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so, okay.
By the way, I tried to put the letter in bold text, except whenever I do that it neever shows up on fanfiction.net...Ah well.
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Dear Lily,
How's your summer been? Mine was absolutely wonderful! I went to visit my cousin Emily in Australia. Usually it's a drag, but, this year it was quite fun. I'll tell you on the Hogwarts Express; it's too long a story to put here. Ah, well. Can you come out to Diagon Alley today at 12:00? Clair's coming as well. Don't forget to bring your money this time, remember last year when I had to pay for you? You still owe me three sickles.
Love,
Jasmine
(Just kidding, I don't mind the sickles!)
Lily laughed as she folded the letter and put it on top of her dresser. "Mother?" she hollered.
"Lily! What have a told you about yelling in the house!?" Rose Evans yelled back.
"Petunia does all the time...," Lily thought aloud. She sighed and walked downstairs and into the kitchen, where her mother was washing the dishes. She looked worn out; probably because all of the extra work she had been doing ever since Lily's father went to Spain for a business trip.
"Yes, Lily dear?" Mrs. Evans asked and yawned softly.
"I'm going to Diagon Alley, and since you have so much work I think that I should ride the subway and go there, I can do it all by myself...," Lily crossed her fingers behind her back. Every year she went to Diagon Alley with Jasmine and Clair, but her mum always had to come along with her on the subway.
"I'm sorry Lily-"
"Mum, I'm sixteen. Jasmine and Clair go alone. And..." Lily struggled for words.
"Fine, fine, Lily, but I'm going to have to drive you to the subway station," Rose debated.
"Yes!" Lily exclaimed. She grabbed her black purse off of the counter and was ready to go. "Mum, I'm er...going to need some extra money..." Lily grinned sheepishly.
"Oh, yes, dear. Take some money out of my purse, you can get it exchanged," Rose said. "Oh, don't you still owe that Jasmine girl a couple of shnickles?"
"Sickles, Mum, sickles."
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The subway ride was very eventful, but Lily thought of it as an adventure going by herself. She sat down at Florean Fortisque's ice cream shop while waiting for the other two.
"May I take your order, Miss?" old Florean asked.
Lily ordered a vanilla fudge ice cream cone.
She noticed four familiar heads in the crowd coming her way.
"Hello, Lily, darling," Sirius blinked and grinned.
James grinned, also.
"Ah," Lily rolled her eyes, licking her ice cream cone.
"Hey, Lily," Jasmine said, taking a seat next to her.
Clair grabbed a chair from a different table and pulled it over. "Yo. What do we have to get done?" she asked. Clair was one of those people who liked to do things right away.
"Dress robes," Lily said with her mouth full of ice cream.
"That's gross, Lily," Jasmine said as she raised her left eyebrow.
"Oh yeah!" Jasmine exclaimed.
"We're heading over to Madam Malkin's too, mind if we join you?" Sirius asked with a grin. He put on his best puppy dog face.
"Sure," Clair said immediately. Lily could tell since fourth year that Clair liked Sirius, but she never said a word.
Lily quickly finished her ice cream and the five headed toward Madam Malkin's. Lily looked in through the window and found the place littered with robes. A bell dinged as they entered the shop.
"How can I assist you today, dears?" a young woman of maybe twenty stood at the door.
"...dress robes," James mumbled
"Aha," she said, pulling a purple curtain to the side. Lily couldn't believe her eyes; there must have been a thousand of them!
Jasmine walked eagerly and began picking out a couple of robes. She chose an emerald green robe with a gold finish, a purple lond-sleved robe that would show her back, and a black robe with silver designs.
"I'm gonna try them on now!" Jasmine exclaimed as she disappeared into a dressing room.
Lily laughed and rolled her eyes.
"You guys have to stay here," Lily said immediately before the two boys could make a quick escape.
"Shopping," Sirius muttered.
"Girls," James said said under his breath.
"Hmmm, what was that? I thought you guys were the ones that asked if you could come..." Clair said as she put her finger on her chin, pretending to think. "Oh yeah! 'We're heading off to Madam Malkin's too, mind if we join you?'" she said in a gruff Sirius voice.
"We need to look at the dresses from 'A Man's Point of View,'" Lily said as the two girls exchanged glances and broke out into a hysterical fit of laughter.
