2nd chapter of this story, I hope you'll like it!
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And here's the next chapter:
Lily Evans could not believe it, they had made it, they had written their tests and the summer holidays had started.
She was glad that the tests were over and she was sure that she had done well, even though she always told the opposite when others were around, making her classmates and her family roll their eyes. They all knew that she had passed every exam with top grades because she always did.
But Lily had some more weeks till she could find out whether her feelings and the others were right or not.
And she would use this time wisely to relax and recover form the huge stress at school.
The first month of their summer holidays, however, had only passed slowly and had been very unexciting.
The most spectacular event in these 30 days of June had been another visit of Potter. He had come back to her house at the 10th day of their holidays and had thought that he could make Lily finally go out with him this year. But the expected warm welcome of the girl's parents had been omitted, as they had not forgotten that Potter had lied to them the year before. The 16-year-old had been really shocked when he had realized that the Evans wouldn't be on his side any longer and so, he had left (not without about 100 apologies) very sadly.
The rest of June had been very boring as Lily's friends Elena and Jennifer had not been at home and she had also not been able to see Nadine. Her friend had had house arrest because of partying too long on and too wildly on the first day of their holidays.
Thus, the beautiful redhead had had no other chance as to spend almost every single day with her family.
Of course, she loved them all very much (her sister Petunia was the exception because she really loathed Lily for being a witch and Lily could do what she wanted – she couldn't change their relationship), but she definitely needed time for herself after the last months full of revising and learning for their OWLs.
That's why she felt relieved when June was finally over and her journey was about to begin.
Lily was standing in an old and empty storehouse somewhere in London together with some other students
Her friend Nadine was just telling her about her also very boring June (well, house arrest is always boring), when an older wizard and witch entered the storehouse and came towards the youths.
They both wore shorts and the witch a white tank top and the wizards a Hawaii shirt. They were about 30 and their names were Nicole Sumersby and Colin Haliday.
They were the wardens of the exchange students and Nicole also declared that they were the contact if there would be any problems. Colin told the students where they could find them in Australia ("Willy's Whizzing Wotel") and then, checked if everybody was there.
After the formalities, all they could do was to wait for the group of Australian exchange students because they would use their Portkey.
Lily and Nadine were looking forward to seeing the Mauve twins, their exchange partners. They were really lucky because they were able to live in the same house because of the fact that their partners were twins.
Then, at exactly 9 o'clock, the Australians and their wardens appeared in the middle of the storehouse, all touching a very battered looking tennis racket, which one of the two wardens of the Australians lay carefully down on the floor.
The wardens and the exchange partners said a quick "hi" to each other (the Mauve twins – Holly and Kate – were beautiful brunettes and seemed to be very friendly) and then the Australians moved towards their exchange parents, who were standing near the entrance of the storehouse, waiting for their guest.
Meanwhile, the English wardens made sure that everybody knew how to travel with a Portkey and then, Lily and the other students grabbed their luggage with one hand, waved at their parents for one last time (they had already said goodbye before the wardens had arrived) and then touched the tennis rocket, after the Nicole's counting to three.
Lily already knew the feeling: her feet left the ground and she was suddenly pulled forwards, wind was howling past her, which showed that they were moving were fast, magically glued to the Portkey.
Only some seconds later, the youths suddenly hit the ground. They had left the cold English storehouse and found themselves in a similar, but far warmer one.
The wardens greeted the exchange parents and then fetched their list with the names of the students and the names of the family, they would live with.
When Colin called up the Mauves, a very strange couple moved towards the two girls: the man was stocky, thick around the middle and almost bald, while the woman was a real beauty with deep-blue eyes, curly, blonde-red hair and the body of a supermodel.
They couldn't have been more different, in fact, Lily wondered how they had found together. The red-haired girl suppressed a laugh because she knew that if was very stupid of her to judge other people by looking at their outer appearance. Important was the inside, their character and they seemed to be very nice people. They hugged Lily and Nadine as a salutation and told them to call them "Hal" and "Trish".
This made the two friends feel even happier because they seemed to be very lucky with this family.
Before the students were allowed to leave with their exchange parents, the two wardens told them one last time, where they could be found and wished them nice two months in Australia. They also gave out two pieces of paper with important addresses and all the facts about their departure.
The girls had thought that they were lucky because of their exchange parents, but that was nothing compared to the house of the Mauves: it was huge, bright, with its own swimming pool and tennis court. The room of the twins was also very beautiful and Lily and Nadine felt immediately that they would have a nice time in this house.
What was even more important to the friends was that the beach was directly behind the house, which meant that they could go for a swim whenever they wanted to.
As the exchange students all had some days to accustom themselves, Hal and Trish suggested showing the girls the surrounding area a bit and telling them everything that was important. They showed them the most important clubs and shopping centres in town, parks, restaurants and the little café at the beach, the twins worked in. It couldn't be better for the girls: they would work in a café at the beach, the sea no 100 metres away from it! They also met their chef, a handsome and very outgoing 19-year-old guy named Daniel. He told them that they had to work 5 days a week, till midday, their afternoons were free.
Having seen the most important places in Sydney, they drove back to the Mauves' house and Hal suggested going for a swim in the sea.
Lily put on her black bikini and over it a short white skirt and a dark-blue neck holder top, her hair pinned up. She looked at her reflection in the mirror in the twins' room, waiting for Nadine to get ready.
It was really time that she went into the sun because her skin had almost the same colour as her white skirt.
When everybody was ready, they all walked down to the beach and went for a swim in the sea to cool down a bit at once (it was really hot).
After some time, Hal and Trish explained that they would leave the girls alone and go back to their house as they still had some work to do – Hal was the manager of a group of car factories and Trish ran a very popular boutique in the shopping area of Sydney.
Before they left, they made clear that it was ok if the girls went to parties or into clubs at night, but that they should not exaggerate it because they didn't appreciate it very much if Lily and Nadine got drunk or wouldn't come home at all.
Then, they left the girls alone, frizzling in the hot July-sun. Lily was lying flat on her back and closed her eyes, enjoying the wonderful day.
Lily felt like she was in paradise: the weather was great, as was their exchange family and their house. She thought that they would have a wonderful time in Australia.
But suddenly, somebody spread icy water over the girls' already dry bodies and they had to scream because it was that cold. They sat up at once, looking for the guilty person.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, Evans and Meyer! I didn't see you there!"
Lily was shocked. She knew this voice and hated it.
The young witch got up from her towel and turned around to face the boy who was the last person on earth she wanted to see now in HER paradise.
"Potter? What are you doing her?"
The black-haired boy, wearing blue shorts, showed a wide smile and said: "Isn't that obvious? We are playing water ball."
Then he showed Lily a big yellow ball and pointed over to the sea, where his friends Remus Lupin and Sirius Black were waiting for James.
Lily was speechless. Why did they have to be here? And how? They had not been in the storehouse with her and the others.
"By the way, you look really nice in that bikini!" James grinned playfully, not able to take his eyes away from Lily.
The girl blushed. It was a nightmare – she didn't want Potter so see her in her bikini.
As she didn't know what to say, she grabbed her clothes and towel and told her friend Nadine that she would go back to the house because she felt sick. In reality, a huge volcano filled with rage was pounding in her veins, about to break out every second now.
Before Lily was gone, James shouted after her: "Well, see you around, Lil!"
Her day was spoiled.
To be continued...
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