Summary: Lily Evans has never understood the reason behind James Potters tactics, and James has never understood why Lily always hated him. Everyone has changed because of Voldemort. Are these tragedies bringing everyone closer? or not? Plz review... i'm open to constructive critisism.

Disclaimer: In my dream world, I own Harry Potter. There is no world hunger, and George Bush isn't President. I'm rich and have no problems, and I get to meet Blink 182... but guess what. This isn't my dream world. So unfortunately J.K Rowling owns Harry Potter, people are starving, sadly.... George Bush is Presdient tears, I'm not rich, I have tons of problems, and I haven't been able to meet Blink 182. So please don't sue, I have nothing of great importance, well except my lovely dream world and my friends. But you don't want those... you want money. The only money I can give you is my lunch money and the 20 dollars worth of change in my piggy bank and underneath the couch. Oh, and if I was rich, I'd have a decent computer at the least. So without further ado.... my fanfiction.

A/N: Sorry about the cliffy back there.... lol, did you enjoy it mwahahahahahha lol, well, here it goes. Oh, and if you were smart you would've figured out who was at the door.

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Running Out of Days

Chapter 7

"POTTER!!!! WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE???" Lily yelled, upon seeing her... her.... yuck, she just didn't even want to associate herself with him. "Well Evans, I would tell you, but seeing as you have your wand in my face and the fact that we're being watched." Lily looked behind him and saw Mrs. 2 Elm Court looking strangely at them from the sidewalk.

"Uh, nothing to see here." Lily's face flushed with color. "Lower your wand." James muttered. Lily then noticed that she still had her wand in her hand, and Mrs. 2 Elm Court was staring at it, as if Lily had an ax in her hand and was going to kill James then turn it on her.

Reluctantly, Lily lowered her wand, but she still kept a tight grip on it. " What---Do---You---Want---Potter???" Lily asked through clenched teeth, her temper rising with each syllable, yet knowing fully well that she couldn't go off on James, at least not till they were inside. "Not here. Kills you to be civil to me eh?" James added as an after thought, smirking knowing fully well why Lily hadn't exploded yet. Lily saw that Mrs. 2, was still staring at them, tutting to herself. "Do you have something to say!?" Lily yelled at the woman. With a look of utmost contempt, the woman turned around and headed back to her house no doubt telling her husband about the rude and disgraceful child the Evans family has.

"What do you want Potter??" Lily asked, trying to restrain from hexing him.

"Can I come in?

"No"

"Why not"

"Because I said so"

"Stop acting like you're 11 Evans"

Lily stopped, she realized she was acting childish and st- wait, was James just acting...RESPONSIBLE??? "What??" he asked, clearly seeing the shocked look on her face. "Nothing, let's get inside." Lily said quickly since the other inhabitants of the neighborhood had come out to investigate the source of the shouting.

"What a tramp, that girl is never home during the year."

"They say she goes to a boarding school, why she probably goes to some delinquent school."

Lily rolled her eyes, trying to shove James inside before he did something stupid... too late...

"Hey, you have something to say???" James yelled at the people that were walking out of their houses. "James, shut up and get inside."Lily said, trying to get him inside, but much to Lily's dismay, those years of Quidditch practice had deffinetley made James the stronger of the two. " They have no right to talk to you like..." Lily's face became flushed with anger." If you haven't noticed, they're not talking to me OR you, and get this straight POTTER, THIS IS MY BLOODY HOUSE, AND AS I'M SURE YOU'VE NOTICED IN THE PAST, I CAN BLOODY HELL AS WELL DEFEND MYSELF!" James gulped, he hated when Lily yelled at him like that, but at the moment he felt it was worth it. He turned his head and noticed that whoever the hell these muggles were they were a bunch of nosy gits seeing as they were all still watching attentively. "Fine, let's go."

"Well, how rude are those two..."

"Bloody rude if you ask me, can you believe that young man's nerve."

"Poor Mrs. Evans, it's shame her good daughter is already taken... quite an upstanding young woman she'll be, unlike that whore in the house now... probably has no brains at all, shame, she's a pretty little thing though."

And that's were Lily lost it, well only because she hated being compared to Petunia, at the very least being told she had no intelligence.

"WELL YOU CAN ALL GO SHOVE A MHMPMA" James had instinctively covered Lily's mouth because he knew what Lily was quite capable of doing... she was a woman of her word. He quickly grabbed her and pulled her into the house using his foot to kick the door behind them before another word came out of the 'nosy gits'. The next thing James knew after realising Lily was --SLAP-- (A/N: Do i really need James to express how much that hurt... I think I should.) James put a hand to his cheek, it hurt, because of the fact Lily had slapped him. "OUCH!!! God Evans, that really hurt!" Lily just 'humphed'. "You deserved it, for once in my life I was going to stand up to those stupid...-censored- -censored- -censored- "Wow Lily, I thought you only saved those words for me?" James stopped, so did Lily 'Shit, I just called her Lily' 'Did he just call me Lily???' " What'd you say???" James flushed "Nothing..." Lily just shook her head.

"What do you want?" she asked. Lily couldn't believe James Potter was sitting here in her living room. She couldn't believe James Potter was even in her house... she couldn't even b- "I'm looking for Heather. Is she here?" He stated looking around as though she'd jump out at him... 'Wow' James thought, 'I can't believe I'm sitting here in Lily Evans living room. I can't believe I'm in Lily Evans house, let alone her living room.'

"Yeah she is." James nodded in acknowldegment, and stood up. "Ok, then I have to tell dumbledore. Do you have an owl?" Lily nodded, but then upon realizing Circe wasn't here, she shook her head. "Uh, ok" "But she's not here. She's out delivering a letter." James realized what she meant, but at first probably thought she was mental.

"Oh, Fine I'll just go."

"Good."

"I'm coming back..."

"Oh, why?"

"Because... I don't know...Dumbledore.."

"Wait...."

"What?"

"What happened to Heather."

James face fell, he sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "I can't tell you that." and with a --pop-- James disapparated.

A/N: I've been trying to make longer chapters, don't know if I sucseded GRR, I can't spell the word, I feel so ashamed... Anyways...I'm too lazy to go look in a dictionary so.... well, review please, all you have to do i put one word.... sucks...great...stupid.... whatever your heart desires...