Lily and James: Their Summer of Love
Disclaimer: No. I don't own the characters...except for Riley and Payton..but anyways. To the story.
authors note: My second fanfic! A long Lily and James one. Hopefully at least 20-30 chapters long! R & R please!
Chapter 1: Mornings and Surprises
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, CRASH! That was the sound of an alarm clock going off, and then being thrown to the floor. Lily Evans groggily opened her eyes and groaned. 7 o'clock. Who set her alarm for so early? Oh, right. She did. She had received a letter from her best friend Riley, inviting her over to her cousins house for the rest of the summer. She was leaving today. Smiling happily, she remembered the letter:
Hey Lils!
How have you been these last couple of days without me? Are you surviving? I know you miss me tons! (Well, who wouldn't with a sister like Petunia around?) I miss you bunches too! Well, I was wondering if you wanted to spend the rest of the summer with me at my cousins house? I hope you can! Ask your parents and owl me back with their answer! Remember to bring tuns of clothes and swimsuits of course! We are going to have a dance there sometime so we'll go shop for our dresses when you get here! Well I have to go, but owl back ASAP!
Love ya soooooo much! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
-Riles-
P.S. Payton is coming over soon after you! Yays!
Riley had been one of her best friends since her first day at Hogwarts.
Riley was the bubbly, flirty, outgoing, type who LOVED to talk. She had wavy, strawberry-blonde hair and the clearest blue eyes anyone could want. She was a regular 5, 4", though Lily was unfortunately 2 inches shorter. Her cheeks were naturally flushed and she had the prettiest smile.
Payton was Lily's other best friend. She was a lot like Riley characteristically. Always talking and laughing, but she also had a shy side. With shoulder length light brown hair, sparkling hazel eyes, and high cheek bones, she was every bit of what someone would call beautiful.
Now Lily, had a very unique beauty. Long, fiery red hair with a temper to match, and absolutely stunning emerald green eyes. Lily's eyes was the way she expressed herself. Through those eyes you could see her at her happiest, saddest, angriest, strongest, and weakest moments. Lily was the most sophisticated of all of her year. At the top of her class and who had never gone through the phase where she fell in love with a different boy every five minutes.
Snapping out of her thoughts, Lily stood up and took a moment to stretch. After her muscles had un-stiffened, she trudged her tired body to the bathroom. Turning the shower on, she stripped and stepped in. The warm water felt good against her skin and fully woke her up. Taking her bottle of shampoo, she poured some into the palm of her hand and worked it through her hair. Mmm, strawberries.. After rinsing and then conditioning and then rinsing again, she looked for the soap. Finding a new bar on the wrack, she picked it up and began lathering her body with it. When the scent reached her nose, she noticed a faint familiarity. Wait...what does this soap remind her of? To her it smelled like rain...how it smells when you are outside and the rain is pouring down in long sheets. But who did it remind her of? Lily's eyes snapped open. James Potter.
James Potter, was the most arrogant, egotistical, bigheaded pricks on the earth in Lily's opinion. He was easily the heartthrob of the school, with girls fawning over his every move. Quidditch, his latest prank, his good looks, the way he talked, the way he walked. For heavens sake they probably record every time he blinks.
Lily had to admit though, he wasn't bad looking. With messy, jet-black hair and hazel eyes completed with steel-rimmed glasses, and also a very toned body. Who wouldn't want him? Only one person. Lily Evans. James had notice this too and had proceeded to ask her out since 5th year.
James Potter was also a Marauder. Now what is a Marauder, you might ask? Only a group of 4 all around pranksters who every year get in as much trouble as humanly possible. The other 3 Marauders are Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew who are James's best friends.
Sirius Black was another one of the guys on all the girls' 'wanted list'. He had lengthy raven hair which fell into his soft gray eyes, with a sort of elegance that James's could never achieve. He of course, had the slightly leaner body of a beater.
