So heres chapter 2, i hope you all like it
Again, i do not own some of the characters in this story.
People always get jobs in the summer holidays. It was just what people did, school was out and the teenagers needed a job to buy new clothes and other such things. So Mr and Mrs Evans had no reason to be worried that their daughter had gotten herself a job. They also didn't worry when they were told it was night work that she was doing. After all, most supermarkets were open 24 hours a day, and night work pays double the amount. It did however turn their heads when they hear the exact place she was going to work. Hasten to say they kept quiet about it to anybody who asked. And so, every summer since she became 16, Lily Evans worked at Merlin's Kisses. The best magical strip club in the United Kingdom. At the age of 16, her parents were unable to do anything about it. That and they didn't want to, it paid for every part of her education, her school was not cheap and having her pay for it all spared them a lot. So they kept quiet and Lily worked, nobody but the sleazy men who go to Merlin's know she works there, and they're all married men who do not want their wives to know that they go there. So they word was never going to get out.
It was a cold Monday morning, Lily had been back from her mad witch school for just three days before she overheard her parents, rather loudly, arguing about not being able to pay for Lily's next year's equipment for school. Even though they spend hundreds on Lily's sister Petunia and don't seem to blink an eye as she, not so slowly, ran them into bankruptcy. This was when Lily decided it was time for her to get a job, and here better to start looking then in Diagon alley, to get her wizarding money straight up, rather than getting it exchanged. Storming into the kitchen where her parents were arguing, Lily stopped in front of her mother and held her hand up in an attempt to stop them bickering. Once it turns out that it isn't going to work she decides to just start talking. "Look, I know you have hit money troubles and I want you to know that I'm going to get a job to pay for my school things. so as long as you can just feed me until September, I can deal with the rest." Halfway through her rant her parents actually stopped to listen. "Where are you planning on working Honey?" Mrs Evans asked, worried for her youngest daughter. Lily shrugged "As I have the fireplace to get everywhere, the world is my oyster, but I'm going to look in Diagon alley first, In fact I came in to tell you that I'm going there now and I'll be back later" and with that she strode confidently out of the kitchen, fiery red hair streaming behind her.
Lily was, in everyone's eyes but her own, a beautiful person. In appearance and in personality. It's difficult not to like her as soon as you meet her and she's had her fair share of boys who swoon over her at school. Her 5ft 4in figure allows space for her to be curvy in all of the right places without looking overweight and by the look of her stomach she definitely wasn't close to being overweight. Her hair, when loose, falls down to the small of her back in small waves, giving it natural volume. The colour of it, brighter than the sun, the reds and oranges both as obvious as each other, the slightly golden colours only appearing when she's in the blinding sun. T go with her hair is her temper. As fiery and dangerous as her hair, she does seem to have a problem with being wrong, especially when she knows she is in fact right. Opposite to her wild hair were her eyes. As green as the grass that she does not stand on. Her eyes give her away, so delicate looking and so innocent, no matter what her mood is. T match her eyes are her hands, so delicate that it'd a wonder how she can lift heavy objects without magic. Her hands always making movements that are so precise, it's as if she's dancing her way through life, just like in the ballet.
Lily strode into the living room and cupping a handful of what can only be described as dust (by a muggle) and stood in the fireplace. As odd as this action was it did not seem to faze Lily as she clearly spoke the words 'diagonal alley' before dropping her handful of ash. A blink of an eye later and the fireplace was just as it had been before the red head had taken a walk in it. The fireplaces were a great way of getting from one place to another in a matter of seconds. The only downside was it was known to be very sooty, so it is not recommended before going to a meeting or on a posh night out. It was the most used way of transport by families as people under the age of 17 and who have not passed the test to apparate have no other way unless they walk.
Coming out in the leaky cauldron grate, Lily stood and took some time straightening herself out before moving. She was on the lookout for the barkeeper here, or the newly appointed handy man named Tom who had just left school and Lily had met not long ago. Seeing toms face always put a smile on her face, he was always happy and it was addictive. "Tom!" She called, a little louder then she intended, resulting in some vile looks off a group of women knitting. Lily decided to wait for Tom by the bar, a safe distance put between herself and the witches. "what's up doll face?" Tom asks as he dumps down the three boxes of brand new glasses he had brought over. Cutting to the chase and saving herself time Lily just comes right out with what it is that she wants. "any jobs going here Tom? Could really do with the money for school" she knows even before she has finished speaking that it's no good. "I'm sorry doll. There was only one opening for an under 18 and the place got snapped up on Friday. If you were older you could have the barmaid job that's going but I'm sorry." He shrugs looking genuinely upset that he couldn't help at all. "It's no problem Tom" Lily smiles at home, it would have been nice to work with him, would have been a laugh. "I best go start looking then. See you later." She waved at him as she waked towards the back of the pub.
Magic works in weird and wonderful ways sometimes and the brick wall at the back of the Leaky cauldron was definitely one of those times. Pulling her wand out with delicate hands, Lily tapped a number of bricks, hoping that the wall would open for her. Unfortunately for Lily, she seemed to have forgotten the order in which the bricks are tapped. Giving a large sigh she turns away defeated. If she couldn't open a wall then how did she expect to get a job with this bad luck. As luck would have it, or in Lily's case, bad luck would have it. Before she had time to go back into the pub to ask for Tom's help and get through quickly, James Potter had appeared. The last person on earth that Lily wanted to ask for help. Ever.
James Potter was, as everybody in Hogwarts knew, Lily Evans' worst enemy. The feeling wasn't at all mutual, James was positively in love with Lily and he would admit it to anybody who would listen. But this wasn't why she hated him. She hated him because he was an arrogant bully who thinks he's better than everybody else. As the best looking guy in the school with his amazing figure and a chest that guys would kill for, most people in the school agree that he is the best. Lily, it turns out, Is not one of those people. "Lily? Are you ok? I didn't expect to find you of all people in Diagon alley" James asked, a frown falling on his beautifully chiselled face. "I'm fine Potter." Lily snapped as she turned away from him and back towards the wall. "Stupid wall won't open for me and I need to find a job soon if I want to go back to school next year." She scowled at the wall, as if violence against it was the answer. "Allow me" James said, moving closer to Lily before leaning past her and putting in the correct code for the bricks. He squeezed her should gently as the archway reviewed itself. "Thank you Potter" she snarled, pulling herself away from him. "Anytime sweetie" he smirked and ran his hand through his hair, an action that set Lily's teeth on edge. Glaring at him she stormed off into Diagon alley, but not before seeing the depressed and rejected look on James' face.
I hope you all enjoyed it, please review! next chapter will be up sometime near the end of this week.