A/N: Here's the next. I hope you enjoy.
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DISCOVERING A DESTINY.
Chapter FOUR.
"Lily, Wake up! C'mon wake up!" A cheerful voice yelled at Lily.
"Whatsmatter." She mumbled still over half asleep.
"C'mon Lily. Get UP!"
"Buffy? Is that you?"
"Of course silly. You need to get up right now! It's almost lunchtime! You should see this house. They have a swimming pool and a dining hall of their own. I bet that this house is like a castle or something! They have these elf people that do all the work for them, like servants and the dishes wash themselves. James is really nice and so is Sirius. They played hide and seek with me and everything! I didn't have the heart to tell them that I am eleven. They must think that I'm heaps younger because they talk to me in baby voices and I am really short. Even shorter than you were when you started to go to Hogwarts. They said that I could meet Remus and Peter later. I reckon that this place is the coolest." Buffy exclaimed all while jumping on Lily's bed.
"No wonder they all thought that your really young. You are acting about five years old." Lily grumbled dragging her self out of the bed and getting changed into something clean.
"Yeah, I know. But you know the really scary thing? I can get away with it." Lily rolled her eyes at her little sister's antics and shrugged her shoulders not going to bother to try and get her off the bed.
"Hey Lily, can I ask you something?"
"You just did."
"C'mon, don't be silly."
"Jeez, when did you start using the word silly. You seem to think that it is the only word in your vocabulary or something."
"Don't be mad Lily."
"I'm not. I never could be mad at you Buff. Now ask away."
"Well, what am I supposed to tell Mrs. Potter when she asks how I got the bruises and the scars?"
"Well, we need to hope that she doesn't ask. If she does, tell her that you were a troublesome child and loved to slide down the banister even when you always fell off at the bottom."
"Sure. Make me seem stupid why don't you."
"I don't mean it like that."
"I know." Spontaneously Buffy ran up and gave her sister a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you for bringing me here." She whispered.
Lily wrapped her arms around her and pulled her close. "I love you and it will be good for you to have a break. Besides, this is a wizard's house. You will be seeing magic worked everyday for the next two months. You haven't even begun to see what these people do."
Buffy grinned. "And there's James."
"Yes, there is James and don't you tell him that I said that."
"Wouldn't dream of it." She winked and crossed her fingers behind her back. Both girls started giggling.
"Can we go down stairs for lunch now?" Buffy asked her sister whiningly.
"Okay, lets go."
They headed down stairs arms linked and James and Sirius looked up at the two. Buffy slid into a chair between the two of them and grinned up at her sister. Lily shook her head and sat in the chair that was beside James.
"Sleeping beauty awakens." James muttered to Sirius and he grinned.
"I can hear you." Lily announced.
"I know." James replied almost smugly.
They were in the kitchen and sitting at the counter. There was a plate of sandwiches in front of them.
"Lily, your sisters really cute." Sirius commented with his mouth full.
"Thank you." Buffy replied smiling into plate.
"Would you like a drink sweetie?" James asked in a sickly sweet voice.
Buffy shot a look at Lily that pleaded for help then nodded to him. He stood and went to the fridge.
"What would you like?"
"I dunno, what have you got?"
"Well, milk, juice, soda." He looked up at Lily. "It's okay that she has soda isn't it?"
Lily choked on her food, then nodded trying not to laugh.
"Soda would be great." Buffy told him.
"Okay."
"Why don't you give her a straw too James." Sirius told his best friend politely.
At this Lily looked quickly at her sister who was going red in the face very fast. "You guys both know that she is eleven don't you?" She asked. They both froze.
"No-way!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Yes way. How old did you think that I was?"
"I don't know, six?" James guessed.
"You thought I was six? I could easily pass at five." She grumbled and Lily laughed.
"How is that possible?" Sirius asked confused.
"Well, you see I act all innocent and pretend to have a baby voice." Buffy began but was cut off.
"I meant how are you so small and eleven years old?"
"Oh, well mum was short for her age and she always said that I would go through a growth spurt right at the most inconvenient time possible. Just like me, always awkward." She giggled. "I still don't think that I will be too tall though. When I grow up I want to have blonde hair and be a cheerleader like they are on the TV." She announced.
"But you have brown hair." Sirius pointed out.
"And what's a TV?"
"Oh My God! You guys don't know what a TV is? Lily, you have known these guys for four years and you haven't explained the TV to them? What are you? Mad?"
"Not intentionally." Lily said trying not to laugh.
"Well hurry up and explain. It's like the most important thing in like the whole history of the world."
"I wouldn't go that far."
"Yeah well I would." Buffy said firmly leaving no room for argument. Lily sighed.
"I'm not going to ask about why you want to be a cheerleader or a blonde." She told her sister.
"I'm going to answer anyway."
"Fine."
"I see cheerleaders on the TV in America. They are really fit and can do handstands and stuff. I'm going to be blonde so that I can meet a nice guy. All guys like girls with blonde hair." She stated factually.
"Not all guys." James muttered softly to Sirius before sending a look at Lily secretly.
Buffy overheard this and grinned evilly to herself. She was planning on matchmaking the two that summer and she would succeed even if it meant involving all of James and Lily's combined friends. Her older sister deserved some happiness.
