Chapter 11
As the car pulled up into the driveway, Lily gasped. She had never seen a house like this before. It was huge and old fashioned. It was made of a dark wood. The windows were stained glass, though no doubt you could see out of them. There was at least four stories, and an attic.
"Oh my wow." Lily said.
"What? Never seen a house before?" Sirius asked.
"Not like this!" Lily said.
"Well, now you have." James said.
"Oh my gosh." Lily whispered.
"Calm down. You're fine." Sirius teased.
"Shut up." Lily said.
Lily grabbed her trunk and followed the boys into the house. The front door led into an amazing living room. Everything was tan. The carpet, the furniture, the curtains. There was a huge stone fireplace, and a huge flat screen TV.
"What do you need a TV for?" Lily asked.
James shrugged,"It's cool."
"Okay then."
"Come on. I'll show you the guest room." James said. He led Lily up two flights of stairs and down three hallways.
"Here you go." he said, opening the door.
The carpet, the couch, the chair, the bedspread, the blankets, and the pillows were all white. There was a light wooden desk with a matching chair.
"Wow." Lily said.
"And my room is just across the hall." James said, pointing at a red door.
"You mean our room." Sirius said, coming up behind them.
"Yeah. Our room. Here, come see it." James said. He opened the door. The room was huge. It took up half of the third floor.
"Well, my parents made it bigger when Padfoot moved in." James said.
Lily nodded, not taking in what he was saying.
"You're not use to big things are you?" James asked with a laugh.
"No, not really. My parents aren't exactly rich." Lily said.
"Well, you'd better get use to it." James said.
"Okay." Lily said, she crossed the hall back to her room, and began to unpack her things into the dresser.
"We'll be in the kitchen!" James called.
"Kay!" Lily shouted, putting her shirts away.
An owl flew in the window. Lily opened the letter.
Dear Lily,
We were watching the muggle news earlier and they said there was a fire at your house.
Are you okay? Send word back with Jazz.
-Sage
Lily scribbled a reply on the back of the letter, saying that she was fine and at James' house. She tied it back onto the black owl and told her to take it back to Sage. The owl hooted and flew out the window. Lily finished unpacking and went downstairs.
She found the boys in the kitchen, eating.
"Hey." she said.
"Lily, come here. I want you to meet my parents." James said, grabbing her arm.
"Erm...Okay..." Lily said, following James into a room that was dark.
"Mum? Dad? I have someone for you to meet." James said. Two figures got up and walked over to them.
"This is Lily Evans." James said.
"Lily! How nice to meet you!" a female voice said. Someone switched the lights on, and Lily could see the room better. It had two desks, a couch, and many bookcases. On the desks, were open rolls of parchment and quills.
James' mother had long brown hair, and blue eyes. Lily shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Potter."
"Please, call me Menolly. And this is Eligon." Menolly said, motioning to James' father. He looked exactly like James.
"Nice to meet you." Lily said, smiling and shaking Eligon's hand.
"You too. Now, James, we must get back to work." Eligon said.
James and Lily left the room.
"How do you have parents with names like Menolly and Eligon and come out with James?" Lily whispered.
"I have no idea, just be glad that's what they named me."
"I wouldn't care what your name was." Lily said, kissing him.
"Come on, we'd better get to bed." James said. Lily followed him upstairs, and went into her room. She slid under the covers and fell asleep.
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The next morning, Lily woke to voices outside her door.
"So, do you like her or not?" she heard Sirius ask.
"Why would I? She's slutty and not a very good kisser. She's got an awful temper too." James replied.
Were they talking about her?
"It took you forever to notice her, and now you're telling me you don't like her?"
"Yes."
They were talking about her.
"She has an awful voice too. It sounds like two lions fighting over a scrap of meat!" James said.
Tears formed in Lily's eyes. She waved her wand, everything flying back into her trunk. She dressed quickly, and stormed out of her room, her trunk following in the air.
"Lily? What's wrong?" James asked, following her down the stairs.
"Leave me alone." she hissed.
"What's wrong?" he asked again.
"I told you! Leave me ALONE!" Lily shouted, sending a spell at him. He flew backwards, hitting the wall. Lily ran from the house. She stuck out her wand arm. There was a loud bang, and The Knight Bus was in front of her. She climbed on before the conductor could say anything.
"Where to?" he asked.
"1089 Mahvien Drive." Lily said, practically yelling, Jasmine's adress.