(A/n- Just refreshing from the previous chapter , Mary (such a stupid
name!) Evans picks up the phone and thinks it is Severus calling and speaks
and no one replies , so she places the receiver down. )
************************************** "Weird," said Sirius.
"Yeah really" said James to Remus, Peter, Sirius, Harold and Victoria.
"I mean I just dial the number and 'Hello, Severus. I am Mary Evans, Lily's mother. Your mother had told me that you would be calling. You will be coming here after a week, right? You have to get to know Lily better because you two have never met before. You come and spend time with Lily and then if you like her you can gladly get wed.' What on Earth was that supposed to mean?" asked James, imitating what Lily's mother had said in a girlish voice.
" James, from what you have said it seems like a guy named Severus is coming to see her in a week, but she has never seen or met him before, right?" asked Harold slowly.
"Yeah, it does seem like that," said James, wondering why his dad was asking him about that.
" James, do you really love her?" asked Harold again.
" Of course I do. Remember Sirius, that girl in school? What was her name??.. Yeah. Su Chang, she was so pretty and she loved me, but I never liked her. You all knew that I hated girls, right? Then why suddenly would I want Lily? Because I love her," said James, still not understanding why his father was asking all these questions.
"Her name is Lily? It's a very nice name" said Victoria.
"James, if you truly love her then she is yours," said Harold.
" But.." said James.
"Listen to me, Lily has never met Severus before, right?"
James nodded.
"So James, you go and see Lily and make her your friend and make her fall in love with you before Severus comes." Harold finished.
"That's not possible. If I go there, it will create problems," said James.
"If you go as James it will. But if you go as Severus. " Harold said, grinning widely.
"But , I am not Severus" said James like a 3year-old
"I know that . You do . We all do ...But Lily doesn't" said Remus
"Yes that's it." Said Remus. "Go to Lily's house tomorrow pretending you're Severus. Stay with her for a week and make her fall in love with you!"
"Yes. That's it! "James yelled at the top of his lungs. He got up and hugged Remus, who was absolutely shocked at this reaction but smiled anyway. "Thank you, Remus." James said before he ran out of the house screaming like a banshee.
"But Remus, we will have to cut the phone line because if Snape calls up James will be at the hands Magical law enforcement or whatever it's called" said Sirius.
Remus rolled his eyes. "You reallllllllllly need to improve. Anyway, You can do that work in your animagus form, don't you think???"
":Sure," said Sirius .
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"Lily, we're leaving. Take care." Said Mary Evans.
"Bye, Mom" said Lily as her parents were off. Petunia had left a little earlier to Vernon's house.
Lily sighed and put on the TV. She had been watching for some time when there was a knock at the door.
She opened the door to find an elderly man outside with a bouquet.
"Lily Evans?" he asked.
"Yes?" she answered.
"Delivery for you, ma'am" said the man as he handed her the bouquet.
"Who sent it?" she asked.
"Thank-you" said the man as he walked away.
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"Lily Evans?"
"Yes" she answered, a little confused. She'd just received flowers.
"Delivery for you ma'am"
"Who sent this?" She asked, with more urgency in her voice.
"Thank-you," the deliveryman said as he turned and walked away.
"Is this the Evans Corner?"
"Yes."
"Delivery for Lily Evans."
"I am Lily Evans and can you please tell me who on earth is sending all these flowers?"
"Thank you ma'am" he said as he handed her the bouquet and left.
One hour later the house was filled with bouquets. There was another knock on the door.
"Great" muttered Lily as she opened the door.
There was another man outside and he too, was holding a bouquet.
"This is for you," said the man smiling as he handed it to her.
"Great. Some stupid git keeps on sending bouquets and you keep handing then over? This is absolutely outrageous," said Lily.
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James tried hard not to let his mouth fall open. (He had followed Remus' plan and was now pretending to be Severus) It is not polite to stare he thought and tried to be cool and spoke.
"HI I am the 'git'" he said.
"Then take all the bouquets and vanish. Disapparate. Disappear.just get out of my sight," said Lily getting annoyed.
"I am Severus Snape from Ameri.." started James but the door had slammed shut on his face. He turned around and decided to curse Remus for coming up with such a stupid idea when the door opened again and a breathless Lily appeared.
"Severus from America???" she asked still breathless.
"Yeah," said James as he ran his fingers through his hair.
"You were supposed to come here after a week right?"
"Well, I just wanted top come early to see you. I was very excited to meet you after seeing the photo's and .. well, aren't you going to ask me to come in??" James grinned.
