Disclaimer and Claimer: Roses are red, Violets are blue, I don't own them,
neither do you. :) However I do own some things. Chelsea, Chloe and
Melissa are mine, along with anything you don't recognize.
A/N: I think I can officially be called obsessed with Lily/James fics. For all you who don't like Peter either you're awesome. I am going to put him into this story, but please realize that this is "fanfiction" and I might change him around a little bit. Perhaps he wasn't a Gryffindor, but who knows. This story starts in Lily's fifth year and then will progress till Harry is born. Well, also after Harry's born. Or so I hope. Please enjoy. I am going to be looking for a Beta reader. If you want to help please e-mail me at SuperJ923@aol.com. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 1- Train Station
A tall man stood standing near the quiet tracks of the Hogwarts Express. He had dark hair and carried three brooms with him. Next to him was a short woman with blond hair, the exact opposite of her son. She was crying. The man saw and put his arm around her shoulder. "Don't cry Jill, they're coming home, not leaving." The tall man said. "I know, but I miss my little boy and little girl." She said.
As the Hogwarts Express came screaming into the station the parents crowded closer to the tracks to see their children for the first time since Christmas or since last September. The tall man scanned the back compartments of the train with his eyes squinted looking for someone.
Soon the Platform was filled with the shouts of children and of parents being reunited for the summer. Finally the man saw who he was looking for. Out of the last compartment came his son and his friends.
James was walking out with Lily and Sirius. He was linked at the elbows to Lily who was in between James and Sirius. She looked content, smiling and her green eyes twinkling. His son had grown over the year. He had definitely
filled out and had that "Quidditch Players body". He should, Mr. Potter thought as James had been playing Quidditch as soon as he was old enough to ride a broom. His hair was still all over the place. No amount of Sleazeasy's could fix it. Mr. Potter chuckled to himself. His glasses, small, black, wire frames made him look intelligent. He was easily a head taller then Lily and just short of Sirius.
He watched Sirius lean in and whisper something to Lily. She laughed. He realized how beautiful she'd become and smiled. Lily was not tall, but average. Her long dark red, almost brown hair was pulled away from her face in the ponytail that Mr. Potter always loved on her, showing off her features. She laughed and her eyes twinkled. Mr. Potter always thought that there was something mysterious about her eyes, but she reassured him that they were perfectly normal. She was beautiful. Mr. Potter thought that she reminded him of his wife, Elizabeth.
He glanced to Sirius and smiled. He had also grown. He was now taller then James. He also played Quidditch and had grown into the lanky body he always had. Right at that moment Sirius was pulling out his wand and aimed it and then whispered a spell. A few seconds later a boy about James and Sirius' age jumped up and screamed. He looked around for the culprit and in finding no one forgot about it. "Got him." Sirius whispered.
At this moment James caught sight of his father. "Dad! Over here!" He called. Lily broke free of the boys' grasp and ran over to Mr. Potter. She jumped into his arms and hugged him fiercely. "Mr. Potter I'm so glad to see you. James and Sirius are over here. Come on." She said taking his hand and pulling him to his son and his friend. Realizing she had left Mrs. Black standing there she went back hugged her and then dragged her over as well.
James hugged his father and then Mrs. Black. Sirius did the same. "Dad, wait till you hear what we did this year. We got 392 detentions and we turned Mrs. Nibbles invisible for a week and we scared dear old Minnie out of her wits and..." James said all in about five seconds.
"Mommy!!" a blond girl yelled as she propelled herself at Mrs. Black. "Melissa! Where were you, I told you to stay with Sirius at school." Mrs. Black scolded. "Mom, come on, I'm going into fourth year and I'm thirteen years old, I can walk around the Platform without sticking close to Sirius's side. Hey Lilz! Long time no see!" Melissa Black said to Lily smiling. Melissa was tall like her brother with blond hair and blue eyes, totally opposite of Sirius. She had the same bouncy personality and was also close to the gang.
"Where's Remus James?" Mr. Potter asked as they were getting their trunks. They four kids looked at eachother. "He's uhh, umm, he was sick so he went home from school early cause they were afraid to have him uhh, ride home on the train." James said his eyes not quite meeting his fathers.
"Smooth lie James, after four years of lying to Minnie you can even get a half believable one to your Dad?" Sirius whispered as he and James grabbed Melissa's trunk. "Lie to my dad, are you kidding me? That was just a warm up for what we're going to be doing this summer." James said smiling.
