The VERY eventful summer

The VERY eventful summer

Lily got used to the busy days of summer. She loathed that one morning in September when those carefree days were going to disappear. Lily put school out of her mind, and tried to have the best time she could.

Remus had been over almost everyday but as far as Lily knew... nobody had even heard from James.

"Lil?" Sirius's voice came through the door. She opened it and her dogs greeted Padfoot happily, they had taken a quick liking to him.

"Yes Siri?" she said sweetly, knowing he absolutely hated the name.

"Somebody's coming over tomorrow morning…"

"Who? Remus? He's already been here!" Lily smiled. Sirius loved guessing games.

"No…but Remus is staying for the rest of the summer."

"Cool."

"What's fun to do around here?" He asked for about the twelfth time in the past three days. Lily laughed.

"Nothing that you'd like. You might as well sleep all day and miss out on all of my fun."

"That's what you always say!"

"When's Remus coming?"

"In about ten minutes."

"Great, I'll go get dressed." He looked at what she was wearing, pajama pants with moons and suns and a long t-shirt that said Jade, in green.

She quickly closed the door on her friend and put on her short jean shorts and bright yellow tank top. Leaving her hair down, she started down the hallway. She was about to go down the stairs when she heard a voice. It was Remus'.

"Are you SERIOUS, Padfoot?"

"Yeah!!! Make sure you don't tell 'em though!!"

"Why not??" he asked

"It's a surprise!!" said Sirius in a mischievous voice. She walked to Sirius' room and saw the two boys conversing inside.

"Why can't you tell me?" Lily asked in a sweet little voice.

"What are you talking about you silly girl, I think you need something to eat to cure your mind sickness," Sirius said quickly and lead Lily into the kitchen. Remus sat down at the table and Lily followed, as Sirius started making breakfast.

'They're up to SOMETHING!' Lily thought to herself, 'But what?'

"Moony? Do you want some food?"

"No thanks…I don't trust your cooking." Lily laughed as Sirius started flying around the kitchen.

After a strange breakfast of 'sausages' (that Lily did not eat) and toast, the three friends headed out for the day.

"So Lil, what can we do?" asked Remus, smiling. He knew Sirius had asked her everyday since she had been there.

"Go grab your swimsuits and follow me!" Lily said. They flew back into the house and the second they were out, she started to run. They tried to keep up, but at her muggle school she had been on the track team and though the years had kept up the workout.

When she finally slowed down both the boys were extremely out of breath.

"You guys need to get in shape." She said whilst walking to the gate of an outdoor Olympic size pool. Lily stopped and talked to the person on the other side.

"What IS she doing?" Remus asked Sirius.

"I guess trying to get us in…" he responded. They both watched as she pulled a roll of money out of her pocket and they gasped.

"Listen Jake, I need to get in."

"Ida know Lil. Those two guys look like trouble makers." Jake looked at the money, then back to Lily.

"They are…that's why we're friends! You know I am too!" She smiled slyly.

"Yea I know. That's why Mr. Green said we shouldn't let you in. After that fiasco last year." Lily smiled at the memory. She had put dye in the pool so when you went in your face turned blue. The dye was clear, so nobody really knew what was going on. It took Lily a really, really long time to find it.

"Jake…I HAVE to get in." he shook his head. She pulled out another roll of money.

"You been robbing banks?"

"No…just a business deal. That enough?"

"Sure is!" he grabbed the money and opened the gate. She smiled and waved for the boys to follow her.

"Lily, what was that about?" Sirius asked once they had gotten into the pool area.

"Oh…THAT. I pulled a prank last year at this pool and everyone's face turned blue and I had to pay Jake to let us in."

"Pay? That was a lot of money! Did you rob a bank?" Remus said.

"NO! Why does everyone think I robbed a bank? God!"

"Relax Lil!" Sirius said smiling. "Now tell us how you got the money."

"It was a business deal with a guy you don't know. I hacked this computer and he gave me money."

"Huh?" Asked Sirius.

"Hacked into a computer! Lily, that's bad." Remus stated in disbelief, he took muggle studies. Lily? A badass? That's not what she seemed like at school!

"It was a good cause. Now lets forget about it, alright?"

"Ok." The boys chorused. And they all went into their appropriate change rooms.

The guys were out first and stood there waiting for Lily. She came out wearing a tiny turquoise bikini. They started at her open mouthed.

"What?" she asked. Sirius looked her up and down and found that she had a pierced bellybutton.

"Holy?" he said to himself.

"WHAT?" Lily asked again. He pointed to her stomach. "Oh that!" she giggled, "I got that a couple years ago." Remus laughed. Lily was showing them her real self.

She walked away from them and to the diving boards. She walked up the stairs and stopped at the 3 meter. Sirius and Remus just watched. She looked over the edge and shook her head. She kept going. Once she had reached the 7½ meter, she stopped. She smiled and stood at the end of the tower. She jumped and did a dive. It wasn't just any dive, it was some twisty thingy. And her entry was amazing, almost no splash. She got out of the pool and walked towards her friends, dripping wet.

