LILY AND JAMES
Lily looked into her mirrior hanging on a wall oposite of her large queen sized bed. Her green eyes clashed nicely with the black of her newly bought Hogwarts robes. She turned to see herself at a different angle. This summer was different then all of the others. Her womanly hood had began to emerge. Her auburn hair was getting longer and she got it cut so that it now angled toward her prominant chin. Her height had changed a few inches. She had been about 5'2" when the summer had begun and now she had reached her goal height of 5'4". That is why she had bought new robes. Her muggle parents had taken her to Diagon Alley the day before. She was starting her seventh and final year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry and had to get her seventh year books. She remembered seeing James Potter in Diagon Alley. He had gave her a short smile and had messed up his hair like always. She just waved and walked away. Why did she always say no to him when he asked her out? He was srangly handsome with his jet black hair and gray-blue eyes. His smile made her heart beat wildly. But he was so big headed. Why? He was one of the best Qudditch players ( wizarding sport played on brooms ) and was even good in lessons. Other than always getting into trouble he was sweet and adoringly cunning.
Lily's younger sister Petunia raced into her room with out even a knock on the door. "Mother wants to know if your all packed and ready to go and if you had made sure that she had given her all of your laundry?" Her hard face showed no sign of jealousy actually it showed a look of utmost hatred. Petunia unlike her beautiful sister was a muggle and not very atractive. She attended a fine school in Britian. She never had liked her sister and when her sister had become a witch she had hated her even more. Lily smiled her sweet buttermilk smile and turned toward her sister.
"Tell mother that I am packed and ready to go and that she has already launderd all of my laundry." Lily began to take off the robes that she had been staring adoringly at in the mirror. " And tell mother that I can go and get some food for dinner if she would like."
"Okay. Why do you do that?" Petunia never set down and talked to her sister so Lily was astonished to see her do so. Petunia had taken a seat at the end of the large bed and had been watching Lily intently.
"Do what?"
"Sit there and stare at yourself. I don't do that. And I have a boyfriend and you don't. That mad house you call a school don't have very many cute boys does it?" Lily took her headgirl badge and laid it with her things in her trunk. "And what is headgirl anyway?"
"I was looking in the mirror to see how my robes fit and that madhouse is called Hogwarts and it has very cute boys I just chose not to date any of them because my school work is more important. And headgirl is something very special that they give to the top girl in the seventh year class. There is also a headboy."
'' I guess thats cool. Anyway a guy from your school called here today and asked for you and I took a message."
"And who did he say he was?"
"Ummm... James Potter and he said that ummm... I can't remember but, I wrote his number down. Well I have to go and tell mother what you said." She got up and left with out a backward glance. Lily was left with a look of flattery on her face. Her sister had actually treated her like a human. She finished packing and made her way down the stairs that led to her small kitchen.
"Mom, did Petunia show you where a number was from my friend from school?"
"Yes, over beside the phone dear, and go and wash up for dinner. I cooked a ham your favorite. And did you finish packing?"
"Yes." Lily said while picking James' phone numer up in her hands and looked at it. Should she call or not? She picked up the receiver and dialed the number. The phone rang several times before a boys voice came onto the other end.
"Hello." Lily took out her wand and a chair came out of thin air for her to sit down.
"Hello. Is James Potter there?"
"Could I ask who is calling?"
"Yes, Lily, from his school."
"Lily! You don't know who this is do you?"
"No."
"It's Sirius. You know Sirius Black."
"Oh, well hello to you."
"Sirius mate, who are you talking to?" Lily heard James' voice and just like always her heart did flip- flops.
"Your ummm... "friend from school.""
"Okay...... which one?"
"Lily."
"Give me the phone Sirius." Many buttons went off in Lily's ear and then a hard breathing James came onto the phone.
"Hello."
"Hi. Bad time?"
"No. Sirius was just being... well Sirius." He laughed and she heard him yell in the back ground. "Sirius do you want the anti-jinx now for jelly-legs?"
"Yea." She heard James say it then turn back toward the phone.
"So how has your summer been so far?"
"Good. A bit boring, but I guess good. Yours?"
"Fine. I've had Sirius here so you know us we had fun. Lupin came over for a while the other day and had an exciting story about Diagon Alley. He said that he met a mean muggle on the way there and they didn't seem to happy to come across him. He had a filibuster firework in his hand. He said that the darn thing thing went off when he was strolling away minding his own buisness." James let a handsome laugh and then continued. "I had a good time the other day in Diagon Alley. I seen this beautiful girl with auburn hair and green eyes and guess what?"
