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I'm glad that JK told us all their cousins' names; I'm going to use them. There might be a few mistakes though, because I thought of this before then and I had different names.

THE SECOND GENERATION

Chapter Four- Truth or Dare

Lily sat up and stretched. It was the first day of Christmas vacation, and she had just woken up in her own bed for the first time since September 1. She got out of bed and padded to the bathroom. The mirror reflected her long, tangly red hair and big, sleepy green eyes. When she opened her mouth to begin brushing her teeth, she noticed her missing tooth stuck out like a sore thumb. She wrinkled her nose and looked away.

After she was cleaned up, she went into the kitchen to see what her mother was doing. She found her cleaning up a mess on the counter.

"Why are you still in your pajamas, Lils?" she asked, swiping a few stray hairs out of her eyes. "Put some clothes on!"

So Lily traipsed back to her room and selected a pair of jeans and a lime green sweater her grandmother had knit her. When she arrived back in the kitchen she found her dad kissing her mother's ear.

"Aw," she murmured, backing away before they could see her. She loved all romantic things and couldn't wait until she had a guy to be romantic with. She put on her coat and boots and slipped outside to find something fun to do.

It was freezing, but Lily tramped through the snow and sat down in the swing. The backyard was decorated with all things Christmas- icicles, candy canes, fairy lights- it even smelled like Christmas, if that made any sense.

Lily loved everything about Christmas. It used to be that her brother and cousins came home from Hogwarts and she wasn't as lonely, but now she was just missing her family. She couldn't wait for the celebrations to begin. Gramma always forced everyone to listen to Celestina Warbeck's old hits, but even though Celestina's crooning would be stuck in her head until halfway through January, she knew it wouldn't be Christmas without her. And now she had a ball to attend; it didn't seem like it would be much fun at all, but her mother had promised to take her to Diagon Alley to buy some new dress robes, and you could never go wrong with new clothes.

"Lily!"

Lily looked up and shrieked with delight.

"Uncle Ron! Aunt Hermione!"

She ran at them with full force and Uncle Ron scooped her up and spun her around. She laughed merrily and Uncle Ron exclaimed, "I think you've grown!"

"She has," Aunt Hermione commented as Uncle Ron put her down. She gazed down at her. "You look more like Ginny every day," she added.

Lily smiled. "Is Elizabeth here?"

"Of course," she replied. "Bill and Fleur are coming later."

"Are they bringing Victoire?"

"No, I think she's coming tomorrow with Teddy."

"Oh," she replied, swiping a stray hair out of her face. "Is anyone else coming?"

"I think George and Angelina are coming," Uncle Ron said. "Probably going to end up exploding egg nog on us all again."

"Maybe he'll bring me a present!" Lily exclaimed happily. "He always brings the best presents."

"Don't doubt it," Uncle Ron murmured. "C'mon, let's get inside before..."

Lily didn't hear the rest of what Uncle Ron said, but Aunt Hermione yelled, "RON!" and hit him hard on the shoulder, so it must have been pretty funny.

"Lils!" a familiar voice greeted joyously, and Lily looked up to see Victoire helping Lily's mum make a cake.

"Victoire!" she screeched, running at her with full force just as she had done with Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione, but instead of being swept off her feet she crashed into Victoire's middle and hugged her with all her might.

Victoire licked batter off her fingers. "Nice to see you too, Little Lily. You've grown!"

"I know," Lily replied. She spied the beaters her mum and Victoire had been using to make the cake; they were covered in batter.

"Go on," her mum told her, and Lily grinned and begin licking off the batter. For some reason, sweets like cake batter never made her sick.

"Are you going to have to another sleepover?" Lily asked, licking along the beater.

"Sure," Victoire replied. "And you can tell me the story of how you lost that tooth."

Lily smiled weakly and continued licking.

Throughout the day more people arrived at the Potters'. Long ago it had been decided that they would meet at their house because theirs was the most convenient for everyone, for they lived on the outskirts of London.

