A/N: Sorry guys, I'd thought I would submit this chapter sooner then I did. I got a lot in my hands at the moment, lots going on…But It's getting better, and lets hope it stays that way! So read, enjoy, follow, favourite, and review!

Chapter 2

I look through my closet searching for something to where, a dress would be good. I toss a black collared dress on my bed, as well as a light green sundress. I hold the black collared dress against my petite body, it was a nice dress, but too bland for a day like today. I throw the dress to the other side of my room, now picking up the pretty sundress. I strip off my current clothes and gently pull the soft fabric over my head, I take a step towards my mirror and smile. The dress was only a few centimetres down from my knee, and the delicate green colour went perfectly with my fine orange hair that flowed down nicely to my waist. It even made my hazel eyes stand out a bit more, I really need to get more clothes this colour. I scowl as I try to reach the few buttons on my back, I will have to get mum to do them up for me. I look up at my flower shaped clock and read that there was only 15 minutes until people would start arriving for my birthday, I gulped. I still had to do something with my hair, find some lipgloss, and get this pesky dress that I am very much in love with, buttoned up. I scurry out of my room and bolt to the bathroom door, which is locked.

Perfect, just what I needed.

I rolled my eyes and pounded against the door.

"Who is it?" James yelled, as he stopped the running water of his shower.

"YOUR SISTER!" I shout angrily.

"Well in that case…"

I hear the water be turned back on, and Jamie's off-tune humming. "JAMES YOU BETTER NOT HAVE GONE BACK IN THERE, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY YOU KNOW."

No reply.

I groan in frustration and stomp back into my room, shutting the door behind me.

I must have some elastics somewhere…

My eyes locate one purple elastic on my bedside table, probably the one I took out before bed last night. Not really the preferred colour, I'd rather a black or more neutral looking one, but what else can I do? I fix the elastic around my wrist and begin to twist my hair into a side braid, once done, I wrap the elastic around the end of the braid and examine it in my mirror.

Not the best, but it will have to do…Now where's my lip gloss? Right, in the bathroom…Ugh.

I grunted frustratedly, but then decided just to go with my strawberry chap stick that I kept in my bedside table, then at least they will have some glint. Once applied, I checked the time once more, only five more minutes. I realized I still had to get this sundress buttoned up, and I ran down quickly to the kitchen to find mum, who was laying cookies and other assorted treats on different plates.

"Mum could you please-" I started, but then realized that we weren't the only ones in the room and quickly turned my bare back against the refrigerator.

"You must be Lily?" Said a smirking boy, with glistening grey eyes and blonde hair.

This is Al's friend isn't it? The boy I bumped into at Kings Cross last year, Malfoy.

I nod my head hesitantly and feel my cheeks turn pink in embarrassment.

"Your mother was just speaking about you actually, apparently it's your birthday?"

With no sound coming out of my mouth, I nod again and look to my mother for help.

Ginny smiled and put a few cookies on a small plate and held it out for the boy. "Scorpius, how about you bring these over to Al? You two can munch on them while waiting for everybody else, alright?"

"Yes Ma'am." He said as he took the plate and walked confidentially to the living room where Albus sat.

"What is it Lily? You don't have to act so shy, he's not going to bite you." Ginny said reassuringly.

"I know, it's just-" I turn around with my back facing her. "Can you button me up please?"

She raised an eyebrow at me and started to do up the few buttons. "You should've asked me earlier, as you can see, people are starting to come now." She said as she finished doing up the last button and then eye-balling the door as someone knocked on it.

"Sorry, I lost track of time… I got into this good book you see." I say with a guilty expression, but then it turns to more of a angered one as I remember my idiot brother James. "But then James had too lock me out of the bathroom, so I had to improvise."

"He locked you out of the bathroom?" Ginny said with disbelief.

"Well kinda, he was in the shower, but then he got out! And then he asked who it was, and I said it was me, and he went back in!" I said as I wavered my hands around.

"Is he still in the shower?" She asked, while making her way to the door.

"I believe so, I haven't see him since."

Ginny nodded and opened the door with a big smile.

