On August 5, Lily's Hogwarts letter arrived with her school supplies and
she decided to go buy her school supplies the next day in Diagon Alley.
"Hey Mom, can I have a ride to London tomorrow? I'm gonna go buy my school stuff." said Lily, at breakfast when the owl flew down.
"Sure. What time? replied Abby.
"How about sometime in the morning, so I can do all of my shopping." decided Lily.
The next day, just as promised, at 11 Lily and Abby were headed towards London. Abby needed to do some shopping in London so she was bringing Petunia as well.
"Bye Mom. Love you! Oh and by the way, Jen's mom is bringing me back home, so ya don't have to worry about it." said Lily, while getting out of the car.
Lily stepped into the Leaky Cauldron, bought a drink and sat down, waiting for her friends. Lily's friends arrived shortly.
"Hi Lily! I can't wait to get back to Hogwarts!" squealed Lily's best friend, Jennifer McQueen. She had long, blonde hair, blue eyes and tan skin.
"Lily, you look sooo different!" exclaimed another friend, Bridget Carmichael. She had short, brown hair, hazel eyes and very tanned skin since she was an athlete.
"You met a new guy, right Lil?" asked Lily's other friend, Emily Nightingale, who had shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes.
"You guys, stop it!" whined Lily. "The only guy that I met is my new friend, James Potter, who moved in my neighborhood," she added, emphasizing the word friend, to prove her point.
"Fine, fine" replied all of the girls, rolling their eyes.
"Come, on. If we wanna finish our shopping, we better start now! It's already.... 11:45" said Jen, checking her watch.
The girls finished their drinks and entered Diagon Alley. They had been shopping for about ten minutes when Jen stopped and started staring.
"Ow! Jen, what's wrong? Hurry up and let's go." said Emily as she walked into Jen.
"Check out that hot guy over there." said Jen, still staring.
"Where?" asked all of the girls, looking.
"There, oh isn't he absolutely gorgeous?" said Jen, pointing towards Quality Quidditch Supplies.
"OH, yeah! Total cutie!" gushed Emily and Bree together. The three girls were staring, making Lily really annoyed.
"Where is he? I want to know!!" Lily shouted, very annoyed. The other girls looked at her in mild amusement. They were used to Lily's outbursts and her short temper. Jen often said that Lily's hair matched her personality.
"Chill, Lil. Oh, hey, I'm a poet and I didn't even know it!" exclaimed Jen.
"Where is he?" Lily said again, with even more irritation.
"He's right there. The one with black hair, looking at the brooms in Quality Quidditch Supplies." Jen said, pointing. Lily looked in the direction her finger was pointing and her mouth dropped down. Oh my god! What the heck is he doing here? Lily asked herself. Lily walked toward the store, still not believing her eyes. Slowly she called, "James, is that you?" The boy suddenly turned around and Lily's eyes went, if possible, even more wide. "James! Oh my god! I can't believe that you're a wizard! Why didn't you tell me?" Lily said, running up to James to give him a hug.
"Wow! You're a witch! I can't believe it! I didn't tell you cause I thought that you were a Muggle! This is so cool!" James exclaimed, excitement shining in his eyes, making them a bright sparkling blue. James' gaze landed on a group of three girls who were watching them with amazement. Lily also noticed her friends staring and she waved them over. "Bree, Em, Jen! Come on over! This is my friend James, you know, the one I told you about!" The three girls slowly made their way over, wondering how Lily couldn't like that guy even a little bit.
"Hey, I have an idea! James, you could join us and if you met anyone else, they're welcome." Lily saw James going towards two boys that she recognized as Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Now she knew that they would join them, since Sirius has a crush on Jen and Remus is good friends with Bree. Sure enough, the three boys came after a few moments.
"You sure that it's okay, Lil?" James asked. To that Lily and Jen answered simultaneously, " Sure, the more, the merrier!" and promptly started giggling. The others looked clueless, so Lily managed to say, "Inside joke." before she started laughing again. Once Jen and Lily's laughter had subsided, the group of seven continued on their way. They first stopped at Madam Malkin's to buy school robes. While they were there, they also picked up dress robes, because it was on the school supply list. Next, was Flourish and Blott's, the bookstore. There, they picked up The Standard Book of Spells, Grade Three, Unfogging the Future, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles. While there, Lily also picked up 1002 Ways to Get Revenge and The Prankster's Book of Charms.
