Chapter 5
Lily came out of the fireplace and fell on the ground, "I hate traveling by Floo Powder!" She yelled to no one in particular. James couldn't help but chuckle she was really cute when she was angry. "What's so funny, Potter?" She snarled.
"Are you sure your not bi-polar?" He asked offering his hand to help her up and she slapped it away.
"How do you know about that?"
"I read muggle books."
"How dare you imply that I'm bi-polar!"
"I was just joking Lily. It's just kind of weird how one moment we get along so well, and the next your screaming at me."
Lily realized she wasn't acting lady like, "Sorry, I just don't like being laughed at."
"Okay, I won't laugh at you again, unless your laughing also. I apologize for laughing. Let's go find your mum."
They walked outside of the Leaky Cauldron to find Lily's mother's station wagon waiting for them. "There she is hang on, I'll tell her to open up the trunk." Before James could ask what a trunk was a door like thing opened up on the back of the car. "James you put the stuff in there." Lily and James sat in the back seat, because Petunia was in the front with her mother.
After a few minutes of driving Lily's mother decided to speak to this boy she'd never met before, in face Lily had never brought a boy home before. "So James, when did Lily and you meet?"
"Well, Mrs. Evans, we met in our first class together in our first year, Charms, Lily's best subject."
"Why yes it is James. So how long have Lily and you been friends?"
"Well…" James started, but Lily finished.
"Mum, what time do we have to be at the funeral home?"
"2 P.M. So James what's your last name?"
'Oh no!' Lily thought to herself, she was surly going to get a questioning from her mother later on. "Potter, ma'am. James Harold Potter."
"James Potter, didn't Lily hate you?" Petunia began to snicker at her mothers reply. James looked over at Lily and saw this is not the way she wanted things to go.
"Yes, she use to hate me." James started and saw tears forming into her eyes. "That was until the beginning of this school year," Lily looked up at James, she saw he had something up his sleeve.
"The beginning of the year? Lily never brought any of this up before," Lily's mother said.
"She was too afraid you'd get upset and tell her she had to come home right away." 'Oh, yes' Lily thought to herself, 'James Potter defiantly had something up his sleeve.' "Well, one of the Slytherins, our house's arch enemies, was messing with Lily and her friend Gabby, and Gabby ran and they hexed Lily to where she was up in the air and she couldn't get down. I saw her in the air and I was afraid she was going to get hurt, so I ran to her and demanded they let her down. Well they took me seriously and let her fall down, I caught Lily in my arms. Lily was so happy that I saved my life and I thought about someone else instead of myself she started kissing me, totally took my breath away. We became friends for a little, while and I finally got the guts to ask her out." James said smiling. Lily couldn't believe how well he could lie with a straight face…but then again he was a Marauder.
"I don't believe it," Petunia commented. "There's no way Lily could get a guy that looked as good as you do." James felt sick, this ugly girl that was the sister of the beautiful Lily Evans said that Lily was ugly and was hitting on him.
"Don't believe it, but it's true."
"Then how long have the two of you been going out?" Mrs. Evans asked wanting to know how long James and her daughter had been steady.
"Four months now," James said smiling and he leaned over and kissed her cheek. Lily looked at him fire dancing in her eyes. 'Oh shit! I forgot no kissing!'
"Lily! Four months and you couldn't tell your own mother?" Mrs. Evans sounded offended.
"Mrs. Evans you have to understand, all of us fifth years have been under a lot of stress because of the O.W.L. test we've had to take."
"You have to take a test over an owl?" Petunia said sounding completely stupid.
"Um, no." James said looking over at Lily to see her laughing silently "It stands for Ordinary Wizarding Level; it's a test you take in fifth year. In your seventh you take NEWTs."
"A test over a stupid newt?" Petunia asked sounding more and more stupid.
"No," James went on. "It stands for Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests; it's a test you have to pass to get out of Hogwarts."
"Oh."
"So James, I'm glad your such a strapping young man, I expect you to take care of my Lily while the two of you are at school."
"Of course, Mrs. Evans."
