Well, lets say that James and Lily are out of Hogwarts and head-over-heals in love…It's a knock off the movie, 'Meet the parents' Don't kill me! It has lots of cute fluff, my first HP fanfic, I hope y'all like it!
B.T.W. I don't own anyone, even though James is most desirable… A/N: Eugrh! I sound like Snape! EW!
Dearest Mother and Father,
I have a friend whom I want you to meet. I might bring him over for the hols, if you don't mind. If it helps, this relationship is serious, not just a school crush, he might be my, um, fiancé. He has loved me since the first year. I thought I hated him. Remember the Marauders, their leader, James Potter. I kept calling him Potter. He's the one. He's so sensitive and kind and sweet and funny and smart, well, I guess you get it. I'm head over heels in love with him. Please let me bring him? In the end, it's up to you.
Plus there's more news. I have achieved the top N.E.W.T's results in the world, tying with James. I can get the best ministry job available, but it's not my dream. I was invited to become minister, and so was James. We could work side by side. I want to become a Auror. That is a dark wizard catcher, but under me is a boy from Slytherin. If he becomes minister, we're all doomed. What do I do? Both jobs are dangerous, and high up. The pay is equal. What do I do?
Love Lily
Dearest Lily,
About James, do bring him over. Neither of us mind. Petunia is going to be here with Vernon. You might as well come. I want to see who caught our Lily…About the wizard job business. If he's your to-be, ask him. See what he says. If he's going to become Minister, you can be an Auror. The other way around too. You can become both? Can you? Be a minister and Auror at the same time? In my opinion, if you were able to defend yourself and Minister, people would really respect you and you would be in complete control. That is our suggestion. You may share this with James. Oh, and does he have any food preferences?
Love mum and dad.
Dearest mum and dad,
Thanks! The advice is good. We've discussed this with the ministry, and they agreed. You are talking to the first woman minister of magic in a long time. Mum, Dad, thanks for being so supportive. It cleared out a lot of my fears. You and James will get along just fine. He is the biggest prankster in the past few centuries. Our headmaster knows that in his reign of 600 years, he has never met such a lively boy and gang. He says that other than his son, no one, and well, that might be, my son. Albus says that our boy will defeat the dark lord 7 times, by the age of 18. Hogwarts admits people at the age of 11, so he will, I'm sure you can calculate. I'm scared for him. There are already 2 prophecies about him. Here is one: The one born in the month of the red planet (June) will be greater than man and fear. He shall wield justice and glory. He shall defeat the dark lord not once, but many times, he shall be the only one to have survived Avada Kedavra. That's the killing curse no one has survived.
And the second one is: orphan boy (gulp) brave and bold. Heroes with fortune untold. Magic he holds, great and wise, by his side people of lies (hehe that put the cat amongst the mice) Love and strength hold him tight, no bond, no relative, claim his right. Godfather deceased, parents deceased, only aunt and uncle mistreat him. He shall change the world, people's hearts, with his life, evil is gone.
That probably means he is an orphan that means Voldemort will have got James and I. Mother, Father, if we die, please take care of him, don't give him to Petunia. (beside this line, they saw tear stains)
Love, Lily and James
"Oi James!" Lily called out in the crowded common room. "James, they said yes. You can come, they also gave some advice. How 'bout we become minister and Auror's?"
He came over and looked at her surprised. "I didn't think of that." He admitted.
"Neither did I. Let's go and talk to Dumbledore." She suggested.
"Ok.' James said and held her hand while walking out of the common room.
In the common room…
"Oi! Moony, it's hard to believe that James and Lily are going to be ministers and Auror's. Just think, now, the whole wizarding world will be like 'oh the new ministers, the potters' and the Marauders are gone. No more fun with James, no more pranking McGonagall" said Sirius.
Remus nodded. Unknown to them, McGonagall overheard them. "I think I'm going to miss then too." She said as she realized the truth. A tear rolled down her cheek. A/N: What? Is it that hard to believe? Wait- don't answer that! DON'T! I'M NOT LISTENING! Stepping out from behind the pillar, she went to them and hugged Sirius.
"ARGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! Moony! SAVE ME!" Sirius yelled. The common room roared in laughter. Just them, James and Lily entered upon the sight and burst into laughter.
"Padfoot, new bird?" James asked grinning.
"Prongs, I'm going to kill you!" Sirius yelled as McGonagall retracted her arms. He hopped up and began to chase James all over, them accidentally they went into a girls bathroom. A few screams echoed and James and Sirius came out, as red as tomatoes, looking thoroughly ashamed of themselves. McGonagall grinned carelessly and smiled.