"Lil, you don't look like the prankster sort. Do you really pull pranks?" asked James, not believing that someone so innocent-looking would play pranks.
"Oh, yeah. She sure is. You don't want to make Lily or her friends mad, or she'll seek revenge!" Sirius exclaimed, coming up from behind them.
"Sounds like you have felt the wrath of Lillian Marie Evans. What did she do to you?" asked James. He wanted to know her style, so he could play some of his own priceless pranks.
"Let's see... Once, on April Fool's Day, Jen, Bree, Em, and me painted their hair and nails pink and we each gave 'em their own little things." said Lily proudly. She loved that day, it had been hilarious.
"What kind of 'things'?" James asked, his curiosity growing. These girls sure as hell were original!
"Well, whenever Remus said a word that began with a vowel, he blew bubbles, and Sirius's shoes kept changing size and color. Oh, yeah. We also hexed this kid, Peter so his hair would keep changing color. That day was great! We didn't even get in trouble for those things! In fact, Dumbledore actually awarded us some points!" Lily exclaimed, tears of laughter rolling down her cheeks. James also started laughing. Pretty soon, all of them were hysterical and practically rolling on the ground, laughing. When they finally stopped, the group went to pay for their books. Next, the seven took a break and went to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor. They all got huge sundaes, compliments of James.
"Geez, James, that was really nice. You sure about that?" Lily asked, before starting on her sundae. It was a banana split with hot fudge, nuts, and sprinkles. "You know, most guys aren't as nice as you." Lily said, wondering if there was any reason that he was so nice.
"I'll take it as a compliment. Of course it's fine! Trust me, my parents force manners on me, I better use 'em. Now dig in!" James said and they all followed that command easily. During their break, the group found out about each other. The others were curious of James' old school, Salem, and James wanted to find out about Hogwarts. This is great. I have just moved here two months ago, made a friend that turned out to be a witch, and she introduced me to five other witches and wizards who I could be very good friends with. James thought with content. After finding out about the school houses, James really hoped to be put in Gryffindor, but Ravenclaw also sounded good. He also didn't want to be placed, in Slytherin, the house that turned out more Dark witches and wizards than the others. It turned out that all of the others were also in Gryffindor.
"What about Quidditch, do any of you play Quidditch at Hogwarts?" James asked with interest. He loved Quidditch, a wizard sport played on broomsticks and with seven players. James' position was one of the three Chasers. The Chasers toss the Quaffle, which is a soccer-sized red ball, around to each other, trying to make it in one of the three fifty-foot hoops.
"Well, Sirius is a Beater, Bridget is the Seeker, Remus and Emily are co-commentators, and me and Jen are some of the Gryffindor's cheerleaders. What about you?" Lily said, thinking that he loved Quidditch, judging by the sparkle in his eyes.
"Well, I play Chaser. I was the captain at Salem last year, well, actually I was the assistant captain." said James, hoping that they had an open spot for him. "You could probably make it, if you're good, all of the houses have a Chaser opening. Now, how about we finish our shopping?" said Lily, checking her watch. They soon continued their shopping, and Jen was entertaining them with a story of how Lucius Malfoy tried to kiss her. Lily saw Sirius turn an angry shade of red, his hand pulling into a fist. Lily turned her head and started laughing quietly.
"If you want me to, Jenny, I swear that I'll beat that git up! He'll wish that he never tried that!" Sirius declared with a passion. The other girls heard this and all but Jen started laughing. Sirius, noticing that he said this out loud, blushed, as did Jen. When Emily noticed that Jen looked uncomfortable, she said, "Guys, stop. It's not funny. In fact, I think that Sirius and Jen make a cute couple. Right, guys?" She shot a pleading look at Bridget and Lily. Bridget quickly stopped laughing and said that she agreed, but Lily couldn't stop. Sirius suddenly spoke up.
"Hey, Lily. You and James would make a cute couple, too. Come on, I know you like him!" Sirius said in a teasing voice. That immediately shut Lily up.
"That is so not true, Sirius. Me and James are only friends!" screamed Lily. James was also mad at Sirius. "That's not fair, just 'cause you like Jen it doesn't mean that you had to make up lies about us!" said James angrily.
