Perfect

Lily and James arrived in the yard of the Potter residence.

'Here we are,' sang James's Mum. Lily was astonished at the amount of bewitched objects that were in the Potter household. Brooms were sweeping, the sink was cleaning dishes, a small house elf arrived.

'Master James!' the small creature cried.

'Hey Chinky!' James called out. 'Would you mind carrying our bags up?'

'Not at all Master James!' Chinky went over to take Lily's bag and then looked up at her.

'My Chinky talk to your lady friend?' Chinky asked.

'Of course!' James told him.

'Chinky thinks your very pretty James's lady friend.' Lily blushed.

'Why thank you…Chinky was it?' Chinky nodded quickly. 'Then thank you Chinky.' Chinky went off with their trunks. 'Who was that?'

'Chinky the house elf.' James told her.

'A house elf?'

'You've never seen a house elf before?' Lily shook her head, James was astonished. 'House elves have acted as wizarding servants for centuries. They must abide their masters commands or they must punish themselves. If the master gives the house elf a piece of clothing it is free however most house elves see this is a form of disrespect and would prefer to work. This is why we have kept Chinky in our family but treat her more as a family member than a servant.' Lily nodded. Lily had always done her own cleaning, she thought this method was very peculiar. 'You'll be in the guest room Lily.' James acknowledged to the stairs. 'Want to take a look?' Lily nodded and headed up the stairs. James opened the second door on the left and let Lily in. An antique drawer stood in the corner which her trunk sat beside. Their was a mirror on the wall, a full sized bed with a quilt and flowers beside her bed. 'So there aren't many enchantments in here,' James told her. 'Just know that the mirror talks sometimes and the drawers will automatically open for you'

'Well I'm not used to any enchantments at home…so two is a lot actually.' James laughed. The two of them heard the door creak open and James's Mum popped her head in.

'Sweetie would you like to give Lily a small tour?'

'In a second Mum.' James told her. James and Lily headed outside and James gave her a tour of the upstairs floor. It held the master bedroom, James's bedroom, a small and a water closet. James's bedroom was filled with moving posters, old enchanted books and scattered parchment. A small snitch sat on his bedside table.

'Good to see my room hasn't been touched.' James told her.

'You like it messy?' Lily asked.

'I find it cosy.' Lily looked at it and realized that she knew exactly what he meant. They headed down stairs where there was a living room, another lavoratory, the kitchen and a small headquarters for Chinky. They could smell dinner finishing when they walked into the kitchen.

'Smells good Mum,' James told her. Mrs. Potter had enchanted the potato peeler and the knife to peel and cut the potatoes. They were boiling on the stove as Mr. Potter enchanted the knife to carve a roast beef and Chinky pulled Yorkshire pudding out of the oven.

'Looks delicious.' Lily said as she watched the unusual method of making dinner. James's parents smiled at Lily and asked her to take a seat at the table.

'James set the table please.' They ordered politely. James pointed his wand at the cabinet and their settings flew to the table and landed perfectly in place. The food was placed on the table and the lights were dimmed. Mr. Potter lit some candles with his wand.

'Help yourself.' They told Lily and Lily did so.

'So tell us about school.' Mr. Potter told Lily. 'What are your favourite classes? How do you do?'

'Well my favourite class would be potions which I do very well in.'

'How well?' Mrs. Potter asked.

'She get's O's on everything.' James told his parents.

'Very good.' They told her. 'What other classes.'

'Well let me see, I rather like transfiguration, defence against the dark arts.'

'All O's again?'

'In transfiguration yes, in defence I get mostly E's.' The Potter's nodded politely.

'And you son?'

'Same as usual.' James told them taking a bite of his potatoes.

'All O's?' James nodded. The Potter's smiled broadly. 'That's our boy.' Mr. Potter patted James on the back.

'And Quidditch?'

'Oh it was brilliant this year, we won the cup. Never missed the snitch.' James smiled broadly. Quidditch was something that James was very proud of his achievements in.

'See that Lily?' Mrs. Potter asked. 'He's an all around achiever.'

'Yes,' Lily said. 'He's brilliant.'

'He's more than that.' Mr. Potter told her. 'He's perfect.'