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Hello to my trolls!

Lily looked at the crowd in front of her. Her mum had gone all out for her seventeenth birthday. She didn't see either of her brothers, but she wasn't surprised since they were both busy with their own lives. For a moment, it hurt that Draco couldn't be here, but the idea of inviting him and then explaining why she'd invited him was something she just wasn't ready to do yet.

"Lily, how you little sister," James asked sliding up to her after they'd started to settle down. Ginny had disappeared into the kitchen to get the cake.

"I'm fine, I thought you weren't going to be in the country." she stated glancing at her brother. She wished Albus had been able to come. He was the one she'd really wanted to talk to, or better yet, Draco.

"I managed to get some time off from curse breaking, besides, it's not every day my little sister comes of age." She nodded, unable to deny that little grain of truth.

"I'm glad you came," she stated. James laughed.

"We both know that's only half true, Lils. We both know you're happy I'm here, but I'm a poor substitute for Albus. I wish he could have gotten away to come also. Would have been nice to see Rose too. So, what have you been up to, Lily Flower?"

"Don't call me that, Jamie," she teased back. James laughed.

"So, are you dating someone?" Lily blinked. Was James actually curious or had their parents put him up to asking the question.

"Nope, not dating anyone at the moment," she answered truthfully. She would be dating Draco starting tomorrow, but she most certainly didn't feel giving out that tidbit of information.

The rest of the party seemed to fly by. She opened presents, ate cake, answered awkward questions that random relatives asked her. Most of them about what she was planning to do after school. She also wasn't quite ready to let everyone know she'd finally made her decision to teach. She wanted to savor the thought a bit before letting everyone voice their own opinions about it. She knew most of them would be proud of her, but being a professor wasn't glamourous as say being an auror or a professional Quidditch player.

"Lily, there you are, I thought you'd run away from your own party."

"Hello, Aunt Hermione. Don't I wish! Then I could curl up and go to sleep until tomorrow."

"What's so special about tomorrow?"

"I'm having dinner with someone," Lily answered a faint blush spreading across her cheeks. Hermione smiled.

"Ahh, your first day as an adult. I remember mine," she sighed happily.

"Do I want to know?" Lily asked. Hermione paused.

"No, most likely not. Just be careful, Lily, if you know what I mean." Lily blushed brightly.

"Yes, Aunt Hermione," she whispered. Hermione laughed.

"Well, I doubt you've told your mum about this date, and since she's not going to tell you, that leaves it to me."

"You're right. I'm not ready to tell her that I'm going on a date with him. Maybe after a bit, if we work out?" Hermione nodded.

"Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you out."

"I will," Lily promised before she was called away by another one of her 'guests'.