Disclaimer: I only own what you don't recognize.
DISCOVERING A DESTINY.
Chapter FOUR.
"Lily, Wake up! C'mon wake up!" A cheerful voice yelled at Lily.
"Whatsmatter." She mumbled still over half asleep.
"C'mon Lily. Get UP!"
"Buffy? Is that you?"
"Of course silly. You need to get up right now! It's almost lunchtime! You should see this house. They have a swimming pool and a dining hall of their own. I bet that this house is like a castle or something! They have these elf people that do all the work for them, like servants and the dishes wash themselves. James is really nice and so is Sirius. They played hide and seek with me and everything! I didn't have the heart to tell them that I am eleven. They must think that I'm heaps younger because they talk to me in baby voices and I am really short. Even shorter than you were when you started to go to Hogwarts. They said that I could meet Remus and Peter later. I reckon that this place is the coolest." Buffy exclaimed all while jumping on Lily's bed.
"No wonder they all thought that your really young. You are acting about five years old." Lily grumbled dragging her self out of the bed and getting changed into something clean.
"Yeah, I know. But you know the really scary thing? I can get away with it." Lily rolled her eyes at her little sister's antics and shrugged her shoulders not going to bother to try and get her off the bed.
"Hey Lily, can I ask you something?"
"You just did."
"C'mon, don't be silly."
"Jeez, when did you start using the word silly. You seem to think that it is the only word in your vocabulary or something."
"Don't be mad Lily."
"I'm not. I never could be mad at you Buff. Now ask away."
"Well, what am I supposed to tell Mrs. Potter when she asks how I got the bruises and the scars?"
"Well, we need to hope that she doesn't ask. If she does, tell her that you were a troublesome child and loved to slide down the banister even when you always fell off at the bottom."
"Sure. Make me seem stupid why don't you."
"I don't mean it like that."
"I know." Spontaneously Buffy ran up and gave her sister a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you for bringing me here." She whispered.
Lily wrapped her arms around her and pulled her close. "I love you and it will be good for you to have a break. Besides, this is a wizard's house. You will be seeing magic worked everyday for the next two months. You haven't even begun to see what these people do."
Buffy grinned. "And there's James."
"Yes, there is James and don't you tell him that I said that."
"Wouldn't dream of it." She winked and crossed her fingers behind her back. Both girls started giggling.
"Can we go down stairs for lunch now?" Buffy asked her sister whiningly.
"Okay, lets go."
They headed down stairs arms linked and James and Sirius looked up at the two. Buffy slid into a chair between the two of them and grinned up at her sister. Lily shook her head and sat in the chair that was beside James.
"Sleeping beauty awakens." James muttered to Sirius and he grinned.
"I can hear you." Lily announced.
"I know." James replied almost smugly.
They were in the kitchen and sitting at the counter. There was a plate of sandwiches in front of them.
"Lily, your sisters really cute." Sirius commented with his mouth full.
"Thank you." Buffy replied smiling into plate.
"Would you like a drink sweetie?" James asked in a sickly sweet voice.
Buffy shot a look at Lily that pleaded for help then nodded to him. He stood and went to the fridge.
"What would you like?"
"I dunno, what have you got?"
"Well, milk, juice, soda." He looked up at Lily. "It's okay that she has soda isn't it?"
Lily choked on her food, then nodded trying not to laugh.
"Soda would be great." Buffy told him.
"Okay."
"Why don't you give her a straw too James." Sirius told his best friend politely.
At this Lily looked quickly at her sister who was going red in the face very fast. "You guys both know that she is eleven don't you?" She asked. They both froze.
"No-way!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Yes way. How old did you think that I was?"
"I don't know, six?" James guessed.
"You thought I was six? I could easily pass at five." She grumbled and Lily laughed.
"How is that possible?" Sirius asked confused.
"Well, you see I act all innocent and pretend to have a baby voice." Buffy began but was cut off.
"I meant how are you so small and eleven years old?"
"Oh, well mum was short for her age and she always said that I would go through a growth spurt right at the most inconvenient time possible. Just like me, always awkward." She giggled. "I still don't think that I will be too tall though. When I grow up I want to have blonde hair and be a cheerleader like they are on the TV." She announced.
"But you have brown hair." Sirius pointed out.
"And what's a TV?"
"Oh My God! You guys don't know what a TV is? Lily, you have known these guys for four years and you haven't explained the TV to them? What are you? Mad?"
"Not intentionally." Lily said trying not to laugh.
"Well hurry up and explain. It's like the most important thing in like the whole history of the world."
"I wouldn't go that far."
"Yeah well I would." Buffy said firmly leaving no room for argument. Lily sighed.
"I'm not going to ask about why you want to be a cheerleader or a blonde." She told her sister.
"I'm going to answer anyway."
"Fine."
"I see cheerleaders on the TV in America. They are really fit and can do handstands and stuff. I'm going to be blonde so that I can meet a nice guy. All guys like girls with blonde hair." She stated factually.
"Not all guys." James muttered softly to Sirius before sending a look at Lily secretly.
Buffy overheard this and grinned evilly to herself. She was planning on matchmaking the two that summer and she would succeed even if it meant involving all of James and Lily's combined friends. Her older sister deserved some happiness.