"Oh, I'm sorry," said Lily blushing a bit " I forgot. Please come in."
James walked in and sat down. He saw the phone and was shocked. What if Severus calls up???? God save me help me! He thought.
Meanwhile, Lily was busy talking. "Nice flowers...Lilies." She looked at James and saw that he was looking a little shocked. "Are you ok?" she asked.
"I'm fine," he replied in a squeaky voice.
Lily stared. Great I must have sounded like Peter, he thought. "I just want some water" James said once he was caught his voice.
"I'll get it" she said turning and walking away towards the kitchen.
James jumped towards the phone and picked it up...no Dial tone???? Thanks a ton Sirius and Remus. I love you both, a lot!
"Lily, I heard that you are working for the Daily Prophet" asked James.
Lily nodded.
"Is it possible for you to take leave from there for just seven days? You know it will be better if we get to know each other well," James said a bit nervously.
"It won't be easy. You cant suddenly request a leave. I will try though" said Lily "I was just leaving for work right now. I'll ask the boss about it" said Lily. "Where are you living?"
"Oh, don't worry about that. I'm living with my friends. I know a few people here. You carry on. I'll be here at around seven this evening?" he asked. He was embarrassed and he didn't know why.
"Sure, I will see you then" said Lily.
(a/n- I am skipping the part in which James goes back home and talks to Sirius and Remus telling them that the meeting was fine and thanking them because I know you guys are more interested in knowing what happens in the evening I wont hold you on. So read)
At six-thirty James stood in front of the mirror trying to make his hair lie flat. He was failing miserably.
"Am I cursed to have such a stupid mop of straw on top of my head?" he yelled, making his 3 friends who were reading the daily prophet jump and then chuckle.
"Should I say ' No Jamsie, your hair is so cute' or should I say 'It looks horrible. Make yourself bald' What am I supposed to say?" asked Sirius, enjoying the effect the words had on James.
"What if Lily hates my hair? What if she likes hair like you have? Oh! What am I going to do?" said James. He was suffering from a bad case of nerves.
"Stop it, Padfoot. James, your hair looks very nice. Juliet always says." said Remus but was interrupted rudely by Sirius.
"Oooooooooooh! What does Julieeee say?" said Sirius dramatically.
Remus blushed a little "Juliet said that girls like men with messy hair."
James managed a smile. "Whatever Moony. I just hope your plan doesn't fail."
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"Hi" said James as Lily opened the door at seven sharp.
"You're on time" Lily said as she grinned.
Wow she looks gorgeous he thought. It was true. She had worn a white spaghetti strap top and blue capris. She had on a little bit of make-up with pink blush on her cheeks and pink lipstick. James blushed as he saw her lips.
"Shall we?" asked Lily.
"Sure" said James as they walked in.
"I've cooked myself. I don't know if it's good. This is the first time I tried" said Lily, her cheeks a bit red from embarrassment. "It's great" said James, having a bit of everything. "It kind of reminds me of my mother's cooking."
"Oh?" said Lily.
They then had dinner in silence. Neither knew what to say.
"Severus, what do you do?" said Lily after they had cleared up the table. They were now sitting on the sofa and talking. "I'm an Auror. I actually wanted to be a quidditch player but then I thought with Voldermort growing stronger and all.Yeah, I cant even ask you what you are doing as I already know about it!" said James whining like a little child.
"I'm impressed. I thought all men cared about were Quidditch and sports," said Lily.
James grinned a little . This is going exactly the way I wanted. I am going to hug Moony a million times for this. I don't think Juliet Sinistra will be fine with that, said a little voice in his head. James grinned a little thinking of the look Moony might have on his face if James told him about it.
"I am so bored lets play something" James said.
"Truth or dare?" asked Lily
"No."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Ok, then let me show you a few of my childhood photos."
James head suddenly snapped up. "Yeah, go get them" said James excitedly.
"Sometimes you act like a two year old," said Lily, rolling her eyes again.
"And you can tell that within..." He paused to look at his watch "Two hours of talking to me?"
"I am a very observant person" stated Lily simply.
Lily walked up to her closet opened it and brought back a thick photo album. She opened it and started showing him her pictures as a young girl.
"This was when I first got admission in Beauxbatons" she said pointing to one. "The uniform is horrible, don't you think? Anyway these two are in 2nd year with my friends - Angela Williams and Alice Pr.. I mean Alice Longbottom. She got married. Angela bet that I would be the first to get married but then Alice went first."
"But you will be getting married now, wont you?" asked James.
"Um.I guess so" she said, clearly not interested in discussing this with him.
