Disclaimer: Contrary to popular belief, I do *not* own Harry Potter. Sorry to burst the bubble, but it's true.
On with the story, then...
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Lily Evans was 18 years old. She had long, thick red hair and sparkling emerald eyes. She had just last week graduated from Hogwarts, and was now a full-fledged witch.
She was busy packing because her best friend, Mia Burkley, had invited Lily to stay at her family's beach house for the whole summer.
Lily lived in a two-bedroom flat with another friend, Talia Hart. She had wanted to invite Tally along, but her and Mia did *not* get along well.
"Hmm...," Lily thought aloud, "I might as well just take my whole wardrobe..."
Lily considered the thought, and then, deciding "yes," she pulled out her wand and pointed it at her closet.
"Minimize!" she shouted. Slowly, but surely, the contents of the closet shrunk down. With a satisfied sigh, Lily put her mini-closet into her suitcase and zipped it up.
Stepping out of her room, she called,
"Lia?"
"In my room!" came Talia's reply.
Lily walked down the hallway and into her friends' insanely tidy bedroom.
"Dinner?" she asked.
"Sure," Talia replied. With a swish of her wand, the table was set, including a platter of pizza and jug of pumpkin juice.
"Yummy!" Lily cried, trying and succeeding to sound childish.
*****
The next morning, Lily woke up bright and early, even knowing full well she didn't have to/ She ate a large bowl of cereal, brushed her teeth and hair, and went to get dressed. She put on a pair of black capri pants, a green tank-top and sandals. Finally, she was ready to go. Lily dragged her extremely heavy suitcase into the living room.
"Tally! I'm going!" she shouted.
Talia came running into the room. looking quite hilarious.
Enveloping Lily into a hug, she said,
"Bye, Lils. Have fun! I'll miss you!"
"Me, too!" Lily said, "Bye, Tally!" With that, Lily climbed into the fireplace with a handful of Floo powder.
"Burkley Beach House!" she yelled, and she was off.
*****
Lily hated traveling by Floo powder. It was quite easily her least favourite thing--after Potter, that is. It much too uncomfortable to travel by Floo powder, but, it was fast, she had to give it credit for that.
After seconds that seemed like hours, Lily stumbled out of the Burkley's fireplace. Lily looked around. The place was beautiful--elegant, yet simple, it was a prime example of what a beach house should be.
"Mia!" she called, "I'm here!"
"Lily!!" Mia cried, running into Lily's arms.
The girls hugged for a while, then sat down to talk.
"So how are you?" Mia asked.
"Mia!!" Lily said, laughing, "We've only been apart a week! I'm fine..."
"Okay, okay. Oh, guess what!! I have a surprise..."
"What?" Lily asked, interested.
"James, Sirius and Remus are coming, too!" Mia exclaimed, thoroughly excited.
Lily was far from excited.
"What?!? How could you invite them?"
"They're my friends, Lil."
"So? I'm your friend. You shouldn't be allowed to be friends with your best friends enemy!" Lily fought.
"Uh, hello?!? You *live* with Hart, and you know how things are with us!"
Lily sighed, knowing she was defeated.
"Oh, fine, then. But they'd better leave me alone."
"They will. They've grown up a lot."
"They better've."
Mia and Lily talked for a little while more, and then at Mia's suggestion decided to go down to the beach.
"Okay, just let me change," Lily said, searching for her bathing suit, "Found it!"
Lily rushed upstairs to change. Her bathing suit was a simple black bikini, but it looked fantastic on her, and beautifully set off her fiery hair.
"Ready!!" she cried, bounding down the stairs.
"Lets go," Mia said.
*****
During her Hogwarts years, Mia Burkley was considered one of the prettiest girls at school. She had long, silky, dark blonde hair, green eyes specked with gold, and was fairly tall--around 5'7". She was wearing a deep purple bathing suit, and needless to say, she looked gorgeous.
"Here we are," Mia said, pointing to some beach chairs.
"Wow...nice beach," Lily commented.
"Yeah, it's great, isn't it?" replied Mia.