"Alright, alright. I'll stop. I was just kidding anyways. Come on, let's keep going." said Sirius, trying to avoid a fight. Soon they stopped in front of an animal shop.
"Ohh, can we go in, my parents are letting me get a pet." Lily asked, hoping to go in and look at the animals.
"Sure, Lil. I need some more food for Arrow anyway." James replied, and seeing the other's confused looks added, "My snowy owl."
They went in and looked at the pets. Lily finally chose a magical black Lab. It was magical because it lived longer than regular dogs and always looked like a puppy, but had the strength and wisdom of a grown up dog.
"Hey Lil, what are you gonna call him?" Bridget asked, brushing her short brown hair out of her eyes. Lily looked very thoughtful. "Well, let's see. Hey, how 'bout James, cause it has blue eyes and black fur?" Lily asked in a semi-serious voice.
"You're gonna name your dog after James? Now I really think that you like him!" Sirius exclaimed gleefully. "Anyways, won't that get kinda confusing?"
"I was just kidding. I don't know what I wanna name him yet. Any suggestions, guys... and gals?" Lily asked, looking at the others.
"Wellll.... How about Blacky? Or Black? Wait, that would also get confusing, cause its Sirius's last name. So never mind!" said Emily.
"Hmm... A male black lab.... Well you could name it Snuffles or something original, like Padfoot." Jen said thoughtfully. The puppy suddenly started wiggling and when Remus reached to pet him, the canine bit him.
"OW! That hurt! Man, that demon has sharp teeth!" Remus exclaimed, examining his finger. It was bleeding slightly, but Bridget pulled out a magical bandage that heals it after ten minutes.
"Wow, Remus! You are a genius!"
"I am?" Remus asked dumbly. "I mean, of course I am. What am I a genius for again, Lil?" Remus added, putting on the MagicAid.
"You found the perfect name for him! I saw a movie called Snow Dogs, and the lead dog was a male that had bright blue eyes, like this one! And it was really vicious, too!" Lily said, her eyes sparkling with happiness. She looked down at her new dog. "Hey, Demon, you're a sweet puppy, aren't you?" she asked in a cooing voice. The others also thought that it was a good name. For the rest of the day, they continued to play with Demon in the Leaky Cauldron. Soon, Mrs. McQueen came to pick up the girls, and Mrs. Lupin came for Sirius and Remus.
"Hey, James. Do you want to come with us? It's fine with my mom." Jen said, looking at him. She thought that if he didn't like her, then they could at least be friends.
"Well... I'd love to, but my brother Matt said that he was gonna pick me up." James said hesitantly. He really wanted to go with his friends, but didn't want to worry his brother.
"James, if you want to come, you can call your brother on his phone. I had to help him set it to another ringer. Somehow, whenever it rang, the phone screamed 'James is the coolest!' in a shrill voice. So, how about it? You can use my mom's. She let's me borrow it when I go shopping for my school stuff." Lily said, reaching for the cell phone.
"Alright, but only if it's okay with you, Mrs. McQueen." James said politely.
"Of course it's alright, I just need to know where you live. But why don't you call your brother first, hon." Mrs. McQueen said kindly. This boy is so polite; most boys today are a holy terror. Mrs. McQueen thought. James then took the phone from Lily and dialed his brother's phone number. He was familiar with Muggle stuff from his previous Muggle Studies classes. "Hello?" Matt had pick up his cell. "Hey, Matt. You know how you were gonna pick me up today? Well, anyways, don't bother. Lily's friend offered me a ride. Okay?" James asked. "Oh, Okay. Thanks. Now I can explore the city. Bye." replied Matt and he hung up the phone. James also hung up and he handed the phone back to Lily who put it in her purse.
"Mrs. McQueen? My brother said that it's alright." James said, helping Jen with her bags.
"Oh, that's wonderful! But I need to know where you live. You can just give me directions, dear." Mrs. McQueen replied kindly.
"Oh, I live across the street from Lily. Just drop me off with her. I need to ask Lily something anyways." James said, helping the other girls into the car, which had been magically stretched to resemble a park bench. The gesture made Jen's mom smile immediately. They all got in the car and Jen's mom started the vehicle.
"Everyone in?" Mrs. McQueen called over the sound of the magical radio. The radio was more like a CD player, but it played any song in the world. All you had to do is say the name of the song and it immediately played it.