"Hey look at this" she squealed in excitement and moved closer to him. "In 6th year we had just played a prank on the girl who had been annoying us by turning her hair green." She turned and looked at James. He was staring at her.
"Are you even seeing the picture?" she asked annoyed.
"Everything is out of focus."
"Why?"
"Because you are sitting so close to me."
Lily looked at their shoulders, which were touching, and jumped aside, blushing. James was blushing slightly too.
"Well, I think I must leave or Moony might fall asleep on the doorstep waiting for me. Padfoot and the rest are probably snoring loudly by now" James said.
"Moony??? Padfoot??? What sort of names are these?" asked Lily, a bit amused at these names.
"I'm Prongs and my friends are Moony, Padfoot, and Wormtail. Just stupid nicknames" James muttered.
"They're very cute." Said Lily, smiling.
"If you are talking about the names then I agree, but if you meet them, you'll end up in St. Mungos."
"I would definitely like to meet them some time" said Lily
"I will take you there sometime. You must meet them. They are annoying, but then, they are so much fun" said James grinning.
"Well, I am waiting." Said Lily. "So, you said you had to leave ...Will you be leaving now then?"
"You want me to leave? Are you eager to push me off? Why? Am I bad boy?" asked James pouting like a child.
One day ago I would have been so embarrassed to talk to Lily like I talk to Remus and Sirius. What happened to me now? Is it because I am losing interest in her or is it because she is an easy-going type? You can never loose interest in her, said a tiny voice in his head.
"No I am not eager to push you off. You act like a two year old, and speaking of bad boys you definitely are one" said Lily pushing him to the door.
"Hey," said James annoyed. "Ok ok," he said, walking to the door. "So, shall I see you tomorrow at Floreans in Diagon Alley for lunch?" said James crossing his fingers in his pocket.
"Sure" said Lily. James breathed a sign of relief. He looked at his watch. It was ten-thirty.
"Merlin. I've got to go. I am running late. Sorry, bye" he said and ran out of the house and disapparated home.
Sirius and Remus pounced on him with questions. Finally after a lot of 'Shut up, Padfoot' and 'Shut up, Moony' he went to bed.
'These 7 days are going to be interestin' were Lily's as well as James' thoughts before falling asleep
(a/n - Cahpiee finished I want Reviews so you better give them to me or I will send death eaters to your house . Lol!! Until next chapiee then . Byeeeeeeeeeee)
************************************** "Weird," said Sirius.
"Yeah really" said James to Remus, Peter, Sirius, Harold and Victoria.
"I mean I just dial the number and 'Hello, Severus. I am Mary Evans, Lily's mother. Your mother had told me that you would be calling. You will be coming here after a week, right? You have to get to know Lily better because you two have never met before. You come and spend time with Lily and then if you like her you can gladly get wed.' What on Earth was that supposed to mean?" asked James, imitating what Lily's mother had said in a girlish voice.
" James, from what you have said it seems like a guy named Severus is coming to see her in a week, but she has never seen or met him before, right?" asked Harold slowly.
"Yeah, it does seem like that," said James, wondering why his dad was asking him about that.
" James, do you really love her?" asked Harold again.
" Of course I do. Remember Sirius, that girl in school? What was her name??.. Yeah. Su Chang, she was so pretty and she loved me, but I never liked her. You all knew that I hated girls, right? Then why suddenly would I want Lily? Because I love her," said James, still not understanding why his father was asking all these questions.
"Her name is Lily? It's a very nice name" said Victoria.
"James, if you truly love her then she is yours," said Harold.
" But.." said James.
"Listen to me, Lily has never met Severus before, right?"
James nodded.
"So James, you go and see Lily and make her your friend and make her fall in love with you before Severus comes." Harold finished.
"That's not possible. If I go there, it will create problems," said James.
"If you go as James it will. But if you go as Severus. " Harold said, grinning widely.
"But , I am not Severus" said James like a 3year-old
"I know that . You do . We all do ...But Lily doesn't" said Remus
"Yes that's it." Said Remus. "Go to Lily's house tomorrow pretending you're Severus. Stay with her for a week and make her fall in love with you!"
"Yes. That's it! "James yelled at the top of his lungs. He got up and hugged Remus, who was absolutely shocked at this reaction but smiled anyway. "Thank you, Remus." James said before he ran out of the house screaming like a banshee.
"But Remus, we will have to cut the phone line because if Snape calls up James will be at the hands Magical law enforcement or whatever it's called" said Sirius.
Remus rolled his eyes. "You reallllllllllly need to improve. Anyway, You can do that work in your animagus form, don't you think???"