The beach had atleast a mile of white-gold sand, which was met by surprisingly warm turquoise water. It looked like a scene from a postcard, kids playing in the sand, umbrellas dotting the beach, it was heaven.
"So...," Lily said, at a loss for words.
"Heard from Bella lately?" asked Mia, raising her sunglasses.
Arabella "Bella" Figg was the girls' other best friend. She had gone to Hogwarts with them up to fifth year, but then her family had moved to France and she transferred to Beauxbatons.
"No," Lily replied, "Have you?"
Mia shook her head.
"I owled her a few days ago, so I'm expecting her reply soon."
"Hmm..."
*****
The girls spent the rest of the afternoon chatting, talking about everything from boyfriends to their plans for summer.
"...and we'll have to go flying, Daddy just bought me a new broom," Mia had said.
"...this is going to be the best summer yet!" Lily replied.
When the sun began to dip behind the violently blue mountains, Mia and Lily headed up to the house several skin-tones darker than before.
"So, when are they coming?" asked Lily.
"Um...tomorrow, around lunch, I think, " Mia replied, looking at the sky.
"You know, it might even be fun...," Lily mused, "If they have grown up, that is."
"Of course it'll be fun, Lils," Mia said, smiling. She had always known Lily liked James.
*****
The girls made it up to the house, and were now seated in the kitchen. The kitchen was large and spacious, with hard-wood floors and stainless steel appliances...not that they used them much, being wizards and all.
"You hungry?" Mia asked, getting up from the table.
"A bit...I'll just have a sandwich."
"Okay, I can do that. What kind?"
"Ooh, ooh, ooh, PB & J!" Lily cried, sounding like a two-year-old.
Mia burst out laughing.
"What?" Lily asked, indignantly, "I never get PB & J at my house!"
Mia shook her head in pity, and made Lily's sandwich.
"You want to eat outside?" Mia asked.
Lily nodded and followed Mia outside.
*****
Lily finished up her sandwich. It was delicous. Just then. a large snowy owl flew over to Mia.
"Oh..." she said, faintly.
Lily watched Mia read the letter. At the end, she was positively glowing.
"Lily," she said slowly, "I have some extraordinarily good news!"
Lily perked up, looking excited.
"What?" she asked, "Is that from Bella?!?"
"Yes...and guess what!" Mia exclaimed, "She's coming here for the summer!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Oh, my Merlin! She is?" Lily squealed, 'Why didn't you tell me before?"
"I didn't want to say anything until it was for sure..."
"Oh!! So when is she coming?"
"Well, says here she's coming by Floo powder, so she should be here tomorrow afternoon."
Lily squealed with excitement.
"This, " she said, "really is going to be the *best* summer *ever*!"
*****
Lily and Mia ended up sleeping outside on lawn chairs. The chairs were actually pretty confortable. They woke late, around 10:00.
"Mia! It's 10:00!" Lily exclaimed, trying to wake her friend.
"Oh...," groaned Mia, "Fine...I'll get up..."
Mia finally got up and the girls got dressed. Lily pulled her hair into a ponytail and put on a pair of denim shorts and a blue halter top. Mia left her hair down, and wore a cordoroy skirt and black tank top.
"Ugh...they're going to be here soon!" Lily said, wondering why she cared so much.
*****
Sirius and Remus were at James's flat getting ready to go to the Burkley's beach house.
"Lily's going to be there..." Sirius said.
"So? Why would I care?" James replied.
"Just thought you would...."
"You guys ready?" Remus asked, getting impatient, "You know, it's impolite to be late."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're ready."
The boys dragged their belongings over to the fireplace, and, one by one Floo-powdered to Mia's. James was last, and when he stumbled out of the fire place, he spotted Lily.
"How's my favourite red head?" he asked, smirking, "Did you miss me?"
Lily smiled sweetly, and replied,
"Don't flatter yourself, Jamsie."
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Aww.....
So thats it. Well, obviously. The next chapters are going to be better, this one just set everything up, but still review, okay? It's the button right there. You know what to do. Do it.
*Laughs* If you like it, I'll have the next chapter up soon. If you don't like it, you can find me crying in my room.
