Chapter 10
After breakfast of the next day, everyone Apparated into Diagon Ally. They headed strait to Gringotts.
Once their money was collected, Mrs. Potter left them to go get their own school things, as she needed to buy a few things.
"We will meet back here in two hours, got it? Do not be late!" said Mrs. Potter, "Not even for pretty girls." Sirius laughed. "Now which one of us would do that? James now has a girlfriend, and Remus is too shy... oh wait. That leaves me..." he said, his face falling.
The four 17 year olds walked amongst the streets, talking and laughing. They stopped at Flourish and Blotts first.
"Lily, don't buy too many extra books because I want to spend time with you," said James. Lily laughed. "Don't worry, I don't have enough money for it," she said, then realized what she just said. "What do you mean you don't have enough money?" James asked. "Nothing," Lily replied. "Lily," James said, "if you need to borrow some money, it's fine. You can make it up to me later." Lily blushed, but nodded. "Thanks James," she said, before kissing him softly on the lips.
As Lily, James, Remus and Sirius sat down at the ice cream parlor, James silently took Lily's hand. Lily smiled. Sirius made a gaging sound, even if inwardly he was happy for the two of them.
They heard a voice behind them. "Gaging at your reflection Black?" asked Lucius Malfoy. "No, I was gaging at your ugly face," retorted Sirius. Remus, Lily, James and Sirius started laughing. "And what's this? Potter and the mudblood are holding hands? Now THAT is something to gag about. She must be good in bed Potter, because she's not that appealing. Or maybe she does your homework for you," Malfoy smirked.
Before James could answer, Lily had her wand out, pointing to Malfoy from under the table. A shot of purple light erupted from it, and hit Malfoy. His tongue began growing three, four, five times it's normal size. He began blubbering about, trying to push his tongue back in. He made a rude hand gesture before stalking off, trying to find his body guards.
Lily and the Marauders burst out laughing. "Lily! Where in the world did you learn a spell like that and when will it where off?" asked Remus, trying to catch his breath. Lily thought for a moment. "I learnt it in the library and it will wear off in about a week. We should really find Malfoy because by now, it should have doubled in sized and possibly turned green!" Lily exclaimed.
They quickly paid for their ice cream and pratically ran down the road trying to find Malfoy.
They found him and quietly hid behind a bush. His tongue had turned green, and was turning a horrible orange color.
After they watched Malfoy curse his tongue so much that his face looked almost as bad as his tongue, Lily noted that they should be meeting up with Mrs. Potter soon.
They made their way to the entrance of Diagon Alley, and saw Mrs. Potter waiting for them there.
"For once, you're on time! Lily, honey, I think you're good influence on the boys," Mrs. Potter said, looking at her watch. They disaperated home.
"Oh, James," Mrs. Potter said, just before James and Lily went outside, "Mr. Periwinkle is coming over with his daughter Carmelita." James made a face. "Be on your best behavior," warned Mrs. Potter.
Once outside, Lily burst laughing. "Periwinkle? What's his first name?" she asked. James laughed. "Pierre." Lily laughed harder. "So, it's almost like Rock Green?" James nodded, which sent them into fits of laughter which did not subside for several minutes.
After their laughing fit, the two of them decided to go sit by the lake. Walking hand in hand, the two made their way to the willow tree.
"Lily, what's going to happen when school starts?" asked James. Lily looked startled for a moment. "What do you mean?" she asked. "Well, due to the fact that last year you pratically screamed at me, calling me names that sure would have landed you a detention if it had not been the last day of school, I would have thought that there was no hope for us. But, now, we're together, and I want to know if we will stay together," James answered. Lily smiled. "I'd be a fool to let you go, after everything you've done for me," she replied.
"Is that the only reason you're going out with me? Because I helped you out over the summer?" asked James, not daring to look at Lily in the eyes. Lily frowned. "James, I would never toy with your heart like that, I love you," she said, lifting James's chin so that they were face to face. She kissed him softly on the lips.
"I love you too," James told her, before recapturing her lips with his, kissing her passionately.