"Lily, what are you and James going to do for your birthdays this year? You're both turning fifteen, that's almost sixteen. Are you going to throw a huge party and invite all your Hogwarts friends?" Mrs. Black asked as Lily was talking to Melissa.
"Oh, I completely forgot. I don't know. I was hoping we could do a small party, you know, just the gang. No one else. Well, maybe a couple girls you don't know from school, but that's it." Lily said off-handedly.
"Sounds like fun. You bringing Chloe and Chel up?" James asked as the group headed out to Mrs. Blacks car. "Of course James, who do you think I am not to bring my best friends up?" Lily asked stressing on the best friends part. Lily and James frequently got into fights over who was their best friend. They all considered eachother to be best friends, but when talking about one or two people on they stressed the best part. James threw Lily a few death glances and she returned them with a smile.
After they said goodbye to Sirius and Melissa, even though they were seeing eachother tomorrow, Mr. Potter, James and Lily hopped on the brooms and sped off to Merlin's Meadow, the Potter's home. Lily loved flying. Even though she wasn't on the Quidditch team like James and Sirius she still got the thrill of flying fast over a field, especially the Quidditch pitch where the wind always seemed to be perfect and the weather wonderful, except for games. Lily remembered Sirius and James taking her and Melissa flying illegally over the field during Care of Magical Creatures because Kettleburn never bothered to take attendance or care if they were there.
Mr. Potter had magicked the brooms so that they would fly straight home. Lily had soon relaxed and started to think about her past summer vacations. She and James had been together for summer vacation since second year when Lily's parents were killed in a subway accident in London. Supposedly it was the work of Voldemort, who then was just gaining power. They always ended up alone too. Mr. Potter had to go to work, or away on something for the Department of Mysteries.
Like last summer, Mr. Potter had planned to take them to the states on vacation and ended up having to go to Yugoslavia for a huge Dark Lord attack. It was ok though, Lily thought. She and James always had fun. When they got bored they'd invite Sirius, Melissa and Remus over for slumber parties and they'd sleep all in the same room and tell ghost stories, which made Lily even more scared then she was as a child because now she knew ghosts really exsisted. They played muggle games like Spin the Bottle, Truth or Dare and Man Hunt. Lily enjoyed her summers.
Lily loved the summer. James house was in a small valley between two small hills. Sirius and Melissa lived on the next street over and since James had remembered he and Sirius had been best friends for forever. They played Quidditch in the summers over James house, and spent long lazy days playing in the lake behind Sirius and Melissa's house.
James, who was flying next to Lily, behind Mr. Potter, glanced over at her. She was staring off into space and was looking content. He smiled. He loved Lily, he really did. Not in the romantic way however. He made a face when he remembered Sirius telling him that he should just go for her or else he would. Lily was his dearest friend. Something that he had always had Sirius for was taken over by this pretty girl of fourteen. It took her a couple minutes to for her to realize that James was staring at her. When she turned around she saw James looking at her with a malicious glint in his eye. "Potter, what are you doing!" she hissed after she saw he was holding a Filibuster Firework.
James and Lily both had a knack for pranks. Lily was always the first one to doubt however. Since her first summer at the Potters she, Sirius and James had been doing pranks on Mr. Potter and Mrs. Black. They had pulled some good ones last year. Since James and Sirius' neighborhood was magical no one was extremely put out by the teenagers pranks, but were still bothered by them none the less. Last year, during the night the four kids, plus Remus had gone around the village and turned every house upside down and even the playgrounds and the trees. Obviously it was a shock to the neighborhood and Mr. Potter threatened to charm their wands with an Anti- Prank charm and send Mrs. Nibbles, Flichs' cat, upon them.
"What do you say we light this thing and throw it up by Dad?" James asked, his eyes twinkling with delight at the thought of hitting his dad with the firework. "James, no, give it to me." Lily stated in a bossy way. "Uh, fine Lily, sorry I can't have any fun." James said disappointed as he handed over the firework. But to his surprise Lily pulled out her wand and tapped the firework and tossed it up by Mr. Potter and watched it explode into a flower and then turned to James and smiled. "I just wanted to do it myself you sissy." And then she sped up and flew alongside Mr. Potter as they flew over the hill and into the valley that was called Merlins Meadow and watched the sunset over James' mansion.
