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=Chapter 24???=

"She's what?" James whispered furiously to his father.

James' father sighed in response, quickly repeating, "Your grandmother is staying the whole winter vacation. The weather is affecting the flights."

"Why our place? Why fly?!" James asked, "Why not floo?!"

"She doesn't want to get any of her dresses dirty," Mr. Potter responded.

"I'm going to go mad," James yelled, stomping up the stairs and slamming his door.

*Day 1*

"James! SIT UP STRAIT! I used to know someone who didn't sit up strait, and that person got a humped back.

"Stop telling your life story," James's mother muttered.

His grandmother apparently heard her, "I wasn't telling my life story, I was telling yours."

*Day 3*

"What's going on in here?" James asked.

Natalie walked next to her brother and answered his question, "Grandmother didn't like the room we were keeping her in. She's taking over your room, you're staying with Sirius."

James walked up to his best friend's room. Sirius was spread across his bed, rubbing the spot next to him, "Come here, honey bunch!"

*Day 5*

James walked over to the bathroom, wearing a robe and ready to take his shower. It was 6:30 in the morning, so he was sure everyone was asleep. He slammed the door open and-

"GRANDMA! LOCK THE DOOR!" James screamed. He put his hands over his face and ran towards his room, thinking he were blind, "Why do old people wake up so early?"

*Day 7*

James was now pretty much dead. He lost all the blood to his face, causing him to go dangerously pale. He was sitting under Sirius's bedside table, hugging his knees to his chest muttering things in different languages.

Sirius kneeled so he could look at his friend, "My GOD, mate! You're losing it!" He poked James's eye, and shuddering as James didn't blink, causing his finger to touch an eyeball, "I know what you can do. I can last here with them, because I'm dead sexy, but here," He pulled out Lily's Christmas present, "Cash it in today. Maybe she can help you."

Color returned to James' face, as did a grin. He attempted to get up, but hit his head. Crawling out, he reached for the present, "Thanks a lot, Padfoot."

=+=

"Okay, everyone!" Petunia pretty much sang (in her off tune voice), "Here he is! My boyfriend: Vernon!"

A man that resembled a walrus, or maybe Java the Hut, walked in, his face purple.

"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away," Mandy whispered to Lily. The two hid their smiles.

"So," Mrs. Evans said, shaking Vernon's hands, "tell us about yourself!"

The man took a seat next to Petunia, "Well, I'm very much into golfing and operas!"

Mandy began whispering something to her cousin again, "This man has to be the fattest, most boring walrus in the world," she feigned a cough.

"And just to think!" Petunia clapped her hands in merriment, "He decided to be my boyfriend, even with a freak in the family," Both she and Vernon eyed Lily.

"I need out," Lily muttered, "These two hate me."

"Well, we met the kind of guys Petunia's into in person," Mandy mumbled, "Let's meet the kind of guys Lily's into."

Almost on cue, the doorbell rang. Lily excused herself to answer the door. James was standing there, wearing a maroon sweatshirt, and black pants.

"You gotta get me away from my family," Lily pleaded.

"Fine," James answered, "I came here to get away from mine, and to cash in my present."

"Keep the present and use it for later," Lily said quiet enough so her family couldn't hear, "Just get me away from my family."

"Whatever you say, Madame," he said, "I guess we can go out, if your family says it's okay."

Lily walked over to the dinner table, "One of my friends wants me to go out. Can I?" She gave the puppy-dog eyes to her parents.

"Fine," Mr. Evans said, "Let's meet this friend first… see if he's responsible."

"You have nothing to worry about," Lily answered, "I'm head girl, he's head boy. No biggie," she thought for a second, "I have to go change, you can talk to him, I guess." and she walked over to the door.

"Okay, James," she smiled, "In that room, we have two people that hate witches and wizards. I'm going to go change, so try and freak 'em out, could you? They're the dangerously thin woman, and the dangerously fat man that's sitting next to her. The rest of my family's fine."

"I don't want to freak them out," James muttered, "I don't even know how to!"

"Then talk about something you don't mind talking about," she thought for a moment, "You can talk about quidditch. My family should be interested in that! We're very athletic. Let's go, I'll leave you there, so I can change."

The two walked into the room. Everyone at the table looked up at James.

"Everyone, this is James Potter. He's a seventh year Gryffindor like me." James waved, "And he's going to talk to you about a sport played at Hogwarts. It's called quidditch, and he's the captain of Gryffindor's quidditch team. James?"

James stepped forward as Lily ran up to her room to get dressed. What should I wear? she asked herself.

=+=

James explained the positions, eventually getting to his, "Last, but definitely not least, my position, the seeker. The seeker's job is to catch a golden ball called a snitch. I have an example," He pulled out the snitch he played with in 'Snape's Worst Memory.' It beat it's wings, trying to fly away, but James had a tight grip on it, "The seeker that catches this earns 25 points for their team, and the game ends as soon as it is caught."

"Is it hard to catch that?" Mr. Evans asked, pointing at the snitch.

"It's very hard, especially when the weather screws with your vision of the field," he answered, "and it's hard to catch up with it. Sometimes, it can disappear right in front of you."

"I wish I could see a game," Mrs. Evans sighed, it sounds fantastic.

"If you let it go in here," Mandy began, "Will you be able to catch it?"

"Of course!" James said. He began playing with the snitch, letting it have a few seconds head start before catching it. He then began letting it fly a foot away before catching it. All the while, the Evans family (Minus Petunia and her boyfriend [even though he wasn't part of the family]) watched in a combination of amusement and amazement. He let it fly a foot away again, but before he could catch it, Petunia startled/distracted him by screaming out-

"SNITCH!" all of a sudden.

The snitch flew towards the door. Lily walked in, the snitch beating in her fist, "Nicely done," she said, handing over the snitch. She then turned to her mother, "I couldn't find any of my clothes," Petunia sniggered, "So I decided to wear the uniform that friends from my old school gave me. A/K/A the uniform I should be wearing if I didn't go to Hogwarts."

That was when James noticed Lily's outfit: A plaid skirt that went down, ending just after the fingertips. She was also wearing knee high white socks, and a white shirt. She was wearing a Catholic school girl uniform.

"That's alright," Mrs. Evans said, "Just wear a hat, gloves, and a thick coat."

Lily walked into the other room, and came back wearing everything her mother said. She then turned to James, "Should we be going?"

"I think we shall," He answered, holding out an arm for her to take.

=End Chapter=

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