A/N: Wow, it's been so long since I've written anything! I feel bad…anyways, here's a L/J fic! I've completely stolen the plot line of "Roses of Yesterday," a short story in this book I read…it's so sweet! Hm. I've basically cut out some characters (i.e. Peter, Malfoy, Snape), but I might add them back in there if I feel like it…Lily is at Beauxbatons, and James is at Hogwarts. Lily is muggle-born; James is from a pureblood family going back ages. They were both born in England, but Lily and her parents moved because of Lily's father's job. This story starts the summer before their seventh year. Sounds good? Okay! On y va!
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A slim, petite redhead walked into Stemson Library holding a copy of The Count of Monte Cristo. She had heard of the Donate a Book program to help disabled children, and was there to do her part. The library would sell books as a fundraiser. After depositing her book in the box, the girl looked around. Everything was as she had remembered it in the muggle library: a mixture of creamy white and silky purple décor flooding the room, swirling in gorgeous patterns. She had not been here for about six years, ever since her father had been selected to be the English ambassador to France.
Ah, her life had changed so much in those six years. She had received a letter from a school called Beauxbatons, and this letter had opened up a whole new world of magic to her. Her sister had decided that she would not be coming with the family to France, and had stayed instead at a boarding school in England, where she proceeded to grow more and more sour.
The girl sighed…what a life. And what a place to be thinking of these things. She walked out of the library…and bumped into a medium-height brunette…Arabella Figg!
"Bella? Is that you?"
The brunette stared at her intensely, and the redhead was afraid she would say something along the lines of "Sorry, I think you've mistaken me for another person…" but she didn't. Suddenly, realization lit up the brunette's eyes.
"Lily Evans! Oh my goodness! It's been so long! Six years? How are you?"
"Oh, Bella! I was afraid I was wrong…it has been so long, hasn't it? I've missed you so much!"
"Well, you do still get mail from me, you know."
"Yes, but not enough."
"So, have you been back here during those six years?"
"Of course not, this is my first time."
"And just what do you think you're doing young lady, without telling you best friend that you're back?"
"I'm not back to stay, Bella. I'm just here to visit for a week. And I was going to surprise you by turning up on your doorstep."
Bella chuckled and shook her head.
"It's just like you to do something like that, Lily."
"I know."
"So…let's not stand here the whole day…let's go to Diagon Alley!"
"Good idea; I haven't been there in ages!"
So the two girls exited the library and set off for the wizarding world. They spent a wonderful afternoon shopping all over, and then retreated to Bella's house for the night, where they shared secrets and talked until dawn broke. Since Lily wasn't too hot about staying with her aunt, who was rather similar to Petunia, she arranged to stay with Bella the whole week, and the two passed six more wonderful days together until Lily had to return to France, for school would start the next week, and she wanted to be ready; she would be Head Girl of Beauxbatons Academy this year.
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A/N: Ugh, short chapter, I just wanted to introduce Lily and Bella, who've been best friends since FOREVER or somewhere near that. Next chapter: James and how he "meets" Lily…only not. But yeah. Hope you all will still be with me…can I get any reviews to see how you all like it so far? I'm thinking of writing another L/J fic with the same basic beginning, only Lily tells Bella that she's moving back to England. That way we get some L/J action the whole year…this one's going to be mainly through letters, and I assume it'll be quite short. Maybe five chapters? Please keep reading though; I promise it'll get better. Reviews please?