"I was beginning to wonder if anyone was here!" Said Bill Weasley as he shooed his wife, Fleur, and his three kids through the door.

"I told you before that you could let yourselves in, you are my brother after all." She said while directing them to the kitchen, where twelve year old Louis helped himself to several chocolates and baked goods, and his two older sisters, Dominique, and Victoire, vanished to somewhere in the house.

I skipped over to Louis happily, I haven't seen him since last easter.

"Happy birthday Lils, and you look spectacular." He said kindly as he twirled me around.

"Why thank-you Louis, you don't look so bad yourself." I giggled.

Louis was always one of the most kindest, and sweetest, out of all my cousins. He is also the only blood-related Hufflepuff we have in the family, which makes him quite frequently left out on things. Which is like me, I am almost always left out, maybe I'm a Hufflepuff too? Although I hope not, and it wouldn't really make sense if I was one either. You wouldn't call me loyal, or patient, but I suppose hardworking maybe… I really shouldn't be thinking about this right now.

"Who's all here?" He said while looking down at me with his deep blue eyes and dirty blonde hair.

"Just you guys, my brother's and parents of course… Oh and, Malfoy too."

"Malfoy?" He said looking puzzled.

"Yeah, apparently Al is best buds with him." I shrug.

"And you let him come? To your party?" He spoke surprisedly.

"Well I told him he could bring a friend, I didn't really know it was going to be Scorpius. But it's not like I was going to back out, I already had to tell James he couldn't bring his girlfriend."

"He's an idiot, you know that right?"

"Who? Because if you mean James, I am completely aware-" I start.

"No, I mean Malfoy. You should stay away from him, he just causes trouble." He said simply, and then straightened up a bit.

"I have no intentions on being near him, but you don't need to protect me Louis."

He nods as another crowd of people come through the door, I skip over to see who it is.

"Lily!" Shrieked a redheaded boy who was coated in a layer of freckles.

"Hugo!" I squealed and gave him a hug.

"When can I give you your present, I have been waiting all day to give it to you." He said before he let go of me.

"Awe Hue, later would be best." I give him an apologetic smile.

"Happy Birthday Lily!" Said a stunning girl with really red hair that was bouncing on her shoulders as she pranced over to me.

"Thanks, Rose." I say as I shine my best fake smile. Rose was so beautiful, so perfect, it was hard to not envy her. I can see she had the same idea as me to wear a sundress, although hers was made with a tougher fabric. The dress was white with cherries stamped all over it, going with her hair.

"Lily flower!" Uncle Ron swooped me off my feet and kissed my forehead.

"Hey there uncle!" I laughed and he put me back down on the ground.

Aunt Hermione waved to me as she and Ron got dragged off by my mother.

"Hey Hugo, hey Rose." Louis said, with both of his sister's behind him now.

Dominque was 13, along with Rose, Al, and apparently this Scorpius as well. She was wearing a mostly blue dress that tightened around her waist with a black ribbon, then the rest fanned out to a darker blue, which was masked with flowers. The dress was actually quite short, but it still looked gorgeous on her with her strawberry-blonde locks and wide blue eyes. Dom is in Ravenclaw, which is not surprising because it's hard to spot her not with a book in her hands. Then 17 year-old Victoire, who was starting her 7th year at Hogwarts, was wearing a long pastel coloured pink dress, with spaghetti straps. The girl's blonde hair was fixed into a tight bun at the back of her head, making her look like a ballerina. Surprisingly, Victoire is also a Ravenclaw. Which is really weird because she is not really a wise or clever person, but we suspect it's because of her elegant and respectful nature.

"Dommy!" Rose squealed as she gave her best friend a hug and ran off with her somewhere, completely ignoring Louis.

Louis frowned and started a conversation with Hugo instead.

"Oh Lily," Victoire said as she bent down to my level. "You're all grown up now, you are even starting Hogwarts soon!"

"Don't be silly," I grinned. "You are the one who is all grown up, you only have one more year left at Hogwarts!" I exclaimed. "And where is Teddy? Do you know if he's coming?"