"What?"
"She waved to me. My heart went haywire." Lily laughed. James sighed when was he going to get this girl to like him. He had tried to change for her and still it hadn't worked.
"I seen a cute boy at Diagon Alley and he just messed up his hair and smiled to me. I'm glad he didn't stalk me like usual."
"Hey! I don't stalk you. It's just coincidence that we're in the same place at the same time."
"Yea.. uh huh I bet."
"Hey I gotta go but do you want to sit with me, Sirius, Lupin, and Wormtail on the train tomarrow?"
"I suppose I could. Can Holly sit with us?" Lily said her bestfriends name with interest. Usually James would say sure and laugh. Him and Holly had dated shortly the year before.
"Yea, I mean I don't care. As long as your there."
"Uh huh... stalker. Well I'll let you go then."
"I am not a stalker!" James laughed. " I'll see you tomarrow then?"
"Yea. Of course."
" 'Bye then."
"Bye." Lily hung up the phone and went to dinner. Her mind was filled with happy thoughts of the next day. She sat down at the table.
"So Lily what did your friend want?" Her mother asked as she came into the kitchen.
"To just talk."
"Is that, that boy who was looking at you at Diagon?"
"Yea. " Lily sat down and looked at the head of the table. Her father was sitting there. He looked a little upset. "Well, hello daddy. Mom can you hand me that ham please."
"Sure honey."
"So boys are already calling my daughter? That pains me. I have faith in Dumbledore though. Remember I talked to hime before you started school there. He's a really good headmaster and I like him." Lily ate in silence. She didn't want anyone to know about James and the way she felt. She finished her dinner and stood up.
"I'm tired. I think I will turn in for the night. You know what I don't feel like walking upstairs. I'm going apparate."
"Okay honey just watch where you land." Her mother said this with a laugh in her voice. Last time that it had been dark and she apparated she ended up on her sisters cat that was laying on her bed.
"Yea o-o-o kay." She yawned and disappeared from her parents and her sisters veiw.
Lily appeared five seconds later in the middle of her bedroom she took out her wand. She didn't feel like turning on her light.
"Lumos." She muttered and her wand end ignited. She put her pajamas on and told her wand to put the light out as she climbed into bed wondering where James was and what he was doing.
Lily looked into her mirrior hanging on a wall oposite of her large queen sized bed. Her green eyes clashed nicely with the black of her newly bought Hogwarts robes. She turned to see herself at a different angle. This summer was different then all of the others. Her womanly hood had began to emerge. Her auburn hair was getting longer and she got it cut so that it now angled toward her prominant chin. Her height had changed a few inches. She had been about 5'2" when the summer had begun and now she had reached her goal height of 5'4". That is why she had bought new robes. Her muggle parents had taken her to Diagon Alley the day before. She was starting her seventh and final year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry and had to get her seventh year books. She remembered seeing James Potter in Diagon Alley. He had gave her a short smile and had messed up his hair like always. She just waved and walked away. Why did she always say no to him when he asked her out? He was srangly handsome with his jet black hair and gray-blue eyes. His smile made her heart beat wildly. But he was so big headed. Why? He was one of the best Qudditch players ( wizarding sport played on brooms ) and was even good in lessons. Other than always getting into trouble he was sweet and adoringly cunning.
Lily's younger sister Petunia raced into her room with out even a knock on the door. "Mother wants to know if your all packed and ready to go and if you had made sure that she had given her all of your laundry?" Her hard face showed no sign of jealousy actually it showed a look of utmost hatred. Petunia unlike her beautiful sister was a muggle and not very atractive. She attended a fine school in Britian. She never had liked her sister and when her sister had become a witch she had hated her even more. Lily smiled her sweet buttermilk smile and turned toward her sister.
"Tell mother that I am packed and ready to go and that she has already launderd all of my laundry." Lily began to take off the robes that she had been staring adoringly at in the mirror. " And tell mother that I can go and get some food for dinner if she would like."
"Okay. Why do you do that?" Petunia never set down and talked to her sister so Lily was astonished to see her do so. Petunia had taken a seat at the end of the large bed and had been watching Lily intently.
"Do what?"
"Sit there and stare at yourself. I don't do that. And I have a boyfriend and you don't. That mad house you call a school don't have very many cute boys does it?" Lily took her headgirl badge and laid it with her things in her trunk. "And what is headgirl anyway?"
