Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters. I only own the crappie characters, this crappie plot and some other stuff. I am doing this for fun, I*m not making any money from writing this.


Summer Fling

Prologue


Lily Evans had a problem. Upon returning home from school for the summer holidays her father had informed her that they would be moving. Lily had been shocked. Moving? Away from Ardmore... from Ireland entirely? Away from one of the few things she allowed herself to love?

So she had found something to distract herself. She had found the first tourist her age and slept with him. Perhaps not what she should do. But it was how she dealt with things, at school and out. But what she had planned to be only a one night stand had turned into something more. They had started *seeing* each other on a more regular basis.

Lily had made it clear at the beginning of their.... arrangement that she did no want feelings involved. Feelings only complicated things. This was just sex. But Lily had gone and broken her own rule. She had started caring for him. She thought she might even love him.

This, in her mind, was a huge disaster. She was in love with him. He would never love her! On top of that he was a muggle. She could never tell him that she was a witch, he would think she was a total freak, just like Petunia and her father. She could not allow herself to care for anyone. Her father and sister had made it quite clear that she would never be loved by anyone. So Lily had resigned never to care for anyone.

If Lily caught herself beginning to care in a relationship she would end it as soon as possible. And so she would have to do with this one. But this would be particularly difficult. No one else had ever made her feel the way she felt when she was around him. Which only made it more important that she end it.

And that*s what she would do. They were meeting that afternoon to have lunch. She would end it then. She put her red hair in a pony tail, walked downstairs, out the door and to the muggle pub where she would be meeting him.

James Potter sat at a table in the back of the busy pub waiting for Lily. It was lunch time so the pub was busier than it was during the rest of the day save the evenings. James had a plate of chips (A/N: french fries) in front of him and was eating then while he waited.

He was going to break off their... arrangement. When he had met her he had been looking for a little action for the summer. He hadn*t wanted anything else. When she had said she didn*t want any feelings involved he had agreed whole heatedly. It was what he had wanted as well.

But he had started having feelings anyway. This was totally against his rules. He couldn*t have feelings for anyone. His father was going to arrange his marriage. If he was going to be forced into such a union he was at least not going to have feelings for anyone else. Even if he could get out of it there was no way his father would approve of a muggle. And that*s what Lily was... at least as far as he knew.

So he would have to end it... which is what he was going to do. He ran a hand through he untidy black hair. As soon as she arrived he would talk to her. As soon as he thought that the pub door swung open and in walked Lily. She made her way to the table where he was sitting and sat down.

"Hi," she said.

"Hi," He scooted the plate of chips toward her. "Chips?" He asked. She took a few and shoved them in her mouth.

"So, James." she said. God he loved how his name sounded when she said it. "I have been meaning to talk to you."

"Have you?" he asked. This could be interesting.

"Yeah... um..."

"Listen, Lily" he said. "I*ve been meaning to talk to you too."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. Summer is almost over." He said.

"You will be going back to England soon." Said Lily.

"Yeah"

"And I*ll be moving."

"That too."

"We really should end our arrangement."

"I completely agree" said James.

"Do you?" she sounded disappointed. *What do you expect, Lily?* she asked herself. *For him to proclaim his undying love?* Of course not. Said the voice in her head. But it couldn*t hurt him to sound a little disappointed.

He hesitated. *She*s disappointed... Could she have feelings too?!* "Yeah, I do." he said.

"Okay then." they sat in silence for several minutes. "I best be off." she got up to leave. Goodbye James." she walked out the door.

"Goodbye, Lily." he whispered. He sat in silence for several more minutes.

Call her back! Said his mind.

*I can*t do that.* He thought.

Yes you can! Tell her how you feel!

*I can*t! I*ll just go home to Hogwarts and forget about her.*

You know you won*t be able to forget her.

*....yeah*


Outside the pub Lily pressed herself against that wall. GO BACK! Screamed her mind.

Tell him how you feel! Are you just going to let him go?

*I cannot go back* she told herself.

Aye you can!

*NO!*She got back onto the side walk and found herself walking back to the pub.

"Stop it, Evans." she said aloud. "He is not for you." Then she turned around and went home to pack.



A/N: YAY!!!! WHOO HOO!!!! first chappie done!! Tell me what you think. No flames unless i get s'mores.

~Psycho Psychic