The New Girl
Chapter 15
Lily had just finished packing and was going to head downstairs when her bedroom door bust open.
Lily looked up and smiled sadly at James.
"Hey." She said.
"Hey." He replied.
"So you're leaving?" James asked.
Lily nodded.
"I have to sort this thing out with my Dad."
James sighed and nodded.
"But what if you can't come back to Hogwarts?"
Lily smiled.
"I'm not too worried about that. But if I don't go back, I will see you again."
James nodded.
"Of course we will." He said while forcing a smile, if Lily didn't come back to Hogwarts he didn't know what he would do.
James went over to Lily and wrapped his arms around her.
"It will be alright Lily, I promise."
For the next few minutes they stood in each other's arms, cherishing the moment.
Suddenly there was a knock on Lily's door.
Joyce's head popped in.
"It's time for Lunch dears. Are you all packed Lily?"
Lily nodded and while James grabbed her bag, followed Joyce out of the room.
Lunch went by too fast for everyone that day.
They all sat in silence as they tried to eat slowly but too soon it was time for Lily to leave.
Joyce and Harold had come to love Lily; they would miss her.
"Now you take care dear." Joyce said, while giving Lily a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"We hope to see you on September the first." Said Harold as he also gave Lily a hug.
"It was nice meeting you Mr. And Mrs. Potter, and thank you for letting me stay here."
Joyce smiled.
"Think nothing of it dear."
Lily then turned to James, who was holding the floo powder container, they had attached Lily's fireplace to the Floo network that day so she could get home.
Lily took a small hand full before giving James one last hug.
"See you on September the first?"
Lily said with a shaky smile.
James nodded.
With one last wave, Lily threw her floo powder in the fire before stepping in and yelling:
"THE EVANS'"
Lily had not been in her living room for more than thirty seconds before she felt her self being wrapped in big strong arms.
Lily looked up and smiled slightly.
"Hello Daddy."
Her father looked down at her and kissed her forehead.
"Do not do that ever again."
Lily felt tears come to her eyes.
"I'm sorry Daddy, but I really like James and it's possible that I love him. And I didn't mean to-"
"Shh, it's alright Lily, I realized after you left and the spell that you put on me had worn off that I had over reacted and if you say this Potter boy is as good as you say he is, I can except that. But I would still like to meet this boy, alright?"
Lily smiled and hugged her father.
"Of course, Daddy."
After that Lily and her Father seemed even closer than before.
James came to visit that a few weeks later and both David and Rose, came to like James and the rest of the marauders, not that Rose already liked the boys.
It was just a few days before school was to begin again that James was invited over for dinner once again to the Evans'.
They had just sat down for tea after dinner.
James and David were talking about Quidditch and football while Lily and Rose just enjoyed listening to them debate on which sport was better (Petunia was away with Vernon's family in Morocco)
Suddenly all the lights went out in the house.
Lily and James both jumped up and pulled out their wands, very alert.
James quickly made an illegal port key and gave it to Lily's parents.
"Touch this, both of you and it will take you to my parents house. Tell my father to get here immediately, Lily you go with them."
Lily shook her head and took James' hand.
"I'm not going anywhere. Mom, Daddy go, we'll follow you in a bit."
Rose and David nodded and just as they disappeared, the front door burst open with a bang.
Lily and James got into their stances, preparing for the worst.
Suddenly a big black dog came bounding in and tackled James.
Lily was about to attack the dog when the lights came back on and James began to laugh.
"Padfoot! GET OFF!"
Lily rolled her eyes, as the dog turned into Sirius, who was still sitting on James.
"SIRIUS BLACK! THAT WAS NOT FUNNY!"
Lily yelled, wishing she could throw a couple of curses at him.
Sirius just continued to laugh, but was cut off short as James pushed him off and got up.
As Sirius got up he looked over at Lily with smile, but his smile faded as Lily continued to glare at him.
"Ah, Lil it was just a joke." Said Sirius.
"Just a joke, Sirius? Just a joke? You can't just joke around like this, what with that Voldemort coming to power. You were lucky we didn't attack you!"
Sirius nodded slowly before going out the door.
James came over and put a hand on Lily's shoulder.
"Don't you think you were a little harsh Lil?"
Lily sighed and shook her head.
"I don't know. James, this is becoming much worse than any of us thought. Voldemort could attack any day, especially here. Because my parents are muggles."
James nodded and hugged her.
"I know Lily, and maybe Sirius had gone a little too far this time, but you can't blame the guy for trying to shed a little light during these dark times."
Lily nodded and leaned on James shoulder.
(A.N—Alright! Some what short but I'm leaving for a week and I wanted this done before I left! Hope you liked this chapter! R&R!)
