"Mom, can I have two sandwiches with me today?" Lily asked her mother the following morning. "Sure honey, are you that hungry during the break?" Her mother asked. "This is not for me, it is for a friend at school. He does not have very nice bread. It is old and sometimes there is this white/blue stuff on it." Lily's mother turned around. "Of course I will make you one extra sandwich Lily. Is there something specific that he likes on his bread?" Lily thought for one second. "I will ask him today. I have no idea, but he liked what I had yesterday." Mrs. Evans nodded. She smiled when Lily went to the living room. That is so nice of her daughter that she cared for someone. Lily was a good kid with the heart in the right place.
"Hi Severus, my mom made this for you." Lily handed the sandwich to Severus. "Thank you. They are very nice." He took it with his cheeks turning red. Today he was in a pair of jeans that were way to big. He kept pulling them up. But his white t-shirt and black blouse were big enough to cover his whole behind anyway, so it did not matter. It looked like the clothing were supposed to shrink somehow, but this was unsuccessful. "So where do you live?" Lily asked. "Just around the corner at your house." Severus said this without thinking. He flushed red and added quickly: "I see you running through the street sometimes with your friends and sister." Lily nodded. "But I never saw you outside." Severus looked at his shoes. He was kicking small stones away. "My mom usually wants me home during the day." Lily nodded. "Well, next you see me you can join us if you want." The bel rang and everybody went inside.
That Saturday Lily, Petunia and their friends were playing in the streets of the small village. It was a rather sunny and warm day. At one point Lily saw in the corners of her eyes a small black spot looking at her. She turns around and sees that Severus is watching them. "Ew, why is he looking at us? I do not want him to join." Says one of Lily's friends. But Lily ignores her and waves him over. "Lil, what are you doing? Why are you inviting him?" Hisses one of the girls to her. "Come on guys, he is nice and he does not have anyone to play with." Severus walks shyly towards them. "Hi Severus, do you want to play with us? We can play hide-and-seek!" Severus did see the weird looks in the other girls their eyes but he did not see the same look in Lily's eyes. His stomach turned around when he looked into her green eyes. He did not care about the others. He only wanted to spend time with Lily. He joined the girls with playing hide-and-seek and had one of the best afternoons in his life.
James was almost ten years old. This meant that he still had more than a year to go before he could finally join Hogwarts. James was playing Quidditch in big yard with the broomstick he got from his father. But it was no fun on his own. All his friends were in school. His parents did not really care if he went or not. He did the first few years, but this school was just dumb. This was nothing that he would use in the real world later on. And with the real world he means the wizarding world. James wanted to learn spells, potion and enjoy the meals at Hogwarts. His parents always told him the best stories about the food. He wanted to see the ghosts and try to make it on the Quidditch team as soon as possible.
His parents still had their old schoolbooks in the attic and sometime she sneaked one of them into his room. He read them at night and tried to absorb all the information. He already read about different potions and different spells. He could not wait until he could finally do them himself. He picked up a few soccer balls and threw them through the hoops. James had to stay low with the broom. Even though this was mainly a village with wizards and witches that was no guarantee that a muggle would not pass through. After another 30 minutes of throwing balls through hoops he climbed of his broom and went back inside to take a shower.
That night at dinner his parents wanted to know what he wanted to do for his birthday. James wanted to invite some friends from the village and wanted to play Quidditch and swim in the pool in their backyard. After that for dinner he wanted a barbeque. His father was the best griller in the neighborhood.
His party was great. His parents gave him great gifts. He got some money, a new CD from the Weird Sisters and some new clothes. His friends were always excited for a James Potter party. The food was amazing and his house was nice with a big yard and a swimming pool. Since his birthday was in May the weather was usually good enough to go swimming. When the evening fell the barbeque was lit and everybody enjoyed hamburgers and sausages. Around 10 everybody said goodbye and James fell asleep very happy.