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Chapter Seven The Potter Mansion

James picked up his luggage and walked toward the driveway. He looked up at the long asphalt path ahead of him. He was happy, truly happy because as he looked behind him, his best friend and his girlfriend were standing right behind him. He smirked at the look on Lily's face. She seemed so scarred of a house. Sirius was thinking about something because he had this huge grin on his face. After a few minutes James led the way up the driveway to his house, better known as a mansion.

Lily was still in shock. This house was huge; actually it was bigger then huge. Just the front of the house was amazing. There were flowers filling the gardens and a beautiful path led to the back of the house. James led them up to the front door and pressed the doorbell. Lily watched in amazement as a little house elf came to the door. As soon as the house elf saw James she squealed in delight and grabbed his bags and took off. A moment latter another came to the door and gave Sirius a shy smile, took his stuff and departed.

"Sorry Lily. I forgot to tell you we had house elves. The one that took my stuff is Elsie; the one that took Sirius's stuff is Carmen. And this is Akron. He will take your stuff up to your room." James then turned to Sirius, "Well I think we should go see that Quidditch Pitch that Alaska was designing when we left."

Lily followed behind the two guys. She took her time to get to the back. Lily loved looking at the flowers. James' mother had excellent taste in flowers. The gardens were lush and full of life; the grass was green and nicely cut. Lily gave out a small laugh; she couldn't believe that for years the muggles thought that this place was abandoned and old. The house was old but it was in great condition. The beige paint on the shutters was gleaming and the red of the door was just the same. The front of the house was stucco (rock interlock) and the back was a cream colour. Lily snapped out of her trance and found James calling her name. She ran over to them and saw what they were looking at. Her mouth hung open.

The Quidditch pitch was amazing. The grass was green and all the lines were marked. There was a stadium on the right side. It wasn't as big as the stadium at Hogwarts, but this stadium didn't need to fit the population of Hogwarts. The score board sat on the left side and since there was automatic scoring the score board had everything on it. The team locker rooms were at either end.

"Is this new or did you always have this James?"

"Well Lily we got it renovated. But ever since Sirius and I were good enough to fly my dad built it and we have practiced and played in it. Have you ever seen lights and heard a lot of noise?" Lily nodded her head twice. "Well that was us. We had our big Quidditch Tournament here."

"James one question, why isn't there snow here?"

Sirius laughed and replied, "Some of the house elves don't like snow and the grass on the pitch had to grow so they put a charm over the property so the grass could grow. Don't worry Evans the snow will be here tomorrow."

The three seventeen year olds walked back to the house to eat lunch. James opened the glass door and led them into the kitchen. Sirius walked right in and grabbed something from the fridge. James showed Lily around.

The kitchen was tiled floor, with a table for five people. The stove was silver colour, same with the oven. The counter was a green silver colour, a bar type counter at one end. The food and plates were all put away in cupboards leaving the kitchen tidy, clean and polished.

The dinning and living rooms were amazing. Lily had seen rooms like these only in magazines. The table could fit at least fifteen people. The china set was on the far wall in a wood and glass stand. Hanging over the table was a chandelier. Lily later learned that it was hand blown in Italy, on the island of Murano, outside of Venice. The table and chairs were made from mahogany wood. The living had leather interior. The five piece leather sofa was on the longest wall with a 65" TV on the opposite wall.

"I didn't know you guys watched TV?"

"Well Lily, one year Akron saw it and told my dad so he got one and now we mainly watch Quidditch on it." James smiled at her. He moved closer and took her hand, entwining her fingers in his. With a sly grin on his face he led her upstairs on the marble stair case. He led her to a room with orange and yellow poke-a-dots on the wall. "This is your room. Hope you like it and make your self at home. Feel free to put you stuff in drawers. Your bathroom is through this door." He opened the door to find that the other door was also opened.

"So is that your room on the other side of the bathroom." She asked half serious, half joking.

"Well I guess you could say that. If you feel better I could always switch rooms with Sirius. I'm sure that he would rather enjoy that."

"If you put that sex-crazed psycho over there I will personally come and kill you in the dead of night." Lily looked up into his hazel eyes and shook her finger at him. Then she walked into the bathroom, looked around and continued onto James' room. She spun around the midnight blue room and fell on his king size bed. Immediately she sunk into the mattress. James walked into the room and fell beside her.

"So do you like my house? Is it everything you thought an arrogant, stuck up, annoying, and know-it-all prat like me would live?"

"Well not identical to the way I pictured it but it's big enough. Do you stay alone much?"

"When mum and dad are away for work Sirius and I are left home alone but sometimes my grandparents come to visit."

"Where do your grandparents live?"

"In Italy. They moved as soon as mum left the house. Sirius and I go there for two weeks every summer. Live close to the mountains and not to far from the beach. They have beautiful homes and most of my cousins live there."

Then their conversation was interrupted with a knock at the door. Sirius' head popped through followed by the rest of him.

"Sorry to intrude guys but mum sent an owl James to tell us that Vicky will be here a seven. She is staying for the rest of vacation. Thought you might want to get ready and prepare to protect Lils from the monster." Sirius walked back out and closed the door.

Lily looked at James confused. He had never spoken about this Vicky before and she was kinda freaked out to know who it was. "Should I be scared James?"

"Yeah, I guess I never told you about our old family friends, the Maltose's and their perfect daughter. Well she is in love with me or something off the wall like that and she almost killed one of the girls I brought home once. Then we told her off and she has been better but if you get scarred you know where to find me."

And as if on cue the door be rang and Sirius yelled upstairs. Lily jumped under the sheets and pulled them close. "Please don't make me go out James. What if she eats me or worse, what if she kisses you?"

"Then I would kiss you hard to show her that I truly love you. Don't worry hun. I will keep you safe." James gave her a reassuring kiss and then picked her up and carried her out the door.

Slowly they walked down the marble staircase to meet Vicky Maltose.

Well aren't we all excited to go and Miss. Vicky. Haha you will have to wait. Lily's ex will come in the next chapter. We shall learn what happened between them. Well that is all for now and I hope you enjoyed it. Review and continue reading.

Prongs Almighty