get together. The kids could meet and have a good time. Dose that sound ok to you James?"
"Yah sure sounds like fun"
They fell into conversation for about half an hour until Mrs. Potter announced that she had to be heading home. She said her good bye kissed her son and mother good bye and left for home.
Pad foot,
I have only been here for a couple hours and I think I may already be scared for life, I mean I might literally have nightmares. Just in the first two hours I was here I walked in on them snogging in the kitchen and now I'm scared to go into the kitchen and I'm starting to get really hungry. So I have to wait until supper, witch is over at some other old peoples place and their granddaughter is going to be there, which usually would be a good thing except she really doesn't sound like any fun, apparently she always spends at lest half of her summers with her grandparents and this is her second summer in a row staying all summer long. Any ways I should probably rap this up I have to go to dinner soon (so hungry). But make sure you keep writing all summer long you might be the only thing that keeps me from insanity. Let me know how the summer jobs going.
Talk latter,
Prongs
Lilly walked off the train looking around the platform looking for her grandpa there was quit a crowd getting off the train making it almost impossible for her to see him in the sea of people.
"Is that my grand baby I see?" she turned sharply around only to be wrapped in a hug.
"Grandpa how are you?" she was finally able to ask the question when he released her from his hug.
"Oh you know same old same. But if we don't hurry up and get home soon I might be sleeping on the couch" and with that he grabbed her luggage and headed for the car
"Dose that me that we aren't stooping for ice cream like we usually do?" she asked a little disappointed
"No sorry not today we have dinner plans for tonight but I'm sure we can go out later on this week if you really want to"
"Ok I guess I can wait" she said with a sarcastic hint to her voice they were about ten minute's away from the train station when lily brought it up
"So what are the dinner plans that you mentioned?"
"We're having company for dinner tonight; do you remember Mac Harrison from next door?"
"Yah he's the really tall one right?"
"Yep, well he has a girl that he's pretty serious about, she's really nice and even has a grandson the same age as you and he's going to be at their house this summer and he's coming over too. And while we're on that topic I was kind of hoping you could do us all a favor by helping him around town"
"sure I can do that I'd love to"
When Lily arrived in the house she only got a quick hug and kiss from her grandma before being told to go clean up because their gests were going to be there right away. Lily had just reached the bottom of the stairs just in time to hear the soft nock on the door she hurried to the front door to meet the guests. As she turned the corner and saw the guests she stopped dead in her tracks, standing their standing next to the elderly couple in her grandparents front entrance way was a boy with untidy jet black hair and a pair of hazel eyes behind round framed glasses. And the only thing that she could think of was 'what the bloody hell is James Potter doing here.'
Noticing that Lily was in the room she called her over to meet their guests.
"oh Lily wont you come over here and meet our guests" not wanting to upset her she put a polite smile on and walk over to be introduced to one of the most arrogant immature people she knows.
"Lily this is Tammy this is her grandson James and well you know Mac" she smiled waiting for her granddaughter to welcome their gests.
"hey it nice to see you Mac, oh and its so nice to meet you Tammy" she then turned to James deciding that if she didn't act like she knew him her grandparents would find out and then be disappointed in her for not doing such.
"Hey James how are you, summer going good for you?"
"Hey pretty good lots of homework but I guess you would know you probably have more."
Her grandma was now looking from Lily to James in curiosity
"Do you two know each other?"
Before Lily could answer James did.
"Yah we go to the same school, have for the past six years"
"Oh what a coincidence" her grandma smiled. Then in a sudden realization Tammy spoke up
"oh my I had no idea that you two…"
But she was cut off by lily saying
"Had a gifted grandchild? Well they just don't like to brag now do you grandma, grandpa" looking a little confused.
"But…"
Once again she was cut off but this time by James.
"Grandma you know what that's like not going around just telling everyone you meat what school your grandkid goes to, you know just in case other people aren't like them" and he finished with a warning look. She seemed to under stand what her grandson was trying to say because she dropped it. And headed to the dinning room with everyone else
He could not believe it; at first when he saw her rounding the corner he thought he might be seeing things. But he was now sitting directly across the dinner table from her and there was now no doubt in his mind that it was really her. He knew that I wouldn't last long she would be nice to him for the rest of supper and then she would avoid him all summer.
"Now James, our Lily here has already agreed to show you around town if you'd like?"
The sound of Mr. Evans voice brought him back to reality. Once he realized what was going on he was thunder struck she said that she would show him around as far as he know she despised him.
"yah that would be grate if she wouldn't mind doing that would be grate thanks" he smiled at Mr. Evens and then took a look at Lily she didn't look to happy but when her grandpa turned and gave her a smile she returned it and went back the her supper plate.
After supper they all headed into the living room for tea and coffee, except for Lily and James who had volunteered to stay behind and clear the table off. They clean up in an awkward silence until James spoke up
"So you said that you would show me around huh?" he smiled as he said it
"yes I did and that was because I said I would do it because I didn't know it was you and the only reason I'm still going to is because I already told my grandpa I would and I am not going to go back on my word to him" she said it all with a not so nice look on her face.
"Oh come on Evans am I really not that bad of a guy. I mean I did get my grandma not to say anything about you being a witch." She held her stern face for a minute before she let up and even smiled a little bit.
"Well I guess that's true, thanks"
"It was no problem. So why don't they know about you being a witch any ways?"
"Because I just have not fingered out a way to tell them"
"But…"
"Look can we just not talk about it!" James was a little taken back at her quick snap but. After a few more minutes before James went for it again.
"So when are you going to show me around?" she gave a small sigh before answering
"Well I might as well do it quickly and get it over with now so why don't you help me with my errands tomorrow?"
"Sure sounds good"
"Ok I'll be at Macs house tomorrow morning be ready when I get there" and with that she left the room leaving James looking after her as she went.
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