Bye...
*Lily~Pad*
On with the story, then...
~*~*~*~*~*~
Lily Evans was 18 years old. She had long, thick red hair and sparkling emerald eyes. She had just last week graduated from Hogwarts, and was now a full-fledged witch.
She was busy packing because her best friend, Mia Burkley, had invited Lily to stay at her family's beach house for the whole summer.
Lily lived in a two-bedroom flat with another friend, Talia Hart. She had wanted to invite Tally along, but her and Mia did *not* get along well.
"Hmm...," Lily thought aloud, "I might as well just take my whole wardrobe..."
Lily considered the thought, and then, deciding "yes," she pulled out her wand and pointed it at her closet.
"Minimize!" she shouted. Slowly, but surely, the contents of the closet shrunk down. With a satisfied sigh, Lily put her mini-closet into her suitcase and zipped it up.
Stepping out of her room, she called,
"Lia?"
"In my room!" came Talia's reply.
Lily walked down the hallway and into her friends' insanely tidy bedroom.
"Dinner?" she asked.
"Sure," Talia replied. With a swish of her wand, the table was set, including a platter of pizza and jug of pumpkin juice.
"Yummy!" Lily cried, trying and succeeding to sound childish.
*****
The next morning, Lily woke up bright and early, even knowing full well she didn't have to/ She ate a large bowl of cereal, brushed her teeth and hair, and went to get dressed. She put on a pair of black capri pants, a green tank-top and sandals. Finally, she was ready to go. Lily dragged her extremely heavy suitcase into the living room.
"Tally! I'm going!" she shouted.
Talia came running into the room. looking quite hilarious.
Enveloping Lily into a hug, she said,
"Bye, Lils. Have fun! I'll miss you!"
"Me, too!" Lily said, "Bye, Tally!" With that, Lily climbed into the fireplace with a handful of Floo powder.
"Burkley Beach House!" she yelled, and she was off.
*****
Lily hated traveling by Floo powder. It was quite easily her least favourite thing--after Potter, that is. It much too uncomfortable to travel by Floo powder, but, it was fast, she had to give it credit for that.
After seconds that seemed like hours, Lily stumbled out of the Burkley's fireplace. Lily looked around. The place was beautiful--elegant, yet simple, it was a prime example of what a beach house should be.
"Mia!" she called, "I'm here!"
"Lily!!" Mia cried, running into Lily's arms.
The girls hugged for a while, then sat down to talk.
"So how are you?" Mia asked.
"Mia!!" Lily said, laughing, "We've only been apart a week! I'm fine..."
"Okay, okay. Oh, guess what!! I have a surprise..."
"What?" Lily asked, interested.
"James, Sirius and Remus are coming, too!" Mia exclaimed, thoroughly excited.
Lily was far from excited.
"What?!? How could you invite them?"
"They're my friends, Lil."
"So? I'm your friend. You shouldn't be allowed to be friends with your best friends enemy!" Lily fought.
"Uh, hello?!? You *live* with Hart, and you know how things are with us!"
Lily sighed, knowing she was defeated.
"Oh, fine, then. But they'd better leave me alone."
"They will. They've grown up a lot."
"They better've."
Mia and Lily talked for a little while more, and then at Mia's suggestion decided to go down to the beach.
"Okay, just let me change," Lily said, searching for her bathing suit, "Found it!"
Lily rushed upstairs to change. Her bathing suit was a simple black bikini, but it looked fantastic on her, and beautifully set off her fiery hair.
"Ready!!" she cried, bounding down the stairs.
"Lets go," Mia said.
*****
During her Hogwarts years, Mia Burkley was considered one of the prettiest girls at school. She had long, silky, dark blonde hair, green eyes specked with gold, and was fairly tall--around 5'7". She was wearing a deep purple bathing suit, and needless to say, she looked gorgeous.
"Here we are," Mia said, pointing to some beach chairs.
"Wow...nice beach," Lily commented.
"Yeah, it's great, isn't it?" replied Mia.
