ok! seeing as it is STILL SNOWING, and I have nothing else better to do, IM POSTING ANOTHER CHAPTER! :) woooooh!
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biiig hugs and thank yous to my two reviewers for the ch 2:

FawkesNFlame, (please don't send ANY evil fluffies after me!)

Hermione's evil twin. (thanks for the pointer and the compliment!)

BIIIIG THANK YOUS TO BOTH OF YOU!

ok yeah enough stalling .....ON WE GO!

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When the Evanses reached the other family, Mr. Evans stepped forward and extended his hand.

Hello there! We're the Evans family. I'm Joseph Evans. We live next door.

The woman who must have been the mother turned around and smiled. Why hello! I'm Julia Potter. This is my husband Nick and my children James and Kara. She said indicating the two kids with jet black hair by her side.

Pleasure to meet you! Mrs. Evans piped up, I'm Cassandra, and these are our children.

Petunia perked up and reached out to shake James' hand. I'm Petunia! She batted her eyelashes.

Ummm.... Hi, James answered, looking at her curiously. I'm James. He suddenly looked at Lily and asked, Who's this?

Everyone sat around waiting for Lily to introduce herself, but she had spaced out and was gazing across the street at some birds in a tree. She didn't know how long she stood there looking stupid, but she finally snapped out of her trance when Petunia prodded her in the side.

Huh? Wha-?? Lily asked in surprise.

Her mother shot her a glare with venom in it. You haven't introduced yourself to this lovely family yet.

Oh, right. Yea, I'm Lily. She smiled at the Potters.

Kara smiled back at her and James winked.

Oh my god, did he just WINK AT ME? Lily thought. Ewww! I don't even know him! He is cute though........ NO LILY! NO THINKING THAT WAY! It was probably just a friendly gesture anyway..... don't be like Petunia.

So Lily just raised an eyebrow at him and smiled back at Kara.
Mr. and Mrs. Potter were now deeply engaged in conversation with Lily and Petunia's parents by now, so the children were left to amuse themselves for a while.

Petunia said uncomfortably.

James said in a similar manner

Meanwhile, Lily had spaced out again, and was now staring past the Potters, and looking up at the sky. Unknown to Lily, Kara was doing the same thing. James and Petunia glanced at each other and at their siblings.

Is she always like that? They both asked at the same time.

They looked at each other and smiled.

Yea, usually, she's pretty weird. they said in unison again.

This time, they burst out laughing, thus snapping Lily and Kara out of their intricate examination of the sky. Kara looked at the hysterically laughing pair.

Er...... What happened???

Beats me, Lily answered, Petunia's always been a little off, but I never knew she was totally insane.

I was about to say the same thing about James. Kara smiled.

I'm Lily Evans.

Kara Potter, nice to meet you!

You too. What do you suppose we do about this? Lily asked, pointing to James and Petunia who were rolling on the floor clutching at the grass.

Well, I'll poke him and see what happens. Kara reached over and broke a fairly long stick off of the nearest tree. She saw Lily's confusion and laughed.

You don't want to get too close to a crazy person!

Oh! Ok! Lily smiled.

Kara carefully prodded first James, and the Petunia with the stick, and they both gradually stopped laughing. James helped Petunia up and she batted her eyelashes at him. Lily was sure that Petunia missed the look of confusion on James' face, and she snorted under her breath.

Oh thank you James. Petunia said in a voice that was higher pitched than her usual one.

Lily snorted again and leaned over to whisper something in Kara's ear.
Isn't Petunia just the biggest flirt you've ever seen?

Kara smothered her laughter. Yup, I'm going to have to say that she is. I've seen some pretty big flirts in my eleven years, but that just takes the cake.

Lily's eyes widened. You're eleven? So are we!

Yup! We're eleven. Awesomeness! Kara said enthusiastically.

Cool! Wait..... we? You and James are twins?

Kara sighed. Yes, I am ashamed to admit that that is my twin brother.

And I am ashamed to admit that that is my twin sister! Lily said.

They looked at each other and collapsed into fits of giggles.

Hey! What're you laughing about guys! Petunia said irritably

Nothing Lily answered, Nothing at all.

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(James' P.O.V.)


James Potter was miserable. He hated his new neighborhood. He hated it with a passion. It was full of Muggles, and he would bet 100 Galleons that there wasn't a person with a drop of magical blood in them for miles around. Well, except for his family and him that is. Not that James had anything against Muggles of course. He wasn't that type of boy. He just wanted someone to relate to besides Kara. He needed a magical friend.

James sighed. Friends... He already missed Sirius, Remus, and Peter a lot. And he had hardly been gone for 5 hours! James let his head fall forward onto his Quidditch book. One thought ran through his mind repeatedly:

Bored..... So bored....