James and Lily went inside the house, with only 20 minutes left till Mr. Periwinkle and his daughter arrived. Lily changed into a green skirt and black tank top, whist James changed his shirt to something a little baggier.
Just as the couple came down, followed by Remus and Sirius, the doorbell rang. Mrs. Potter opened the door, and Mr. Periwinkle came in with his daughter Carmelita close behind.
Mr. Periwinkle was a man in his mid-50s, with gray hair. He was around 5'7", and had a rather large nose. He had on a pair of brown pants and a white shirt on. His tie was the color of periwinkle, which almost made James and Lily burst out laughing.
Carmelita did not look much like her father. She was taller than him by a few inches and had long, flowing blond hair. Her blue eyes seemed to sparkle at the sight of James. She was dressed in a white skirt, which, in Lily's opinion, was a tad bit too short. Rose had on a pink spaghetti strap shirt, that also seemed to be just a bit to small for her.
"Mr. Periwinkle, Carmelita, you both remember my son James, and his friend Sirius Black? The other young man is Remus Lupin, another one of my son's friends, and Lily Evans, James's girlfriend," Mrs. Potter said. Lily suddenly got an evil glare from Carmelita. James, who saw this glare, took Lily's hand in his. This seemed to calm the red-head down, but only get the blonde more aggravated.
"Ah, Miss Evans. Is it you whom lost her parents this summer?" Mr. Periwinkle asked. Lily nodded, still a little uncomfortable with the subject. "I'm terribly sorry. I was there afterwards. Had to deal with that sister of yours. Boy, what a temper she's got that one." Lily smiled shyly. "Try living with her," she said. Mr. Periwinkle smiled, and followed Mrs. Potter to the kitchen.
"So, you're the new flavor of the week?" sneered Carmelita. "I'm not a flavor," replied Lily, cooly. "Back off Carmen," said James. She turned to him. "Just remember, when your done with her, you can have a go at me," she said, winking, before stalking off towards the kitchen.
"I don't like her," stated Lily, watching the blonde shake her hips all the way to the kitchen. "Neither do I," James replied. "But she is my mom's friend's daughter." Lily nodded. "I wonder if Lily really is a flavor," Sirius said. Remus, Lily and James looked at their friend quizzically. "What in the world do you mean?" Remus asked. "Lily must taste like something. James?" Sirius said. This cause Lily and James to blush.
"I do not know what you're talking about," stated James. "Oh come on! Lily must taste like something!" exclaimed Sirius. Remus began laughing, along with Lily and James. "That's for me to know, and you never ever to find out," James said, who then took Lily into the kitchen, his arm wrapped around her waist.
"Sirius, where do you come up with things like that?" asked Remus, as he and Sirius made their way to the kitchen. "Carmelita came up with it. I just followed it," he stated. Remus rolled his eyes, but stopped talking as they entered the kitchen.
All through supper, Carmelita would send evil glares towards Lily. Lily would ignore them, and James would squeeze her hand in support whenever her could.
After supper, the five 17 year olds went out for a walk. Originally it had only been the four friends, but Carmelita some how got her way and was able to join them.
Carmelita watched James take Lily's hands, and she noticed that Lily had scars on her wrist. They looked much like... suicide. Taking this to her advantage, she said, "I hate people who try to take their own life."
Lily stiffened, but continued to walk next to James. She had tears in her eyes, and moved closer to James.
Carmelita continued, seeing how much Lily seemed to be affected. "They should be grateful for life, and everything in it, like love and friendship. But I guess miserable people want to make other people miserable. That's why they kill themselves, to hurt other."
James glared at Carmelita. "Lily, how about we go off towards the trees?" asked James, desperately wanting to get away from the girl's hurtful words. He could tell it was bothering Lily, and he wanted to protect her. Lily nodded. "Let's go."
Carmelita watched as the two lovers went in the opposite direction, and cursed under her breath. "What did you say Carmen?" Sirius asked, even if he knew what she had said. "Oh, nothing. Just talking to myself," she said, a grin now plastered on her face. Sirius gave her a grin and returned his attention the Remus, who was telling him about a book he read.