The beach had atleast a mile of white-gold sand, which was met by surprisingly warm turquoise water. It looked like a scene from a postcard, kids playing in the sand, umbrellas dotting the beach, it was heaven.
"So...," Lily said, at a loss for words.
"Heard from Bella lately?" asked Mia, raising her sunglasses.
Arabella "Bella" Figg was the girls' other best friend. She had gone to Hogwarts with them up to fifth year, but then her family had moved to France and she transferred to Beauxbatons.
"No," Lily replied, "Have you?"
Mia shook her head.
"I owled her a few days ago, so I'm expecting her reply soon."
"Hmm..."
*****
The girls spent the rest of the afternoon chatting, talking about everything from boyfriends to their plans for summer.
"...and we'll have to go flying, Daddy just bought me a new broom," Mia had said.
"...this is going to be the best summer yet!" Lily replied.
When the sun began to dip behind the violently blue mountains, Mia and Lily headed up to the house several skin-tones darker than before.
"So, when are they coming?" asked Lily.
"Um...tomorrow, around lunch, I think, " Mia replied, looking at the sky.
"You know, it might even be fun...," Lily mused, "If they have grown up, that is."
"Of course it'll be fun, Lils," Mia said, smiling. She had always known Lily liked James.
*****
The girls made it up to the house, and were now seated in the kitchen. The kitchen was large and spacious, with hard-wood floors and stainless steel appliances...not that they used them much, being wizards and all.
"You hungry?" Mia asked, getting up from the table.
"A bit...I'll just have a sandwich."
"Okay, I can do that. What kind?"
"Ooh, ooh, ooh, PB & J!" Lily cried, sounding like a two-year-old.
Mia burst out laughing.
"What?" Lily asked, indignantly, "I never get PB & J at my house!"
Mia shook her head in pity, and made Lily's sandwich.
"You want to eat outside?" Mia asked.
Lily nodded and followed Mia outside.
*****
Lily finished up her sandwich. It was delicous. Just then. a large snowy owl flew over to Mia.
"Oh..." she said, faintly.
Lily watched Mia read the letter. At the end, she was positively glowing.
"Lily," she said slowly, "I have some extraordinarily good news!"
Lily perked up, looking excited.
"What?" she asked, "Is that from Bella?!?"
"Yes...and guess what!" Mia exclaimed, "She's coming here for the summer!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Oh, my Merlin! She is?" Lily squealed, 'Why didn't you tell me before?"
"I didn't want to say anything until it was for sure..."
"Oh!! So when is she coming?"
"Well, says here she's coming by Floo powder, so she should be here tomorrow afternoon."
Lily squealed with excitement.
"This, " she said, "really is going to be the *best* summer *ever*!"
*****
Lily and Mia ended up sleeping outside on lawn chairs. The chairs were actually pretty confortable. They woke late, around 10:00.
"Mia! It's 10:00!" Lily exclaimed, trying to wake her friend.
"Oh...," groaned Mia, "Fine...I'll get up..."
Mia finally got up and the girls got dressed. Lily pulled her hair into a ponytail and put on a pair of denim shorts and a blue halter top. Mia left her hair down, and wore a cordoroy skirt and black tank top.
"Ugh...they're going to be here soon!" Lily said, wondering why she cared so much.
*****
Sirius and Remus were at James's flat getting ready to go to the Burkley's beach house.
"Lily's going to be there..." Sirius said.
"So? Why would I care?" James replied.
"Just thought you would...."
"You guys ready?" Remus asked, getting impatient, "You know, it's impolite to be late."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're ready."
The boys dragged their belongings over to the fireplace, and, one by one Floo-powdered to Mia's. James was last, and when he stumbled out of the fire place, he spotted Lily.
"How's my favourite red head?" he asked, smirking, "Did you miss me?"
Lily smiled sweetly, and replied,
"Don't flatter yourself, Jamsie."
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Aww.....
So thats it. Well, obviously. The next chapters are going to be better, this one just set everything up, but still review, okay? It's the button right there. You know what to do. Do it.
*Laughs* If you like it, I'll have the next chapter up soon. If you don't like it, you can find me crying in my room.
Bye...
*Lily~Pad*