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A/N: Hey! Thanks for reading my fan fiction. Any constructive critcism is okay but I recommend you make sure I'm in a good mood. I write many stories. I have another fan fiction going on at Harry potter.com so I will try to post as much as possible. Read and Review. Much Love!
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Funny how things change. One minute your on top of the world and the next you feel like your all alone. It can go the opposite way as well, much like how this story goes...
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"PETUNIA! COME BACK HERE NOW!" Lily Marie Evans shouted to her older sister who was running away with Lily's spell book.
Lily was 14 years old and lived with her Mum, Dad, and Petunia in London, England. Lily attended Hogwarts from September 1st - June 29th. In the summer she spent most of her time studying or playing sports. Lily was what some people would classify as a "tomboy". But she didn't care. At least she was faster than anyone she knew. Lily didn't have many friends but the few she had were great and that's all that matters.
"Come on Lil! I just want to look at it! Your going to the park to run anyway." said Petunia.
"Fine! But I want it back whenever I get back!" Lily huffed as she walked outside. She pulled her hair back with one of the hair twistys on her wrist and jogged to the park. It was fairly late at night but the dimly lit lamps guided Lily down her normal path. She liked jogging late at night because nobody was usually in the park. She could think to herself and let her mind journey away without worrying if she might run into someone. It was rather warm outside. Lily was able to run without distractions. As she jogged down the trail her thoughts carried her until she was brought back to reality rather painfully.
"OW!" Lily moaned as she was knocked to the ground along with someone else.
"I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" asked a boy, Lily's age. He had messy black hair, thick glasses, and dazzling blue eyes. Lily smiled. He was quite cute.
"Yes. I should be fine." Lily said, getting up. "Just scraped my elbow." She examined her bleeding elbow. No big deal to her.
"Oh my god. I'm soooo sorry." said the boy, taking out a handkerchief. Lily moved as he was about to dab her cut. He laughed.
"Don't worry. It's clean." he said reassuringly. Lily smiled.
"I'm Lily Evans" she said as the boy wiped the blood from her cut.
"That name sounds familiar. I'm James Potter." he said. She's beautiful, James thought. He smiled at her and shook her hand.
"James Potter? As in the guy head of the Gryffindor quidditch team at Hogwarts?" Lily asked.
"Yes, is that a prob-OH! Your Lily Evans!" said James.
"I think we have already established that." she replied.
"You beat me in every exam." said James, grinning. Lily blushed.
"Maybe we can hang out tomorrow." James said, looking at the ground. Lily giggled.
"Is the famous James Potter asking little ol' me out on a date?" Lily asked. James looked at her.
"Depends. Do you want it to be one?" he asked. Lily grinned.
"I'll tell you what. I'll race you around the trail twice. That is exactly a mile. If you beat me it will be a date. If you don't than we will just hang." Lily said. James grinned evilly.
"Your on." James said. They took off, both at very steady paces. The first round was mainly a jog. The last round was all about who could run faster for longer. Lily was in the lead and closing in on the area they started at when James unexpectedly, ran out in front of her. He finished before her.
"I guess it's a date." James said. Lily smiled.
"Your the only person to beat me in a race." she said, falling on the soft grass.
"Is that a good thing?" asked James, lying down next to her, looking up at the stars.
"Yeah, but don't get use to it." Lily joked. They talked for what seemed like 5 minutes but when the large clock in the center of the park chimed midnight Lily and James were asleep, in the park.
Lily woke early at the sound of the clock chiming 7 o'clock. She didn't know at first where she was but when she did...
"JAMES! WAKE UP! WE FELL ASLEEP!" Lily shouted into his ear. He jumped up, his hair messier than ever. Lily burst out laughing.
"Awww don't laugh at me." James said, pretending to be sad. Lily grinned.
"My parents are going to kill me." Lily muttered.
"Why? Because you fell asleep in a perfectly safe park?" James asked. Lily nodded.
"Wow. My parents probably don't even realize I'm gone. One of the pleasures of being an only child in the Potter house, nobody even notices whether your there or not." James said.
"That must suck." said Lily.
"Not really. That means I can enter and leave as I want. Like nights like last night, I just wanted to get away so...I did." James said. Lily lied back down.
"So where are we going to go today on our 'date'?" Lily asked. James looked at her.