"I did that once, with my friends, I ran into a guys bathroom. It wasn't a bathroom, it was a shower room. I think now, that I kind of enjoyed myself." She said, blushing furiously. Lily and the girls grinned. All the minds were thinking more or less along the same lines, they were going to miss Hogwarts. "Lily and James, when you become ministers, don't forget us." McGonagall said softly, tears now running freely. "Professor? We'll never forget you!" cried Lily. James looked shocked.
"We never will! Promise!" he said sincerely. And in an attempt to lighten the mood, "but, we can't promise to remember your lessons."
McGonagall grinned through her tears, "Fair enough"
It was a magical moment as the students crowded around their strictest teacher, realizing that she was as human as them. Enveloping her in chatter, including her in their talk, making her feel at home. At that moment, she knew, that she would never have better friends. Never those who cared and hated her at the same, never those who smiled and talked to her, and mocked her. It was like childhood again. Albus Dumbledore looked in and felt tears of heartfelt sorrow on his cheeks. He knew, that this was some of those treasured times, that no one would interrupt, not for a million Galleons. Lily saw him and dragged some of the students near him. Tugging gently, they included him. He had never felt more happy in his 600 years. The students spent their last night in Hogwarts crying, admitting their crushes, being with friends.
Sirius, James and Remus had a bond that any body would envy. They would do anything for their friends. Anything, including kill. She envied it, but then, she wouldn't begrudge friends of it. It would be cruel. She hugged Sirius and Remus, knowing that she would see them soon. Her girlfriends would be more unlikely to meet. She bid them goodbye, took wizard photos, and it was time. Crying, she and James apparated to outside of her door. Her parents were just about to leave for the station and jumped when they saw Lily rushing to their car.
"Lily, how did you get here?" her father asked in shock.
"Dad, I learned to apparate, and I got my license too! I'm allowed to use magic outside of school too! Apparate means move from one place to another, see, like this." She said as she appeared on the opposite side of the car.
Her father got out of the car and so did her mother. "Lily!" she said, embracing her. "Minister, is it?" Their glance fell on James. He looked a bit embarrassed.
"Mother, father, meet my boyfriend James." She said. James stepped forward, his instincts taking over. His hand went through his hair and he grinned nervously.
"Hi, I'm James Potter. Nice to meet you." He said, shaking their hands. To Mr. and Mrs. Evans, he looked like a nice boy. He looked quite handsome too. He was tall and lanky, his hair was a pitch black and his eyes were the colour of melting chocolate. He had a slight slouch, but who didn't. His lips were light peach and were lightly pouting. It was understandable how Lily had fallen for him. He must be the most wanted guy by the girls in school. It was strange how he had crushed on lily, and now, they were the perfect couple, Yin and Yang.
"So, young man, you are to be my daughters partner minister? I wish you luck with that mad man on the rampage." Said her father. "What are your intentions?" he asked. Lily grinned at her fathers way with conversation. Both of them walked to the door and he waited while Mr. Evans opened the door. He was about to lift both the trunks when James objected.
"Mr. E, um, do you mind if I call you that?" he asked.
"No, of course not."
"Well, since we are now of age, a lot of things are going to be done by magic, like this, he took out his wand and bewitched the trunks to be light." He said, in his element.
"And, we can use side apparition to take the trunks in" said Lily, taking one and apparating into her room. Thirty seconds later, she reappeared empty handed.
"Mr. E, try lifting this." Mr. Evans lifted it and his face lit up in surprise.
"It's so light!" he marveled. "Hon, try it!" he said to his wife.
Looking doubtful, she tried it and smiled widely. "You're right! Dears, could you please enchant some of the cupboards so if he's not at home, I can clean the attic."
James and Lily grinned. "Sure" the said simultaneously, then laughed. Petunia was at her boyfriend's house, so there were no problems that night. After dinner, James ans Lily washed the dishes and chatted. Meanwhile, her parents had a discussion in their bedroom.
"Well, hon, what do you think about that kid?"
"He's pretty nice. He's smart, he's nice to her, and both of them seem in love with each other. It's obvious. I like him." said Mrs. Evans. "What about sleeping arrangements? We don't have another room." Said Mrs. Evans.
"Well, I suppose we can allow him to sleep with Lily." Suggested Mr. Evans. Mrs. Evans raised a skeptical eyebrow. "Well, he is well behaved."
