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My 3rd Chap! I got 15 reviews so far thank u I luv u all my loyal reviewers!!!!! Here's my next chap, hope u like, plz read and review. Luv u guys! In this chap you'll find out more about Lily's background and also Sirius's girlfriend Amel.

Lilygurl88: James is rich, but you'll just have to wait and see if he decides to help her or not, though only Sirius knows he's rich.

Chapter 3

Makeovers and Decisions.

Lily awoke to the sun blazing down through her window. She had slept comfortably and had, had a dream about winning the witch lottery and going to stay in Evans Mansion and James coming with her. Weird. She thought to herself as she took her self down stairs. She had her vest top and short, pyjama set, and her hair was tied back in a messy bun. She caught site of herself in a mirror on the way down the stairs.

Eurgh, I look a state. Too bad there isn't enough of that brooch money to get me a makeover. She thought.

"Woowoo Lils, I like your Jim jams." James whistled as she entered the kitchen.

"Shut it Potter." She snapped as she sat down on the chair next to him. Sirius was sitting opposite her. Both of them fully dressed and looking immaculate. Bella was bustling around making breakfast.

"Not a morning person I see." James grinned.

"Ha, ha." She said dryly.

"Do you want some toast dear, and a glass of orange juice?" Bella offered.

"No I'll have something later thanks, Bella." Lily yawned not feeling hungry at all.

"Nonsense. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and you need your vitamins." Bella told her. Lily sighed, something's never changed!

"Lily, before I go to work, Amel's coming over today to take you shopping in Diagon Alley and you know, do all that girly stuff-whatever it is you do." Sirius said, while getting up straightening his suit. Lily never asked him where he worked, she figured it must be an auror of some kind.

"Great! What times she coming over?" Lily asked him, feeling her mood brightening, Amel seemed nice, from the way Sirius had talked about her.

"She'll be round at about 10.30. So hurry up and get ready, because it's 9 o'clock and I know how long it takes you women to get ready! You ready James?"

"Yeah, I'm coming. See you tonight, Lils. Bye Bella." He said leaving the house.

Lily ate her breakfast in silence. She then went upstairs and got ready. She wore her nicest pair of hipster jeans (and her only) and a strap top. Deciding she would take a small jacket because the weather was quite hot. She had just finished out sorting out the amount of money she had from selling the brooch and heard the door knock. She jumped up, butterflies in her stomach. She was going shopping! Somewhere she hadn't been in a long time.

She bounded down the stairs and answered the door, there was a very pretty girl of Lily's age standing there. She had dark brown hair with chestnut coloured streaks, which Lily would have died for.

"Hi, you must be Lily." She smiled and Lily instantly knew they were going to be friends. "I'm Amel." She smiled holding out her hand.

"Pleasure to meet you." Lily took her hand and shook.

"Come in, I just have to brush my hair." Lily told Amel, who was followed her into the kitchen.

Once Lily had finished, she and Amel both apparated into The Leaky Cauldron. They decided to stop for a drink. Both of them had been making small talk, but hadn't really spoken much. Once they had sat down though, they had a very in deep conversation and it just happened to be about boys.

"So you went to school with Sirius?" Amel asked her with a grin on her face.

"Uh, yeah. But we were in different houses, and Sirius was loud and popular while I was quiet and studious." Lily smiled.

"Oh, never mind, I was hoping you could give me some gossip on him, you know, old school photo's etc." She laughed.

"No, sorry, in fact the only time I properly talked to him was yesterday, when I first arrived in London." Lily told her.

"I hope you don't mind, Sirius told me why your in London and why you want a make-over." Amel said looking at her with pity.

"Not at all!" Lily smiled. "I am proud to say I am trying to save my house even if it does mean I'm, doing it in ways that probably most women feel is degrading, but hey life's a bitch!" Lily laughed.

"If you don't mind me asking, why are you in so much debt?" Amel asked her. Lily didn't mind in the slightest, she had always wanted a friend to tell her secrets to.

