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Chapter 16- Better Vacations...Or Not?
"Lily, what time did you say he would be arriving?" Marisa Evans asked for the fifteenth time. The Evans were waiting for Giorgio and his friend, who were going to spend a week in England. Petunia had a very sour look and refused to speak to anyone. It was June 14th, a week after Lily had left Hogwarts for summer break.
"Three fifteen, it's still three ten."
"Oh, yes. And what is his friend's name again?"
"Leo, Mum, Leo," Lily said patiently. Suddenly there were a loud pop and two boys appeared in the living room. Lily smiled and ran to Giorgio, giving him a hug. Giorgio hugged her back and, after greeting everyone, he said:
"Everyone, this is Leo, Leo this is Aunt Marisa, Uncle Nathan, Lily, and Petunia."
"Hello," said Leo. He was a very handsome boy, with wavy dark brown hair and black eyes.
"Hullo Leo. Let me show you and Giorgio your rooms." Lily took them upstairs and showed them around the house. When she took them back to the living room she almost fainted. Alex's head was bobbing on the fire and she was talking pleasantly to Marisa.
"Oh, Lily! How are you?" Alex said.
"I'm fine, Alex. Alex, this is my cousin, Giorgio, and his friend, Leo. Rememeber when I told you about them in my last letter?" Lily said.
"Yes. Pleased to meet me you boys. Now, Lily, darling, do you know what day is today?" Alex asked.
"Er, the fourte—oh. It's your birthday. I'm sooo sorry, I absolutely forgot. Please forgive me, Alex, please!"
"Don't worry, Lily, you're forgiven. Now, Grandmother is making me have a little party, so I'd just like to say you're invited. And you can bring Giorgio and Leo as well. The only bad part, for you, I mean, is that, er—"
"James is going to be there?"
"Yeah...you don't mind do you?"
"No, Alex, don't worry. What time will it be?"
"Uh, in five minutes?"
"Oh. Well, I'll just get ready, grab your present, and I'll Floo there, okay?"
"Sure. Just don't take too long, everyone is here already. Ouch, JAMES! That was not funny! Sorry Lily, gotta go. Perhaps there'll be the chance that you won't have to stand James, as he'll be dead by then, do you hear me James Potter! Bye!" Alex's head then disappeared, although a second before it completely disappeared you could hear some screams.
"Mum, can I go?" Lily asked.
"Yes, dear. Leo, Giorgio, why don't you go get ready as well?"
Ten minutes later the three teenagers were leaving by Floo to Alex's house. When Lily arrived she was greeted by shrieks of delight and was hugged by Alex. A few seconds later Leo and Giorgio were being introduced to everyone. Leo seemed particularly intrested in Carrie, although she was being guarded by a very suspicious Sirius. Esther was fascinated by Giorgio, and they spent the whole time talking.
"I have an idea!" Sirius shouted.
"What, Padfoot?" said a very distressed James. Before Lily had arrived, Alex had beaten him up because he had made her bump her head while she was talking to Lily.
"Let's play Truth or Dare a la Marauders!"
"Great idea!" Peter said.
"Hmm, Sirius, what exactly is Truth or Dare a la Marauders?" Alex asked.
"Do we want to know what it is?" Ellen asked sarcastically.
"Yes, you want, Miss Schlotsky. It's like normal Truth or Dare, but whoever doesn't want to do the truth or dare has to do something very humiliating," Sirius said.
"Oh. That's fine with me," Alex said and everyone agreed.
"Since you are the birthday girl, Alex, why don't you start?" Remus suggested.
"Sure. Jamesie-poo, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"I dare you to dance Swan Lake in nothing but your underwear." James pouted, but obliged. Everyone was crying from laughter when he finished his performance, especially Lily.
"Alex, I shall have my revenge. Ah! Evans, dear, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"I dare you to run around the whole house screaming how much you love me and my cute butt."
Lily frowned at the memory, but stood up and ran around the whole house screaming, "I LOVE JAMES POTTER! I PARTICULARLY LOVE HIS SEXY BUTT!" When she sat back down, James winked at her. Lily simply glared at him.
"Ellen, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Hmmm..... Where were you on the last day of school? We couldn't find you anywhere." Lily grinned, and Ellen blushed.
"I, uh, I was in a broom closet with...Remus." The couple blushed, and everyone grinned evilly.
"Leo, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"You have to sing and dance I'm a Little Teapot."
"Oh dear." And he began singing in a horrible voice. After the perfomance finished everyone was on the floor, laughing.
"Giorgio, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"If you were to kiss one of these girls, which one would you choose?"
"Uh, Esther Schlotsky." Esther blushed.
"Remus, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"I want you to proclaim your undying love for macaroni and cheese."
