Chapter 6

Lily woke up the next morning and looked up at the clock it was 10 A.M., and Lily rolled over to her right side, and sighed into her pillow. She wasn't ready for this, she couldn't do this. "It's about time you wake up," a voice said coming from her left side, Lily rolled over to see James Potter sitting on his bed with flannel pajama pants on, his glasses, ruffled hair, a smile to kill, and no shirt on. Lily's mind went in rewind when she noticed James didn't have a shirt on. Quidditch had done his body good. "Hello, Lily?" James began waving his hand in the air. "Earth to Evans?"

Lily jumped out of her Trans, why on Earth was she sitting her drooling over Potter's hard nice stomach. 'Quit it already!' She said to herself. "How long have you been up?" She asked him.

"About an hour."

"What have you been doing for an hour?"

James smiled, "Watching you sleep."

Lily's cheeks turned red, "Why on Earth would you want to see me sleep?"

"You look so beautiful and peaceful when you're sleeping."

Lily's whole face blushed this time and James had to hold in a laugh in really hard. He never thought that he'd get the beautiful, gorgeous Lily Evans to blush at him or in this case turn completely red, by him complementing her. "Why haven't you gotten dressed yet?" Lily asked.

"I wanted to see you wake up," James said smiling. "I see you brought your things in her last night…"

"Yes," Lily cut him off, she didn't want to hear anything rude or crude out of his mouth today…today was going to be really hard for her. "I don't want to run into Petunia unless I have to. If I have all of my things that I'll need I should be alright. I can avoid her as much as I want."

"Well, look." James began. "We both need to get dressed, so you go in the bathroom, and I'll change out here. I usually takes girls longer anyways." Lily nodded and picked up a solid black dress out of her suitcase, some black stocking, and black high heel shoes. Lily picked up her charm bracelet off of the table closest to her bed. Lily also, got her make-up bag and went into the bathroom.

James sighed as he got off of the bed and saw the lovely Lily Evans disappear into the bathroom. James walked over to his suitcase again and pulled out a nice pair of black slacks, a white dress shirt, a black tie, black socks, and a pair of black dress up shoes. James had looked through his Muggle Studies book and saw the way Muggles dresses at funerals, the night James agreed to go the funeral with Lily. The next day he cancelled Quidditch practice and went to the clothes shop in Hogsmede. He got him two pairs of dress pants, shirts, socks, and one tie and one pair of shoes. He wanted to impress Lily, and not make himself look like a dunderhead. James then tightened his tie and got a comb out of his bag and started combing it. He usually wanted it to be messy, but he knew he had to make a good impression on Lily's family. Usually when James wanted it to actually come down some he pointed his wand at his hair and it stayed down. But, James hair was naturally unruly, going every place…but not where James wanted it to go. James walked over to the bathroom door and knocked on the door. "Yes?" Came Lily's voice.

"Yeah, Lils. I can't get my hair to stay down."

Lily started laughing from the other side of the door and James wished he could of seen her laugh. "When do you ever try to make your hair stay down? Your usually trying to mess it up."

"Not when I have to dress up for an important day."

"Your actually dressing up?" She asked from behind the door.

"Lils, I told you that I wasn't going to embarrass you and I'm not going to make myself look like an idiot. So please, do the muggles have anything to help keep my unruly hair down somewhat."

"Yes, but you won't figure it out. I'll help you when I'm done."

"That's going to take forever," James whined.

"No it won't I'm almost finished."

"WHAT?!" James asked surprised.

"Not every girl takes two hours to get ready….okay finished. You can open the door." James opened the door and looked at Lily, she looked magnificent. She had on a black dress that came down just a little over her knees, black panty-hoes on, and black high heeled shoes. Her legs looked so long and….god did she look sexy. The little black dress was tight on her body, not too tight…but a lot tighter than the robes he was use to seeing her in. The little black dress hugged her curves just right. Lily had made her hair curly, so it wasn't as long as it was yesterday when she had is straight and down. The red curls looked so good next to her milky white skin. Lily had on some make-up, but not like Paris and Heather's. Lily had on some foundation, powder, black eye liner again, and green eyes shadow…drawing out those beautiful eyes of hers again. She had on blush, a darker lipstick color today and of course lip gloss.

"Is there something the matter James?" Lily asked, James had been staring at her for some while now. She hadn't turned around to look at him yet, she had her back turned to him and was looking for some gel to hold down his hair…but she could feel his eyes on her.

"No there's nothing the matter," James said is a very soft voice. "You just look so wonderfully beautiful."

"Your just saying that to get my mind away from the memorial today, and funeral tomorrow." Lily said exasperated.

"No, Lils I swear. You look like an angel."