"Dear, I know, but I know girls better than you. In my childhood, I would have given my right arm to date a guy like him. I bet you a lot of cash that he has dated at least 7/8's of the female population. We're lucky that our Lily had a brain on her head. Otherwise, she might have been a single mother. It is true, but well, he is cute, you have to admit that. Not my taste, but as a kid, he's right for lily. I'm still worried." Said Mrs. Evans.
Mr. Evans nodded his head grudgingly. "You have a point. Most girls I know would kill to have him as a date. But, what else?"
Mrs. Evans agreed. "He has to sleep in Lily's room. Maybe we can keep a watch on them."
"Ok." Said Mr. Evans. Lily and James had finished the chores. "Dear James, um, we don't have a guest room, so you'll have to sleep with Lily. Do you mind?"
James had blushed red and slowly nodded. Lily grinned. "Come on." She called him. "Night mum, night dad." She said, halfway up the stairs.
"G'night Mr. and Mrs. E." James said, still red.
Mr. Evans looked at Mrs. Evans and said, "Nothings going to happen. Did you see how embarrassed he was? He's not going to touch her."
In her room, James looked around. It was extremely neat and tidy. He wrinkled his nose teasingly at her. "As neat as at school Lils." He said. Lily looked at him and grinned.
"As always. Now, you're sleeping up."
"No I'm not! What king of person would I be to allow you to sleep down?"
"James. You are sleeping up."
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"Fine! Duel, see who wins. Winner sleeps down. No rules. Except the dangerous ones." Lily looked at him reproachfully. "What? I just thought I'd mention."
Both of them bowed. Unknown to them, both the parents were watching.
Then, James yelled out "Bogengia!" Lily got covered in goop.
Lily yelled "Ticklentius!" and James collapsed in laughter.
"Irrindondio!" and lily's hair went pink.
"Obligor!" cried Lily and James went floppy and fell onto the floor.
Both of them were laughing, when James yelled, "Levi corpus!" and Lily was flung upside down. Her skirt fell upside down and she gasped. James cursed and closed his eyes. Pointing his wand in her general location, he said, "Anti corpus" and she was gently put back on the floor. She smoothed her skirt and put her hand on his shoulder. "Sorry Lils." He said, sounding hurt.
"James, it's alright. Don't worry." She said. "Sorry."
"Lils, it's not your fault."
"Well, I hexed you as well."
"Anyhow, lets undo the hexes."
"Okay." They said as they concentrated and undid the spells. He shuffled around and sat on the floor. "Hey, chill! It's seriously okay." He looked at her suspiciously. "You didn't see anything. What's wrong?"
"Well, I'm in your house, and I just could have hurt you!" He burst. "I can't believe we dueled over the bed!" he exclaimed.
Lily heaved a sigh of relief. "listen, I'm as good at you in magic, don't worry. Now, I just thought of something, for the beds." James stood up and watched. Lily pointed her wand at the bed and said, "Engorgio!" then, as she watched the bed grow, she said, "Splitendo!" (I know, I'm so creative! flutters eyelashes) It turned into two single beds and James looked pleased.
Later on that night, Lily nudged James up and made him stand up. She locked the door and said "Joinus!" and the beds became one large bed. James grinned and crawled back in. So did Lily. Under the covers, they shared a passionate kiss, and fell asleep in each others arms. The next morning, Lily cuddled into his chest. Then, at the sound of the doorbell, she knew that Petunia was back. She got out of bed and split the beds again. Making her bed, she didn't notice James looking at her. Turning around, she was startled. Grinning, she kissed him. "Come on James, lets go down for breakfast, before Vernon gets it all." James kissed the tip of her nose, made his bed and went down with her.
There at the table, was a very, very large man. James guessed he was Vernon. Beside him, sat a short lady with a long neck and a horsey face. It fit Lily's description perfectly. That was Petunia. "Morning Freak. Morning Freak two." She said, before looking up. When she did, James was 3/4 around the table, and his sight made her jaw drop. Vernon did not like this. He put her jaw back in place and glared at James, who had not noticed anythin and was innocently eating his eggs.
"Nice eggs Mrs. E. What do you put in them?" he asked.
Mrs. Evans blushed. "Um, I put herbs instead of butter. Thanks."
Petunia's POV
OH MY GAWD! HE'S SO HOT! A/N: add a bit of slow mo and it would sound like a cheesy soap opera. –snort- Why does my sister, the FREAK always get the really good ones! I bet she bewitched him! Slut!