"Of course I don't mind. It's a long story really. But we have all day so here goes. I loved my Dad more than anything. He was one of the greatest men ever. I thought as long as I have my Daddy I'll never need anyone. When he found out I was a witch he stuck by me. But my Daddy wasn't always the best husband to my mother. He cheated on my mother a number of times but every time, he would get caught, he would tell my mom he loved her and she would take him back. And you know something, I 'm sure he did love her, because when they were together, they were perfect Even when my mom found out about his flings they never argued and I once asked my mum why, and she told me she knew he would always come running back and she was right. But my dad was a womaniser, and a charmer. I was use to having his girlfriends around me so it was natural to me, and the amount of times his mistress's asked him to leave his wife he would tell them No! He would tell them he loved my mom and he would make sure they knew they were only his bit on the sides." Lily laughed. Amel was intrigued by her story and was listening contentedly.

"Anyway, one day my sister went in to the living room in my house when just her and my father were in. She found him dead. He had taken an overdose." She said trying to hold back tears.

"I'm so sorry." Amel said quietly.

"Don't be. He left us a lot of debts, and our house is falling down. But we all grieved so much for him, he was the spirit of the house. We all adored him, he was the only love of my life. We didn't have time to notice how bad the house was until it was too late and now we're having to sell up. But I refuse to. I love that house." Lily said bitterly.

"How did your sister take it?" Amel asked her eyes full of concern.

"She's still bitter about it, she believes it was my fault for some reason or another. She still resents him for leaving us and leaving the house in such a mess, with all the debts. I don't think she'll ever get over it to be honest with you." She sighed as she told her new friend about the troubles of her life.

They both talked for a while and then decided to get to shopping. Amel guided Lily through all the shops and Lily had the time of her life. She must have tried a thousand dresses on but had only bought 6. And very expensive ones at that! She had one of the best days of her life, finally she had a real friend. When all the shops were closing, Lily and Amel made their way back to the Leaky Cauldron, where they say down, after getting some drinks.

"So how did you meet Sirius if you didn't go to Hogwarts? Come to think of it which school did you go too?" Lily asked Amel.

" I went to a wizard school in France. My mum and Sirius's mum were best friends and when we were younger we used to play together, and every summer holiday Sirius would have to come stay, or I would stay at Sirius's. We both hated it! He was an annoying little brat. especially when he was with the marauders! Oh they would prank me to no end. We were always fighting!" She laughed.

"So if you hated each other that much, how did you get together?" Lily asked taking a sip of her drink.

"Sirius was a player! He went out with so many girls over the summer and even though I hate to admit it I did have a crush on him, if I remember rightly it was when he got his glasses. I have a thing for dark hair and glasses." (Amel this is based on your hole love life!)

"Sirius wears glasses?" Lily asked through giggles.

"Hey don't laugh, he looks very good in them. But anyway, one day I told him he was too girl crazy, he started telling me I was boy crazy! He bet me I couldn't go a year with out dating a boy. So I never back out on a bet! I took him up on it. But during the year I fell in love with him. But I couldn't do anything about it because I would loose the bet." (Told ya Amel)

"What would you have had to do if you had lost the bet?" Lily asked her, fascinated by Amel's story.

"Every year, we had this summer ball thing at James's house and everybody used to go. Sirius told me if I lost I would have to go dressed as Pikachoo and then make a fool of my self by kissing the nicest boy there in my costume. But if I won he would have to dress up as him and embarrass himself. (I know he wasn't invented then, but he is in my story k?)"

Lily burst out laughing, unable to control herself.

"Sorry, but I couldn't imagine you as Pikachoo." She said through giggles.

"Yes well, I never had to go as Pikachoo because I refrained myself from dating anyone. So poor Sirius had to go as him and boy did he look like a fool!"

"What happened then? Who did he kiss?" Lily asked.

"He had to kiss the nicest girl there and to my surprise he kissed me!"

"Did you kiss him back?" Lily asked instantly.