The moment was interrupted when James flew off fast and in loops around the house screaming "I'm home!"
A/N: I think I can officially be called obsessed with Lily/James fics. For all you who don't like Peter either you're awesome. I am going to put him into this story, but please realize that this is "fanfiction" and I might change him around a little bit. Perhaps he wasn't a Gryffindor, but who knows. This story starts in Lily's fifth year and then will progress till Harry is born. Well, also after Harry's born. Or so I hope. Please enjoy. I am going to be looking for a Beta reader. If you want to help please e-mail me at SuperJ923@aol.com. Thanks for reading.
Chapter 1- Train Station
A tall man stood standing near the quiet tracks of the Hogwarts Express. He had dark hair and carried three brooms with him. Next to him was a short woman with blond hair, the exact opposite of her son. She was crying. The man saw and put his arm around her shoulder. "Don't cry Jill, they're coming home, not leaving." The tall man said. "I know, but I miss my little boy and little girl." She said.
As the Hogwarts Express came screaming into the station the parents crowded closer to the tracks to see their children for the first time since Christmas or since last September. The tall man scanned the back compartments of the train with his eyes squinted looking for someone.
Soon the Platform was filled with the shouts of children and of parents being reunited for the summer. Finally the man saw who he was looking for. Out of the last compartment came his son and his friends.
James was walking out with Lily and Sirius. He was linked at the elbows to Lily who was in between James and Sirius. She looked content, smiling and her green eyes twinkling. His son had grown over the year. He had definitely
filled out and had that "Quidditch Players body". He should, Mr. Potter thought as James had been playing Quidditch as soon as he was old enough to ride a broom. His hair was still all over the place. No amount of Sleazeasy's could fix it. Mr. Potter chuckled to himself. His glasses, small, black, wire frames made him look intelligent. He was easily a head taller then Lily and just short of Sirius.
He watched Sirius lean in and whisper something to Lily. She laughed. He realized how beautiful she'd become and smiled. Lily was not tall, but average. Her long dark red, almost brown hair was pulled away from her face in the ponytail that Mr. Potter always loved on her, showing off her features. She laughed and her eyes twinkled. Mr. Potter always thought that there was something mysterious about her eyes, but she reassured him that they were perfectly normal. She was beautiful. Mr. Potter thought that she reminded him of his wife, Elizabeth.
He glanced to Sirius and smiled. He had also grown. He was now taller then James. He also played Quidditch and had grown into the lanky body he always had. Right at that moment Sirius was pulling out his wand and aimed it and then whispered a spell. A few seconds later a boy about James and Sirius' age jumped up and screamed. He looked around for the culprit and in finding no one forgot about it. "Got him." Sirius whispered.
At this moment James caught sight of his father. "Dad! Over here!" He called. Lily broke free of the boys' grasp and ran over to Mr. Potter. She jumped into his arms and hugged him fiercely. "Mr. Potter I'm so glad to see you. James and Sirius are over here. Come on." She said taking his hand and pulling him to his son and his friend. Realizing she had left Mrs. Black standing there she went back hugged her and then dragged her over as well.
James hugged his father and then Mrs. Black. Sirius did the same. "Dad, wait till you hear what we did this year. We got 392 detentions and we turned Mrs. Nibbles invisible for a week and we scared dear old Minnie out of her wits and..." James said all in about five seconds.
"Mommy!!" a blond girl yelled as she propelled herself at Mrs. Black. "Melissa! Where were you, I told you to stay with Sirius at school." Mrs. Black scolded. "Mom, come on, I'm going into fourth year and I'm thirteen years old, I can walk around the Platform without sticking close to Sirius's side. Hey Lilz! Long time no see!" Melissa Black said to Lily smiling. Melissa was tall like her brother with blond hair and blue eyes, totally opposite of Sirius. She had the same bouncy personality and was also close to the gang.
"Where's Remus James?" Mr. Potter asked as they were getting their trunks. They four kids looked at eachother. "He's uhh, umm, he was sick so he went home from school early cause they were afraid to have him uhh, ride home on the train." James said his eyes not quite meeting his fathers.
"Smooth lie James, after four years of lying to Minnie you can even get a half believable one to your Dad?" Sirius whispered as he and James grabbed Melissa's trunk. "Lie to my dad, are you kidding me? That was just a warm up for what we're going to be doing this summer." James said smiling.
