Author's Note: This chapter is really long, compared to what I usually write. I feel bad for Lily, and some of ya'll are going to hate me for doing that to her, but it a major part in the story.

"Dad?" Lily asked, daringly approaching her father. "I mean Sir?" she flinched, waiting for a slap.

"What?"

"Er, read this…" Lily handed George the letter that she had hand written (her father wouldn't know the difference) and reworded it a little bit.

"It's gonna cost me that much to send you away for that long?" he asked.

"Er, yes."

"No problem." He handed her about 250 pounds. Where did he get that? "When do you have to call for a taxi to get your stuff?"

"Er.."

"Well you can do it tomorrow."

"Okay.." Lily left the room, feeling her dad's eyes on her the whole time until she turned the corner into the hallway. She ran straight into Petunia.

"Ugh, what is that?"

"None of you business…" Lily retorted.

"Fine…" Petunia stormed off. Lily smirked. I'll be leaving this nasty place for a while. Maybe some people there will love me… maybe I can get a boyfriend…

Lily changed into a tank top and some comfortable shorts and crawled into bed. She was happier than she had ever been before…

Lily arrived early the next morning and dressed in something nice. She chose a lavender ¾ sleeved button-up shirt with a light tannish colored pleated skirt that came about 2 ½ inches below her knees. She put on her nude hoes and slipped on her favorite pair of black loafers. She quietly went into the kitchen, and began to start breakfast. She made the pancakes all different ways for everyone's liking. Lily cooked sausages, and made sure they weren't burnt for Petunia, and cooked eggs, making sure she hid the pepper away. When George and Petunia came out into the Dining Room, they were amazed. Their food was sitting there, still hot, and they had all their silverware out, and they each had a glass of orange juice. In the middle was a vase with 4 roses in it, with daisies surrounding the bottom of the vase. Her dad didn't say anything, but she figured he didn't care. Petunia didn't say anything, but Lily knew for sure that that Muggle was jealous of her. Everyone ate in silence. George was reading the newspaper, and Petunia kept giving Lily evil glares. When everyone was done, Lily went around and collected the plates and silverware. When Petunia tried to trip her, she gracefully, with dishes still in hand, jumped over her. Petunia was enraged. She jumped out of her seat, and quickly pushed Lily down. Lily landed hard on the ground, dished breaking under her, and cutting her stomach. Food went flying, and silverware was scattered. Lily hastily scurried to clean it up. She hurried to get bleach to get out the blood and food stains. George looked up just to see Petunia pushing Lily. He pretended not to notice.

"Lily! Clean that mess up right now! Hurry!" he demanded, not caring to notice Lily's blouse seeping with blood. Lily hurried as fast as she could, piling the broken dishes together, but it wasn't fast enough for George Evans, no it wasn't. He slung her up to her feet, slapped her hard across the face, punched her in her ribs. Lily yelped in pain and fell to the floor, tears streaming down uncontrollably. George came over and kicked her in the stomach, making more blood seep through. He pulled her up by her hair, and with a screaming Lily, he threw her at the closest wall.

She hit the wall hard, and almost blacked out. She could see the outline of her father coming towards her. She silently began to cry. He pulled her up by her head, and forced her over near her pile of broken dishes. She hit the ground, and more blood came oozing out. Her face was cut and bruised, a huge hand mark still clearly visible on he cheek. Her blouse now looked red, and her skirt was torn. Her beautiful red hair had pieces of glass in it, and blood was sprinkled everywhere. Lily dared not to look at her arms or legs, which were badly cut and gashed. She couldn't move. Was this it? The end? Her head was throbbing, her ears were ringing with her dads hollow, evil, cold laugh. her arm had a massive gash on it. It felt like a million splinters had pierced her body, and like peroxide was being poured into her wounds. Petunia gave a smile of satisfaction and turned around to watch T.V.

Lily stayed where she was for what felt like 5 hours, until her dad thought she was passed out, and Petunia went into the Living Room to watch T.V. As quietly as possible, Lily painfully crawled to her room. She tried as best she could to doctor her fragile body up. She then changed into some clean clothes that were baggy so she could cover up her wounds. She was pretty sure she broke at least 2 ribs. She was sure when she tried to cough. She howled in pain, but quickly muffled it with her pillow. Petunia had the T.V. up too loud anyway. Lily limped painfully out to the phone and called a taxi. Then she, as quickly as possible, packed some clothes, undergarments, and other accessories she needed. Lily slowly reached for her purse and stuffed her money inside She quietly slipped out the backdoor and went around to the front and waited for the taxi. When the taxi came, the driver got out and helped her put her luggage inside the car. "Thank you, a lot," Lily said thankfully to the driver. He smiled at her.