Victoire frowned. "I'm afraid not sweetheart, we actually broke up a few weeks ago."

"What? No! You two are perfect together, I can't believe he would leave you! But he should be here anyways, it's my birthday!" Teddy was like an older brother to me, a way older brother. He already has been out of Hogwarts for a year, but when he was younger, he would spend most of his days at our house. Mostly because his parents are dead, and my dad is his godfather.

"I would be surprised if he did show up Lily, he has been avoiding me." She said gently before walking away into the crowd, leaving me alone.

I walk out of the foyer and joined Hugo and Louis who were sitting on the ground in the living room because Malfoy and Albus were hogging the couch.

"Lily I'm glad you came, we were just discussing something we thought you might take interest in." Louis said, and Hugo nodded in agreement.

I sit down beside the two boys and try to take part in their conversation. "Yeah, and what is that?"

"We heard that they are changing the rules so first years can audition for quidditch, at Hogwarts I mean." Hugo said excitedly, he was going to be a first year this year too.

"How cool." I say boredly, as much as I love quidditch, I didn't want it to spend my whole first year playing it instead of getting used to the school its self.

"How cool? That's all you have to say?" Hugo said.

"Yeah seriously Lily. I know you're not a Slytherin, but c'mon, you gotta have a bit more ambition then that!" Louis said with big eyes.

So I can rule out Slytherin apparently.

"I just don't know if that's how I want to spend my first year." I shrugged.

"Or are you scared, Potter?" Said a voice that came from behind me, I immediately recognized it as Malfoy's.

I stood up and turned around, Hugo and Louis followed my actions. "No, If I was scared, I would've said so."

"I am surprised you can talk, Potter." Scorpius took a step forward towards me, making me tremble a bit backwards into Louis, who helped me stand back up. "I mean, earlier all you could do was nod." He hissed.

"Bugger off Scorp, that's my sister. " Albus said sharply, nudging him to back away.

"C'mon Al, we're just having a bit of fun." He said with a shrug. "Aren't we little Potter?"

"I have a name you know." I say a bit hesitantly.

"You do? I didn't think-" I cut him off before he could insult me again.

"You said it earlier, surely your memory span isn't that short." I snap.

"Lily-" Louis started, putting a hand on my shoulder.

"No." I said, shrugging him off me.

"True, I'm not that thick." Scorpius remarked.

"Then use it." I bark.

"Why should I?" He said while backing back up to Albus.

"It is my birthday today, and this is my party, so if you wish to stay… Maybe you want to consider it?" I say, full of wit.

Scorpius scowls and tramples off with Al by his side.

"Well he's bloody awful." Hugo says blandly.

"You should see him at school, he's even worse." Louis announced.

"I can't believe Albus, my brother, a Potter, would be friends with such jerk." I sputter out, watching them hurry up the stairs.

"I can." Louis shrugs.

"What?" Hugo looks at him concernedly. "Louis, like Lily said, Albus is a Potter. Potter's don't friend Malfoy's."

"But this Potter, is in Slytherin." Louis points out, like it's the most obvious thing in the world.

"He's only in Slytherin because my father was almost sorted into it as well." I say biting my lip, not knowing if I believe that is the only reason he's in Slytherin either.

"Happy Birthday Lily!" Says a skinny girl with extremely pale skin and blue eyes. She was wearing a V-necked and slightly sheer yellow dress that came with a brown belt that went around her tiny waist, and her red hair was pulled into a high ponytail on the top of her head.

"Oh my goodness Lucy," I cry out as I pull my cousin into a hug. "You look brilliant!"

The girl pulled away and blushed shyly, backing up to her older sister Molly. Molly was quite the opposite of her sister, she had frizzy hair unlike her sister's which was sleek and straight. She was also a bit chubby faced, and she had a numerous amount of dazzling freckles. Molly was in her second year with Louis, but she had the heart of a Gryffindor, not a Hufflepuff like him. This was going to be Lucy's first year as well, but we think she will be in Ravenclaw considering how quiet she is. Could I possibly be a Ravenclaw?

