Lily Evans was no ordinary girl. For one, she had no interest at all in make up, clothes, etc. Everyone who knew her well knew that she would much rather play sports (particularly hockey) rather than do anything that anyone related to girls.
Most of the people who knew her well would just take it that Lily enjoyed being "different", and would just let her be- except for the boy who lived across the street, that is, who enjoyed making Lily's life a living h-e-double hockey sticks.
His name was James Potter, and he loved nothing more than to make a certain girl- who's name was Lily Evans- feel miserable.
"Hey! RED HEAD!!!!", he'd yell.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME!?", Lily would yell back.
"I called you Red Head, you carrot haired boy!", James would holler back.
This would always result in Lily running across the street, and chasing James around the neighbourhood- much to the amusement of James' best friend, Sirius, who lived next door to him.
Some people say that "hate" is too much of a strong word- but using the word "hate" to describe how Lily felt towards James was a touch too mild.
Other than her obsession with baggy clothes, sports (by the time she was 7, she had memorized almost all the rules for hockey, basketball, and other sports, and now that she was 10, she could beat anyone at anything), she was quite normal. She would go to school, everyday, and ride her bright red mountain bike back, using the back streets to avoid James and his evil sidekick, Sirius. At school, she was quite smart- she was in 6th grade, since she had gotten to skip 2nd grade. Her best friend was Isadora, who was the opposite of Lily- Lily was bold and brave, while Isadora was shy and frightened of everything. Lily despised James and Sirius, while Isadora thought they were "cute"- something Lily thought was not only disgusting and horrific- but very unbelievable.
One weekend, Lily was practicing her wrist shot on her driveway, when James ran into her driveway.
"I GOT INTO HOGWARTS!!!!", he yelled at the top of his lungs, making everyone who was outside at the moment stare at him.
"GET OFF MY FREAKING PROPERTY YOU MENTAL NUTHOUSE!", Lily screamed back at him.
"JAMES! Get back in here! Your twin sister didn't make a fuss! Get back in here! You'll alert the muggles!", Mrs. Potter yelled, as she stuck her head out the living room window.
James blushed, and ran back into his house- or should I say mansion?
Lily scowled at him, as he looked back at her, and she continued to do wrist shots, muttering to herself how strange boys could be. From then on, she considered James, not only to be an evil, scheming horrible little boy, but to be slightly mentally disturbed ("What on earth is Hogwarts?!", and a rich stuck-up snob who thought he was all that just because his parents were extremely rich and owned mansions and lots of stock, and were "well known" through out Europe.
From that moment and on, Lily started avoiding James' gaze, as if afraid his "mental personality" would pass on to her. However, her parents encouraged to become better friends with this "smart, polite, and kind-hearted young man". "Smart?? Polite?? KIND-HEARTED?!? My foot, I tell you!", Lily would always say to herself, everytime her parents told her off for being mean to James or Sirius.
One day, Isadora decided to visit Lily, and she brought her pet West Highland White Terrier, Cocoa. Lily's American Eskimo dog wasn't all to fond of this hyperactive terrier, so they brought them both outside hoping that Nikki, Lily's dog, would become closer to Cocoa.
Unfortunately, James and his twin sister were having their 11th birthday that day- and were having a huge parteey on their front lawn, with people dressed strangely running around and playing pranks on each other.
"Good grief! Look, Isadora! Those idiots are having some freaking partey... let's get out of here... those idiot people on their lawn look like replicas of James... look at their stoopid clothes! Lets get out of here before they start bugging us...!", Lily said irritably, pulling Nikki with her to go back to her backyard.
"Uhh no Lily! OH MY GOSHIES!!! LOOK AT HOW CUTE SIRIUS LOOKS WITH THA-"
"GET OVER HERE!", Lily snarled.
Lily pulled Isadora into her backyard, much to the dismay of Isadora.
"What's your problem, already, Lily! I mean... they're just having fun, and you have to make some stupid scene!", Isadora said angrily to Lily.
"What's MY problem?? Don't you mean what's THEIR problem? That little piece of scum is so selfish! He only cares about him self. He is always playing pranks on me, him and his little snooty side kick Sirius- I mean what kind of name is that!!- and they're just so horrible! I can't see how you can find them cute! He is so inconsiderate, blasting the neighbourhood out of their beds early in the morning because of his stupid 11th birthday- when he really acts more like he's FIVE- and ugh! He's so stupid and horri-"
"LILY EVANS! I've been your friend since kindergarden and ever since you moved here, you've been complaining and griping about James Potter! CAN'T YOU SEE? He wants to be your friend! He doesn't know how else to make you be his friend, but really- he just wants to be your-"
"ISADORA YOU ARE SO FREAKING THICK! How can you think of him as being a good person? How can me PARENTS think of him as a good person??? He's BAD! He-"
"Lily, I'm sorry, I don't really want to associate myself with a predjudiced person like you anymore..."