":Sure," said Sirius .
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"Lily, we're leaving. Take care." Said Mary Evans.
"Bye, Mom" said Lily as her parents were off. Petunia had left a little earlier to Vernon's house.
Lily sighed and put on the TV. She had been watching for some time when there was a knock at the door.
She opened the door to find an elderly man outside with a bouquet.
"Lily Evans?" he asked.
"Yes?" she answered.
"Delivery for you, ma'am" said the man as he handed her the bouquet.
"Who sent it?" she asked.
"Thank-you" said the man as he walked away.
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"Lily Evans?"
"Yes" she answered, a little confused. She'd just received flowers.
"Delivery for you ma'am"
"Who sent this?" She asked, with more urgency in her voice.
"Thank-you," the deliveryman said as he turned and walked away.
"Is this the Evans Corner?"
"Yes."
"Delivery for Lily Evans."
"I am Lily Evans and can you please tell me who on earth is sending all these flowers?"
"Thank you ma'am" he said as he handed her the bouquet and left.
One hour later the house was filled with bouquets. There was another knock on the door.
"Great" muttered Lily as she opened the door.
There was another man outside and he too, was holding a bouquet.
"This is for you," said the man smiling as he handed it to her.
"Great. Some stupid git keeps on sending bouquets and you keep handing then over? This is absolutely outrageous," said Lily.
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James tried hard not to let his mouth fall open. (He had followed Remus' plan and was now pretending to be Severus) It is not polite to stare he thought and tried to be cool and spoke.
"HI I am the 'git'" he said.
"Then take all the bouquets and vanish. Disapparate. Disappear.just get out of my sight," said Lily getting annoyed.
"I am Severus Snape from Ameri.." started James but the door had slammed shut on his face. He turned around and decided to curse Remus for coming up with such a stupid idea when the door opened again and a breathless Lily appeared.
"Severus from America???" she asked still breathless.
"Yeah," said James as he ran his fingers through his hair.
"You were supposed to come here after a week right?"
"Well, I just wanted top come early to see you. I was very excited to meet you after seeing the photo's and .. well, aren't you going to ask me to come in??" James grinned.
"Oh, I'm sorry," said Lily blushing a bit " I forgot. Please come in."
James walked in and sat down. He saw the phone and was shocked. What if Severus calls up???? God save me help me! He thought.
Meanwhile, Lily was busy talking. "Nice flowers...Lilies." She looked at James and saw that he was looking a little shocked. "Are you ok?" she asked.
"I'm fine," he replied in a squeaky voice.
Lily stared. Great I must have sounded like Peter, he thought. "I just want some water" James said once he was caught his voice.
"I'll get it" she said turning and walking away towards the kitchen.
James jumped towards the phone and picked it up...no Dial tone???? Thanks a ton Sirius and Remus. I love you both, a lot!
"Lily, I heard that you are working for the Daily Prophet" asked James.
Lily nodded.
"Is it possible for you to take leave from there for just seven days? You know it will be better if we get to know each other well," James said a bit nervously.
"It won't be easy. You cant suddenly request a leave. I will try though" said Lily "I was just leaving for work right now. I'll ask the boss about it" said Lily. "Where are you living?"
"Oh, don't worry about that. I'm living with my friends. I know a few people here. You carry on. I'll be here at around seven this evening?" he asked. He was embarrassed and he didn't know why.
"Sure, I will see you then" said Lily.
(a/n- I am skipping the part in which James goes back home and talks to Sirius and Remus telling them that the meeting was fine and thanking them because I know you guys are more interested in knowing what happens in the evening I wont hold you on. So read)
At six-thirty James stood in front of the mirror trying to make his hair lie flat. He was failing miserably.
"Am I cursed to have such a stupid mop of straw on top of my head?" he yelled, making his 3 friends who were reading the daily prophet jump and then chuckle.
"Should I say ' No Jamsie, your hair is so cute' or should I say 'It looks horrible. Make yourself bald' What am I supposed to say?" asked Sirius, enjoying the effect the words had on James.
"What if Lily hates my hair? What if she likes hair like you have? Oh! What am I going to do?" said James. He was suffering from a bad case of nerves.
"Stop it, Padfoot. James, your hair looks very nice. Juliet always says." said Remus but was interrupted rudely by Sirius.
"Oooooooooooh! What does Julieeee say?" said Sirius dramatically.
Remus blushed a little "Juliet said that girls like men with messy hair."
James managed a smile. "Whatever Moony. I just hope your plan doesn't fail."
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"Hi" said James as Lily opened the door at seven sharp.