Remus Lupin was a very shy boy who Lily quite got along with. He was extremely studious which Lily could relate to, and was the brains of all the Marauders pranks. He had blonde hair and pale blue eyes that still made the girls go crazy. Lily liked him alright, but she had trouble understanding why he would choose people like Black and Potter to hang around.
Last and sadly least, was Peter Pettigrew. A mousy boy with thin brown hair and small water, blue eyes. He was short, chubby, and didn't talk much to others. He mostly followed James, Sirius and Remus around or was the diversion for their plans.
Tearing her mind away from Potter and his posse, Lily stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her. Taking a washcloth and wiping the fog off of the mirror, she looked at herself. After staring for a moment, she began dressing. She put on a knee-length skirt and a snug green shirt she had gotten from a muggle store name American Eagle. She then dried her hair straight and began her makeup.
Surveying her appliances, she decided on a natural look. She put on a fair powder, followed by pink blush. She the put on a coat of mascara and a thin line of eyeliner. Finishing off with a sparkly clear gloss, she stepped out of the bathroom, feeling satisfied. Pulling on some pink sandals, she grabbed her purse. Lily then found her trunk. I guess I'd better pack.. she thought sighing. Opening her drawers and closet, she pulled out bras, underwear, and socks first. She stuffed those in her trunk, and turned to her closet. She pulled out jeans, t-shirts, collared shirts, long sleeved shirts, and every other kind of shirt she could find, tank tops, shorts, skirts, and put them into her trunk next.
What am I missing? she thought heavily.
Her eyes brightened in realization for a moment, and she rushed into the bathroom. Five minutes later she came out with 5 bathing suits, her tooth brush, tooth paste, a hair brush, makeup and about 10 pairs of shoes. She threw all of this into her trunk and slammed it shut with a grin.
"I'm done!" she yelled, happily.
It was then that Lily smelled the aroma of breakfast calling her name. She hopped downstairs with her trunk tumbling down after her. Sitting at the table she smiled.
"Morning Mum! Morning Dad!" she said, giving each of them a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Morning honey. Have you got everything you need to go to Riley's?" her mother asked, warmly.
Lily nodded her head as she quickly ate the pancakes her father had set before her.
"She is coming at 10:00 right?" her father asked.
Lily nodded brightly. "Yep and then I'll be at her cousin's house for the rest of the summer!"
Her father looked sternly at her. "Now Lily, promise me you won't get into any trouble...especially with any boys..." he trailed off.
Before Lily had a chance to answer, her mother intervened.
"Oh honey, stop badgering her, she'll be fine! She is very bright and can take care of herself."
Lily grinned "Thanks mum..." she said, finishing her juice in record time. 9:55. Only 5 more minutes!
"Well, I'd better get in there to wait for her." she said happily.
Her parents nodded and kissed her one last time before she went into her living room with calls of 'Thank them for allowing you to stay over!' and 'Are you sure you have everything?'.
Lily grinned and sat on her couch, waiting excitedly and willing time to speed up.
Finally, her fire place spit out a girl. Lily jumped up and ran to her friend, hugging her tightly. "Riles! How've you been?" she asked happily.
Riley grinned widely. "I've been good. How about you?"
"I'm good. Shall we go then?" she asked, grabbing her trunk and purse. Riley nodded and helping Lily with her trunk, stepped inside the fireplace.
Riley breathed deeply and taking a pinch of floo powder muttered softly in a barely audible whisper, "Potters' Mansion."
Lily' turned to Riley with a look of pure horror on her face. "What the hell did you say?" she managed in a weak voice, before she was swirling and twisting in the fire...
Authors Note: Cliffy! Sorry about that. I'm evil. Mwahahahahahahahahaha! Okay...enough evilness. Well, obviously you know what's coming up..-dun dun- James! Hahaha. I love to torture Lily! Well tell me how you like it! I'm open for suggestions!
Love yall tuns—
-Riley-