Lily was really getting sick of the sucking up and she found the gel, she turned around to give him a piece of her mind…but she saw how snapping he looked and her mind went blank. James did clean up nicely she had to give him that. He looked like a true muggle through and through. He looked like he knew what he was doing, he dressed the right way…Lily had been worried about that. He looked really handsome. The white shirt was a little tight, so you saw the muscles in his arms and few on his chest bleed through…which was making him even more hot. The silver rimmed glasses with his hazel eyes were just beautiful, and his unruly hair made Lily laugh.

"What's so funny?" He asked, "I thought I dressed up right."

"Yes, James you did. It's just that…"

Lily's father Blake came through the bedroom door and Lily's heart began to beat very fast and James thought himself a dead man. "Lily what are you doing up here, in the boys room?" 'Oh no,' Lily thought to herself. 'Daddy is going to kill James.'

"Well you see, sir." James started, and Blake turned his attention to James. "In the Wizarding World I can point my wand to my hair and make it less unruly…but I can't use my wand here in the Muggle world….so Lily is helping me out."

Blake stared at them for some time and Lily just knew this was the end, then her father said. "Lily did you find the gel?" Lily smiled and held it up. "Alright, you help James with his hair and then come down for lunch. It's already eleven thirty and family is starting to show up."

"Yes sir."

"Yes, Mr. Evans."

When Blake left James sighed and Lily looked relieved too. "I thought I was a dead man."

"You would have been if you hadn't thought of what to say." Lily responded.

"Alright, just fix my hair before he comes up here again."

"James we're talking about your hair here…I don't know if there is much I can do."

"Ha, ha, ha; you're such a comedian, Evans. Can you just fix my hair already?" Lily was right I the end though, there really much she could with James hair. All the gel did was made it not so fly away.

"There, that's all I can do." James looked up and was in horror. She made his hair stick up at every end.

"EVANS?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" He turned to her, "Why on Earth did you do this to my hair?"

"I thought it would be funny," she giggled non stop.

James chuckled, "Yeah, its funny…but not when we're already suppose to be down stairs."

"Oh, chill out. Take off your shirt and tie."

"Why?" James asked really not trusting her now. "Do you want to see me naked, Evans? I knew you always wanted me." He said raising his eyebrows up and down, Lily didn't do anything for a few minutes and he got worried that he pissed her off, but then she just started laughing and laughing and laughing and laughing. James thought she was going to die because she was running out of breath laughing so hard. "Lily, it wasn't that funny."

Lily was clutching her sides; they were really starting to hurt now. "Y-Y-Yes it w-w-as." Lily was laughing so hard that she was starting to cry. She kept laughing for about another five minutes until James finally said something.

"Lily as much as I love to see you laugh and smile, but we really need to get this done with so we can go down stairs to see your family. Before you father comes up here with a shotgun to kill me because he thinks that I'm shagging his daughter." This got Lily to stop laughing and her eyes were big and bug like. "Thank you, now why do I have to have my shirt and tie off?"

"So I can put your head in the water to get all the gel out so you actually look like a normal person."

"Alright, let's do it." James said taking off his shirt and his tie, to expose all the muscles he had from Quidditch. Lily didn't let it show but she was drooling inside. James body looked really good thanks to Quidditch. His upper body, where his pecks were very nice looking and the six pack he had was killing her. The she looked over to his arms were really built.

"Lily are you okay?" James asked wondering why she had just frozen up.

"Uh…yeah…how long have you been playing Quidditch?"

"I started playing before I got to Hogwarts, but it wasn't really that much until I started Hogwarts….why?"

"Just asking."

"Ah, okay…do you think we could fix my hair now?"

"Yeah, we better before Dad comes up here again."

Lily dunked his head in the bath tub that was filling up. She put shampoo in her hand and began massaging his head…James was in heaven. She then washed his hair again and put conditioner in his hair and repeated. James was in heaven he had Lily leaning over him running her fingers through his hair. When Lily pulled James up she had a towel and began to towel dry his hair and when she pulled the towel…which his hair was messier then she ever saw it. She began to giggle and James heard Lily's beautiful face and luscious lips calling him. James leaned in and planted his lips on hers. It took Lily by surprise and she kissed him back which surprised James. He's tongue touched Lily's bottom lip and she allowed him access. Soon his tongue was soon massaging hers, when Lily pulled back James was a little disappointed but he accepted it. "We need to get ready," she said speechless. But he could see in her eyes she was happy.

Lily combed his hair and made it look messy like James always did, but in a way…to James, it looked a little neater and nicer…but maybe that was just because he'd kissed Lily Evans. "You ready to go down stairs?" James asked and Lily looked down at the floor, he used his index finger to push up her chin and saw a few tears running down her face. She was afraid to see her grandmother's dead body, and James knew it. James whipped away two tears running down her face, and he kissed the last one away. Lily felt shivers go across her body.