"You mean you don't want to go see your parents first?" James asked.
"Why bother. They'll just hold up my day. I'll talk to them later." Lily said. James got a great idea. He jumped up, grabbed Lily's hand and they ran off, Lily not having any idea where they were going. They stopped at a lake. James took off his shirt and jumped in. Lily took off her shirt (she had worn her bathing suit under her clothes coincidently) and shorts and dived in. As she resurfaced she couldn't see where James had gone. Suddenly she felt something grab her leg.
"AH!" she let out a surprised shriek. James came up form the water.
"Ha! I like soooo freaked you out!" James laughed. Lily punched him playfully.
"I wouldn't declare this a date." said Lily, punching him playfully.
"Oh I saved the date part for later." James whispered in her ear before splashing her. Then all hell broke loose. Lily began dunking James and he would pick her up and toss her out into deep water. It was a good thing she knew how to swim. They played around until about noon. Lily got out of the lake and lied on the shore. James smiled at her. Every moment he spent with her, he liked her even more. How could he have not discovered her in Hogwarts?
"I'm hungry." she sighed.
"Well then, I guess it's time for part two out of the 3 part plan." said James, smiling. Lily put on her shorts but kept her bathing top showing mainly because James had grabbed her hand and began to run off again.
"Your lucky I'm in such good shape." Lily said, catching up to him so she wasn't being dragged.
"Yes, too true." said James. They ran through woods and over log bridges, never getting tired, laughing the whole way. They finally stopped at a large clearing. James whipped out his wand.
"James, we can't do magic." Lily said.
"Don't worry. My dad is the minister." said James, grinning. A picnic basket and blanket appeared on the ground and a record player played a very sweet tune.
"Care to dance?" James asked.
"I'd love to." said Lily. They began to dance to the slow tune. Lily smiled.
*Lily's thoughts*
This guy was absolutely perfect. He's sweet, funny, smart, athletic, everything! This is the best day of my life. I wonder if he's going to kiss me?
*James's thoughts*
She's so beautiful. She's nothing like Beth. I wonder if she knows I'm going out with Beth. It can be our little secret. Anything that happenes this summer stays in this summer. I wonder if I should kiss her?
The song ended and James just looked into Lily's eyes. He leaned in and kissed her. Lily kissed him back and James took his chance at deepening the kiss. Lily didn't seem to mind. They lied down on the blanket and just kissed, completely oblivious to the world. Lily pulled away after a little while. She smiled and rested her head on his chest. He out an arm around her, placing his hand on her stomach, sending warmth all over her. She smiled and placed her hand over top of his. He grinned and they stayed like that, just enjoying each other's presences, talking about odds and ends.
"So what's it like?" Lily asked, breaking a moment of silence.
"What?" James asked.
"What's it like to be rich?" asked Lily.
James was caught off guard by the question. "Well I guess it's nice."
"That's good." Lily said. She was very quiet after that.
"Are you okay?" James asked.
"Yes. I'm fine." Lily lied.
"Well I better get going. We have 20 minutes until sunset." James said. He got up and they ran off again. The run was longer than usual. In 10 minutes they were sitting on top of a hill. Little kids were playing in sand boxed at the bottom and parents were sitting on benches, reading magazines and talking. Lily and James resumed the position they were at when lying on the picnic blanket. The sun set sending beautiful rays everywhere. It was amazing.
"It's beautiful." Lily said. James smiled and kissed her.
Lily walked home that night completely happy. There was a new spring in her step that wasn't there before. But the sprig was lost when she faced her father...
"Lily Marie Evans!" he shouted as Lily walked in the door. Lily's mind snapped out of her perfect world. Uh oh…
"Yes daddy?" she asked sweetly. Her dad wouldn't punish her like her mum. Thank god it was her dad.
"Where have you been all day? I nearly had a heart attack when Petunia said you never came home last night!" Mr. Evans yelled. Lily shrunk back in her chair. Although her dad wasn't as bad as her mum, he was still beyond scary when he was mad.
"I met a friend in the park and we were talking about we both just fell asleep. Then today we went to the lake and hung out in the woods and watched the sun set." said Lily.
"And who was this friend?" asked Mr. Evans.