My POV. YAY! A/N: ignore me, I have two personalities, a psycho one, and a normal smart aleck one. For those of you, not Singaporean, lor, (hehe) that means smarty pants, and for those of you who can't speak English, I can't help ya. Sorry.
Petunia asked, "so, how'd you get together?"
Lily blushed and James chocked on his eggs. "Well, he's the head Marauder. The best prankster in the school. The teachers love them. They're smart too. Well, James," she said.
"The first time I saw her, I had a crush on her. She hated me. Well, understandably. I was very boastful person. Then, this year, as head girl and boy, we were to work together. With Voldemort on the rise, we had to work in pairs. Well, there was this bunch of Slytherins, and they were chatting about Voldemort. We got to them, and in an attempt to escape, we had to duel. One of the blighters used the cruciactus curse on Lily. It is an unforgivable torture curse. Usage of it will end in an execution. Repeated use of the curse can bring on insanity. I hexed that boy bad and froze them." Then Lily took over.
"He took me to the hospital wing, and from then, we became more friendly, till, it hit us. He liked me, and after deflating his head," she smiled teasingly, "I liked him. All our friends were shocked. I mean, before that incident, whenever we met, within 2 minutes, we had hexed each other into next week. Once, he hexed my hair into rainbow colors and I made his display his emotions. It took a week to get rid of that." They smiled at the memory.
Her parents looked horrified. Petunia asked smirking, "How did it feel, to be under cactus thingy?"
Lily's face paled. "It was cold outside and burning inside, and my veins were hurting and-and-" she shuddered, breaking into sobs. James looked angry and squeezed her hand. Mrs. Evans rushed over and rubbed her shoulders. Mr. Evans just glared at Petunia and she ignored it and smirked.
"Mrs. E, do you mind if I put a happiness charm on her? It won't take away her memories, but it will sooth her for a bit." James asked. "I need your permission, cuz I'm not family." He said. Mrs. Evans nodded. He raised his wand and chanted, "Illus Tuos, Mi seri cor des" A/N: copyright that line to the religious song Salve Regina Soon, she looked slightly happier. She gave a weak smile to her parents and excused herself and went up. James followed suite.
Upstairs, there was a sudden shriek. "SIRIUS!" said Lily. All of the people downstairs thought that he had proposed. A/N: sorry, I couldn't resist the 'Sirius' joke. Hehe "GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" came her voice again. This time, Mr. Evans rushed upstairs. There, he saw another boy in the hallway. He was grinning like mad.
"Hullo Mr. Evans! I'm really sorry, I had a message from James' mother. Instead of owling it, I decided to apparate, so don't mind me, I'm gone. Bye!" he said, and vanished with a pop.
Lily came out of her room fuming red. James followed and said to Mr. Evans, "That, was my friend, one of the Marauders. That was Sirius. I'm sorry. He and Lily are like fire and water, Lily being the fire. He drives her crazy, and I suppose having him in her house was too much for her to stand."
Mr. Evans heaved a sigh of relief. "Well, downstairs, we thought that you had proposed." James blushed and ran a hand through his hair. "Why do you do that?" Mr. Evans asked him. "Run your hand through your hair?"
"Well, let no one doubt that Lily is your daughter. She hates it too. I guess it's a sort of nervous habit. I don't know why I do it.It makes me feel more confident, I guess." Said James, smiling nervously. "Mr. E, would you mind, if I proposed?" he ran his hand through his hair again.
Mr. Evans roared in laughter. "Dear boy, we approve of you, very much, unlike Vernon. Both me ans my wife like you a lot. You don't seem like a bad sort, you're not bad looking either, according to my wife. She said that at Lily's age, she would have given an arm to go out with someone like you." James grinned.
"Sir, what do you think Lily feels, cuz, you see, it took me 6 years and a lot of threatening and pranks and well side routes to make her listen to me. I don't know if its real love or not, I know for myself, but I don't know about her. I mean, I'm the only one in school who can calm her, but, still." James said.
"My dear boy, Lily is head over heels in love with you. She knows. She wrote a letter to us, asking if you could come. She also mentioned a lot of traits, and personality, and she said that you were the only one she had ever loved. It is true. It is." Mr. Evans said, knowing that his daughter was going to get married.
A few days later…
Lily was in the shower and James was hanging around Mrs. Evans in the kitchen. "Mrs. E, may I propose to Lily?" he asked her.
