Disclaimer: I highly doubt anyone would believe me if I told them I was J.K.Rowling, so why the hell would we have to do a disclaimer? Besides. She's too busy writing her new adult fiction books (Yeah, I'm sure after writing Harry Potter and making millions she'll have incentive to write something good.) to write dirty, saucy stories about her own characters. Therefore, I don't own these characters. But I did write the scenes.
"So" Sirius said when James flew through the window. "Where have you been?" His face was stone. "Of shagging your secret girlfriend I suppose?"
James landed and looked around the room for a sign of Remus of Peter. They seemed to be MIA, so he felt it was safe to reply "Yes" he said simply.
Sirius looked abashed. "So you're admitting you lied to me."
"Yes" James said again. "And I hated that I lied, but I promised her I wouldn't tell."
"So, what changed your mind then?" He demanded to know.
"She said she didn't want to break up our friendship, and hated seeing me suffer, so she told me to tell you."
Sirius' features softened and he sat down on James' bed. "She must be some kind of girl."
James smiled. "Yeah, she is, you'll get to meet her today on the train."
Sirius smirked. "Does she have a friend?"
James laughed. Then became solomn. "Look Siruis, me and her have been seeing each other since middle of October.."
"I know" he cut in.
"And" James continued. "I think this relationship is going to last for quite some time. So I need you to be accepting of this. I don't want to do any choosing between you two. You both mean a lot to me."
"Merlin" Sirius exclaimed. "You're in love with her aren't you?"
"Too soon to tell." James shrugged. "But she might be the one." He admitted.
"Whats her name then?"
"Ha, that would be giving it away! But after I tell you I think she might not hide herself so much anymore."
"So, she's shy?"
"No, just...weary?"
Sirius slapped him on the back. "Well I like her already. But honestly I'm a little jealous. Maybe I should get one of these girlfriend thingys. Then I wouldn't have to work so hard to get laid!"
They both laughed. "Actually." James mentioned. "We did it for the first time last night." Sirius gave him an incredulous look. "And then again thismorning." James added.
OOOOO
On the train Lily was waiting in her cabin for James to show-up with Sirius. She was wearing a comfy pair of jeans and a snug t-shirt. Her hair was pulled back into a pony tail, and she had even put on some eyeliner, in hopes to be at least esthetically pleasing to Sirius' eyes. But she still felt self conscious. She paced the cabin floor back and forth. 'I hate waiting' she thought wringing her hands together. A million different things were running through her head. 'What if James changed his mind? What if Black still hates me? What if I make a fool of myself?' Then the carraige door opened. Lily turned to face Sirius Black.
"Evans?" He asked unbeleivingly.
"Umm...yes?"
"You look" he gulped "different."
Lily bit her lip, and James appeared behind him. "Told you she was special!" He manouvered around Sirius and kissed her cheek, placing one arm around her waist.
She looked wearily at Sirius, silently begging him not to make a scene, to accept her, to say something!
He sat down on the bench, James sat opposite, pulling Lily with him.
"Why?" Sirius asked. Refering to her hiding herself for so many years.
"I guess I just didn't want to be bothered." She shrugged.
"Bothered with what exactly?"
"Bothered with recognition, stuck-up girls, and randy boys." She clarified. Then gently elbowed James. "Except one I failed at."
James smiled. "Too right you did. But there better not be anymore randy boys after you though."
Sirius laughed. "You know" he said "you remind me of this chick I was in a muggle advertisment. Man she was hot." He looked dreamy. "I think I went out and bought that lotion she was selling afterwards." He thought outloud.
"When did you see a muggle ad?" James asked.
"When I dated that muggle born, whats her face. She likes Cosmos or something." Sirius explained.
"Oh." Lily blushed. "That probably was me actually."
"No way!" He exclaimed. "You're a bombshell!"
"Oi" James cut in.
"Your bombshell." Sirius added. "Hey" he said brightly. "Do you have any friends in his modeling business?"
Lily laughed and felt a weight lifting off her shoulders. "I actually have two shoots over the hol's, want to come and meet some?"
