The New Girl
Chapter 13
"Lily, there was something I wanted to ask you…" said James after they had walked in silence.
Lily stopped and turned to James.
"What is it James?" she asked.
"Well…well umm well I was-" James stuttered.
Lily had to suppress a giggle.
James was nervous.
"Wouldyouliketobemygirlfriend." He mumbled.
Lily smiled.
"What was that James? I couldn't hear what you said."
"Would you-" he said, then hesitated.
"Yes…" Lily said, beckoning him to continue.
"Would you like to be my girlfriend." He asked quietly, sighing.
Lily smiled from ear to ear.
"Yes, I would like that very much."
James looked down at her.
"Really?" he asked disbelievingly.
Lily nodded and let out a giggle as James suddenly let out a whoop of joy and began to twirl her around.
James soon lost his footing and they both fell to the ground James on top of Lily.
Lily let out a gasped as she felt the air knocked out of her.
"Ouch." She said.
"Oh sorry Lily! Are you all right? I didn't mean to-"
Lily giggled.
"I'm fine James. Just got the air temporarily knocked out of me.
James smiled. "Good." He whispered.
Lily's eyes widened when she realized what James was about to do.
James lips came closer and closer to hers.
When their lips touched Lily wasn't sure what to do but soon there was fireworks going off in her head and she found herself kissing him back.
It was about two minutes later when they heard someone say.
"Oh yeah! Lily and James are getting it on!"
James and Lily looked up to see Sirius, Remus, Peter and Emily standing ten feet away smirking.
"Hey! Can't you see I am little busy here with my girlfriend?" James asked, as he and Lily sat up.
Lily felt her face go red and she hid her face in James' chest.
"James!" Lily said.
James smiled and looked down.
"Yes, my Flower?"
Lily couldn't help but giggle at the nickname.
"Your Flower?" Lily asked as she and James stood up and began walking towards their friends.
"Yes, you're my flower."
"Awww! You guys are so cute!" said Emily.
Everyone laughed and headed back inside.
In the common room later that night, Lily was wrapped in James' arms on the love seat and watched as Sirius tried to win a game of chess against Remus.
Lily sighed contently, she could get used to this.
She had always seen everyone else with a girlfriend or boyfriend and the way they looked so content together, and had always wished that she could have someone like that, well now she did.
As the next month flew by with a quidditch game or two (Hufflepuff beat Ravenclaw and Griffindor beat Hufflepuff) and the next thing they knew they were all seated in a compartment on their way home for Christmas.
Lily, James and Remus were sitting on one side of the compartment while Peter sat across from them.
Where were Emily and Sirius you might ask?
Why they were sitting on the floor playing exploding snap!
"So what are your plans for Christmas Holidays?" Sirius asked.
Emily paused for a moment.
"I'll be spending Christmas in Romania with my older sister who invited us over to meet her fiancé."
Said Emily putting a card down only to have the whole deck explode in her face, while Sirius roared with laughter.
"What you guys doing?" Emily asked the others, while glaring at Sirius.
"I get to spend Christmas with my family, yippee…" said Sirius sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
"We're staying at home this year and my grandparents are coming out for a week or two, and I think mother and father are throwing a Christmas party on Christmas Eve, that should be fun. You should come Lil." Said James turning to his girlfriend, who was resting her head on James' shoulder reading one of her many books that she owned.
Lily looked away from her book.
"I'll have to ask my parents but I think they'll be alright with me going."
James nodded, and smiled at Lily giving her a small kiss on the top of her forehead, the others just rolled their eyes.
A few hours later the Hogwarts Express arrived at Kings Cross Station and all the students slowly got off the train pulling their heavy luggage behind them.
Lily, Emily and Marauders were some of the last to come through the barrier that separated the magical and muggle world.
Emily found her parents right away and with a quick goodbye to everyone left, soon followed by Remus and Peter.
"Lily! Lily darling! Over here."
Lily spun around and smiled.
"Mother! Daddy!"
Lily rushed over and gave her parents a hug, which they returned in full.
"Where's Petunia Mother?" Lily asked, wondering where her older "sister" was.
"She's over at Vernon's house, she was invited over for tea."
Lily rolled her eyes.
Vernon was Petunia's boyfriend, he was stout and quite rude to Lily, Petunia had told Vernon she was a crazed person who went to a strict school for girls.