Suddenly he was startled out of his reverie by his mother's piercing voice floated up the stairs.

JAMES!!! GET DOWN HERE! I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!

James sighed and trudged downstairs.

Yes Mum?

Julia Potter looked over at her son.

I need you to come outside for a moment.



James plodded into his new front yard where his sister Kara was already waiting. Mrs. Potter pulled them into a huddle.

Our new neighbors are coming over to welcome us. Mrs. Potter said quietly.

James groaned.

Now children, these are Muggles, so don't say anything about our kind.

But Mum!! James protested.

James! No buts! We can't let them know about us!

Kara piped up. Why do we have to live near Muggles again Mum?

Because your father wants to get to know more about them for the Ministry. When he has learned enough, he'll owl the Ministry, and then we can leave

Perfect, thought James. Just what I need. Some interaction with some quality Muggles! Oh JOY! Nonetheless, he went over and greeted the Muggles, but not with as much gusto as the rest of his family.

James perked up when he saw that they had two girls about the age of his sister and himself. One of them had wispy blonde hair and blue eyes, and waaaay too much neck, but the other one.......

Oh god, he thought, that has to be the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, even if she is a Muggle!

She had startling red hair with just the right amount of wave in it, and sparkling green eyes. Her skin looked as if it glowed, and it was smooth as a slab of marble. He gaped at her for a while, and was thankful that she didn't seem to notice. In fact, she didn't seem to be paying attention to the conversation at all! Did she think they were boring? His thoughts about the girl were unpleasantly put to an end by the girl with too much neck extending her hand and batting her eyelashes at him. Eurgh...... he thought, is she flirting with me?

I'm Petunia! She said with waaaaay too much enthusiasm.

Umm..... Hi. I'm James. He answered. Everything was silent for a moment, and then he waved his hand at the beautiful girl. Who's this?

Everyone turned to look at her, and once again, she didn't seem to notice. Petunia prodded her in the side and she tore her eyes away from whatever she had been looking at.

Huh? Wha-? She said in a very confused manner.

James laughed silently as her mother told her to introduce herself, but when she started to speak, he shut up, wanting to hear her name.

Oh, right. Yea, I'm Lily, She said with a smile.
When she smiled James went weak in the knees. She had such a beautiful smile.......

SNAP OUT OF IT JAMES! he told himself God damnit! You don't even know her! And why would she be interested in you anyway.....

For as long as James could remember, all people had always told him that he was ugly. Well, maybe not all people. Certainty not his parents, but parents have to say that their children are handsome. No, it was his aunts and uncles. They were forever telling him:

James you look like you haven't combed your hair in months!

James your glasses are so ugly! Your lovely blue eyes are covered by them! Your eyes would be so much more handsome if you would just get contacts!

James, why are you so skinny? Don't you ever eat?

He shook his head to clear his thoughts and realized that Lily was still smiling at him. He smiled back and winked. When she saw his wink she raised an eyebrow and looked away.

Stupid James! STUPID! He thought. Now you've thoroughly freaked her out!

He went back to his thoughts of how stupid he was for a few minutes, and then realized that he was left alone with Lily, Petunia, and Kara, and that nobody was talking.

He said uncertainly.

James realized that Lily was spacing out again. It was as if she didn't even want to meet him or his family in the first place! How dared she! How dared she!!!

Well, if she's passing up the chance to talk to me now, I'll make her sorry that she didn't!

So, James talked to Petunia. Yes, he was very, very pained by it. He really didn't like Petunia at all. She flirted with him, she didn't seem very nice, and the expression on her face looked like someone was holding curdling milk under her nose. They talked about the weirdness of their siblings, and when she started laughing, he collapsed into extremely false peals of laughter, and to his delight he noticed that while he and Petunia laughed, Lily snapped out of her trance and was talking to Kara.

Hmph! See that! She's jealous already! Jealous that I'm laughing with her sister and not her!

He was extremely pleased with himself, and he went on laughing until he realized that she wasn't telling Kara how wonderful he was. In fact, it seemed that she was laughing at him! Yes, she was laughing at him! And so was Kara! He felt a flush come to his face as Kara prodded him with a stick. He looked up and stopped his false laughter, only to notice Lily and Kara breaking out in giggles. He saw Petunia stop laughing also, and she looked irritated.

she said, What're you guys laughing about?

Nothing Lily managed to choke out, nothing at all.... Then she began to laugh again, and James couldn't help but notice that she had a wonderful laugh.......

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AAAAAANNND THATS IT! I hope u liked this chappie! I liked this one pretty well myself! James is so weird......:-D
R/R PLLLEEASE!

~*Perdolwen*~