"Do I ever!" Sirius nearly yelled.
"James?" She looked up at him. He was smiling sencerely at her. She felt warmth spread through her body. "Do you want to come?"
"I'd love to." He leant down and kissed her.
"Well" Sirius said loudly, he looked like a kid at Christmas, which.. he kind of was. "I shall take my leave!"
"Oi!" James stopped him. "Remember not to mention this to anyone."
"Aye aye" Sirius saluted him and winked at Lily.
As soon as he shut the door Lily fell back against the bench with a sigh of releif. "Praise Merlin thats over with." She stared at the ceiling.
James pulled her legs up so they rested across his lap and played with a loose string on her trousers. " So" he said. "What exactly with you be modeling?"
"Oh, probably summer fashion clothes. Whish means I'll need to tan, and pray that it isn't bathing suits." She groaned. "Bakini wax's hurt!"
James stopped playing with the string. "You don't have to, um, get undressed in front of everyone do you?"
"No, I have a change room. There's usually the make-up chick in there though. But I'm not shy." James rubbed her lower thighs. Lily sighed, it was putting her to sleep. "Sometimes I have to do provocative stuff though. With the male models. But we usually find it more funny than sexy."
"How so?"
"Well after you hold the same 'sexy' pose for about 30 minutes it gets a little ridiculous feeling. Then there's the legs intertwining, that's all well and good to start with, but then you just want to sit down, or move around."
"So, you don't find it, um, stimulating?"
She laughed. "No."
"Good." He stated.
Lily sat up. "James dear you wouldn't be getting jealous on me now would you?" She teased.
"No" he blushed. "I'd just be a little uncomfortable with that."
"Well then, it's a good thing you're coming to one of the shoots then, because you'll se first hand how un-stimulating they are." She kissed his cheek.
He turned and kissed her full on. "When and where?"
"I'm not completely sure. Jeff is sort of managing me. He'll tell me when he picks me up today. You can meet him!"
"Jeff?" James asked cautiously. She didn't notice.
"Yep. My Jeff bear. He'll probably have his boyfriend Kenneth with him. I've been wanting to meet him."
"Boyfriend?"
"Yeah. Jeff is a poof. Camp as can be. Surely I told you that!"
"No. You never even mentioned this Jeff guy before."
"What?" She couldn't beleive she had never brought up Jeff before. "You don't ever remember me mentioning Jeff?" she asked. "I didn't even say his name thismorning, when I was telling you 'the reason'?"
"No"
"Wow! Well. No time like the present!" and she told him all about Jeff and her growing up together. She skipped the part about how Jeff and her 'explored' each other when she was eleven. She didn't think James would have wanted to hear that.
"So, your best friend is a guy?"
"Mhmm." Lily laid back down on the bench. James lay down beside her.
"My parents are picking me and Sirius up from the station."
Lily turned her head to face him. "Are you hinting that I should meet them?"
"Yes. I really want you to!"
"Don't you think we're going a bit fast?" She asked.
He thought about it a minute. "No. I feel like I've been with you for a long enough time Lil's. And I like it. I...care about you."
Lily was a little releived that he didn't say he loved her. That would have been too fast. "I really care about you too." She admitted. He smiled happily. "And I love it when you smile at me like that."
"Will you meet them?"
"Yes, But I warn you, I've never met 'the parents' before. So forgive me if I'm awkward." 'And by the way, mothers don't like me too much' she nearly added, but thought better of it.
He laughed. "I wouldn't have it any other way." He gave her a kiss, then snuggled to her side, pulling her close. "I'm positive Sirius with pop back in here in about 2 hours. So thats ample time for a good nap."
She was already half asleep when he murmered it in her ear.
OOOOO
Lily next awoke when the train was slowing down. Then it jolted to a stop and she fell full off the bench onto the floor. James came tumbling after her. He landed on the floor with a rather loud thud as he hit his head on the floor. "Ow" he moaned.
Lily laughed. 'What a pair we are,' "Are you okay hun?" She put her hand over where he hit his head.