Mrs. Evans beamed. "I thought you'd never ask! She's wondering if your interests are gone! I hope not! She's waning away my dear. You need to do it fast. If you want to do it someplace else, there is a wood there, you can go for a walk. We'll all help along. Now scoot! But wait, do you have the ring?" she asked
"Of course Mrs. E! Here, tell me, do you think she'd like it?" he asked and gave her a small purple velvet box. Opening it, she saw a gorgeous cut emerald on a flat band. In the centre of the emerald, was a small ruby in the shape of a heart. "Emerald is the colour that suits her the best." Mrs. Evans gasped.
"Its gorgeous!" she cried. "Lily will love it!" she said. As he was roaming around the house, spending time with Mr. and Mrs. Evans, he had a sudden encounter. It was late at night and Petunia and Vernon came back, drunk. Vernon staggered into bed and fell asleep. Petunia stayed up lurking around the house. Lily and James were in their room. Petunia peeped through the keyhole A/N: a lot of people seem to be doing that! She saw that Lily and James were sitting on the bed and looking through a book. Ever so often, Lily would giggle and James would smile. He looked at her, desire hungering and flames burning, something Vernon never did. It was passion, clear and cut. James put his head in her lap and fingered her curls, something Vernon never did. Petunia hated Lily for that. She was jealous, for everything that Lily had and she didn't. Magic, True Love, Beauty, Intelligence, A respectful position in the wizarding world. They were all freaks! They used magic to trick and charm each other. To do useless things. This Lord Voldemort, he sounded like a sensible person. He had his eyes fixed on priorities. World Domination. That was good. Suddenly, in a drunken rage, she burst into the room.
"You dirty little bitch! You charm people them snare them in your net! You don't deserve him you know! I am a much better candidate!" If anything, Lily looked amused.
"Drunk again I see." She said calmly.
"Whore!" yelled Petunia, and she walked towards James. He glared at her. She stood in front of him and kissed him on the lips. James pushed her off in disgust.
"Stay away from me woman!" he said, anger in every word. Petunia went to Lily and slapped her. By then, Mr. and Mrs. Evans had arrived at the scene. Lily and James had whipped out their wands.
"What happened son?" asked Mr. Evans.
"She tried to kiss me, then attacked Lily." Said James, eyes burning in anger. James had held Lily behind him at an arms length and had pointed his wand tip to Petunia. "Mr. E, what do I do?" he asked.
"Um, just freeze her. However you can. Then we'll move her out of here." Said Mr. Evans.
Lily stepped up and did a quick swish of her wand and said "Perifectus Totalus!" and Petunia ceased struggling. Her eyes were full of anger and hatred for Lily. "Mother, Father, that is it! No more! She has tried to separate us, to bug us, to hurt us. I love him, and he loves me. There is no other way for it! We go, or she goes." Ended Lily in a soft tone. "I really don't want to hurt you, but I can't stand having the love of my life being harassed. I'm sorry."
"Hon," said her mother, looking harassed. "We'll have to discuss this with her too, I can't say anything! Please don't go!" she was begging. A part of Lily, the cold part that had ignored James for 6 years came up again.
"Mum, listen, James and I will go to his second house, if Petunia goes, I'll come back. If not, well, I'll stay with James' parents." She said. "Is that alright?" she asked.
Her parents nodded sadly. Lily followed by James walked past them. "I'm sorry. That's the part that I was scared of for all those years, but its also one of her amazing traits that make her Lily." Said James, trying to comfort them.
Lily had packed her stuff. "James shall I?" she asked. He smiled.
"I'll do it." He said. She ignored him and began to fold his clothes. He saw tears leaking out of her eyes. She was hurting bad. "Lily, darling, don't worry. You're the only one. Now and always." He said.
She looked into his eyes, seeing that he was trying to help. "Its not that, I trust you. I'd trust you with my life! Its just that, I don't understand why she can't be happy for me? Why can't she accept me for who I am? What is in my heart that is so different from hers?" she asked, tears flowing in heavy streams.
"Hon, some people are jealous gits, like snivellus." Lily smiled slightly. "They can't accept that someone is better than them. It hurts, but you have to live with it. Change what you can, live with what you can't." quoted James, from Dumbledore. Lily was now smiling again.
"How is it that you can cheer me up, when I can't cheer myself up? It's like you know me better than I know myself. Maybe you do. Either way, I never knew you actually paid attention to Dumbledore. I thought that you and the Marauders were more private." She said.
"Hehe, we are, just that some of us listen, and others play. Then, we exchange news." Said James.
"You never fail to amaze me." Said Lily in awe.