"You're on time" Lily said as she grinned.
Wow she looks gorgeous he thought. It was true. She had worn a white spaghetti strap top and blue capris. She had on a little bit of make-up with pink blush on her cheeks and pink lipstick. James blushed as he saw her lips.
"Shall we?" asked Lily.
"Sure" said James as they walked in.
"I've cooked myself. I don't know if it's good. This is the first time I tried" said Lily, her cheeks a bit red from embarrassment. "It's great" said James, having a bit of everything. "It kind of reminds me of my mother's cooking."
"Oh?" said Lily.
They then had dinner in silence. Neither knew what to say.
"Severus, what do you do?" said Lily after they had cleared up the table. They were now sitting on the sofa and talking. "I'm an Auror. I actually wanted to be a quidditch player but then I thought with Voldermort growing stronger and all.Yeah, I cant even ask you what you are doing as I already know about it!" said James whining like a little child.
"I'm impressed. I thought all men cared about were Quidditch and sports," said Lily.
James grinned a little . This is going exactly the way I wanted. I am going to hug Moony a million times for this. I don't think Juliet Sinistra will be fine with that, said a little voice in his head. James grinned a little thinking of the look Moony might have on his face if James told him about it.
"I am so bored lets play something" James said.
"Truth or dare?" asked Lily
"No."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Ok, then let me show you a few of my childhood photos."
James head suddenly snapped up. "Yeah, go get them" said James excitedly.
"Sometimes you act like a two year old," said Lily, rolling her eyes again.
"And you can tell that within..." He paused to look at his watch "Two hours of talking to me?"
"I am a very observant person" stated Lily simply.
Lily walked up to her closet opened it and brought back a thick photo album. She opened it and started showing him her pictures as a young girl.
"This was when I first got admission in Beauxbatons" she said pointing to one. "The uniform is horrible, don't you think? Anyway these two are in 2nd year with my friends - Angela Williams and Alice Pr.. I mean Alice Longbottom. She got married. Angela bet that I would be the first to get married but then Alice went first."
"But you will be getting married now, wont you?" asked James.
"Um.I guess so" she said, clearly not interested in discussing this with him.
"Hey look at this" she squealed in excitement and moved closer to him. "In 6th year we had just played a prank on the girl who had been annoying us by turning her hair green." She turned and looked at James. He was staring at her.
"Are you even seeing the picture?" she asked annoyed.
"Everything is out of focus."
"Why?"
"Because you are sitting so close to me."
Lily looked at their shoulders, which were touching, and jumped aside, blushing. James was blushing slightly too.
"Well, I think I must leave or Moony might fall asleep on the doorstep waiting for me. Padfoot and the rest are probably snoring loudly by now" James said.
"Moony??? Padfoot??? What sort of names are these?" asked Lily, a bit amused at these names.
"I'm Prongs and my friends are Moony, Padfoot, and Wormtail. Just stupid nicknames" James muttered.
"They're very cute." Said Lily, smiling.
"If you are talking about the names then I agree, but if you meet them, you'll end up in St. Mungos."
"I would definitely like to meet them some time" said Lily
"I will take you there sometime. You must meet them. They are annoying, but then, they are so much fun" said James grinning.
"Well, I am waiting." Said Lily. "So, you said you had to leave ...Will you be leaving now then?"
"You want me to leave? Are you eager to push me off? Why? Am I bad boy?" asked James pouting like a child.
One day ago I would have been so embarrassed to talk to Lily like I talk to Remus and Sirius. What happened to me now? Is it because I am losing interest in her or is it because she is an easy-going type? You can never loose interest in her, said a tiny voice in his head.
"No I am not eager to push you off. You act like a two year old, and speaking of bad boys you definitely are one" said Lily pushing him to the door.
"Hey," said James annoyed. "Ok ok," he said, walking to the door. "So, shall I see you tomorrow at Floreans in Diagon Alley for lunch?" said James crossing his fingers in his pocket.
"Sure" said Lily. James breathed a sign of relief. He looked at his watch. It was ten-thirty.
"Merlin. I've got to go. I am running late. Sorry, bye" he said and ran out of the house and disapparated home.
Sirius and Remus pounced on him with questions. Finally after a lot of 'Shut up, Padfoot' and 'Shut up, Moony' he went to bed.
'These 7 days are going to be interestin' were Lily's as well as James' thoughts before falling asleep
(a/n - Cahpiee finished I want Reviews so you better give them to me or I will send death eaters to your house . Lol!! Until next chapiee then . Byeeeeeeeeeee)