"No" he said grumpily. He sat up and put his back against the bench seat.
Lily sat beside him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Want me to kiss it better?" He nodded with a hint of a smile. She laid soft kissed on his forehead, and down the side of his face to his jaw, then down his neck to his collar bone. James let out a shiver as her hair tickled the crook of his neck.
"I bit my lip too." He mumbled.
Lily pulled back to see the expression on his face. He was feinting a pout. "Well now, who's a sympathy sucker?"
"Me" he admitted, and smiled.
She moved to kiss him, but the carraige door opened. "You two still haven't left?" It was Sirius.
"What?" They both asked in union.
"We're here." He pointed out the window.
They both looked out the window and saw platform 9 3/4. "Oh" Lily exclaimed.
"I'm going to find mum and dad" Sirius said and dashed down the corridor.
"Mum and dad being...who's?" She asked
"My mum and dad."
"Right"
They gathered their things and got off the train. James grabbed her hand and led her through the crowd to where he saw Sirius jumping up and down.
'Here we go' Lily though.
"James dear" a rather attractive woman in her late 30's embraced him. "Sirius was just telling us about your girlfriend." She turned to face Lily. She had brown eyes and short ginger hair. She wore the exact same smile on her face that James does some times. "Hello Lily." she held out her hand to her. Lily shook it with a small smile. "Ohm don't be shy. I'm sure James just sprung this on you didn't he." She patted James' cheek.
"I'm going to go and find dad." James said and let go of Lily's hand. She wanted to punch him for leaving her there with his mother, alone.
"So" James' mom continued. "My name is Helen. Tell me about yourself." She seemed comfortable enough with the situation.
"Well...I'm, um, a muggleborn."
Helen laughed. "I mean what are your interests."
"Um, homework? I guess I don't really have a hobby. I'm not very hand-eye co-ordinated." 'God! What am I telling this woman? Uh. I feel like an idiot!' She thought.
"I'm not really sporty either. I like Quidditch, but I can't play to save my life. It would probably kill me actually!" Helen told her.
Lily laughed awkwardly. "So I guess James gets it from his dad then."
"That he does." Helen peered behind her. "Oh, there they are now!"
James and Sirius were walking towards them with a good looking man that could have been James' double, besides the blue eyes. 'I definatly can look forward to James growing up nice!' Lily thought. Then she realized what that entailed. 'Seriously Lily? What the hell! You've been with him for eight weeks! Stop this.'
Helen turned back to Lily. "Will you join us for some tea? We're going to stop at a muggle cafe 'Costa coffee', it's not too far away."
'Yay! She still wants me around!' Lily smiled. "I'd love to, but I have to search for my ride home."
"Ah, there's the girls" James' dad said upon approach.
James returned to Lily's side and kissed her cheek. "Dad, this is Lily."
"Yes I gathered that." He smiled. "Hello, David Potter." He shook her hand.
"Hi"
"Do you need to find Jeff?" James asked her. "Or can you stay for a drink?"
"I should actually find him." She told James, then turned to his parents. "It was nice meeting you. I'm sure we'll see each other again."
"Hey" Sirius said. "Why don't you stop by the manor over the hol's? I mean, we're coming to visit you, you should come and stay with us for a bit afterwards!"
"Um," Lily started 'Bugger' "Okay, sounds great, yeah" James looked really happy.
"I'll help you with your bags." James told her. "See you there" He said to the others.
Once they were out of sight, James said "See, it wasn't so bad."
"James your parents are really nice, but it was still awkward. I felt like a fool. And you left me alone with your mom!"
"So." he was a little offended. "My mum's nice right!?"
"Yes, she's nice! But we'd only just said 'hi' when you walked away."
"Then what happened?"
They walked through the barrier.
"Then she asked about me and all I could think of was that I'm a muggleborn and I do homework."
James stopped walking and stared at her blankly. Then burst out laughing. "Thats all you told her?"
Lily felt herself heating up from embarassment, which soon turned to humor and she laughed at herself. "It's not that funny!"
He calmed down. "Do you really want to come to the manor?" He asked seriously as they continuted walking.