"No, no. Don't call me Mrs. Evans, my name is Abigail, but everyone calls me Abby."
"So call you Abby?"
"Yes."
"Alright will do," they pulled into the driveway and James got us bag and Lily's bags. They walked into the house and James looked around, it was a pretty good sized mansion. "Hey Lils, where is your room, so I can put your stuff down."
"Lils?" Abigail asked.
"Oh, yes ma'am. That's one of my nicknames for her."
Abigail smiled, "It's cute. Go ahead, Lily show him your room so he can put down your stuff." They were heading up the stairs, "Don't take too long, either. If you see Petunia's stuff in there with yours, it's because you're going to have to share a room with her." Lily felt herself die inside.
When they got into Lily's room there was a spare mattress on the floor and some of Petunia's things. "Freak, get yourself and your freaky boyfriend out of here." Petunia hissed at her little sister.
"This is my room Petunia!" Lily screeched.
"I don't care; you can sleep on a couch. Vernon is suppose to come and share a room with Potter over there, but he's not. We're staying in your room."
"No! You know how against that mum will be?"
"Mum won't find out. It's a good deal, Lily. I get my man and you get yours." Lily walked out she knew she wasn't going to win. "Come on James, I'll show you to your room."
They got in the room he'd be sleeping with and he made her sit on the bed with him. "Why do you let her walk all over you like that?"
"Because I already know I'm not going to win. So what's the point in fighting?"
"I'm not sharing a room with you in your parent's house, I want to be able to live and go back to our friends."
"James, they won't check up on us. I guarantee mum knows that Petunia is going to kick me out and that she's going to have Vernon with her tonight. Mum knows me well, that's why there are two beds in these rooms. The only thing is Petunia and Vernon will be in one bed." Lily sighed and laid down on the bed across from the one that James was going to stay in. She looked so down and upset, and James just wanted to soothe her.
James laid down in his bed and stared at the ceiling, and he had almost fell asleep when he heard Lily's voice. "Thanks James."
James sat up curious on what he was getting a thank you to, "What did I do?"
"You told my mum that we were dating, you even tricked Petunia. I've hated you for years, but you keep comforting me when I really need it. You're a really good friend." James got up and came to sit down by her. "I'm a really lucky girl to be such good friends with you. Whatever girl you end up with in the long run will be a very lucky girl." 'I want you to be that girl,' James thought to himself. Lily went on, "I mean all this year you keep asking me out, over and over again. I realize it's probably just to get on my nerves, and I forgive you for that. I would really like it for us to be friends."
James was frowning on the inside, he wanted more than friendship with Lily Evans. But, he could settle for that, at least she didn't hate him anymore. "Friends," James agreed.
Petunia rushed in the door, "Mum told me to come tell you two freaks that dinner is ready, so come down."
The rest of Lily's family that was supposed to be staying in the house would show up until tomorrow. So it was only Abigail, Blake (Lily's father), Petunia, Vernon, Lily, and James at dinner. James had a lot of questions from Lily's father, and just a few more from her mother. In the middle of dinner the telephone rang, and Abby got up to answer it. When she came back she looked worried.
"Anything the matter, Abigail?" Blake asked his wife of twenty-one years.
"They need us down at the funeral home, something is wrong. We need to leave now."
"Okay, kids you be good and don't do anything Jesus would frown upon." Blake said as they left.
Petunia turned on her younger sister, "So freak, will you get out of my sight now…or will I have to beat you up in front of your fake little boyfriend."
"I am not fake; I told your mother and you earlier today that Lily and I have been dating for four months now."
"I don't believe it."
"I hope you know you're a very hurtful and horrible person to your sister, you should be more loving towards her."
"Why?" Petunia asked lazily, "I fucking hate her guts, I wish she would die."
Lily had had enough; she started screaming at her sister. "I know you hate me, and I know you don't want me here! But, you know what? I really don't give a damn! Get over yourself! You may not think that James and I are dating; well we are get over yourself. Just go up to my room and shag Vernon now, because I know how much of a slut you are and I know that is the only reason he puts up with you!" James had never seen Lily this mad, and James had made Lily mad at him a lot. Lily had never screamed at him this way, and he never wanted to be on the receiving side of that.