"Where to Little Miss?" he asked politely.

"London."

"Okay, we'll be there in about 45 minutes." The ride was silent. Neither Lily nor the taxi driver said anything to each other. Lily stared out the window, not believing her luck. When the taxi stopped, the driver got out and helped her with her luggage again. Lily paid the driver the money, and walked towards the Leaky Cauldron. (Dumbledore had given her directions on where to go and what to say in her letter from Hogwarts) Within 10 minutes, Lily Evans was inside Diagon Alley. She roamed the streets, admiring all the shops. She went to Gringotts where she exchanged her Muggle money for wizard money, and added it to the money that Dumbledore had given her. She purchased her books, her wand, and bought a tawny owl with golden eyes. She named him Bobby-Joes, Bob for short. Lily was about to pay for her robes, when she heard laughing. She turned around to see four wizards messing around with each other. She rolled her eyes, but then did a double take. Man, she thought, that boy with the black hair and glasses is cute… But she didn't give another thought as she purchased her robes.

As Lily was leaving the store, with her hands full, the group of troublemakers stopped her.

"Well, well, looks who we have here…" said the tallest boy with about shoulder length black hair. His name was Sirius Black.

"Hmm, she isn't bad looking wither…" commented the boy with messy black hair and glasses. This was James Potter. Lily tried to move out of the way, but James stepped in front of her. She moved to the left, so did he; she moved to the right, so did he. "So, you wanna dance cutie?" he teased.

" Ugh, no!" Lily yelled at him.

"Hello to you too," he replied, messing his hair up even more. "My name is James, and these are my friends Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew," he said, pointing to each of his friends. "And who may I ask are you?"

"Lily Evans."

"You're from a Muggle family, aren't you?" Remus asked.

"Yes. Why?"

"No reason, I just haven't heard of your family's name before…" Remus replied.

"Oh, well I'd better go now," Lily looked at James. She started walking out the door, and the four guys followed her.

"Oy! Evans!" James called. Lily turned around. "Wanna hang out with us?" He gave her a hopeful look and batted his eyelashes.

"Er," Lily replied, looking uneasy.

"Please Evans?" Sirius gave her puppy-dog eyes.

Lily gave in. "Okay… but don't do anything to embarrass me.."

"We won't…" James looked at Sirius with a wink. Remus looked at them, then at Peter. Peter was off in space. That poor child was mental or something….

"So, where do you wanna go Evans?" James asked, walking up beside her.

"Er, I dunno…"

"Well we'll take you to the best place here! " He led her to a small diner looking place, with the others trailing behind.

"It's on me," James said, as he and Lily sat down. "I'll buy you one of the best things here!" He came back, and in his hands were two mugs of an orangey yellow drink with whip crème on top.

"I'm not drinking beer!" Lily announced.

James looked at her. "Beer?"

"Well then what is that stuff?"

"Butterbeer…" Remus replied, taking a seat across from Lily. She looked horror-struck. "It's alcohol-free…" Remus added, seeing the look on her face. "Don't worry, we aren't going to get you drunk or anything…"

Sirius laughed. Lily just looked at him, and took a tiny sip of her butterbeer. It was delicious. It warmed her body. 'So, what happened to you Evans?" Sirius looked at her sweatshirt and sweatpants.

"Nothing," she replied a little too quickly.

"It isn't for no reason you're wearing that in this weather," James sai to her.

"Then I am cold."

"Well I'll buy you more butterbeer. It'll warm you up." James came back with two more butterbeers and placed them in front of Lily. She was so hot, but didn't want to take her sweater off because she would reveal her bruises and cuts. She rolled her sleeves up her arms under the tables. This will be okay. But Remus still noticed the bruises on her arms she was trying to hide.

"Merlin, Lily, what happened to you?" he asked.

"I fell," she lied, beginning to lower her sleeves. But James took her arm and examined it.

"Dang, Evans, how high did you fall?" he asked. Lily began to laugh, but she yelped in pain. "You musta broken a rib too…" He looked concerned.

"No, I'm fine." They all looked at her. "Well I'd better get a hotel. Bye guys. Thanks James, for buying me the butterbeers. I'll take this one with me."

"And she'll treasure it forever!" Sirius said in a high-pitched girly voice. Lily glared at him, and James smiled. James watched Lily leave, and noticed she limped. Sirius and Remus did too. Peter was watching Sirius.

"That looks like a case for us guys!" Sirius exclaimed, watching James watch Lily. "James?" he asked.

"Yeah?"

"Sorry, thought you zoned our on me for a second over Evans."

"No!" Sirius laughed at his friend and shook his head. This is just another phase...