"Having a good birthday Lily?" Molly asked while straightening out her blue sleeveless button up and collared dress.

"Maybe just a bit," I shrug. "And I really like your dress Molly, that's my favourite colour blue you know."

"I know, thats why I wore it today." She grinned proudly.

I nod and turn to Lucy who was leaning against the wall, looking down at the ground. "I like your dress too Lucy," I turn my voice down to a whisper so only she can hear me. "And if you ever need to talk about something, I'm right here." I say noticing her sudden sadness, and I pat her on the back before I skip to the foyer to greet more people.

"Awe look who it is Rox, the birthday girl is here!" Fred said playfully.

"Yeah of course she's here dummy, this is her house." Roxanne added to her brother's annoyance.

I smile at the two, they are always bickering and fighting. Roxanne is in 4th year with my brother James, and she's the Sytherin quidditch captain. I swear she is the sportiest out of all my cousins, she's wearing a long sleeved emerald green tee with grey stripes on it. Grey leggings too, and black laced boots. She has long dark brown curls, huge brown eyes, and beautiful bronze skin. Fred is in Gryffindor, a year older then his sister, but that doesn't stop him and James being as tight as tight can be. Fred has neat and tidy brown hair, a bit of stubble on his chin, and bronze skin like his sister. They're both equally attractive, I bet at Hogwarts they have people swooning all over them. I wonder if anyone will ever swoon over me? That would be kinda nice…Shut up Lily, shut up.

"Where's Albus, kid?" Roxanne said to me as she searched the room for Al.

"I am pretty sure he ran off to his room with Scorpius, please don't ask why he's here, he just is okay?" I whined.

"Oh wicked, and happy birthday Lils." She said quickly without actually paying any attention to me, and she zoomed up the several flights of stairs.

"Wicked? How is Malfoy wicked?" I raised an eyebrow at Fred.

"He's not. Well maybe the bad type of wicked, but not definitely not the cool type of wicked." He replied with several emphasis'.

"That's what I thought."

"Look Lily, the Slytherin's have this brotherhood thing. They all treat each other fairly, no matter who they are." Fred said with a shrug.

"So if I was in Slytherin, he wouldn't treat me like garbage?" I questioned.

"Maybe."

"Good to know." I answer cooly as I turn around to face the Longbottom's and Scamander's.

"Oh Hello! I was wondering if you guys were coming, you are a few minutes late." I grin.

"Neville and Hannah had to be at Hogwart's today, so they called us late and asked if we could bring Frank and Alice along with us. We said yes of course, but that's why we're late…Sorry dear." Rolf Scamander said ever so politely.

"Oh it's fine, I'm just glad you could make it!" I say full of cheer.

"Oh I hope your mother made pudding, I am quite hungry." Luna said dreamily as she skips off to the kitchen with her husband close behind her.

"Where do we put your presents?" Alice speaks.

"On the living-room coffee table." I point.

"Thanks." Alice said before walking into the living-room with her older brother.

Alice is in my year too, she has dark brown hair cut into what muggle's call a "pixie cut", and she has light blue eyes. She's wearing a pastel orange dress that stopped below her knee's and that had some lace on the neckline. Frank is in the same year as Fred, a 5th year. He's in Gryffindor too, but he's the Gryffindor fool. He's always being made fun of, and he has a thing for messing things up, a lot like his father who teaches herbology at Hogwart's. Frank also has rectangular glasses, making him look even geekier.

"Hi Lily, happy birthday." Says a shy voice coming from a boy with dirty-blonde hair who is only centimetres away from his identical twin.

"Awe thank-you Lorcan."

"Lily you have rackspurt's hovering all over your head, you should really do something about it." Said Lysander in a very serious tone.

I laugh. "Thanks Lys, but I'm quite okay."

The boys nod and gallop synchronized with each other to the kitchen.

Lorcan and Lysander are going into their second year with Louis and Molly, they're in Ravenclaw. They have always been quite nice to me, but they can get a bit annoying with all there talk about mythical creatures that I'm sure don't even exist.