"I don't have to shag Vernon; I do it because we both want it." Petunia said with a look of triumph on her face. "But, I now know why Potter agreed to come and pretend to be your date to show me up. Your paying him with sex aren't you? Should of guessed you were the school slut!" Petunia laughed.
Lily had had enough, she ran up to her sister and slapped her upside the face and ran to her room. Petunia grabbed the side of her face and was insulted, but then she turned to her boyfriend. "What did I tell you?"
"You know what, you're a fucking riot!" James yelled at Lily's sister. "Lily is one of the only people that I know that doesn't trust a soul for nothing. She only trusts her closest friends, she won't open up and has only ever had one boyfriend except for me…and she never kissed either one of us. No wonder, you've killed her self esteem and her will to trust. I hope you burn in hell, no I'll make myself better than you, I take that back. May God have mercy on your pitiful soul." James said marching out of the room.
When James returned to his room he found Lily crying on the bed that Vernon was suppose to be sleeping on, but it was so clear that Lily would. James went over to comfort her, he sat down and she put her head on his shoulder like before and he put one arm around her waist and the other stroking her back and hair trying to calm her down. After she was done sobbing, she looked up at James. He felt his heart ripping in two, this was the saddest he'd ever seen Lily Evans in his entire life. There was no sparkle what so ever in her brilliant green eyes, just pain.
"Oh, Lily I'm so sorry. If I could do anything to take the pain away I would."
"Kiss me."
"What?" James looked at her like she'd lost her mind.
"Kiss me, James."
"Lily I can't."
Lily sat up looking offended now, "Why the hell not."
"I don't want to when you're upset and be mad at me later."
Lily just looked at him pleading, "James, I swear I won't. Just please kiss me and take my pain away." James did like he was told and was soon lost in the luscious lips of Lily. He didn't want to go too far with her, upset that she would get mad. So he only kissed her with open mouth. It felt so wonderful to kiss Lily, but James knew sooner or later he was going to have to pull back so he did.
James opened his eyes to see Lily staring wide-eyed at him, and James was afraid of what she would say. "You're not mad at me are you?"
Lily shook her head no, "Was that kiss as good for you as it was for me?"
James nodded, "I score it a ten."
"You have a scale?"
"Yes, all us Marauders do."
"There's no way that's a ten that was my first kiss."
"You're joking? I told your sister that, but I wasn't sure. You mean you never kissed Krum last year?"
"Nope, I never did. That was my first kiss."
"I'm sorry Lily."
Lily looked at him confused, "Sorry? What are you sorry for? Did you not want this to happen?"
"No, god no. Of course I wanted to kiss you. Lily I've wanted to kiss you for a long time."
Lily smiled, "I'm going take a bath and get changed into my pajamas. There is another bathroom, see that little door on the other side of you bed?" James nodded, "If you go in there, it's a bathroom. Has shampoo, conditioner, shaving cream, razors, soap, or anything you need. I'll be back later, okay?" James nodded. "Bye James." Lily began to leave.
"Bye Lily." James flopped himself down on the bed that he'd just been sitting on with Lily. He couldn't believe this…Lily Evans told him to kiss her. James was hesitant at first, he didn't want to and then Lily hate him forever. Kissing Lily felt wonderful, her lips were so soft and sweet. James didn't lie to Lily, her kiss was really a ten. James had never had a ten before, but he'd always imagined kissing Lily Evans would receive a ten. 'Well yeah, you've imagined kissing her how many times?' Said a voice in his head, James nodded he had been waiting for this day for a while. But, what if Lily just wanted to kiss him to take her pain away, what if they never kissed again….James couldn't handle it, never kissing Lily Evans again. 'Hey buddy, you need to go take a shower you stink.' Came the voice from his head again. James didn't think he stunk, but he needed to take a shower and be out before Lily got back. If she came back upset because Petunia had messed with her, he wanted to be here for her…to her crying shoulder.