Lily looked into his eyes; those hazel eyes for some reason calmed her down so much. She couldn't let herself fall for him, this was James Potter, the James Potter that pulled pranks on everyone…how did she not know that this wasn't a prank. How could she know if he was just doing this to go on a date with Lily so he could brag that he'd now gone on a date with every girl in the school? 'James has never gone on a date with Cassie, Gabby, or Alice.' The voice inside her said to her.

"Lils, are you okay?" James voice brought her back to reality. "You seem really far out there…I mean I know your going through a lot, but are you sure you can go through this?"

Lily shook herself, she had to get out of these daydreams she was having. "Yes, I'll be alright. I swear. Thank you, for being here with me."

James smiled at her, anytime Lils, anytime." James opened the door for her to walk down stairs and get ready to leave.

When they got into the kitchen Abigail was going talking to lots of people that weren't here last night and were not here today.

"Who are all these people?" James asked Lily, it looked as if the whole town was here.

"I don't know James, we don't have a big family…so I don't know what's going on. Let's find my mum." Lily began to walk, and James held her hand she turned around to look at him, back down to her hand and at James again.

"Hey, you told me I could." Lily nodded and they went on. They didn't get very far, because old people obviously recognized Lily, but Lily didn't recognize them. They'd grab her cheeks and say, "Ahh, little Lily Marie Evans, my haven't you grown up into a beautiful young lady." This had happened more than once and they'd talk to her for at least ten minutes. Finally Lily spotted her mother, "Mrs. McClelland if you don't mind I need to ask my mum something." Before the old lady could respond Lily grabbed James hand and sprinted off to get to her mum before she disappeared again.

"Lily!" Her mother sound overjoyed to find her. "I've been looking all over for you."

"We've been looking for you to mum. What are all these people doing here?"

Abigail sighed, "The funeral home had forgotten they'd reserved a funeral today, so they couldn't have your Grandma Rose's Memorial there, so we're having it here. If you see Petunia tell her and Vernon to stay on their best behavior. That goes for James and yourself, also."

"Yes, ma'am." Lily and James said at the same time, and Abigail was off again.

"James, can we go see my grandmother?"

"Sure Lily, do you know what room she's in?"

"I have an idea," Lily sniffled. "She's probably in the room that she lived in when she stayed here with us. The room she'd always read stories to me when I was little or sick."

"Where's that room at?"

"This way," Lily said holding on tightly to James hand. James held back strongly, there was no way he was going to let Lily get away from him. During this weekend, or the rest of his life.

They approached a room that had a wreath on it, and Lily knew this was the room where her grandmother's body was at. Lily opened the door and James followed. There were a few people around, and when they saw Lily enter they left. They recognized her from when she was a little girl, and they remembered how close Lily and Rose had been. The girl would want to see her grandmother alone…but who was this boy with her. Lily saw her parents had cleaned up the room, so that her grandmother's stuff they arranged for the memorial could fit. There were poster boards on stands around the room. Lots of pictures put together. From the first picture that was taken of Rose when she was born, until the last picture that was taken of her. It was a picture that Lily and Rose had taken the day before Lily left for Hogwarts to enter her fifth year. They were outside the house on the porch swing in her grandmother's garden. This picture brought tears to her eyes.

James was only holding on to the tips of her fingers, he knew that if she needed him she'd turn to him. He didn't want to upset her if she wasn't upset yet.

Lily finally walked up the casket that held her grandmother's small, frail, lifeless body. Lily walked up and saw her grandmother, a big sob hit her hard in the chest and James got closer to her. She pushed him back, she needed to do this alone. She looked at what they had her grandmother in. Rose's favorite dress, it was a light blue, that matched her eyes. They didn't do bad on her color, she looked the same, except she had make-up on. Rose had never worn make-up in her entire life. Lily reached in the casket to grab her grandmother's hand, she held her grandmother's hand in her own two hands. Lily leaned down and kissed it. Tears were now streaming down her face, "I love you my Grandma Rose. Never forget me, and I promise I will never forget you." She whispered, but James heard her. Lily laid her grandmother's hand back into the casket, and Lily touched the outside of the casket and completely broke down. James ran over to her and picked her up, he turned her around to pull her into a hug. She cried, and he led them down into some chairs that had been put into the room. She cried and cried into his shoulder, James felt his shirt getting soaked, but he didn't care he just wanted this pain to leave Lily's body. Lily's back was turned to the door, and James saw it open. It was Abigail and Blake, they saw the state that Lily was in and they saw James soothing her. They slowly backed up, and James saw them close the door. Lily couldn't quit crying, and James tried his hardest to pull her closer to himself to try and take the pain away from her.