Well, here's the second to the last part. Or atleast of this part. I'll probably write the sequel after I finish Story of The Weasley's. I would just really like to thank my new beta-reader Corey (Unshed Tears on ff), the best.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that sounds familiar, characterwise.
She Comes Around- Chapter 5
"Hey Lily, you all right?"James asked walking out to
a tree in his back yard where Lily sat.
"Yeah."Lily replied with a sigh, looking down from the
tree.
"Okay, cause you've been sitting out here all day. And the
guys appointed me Lily guard."James replied as he climbed to
sit on a branch across the tree.
"Gee thanks."Lily said sarcastically with a laugh.
"Yeah. My dad is taking them to Diagon Alley, and they all
decided I get to watch you 'cry' in the tree."James said to
her.
"I'm sorry."Lily replied looking off into the horizon.
"I feel like it's all my fault though. My parents weren't
even wizards. And Ashley was a pure-blood, yet he still killed
her."
"Wasn't Ashley that Ravenclaw?"James asked thinking
about it.
"Yeah. You went out with her in the fifth year. We were best
friends. All she ever talked about was, 'oh James Potter is so
cute, do you think he likes me?' and, 'oh, look! James looked at
me! what if he likes me! I would just die!'. But then again, all
my friends did that, so I guess it was something
normal."Lily said to him.
"Oh, that must have been fun."James laughed at the
thought of Lily sitting in a group of girls all talking about
him.
"Yeah, maybe to you it would have been, but I would be
trying to do my homework in the library with her then all of a
sudden, Oh Look over there! James just came in! He looks so
cute!', then whoever I was with would go on and on about
your hot body, and your beautiful eyes, on and on. You must be
the most liked guy at Hogwarts." Lily said pausing. "Of
course your rather egotistical too."
"Well thank you very much, Princess Lily. Your opinion is so
nice to hear." James said sarcastically.
"My dad used to call me that."Lily said, remembering.
"Oh, I'm sorry."James said, regretting he had.
"I would play on the swing in the back yard, while Petunia
would push me, or sit on the bench. Then my dad would come out
after just getting home from work. He'd walk out smiling and say
How is my Princess Lily doing today?' Then I'd say
Great daddy. Lily paused, the words getting stuck in
her throat. "Then he'd say How about we go for ice
cream after dinner?' Your mother doesn't need to know.
Just me and my little princesses.' Although Mother usually
stopped us, But whenever my Grandparents came from Greece we
would all go out for ice cream. He my grandparents too."
"I'm sorry. He killed my grandparents too."James said
quietly.
"What am I going to do, James?" Lily asked sorrowfully
as she turned to look at him. At that moment she was afraid of
life itself.
"Aren't you going to that guy David's house for summer in
like a week?"James asked her.
"No, I went there the first two weeks of vacation and then I
came back early because we got sick of each other and I broke up
with him."Lily said, a slight hint of bitterness in her
voice.
"Really?!"James said, then stopped noticing his over
excited-ness of it. "That's to bad, you made a cute
couple."
"Yeah, at the time I thought so too. Even though none of my
friends were behind me. Next time, if my friends say the guy is
not right for me, I'll listen."Lily said with a forced
laugh.
"Come on, let's go inside before it gets any
colder."James told her as he jumped down.
"Okay."Lily said, slowly climbing down the tree.
"James! Lily! T-"James' father yelled opening the back
door then stopped as the two bumped into him. "Time for
dinner."
"Okay."James said walking in with Lily trailing behind
him.
They sat down to dinner in the large dining room. For the first
few minutes they ate in silence.
"Lily, tomorrow I am going over to your house with a few
aurors. If you'd like to come, you're welcome to. You can
try to salvage as much as you can of your things." Mr.
Potter told Lily, breaking the silence.
"Thanks, Mr. Potter."Lily said quietly.
"Please, Call me Frank." He told her.
"Okay."She said.
"Dad, is there any way I can come with you two?" James
asked, looking up from his plate. Sirius and Remus snickered.
"I suppose you may. Weren't you all supposed to go over to
Emily's house tomorrow?" Frank asked them.
"Oh, that's okay. James doesn't need to come visit my
mum." Remus told him smiling.
"Yeah, we'll just tell her he's following the girl he likes
around." Peter whispered to him,
the three boys laughed.
"Very well, give your mother our regards." Frank said
standing up, motioning the end of dinner. "James, Lily, we
are leaving at about 8 tomorrow morning. So get to sleep
soon."
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Frank had allowed Lily, along with Sirius and Remus, to stay with
them for summer. Peter came the last week. They had all gotten
closer, yet when school started Lily had to explain everything to
Micky.
The year seemed to pass quicker than expected, and before they
knew it the Halloween Dance was coming up. Everyone had a date
except Lily, who had decided it would be best not to go with
anyone. Instead she went with Micky and her date, who just
happened to be Remus.
"Lily, I can't believe you. Here I think you can't get a
date, but you've danced with almost everyone here."Micky
laughed sitting at their table as Remus got her some punch.
Yeah, well, what can I say?"Lily asked her laughing
back.
"The only guys you haven't danced with are the ones you came
with excluding Sirius. You've danced with him like five times. I
still stick to my theory he likes you." Micky laughed.
"If you hear what he talks about I'm not sure you'd
agree." Lily told her, shaking her head.
"Why?" Micky asked taking a drink of punch.
"Thanks Remus."
"It's all, 'What do you think of James?', 'Do you think
Remus is cute?', 'out of all us guys, which do you prefer best?',
'Did you like sleeping with James when we went camping'-"
Lily started.
"When did you go camping with them?" Micky asked her
wondering.
"Oh, I didn't tell you?"Lily asked innocently. "It
must have slipped my mind. But it was over summer. Remus was
there too."
"Why didn't I get invited to any of these things?"
Micky asked them.
"You aren't going through any trauma in life. My parents
died, Remus has a disability, Peter is called a rat, Sirius'
parents died when he was 10, and then James, well he just leads a
traumatic life, look at him." Lily motioned at a couple on
the dance floor. The girl was trying to dance the best she could,
but her partner was swinging her around as if she were a pest on
his hand he couldn't get rid of.
"You're right." Micky laughed as the song ended.
"This will be one of the last songs tonight." The lead
singer of the band playing said.
"James, I think I'm going to take a break." Kathryn,
the girl he had been dancing with, said to him huffing for
breath.
"Okay." James said, walking towards his friends as a
slow song started. "Hey Lily, may I have this dance?"
"Sure."Lily replied with a laugh, she got up and took
his hand, and they waltzed around the room. Soon the song was
closing in to an end.
"Lily, there's something I need to tell you."James said
slowly, looking a light shade of green.
"You can tell me anything, James. We're pretty close
friends. What is it?"Lily asked him, worried he was going to
tell her something hideous.
"Lily, I erm, I think, no I think I know. Yeah. I'll start
over." He said mumbling slightly, Lily looked at him oddly
as if worried for him. "Lily, I love you."
Suddenly everything went Black, as Lily fell to the ground.