"James Potter." Lily said quietly. Mr. Evans stared wide eyed at his daughter.
"You. Spent. All. Day. And. Last. Night. With. The. Son. Of. Our. New. Rich. Neighbors?" Mr. Evans asked slowly and clearly.
"They are our new neighbors?" Lily asked in disbelief. This was going to be perfect.
"Yes, they invited us to some sort of get together tomorrow. But you are now grounded." Mr. Evans said.
"Daddy! You can't do that! I want to see James!" Lily shouted at her father.
"Sweetie, I doubt James will be allowed to go. His parents are probably grounding him now."
"I bet they aren't." said Lily.
"Why do you say that?" Mr. Evans asked.
Lily sighed. "Because his parents don't even notice when he is gone. They are so wrapped up in riches and fame they don't even know they have a son." Mr. Evans looked sadly at his daughter.
"Fine. You can go but only because James should have someone to hang out with him and I pity anyone who has to hang out with Petunia." said Mr. Evans. Lily giggled and went to take a shower and go to bed in her warm bed.
~At James's house, once he came home~
"Mum, Dad! I'm home!" he called, not expecting an answer. He didn't get one anyway. He fell onto the sofa and stared up at the ceiling.
"Something wrong Master Potter?" a house elf came up to James.
"No. Everything is fine Minky." said James with a sigh.
"Minky! I need you in here!" Mr. Potter called.
"Minky will talk to you later sir." Minky said to James before leaving. Minky was a much older house elf. She was the only thing in the house that noticed him. Just then there was the sound of the front door swinging open. James heard Mrs. Potter come up the stairs.
"Where were you all day? We went to visit the new neighbors but you weren't here." she said to James.
"You mean you actually noticed?" James replied coolly.
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"You know what it means mum. You guys never even notice I'm gone unless on the off chance we have to do something. I wasn't just gone all day, I was gone all night. I met a girl and she's pretty cool. She's nice, and pretty, and she can make me laugh." said James, thinking blissfully of Lily.
"And does she know about Beth, your girlfriend?" Mrs. Potter asked.
James looked at his hands. "No."
"James, your going to hurt her." Mrs. Potter said.
"Why should you care? You care about her feelings but you don't care about mine? You probably forgot today was my 15th birthday! I had the best birthday with Lily, and she didn't even know it was my birthday! I was also made a prefect, bet ya' didn't know that did you Mum?!" James shouted. He stormed off to his room, unpacked his things, took a shower and went to bed.
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"Lily! Wake up now!" Mrs. Evans called through Lily's door. Lily sighed and got out of bed. She put on a pair of bell bottoms and a tight light-red t-shirt. She walked up the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Make your sister some breakfast. She just got her nail's done." Mrs. Evans said, not looking up from the morning paper in her hands. Lily lied down on the sofa and turned on the T.V.
"No." she said simply to her mum. Mrs. Evans looked up from her paper.
"Excuse me?" she asked.
"I said I'm not going to make Petunia breakfast." Lily said. Since there were no good movies , she grabbed her camera and walked outside. Lily loved to take pictures of everything. She took pictures of people playing in the park, the swans on the lakes and even just of the scenery. Mrs. Evans followed her daughter outside. Something was obviously wrong besides Lily's objection to make breakfast. She wouldn't be getting mad over this.
"You get your butt back in there and make her breakfast or I'll call your father." said Mrs. Evans.
"Go ahead Mum. He wont do anything. He's the only one in this house who doesn't hate me." Lily said. Obviously she had crossed the line. Mrs. Evans smacked her daughter. In horror of what had just happened, Lily immediately ran off, tears beginning to fall down her cheek. She stopped in the middle of the woods in her backyard, her family owned the land. She climbed the tree house her and Petunia had built before they began to loath each other. When Lily was considered normal..
Lily took out her camera and began to snap pictures of squirrels in the near by trees. There was the sound of someone climbing the tree house. It was James. Lily tried to wipe away the tears but James already saw him.
"Lily, what's wrong? Why if your cheek all red?" James asked.
"Nothing." she lied.
"Don't lie to me." said James. Lily broke down in tears.
"She hates me." she sobbed.
"Who does?" James asked, letting Lily cry on his shoulder.