James got up and went to his bag to retrieve some things he would need. He got out a clean pair of underwear, and a pair of pajama pants. He also retrieved, a tooth brush, tooth paste, razor, and shampoo. Lily had told him that there was soap and shaving cream in there that he could use, so he'd just use theirs. James set all these things on his bed so he could zip his bag back together. James then picked up his stuff and walked into the bathroom that Lily told him he could use.
Lily went into her bedroom, Petunia and Vernon weren't up here yet, they were downstairs watching some television. Lily grabbed a bunch of clothes, a hairbrush, and a blow dryer. Lily didn't want to come back to this room until she needed to. She'd had enough bullying from Petunia, and she really didn't feel like anymore. Lily made her way to the bathroom in the hallway.
When Lily was washing her hair she started to think about James. She use to hate him so much, she use to wish he'd fall off of the face of the Earth…but what was she feeling now? James had been with her since she found out about her grandmother, he had been there for her every time she cried since she found out. She hoped she didn't seem desperate when she asked James to kiss her, she just saw those beautiful eyes of James, those full red lips of his, and the shirt he had on showed some of his muscles. "What am I thinking?" Lily told herself. "James and I are friends, only friends. That's all it will ever been." A little voice said inside her head, 'But do friends kiss?' "Yes, when your hurt they do to comfort you. I have two best friends now, Cassidy O'Brian and James Potter." She said and finished her shower, including shaving her legs.
James Potter stepped out of the shower and dried himself off, slipped on his underwear and flannel pajama pants. James put on his deodorant and started shaving his face. He noticed he was getting a little scruffy, and when James had to meet Lily's family tomorrow and look like her boyfriend, he wanted to look like a presentable boyfriend. He heard a door shut, and a weird noise begin. He opened the bathroom door, there was Lily Evans in some yellow pajama pants and a white spaghetti strap shirt doing something to her hair, James was afraid she'd hurt herself. He ran to her and threw the obscene object to the bed, and Lily looked at him totally confused.
"James, what's wrong?"
"That…that thing, tried to eat your hair! And it makes terrible noise! I just saved you."
Lily giggled and turned off the blow drier, "Sit down James," she motioned for him to sit next to her on the bed she'd be sleeping on. He did what he was told, "You see how wet my hair is?" James nodded. "Well in the muggle world, I can't point my wand at my hair and tell it to dry. So in the muggle world they developed this things." She held up the blow drier, "It's called a blow dryer. It blows hot air to dry your hair."
"Are you sure it doesn't eat your hair?" James asked not trusting the blow drier for one minute.
"Positive James," she said laughing. James liked to see her laugh. He'd never been a reason to make her laugh. He'd always been the one that she yelled at or here lately he picked her up when she was crying. "Look hold out your arm, and I'll let you feel the air." James held out his arm, but he was still afraid it was going to try and eat his arm. Lily turned on the blow drier and put it above his arm like she said.
"That air is warm!" He laughed, "I guess muggles aren't as stupid as we make them out to be. So this dries your hair when your home for the holidays?" Lily nodded and she started to giggle, "What?"
"Well, first off your so funny about muggle things. Second, you still have shaving cream all over your face."
James chuckled, "I guess I better go finish up." Lily nodded.
When James came back he didn't hear the blow drier anymore, he walked into the room looking for Lily. He saw a digital clock first, 11:30 P.M. it read. 'I wonder what kind of clock that is?' James asked himself. He went in to put his things away in his bag and saw Lily asleep on top of the covers in her bed. James picked her up with one arm, and with the free arm he pulled back the covers and set her down in the bed. He pulled the covers up to her shoulders and kissed her forehead good-night.
Now James had to figure how to turn off the light, James tried to figure it out for thirty minutes and he then became tired. So James laid down in his bed, and smacked his head twice because he couldn't figure out how to get the lights to go off…but they did. James was confused. So he clapped his hands twice, lights back on, he clapped them twice again lights back off. Lily made a noise a cross the room, and James didn't want to wake her. James settled down in bed and whispered, "Goodnight Lily Evans."