"Well... I guess it'd be nive to see a normal wizarding family."
"That didn't answer my question."
"It's just that I've no idea what to say. The most social intereaction I really get is with you, and we wind up snogging not to far into it. I'm just not good with socializing."
"But you patrol with Remus and chat with him!"
"That's about school though, I'm just afraid that we'll have nothing and common and they won't like me." She was getting emotional. She could feel tears about to build up. "And if they don't like me then that'll affect what you think of me." James pulled her into a secluded corner by the exit and hugged her to him. She snifled and rested her head on his chest.
"What is this about?" He rubbed her back. "You got on with my parents. I'm sure they'll love you when they'll get to know you!"
"No they won't" She whispered. "Mom's just don't like me." She let a few tears escape and roll down her cheek. "My mom hates me, Jeffs mom doesn't like me. Mothers just don't like me."
James kissed her forehead. "Lily, you and Jeff just got stuck with shit mothers. Not everyones mum is like that. You wouldn't hate your child would you?"
She thought about it. 'I want to have kids. Eventually. I know I'd love them more than anything.' "No, I couldn't ever hate them."
"Them?"
Lily smiled into his chest and wrapped her arms around his neck. She gave him a peck. "Yes. Them. I want at least three,"
James grinned and kissed her nose. "You'll come and stay at the manor?"
"Yes," She replied. "And you'll stay by my side until I'm comfortable."
"I promise I will." He wiped his thumb underneith her eyes, getting rid of her tears.
"I'm sorry I got emotional."
"I like to think you're Wonder Woman, but it's nice to know you're human too." He teased.
She laughed and gave him a playful shove. "Come on, lets find Jeff."
They wandered through the to the parking lot and scanned for a blue mini cooper. Then someone grabbed Lily from James's side. "Oh Lil's. You're looking so gorgeous today!" Jeff said as he forced her to twirl around.
She laughed. "Okay there Queenie!"
He pulled her into a bear hug. "Ah, it's so good to see you!"
"I missed you too!" She hugged him back feircly.
He let her go. "You look older. Have you done something with your hair? You shouldn't go to private school. It's too far away. Oh, I saw this dress that would look killer on you. You get to meet Kenneth! Yay! There's this great new film at the cinema you have to see. Who's that guy carrying your bags? Oh. That's why you look good. You're getting some!" He drew in a breath and faked shock.
"Stop!" Lily cried. "You're giving me a headache."
"Sorry" he lied.
Lily grabbed James' hand and pulled hime foreward. He had a weary expression on his face. 'Payback' she thought. "Jeff, this is my boyfriend James. James this is my Jeff." James shook his hand in a very manly fashion. Lily bit her lip to stop from laughing.
"Howdy cowboy." Jeff said.
James looked very uncomfortable. She put her arm around him and threw her bag at Jeff. "Tone it down there Precilla."
"Sorry Lil's. You've never let me meet your boyfriends before."
"James is different."
"Well this is nice and awkward." James said.
"No kidding." She said sarcastically. "Springing the loved ones on you is awkward?"
James gave her a half hearted smile.
"Whoa. Lily did you meet his folks?" Jeff asked.
"Yep"
"Serious!" He stated.
"He was there too!" Lily joked.
James laughed. Jeff didn't get it.
"Sirius id the name of James' twin separated from birth and given to the wrong family. But don't worry. They got him back in one peice." She winked at James.
"Weird name." Heff exclaimed.
"You haven't heard all of the weird names yet. Like Severus, Lucius, Remus. Actually, there's a lot of 'us' at my school."
"I should head over to Costa before they decide I can make it to the manor by myself."
"I'll ake your bags to the car." Jeff said, trying to give her and James time for a proper goodbye. He walked away.
"He's a very comfortable person." She told James. "Sorry."
James smiled and kissed her. "You'll owl me when I can come and see you?"
"I solomnly swear." They hugged and had one last kiss before they walked in different directions.
Jeff was seated on the hood of the mini. "He's good looking sure. But how is he in bed?"
