Lily Evans sighed. If she had to organize her older sister, Petunia's, makeup drawer one more time, she'd, well, she couldn't think of it at the moment. She gritted her teeth and set to work. "You'd think a thirteen year old would be able to do this herself, instead of having her ten year old sister do it for her," Lily grumbled under her breath. Lily was usually quite an enjoyable person to be around, but when it came to Petunia, ugh.
But she was going to live through it, though, because in three hours she was going over to her best friend and current boyfriend's house, to celebrate her eleventh birthday. Sirius lived five houses down the street, and they had been best friends since preschool. They had just recently started going out over the summer, which Lily's dad wasn't too happy about. But Lily knew this wasn't just a birthday party for her, it was also a going away party for Sirius, who would be gong to a boarding school in Scotland next September. It was only a month away. She assumed it was an all boys school, because if it wasn't, her parents would have already tried to get her in.
"I'm done!" she called to Petunia as she headed out the door. She jogged down the street to the Black's house, and was surprised to see more cars than Mr. Black's usual Cadillac, which Lily loved, and had named Blue Baby, for its color and the way Mr. Black treated it(like a baby). She ran up the steps and knocked on the door, three times fast, two slow, she and Sirius's symbol .The door opened, and to Lily's surprise, Sirius was standing there with three other boys.
"Hey, it's awfully nice of you to invite people to my birthday party that I don't even know," she said sarcastically but in a joking tone. She was a bit bummed, because she was hoping it was just going to be her and Sirius.
"Sorry," Sirius replied, his grey eyes shining, "but I would get bored with just you to talk to. This is James," he motioned to the tall boy with black hair like his, "this is Remus," a medium sized boy with brown hair and deep brown eyes, "and this is Peter," a short blonde boy cowering in the corner of the foyer.
Lily said hello politely to all of them, and then set off for the ping-pong table, with the boys at her feels. She knew she could whip their butts at ping-pong just by the looks of them, except for Sirius, who had been teaching her all summer. So far, she had beaten him only twice. Sirius knew where she was headed as soon as she got that determined glint in her eye, and ran down to the basement right behind her.
She grabbed her favorite paddle, purple on one side, orange on the other, and began to practice. After about five warm-up serves, she challenged the closest person, which was Sirius (surprise, surprise). He beat her, but only by five this time.
"You're getting better," he laughed as he put his racket away. "Soon I won't be able to play you anymore, because you'll beat me for the third time and ruin my perfect record," he joked as he leaned over an gave her a kiss on the cheek.
Remus saw a flash of jealousy in James's eyes ,but it was gone in an instant. 'Must have been a trick of the light,' he thought to himself, before challenging Sirius in a game of chess.
"We have to play the Muggle way," whispered Sirius as he passed Remus to get the chessboard.
"Ok," he replied, understanding. Lily. It was soon a checkmate, in Remus's favor. "Curses! Foiled again," joked Sirius.
"Cake!" Mrs. Black called down the stairs. Lily was soon stampeded by four very hungry boys rushing up the stairs to the dining room. She meekly followed. When she reached the dining room, she saw that the whole place was decorated in aquamarine streamers, her favorite color. Delicious smelling chocolate cupcakes sat in front of the head chair. Lily suspected that she was supposed to sit there. She sat down, and noticed that her parents and Petunia had arrived.
"Hello," she said cheerily. Petunia mumbled something under her breath.
Mr. Black shushed her and said, "Happy birthday sweetheart!"
Soon Mrs. Black dimmed the lights and everyone started singing "Happy Birthday". Lily's cheeks flushed with embarrassment because Sirius was singing opera style. After he couldn't hold the last note any longer, she blew out all eleven candles.
'I wish.' she thought to herself, 'I wish I could go to school with Sirius.'