"Oh Lily, are you okay?" James asked. Lily nodded, and gave James a hug. "I just hate her. I really do," she said, resting her head on James's shoulder. "I know what you mean. She can be so cruel," he replied, holding her tightly.
The two returned to the group, shortly afterwards. Remus and Sirius were talking amongst themselves, trying to ignore Carmelita. "James!" she cried. "There you are!" James ignored her, and sat next to Remus. Lily sat in his lap. This got more death glares from the blonde.
"Look, I get it that you two are together, but do you really have to be so intimate when there are people around?" asked Carmelita, hoping to be able to tick the red-head off so much, she got a chance at James. "Remus, Sirius, do you two have any problems with Lily sitting on me?" James asked. Both boys shook their head. "There you go!" James said. Lily held back a snigger.
Carmelita just gave James a sickenly sweet smile, and turned her attention to Lily. "Why, Lily, I must ask, why do you have such strange scars on your wrists?" she asked. Lily raised and eyebrow. "Why do you want to know?" Lily retorted. "Oh, I'm just curious," Carmelita replied.
"Curiosity killed the cat," Lily said. Carmelita was confused. "Why did he kill the cat?" she asked, not familiar with the Muggle expression. "It's an Muggle expression," said Lily. "Oh, you're a mudblood?" Carmelita said. Lily's facial expression did not change, being immune to the name calling. But James was not as tolerant with the name calling.
"What did you just call Lily?" asked James, the anger dancing in his brown eyes. "Nothing," said Carmelita. "You better hope I never catch you saying that to Lily ever again," he growled.
James, Remus and Sirius made their way back inside, thinking that Lily was behind them, as well as Carmelita. But, when James had gotten up, Carmelita had pulled Lily down.
"What do you want?" asked Lily, annoyed that the blonde did not take her hand off her arm. "I want you to break James's heart," Carmelita spat. Lily laughed. "Right, like I would do that." Carmelita gave Lily an evil smile. "Well, then, I'll help you break his heart," she said. Before Lily could react, Carmelita had pushed Lily into the water and was pushing her head down.
James walked into the kitchen, and turned around, looking for Lily. "Where is she?" he asked, starting to feel uneasy. Remus and Sirius looked around them. "I'm not sure. And where's Carmelita?" Sirius asked. James looked outside and noticed to figures by the lake.
He hastily opened the door and ran as fast as his long legs could take him. As he reached the lake, he could see the outline of someone trying to drown some else.
He knew in his heart that it was his Lily underwater, struggling to live. He got there and tackled Carmelita.
"What the hell do you think your doing?" he asked. Carmelita just smiled. James rushed over to Lily's body, which was on the shore. She was awake and breathing, but it was labored breathing. James picked up her body, and brought her into the house.
"Dear! What happened?" asked Mrs. Potter. "Ask Carmelita. She tried to kill Lily," growled James. He pushed past the stunned looking Mr. Periwinkle and his mother, bringing Lily up back to his room.
"James..." she whispered. "Shush, it's fine. I'm here love," James said, tears in his eyes. He set her down on his bed, and kissed her on her cheek. He dried her off using his wand.
"Sleep with me," Lily said. "Lily, we've gone through this," James said, but Lily shook her head. "No, I mean, sleep," she said, closing her eyes. James kissed her. "I will, but first I'll be right back."
He made his way down, where Carmelita and Mr. Periwinkle were standing at the front door. Carmelita had mascara running down her cheeks, which made her look even scarier than she normally looked.
"Carmen, what do you have to say for yourself?" asked Mr. Periwinkle. "I hope she's dead," Carmelita spat. James glared at her. "I'm terribly sorry James. I'm bringing her to St. Mungo's this moment," he said, shaking his head. And with a pop he and his daughter were gone.
Author's note: Because of my strange quirk, this story has to have an even number of chapters. So, luckily for you (if you have enjoyed this story), I will be writing two, instead of one, more chapters. If you haven't enjoyed this story, then please do not tell me so. Flames only make me sad :( But nice reviews make me happy :)