Lily felt someone tap her on the shoulder.
She turned and smiled.
It was James, and Sirius.
"Who is this Lily?"
Her father, David, asked looked suspiciously at James and Sirius, who stepped back slightly at his gaze.
Lily couldn't help but smile, but was really nervous about what she was about to tell her parents, but it was less than two months until her birthday, they should be angry.
"Daddy, be nice! This is my friend Sirius Black and my boyfriend James Potter."
Rose (Lily's mother) smiled.
"Oh so these are the two trouble makers you were telling us about! It's a pleasure to meet you two."
Sirius smiled and bowed, taking Lily's mother's hand and kissing it.
"The pleasure is all mine Mrs. Evans"
Sirius showing his charming smile.
Lily and James rolled their eyes.
"Lily, did you say this was your boyfriend?"
They all turned to see a slightly angry father staring at James.
Lily's eyes suddenly widened, no, her father was mad, but he should be happy for her!
"Oh, Daddy you can't be serious?" Lily said looking fearfully at her father.
"We're going Lily, now."
David said taking Lily by the arm.
"But Daddy!"
Lily protested.
"No. No buts! Let's go."
Sirius and James looked in confused as Lily was practically dragged towards the entrance.
Rose smiled sadly at the boys and left.
"What was that about?" Sirius asked.
James just shook his head.
He didn't know what was going on, but he was going to find out.
"Need a ride home again?" James asked.
Sirius nodded and slowly when toward where James's Parents were calling them.
As soon as Lily arrived at home she was taken into the living room.
As Lily sat down in the armchair she watched fearfully as her father paced the room.
Lily didn't say a word, knowing if she did, she might make the situation worse.
A few minutes later her father stopped and looked Lily in the eye.
"What was the rule Lily?"
"But-"
"What was the rule Lily?"
Her father repeated.
Lily sighed and looked down.
"That I'm not allowed to date until I'm sixteen."
Lily whispered.
"Exactly!" her father exclaimed. "And what do you go and do! Get a boyfriend behind my back and just expect me to be okay with it?"
Rose tried to calm her husband down.
"David-"
But he didn't let her finish.
"No Rose! I knew we should have never let her go to that weird school!"
Lily's head snapped up, looking at her Dad like he had just killed her best friend.
"David!" Rose gasped out.
"No! I mean it this time! I don't think she will be going back to that school. All it has done is cause trouble for this family."
Lily could not believe what she was hearing.
Tears began to flow down her face.
Rose saw this and tried talking to David but she couldn't get a word said before she was cut off.
As her father continued to rant on and on about how Hogwarts had been a bad idea from the start, Lily began to feel more and more pain.
How could her father do this to her?
She suddenly stood up.
She had to get out of there.
Lily stood up and walked toward the hallway.
"Lily! Where do you think you going?" David called out angrily.
Lily turned around and glared at her father.
David was taken aback.
He had never had Lily glare at him before.
"I'm leaving." She said simply, turning around and opened her trunk, taking out her school bag, putting anything she would need. (Summer Homework, Clothes and some accessories)
Lily closed her trunk with a slam and then headed for the door, but not before she felt her father grab her arm tightly.
"You, are not going anywhere." Her father hissed.
Lily whipped out her wand (which just 'happened' to be in her pocket) and pointed it at her father's forehead.
"Pertificus Totalus!"
Her father went as stiff and a board and fell to the ground.
Rose gasped.
"Lily!"
Lily tried to smile to her mother, but failed.
"I'm sorry mother, but I need to get away for a while. I'll be in touch. Oh and that spell will wear off in an hour or so."
And without another word, Lily left.
Lily had not made it three blocks before she began to sob.
Her father, the one person who she thought would understand, didn't.
No! I don't think she should go back to that school. All it has done is cause trouble for this family.
Her father's voice continued to echo through Lily head as she fell to her knees.
What was she going to do?
She needed James. More than anything, she needed James.
Lily sighed, she had no way of getting to London, and it was to far away to walk to.
But then she remembered something Sirius and James had told her once.
Yeah the Knight Bus! It was so cool! And all you have to is stick out your wand and BOOM! There is it!
Lily smiled.
Thank goodness she listened to some of Sirius's weird conversations with his buddies.
Lily stood up, and stuck out her wand and suddenly.