I huff, and throw my head back exhaustedly. It's only been about 30 minutes into this party and I'm already tired…and alone. But that's no biggie, most of my life takes place in the shadows, away from social life. I'm not saying I like being alone, because sometimes it can really get to me. Sometimes I remember that the reason that I'm alone is because nobody really cares about me enough to spend time with me, I am no one, to everyone. And when I do remember, let's just say… I end up quite miserable for very long time, but trust me, I am handling it better then I did a year ago. But now since I remember again, well, I guess my eleventh birthday won't be much better then the last ten. I blink away a few tears that were starting to dwell up in my eyes, and wipe mask of happiness and joy across my face. Who knows, maybe my disguise will hold up this time, and my hidden tears will be mistaken as happy tears, and not sad, depressing ones.

"Lily, you know when you said that I could talk to you if I needed to?"

Lucy. She must've came over here when I was busy pitying myself to tears.

"Yes. Yes of course I do." I say softly. "Is everything alright?"

"Not really, stress and all… But I actually didn't come here to talk about me." She says, leading me into a quiet corridor.

"Oh, well who then?"

"You."

"Me?" I sputter.

"I don't want you to be all by yourself on your birthday, especially this one." She smiled shyly, as she took my hand in hers. "And I heard you got a broomstick, you have to let me at least see it."

"How do you know about my broomstick! That was supposed to be a secret, I hope mum hasn't found out!" I snap and fiddle with my braid nervously.

"Er…" Lucy stumbled, as her eyes raised a few heads above me.

She's standing right behind me isn't she.

"A broomstick? And where do you suppose you got that from hm?" Says my mother as I turn around to face her fearfully.

"Uh…" I shake.

"Where did you get it from!" Ginny shouts. "Or should I say… Who, did you get from. And how long have you had it for, ohhh you are in trouble missy."

I felt a wisp of air chill my bare neck, probably Lucy scurrying off to find some place she could hide from my mother's upcoming rage.

"James." I stutter. "Albus too."

She raises an eyebrow. "And when did they give this broomstick to you, and I wouldn't suppose you have rode it already have you?"

"Approximately 2am this morning, and yes, yes I have rode it." I say straightening my self up and trying to act more confident. "James and Al even agreed that I could be a chaser, and a bloody good one at that."

"You can't have it."

"Actually, she can." Chimes James.

Mum turns around to face her first born and gave him a "How-dare-you-not-side-with-me" look.

"She can own a broomstick, she's eleven now. I heard that Hogwarts is even letting first years audition for team try-outs this year, which actually sucks because ew first years…But I think you catch what I'm saying."

"But I'm her mother."

"Listen to yourself woman, just let her be."

I smile at my brother and he winks back towards me, I love it when he's around to protect me in situations like this. I wonder if he will end up protecting me at Hogwarts… But wouldn't that be bad if he did? I need to learn to stick up for myself there, he can't always be there to save the day. But what if something really bad does happen and I do helplessly need him… No, he has to back off.

"Jamie it's okay, you should go tend to your own needs."

James nods in response and trots off.

"Lily I can't-" Mum started again.

"Just don't."

"You can't tell me what to do Lily, you should know that by now you're-"

"I said DON'T" I clench my fists and storm away.

This party better be over soon, I don't think I can last one more minute out and about with mother around. The sooner the day comes to leave this horrid house and to leave for Hogwarts, the better.

A/N: Again, I am so sorry for not posting in so long! I guess you really can't trust me to post on a regular basis after all:((( This chapter was mainly to introduce several more characters and more members of the large Potter/Weasley clan, but the party will continue onto another chapter. Too lazy to edit right now, I shall hopefully do it soon though urg. Oh and thank-you for the 2 reviews I have so far, if I didn't have them I probably would have deleted this fanfic ;-D So keep reviewing, favouriting, following, and reading, it really inspires me to work and push myself harder. So if you like it, don't be afraid to let me know :) And same if you don't like it, I would love to know what makes you not like it so I can improve in that area. My confidence level really needs boosting, so any nice reviews though really help and make my day way more pleasant to live in. Thanks— Jessica :* xoxox