Lily was cooking dinner with her mother at home. She absolutely loved cooking. She was only 10, so she didn't get to do much by herself, but her mom did let her make the cranberry sauce for her father's birthday. She was very excited.

Until James Potter showed up on her doorstep with his father, who had been close friends with Mr. Evans through their teen years, as they had lived next door to each other in a village called Godric's Hollow.

Lily glared. "James Potter, you little- Lily coughed as her mother jabbed her in the back sharply. She cleared her throat. "You look handsome this evening."