And Isadora grabbed Cocoa by the collar, attatched her leash, and marched off of Lily's backyard.
"WAIT!", Lily cried. But Isadora just kept walking.
Lily left Nikki in the backyard, and ran after Isadora, top speed. Lily was in very good shape, and she caught up to Isadora easily. Isadora had never blown up like that- she was normally shy and reserved.
"How can you say that stuff about POTTER? I mean... he's bad! I heard he got in to St. Brutus's Institute for Incurably Criminal Boys! I mean you can't deny he's messed in the mind!"
"LILY! Just GO AWAY! I don't want to be your friend anymore!"
"You WHAT!?"
"That's right! I don't!"
Lily felt her face go red.
"Fine then. Be that way.", Lily said angrily, and she marched back to her lawn, where she saw James' twin sister, Ellianny, standing next to her front door. Lily had never met James' sister before, but she assumed she was just as horrible.
"Hey. What are you doing here?", Lily said nastilly, still seething about her exbest friend's ignorance.
"Oh... um, is this a bad time?", Ellianny said, shyly.
"Not at all, Ellianny! Happy Birthday, by the way, come on in!", Mrs. Evans said, opening the door, glaring at Lily.
"Thank you very much, Mrs. Evans, but my parents just wanted to know if Lily and Petunia would like to come to our birthday partey?"
"Why, I'm sure they'd love to! Wouldn't you, Lils?"
Lily felt her face go red. Their BIRTHDAY PARTEY?! Why, she'd jump off a bridge before setting foot into that evil fiend's property... except of course, when she chased after him for calling her a RED HEAD... CARROTS, reall-
"Lily?"
"Oh, yeah... ummm..."
Lily saw her mum glare at her, and Lily knew she'd have to go.
"Okaaaay...."
Minutes later, Petunia bounced down the stairs, dressed in a frilly pink dress that was far too small for her- and ran out the front door to the partey. Lily, however, slouched down the stairs, with her hair tied up in a bun and wearing a simple blue tank top and short khaki skirt- all that she'd ever agree to wear.
"Do I HAVE to go?", she asked sadly to her father. Her father was usually very kind to her, but she already knew what the answer would be.
"You MUST", Mr. Evans said, laughingly.
"Okaaaayyy...", Lily said, slouching out the door.
"STAND UP STRAIGHT!", her mother hollered out of Petunia's bedroom window, and Lily stood up straight, not because she wanted to, but because of what greeted her eyes as she looked at the Potter residence- minutes before, it was a junkyard, with garbage everywhere- and now it was all cleaned up! How did they do that so fast?
Lily caught up to Petunia, who unfortuantely, did not look at all very appealing in her tiny frilly barbie-like dress. Petunia rang the doorbell, and marched right in primly, without even greeting Mr. Potter, who grimaced as Petunia walked by, perhaps because she was not wearing any underpants, or perhaps because she had put on too much of her very strong smelling home-made perfume (ew). Lily, however, decided to be polite- I mean she HAD to go anyway, so she might as well make it good, maybe her parents would take her to a hockey game to thank her, maybe-
"Good afternoon, Mr. Potter! How do you do?", Lily asked, smiling. Mr. Potter smiled back at the pretty young lady who stood on his doorstep, and said, "Come right in, Lily!".
Lily walked in, and spotted someone sitting on their own beside the Potter's big water fountain in their front foyay *sigh, some people have it all*, and sat down beside him.
"Hi.", the boy said.
"Umm... Hi...", Lily said, reluctant to become friends with any of that horrible James Potter's friends.
"You have a cool dog... I saw!", the boy said, trying to make conversation. He was quite reserved, Lily noticed, but he seemed very friendly. But Lily knew that he was quite the prankster, the way he was careening around the Potter residence with a cream pie trying to pie Ellianny-
"Thanks...", Lily said.
"So, what's your name?"
"Lily Evans"
"Cool. My name is Remus Lupin".
"That's a cool name... I've never heard it before", Lily said.
"Yeah."
"Yeah."
"OOOH! LILY IS IN LOVE!! REMUS AND LILY, SITTING IN A TREE! K-I-S-"
But before James could finish his trivial song, Lily had wrestled him to the ground, punching the daylights out of him, Remus helping her.
"Augh! Help me!", James shrieked. Lily laughed cruelly.
"THIS is for the red head joke!", Lily snapped, punching him.
"THIS is for the love song!", Lily said angrilly, punching him again.
"THIS is for BEING RUDE TO A POOR BOY ON HIS BIRTHDAY!", Lily heard her mother scream from behind her. Lily turned around just in time to see her mother, looking madder than she had ever before. She pulled our little petite athelete up by the scruff of the neck, and slapped her like mad.
