~*~GREEN EYES~*~
Chapter 43- Making the Proper Arrangements
James felt his stomach lurch as Lily said the words. He couldn't believe how rudely he had acted toward her. Tears were streaming down her face, and her green eyes held pain such as he had never seen before.
"What, how? When? How could this happen?" he asked.
"It happened tonight. My parents were at our house and Voldemort came and he killed them. He took out a wand and then they were dead. I didn't even get to spend Christmas with them. I didn't even get to say good bye," Lily sobbed, and James handed her a tissue from behind him.
"What about Petunia? Is she okay?" he asked, hoping that Lily at least had some family left, even if it was Petunia.
"Yeah, she was spending the night at her friend's house. She doesn't know yet. The ministry doesn't want to tell her until tomorrow. No use spoiling her new year. They weren't going to tell me but I went home..." Lily trailed off, not able to contain herself any longer.
"It's okay Lily, it's okay. I'm going to be here for you. It's all going to be okay," said James, pulling Lily into a hug and giving her a kiss on the forehead. She didn't say anything, she just sobbed on his shoulder. It seemed like nothing in the world was right.
***
The doorbell at James' house rang at eight in the morning. Dumbledore stood in the door frame, a dark shilloette against the bright sunlight. James and Lily had come home shortly after Lily had told James the news, and they were both asleep on the couch in the living room. Dumbledore smiled at Mrs. Potter when she opened the door, but that twinkle that always seemed to be in his eyes was surely diminished.
"Well hello Professor, this is a pleasant surprise," said Mrs. Potter, opening the door for her guest.
"I came to work out Lily's custody situation. Would you, James and Mr. Potter mind joining us in our converstaion? I'm sure Lily would like for you to join her and give her some advice," it was not really a question, it was a request. Mrs. Potter lead Dumbledore to the living room.
James had fallen asleep with his arm wrapped around Lily, and she was curled up in a tiny ball trying to keep out the world.
"It seems like a shame to wake them up," said Dumbledore nastalgically. Mrs. Potter smiled and wondered if she sould wake them up or not. But she didn't have to worry about that, because at that precise moment there was a loud cacaphony of sound as Sirius Black burst through the fireplace. He brushed the soot off of him and then noticed the now awake Lily and James.
"What happened here? You guys ran off together last night and I come here to find this..." said Sirius sarcastically. "Oh hey Mrs. Potter, hello Professor," just then Sirius realized that Professor Dumbledore was in the Potters house and did a double take.
"It's nice to see you Sirius, would you like a lemon candy?" said Dumbledore nonchalantly. Sirius looked quite confused, but even in such a state of confusion he wouldn't refuse candy.
"Why are you here Professor? What's going on?" Sirius looked from Mrs. Potter and Dumbledore to Lily and James on the couch. "You're not having another party, are you?"
James looked over at Lily, who looked as if she didn't want to utter a single word. "Lily's parents were killed by Voldemort last night," James bluntly said for Lily. Sirius's bright expression dropped to one of surprise, and he went over to Lily to give her a hug. He was about a foot away from her when she pushed him away.
"I don't want to talk about it right now Sirius," she stated. She felt bad for it right after she said it, but she couldn't help that she didn't really want comfort right now.
"Okay Lily, it's cool. You know where to find me if you want to talk," he said, taking her comment extremely well. He then disspeared back through the fireplace.
"Lily, I won't be here for too long. I just wanted to come here and talk to you about your custody situation. It's legal stuff that we need to take care of. We just need to wait for Mr. Potter..." said Dumbledore. At that moment Mr. Potter walked through the door."Ah, there he is. Let's begin."
"What about my sister? Where is she?" asked Lily.
"Petunia is at a friends house. Since she is eighteen we don't have to worry about her living situation," explained Dumbledore.
"Well am I going to be able to talk to her?" Lily asked. James was surprised that she cared.
"Honey, Petunia sent me an owl asking that you two not come into contact. I think that she feels terribly upset, and she just needs some alone time," said Mrs. Potter. Lily didn't quite believe her.
"Now what we need to do is to figure out your living situation," said Dumbledore.
"We would be happy to have Lily with us until she is old enough to take care of herself," Mr. Potter offered.
"Yes of course, we love having Lily around," added Mrs. Potter.
"How do you feel about that Lily?" asked Dumbledore. Lily actually felt happy when she thought about having the beautiful french bedroom to herslef, although the happy feeling was fleeting.
"I'd like that.," said Lily. "That is, if James doesn't mind."