"Very well. Attention, everyone please. Ever since I was but a young child, I fell in love. It was, and still is, the love of my life. For those of you who are curious, it was macaroni and cheese."
"Now that was lame, Moony, mate," Sirius said.
"Sirius, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"How about you and Carrie spend two minutes and a half kissing?"
"Fine with me!" Sirius kissed Carrie, and they spent the two minutes and half kissing.
"Esther, truth or dare?"
"Dare."
"Kiss Giorgio."
"Uh, okay." They kissed quickly, and went back to the game, both of them blushing furiously.
"Peter, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"What is your greatest fear?"
"The dark. Jake, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"For how long have you liked Alex?"
"Since we first met. Alex, truth or dare?"
"Jake, make her pretend to do a strip dance," James said with a grin. Alex glared at him.
"You heard him, Alex."
"Arg. No kisses to you for a month." She did it, and the game continued for a long while, until it was time to for everyone to go.
"Hey, everybody, at the end of the week Aunt Charly's taking me to London, why don't we all go?" Alex said. Everyone agreed.
"Alex, wake up time!" Lily said, holding a whistle.
"Yes, Lily is right. Everyone is here already," Carrie said. She was sitting on her drums. Alex grunted, and went back to sleeping. Lily got very close to her ear, put the whistle in her mouth and whistled sharply. Alex merely turned around and mumbled something. Carrie then started playing very loudly on her drums, causing Alex to fall off her bed and start swearing.
"Alex, watch your language. Get ready, quick," Lily said.
"Yeah, yeah." Alex stumbled to the shower, took a quick bath, put on the first outfit she saw and ran downstairs.
"Sorry everyone, for making you wait. It's just that my alarm clock is broken."
"Exterminated from the world by you, most likely," James said, since he knew Alex's dislike for waking up.
"Shut up, James."
"Children, stop the bickering. Let's go." Aunt Charly waited for everyone to Floo and apparated to London.
The day was pretty much uneventful, although everyone was exhausted by the end of the day. While everyone was sitting on the living room, Leo and Carrie were getting drinks in the kitchen.
"You are very beautiful, you know, Carrie."
"Why, thank you, Leo. You are very handsome as well."
"Carrie, will you be my girlfriend?"
"Oh, I'm sorry Leo, but Sirius and I have a weird relationship and he's very jealous. Not to mention that long distance dating never works."
"Forget him, Carrie." Leo leaned forward and kissed Carrie, who pushed him away. At that precise moment, Sirius opened the door. He ran to Carrie, and punched (A/N: oooo, suspense music...) Leo. Leo fell down but quickly stood up and punched Sirius. Carrie shrieked and everyone rushed to the kitchen. Giorgio got Leo by the arms to stop him from hitting Sirius and James did the same to Sirius. Sirius and Leo glared at each other, and a furious James said:
"Explain."
"It's all his fault-" Sirius began.
"Padfoot, mate, you know how much I hate it when people run away from their responsibilities."
"Yeah, Prongs, I know. But I'm telling the truth, mate. I came here to see what was taking them so long, and what do I see? This Leo guy kissing Carrie!"
"Leo, is that true?" Giorgio asked his friend.
"Yes. But, Carrie, please understand, I love you."
"You don't know me, Leo. You are a great guy, but only as a friend. Nothing else," Carrie said, shaking her head.
"I understand and I better get going." He, Giorgio, and Lily said good bye to everyone and they left the house.
A month later Lily awoke with an owl grabbing her hair. The owl was holding two letters in its beak and as soon as Lily groggily picked the letters, it flew away. Lily opened the first letter and discovered it was the results of the OWLs. It said:
Defense Against the Dark Arts: O
Charms: O
Potions: E
Astronomy: O
Care for the Magical Creatures: O
Study of the Ancient Runes: O
Herbology: O
Transfiguration: O
Lily shrieked with delight when she finished reading her results. She had gotten an O on every OWL except for Potions. She ran down the stairs and showed her parents her results. They congratulated and while her mother made her a special breakfast, she went to her room, to find Ellen and Esther waiting for her inside her room.
"Oh, hello Lily! Sorry to come here without warning, but we absolutely had to come here. We received our OWLs results and we'll be able to be Healers! We actually got an O in Potions, isn't that great? We did get an E in Study of the Ancient Runes and an A in Astronomy," Esther said excitedly.
"That's great! I got an O in everything except for Potions, which I got an E. But that's okay, because Professor Pryde allows students with E's to be part of the NEWTs classes. Hey, why don't you guys stay here for the rest of the vacations?"
"Great idea! Let me send a letter to Mum and Dad," Ellen said and she wrote a quick note to her parents. Lily ran downstairs and convinced her mother in record time to let the girls stay until September 1st.
Finally September 1st arrived and the girls, after having quite a few adventures, went to Hogwarts.