"M-m-my….my mum." she said quietly. James wrapped his arms around Lily. Lily sobbed for a while longer, James not knowing what to say. He felt bad for her. At least his mum didn't hate him. His mum would never even hit him at that. They stayed in the tree house until about noon, talking about different things.
"I have to go get ready for the dinner party tonight." Lily said, putting her camera back in her case. She was about to leave when James grabbed her hand.
"I forgot to thank you." said James.
"Thank me for what?" she asked.
"Giving me the best birthday ever." James said and he let her go. She kissed hi good-bye and went back to her house. James stayed up in the tree house.
Lily sneaked into the house and into her bathroom. She took a shower and went into her room. She smiled. All she could think about was James as she got ready. It was 3:30 by the time she was finally ready. She smiled at her reflection. She looked out window at the Potter house.
"Lily," she said to herself. "I think your in love." She sighed happily and
went upstairs to wait for everybody else to get ready.
By 4 o clock everybody was ready to leave. They walked to the Potter's. Lily hadn't even looked at her mum. James answered the door.
"Hi Lily." he said. She looked magnificent. She was wearing a long black dress and black heels. She had little make up, just a little mascara and some lip gloss, her dark red hair was curled loosely and she had gold necklace on. Lily walked inside. James greeted the rest if her family. He was rather cold to Mrs. Evans. He nearly burst out laughing at Petunia's attire. She was wearing a short, light blue dress( that wouldn't look bad on anyone else). It exposed most of her fat thighs, her hair was in a ponytail at the very top of her head, making it look like a volcanic eruption. Her shoes were high knee blue boots and her nails were long and also blue.
"Wow. Don't you look just like a smerf." Lily said. Petunia scowled and James laughed. The adults and Petunia began talking and James and Lily walked down a different hallway. They walked into a bedroom covered with Quidditch posters and books.
"This is my room." James said proudly. Lily laughed at all the clothes in the dirty clothes basket.
"I figured." Lily said. James kissed her. She kissed him back and the kiss deepened. She put her hands around his neck and he slipped his around her waist. She lied down on the bed and he lied down with her, kissing her. Suddenly they heard a few sniggers. James looked up to see Remus, Peter, and of course, Sirius standing in the doorway.
"Hey guys." James said, getting off the bed. Lily sat up, not blushing to her surprise.
"Tsk tsk. I hope you broke up with Beth before you started snogging sessions with the lovely red head." said Sirius. Lily looked at James, questioningly.
"Whose Beth?" she asked.
"My ex-girlfriend. I broke up with her though." lied James. Sirius knew James was lying preferred not to say anything…yet.
"So, whose your attractive red head?" Remus asked.
"I'm Lily Evans. And you are the famous marauder gang. Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew and the infamous Sirius Black, James's partner in crime." said Lily. They all grinned at her.
"You know me all too well." said Sirius, kissing her hand.
"Back off Sirius, I saw her first." said Remus, kissing her other hand.
James cleared his throat. "Actually I knew her before any of you." Lily grinned.
"See, that's where you all are wrong." said Lily.
"What?" asked James. Lily looked at Peter. His mind clicked.
"I knew Lily in grade school. Oh my god. You changed a lot." said Peter. The guys sighed sadly. Lily and Peter laughed.
"Uh James, I need to talk to you…alone." said Sirius. James shrugged and him and Sirius walked into the living room.
"You didn't break up with Beth did you?" asked Sirius. James looked at him.
"No I didn't. Is it that obvious?" asked James.
"No, I just talked to her yesterday. Look, Lily seems nice but she doesn't seem like your other girls that would just leave you alone when she finds out your cheating on her. She's a red-head." said Sirius.
"Okay…What's so big about red-heads?" asked James.
"They don't take no shit from anyone." said Sirius with a grin.
A/N: I think the last comment (see above) is a compliment to all red-heads so please, don't flame me or anything. I'm a burnette so I wouldn't know but it's a common stereo-type…like the whole dumb blonde thing, which is proof right there that's it's not true. Now Review with comments. The one thing I'm concerned about it length chapter. Is this too long or too short? And I know Lily may seem a bit, cool and collective as some may classify it but Lily was desperate to make friends and she saw this as an opportunity. If you don't like her attitude, too bad but it does change later on, when she becomes more confident in herself. Okay, now I'm beginning to say too much.