"I was looking in the mirror to see how my robes fit and that madhouse is called Hogwarts and it has very cute boys I just chose not to date any of them because my school work is more important. And headgirl is something very special that they give to the top girl in the seventh year class. There is also a headboy."
'' I guess thats cool. Anyway a guy from your school called here today and asked for you and I took a message."
"And who did he say he was?"
"Ummm... James Potter and he said that ummm... I can't remember but, I wrote his number down. Well I have to go and tell mother what you said." She got up and left with out a backward glance. Lily was left with a look of flattery on her face. Her sister had actually treated her like a human. She finished packing and made her way down the stairs that led to her small kitchen.
"Mom, did Petunia show you where a number was from my friend from school?"
"Yes, over beside the phone dear, and go and wash up for dinner. I cooked a ham your favorite. And did you finish packing?"
"Yes." Lily said while picking James' phone numer up in her hands and looked at it. Should she call or not? She picked up the receiver and dialed the number. The phone rang several times before a boys voice came onto the other end.
"Hello." Lily took out her wand and a chair came out of thin air for her to sit down.
"Hello. Is James Potter there?"
"Could I ask who is calling?"
"Yes, Lily, from his school."
"Lily! You don't know who this is do you?"
"No."
"It's Sirius. You know Sirius Black."
"Oh, well hello to you."
"Sirius mate, who are you talking to?" Lily heard James' voice and just like always her heart did flip- flops.
"Your ummm... "friend from school.""
"Okay...... which one?"
"Lily."
"Give me the phone Sirius." Many buttons went off in Lily's ear and then a hard breathing James came onto the phone.
"Hello."
"Hi. Bad time?"
"No. Sirius was just being... well Sirius." He laughed and she heard him yell in the back ground. "Sirius do you want the anti-jinx now for jelly-legs?"
"Yea." She heard James say it then turn back toward the phone.
"So how has your summer been so far?"
"Good. A bit boring, but I guess good. Yours?"
"Fine. I've had Sirius here so you know us we had fun. Lupin came over for a while the other day and had an exciting story about Diagon Alley. He said that he met a mean muggle on the way there and they didn't seem to happy to come across him. He had a filibuster firework in his hand. He said that the darn thing thing went off when he was strolling away minding his own buisness." James let a handsome laugh and then continued. "I had a good time the other day in Diagon Alley. I seen this beautiful girl with auburn hair and green eyes and guess what?"
"What?"
"She waved to me. My heart went haywire." Lily laughed. James sighed when was he going to get this girl to like him. He had tried to change for her and still it hadn't worked.
"I seen a cute boy at Diagon Alley and he just messed up his hair and smiled to me. I'm glad he didn't stalk me like usual."
"Hey! I don't stalk you. It's just coincidence that we're in the same place at the same time."
"Yea.. uh huh I bet."
"Hey I gotta go but do you want to sit with me, Sirius, Lupin, and Wormtail on the train tomarrow?"
"I suppose I could. Can Holly sit with us?" Lily said her bestfriends name with interest. Usually James would say sure and laugh. Him and Holly had dated shortly the year before.
"Yea, I mean I don't care. As long as your there."
"Uh huh... stalker. Well I'll let you go then."
"I am not a stalker!" James laughed. " I'll see you tomarrow then?"
"Yea. Of course."
" 'Bye then."
"Bye." Lily hung up the phone and went to dinner. Her mind was filled with happy thoughts of the next day. She sat down at the table.
"So Lily what did your friend want?" Her mother asked as she came into the kitchen.
"To just talk."
"Is that, that boy who was looking at you at Diagon?"
"Yea. " Lily sat down and looked at the head of the table. Her father was sitting there. He looked a little upset. "Well, hello daddy. Mom can you hand me that ham please."
"Sure honey."
"So boys are already calling my daughter? That pains me. I have faith in Dumbledore though. Remember I talked to hime before you started school there. He's a really good headmaster and I like him." Lily ate in silence. She didn't want anyone to know about James and the way she felt. She finished her dinner and stood up.
"I'm tired. I think I will turn in for the night. You know what I don't feel like walking upstairs. I'm going apparate."
"Okay honey just watch where you land." Her mother said this with a laugh in her voice. Last time that it had been dark and she apparated she ended up on her sisters cat that was laying on her bed.
"Yea o-o-o kay." She yawned and disappeared from her parents and her sisters veiw.
Lily appeared five seconds later in the middle of her bedroom she took out her wand. She didn't feel like turning on her light.
"Lumos." She muttered and her wand end ignited. She put her pajamas on and told her wand to put the light out as she climbed into bed wondering where James was and what he was doing.