"Of course I did! I hadn't kissed anyone in a year so I probably would have kissed him back even if it was Malfoy!" Amel laughed.

"Lucius Malfoy? You know him?" Lily asked.

"Yeah, me and the marauders used to prank him and Snape when I would stay at Sirius's. Which reminds me, if you want a rich man to marry for money, Malfoy is loaded, I've seen Malfoy Manor. It is huge!" Amel suggested.

"Eugh! Malfoy!" Lily cried in distaste.

"Yes, but do you want to save you house?" Amel asked her seriously.

"Yes, I do, but I'm a muggleborn, everyone knows what the Malfoys think of muggleborns." Lily told her.

"Yes, but he hasn't got to know your a muggleborn, we change your name, give you one hell of a makeover, he'll never know."

"And where am I going to get a makeover, I spent all of my money remember."

"Excuse me Lily, but what are friends for? And what is the point of having a friend who just happens to be makeup artist for Witch Weekly?" Amel asked putting her drink down and standing up.

"Really? You'll give me makeover?" Lily jumped up excited.

"Well, duh! Come on let's get back to Bella's!"

Arabella, Sirius and James stood waiting for Lily. Her and Amel had been in the bathroom for what seemed like hours giving Lily a makeover.

"Ok, prepare for the new and improved Lily Evans!" Amel said as she held out her arms in the direction of the door way.

At that moment none of them could believe their eyes. A beautiful red head walked out of the bathroom, dressed in a gorgeous off-the-shoulder emerald silk dress, that clashed fantastically with her glistening eyes. Her hair was tied back in an elegant knot and two pieces fell onto her cheekbones gracefully. Her skin looked like porcelain and her lips were glossy and full of life.

"Ouch! Lily you look hot!" James said in awe of the angel standing in front of him.

"Why thank you James." Lily smiled, a fantastic smile that showed each and everyone of her straight white teeth.

"Lily heaven must be missing an angel because you look as beautiful as one!" Said Arabella tears in her eyes.

"You have done a terrific job babe." Said Sirius approaching Amel.

"Why thank you Mr Black." She said kissing him softly on the cheek.

"Aw is that all I get?" Sirius said in a whining voice.

"Don't push your luck Pikachoo!" Lily smirked at him. Amel, Lily and James burst out laughing.

"Yeah, ha ha!" He said dryly, throwing him self on the chair behind him.

"Well you guys, we know who my victim is." Lily said placing her self next to James on the sofa.

"Yeah, guess who, he's rich, big house and...."

"Well as long as he's not a slytherin ." James interrupted. Amel (who was now sitting on Sirius's lap) and Lily exchanged nervous glances.

"Well James, it wont really matter if he is Slytherin because once we're married and I have the money I can divorce him." Lily said knowingly while Amel was shaking her head agreeing.

"No, Lils I will not let you marry a slytherin, they're all scum."

"Hold on a minute James Potter. That is extremely prejudice. How would you feel if I told you not too speak to your friend Remus because he was a werewolf?" Lily exploded.

They all just stared at her speechless.

"How did you know?" James asked quietly.

"Well, it was pretty obvious. I mean, we had DADA with the Gryfindors, and remember the boggarts? It turned into the moon where it took Remus's fear? Also I used to notice in the main hall at breakfast that on certain days he wasn't there." They all carried on staring at her. "I might have been quiet but I wasn't stupid." She said quickly.

"Ok, so which Slytherin is it?" James asked, breaking the silence.

"Malfoy." Lily mumbled cowardly.

"Ha, sorry for a moment there I thought you said Malfoy." James laughed.

"I did." Lily said turning away from him.

"Malfoy! You can't marry Malfoy!"

"Why, is Jamsie jealous?" Amel asked in a sing-song voice.

"No! Well maybe a little, but that's not the point, the point is what makes you think Malfoy will want to marry her. I mean we know the Malfoys hate muggleborns."

"Well that's why we've got a plan." Amel said smiling.

Well finally done, that was a long chap! I hope you liked this Amel!

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