"I wouldn't feel comfortable with you staying anywhere else. You should stay here, we can keep you safe," said James. That was the moment when James realized that he still had his arms wrapped around Lily. He didn't move them.
"Well then I guess that settles it then. If you just sign here to be Lily's guardians, yes right there....initial there....okay, I will take care of these for you. Good-bye." said Dumbledore. And with a pop he apparated away.
***
By the time everyone got back to Hogwarts, the school was buzzing with news.
"Did you hear about all the muggle families that have been killed?"
I heard that you couldn't even see the bodies."
"Well that's ridiculous. My dad told me that the bodies were perfectly intact. It was like the people were just sleeping."
"Can you believe how much hype this is getting?" asked Severus Snape as he took a swig of his pumpkin juice. "I mean, all these people should be happy that some useless muggles have been killed."
"I heard that one of them was Lily Evans' family," said Frederick.
"Yeah, it's a shame that they didn't get her. Good for nothing muggle-borns, think they're so smart," Snape sneared.
"You're just jealous because she's gotten higher grades than you in every class for the past five years," replied Frederick.
"Shut up, I'm not jealous of Lily Potter. I mean she is-" but Snape stopped talking because he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around to see Peter Pettigrew looking down at him. "What do you want Pettigrew?"
"Listen, I was in the woods the other day and I saw what you guys did to that cat..." Peter trailed off, and Snape grabbed him by the throat.
"If you say anything at all...we've already gotten a few sighting but no one has caught us yet...don't say anything," said Snape.
"No, I don't want to tell on you. I want to join you," declared Peter.
"You want to join us?" asked Snape in surprise, letting go of Peter.
"Yeah, that's what I said," said Peter.
"We're going to have a meeting tomorrow. I'll meet you at the entrance to the forbidden forest at eleven to show you where it is. Be there, and don't get caught," said Snape. He then waved Peter away and turned back to Frederick.
A/N- Well here is another chapter. I can't wait until the Harry Potter movie comes out, only eight more days and I can watch it whenever I want...that will be great. Anyway, that's for all of your great reviews. You guys really make my day. So if you want to make someone smile, just press the little button and review.
Also, I have some poetry up at fictionpress.net if anyone wants to check it out. My screen name there is thegildedrose. I would be really happy if you reviewed my poetry.
Disclaimer- It's not my fault that y'all are all addicted to Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling wrote it, not me. Blame your addiction on her.
Chapter 43- Making the Proper Arrangements
James felt his stomach lurch as Lily said the words. He couldn't believe how rudely he had acted toward her. Tears were streaming down her face, and her green eyes held pain such as he had never seen before.
"What, how? When? How could this happen?" he asked.
"It happened tonight. My parents were at our house and Voldemort came and he killed them. He took out a wand and then they were dead. I didn't even get to spend Christmas with them. I didn't even get to say good bye," Lily sobbed, and James handed her a tissue from behind him.
"What about Petunia? Is she okay?" he asked, hoping that Lily at least had some family left, even if it was Petunia.
"Yeah, she was spending the night at her friend's house. She doesn't know yet. The ministry doesn't want to tell her until tomorrow. No use spoiling her new year. They weren't going to tell me but I went home..." Lily trailed off, not able to contain herself any longer.
"It's okay Lily, it's okay. I'm going to be here for you. It's all going to be okay," said James, pulling Lily into a hug and giving her a kiss on the forehead. She didn't say anything, she just sobbed on his shoulder. It seemed like nothing in the world was right.
***
The doorbell at James' house rang at eight in the morning. Dumbledore stood in the door frame, a dark shilloette against the bright sunlight. James and Lily had come home shortly after Lily had told James the news, and they were both asleep on the couch in the living room. Dumbledore smiled at Mrs. Potter when she opened the door, but that twinkle that always seemed to be in his eyes was surely diminished.
"Well hello Professor, this is a pleasant surprise," said Mrs. Potter, opening the door for her guest.
"I came to work out Lily's custody situation. Would you, James and Mr. Potter mind joining us in our converstaion? I'm sure Lily would like for you to join her and give her some advice," it was not really a question, it was a request. Mrs. Potter lead Dumbledore to the living room.
James had fallen asleep with his arm wrapped around Lily, and she was curled up in a tiny ball trying to keep out the world.
"It seems like a shame to wake them up," said Dumbledore nastalgically. Mrs. Potter smiled and wondered if she sould wake them up or not. But she didn't have to worry about that, because at that precise moment there was a loud cacaphony of sound as Sirius Black burst through the fireplace. He brushed the soot off of him and then noticed the now awake Lily and James.