Most of the people who knew her well would just take it that Lily enjoyed being "different", and would just let her be- except for the boy who lived across the street, that is, who enjoyed making Lily's life a living h-e-double hockey sticks.
His name was James Potter, and he loved nothing more than to make a certain girl- who's name was Lily Evans- feel miserable.
"Hey! RED HEAD!!!!", he'd yell.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME!?", Lily would yell back.
"I called you Red Head, you carrot haired boy!", James would holler back.
This would always result in Lily running across the street, and chasing James around the neighbourhood- much to the amusement of James' best friend, Sirius, who lived next door to him.
Some people say that "hate" is too much of a strong word- but using the word "hate" to describe how Lily felt towards James was a touch too mild.
Other than her obsession with baggy clothes, sports (by the time she was 7, she had memorized almost all the rules for hockey, basketball, and other sports, and now that she was 10, she could beat anyone at anything), she was quite normal. She would go to school, everyday, and ride her bright red mountain bike back, using the back streets to avoid James and his evil sidekick, Sirius. At school, she was quite smart- she was in 6th grade, since she had gotten to skip 2nd grade. Her best friend was Isadora, who was the opposite of Lily- Lily was bold and brave, while Isadora was shy and frightened of everything. Lily despised James and Sirius, while Isadora thought they were "cute"- something Lily thought was not only disgusting and horrific- but very unbelievable.
One weekend, Lily was practicing her wrist shot on her driveway, when James ran into her driveway.
"I GOT INTO HOGWARTS!!!!", he yelled at the top of his lungs, making everyone who was outside at the moment stare at him.
"GET OFF MY FREAKING PROPERTY YOU MENTAL NUTHOUSE!", Lily screamed back at him.
"JAMES! Get back in here! Your twin sister didn't make a fuss! Get back in here! You'll alert the muggles!", Mrs. Potter yelled, as she stuck her head out the living room window.
James blushed, and ran back into his house- or should I say mansion?
Lily scowled at him, as he looked back at her, and she continued to do wrist shots, muttering to herself how strange boys could be. From then on, she considered James, not only to be an evil, scheming horrible little boy, but to be slightly mentally disturbed ("What on earth is Hogwarts?!", and a rich stuck-up snob who thought he was all that just because his parents were extremely rich and owned mansions and lots of stock, and were "well known" through out Europe.
From that moment and on, Lily started avoiding James' gaze, as if afraid his "mental personality" would pass on to her. However, her parents encouraged to become better friends with this "smart, polite, and kind-hearted young man". "Smart?? Polite?? KIND-HEARTED?!? My foot, I tell you!", Lily would always say to herself, everytime her parents told her off for being mean to James or Sirius.
One day, Isadora decided to visit Lily, and she brought her pet West Highland White Terrier, Cocoa. Lily's American Eskimo dog wasn't all to fond of this hyperactive terrier, so they brought them both outside hoping that Nikki, Lily's dog, would become closer to Cocoa.
Unfortunately, James and his twin sister were having their 11th birthday that day- and were having a huge parteey on their front lawn, with people dressed strangely running around and playing pranks on each other.
"Good grief! Look, Isadora! Those idiots are having some freaking partey... let's get out of here... those idiot people on their lawn look like replicas of James... look at their stoopid clothes! Lets get out of here before they start bugging us...!", Lily said irritably, pulling Nikki with her to go back to her backyard.
"Uhh no Lily! OH MY GOSHIES!!! LOOK AT HOW CUTE SIRIUS LOOKS WITH THA-"
"GET OVER HERE!", Lily snarled.
Lily pulled Isadora into her backyard, much to the dismay of Isadora.
"What's your problem, already, Lily! I mean... they're just having fun, and you have to make some stupid scene!", Isadora said angrily to Lily.
"What's MY problem?? Don't you mean what's THEIR problem? That little piece of scum is so selfish! He only cares about him self. He is always playing pranks on me, him and his little snooty side kick Sirius- I mean what kind of name is that!!- and they're just so horrible! I can't see how you can find them cute! He is so inconsiderate, blasting the neighbourhood out of their beds early in the morning because of his stupid 11th birthday- when he really acts more like he's FIVE- and ugh! He's so stupid and horri-"
"LILY EVANS! I've been your friend since kindergarden and ever since you moved here, you've been complaining and griping about James Potter! CAN'T YOU SEE? He wants to be your friend! He doesn't know how else to make you be his friend, but really- he just wants to be your-"
"ISADORA YOU ARE SO FREAKING THICK! How can you think of him as being a good person? How can me PARENTS think of him as a good person??? He's BAD! He-"
"Lily, I'm sorry, I don't really want to associate myself with a predjudiced person like you anymore..."