"Can you show me how to do that?" asked Remus smiling.

"Sorry, I'm no teacher." She walked away again and jumped into the pool. Sirius and Remus followed.

Or tried. Remus landed flat on his stomach, and groaned.

"That's called a Belly Flop, Moony. Don't recommend them." Sirius explained.

The day had been a success; they had had a great time at the pool and even pulled a couple pranks. Lily found herself falling asleep before her head hit the pillow. The next morning, Lily wanted to take a shower…so she did.

Sirius opened the front door and there stood James, with his Hogwarts trunk and a suitcase beside him.

"Prongs!" he said smiling.

"Sirius! Remus here yet?"

"He got here yesterday…come in." James grabbed the truck and lifted it onto his shoulder, while Sirius grabbed the suitcase. They walked into the house and Sirius led James to his room. They dropped off the luggage and started back down stairs. When they passed the bathroom the door opened, and out came Lily. All she had on was a towel around her head and one covering the rest of her.

"Evans!" he said, not believing his eyes.

"Hello Potter." She said icily, she smiled bitterly and took the towel off her head, reveling bright red ringlets. His mouth dropped open. She walked to her room and was closing the door behind her. Once the door was an inch from closing…she dropped the other towel.

"Padfoot! Are you shagging the enemy?"

"Who said she's the enemy? She's my friend."

"Friend!" James sputtered. "FRIEND! That Ice Queen in your friend?"
"Give her a chance James!" Remus said coming up from behind. "We had a blast yesterday…thanks to her."

"But she's a goody-goody! You can never have fun with a goodie-goodie!"

Remus and Sirius shared a smile. "Trust us…she's no goodie-goodie," said Remus.

"Why do you say that?"

"For one thing," Remus began "She hacked into a computer and made at least a million dollars. Secondly…she has her bellybutton pierced."

"What does that mean?"

"That means…she's got guts! And NOBODY with guts…is a goodie-goodiw."

"Whatever you say Remus…whatever you say." They walked down to the living room and turned on the TV.

That day they were all going to see a movie and Tori and Lori had begged to come with them…but Missy and Daniel had taken them to Diagon Alley instead. So the four had no car to get to the theater.

"I'll go get my car." Said Lily…dismissing it like it was no big deal.

"You have a car?" Asked Remus. She kept throwing them curve balls they weren't expecting.

"Yea…I'll be right back." She walked away and 5 minutes later they were driving into town in a 1967 mustang convertible.

"Nice wheels." Said Sirius.

"Thanks." She said. Her hair was in a messy bun and strands were being blown about by the wind. Over her eyes were nice sunglasses and she was wearing a black spaghetti strap tank top and jean hot pants. Beside her was Sirius and in the back were James and Remus…James scowling at the back of her head. "Stop it Potter." She said coldly.

"Stop what?" he replied.

"Stop scowling at the back of my head." He stuck his tongue out at her…and they drove on. "I'm warning you Potter!" She threatened for the millionth time of the almost seven years they had know eachother.

"What are YOU going to do?" He asked smartly "You're just a goodie-goodie!" She gasped and spun the car off the road.

"You remember that punch, four eyes?" James winced. Lucky for him, a police officer stopped in front them as they were now on the wrong side of the road. James grinned evilly.

"I wouldn't want to be YOU right now!" He said with a smirk on his face.

"I wouldn't want to be you EVER!" Lily retorted, turning to the officer. "How can I help you officer?" she said sweetly.

"I'd like to see your license and registration Miss."

"Miss Evans…" she said quickly.

"Daughter of Jade Evans?" he asked skeptically.

"I am!" she said happily.

"That's gunna be two hundred dollars Miss."

"WHAT?" she was speechless…well…almost. "Why?"

"I had a run-in with your mother a couple of years ago." Lily smiled a fake smile and grabbed her purse. She pulled out a pound and 'tried' to hand it to him, dropping it in the process.

"Oh! Dear me! Let me get that!"

"I can get it miss." He leaned down and she grabbed her wand, muttered 'Obliviate' and off they zoomed. Leaving a police officer not knowing what end was up.

After many weeks of hatred and…more hatred, and many many pranks, the summer drew to a close. James and Lily both got a letter announcing them Head Girl or Head Boy and loathed the idea of having to work together. And the time quickly came to reboard the Hogwarts Express and go back to the beloved castle.

The four were dropped off by Missy, who gave all of them a peck on the cheek before zooming away. It was now two minutes before the train left and had to bolt to make it in time. The found the compartment that Serena, Skye and Peter were already in and sat down with their friends.

All was fine and dandy and everyone learned about everyone's summer but then the train stopped.

"We aren't already there…are we?" Serena asked quite stupidly. As the ride had only been going for an hour or so.

"No Serena we aren't there!" Lily replied cattishly. Just then all the lights went out and an ear-piercing scream was heard…

A/N done the fourth chapter. Sorry it took so long…if I get lotsa reviews I'll update it sooner…I've got a kickin' idea for a plot twist and everyone is gunna gasp! This is going to be fun…

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