Lily's parents had moved house while she had been at school, so this was the first time she would see her new house. Her mother had told her how she had made friends with the new neighbours and how they had two sons, who also went to boarding school and that they were going to show her around the village.
The next morning Lily's mother woke her up at 9:30am to tell her that the new neighbours and their son's had arrived. A few minutes later they could hear Lily grumbling as she came down the stairs.
"9:30 on a holiday. What is wrong with some people?"
When she came into the living room, she still hadn't opened her eyes properly.
James gasped when he saw her. His mother had insisted that he and Sirius show one of the new neighbours round. He was of course unhappy about it, but his mother hadn't really given them any choice.
"Wow Evans nice outfit" teased Sirius
"What?" said Lily shocked as she opened her eyes "Sirius, James, you're the loser neighbours"
"Wow insulting us before 10am that has to be a new record" said Sirius
"Em how do you know each other?" asked Mrs Potter
"She goes to Hogwarts," answered Sirius
"Oh you're a witch," said Mrs Potter
"Well..." said Mrs Evan as she started to explain.
"I need some fresh air," muttered Lily making her way to the kitchen
"Oi Prongs, tongue back in, her dad's watching you" whispered Sirius to James.
James couldn't help but stare; Lily was wearing a skimpy silk nightie that showed her beautiful toned legs, flat stomach and cleavage.
Lily quickly recovered from the shock of seeing James and Sirius and was quite glad to have her friends close by; they all went to Diagon Alley that day.
Christmas EveJames was looking out of his bedroom window, thinking about Lily he hadn't thought of much else in 2 years but now she was so close.
Just then he saw her run out of her house, clearly in tears. He watched as she climbed up the tree at the bottom of the yard that joined onto his. She sat down on the plank of wood he had nailed on to one of the branches when he was younger and trying to build a treehouse.
James went out and climbed the tree from his side.
"Hey, mind if I join you?" he asked as he climbed onto the plank of wood.
"Sure"
"What's up?"
"Nothing" she sighed, "everything"
"Wanna tell me about it?"
Lily nodded her head and then said, "My life just seems to be falling apart, I just fell out with my parents. Petunia, my sister is having her boyfriend Vernon over tonight and they want me to hide all my stuff and act as they say 'normal' but they just don't want me there and to be honest I don't want to be there tonight either"
"That's simple, come to mine tonight, we're having a sort of party" said James
"No I couldn't intrude like that"
"Don't be silly in our house it's the more the merrier" said James, "you're coming and that's settled"
"Thanks"
"Okay, next problem and it better not be school work cause you're getting better grades than me" said James.
"It's not, it's just my love life is more than a little screwed up"
"Look if this is about that bastard Alex, he won't come near you again, I'll see to that"
"It's not it's..." Lily didn't finish, she leaned in and kissed James, who although shocked at first instantly responded.
"Oi James are you out here, your mum needs help in the kitchen" shouted Sirius
James and Lily pulled apart when they heard his voice.
"Excellent timing as usual" groaned James and then he shouted to Sirius, "I'm just coming, tell mum Evans is gonna join us tonight"
James turned to Lily and looked at her for a few seconds, he opened his mouth to say something and then Sirius interrupted again,
"She says that's fine and wants to know if that's the pretty red head you're always looking at" shouted Sirius
Lily giggled as she saw James wince and blush, then she jumped down from the plank and said,
"Well I guess I better go and change" and then she went inside.