And Isadora grabbed Cocoa by the collar, attatched her leash, and marched off of Lily's backyard.
"WAIT!", Lily cried. But Isadora just kept walking.
Lily left Nikki in the backyard, and ran after Isadora, top speed. Lily was in very good shape, and she caught up to Isadora easily. Isadora had never blown up like that- she was normally shy and reserved.
"How can you say that stuff about POTTER? I mean... he's bad! I heard he got in to St. Brutus's Institute for Incurably Criminal Boys! I mean you can't deny he's messed in the mind!"
"LILY! Just GO AWAY! I don't want to be your friend anymore!"
"You WHAT!?"
"That's right! I don't!"
Lily felt her face go red.
"Fine then. Be that way.", Lily said angrily, and she marched back to her lawn, where she saw James' twin sister, Ellianny, standing next to her front door. Lily had never met James' sister before, but she assumed she was just as horrible.
"Hey. What are you doing here?", Lily said nastilly, still seething about her exbest friend's ignorance.
"Oh... um, is this a bad time?", Ellianny said, shyly.
"Not at all, Ellianny! Happy Birthday, by the way, come on in!", Mrs. Evans said, opening the door, glaring at Lily.
"Thank you very much, Mrs. Evans, but my parents just wanted to know if Lily and Petunia would like to come to our birthday partey?"
"Why, I'm sure they'd love to! Wouldn't you, Lils?"
Lily felt her face go red. Their BIRTHDAY PARTEY?! Why, she'd jump off a bridge before setting foot into that evil fiend's property... except of course, when she chased after him for calling her a RED HEAD... CARROTS, reall-
"Lily?"
"Oh, yeah... ummm..."
Lily saw her mum glare at her, and Lily knew she'd have to go.
"Okaaaay...."
Minutes later, Petunia bounced down the stairs, dressed in a frilly pink dress that was far too small for her- and ran out the front door to the partey. Lily, however, slouched down the stairs, with her hair tied up in a bun and wearing a simple blue tank top and short khaki skirt- all that she'd ever agree to wear.
"Do I HAVE to go?", she asked sadly to her father. Her father was usually very kind to her, but she already knew what the answer would be.
"You MUST", Mr. Evans said, laughingly.
"Okaaaayyy...", Lily said, slouching out the door.
"STAND UP STRAIGHT!", her mother hollered out of Petunia's bedroom window, and Lily stood up straight, not because she wanted to, but because of what greeted her eyes as she looked at the Potter residence- minutes before, it was a junkyard, with garbage everywhere- and now it was all cleaned up! How did they do that so fast?
Lily caught up to Petunia, who unfortuantely, did not look at all very appealing in her tiny frilly barbie-like dress. Petunia rang the doorbell, and marched right in primly, without even greeting Mr. Potter, who grimaced as Petunia walked by, perhaps because she was not wearing any underpants, or perhaps because she had put on too much of her very strong smelling home-made perfume (ew). Lily, however, decided to be polite- I mean she HAD to go anyway, so she might as well make it good, maybe her parents would take her to a hockey game to thank her, maybe-
"Good afternoon, Mr. Potter! How do you do?", Lily asked, smiling. Mr. Potter smiled back at the pretty young lady who stood on his doorstep, and said, "Come right in, Lily!".
Lily walked in, and spotted someone sitting on their own beside the Potter's big water fountain in their front foyay *sigh, some people have it all*, and sat down beside him.
"Hi.", the boy said.
"Umm... Hi...", Lily said, reluctant to become friends with any of that horrible James Potter's friends.
"You have a cool dog... I saw!", the boy said, trying to make conversation. He was quite reserved, Lily noticed, but he seemed very friendly. But Lily knew that he was quite the prankster, the way he was careening around the Potter residence with a cream pie trying to pie Ellianny-
"Thanks...", Lily said.
"So, what's your name?"
"Lily Evans"
"Cool. My name is Remus Lupin".
"That's a cool name... I've never heard it before", Lily said.
"Yeah."
"Yeah."
"OOOH! LILY IS IN LOVE!! REMUS AND LILY, SITTING IN A TREE! K-I-S-"
But before James could finish his trivial song, Lily had wrestled him to the ground, punching the daylights out of him, Remus helping her.
"Augh! Help me!", James shrieked. Lily laughed cruelly.
"THIS is for the red head joke!", Lily snapped, punching him.
"THIS is for the love song!", Lily said angrilly, punching him again.
"THIS is for BEING RUDE TO A POOR BOY ON HIS BIRTHDAY!", Lily heard her mother scream from behind her. Lily turned around just in time to see her mother, looking madder than she had ever before. She pulled our little petite athelete up by the scruff of the neck, and slapped her like mad.