A.N This is my very first story and I hope you all love it as much as I loved thinking of it! I'm not sure how many chapters this is going to end up with but keep reading and let me know what you think!
Disclaimer If it's not in the books then I own it (apart from the Madonna song obviously)
Butterflies
By Brushwithfashion
Chapter 1: Face packs & Firewhiskey
It's August 31st, the day before the Hogwarts express will be leaving for possibly one of the most memorable school years of Lily's life and she couldn't be any more excited.
Lily Evans is sitting in her bedroom with her two best friends; Amelia Cooper and Poppy Malone. Tomorrow the girls will be starting their seventh and final year at Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry.
"So what do you think we will get up to this year?" Poppy asks her friends
"Well I don't know about you guys" replies Lily "but I plan on making this a year to remember!"
"Sure you don't want to behave yourself and concentrate on being head girl?" laughs Amelia.
Lily grins "I can have fun and be a good head girl...anyway there's no point changing my ways now! I seem to have done okay so far"
The girls all laugh "Dumbledore clearly doesn't know what you get up to after hours" giggles Poppy
"Perhaps...or maybe he just doesn't care, he did make Potter head boy after all" replies Lily
"You know it's a good job you guys can stand to be around each other now" sniggers Amelia "seeing as how you're going to be sharing the heads area with him!"
"I know! However I don't imagine we will be staying up late having girly chats somehow"
The all giggle and carry on with what they were doing. All three are wearing face packs in order to look their best for the start of school. Poppy is painting her fingernails a dark shade of red and Amelia is French polishing Lily's toenails. The bottle of vodka they swiped from the drinks cabinet is sitting half empty on the desk.
Lily had invited the girls to stay the night before school for the past five years as she lives closest to London where they will catch the train at Kings Cross station. They had spent the day out in the garden as it had been unusually hot for august in England. Amelia and Poppy both had light tans but Lily, who is a natural redhead, didn't tan and so had some new freckles scattered across her nose and shoulders.
The Evans family live in a large house in Berkshire. Lily lives with her parents and her grandmother on her mother's side. Her grandmother sufferes from Alzheimers and so her mother had given up her job as a nurse in a local care home to nurse her grandmother, especially since she kept leaving the cooker on and forgetting to lock the doors at night. Lily's older sister Petunia lives with her fiancé Vernon in a small village nearby. Lily and Petunia had been very close up until Lily got accepted into Hogwarts and they had to live apart. Petunia hated that her sister had abilities above the ordinary and they soon drifted apart. Lily was due to be bridesmaid at Petunias wedding the follow summer but she knew it was because it would mean a lot to their mother, not because they were close sisters.
"So how do you think you're going to cope living with Potter then Lils?" Amelia asks the question Lily knew they were dying to ask ever since they found out about her new living arrangements.
"No idea, hopefully we'll still get on alright! Suppose it might actually be a good laugh" Lily answers "if you had told me a year ago that I would be okay living in the room next to James Potter for my final year, I would have laughed in your face!"
They all laugh, remembering the relationship Lily and James had had up until recently.
Lily had taken a dislike to James fairly early on. She thought he was arrogant and full of himself so she would go out of her way to avoid spending time with him, which worked well and saved them a lot of unnecessary arguments. However in fourth year, James decided that he rather fancied Lily and he would ask her out every opportunity he got, this infuriated her and she really couldn't stand being near him, she would yell at him over silly little things which would cause massive rows between them. When they entered sixth year James seemed to have matured a lot but Lily still didn't think much of him as she believed this to be an act to win her round. As the year went on she slowly realised that he was genuine and became more and more civil to him. They weren't what you would call friends but they did enjoy each other's company and James had even written to Lily to congratulate her on making head girl and to tell her he was the new head boy. He appeared to have gotten over his silly crush and Lily was very thankful for that, it meant they didn't have to feel awkward around each other and they could just get to know each other and hopefully become good friends this year.
"I'm sure it will be an experience" grins Poppy, "there's never a dull moment when those guys are around!" they all smile in agreement. James and his three best friends were known as the marauders and they could always be counted on to be the life and soul of the party.
"Anyhoo! Onto more important matters!" says Amelia, "what are you both wearing tomorrow?"
They only got to wear their muggle clothing for a few hours before they changed into their school robes but the girls liked to make a good impression on the first day of school.
"I was planning on wearing those new jeans I got last week with a black vest and my green cardigan" says lily, "I'll probably just stick my nude flat pumps on my feet"
"That sounds nice, I'm going to wear my black crops with my bright pink top, I'm not sure what shoes to wear though" replies Poppy
"What about your flip-flops?"Asks Lily
"Good thinking Lils! What about you Amie?"
"Hmm...Denim skirt and black tee-shirt methinks and my trainers"
"Yeah, you wouldn't want to look too girly!" laughs Lily. Amelia is a tomboy. She grew up with twin brothers in the year below them and her mother had died when she was five which meant so was the only woman left in the house. Poppy is the complete opposite of Amelia, she is definitely a girly girl. She always prides herself on her appearance and spends a long time doing her hair and makeup each morning. She loves fashion and plans on making a career out of it by opening her own clothes shop in Diagon Alley. Lily wants to be a healer as her mother is a nurse, she would have followed in her footsteps if she hadn't found out she was a witch. Amelia isn't sure what she wants from life, she loves to write and would love to write for the Daily Prophet newspaper but she lacks confidence in herself and worries she isn't good enough.