"Yup!" chorused the five teenagers together, and promptly started giggling. Mrs. McQueen looked in the mirror at the four best friends. They had been friends since 1st year. Her eyes then wandered over to James. He seemed very polite, but defiantly not a prep. He was also very nice, because Jen seemed to like him very much, and she had sort of a sixth sense; she knew who was truly nice and people who would just use her.
"Well, then let's get this show on the road! Who wants to be dropped off first?" Mrs. McQueen asked the group of teens. The four girls all loved Mrs. McQueen because she always listened to them and tried to help them.
"Mrs. McQueen, I have to go to a special dinner with my parents and their friends. I need to get ready, so could you drop me off first?" Emily asked, leaning forward. Everyone knew that it took Emily forever to get ready, so Jen's mom immediately agreed.
After dropping Emily off, Jen shouted the name of her favorite song. " Say My Name!" Even though Jen was a pureblood, spending time with Lily gave her a pretty good grasp of the Muggle world. Recently, Jen started taking an interest in Muggle music. Immediately the song started blaring out of the speakers.
Jen and Lily soon joined in. "Say my name, say my name. When no one is around you, say baby I love you, say my name, say my name!" Bree also started singing, and soon the three were pretending to be Destiny's Child and put a rather amusing show on for James. By the time they reached the last verse, James couldn't keep his laughter in anymore. He just burst into laughter. By the time he recovered, the song was over and he got to pick the next one.
"Hmmm. Let's see. how about 'Slim Shady'?" James asked, and it immediately started playing. For this song, they went along, but didn't make up crazy things like they did with Say My Name.
After about three songs, Mrs. McQueen neared Lily and James' street. James took this opportunity to ask Lily what he wanted to ask her. "Lils, I need to talk to you. Is that OK?" James asked, hoping that she would agree.
"Of course, James. That's what friends are for." Lily said softly, but Jen heard and snickered softly.
"Oh, stuff it Jen. I know you have a thing for Sirius Black." James said right before getting out of the car. This immediately shut her up.
"Hey James, you can come over to my house and we can talk. I also need some help with something." Lily said, brushing past James and getting out of the car.
"Alright, just let me tell my mom that I'm home. OK?" James asked, but he was already on his way over to his house.
"Hey Mom, can I have a ride to London tomorrow? I'm gonna go buy my school stuff." said Lily, at breakfast when the owl flew down.
"Sure. What time? replied Abby.
"How about sometime in the morning, so I can do all of my shopping." decided Lily.
The next day, just as promised, at 11 Lily and Abby were headed towards London. Abby needed to do some shopping in London so she was bringing Petunia as well.
"Bye Mom. Love you! Oh and by the way, Jen's mom is bringing me back home, so ya don't have to worry about it." said Lily, while getting out of the car.
Lily stepped into the Leaky Cauldron, bought a drink and sat down, waiting for her friends. Lily's friends arrived shortly.
"Hi Lily! I can't wait to get back to Hogwarts!" squealed Lily's best friend, Jennifer McQueen. She had long, blonde hair, blue eyes and tan skin.
"Lily, you look sooo different!" exclaimed another friend, Bridget Carmichael. She had short, brown hair, hazel eyes and very tanned skin since she was an athlete.
"You met a new guy, right Lil?" asked Lily's other friend, Emily Nightingale, who had shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes.
"You guys, stop it!" whined Lily. "The only guy that I met is my new friend, James Potter, who moved in my neighborhood," she added, emphasizing the word friend, to prove her point.
"Fine, fine" replied all of the girls, rolling their eyes.
"Come, on. If we wanna finish our shopping, we better start now! It's already.... 11:45" said Jen, checking her watch.
The girls finished their drinks and entered Diagon Alley. They had been shopping for about ten minutes when Jen stopped and started staring.
"Ow! Jen, what's wrong? Hurry up and let's go." said Emily as she walked into Jen.
"Check out that hot guy over there." said Jen, still staring.
"Where?" asked all of the girls, looking.
"There, oh isn't he absolutely gorgeous?" said Jen, pointing towards Quality Quidditch Supplies.
"OH, yeah! Total cutie!" gushed Emily and Bree together. The three girls were staring, making Lily really annoyed.
"Where is he? I want to know!!" Lily shouted, very annoyed. The other girls looked at her in mild amusement. They were used to Lily's outbursts and her short temper. Jen often said that Lily's hair matched her personality.
