Title: Qwerty

Authors: Kay and 'Lyne

Theme: Lily and James

Summary: A year of discovery, humor, suspense and even detentions, Lily Evans is particularly confused as her last year at Hogwarts progresses quickly. From N.E.W.T's to dealing with that Potter boy, Lily finds it easiest to neglecting her responsibilities and live a little. Read her actions, and the consequences that are bound to come.

Disclaimer: We do not own any of the characters (except for any originals...Alana Thomson), and we are not JKR. We do not own Harry Potter, though that would be incredibly nice.

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Chapter 2

An Unwelcome Visit

"AHH! WHO ARE YOU?"

Petunia's voice rang through the corridor outside her bedroom and Lily quirked her brow. She was ready to use a charm to unlock and open the door, but suddenly the door burst open and out came a horrified Petunia who shook with fear and then once she was in the hall, she fell faint. Suddenly, Sirius Black was there, and caught Lily's older sister, fanning her. "Sirius Black. What in the name of Merlin are you doing here?" Lily knew there must be more of them, as the Marauders were never split up. She glared at the shaggy black haired boy who held her sister carefully in his arms, wondering what caused her to fall as she did. "Don't worry, Lily, it's not just me here. James is here too. He wanted to see if you needed help getting to Kings Cross." Sirius grinned goofily and pointed towards Petunia's room. Lily scowled and turned around, standing in the doorway. There sat James Potter, on the floor, his trunk next to him, and Remus Lupin, who was just in the process of up righting his own trunk and himself. Lily couldn't believe this. "James Potter, how dare you come here? To my home! And scare my sister?" Lily was outraged more than she ever had been before. First he came to her home unannounced, brought friends, and then caused havoc in her sister's bedroom? She shook her head and stormed out of the room, almost crying. She ran smack into her father, who had headed towards Lily, curious as to whom these boys were. "Now, I didn't know you were expecting any visitors. And they want to take you to the train station! How nice, in fact, you should take them up on the offer. Your sister is in no state to leave the house, and your mother and I can't just leave her here, now can we? Why don't you leave with them? We'll pay the fare for the cab, don't worry."

Mr. Evans smiled his pearly whites at his daughter, who was actually in tears now. It was September first, and all she wanted to do was to go to school. But no, her sister had to be a brat and hold them up, which meant that James and his pals, had to come and find her and offer to take her with them. Before Lily could say a word to her father, he went into Petunia's room and began chatting away with James, who explained to Mr. Evans that he would make sure Lily was safe.

Lily hurried down the hall and down the stairs and ran into her mother, who had a bag of ice for Petunia in her hand. Lily walked with her mother, tears of fury streaming down her face.

"Mum, you can't possibly let daddy send me with those boys! I don't like them! They're constantly pulling pranks at school, they're always in detention, except for Remus, of course, which was a Prefect with me, but still!"

Lily flung her hand across her face, wiping away her tears and mascara streaks. If her mother sent her away with these boys, then Lily would be sure to forget to get on the train to go home for the Christmas holidays. Her parents always loved having her home, or so Lily had thought before, but if they made her go with James to the Platform, then Lily would make her parents upset.

"Honey, I would love to take you to the platform, but it just can't be done. Petunia's in a state of shock. If you wanted to invite those boys over, you should have told them to ring at the door rather than appear in your sister's bedroom. Now gather your things and tell them you'd be glad to have them escort you to the station."

Mrs. Evans was chipper, and once they had reached the end of the corridor, she took Petunia from Sirius, smiled and thanked him, and got her daughter to the nearest bed, where she laid her down and put the ice pack on her head.

Lily grumbled and stalked into her room to get her trunk. This had to be a sign of bad luck, having to go with James Potter and Sirius Black to Platform 9 ¾. Remus Lupin, however, she didn't mind as much, but the other two she simply couldn't stand. Lily dragged her trunk into Petunia's bedroom and stood next to her father, who was listening to James talk about how Lily was just so nice and sweet, always helping him out when he needed it, which was a lie. Lily had only helped James once, in their fifth year right before O.W.L.s because he had been failing History of Magic dreadfully. Lily shook her head and glared at James, who winked at her in return.

"Ready to go, then, Lily?"

James reached for her hand but she immediately stuck it in her pocket, scowling. Lily turned to her father and shook her head.

"I can't believe you're doing this to me. I won't be seeing you at Christmas."

Mr. Evans' smile faded, but he hugged Lily goodbye nonetheless, and the next thing Lily knew, James had his trunk next to Lily's and was standing by her side, waving at Mr. Evans.

"Nice meeting you, Mr. Evans. I hope to see you again sometime!"

By this time, Sirius had joined the group, and Remus was standing with them all. Lily, with the rest of them, disapparated to the Platform, and held onto her trunk. She soon found herself surrounded by parents and students, and then the next thing she knew, she was on the ground.