A few days later Lily's mum took her to Diagon Alley to buy her new dress robes just like she'd promised. The next day Victoire had her sleepover.

"Never fear, I'm here!" Lily announced to the room at large as she entered Victoire's room. Even though the sleepover was being held at the Potters', Victoire still got the credit because it was all her idea.

Victoire, Dominique, Molly, Lucy, Roxanne, and Elizabeth all looked up. Lily was the youngest of all of her cousins, but not by much; Fred was only a few months older than her. But Lily looked a lot younger than all of them because she was very small.

"Hey!" Molly greeted. "Come sit by me!"

Lily bounded into the room and sat down on a pillow. She was wearing a spaghetti-strapped red velvet nightgown that said "Santa's worst nightmare." She was ready for an all-nighter.

"You're just in time, Lils," Victoire told her. "We're about to play Truth or Dare."

"Ooh," Lily said, rubbing her hands together. "Who's going first?"

"Me," said Dominique. "So, Molly... Truth or Dare."

"Er... Truth," she decided.

"Have you ever made out with Ryan?"

Ryan was Molly's boyfriend. The girls were always like this: up close and personal with each other. Everyone knew what was coming when they picked "truth," so it was your own fault if you got a question you didn't feel comfortable answering.

"Yes," Molly replied, turning a little red. "But just the once."

"When?" Lily inquired, forgetting the rules of the game.

"At that Halloween party," she said. "Okay, um, Roxanne, Truth or Dare."

"Dare," she said.

"Okay..." Molly murmured. "I dare you to go outside in your underwear."

Roxanne's mouth dropped open. "Crap! It's like 5 degrees outside!"

"That's the point," Molly replied evilly.

They all got up and went to the backdoor. Roxanne took one look outside, quickly stripped to her underwear, and went outside.

"Can I c-come back in now?" she asked, shivering.

"No," said Molly. "Run around the yard."

Roxanne gave her a horrible look and ran around the yard as quickly as possible.

"If I get pneumonia, I'm sending you the b-bill," she informed Molly when she was inside and fully dressed.

"Fine by me."

When they were back in Victoire's room, Roxanne said, "Victoire, Truth or Dare."

"Dare," she replied hesitantly.

"Okay... I'm not quite as evil as Molly," she said. "So... I dare you to put a pair of your underwear in Teddy's bed so he'll find it tonight when he goes to sleep."

"What is this, night of the underwear dares?" Victoire asked. Nobody said anything; the dare was intense. "Okay, fine," she said. "I get it. A dare's a dare."

She surfed through her suitcase and pulled out a pair of lacy pink panties. Everyone oohed.

"Shut up," Victoire murmured, getting up and making her way towards Teddy's room. Everyone followed.

She creaked the door open; Teddy was in there, but his back was turned.

"Wingardium Leviosa," she muttered, and she guided the panties onto the pillow.

"Happy?" she asked, turning around to find everyone with their hands over their mouths, trying their hardest not to laugh.

"Very," Roxanne replied.

They went back to Victoire's room, and Victoire thought for a minute before saying, "Lily, Truth or Dare."

"Dare," she said, ready to pull some crazy stunt.

"I dare you to go to your parents' room and tell your mum that you started your period."

Lily's mouth dropped open similar to Roxanne's a few minutes earlier. "Are you kidding me?! You know my mum- she'll start freaking out about her little baby growing up and all that sickening crap!"

"She probably won't believe you," Lucy muttered, laughing.

"Eh," Lily said.

"Fine then, tell Jacob," Victoire said, knowing she would never.

"Victoire!"

"Okay, okay, tell Hermione."

"Aunt Hermione?" Lily questioned, mortified.

"Yes, now GO."

Lily looked at the others, helpless, and then realized that she had no choice but to get up and make her way to Uncle Ron's and Aunt Hermione's room with Elizabeth creeping behind her to make sure she actually did it.

She knocked on the door and heard Aunt Hermione call, "Come in!" She groaned and opened the door.

"What is it, Sweetie?"

Aunt Hermione was reading and Uncle Ron was writing something down. Lily figured she would probably be believable because she looked incredibly uncomfortable.