Jasmine came out wearing the emerald green robe that she had picked out. It matched with her brown hair perfectly. It waved down ast her legs, so obviously she would have to buy very high-heeled shoes.
Lily gasped and quickly said, "That's it."
Jasmine smiled. She trusted Lily, so she put the other two robes back on a shelf.
"You're turn," Jasmine said in a sing song voice, looking at Clair.
Clair shifted glumly in her position. Lily knew she was nervous. "You'll do fine," Lily whispered as Clair headed off to the dressing room with four robes in her hand.
The first robe she tried on was a baby blue color. It was pretty, but definetely did not match with her shoulder-length black hair. The second one was a magenta color, but the girls, and even the guys, decided that it didn't match. She ended up choosing a periwinkle blue robe that was like a tank top and was just the right length.
It was Lily's turn. She grabbed a couple of robes and hurried off into the dressing room. 'I am so going to make a fool of myself,' Lily thought as she pulled on a simple dark green dress robe. It was shoulder-length and had a gold finish. She didn't even bother looking in the mirror and headed outside.
"EW!" Jasmine exclaimed as soon as Lily walked out.
Lily looked at the guys and Sirius made a barf face. James just nodded and laughed.
"That doesn't match with your hair..." Clair trailed off.
"Is there something wrong with my hair?" Lily asked seriously. She grinned and headed back into the dressing room. "I don't look that bad, do I?" Lily called back.
Sirius snickered so Lily didn't trust a reply from the girls. "Nevermind!"
She returned to the dressing room for the last time and pulled a white dress robe over her head. It was silky and shiny, not like a regular dress robe. It had a pearl finish. The dress fit perfectly; it lay just below her feet and wasn't too tight nor loose. It was like a halter top at the top of the dress.
Lily pranced out of the room and jumped in front of the two girls. "Hey."
"Oh my God, Lily," Jasmine gasped.
"Do I have something in my teeth?" Lily asked.
"That's-" Jasmine began."
"Perfect!" Clair excleimed.
James stood there dumbstuck, so Sirius slapped him on the back. He didn't know that a girl like Lily Evans could be so, well...pretty.
"Don't I look like I'm getting married?" Lily asked as she looked down at the dress that she was wearing.
"No, you should definetely get it," Sirius said. "Jamie here thinks so too, right?"
Sirius sniggered when James didn't reply, but Lily as too busy to notice.
"Well, it's got to cost a lot of money, won't it?" Lily frowned.
"Are you buying that?" Madam Malkin came over and asked. "I suggest you should, you look absolutely...dazzling." She grinned.
"How much?" Lily asked.
"Fifty galleons," Madam Malkin announced. (A/N: Harry's wand was 11 galleons, so I kinda figured maybe a regular robe would be maybe like twenty, so I GUESS what's a reasonable price for her dress. And don't forget it has to be overpriced because, ya know...yeah.)
"Fifty Galleons!?" Lily gasped.
"That's the price and I'm not changing it," Madam Malkin said. "If I lower the prices anymore, we're going to run out of business. Everyone nowadays goes over to the used robe shop around the corner."
Lily searched her purse and found twenty-nine galleons. "I'm sorry, I can't afford it," she said sadly.
"We'll pitch in!" Jasmine said quickly.
"We will?" Clair asked. "I mean, yeah!"
Clair and Jasmine pitched in their spare money, and Lily ended up with forty-nine Galleons.
"Um, guys?" Lily asked hopefully.
Sirius yawned. "Nope. Went out to Zoko's last Friday, they cleaned me out good."
James mumbled something and searched his pocket. He pulled out one Galleon and handed it over to Lily.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Lily exclaimed. It looked for a second that Lily was about to hug James, but dear God was James happy that she didn't.
Lily handed the bundle over to Madam Malkin.
"I'm going to go take this off, will you girls come in and help me take all of the other dresses back?" Lily asked.
The two girls nodded and all three of them headed into the dressing room.
"Jamie ol' pal?" Sirius asked.
A muffled "Huh?" came out of James's mouth.
"Your mouth is still open."
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Um, well, that's chapter one. If you have time, please feel free to review, because it really brightens an authors day. :)
Hmm, can you tell how bored I am? I counted how many times the word 'Lily' was used in this story, and it was fifty-five...
By the way...
