Next Door Shock

Sunlight gently stroked my face as she turned over to hide from it. Fiery red hair shone elegantly in the light, frustrated emerald green eyes flickered open when she heard the pounding on her bedroom door.

"FREAK! There is a FREAK downstairs for you!" the familiar venomous voice of Petunia her sister caused her to let out a soft sigh.

Slowly Lily slipped out of bed, changed and made herself presentable before descending down the stairs to see who had arrived. Her small hands slid along the dark wooden banister. A small gasp slipped from her mouth as she saw shoulder length layered purple hair, a fitted black corset and tight skinny jeans and converse.

"Velvet!" Lily through herself towards Velvet and wrapped her arms around her. "You're okay, I was so worried!"

"Hey Lils, you should know that there is never any need to worry about me, I can look after myself." Velvet gave her a small smile which grew into a grin. "I've missed you Glow!"

"I've missed you too Stripes!" they both giggled as Petunia gazed at them as if they had two heads. A soft thud sounded as the front door was swept open and slid into the wall.

"Lily darling! Where are you?" a soft voice yelled

"I'm in here mum!" with a shake of her head she stepped out of the living room and into the hallway to greet her mum. "Hey mum," Velvet's grin increased as she heard Lily say this, she stuck her head around the corner and said "Hey Mrs E!"

"Velvet! What a pleasure to see you back! It's been a long time! Now I know you two will want to catch up but would you mind going to see if our new neighbours need any help?"

"Of course Mrs E, come on Lils!" with that Velvet dragged Lily out of the house.

"Velvet! Best behaviour!" Mrs Evans shouted. Childishly Velvet spun around and stuck her tongue out before smiling and jogging next door. Lily and Velvet went to the back of the van parked in front of the house to see if they needed any help. With a grateful smile Lisa led the girls into the house to place the boxes in the correct rooms.

Hours passed by and the three of them had finally emptied the van. "Thank you so much my husband and my sons went to watch Qui-Rugby…and left me to it!"

"No problem Lisa, we were happy to help," Lily said with a smile, Lisa seemed to sigh with relief that they hadn't noticed her slip up until Velvet spoke.

"Wow Lils, looks like you've got a family of wizards moving in next door, seen as they know about Quidditch!"

"Oh! I take it you girls are witches then?" both of the girls nodded, "Good to know that if my boys do something reckless you won't think that you're going insane!" All three of them laughed at this. "Come through to the kitchen, how about a butterbeer?" The three women sat around the kitchen table with butterbeers chatting away to each other. "So tell me more about yourselves!" Lisa said.

"Well, I'm Lily Evans like you know; I'm 16 and will be going back to Hogwarts after summer for my 7th year." Lily glanced at Velvet to continue.

"I'm Velvet Stripes, I'm 16 and well, I never went to a wizarding school, I was taught at home from a young age."

"You two really are different from one another, yet I can tell that you're the best of friends." Lily and Velvet grinned at each other and nodded.

The sound of three males' voices drifted into the kitchen as Lisa's husband and sons had arrived home. The girls glanced up at the doorway and smiled to see who it was. Harry Lisa's husband came first and gave Lisa a quick peck. "Harry dear, these are our neighbours, Lily and Velvet, they helped me get everything out of the van as seen as you and the boys abandoned me" she said in a serious tone of voice yet had a small smile tugging at her lips.

"It's a pleasure to meet you both, thank you for helping Lisa out, but when Quidditch calls, Quidditch calls!" suddenly he realised what he'd said "Uhh…I mean Rugby…yes Rugby!" Velvet laughed due to him being flustered

"It's alright, where witches so don't worry about, but where the only witches in this area so you might want to be careful." Harry smiled as she said this.

"Thank god, I was worried then. BOYS! Come in here and meet our neighbours!" he yelled through the door. Lily turned to the door and her jaw dropped. James Potter was standing in the doorway with Sirius Black.

A/N: How will James and Sirius react to seeing Lily and Velvet sat in their Kitchen?? Please R&R