"Chill, Lil. Oh, hey, I'm a poet and I didn't even know it!" exclaimed Jen.
"Where is he?" Lily said again, with even more irritation.
"He's right there. The one with black hair, looking at the brooms in Quality Quidditch Supplies." Jen said, pointing. Lily looked in the direction her finger was pointing and her mouth dropped down. Oh my god! What the heck is he doing here? Lily asked herself. Lily walked toward the store, still not believing her eyes. Slowly she called, "James, is that you?" The boy suddenly turned around and Lily's eyes went, if possible, even more wide. "James! Oh my god! I can't believe that you're a wizard! Why didn't you tell me?" Lily said, running up to James to give him a hug.
"Wow! You're a witch! I can't believe it! I didn't tell you cause I thought that you were a Muggle! This is so cool!" James exclaimed, excitement shining in his eyes, making them a bright sparkling blue. James' gaze landed on a group of three girls who were watching them with amazement. Lily also noticed her friends staring and she waved them over. "Bree, Em, Jen! Come on over! This is my friend James, you know, the one I told you about!" The three girls slowly made their way over, wondering how Lily couldn't like that guy even a little bit.
"Hey, I have an idea! James, you could join us and if you met anyone else, they're welcome." Lily saw James going towards two boys that she recognized as Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Now she knew that they would join them, since Sirius has a crush on Jen and Remus is good friends with Bree. Sure enough, the three boys came after a few moments.
"You sure that it's okay, Lil?" James asked. To that Lily and Jen answered simultaneously, " Sure, the more, the merrier!" and promptly started giggling. The others looked clueless, so Lily managed to say, "Inside joke." before she started laughing again. Once Jen and Lily's laughter had subsided, the group of seven continued on their way. They first stopped at Madam Malkin's to buy school robes. While they were there, they also picked up dress robes, because it was on the school supply list. Next, was Flourish and Blott's, the bookstore. There, they picked up The Standard Book of Spells, Grade Three, Unfogging the Future, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles. While there, Lily also picked up 1002 Ways to Get Revenge and The Prankster's Book of Charms.
"Lil, you don't look like the prankster sort. Do you really pull pranks?" asked James, not believing that someone so innocent-looking would play pranks.
"Oh, yeah. She sure is. You don't want to make Lily or her friends mad, or she'll seek revenge!" Sirius exclaimed, coming up from behind them.
"Sounds like you have felt the wrath of Lillian Marie Evans. What did she do to you?" asked James. He wanted to know her style, so he could play some of his own priceless pranks.
"Let's see... Once, on April Fool's Day, Jen, Bree, Em, and me painted their hair and nails pink and we each gave 'em their own little things." said Lily proudly. She loved that day, it had been hilarious.
"What kind of 'things'?" James asked, his curiosity growing. These girls sure as hell were original!
"Well, whenever Remus said a word that began with a vowel, he blew bubbles, and Sirius's shoes kept changing size and color. Oh, yeah. We also hexed this kid, Peter so his hair would keep changing color. That day was great! We didn't even get in trouble for those things! In fact, Dumbledore actually awarded us some points!" Lily exclaimed, tears of laughter rolling down her cheeks. James also started laughing. Pretty soon, all of them were hysterical and practically rolling on the ground, laughing. When they finally stopped, the group went to pay for their books. Next, the seven took a break and went to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor. They all got huge sundaes, compliments of James.
"Geez, James, that was really nice. You sure about that?" Lily asked, before starting on her sundae. It was a banana split with hot fudge, nuts, and sprinkles. "You know, most guys aren't as nice as you." Lily said, wondering if there was any reason that he was so nice.
"I'll take it as a compliment. Of course it's fine! Trust me, my parents force manners on me, I better use 'em. Now dig in!" James said and they all followed that command easily. During their break, the group found out about each other. The others were curious of James' old school, Salem, and James wanted to find out about Hogwarts. This is great. I have just moved here two months ago, made a friend that turned out to be a witch, and she introduced me to five other witches and wizards who I could be very good friends with. James thought with content. After finding out about the school houses, James really hoped to be put in Gryffindor, but Ravenclaw also sounded good. He also didn't want to be placed, in Slytherin, the house that turned out more Dark witches and wizards than the others. It turned out that all of the others were also in Gryffindor.