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!! Tata for now!!!!! ;P
By the way, I tried to put the letter in bold text, except whenever I do that it neever shows up on fanfiction.net...Ah well.
*~*~*~*~*~
Dear Lily,
How's your summer been? Mine was absolutely wonderful! I went to visit my cousin Emily in Australia. Usually it's a drag, but, this year it was quite fun. I'll tell you on the Hogwarts Express; it's too long a story to put here. Ah, well. Can you come out to Diagon Alley today at 12:00? Clair's coming as well. Don't forget to bring your money this time, remember last year when I had to pay for you? You still owe me three sickles.
Love,
Jasmine
(Just kidding, I don't mind the sickles!)
Lily laughed as she folded the letter and put it on top of her dresser. "Mother?" she hollered.
"Lily! What have a told you about yelling in the house!?" Rose Evans yelled back.
"Petunia does all the time...," Lily thought aloud. She sighed and walked downstairs and into the kitchen, where her mother was washing the dishes. She looked worn out; probably because all of the extra work she had been doing ever since Lily's father went to Spain for a business trip.
"Yes, Lily dear?" Mrs. Evans asked and yawned softly.
"I'm going to Diagon Alley, and since you have so much work I think that I should ride the subway and go there, I can do it all by myself...," Lily crossed her fingers behind her back. Every year she went to Diagon Alley with Jasmine and Clair, but her mum always had to come along with her on the subway.
"I'm sorry Lily-"
"Mum, I'm sixteen. Jasmine and Clair go alone. And..." Lily struggled for words.
"Fine, fine, Lily, but I'm going to have to drive you to the subway station," Rose debated.
"Yes!" Lily exclaimed. She grabbed her black purse off of the counter and was ready to go. "Mum, I'm er...going to need some extra money..." Lily grinned sheepishly.
"Oh, yes, dear. Take some money out of my purse, you can get it exchanged," Rose said. "Oh, don't you still owe that Jasmine girl a couple of shnickles?"
"Sickles, Mum, sickles."
*~*~*~*~*~
The subway ride was very eventful, but Lily thought of it as an adventure going by herself. She sat down at Florean Fortisque's ice cream shop while waiting for the other two.
"May I take your order, Miss?" old Florean asked.
Lily ordered a vanilla fudge ice cream cone.
She noticed four familiar heads in the crowd coming her way.
"Hello, Lily, darling," Sirius blinked and grinned.
James grinned, also.
"Ah," Lily rolled her eyes, licking her ice cream cone.
"Hey, Lily," Jasmine said, taking a seat next to her.
Clair grabbed a chair from a different table and pulled it over. "Yo. What do we have to get done?" she asked. Clair was one of those people who liked to do things right away.
"Dress robes," Lily said with her mouth full of ice cream.
"That's gross, Lily," Jasmine said as she raised her left eyebrow.
"Oh yeah!" Jasmine exclaimed.
"We're heading over to Madam Malkin's too, mind if we join you?" Sirius asked with a grin. He put on his best puppy dog face.
"Sure," Clair said immediately. Lily could tell since fourth year that Clair liked Sirius, but she never said a word.
Lily quickly finished her ice cream and the five headed toward Madam Malkin's. Lily looked in through the window and found the place littered with robes. A bell dinged as they entered the shop.
"How can I assist you today, dears?" a young woman of maybe twenty stood at the door.
"...dress robes," James mumbled
"Aha," she said, pulling a purple curtain to the side. Lily couldn't believe her eyes; there must have been a thousand of them!
Jasmine walked eagerly and began picking out a couple of robes. She chose an emerald green robe with a gold finish, a purple lond-sleved robe that would show her back, and a black robe with silver designs.
"I'm gonna try them on now!" Jasmine exclaimed as she disappeared into a dressing room.
Lily laughed and rolled her eyes.
"You guys have to stay here," Lily said immediately before the two boys could make a quick escape.
"Shopping," Sirius muttered.
"Girls," James said said under his breath.
"Hmmm, what was that? I thought you guys were the ones that asked if you could come..." Clair said as she put her finger on her chin, pretending to think. "Oh yeah! 'We're heading off to Madam Malkin's too, mind if we join you?'" she said in a gruff Sirius voice.
"We need to look at the dresses from 'A Man's Point of View,'" Lily said as the two girls exchanged glances and broke out into a hysterical fit of laughter.
