Lily sat at the kitchen table and smiled, she was reading a letter that James had sent her. She had been getting one every day since she had left school for the short Christmas holidays.
'What is that?' asked Petunia, smoothing out her long white party dress
'A letter' Lily replied smiling
'Oh, Lily I suggest that you get ready for the Christmas dinner party' Petunia said turning her nose up at Lily's tight jeans and ripped Linkin Park shirt.
'I don't really see the point' Lily said dejectedly picking up Kit
Petunia turned and stormed out.
'Oh Kit! I miss James!' Lily said, feeling tears trickle down her face
Kit looked up at her and mewed at Lily in a soothing way.
'You're right Kit, I should go down to dinner' Lily said, wiping her face and walking down the stairs.
Just then the doorbell rang.
'That must be Auntie Elizabeth.' Said Lily walking over and opening the door
A cloaked figure was standing in the doorway
'Hello Lily' said a deep male voice
This must be Uncle Jonathan I've been hearing so much about Lily thought.
The man walked in and handed her a broomstick. Lily looked puzzled and then saw that it was a Hurricane 360.
'James?' Lily said in a barely audible whisper
'That's right!' said James throwing off the cloak
'Oh James!' Lily squealed as he picked her up and spun her around.
'Lillian, who is this young man?' asked her mother
'Oh, mother this is James Potter. He's from school' Lily muttered
'Nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Evans' James said as Lily's father walked around into the corridor
'Here Lily, I got you a present.' James said blushing and pulling out a small box.
'Oh James you shouldn't have!' Lily exclaimed taking the box and opening it up. Inside was a green crystal about the size of a marble on a gold chain. The crystal had a milky green mist floating around inside it.
James took it out of the box and put it around Lily's neck.
'Oh James thank you!' Lily cried kissing him
Lily pulled a small box from her pocket 'It's your present, I didn't have any time to wrap it but here'
James took the box and opened it, inside was a watch. It had a silver band and then the face of it looked exactly like a golden Snitch. The face didn't have numbers though, it had lots of little planets and things.
'I remember that your old watch broke just before I left, so I got you a new one.' Lily said
'It's beautiful Lil' said James smiling
Lily put her hand in his and looked at her parents 'Mother, Daddy? Can James stay the night?'
'Well, I suppose so' Said Lily's father
'I'll fly you back to Hogwarts with me tomorrow' said James
'Ok' Lily said
They walked down to the dining hall and Lily heard James gasp, she had to admit her parents had really out done themselves this time.
James pulled out the chair for Lily at the table and Lily giggled and sat with Petunia on one side of her and James on the other.
'And may I ask who this young man is?' Petunia asked Lily
'Oh Petunia this is James, James this is Petunia' Lily said
'Oh hello' James said
They all finished up at dinner and then Petunia, James and herself went to the movie room and decided to watch Can't Hardly Wait.
'I just have to go and check on Kit' Lily said getting out of her seat and walking out into the hall, where Kit was scratching on the door.
'Oh Kit! We're trying to watch a movie, come on quickly!' said Lily letting Kit in and then turning around. Lily let out a scream of terror, Petunia was sitting in Lily's seat kissing James, who was trying to push her away. But as Lily knew, when Petunia wanted something she made sure she got it.
'Petunia!' Lily said slapping her sister in the back of the head
'Bugger off Lily, can't you see James and I are just getting aquatinted?' Petunia said smiling nastily
'You heinous bitch!' Lily screamed pulling out her wand and putting the full body bind on Petunia
'Thanks Lily' James said
Lily pushed past James and pointed her wand at Petunia (Lily wasn't very good at body binds and so Petunia was now standing up against the wall) 'I am sick and tired of you stealing my boyfriends! It has happened with Tony, Kris, Page (every year when Lily came home she had been having short flings with these guys) and now you're trying to get James, well this is one guy you're not going to get!'
Lily turned and put her arm around James' waist and walked out.
'I'm sorry about that James' Lily muttered meekly
'No way! That was the best entertainment I have seen all year!' James said grinning
'You watch out or I'll get you too mister!' Lily said chasing him up the corridor
***
James smiled as he landed in front of the Hall and lifted Lily off the broom. She had fallen asleep halfway there.
'Lil, time to wake up.' James muttered
'Huh?' she groaned
'We're at Hogwarts babe' James said standing her up
Lily rubbed her eyes and then kissed James sleepily
They went up to the Gryffindor Common Room and met Sirius, Remus and Peter there.
'So how was it?' Remus asked James
James looked at Lily who blushed 'Great' he replied
Lily looked in her bag and groaned
'What?' James asked
'I will seriously hurt Petunia one day' Lily said pulling out a white cat with a cow painted on the side of it.
The four boys burst out laughing as Lily pulled out her wand and cast a spell to return Kit back to her normal color.
'What's all that about?' Peter asked
'It's a long story, you tell them James' Lily said as they all sat down
'Yeah, it's very strange' James agreed
Lily grinned and lay her head in James' lap. Even though Petunia had done all that stuff this was still turning out to be a good year.