"What about Quidditch, do any of you play Quidditch at Hogwarts?" James asked with interest. He loved Quidditch, a wizard sport played on broomsticks and with seven players. James' position was one of the three Chasers. The Chasers toss the Quaffle, which is a soccer-sized red ball, around to each other, trying to make it in one of the three fifty-foot hoops.
"Well, Sirius is a Beater, Bridget is the Seeker, Remus and Emily are co-commentators, and me and Jen are some of the Gryffindor's cheerleaders. What about you?" Lily said, thinking that he loved Quidditch, judging by the sparkle in his eyes.
"Well, I play Chaser. I was the captain at Salem last year, well, actually I was the assistant captain." said James, hoping that they had an open spot for him. "You could probably make it, if you're good, all of the houses have a Chaser opening. Now, how about we finish our shopping?" said Lily, checking her watch. They soon continued their shopping, and Jen was entertaining them with a story of how Lucius Malfoy tried to kiss her. Lily saw Sirius turn an angry shade of red, his hand pulling into a fist. Lily turned her head and started laughing quietly.
"If you want me to, Jenny, I swear that I'll beat that git up! He'll wish that he never tried that!" Sirius declared with a passion. The other girls heard this and all but Jen started laughing. Sirius, noticing that he said this out loud, blushed, as did Jen. When Emily noticed that Jen looked uncomfortable, she said, "Guys, stop. It's not funny. In fact, I think that Sirius and Jen make a cute couple. Right, guys?" She shot a pleading look at Bridget and Lily. Bridget quickly stopped laughing and said that she agreed, but Lily couldn't stop. Sirius suddenly spoke up.
"Hey, Lily. You and James would make a cute couple, too. Come on, I know you like him!" Sirius said in a teasing voice. That immediately shut Lily up.
"That is so not true, Sirius. Me and James are only friends!" screamed Lily. James was also mad at Sirius. "That's not fair, just 'cause you like Jen it doesn't mean that you had to make up lies about us!" said James angrily.
"Alright, alright. I'll stop. I was just kidding anyways. Come on, let's keep going." said Sirius, trying to avoid a fight. Soon they stopped in front of an animal shop.
"Ohh, can we go in, my parents are letting me get a pet." Lily asked, hoping to go in and look at the animals.
"Sure, Lil. I need some more food for Arrow anyway." James replied, and seeing the other's confused looks added, "My snowy owl."
They went in and looked at the pets. Lily finally chose a magical black Lab. It was magical because it lived longer than regular dogs and always looked like a puppy, but had the strength and wisdom of a grown up dog.
"Hey Lil, what are you gonna call him?" Bridget asked, brushing her short brown hair out of her eyes. Lily looked very thoughtful. "Well, let's see. Hey, how 'bout James, cause it has blue eyes and black fur?" Lily asked in a semi-serious voice.
"You're gonna name your dog after James? Now I really think that you like him!" Sirius exclaimed gleefully. "Anyways, won't that get kinda confusing?"
"I was just kidding. I don't know what I wanna name him yet. Any suggestions, guys... and gals?" Lily asked, looking at the others.
"Wellll.... How about Blacky? Or Black? Wait, that would also get confusing, cause its Sirius's last name. So never mind!" said Emily.
"Hmm... A male black lab.... Well you could name it Snuffles or something original, like Padfoot." Jen said thoughtfully. The puppy suddenly started wiggling and when Remus reached to pet him, the canine bit him.
"OW! That hurt! Man, that demon has sharp teeth!" Remus exclaimed, examining his finger. It was bleeding slightly, but Bridget pulled out a magical bandage that heals it after ten minutes.
"Wow, Remus! You are a genius!"
"I am?" Remus asked dumbly. "I mean, of course I am. What am I a genius for again, Lil?" Remus added, putting on the MagicAid.
"You found the perfect name for him! I saw a movie called Snow Dogs, and the lead dog was a male that had bright blue eyes, like this one! And it was really vicious, too!" Lily said, her eyes sparkling with happiness. She looked down at her new dog. "Hey, Demon, you're a sweet puppy, aren't you?" she asked in a cooing voice. The others also thought that it was a good name. For the rest of the day, they continued to play with Demon in the Leaky Cauldron. Soon, Mrs. McQueen came to pick up the girls, and Mrs. Lupin came for Sirius and Remus.