Jasmine came out wearing the emerald green robe that she had picked out. It matched with her brown hair perfectly. It waved down ast her legs, so obviously she would have to buy very high-heeled shoes.
Lily gasped and quickly said, "That's it."
Jasmine smiled. She trusted Lily, so she put the other two robes back on a shelf.
"You're turn," Jasmine said in a sing song voice, looking at Clair.
Clair shifted glumly in her position. Lily knew she was nervous. "You'll do fine," Lily whispered as Clair headed off to the dressing room with four robes in her hand.
The first robe she tried on was a baby blue color. It was pretty, but definetely did not match with her shoulder-length black hair. The second one was a magenta color, but the girls, and even the guys, decided that it didn't match. She ended up choosing a periwinkle blue robe that was like a tank top and was just the right length.
It was Lily's turn. She grabbed a couple of robes and hurried off into the dressing room. 'I am so going to make a fool of myself,' Lily thought as she pulled on a simple dark green dress robe. It was shoulder-length and had a gold finish. She didn't even bother looking in the mirror and headed outside.
"EW!" Jasmine exclaimed as soon as Lily walked out.
Lily looked at the guys and Sirius made a barf face. James just nodded and laughed.
"That doesn't match with your hair..." Clair trailed off.
"Is there something wrong with my hair?" Lily asked seriously. She grinned and headed back into the dressing room. "I don't look that bad, do I?" Lily called back.
Sirius snickered so Lily didn't trust a reply from the girls. "Nevermind!"
She returned to the dressing room for the last time and pulled a white dress robe over her head. It was silky and shiny, not like a regular dress robe. It had a pearl finish. The dress fit perfectly; it lay just below her feet and wasn't too tight nor loose. It was like a halter top at the top of the dress.
Lily pranced out of the room and jumped in front of the two girls. "Hey."
"Oh my God, Lily," Jasmine gasped.
"Do I have something in my teeth?" Lily asked.
"That's-" Jasmine began."
"Perfect!" Clair excleimed.
James stood there dumbstuck, so Sirius slapped him on the back. He didn't know that a girl like Lily Evans could be so, well...pretty.
"Don't I look like I'm getting married?" Lily asked as she looked down at the dress that she was wearing.
"No, you should definetely get it," Sirius said. "Jamie here thinks so too, right?"
Sirius sniggered when James didn't reply, but Lily as too busy to notice.
"Well, it's got to cost a lot of money, won't it?" Lily frowned.
"Are you buying that?" Madam Malkin came over and asked. "I suggest you should, you look absolutely...dazzling." She grinned.
"How much?" Lily asked.
"Fifty galleons," Madam Malkin announced. (A/N: Harry's wand was 11 galleons, so I kinda figured maybe a regular robe would be maybe like twenty, so I GUESS what's a reasonable price for her dress. And don't forget it has to be overpriced because, ya know...yeah.)
"Fifty Galleons!?" Lily gasped.
"That's the price and I'm not changing it," Madam Malkin said. "If I lower the prices anymore, we're going to run out of business. Everyone nowadays goes over to the used robe shop around the corner."
Lily searched her purse and found twenty-nine galleons. "I'm sorry, I can't afford it," she said sadly.
"We'll pitch in!" Jasmine said quickly.
"We will?" Clair asked. "I mean, yeah!"
Clair and Jasmine pitched in their spare money, and Lily ended up with forty-nine Galleons.
"Um, guys?" Lily asked hopefully.
Sirius yawned. "Nope. Went out to Zoko's last Friday, they cleaned me out good."
James mumbled something and searched his pocket. He pulled out one Galleon and handed it over to Lily.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Lily exclaimed. It looked for a second that Lily was about to hug James, but dear God was James happy that she didn't.
Lily handed the bundle over to Madam Malkin.
"I'm going to go take this off, will you girls come in and help me take all of the other dresses back?" Lily asked.
The two girls nodded and all three of them headed into the dressing room.
"Jamie ol' pal?" Sirius asked.
A muffled "Huh?" came out of James's mouth.
"Your mouth is still open."
*~*~*~*~*~
Um, well, that's chapter one. If you have time, please feel free to review, because it really brightens an authors day. :)
Hmm, can you tell how bored I am? I counted how many times the word 'Lily' was used in this story, and it was fifty-five...
By the way...
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!! Tata for now!!!!! ;P