"Um... Aunt 'Mione? Can I tell you something..."

"Sure," she said.

"Um... in private?"

Uncle Ron looked up. "Why can't I know?" he asked, and Lily could almost hear Elizabeth dying from laughter out in the hall.

"Um... It's a secret," she replied.

"'It's a secret'," he murmured. "Doesn't ever tell ME any secrets, noooooo, nobody tells Ron any secrets..."

Aunt Hermione had a crease in her forehead. "What is it?" she asked again, getting up and going towards Lily. Lily beckoned her with her finger and she got down on her knees to be on Lily's level.

"What's wrong?"

Lily steeled herself and felt her stomach churning. Oh, Lord, she was going to dry heave...

She leaned into Aunt Hermione's ear and whispered, wishing she could have just chosen Truth, "I started my period."

Whatever Aunt Hermione had been expecting, it wasn't that.

"Oh!" she said, her eyes wide. "Well, then... When did this happen?"

"Uh..."

"Does your mom know?" she asked, not giving her time to answer.

"She-"

"Oh goodness... Well, then. Oh... Okay then. Let's see..."

"I'm okay, Aunt 'Mione, really..."

"Did one of the girls give you some equipment?"

That was it; she was going to hurl. "Yes," she forced herself to say. "Just thought you'd want to know."

And she bolted from the room.

Elizabeth did not stop laughing the whole way back to Victoire's room.

"Just shut up!" Lily hollered at her.

"She handled it better than she did when I told her," she said, wiping her eyes. "Oh my gosh, that made my night... Please, tell your mum, that'll just add to it..."

"Elizabeth!" she exclaimed. "It's not funny!"

"It is so," she said, "and you know it."

They entered Victoire's room and everyone burst into hysterical laughter just like Elizabeth.

"What did she say?!" they demanded.

"She asked if one of you gave me equipment," she muttered pitifully.

Laughter rang throughout the room for a good five minutes.

"Okay!" Lily announced loudly, very sick of this business. "Elizabeth, Truth or Dare."

"Truth," she replied immediately.

Lily had been prepared for this. "Have you ever seen a guy naked? "

Elizabeth turned red but said calmly, "A boy or a man?"

"Both."

"Yes."

"Who?"

"I don't have to tell you that," she replied.

"Come on, Elizabeth!" Victoire exclaimed. "It's no fun like that."

"Fine. Mydadbrothersandjoshelliott," she said quickly.

"What?" everyone questioned.

"You heard me," she said.

"Not quite."

"Ugh, FINE. My dad, brothers, and Josh Elliott."

"And WHEN did this JOSH ELLIOTT thing happen?!" Dominique cried.

"SERIOUSLY!" Lucy and Roxanne shouted.

"It's really not a big deal, you guys," she muttered.

"Not a big deal!" Lily exclaimed. "ARE YOU CRAZY?! Of course it's a big friggen deal if you've seen a sixth year naked!"

"Ugh," Elizabeth sighed. She buried her face in her hands.

"You better start talkin'," Victoire said.

"It was just a mistake," she said. "I was looking for Jacob in the Gryffindor Quidditch changing rooms, and apparently he thought everyone was gone, which they were, and I went in there and found him instead. It was like two years ago."

"So," Dominique began. "Is he really... You know?"

"Yeah," Elizabeth assured her. "He is."

"Mmm," she replied.

"Okay," Elizabeth said keen to get off the subject. Lucy, Truth or Dare."

"Truth," Lucy said dejectedly, realizing that both ways were bad choices.

"Who's your crush?"

Lucy sighed and looked uncomfortable. "Um, well...I rather like Marledo Reppins."

"Not a bad choice," Victoire decided. "Tall, handsome,smart- I approve."

Around three AM the girls finally fell asleep wondering about the consequences of Victoire's and Lily's dares. They didn't know if Aunt Hermione would tell Lily's mum or not and they also didn't know how Teddy would react to finding Victoire's underwear on his pillow. But for now, they slept.

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