"Hey, James. Do you want to come with us? It's fine with my mom." Jen said, looking at him. She thought that if he didn't like her, then they could at least be friends.
"Well... I'd love to, but my brother Matt said that he was gonna pick me up." James said hesitantly. He really wanted to go with his friends, but didn't want to worry his brother.
"James, if you want to come, you can call your brother on his phone. I had to help him set it to another ringer. Somehow, whenever it rang, the phone screamed 'James is the coolest!' in a shrill voice. So, how about it? You can use my mom's. She let's me borrow it when I go shopping for my school stuff." Lily said, reaching for the cell phone.
"Alright, but only if it's okay with you, Mrs. McQueen." James said politely.
"Of course it's alright, I just need to know where you live. But why don't you call your brother first, hon." Mrs. McQueen said kindly. This boy is so polite; most boys today are a holy terror. Mrs. McQueen thought. James then took the phone from Lily and dialed his brother's phone number. He was familiar with Muggle stuff from his previous Muggle Studies classes. "Hello?" Matt had pick up his cell. "Hey, Matt. You know how you were gonna pick me up today? Well, anyways, don't bother. Lily's friend offered me a ride. Okay?" James asked. "Oh, Okay. Thanks. Now I can explore the city. Bye." replied Matt and he hung up the phone. James also hung up and he handed the phone back to Lily who put it in her purse.
"Mrs. McQueen? My brother said that it's alright." James said, helping Jen with her bags.
"Oh, that's wonderful! But I need to know where you live. You can just give me directions, dear." Mrs. McQueen replied kindly.
"Oh, I live across the street from Lily. Just drop me off with her. I need to ask Lily something anyways." James said, helping the other girls into the car, which had been magically stretched to resemble a park bench. The gesture made Jen's mom smile immediately. They all got in the car and Jen's mom started the vehicle.
"Everyone in?" Mrs. McQueen called over the sound of the magical radio. The radio was more like a CD player, but it played any song in the world. All you had to do is say the name of the song and it immediately played it.
"Yup!" chorused the five teenagers together, and promptly started giggling. Mrs. McQueen looked in the mirror at the four best friends. They had been friends since 1st year. Her eyes then wandered over to James. He seemed very polite, but defiantly not a prep. He was also very nice, because Jen seemed to like him very much, and she had sort of a sixth sense; she knew who was truly nice and people who would just use her.
"Well, then let's get this show on the road! Who wants to be dropped off first?" Mrs. McQueen asked the group of teens. The four girls all loved Mrs. McQueen because she always listened to them and tried to help them.
"Mrs. McQueen, I have to go to a special dinner with my parents and their friends. I need to get ready, so could you drop me off first?" Emily asked, leaning forward. Everyone knew that it took Emily forever to get ready, so Jen's mom immediately agreed.
After dropping Emily off, Jen shouted the name of her favorite song. " Say My Name!" Even though Jen was a pureblood, spending time with Lily gave her a pretty good grasp of the Muggle world. Recently, Jen started taking an interest in Muggle music. Immediately the song started blaring out of the speakers.
Jen and Lily soon joined in. "Say my name, say my name. When no one is around you, say baby I love you, say my name, say my name!" Bree also started singing, and soon the three were pretending to be Destiny's Child and put a rather amusing show on for James. By the time they reached the last verse, James couldn't keep his laughter in anymore. He just burst into laughter. By the time he recovered, the song was over and he got to pick the next one.
"Hmmm. Let's see. how about 'Slim Shady'?" James asked, and it immediately started playing. For this song, they went along, but didn't make up crazy things like they did with Say My Name.
After about three songs, Mrs. McQueen neared Lily and James' street. James took this opportunity to ask Lily what he wanted to ask her. "Lils, I need to talk to you. Is that OK?" James asked, hoping that she would agree.
"Of course, James. That's what friends are for." Lily said softly, but Jen heard and snickered softly.
"Oh, stuff it Jen. I know you have a thing for Sirius Black." James said right before getting out of the car. This immediately shut her up.
"Hey James, you can come over to my house and we can talk. I also need some help with something." Lily said, brushing past James and getting out of the car.
"Alright, just let me tell my mom that I'm home. OK?" James asked, but he was already on his way over to his house.