"What happened here? You guys ran off together last night and I come here to find this..." said Sirius sarcastically. "Oh hey Mrs. Potter, hello Professor," just then Sirius realized that Professor Dumbledore was in the Potters house and did a double take.
"It's nice to see you Sirius, would you like a lemon candy?" said Dumbledore nonchalantly. Sirius looked quite confused, but even in such a state of confusion he wouldn't refuse candy.
"Why are you here Professor? What's going on?" Sirius looked from Mrs. Potter and Dumbledore to Lily and James on the couch. "You're not having another party, are you?"
James looked over at Lily, who looked as if she didn't want to utter a single word. "Lily's parents were killed by Voldemort last night," James bluntly said for Lily. Sirius's bright expression dropped to one of surprise, and he went over to Lily to give her a hug. He was about a foot away from her when she pushed him away.
"I don't want to talk about it right now Sirius," she stated. She felt bad for it right after she said it, but she couldn't help that she didn't really want comfort right now.
"Okay Lily, it's cool. You know where to find me if you want to talk," he said, taking her comment extremely well. He then disspeared back through the fireplace.
"Lily, I won't be here for too long. I just wanted to come here and talk to you about your custody situation. It's legal stuff that we need to take care of. We just need to wait for Mr. Potter..." said Dumbledore. At that moment Mr. Potter walked through the door."Ah, there he is. Let's begin."
"What about my sister? Where is she?" asked Lily.
"Petunia is at a friends house. Since she is eighteen we don't have to worry about her living situation," explained Dumbledore.
"Well am I going to be able to talk to her?" Lily asked. James was surprised that she cared.
"Honey, Petunia sent me an owl asking that you two not come into contact. I think that she feels terribly upset, and she just needs some alone time," said Mrs. Potter. Lily didn't quite believe her.
"Now what we need to do is to figure out your living situation," said Dumbledore.
"We would be happy to have Lily with us until she is old enough to take care of herself," Mr. Potter offered.
"Yes of course, we love having Lily around," added Mrs. Potter.
"How do you feel about that Lily?" asked Dumbledore. Lily actually felt happy when she thought about having the beautiful french bedroom to herslef, although the happy feeling was fleeting.
"I'd like that.," said Lily. "That is, if James doesn't mind."
"I wouldn't feel comfortable with you staying anywhere else. You should stay here, we can keep you safe," said James. That was the moment when James realized that he still had his arms wrapped around Lily. He didn't move them.
"Well then I guess that settles it then. If you just sign here to be Lily's guardians, yes right there....initial there....okay, I will take care of these for you. Good-bye." said Dumbledore. And with a pop he apparated away.
***
By the time everyone got back to Hogwarts, the school was buzzing with news.
"Did you hear about all the muggle families that have been killed?"
I heard that you couldn't even see the bodies."
"Well that's ridiculous. My dad told me that the bodies were perfectly intact. It was like the people were just sleeping."
"Can you believe how much hype this is getting?" asked Severus Snape as he took a swig of his pumpkin juice. "I mean, all these people should be happy that some useless muggles have been killed."
"I heard that one of them was Lily Evans' family," said Frederick.
"Yeah, it's a shame that they didn't get her. Good for nothing muggle-borns, think they're so smart," Snape sneared.
"You're just jealous because she's gotten higher grades than you in every class for the past five years," replied Frederick.
"Shut up, I'm not jealous of Lily Potter. I mean she is-" but Snape stopped talking because he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around to see Peter Pettigrew looking down at him. "What do you want Pettigrew?"
"Listen, I was in the woods the other day and I saw what you guys did to that cat..." Peter trailed off, and Snape grabbed him by the throat.
"If you say anything at all...we've already gotten a few sighting but no one has caught us yet...don't say anything," said Snape.
"No, I don't want to tell on you. I want to join you," declared Peter.
"You want to join us?" asked Snape in surprise, letting go of Peter.
"Yeah, that's what I said," said Peter.
"We're going to have a meeting tomorrow. I'll meet you at the entrance to the forbidden forest at eleven to show you where it is. Be there, and don't get caught," said Snape. He then waved Peter away and turned back to Frederick.
A/N- Well here is another chapter. I can't wait until the Harry Potter movie comes out, only eight more days and I can watch it whenever I want...that will be great. Anyway, that's for all of your great reviews. You guys really make my day. So if you want to make someone smile, just press the little button and review.
Also, I have some poetry up at fictionpress.net if anyone wants to check it out. My screen name there is thegildedrose. I would be really happy if you reviewed my poetry.
Disclaimer- It's not my fault that y'all are all addicted to Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling wrote it, not me. Blame your addiction on her.