The three girls had met on their very first train ride to Hogwarts and had hit it off immediately. When they all got sorted into Gryffindor house they were ecstatic they would be sharing their seven years of school together. They were inseparable and none could imagine life without the other two.
"I love this song!" Exclaims Lily, grabbing her hairbrush "I'm crazy for you! I never wanted anyone but yooooou!" she sings along to the Madonna record on the radio.
"Lily you are an absolutely awful singer!" Poppy cries while both she and Amelia chuck pillows at their friend to shut her up.
"I don't care! I still love it!"
"Who wants another drink?" yells Amelia, holding up the bottle of vodka. The other two girls hold out their empty glasses, it was going to be a good night.
Not so far away in the wizarding village of Godric's Hollow, James Potter and his three best friends are also chatting about their final year of Hogwarts. Taking shots of firewhiskey and planning planks together is what they do best.
"I can't believe this is our last year at school" says James
"I can't believe you get to sleep right through the wall from Miss Lily Evans!" Sirius Black winks at him "finally you get a chance to make your move on her"
"I don't know man, I'm just glad she wants to talk to me now, I'll just enjoy it instead of making things awkward"
Remus Lupin looks up from the game of exploding snap he is playing with Peter Pettigrew "I think that's the best idea you've ever had concerning Lily, don't ruin it when it's going good"
"But he still fancies the pants off her!" Pipes up Peter "how is he going to cope knowing she's right through the wall?"
"You're right Petey! He'll be thinking of how she's probably getting undressed or sleeping in a skimpy nightdress, he'll never cope!" laughs Sirius "If you're lucky she might wake up horny one night and wander into your room"
"Right guys! Quit it!" James frowns "I'm only just on speaking terms with her, you never know, she might actually decide she wants to be my friend"
His three friends roll their eyes at him, they had listened to him witter on about Lily ever since he realised the fancied her. They get back to the task at hand; planning their first prank of the year, which was going to involve Slytherin house, obviously.
"I still say painting their common room red and gold would drive them mad" says Sirius
"It's just not enough, we need to do something big!" argues James.
"We could dye everyone's hair bright pink too" suggests Peter
"Great idea, I think we have the start of a plan!"
After a few more shots of firewhiskey the conversation comes back round to girls, as per usual.
"Amelia Cooper's not half bad" suggests Sirius "I wouldn't mind taking her for a stroll after lights out" he wiggles his eyebrows suggestively.
"I quite like Ella Goldstein" says Remus "I enjoyed the date I took her on before the end of the year"
"I think you're using the term 'date' loosely there Moony!" laughs Peter "Making out in an empty classroom isn't usually classed as a date"
"You're just jealous Wormy! You haven't had any action since Bella broke up with you last Christmas" James points out.
"Thanks for reminding me Prongs!" Peter groaned "it feels like much much longer!"
"Well I guess not everyone can be a sex-god like me" boasts Sirius "The women wouldn't be able to handle it"
"You are such a pig" laughs James
"You are just jealous Jamsie!"
"Nah man, I'm happy with my sex life the way it is"
"Yeah, practically non-existent seeing as how you spend most of your free time fantasizing about Lily"
"Shut up! I do not"
"Sure you don't" Sirius laughs "but your bed sheets tell a different story!"
James turns a fetching shade of beetroot and the other three laugh. Once the embarrassment has passed a surge of happiness floods through him as he looks at his friends. Since the end of first year the boys have always spent the final week of the summer at Potter Manor.
The house has been in the Potter family for generations and will be passed onto James one day. He lives with his parents and his younger sister Aria, who is just going into her sixth year of Hogwarts. Sirius now lives with them as he had been disowned by his family the previous summer for not wanting to follow them over to the dark side. The Potters had very kindly took him in as he spent most of his free time there anyway, he looked at them all as his family now.
Remus usually spends most of his summer at the Potters too as his parents don't really care what he gets up to. He was bitten and changed into a werewolf as a child and his parents never learned to accept him. Being with his friends helps the loneliness he often feels and he will be eternally grateful for everything they have done for him. When the boys found out about Remus' monthly transformations they worked hard to become illegal animagi to make his life more bearable. This has cemented their friendship and they know that nothing will ever stop them being best friends.
Peter always thought of himself as the runt of the group. He isn't sexy and good with women like Sirius is, he isn't handsome and charming like James and he definitely isn't as intelligent and sensitive as Remus. Despite all this the guys love him and they are the best friends he could have ever asked for, he felt incredibly lucky to have them.
The boys continue their silly conversations and prank planning and finish the whole bottle of firewhiskey, they eventually fall into a drunken sleep. None of them can wait to get back to the school they call home.
A.N Well that's the first chapter finished, let me know what you think!