She shoved Jeff off and sat in the passengers seat. "The first time was okay. The time left me stuttering."
"That good?"
"Better!"
Jeff laughed briefly, then got serious. "He breaks your heart, I'll break his face."
"Fair enough" And they took off.
They arrived at Lily's house three hours later. Traffic in London is a bitch. Jeff helped her take her bag up to her room.
"It's rather quiet here isn't it?" Jeff mentioned.
"Yep. Everyone is at Petunias wedding gown fitting."
"Shouldn't you bee there too?"
She gave Jeff a stern look, that told him everything. "Are you two ever going to get along?"
"No"
"Come on Lil's!"
"Look it isn't just me." She shoved her clothes into her dresser rather harshly. "I'm not even invited to her wedding!"
"Would you go if you were?" He asked handing her some of her text books. "What the tell are you studying?" he asked flipping through her Potions text.
Lily froze. 'Shit! Should I tell him? Will he freak?' He was surveying it curiously. She sighed and sat down. She'd hidden it from him for five years too long. She took the book from him. "Jeff, I've been sort of lieing to you for a long time. I don't go to a private school. Just a boarding school. For... the gifted."
"The gifted?" He repeated.
She pulled out her wand from her purse. "I'm a witch."
Jeff looked from her to her wand, then to her text book, then at her again. "Show me then." He asked non-believingly. He was pretending to humor her.
She pointed her wand at her vanity. Her paraphanalia scattered all over it, and said "Multum In Parvo." All of her things moved to form a smapp pile in the centre of the shelf.
She turned to look at Jeff. His eyes were bugging out and his mouth was open. He gulped and turned to her.
"Wow" he let out. "Handy."
She laughed releived. "Yes, it is handy. But I'm not allowed to do any magic in the summer until I'm 17. That sucks. I'm also not allowed to do it in front of muggles, so I'll probably get in trouble for that."
"Why, um, why didn't you, uh, tell me?" He stammered.
She sighed and fell back on her bed. "Because I was afraid you'd act like my mum and Petty. This is why they hate me so much!"
"I wouldn't do that! I think it's cool!" He grabbed her arma nd pulled her up. "Show me some more! Do you really melt in water?"
She laughed, and spent two hours telling him about life at Hogwarts. About Poltergeists, Ghosts, and Magical Creatures. Then he had to go home.
She owled James when they'd be able to get together, then heard the car pull into the drive.
OOOOO
"I don't bloody care about my contract! I'm the best there is! You can't make me do anything I don't want to!" Lily got up to close the door to the whailing male model on a power trip. She felt bad for the people dealing with him. They had to deal with a lot of characters like that though. She was used to her co-workers freaking out like that. It just meant that she had to wait around longer before she could leave. James said he'd show up for lunch break, that was keeping her happy.
"For God's sake," She turned to her make-up artist. "It's only a Levi ad." She laughed. "Whats the male equivilent of a pre-madonna?"
"A pre-Travolta?" She giggled.
Lily laughed. "I guess they'll just find a new guy." She sighed.
There was a knock at the door. One of the assistants poked her head in. "Sorry. Ms. Evans, two of your friends are here."
James and Sirius walked in. Lily jumped up from her seat and squeeled running to James. She through her arms around him and gave him a smooch.
"Your make-up!" The MA whined. Lily didn't care. She hadn't seen her boyfriend for a week.
"You're early!" She exclaimed.
"Well I wanted to see you at work. I guess I got here too early for that though."
Sirius started to chat up the MA. She was rather pretty. "We're having problems with the guy in the shot with me. I'll see if I can duck out while they find another one."
Just then the producer came in. "Evans, we can't get a replacement at this short notice, so you'll have to ... Hey you." He pointed at Sirius. "You ever been a model? Wanna be one now?"
Lily's mouth hung open. She gripped James arm, a little too hard, he had to release her hand.
"Hell yes I do!!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Right then, get ready." The producer said and pointed to the MA. "Fix him up." he said and walked.
Lily and James stood there flabbergasted.
Sirius bounced into the chair that Lily had previously occupied.