DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER!!
Lily woke up to the sound of a moving truck pulling up to the driveway next door. She jumped out of bed, and ran to her window. She was excited that there were going to be new neighbors. The family that had lived there before was very rude and very messy. She saw a woman, who she guessed was the mother. She had jet-black hair that fell to her shoulders. Then a man followed behind carrying a big box. He too had black hair. Then she saw a little girl around the age of eleven, her hair was black and it laid on her shoulders in two braids. The little girl was holding someone's hand. Lily's eyes moved to see the face of the other person. It was a boy; he looked to be about her age. She moved closer to the window and saw the person who she could not stand, James Potter.
"LILY! Come on down. We're going to meet the new neighbors!" Her mother, Annie, called up the stairs.
"Mom, do I have to?" Lily said walking to her door.
"YES! Of course you do. Wouldn't you want someone to come and greet you if you just moved somewhere new?"
"Yeah, but not him." Lily mumbled. She grabbed her scarf and ran down the stairs. Petunia had gone over to her boyfriend, Vernon's, house, so at least Potter wouldn't know about her. Only her best friends, Emily and Sage knew about her and she intended on keeping it that way.
She noticed that her mom and dad were sitting on the couch watching the television, "Aren't you both going to come too?"
"No sweetie. We were thinking that you would like to go and meet them yourself. They have a son your age. Maybe you can give him a tour around the neighborhood." Lily's father, Tom, said.
"Over my dead body. I'm not going anywhere with him."
"Lillian, what's going on with you? You haven't met him yet. How do you know what he's like?"
"Because, mom, I go to school with him. He annoys me!"
"Lily, please go. For once put aside your dislike for someone and go and be nice to him. Please, just try. You're going to have to see him at school AND at home now. Please."
"UGHHHH! FINE! But I don't like it!"
Lily walked out into the yard and crossed the driveway and took a breathe before stepping onto his grass. She walked over to the older woman and introduced herself. Mrs. Potter introduced her husband as Harold and herself as Emily.
The little girl who Lily had seen holding James's hand, ran up and said, "Hi, 'm Sophie! Who are you?" She smiled.
"Hi, I'm Lily, I live next door. It's nice to meet you." Lily said with a smile, bending down to the little girls level. James walked over to see what was going on. He saw Lily and smiled, it wasn't his usual smile, not the one that made every girl go weak at the knees, and it was a smile that Lily had never seen before. And for some reason, she smiled back. Lily caught herself and began to talk to Mrs. Potter.
"Now, Lily, what school do you go to? James is going to Central, up North it's a boarding school. This will be Sophie's first year." Mrs. Potter said.
Lily laughed, "Um Mrs. Potter. I…" Lily began but James cut her off.
"Mom, Lily's a witch too, she goes to Hogwarts." James informed his mother.
"Oh, I'm sorry dear. I didn't know. What year are you in?" Mrs. Potter asked with confidence. Lily would have been completely embarrassed if her son had corrected her in front of someone.
"Its alright Mrs. Potter. I'm going to be in 7th, with James. Oh by the way." Lily breathed in, "I was wondering, James, if you wanted me to show you around the neighborhood."
"Sure that sounds cool. Mom do you mind? I stay and help with the boxes?" James said.
"Dear, go ahead and have fun." Mrs. Potter said.
"James! You promised that you would take me somewhere to teach me how to fly!" Sophie reminded James.
"I completely forgot! Lily, do you want to come and we can maybe go around the neighborhood another time? I promised her last week." James said, hoping that he didn't seem like he was pushing, he really liked her and he didn't want her to think that he was trying to get her to agree to a date. He wanted her to realized that he had changed and that he really cared about her.
"Uh Sure. Let me just go tell my parents." Lily agreed before she realized what she was saying. James smiled the smile again and for some reason, it sent chills up her spine.
"Do you mind if I come with you? I'd like to talk to you."
Lily looked at him, hoping that he wouldn't ask her out, but something in her told her that she couldn't say no if he did. "Okay. Lets go. We'll be right back."
She started walking and he ran to catch up with her.
"I never got to tell you, Hi." James said with a smile.
"Um, hello." Lily said turning. Their eyes locked. They stood there for a while, no blinking, no talking, just staring and smiling. "Hi."
James laughed, "Hi!"
"Uh, we should probably let my parents know that we're going somewhere." She said breaking the stare.
"Yeah. Sophie will probably get annoyed waiting." James laughed.
"Okay." Lily said opening the front door. They walked into the living room and her parents were still watching the news.
"Hey mom, dad, James, his little sister and I are going to walk around. We'll be back soon."
"Hello James, nice to meet you." Mrs. Evans said.
"Nice to meet you too, Mrs. Evans." James said.
"James," Mr. Evans nodded.
"Mr. Evans."
"Okay,
we're going to go. Bye." Lily said pulling James out of the
house. "Weird."
"Yeah. So, do you fly?"
"Not really. I tried and I fell remember. First year."
"Oh yeah. You haven't flown since?"
"No, not to be lame but I'm kind of scared."
"You shouldn't be. I wont let anything happen to you. Trust me." James said and Lily smiled.