BANG!
She was nearly run over by a large purple Triple Decker bus with the gold lettering: The Knight Bus written on the side.
Suddenly a boy about four years older than her stepped off and began speaking.
(A.N—Now this is a quote from Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban, I didn't write it! So you can't sue me!! Mind you I'm changing the conductor's name)
"Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out you wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go. My name is Dan Shunpike, and I will be your conductor for this evening."
"Hello sir." Began Lucy. "How much would it cost to get to London?"
"Seven Sickles." He replied.
Lily quickly retrieved the money she needed, relieved that she had remember to bring some money with her.
Dan Shunpike took her bag and led her to a bed near the back.
Dan placed her bag on the bed and Lily sat down on the bed as Dan went back to the front of the Bus.
Lily had a feeling she should hold on tight, and it was just in time too because the Knight Bus suddenly sped off.
It was an hour and a half later when she was finally arrived at the Leaky Cauldron.
By then Lily's eyes were blood shot and puffy, she exhausted and just wanted to fall into a nice warm bed.
Lily went up the bar tender and asked for some floo powder, which costs five nuts per person.
After she had paid for the floo powder she went over to the fireplace, threw the floo powder in before stepping into the flames, saying clearly:
"Potter Manor!"
It was just after dark, when James had been in the middle writing Lily a letter to ask her about what had happened earlier that day when one of the house elves, Dory came bursting into the room.
"Master James Sir! You musts come quickly Sir! Mistress Potter says one of your friends are here Sir!"
James stood up.
"Do you know which friend Dory?" James asked politely.
Dory shook her head vigorously.
"No sir! But Mistress Potter says you must comes quickly."
James nodded and followed Dory down the stairs and into the living room, to see, to his shock, Lily sitting on one of the couches with his mother, who had her arm around Lily.
James then noticed Lily's puffy and red eyes, and knew right then that something was wrong.
"Lily, what are you doing here? What's wrong?" he asked walking over to her.
Lily's head snapped up when she heard James voice.
"J-James." She whispered, tears filling her eyes once more.
Lily looked down at the floor not able to speak.
James finally reached her and knelt down next her, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Flower, what's wrong?" he asked.
Lily couldn't take it anymore.
She let out a whimper and wrapped her arms around James' neck, and began to cry.
James looked down at his flower and slowly wrapped his arms around her and began whispering words of comfort to her.
Soon Lily calmed down and was just sitting quietly in James's arms sniffling every once and a while.
James looked down at Lily.
"What happened?" he asked.
Lily sighed and told James what had happened.
What her father had said, what she had done, everything
Lily didn't cry once, but James could here the pain her voice.
James couldn't imagine what pain Lily was feeling all he could do was do his best to cheer her up.
After she had finished her story, she sighed.
"James." She said.
"Yeah Lil?"
"Do you think-" Lily hesitated. "Do you think I could stay at your house for a bit?"
James looked down at her and smiled.
"I think we can arrange that, I just have to ask my-"
"Of course you can stay here Lily, as long as you need to."
Lily and James both turned to see Joyce (James's Mother) enter the room with a tray of tea and cookies.
James smiled as his mother set down the tray.
"Thanks mom." Said James.
Joyce just waved her had and smiled.
"When you two are done, James, I want you to take Lily upstairs to pick a guest room and then she can rest for a bit."
The two teenagers nodded, as Joyce gave them one last smile before leaving the room.
Lily and James soon finished their tea and began to head upstairs, James carrying Lily's bag.
They had not made it up the tenth step before Lily stumbled and would have fallen back down the stairs had James not been there.
Lily took hold of her forehead and looked up at James with a small smile.
"I guess I'm more tired than I thought."
James smiled and nodded. "Don't worry we're almost there. I'll help you."
James put his arm around Lily's waist and helped her make it to her room.
James led her to the bed and made her sit down as he took off her shoes and shocks before pulling back the covers and motioned for her to crawl in.
After she was comfortably under the blankets James kissed her forehead before turning to leave.
"I'll be back later." He said before closing to the door softly behind him.
(A.N—ALL RIGHT!!! There is chapter 13!! Sorry it took me so long to finish! I was editing the previous chapters and updating other stories and starting new ones! Ah! Well you guys know what to do! R&R! Flame! Whatever!)