"Lily, what are you and James going to do for your birthdays this year? You're both turning fifteen, that's almost sixteen. Are you going to throw a huge party and invite all your Hogwarts friends?" Mrs. Black asked as Lily was talking to Melissa.
"Oh, I completely forgot. I don't know. I was hoping we could do a small party, you know, just the gang. No one else. Well, maybe a couple girls you don't know from school, but that's it." Lily said off-handedly.
"Sounds like fun. You bringing Chloe and Chel up?" James asked as the group headed out to Mrs. Blacks car. "Of course James, who do you think I am not to bring my best friends up?" Lily asked stressing on the best friends part. Lily and James frequently got into fights over who was their best friend. They all considered eachother to be best friends, but when talking about one or two people on they stressed the best part. James threw Lily a few death glances and she returned them with a smile.
After they said goodbye to Sirius and Melissa, even though they were seeing eachother tomorrow, Mr. Potter, James and Lily hopped on the brooms and sped off to Merlin's Meadow, the Potter's home. Lily loved flying. Even though she wasn't on the Quidditch team like James and Sirius she still got the thrill of flying fast over a field, especially the Quidditch pitch where the wind always seemed to be perfect and the weather wonderful, except for games. Lily remembered Sirius and James taking her and Melissa flying illegally over the field during Care of Magical Creatures because Kettleburn never bothered to take attendance or care if they were there.
Mr. Potter had magicked the brooms so that they would fly straight home. Lily had soon relaxed and started to think about her past summer vacations. She and James had been together for summer vacation since second year when Lily's parents were killed in a subway accident in London. Supposedly it was the work of Voldemort, who then was just gaining power. They always ended up alone too. Mr. Potter had to go to work, or away on something for the Department of Mysteries.
Like last summer, Mr. Potter had planned to take them to the states on vacation and ended up having to go to Yugoslavia for a huge Dark Lord attack. It was ok though, Lily thought. She and James always had fun. When they got bored they'd invite Sirius, Melissa and Remus over for slumber parties and they'd sleep all in the same room and tell ghost stories, which made Lily even more scared then she was as a child because now she knew ghosts really exsisted. They played muggle games like Spin the Bottle, Truth or Dare and Man Hunt. Lily enjoyed her summers.
Lily loved the summer. James house was in a small valley between two small hills. Sirius and Melissa lived on the next street over and since James had remembered he and Sirius had been best friends for forever. They played Quidditch in the summers over James house, and spent long lazy days playing in the lake behind Sirius and Melissa's house.
James, who was flying next to Lily, behind Mr. Potter, glanced over at her. She was staring off into space and was looking content. He smiled. He loved Lily, he really did. Not in the romantic way however. He made a face when he remembered Sirius telling him that he should just go for her or else he would. Lily was his dearest friend. Something that he had always had Sirius for was taken over by this pretty girl of fourteen. It took her a couple minutes to for her to realize that James was staring at her. When she turned around she saw James looking at her with a malicious glint in his eye. "Potter, what are you doing!" she hissed after she saw he was holding a Filibuster Firework.
James and Lily both had a knack for pranks. Lily was always the first one to doubt however. Since her first summer at the Potters she, Sirius and James had been doing pranks on Mr. Potter and Mrs. Black. They had pulled some good ones last year. Since James and Sirius' neighborhood was magical no one was extremely put out by the teenagers pranks, but were still bothered by them none the less. Last year, during the night the four kids, plus Remus had gone around the village and turned every house upside down and even the playgrounds and the trees. Obviously it was a shock to the neighborhood and Mr. Potter threatened to charm their wands with an Anti- Prank charm and send Mrs. Nibbles, Flichs' cat, upon them.
"What do you say we light this thing and throw it up by Dad?" James asked, his eyes twinkling with delight at the thought of hitting his dad with the firework. "James, no, give it to me." Lily stated in a bossy way. "Uh, fine Lily, sorry I can't have any fun." James said disappointed as he handed over the firework. But to his surprise Lily pulled out her wand and tapped the firework and tossed it up by Mr. Potter and watched it explode into a flower and then turned to James and smiled. "I just wanted to do it myself you sissy." And then she sped up and flew alongside Mr. Potter as they flew over the hill and into the valley that was called Merlins Meadow and watched the sunset over James' mansion.
The moment was interrupted when James flew off fast and in loops around the house screaming "I'm home!"