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A/n- Sorry for the long wait, but I've been preoccupied with other things, so yea... But thank you to everyone who reviewed you're the best.

Classes ended and the summer drew closer. The students of Hogwarts would be leaving the school and going home. Most were extremely excited, ready to leave and have a summer full of fun. Even the professors were giddy that the school year was over, most likely because they wouldn't have to deal with a certain rambunctious group of young men.

However, there were some students who dreaded the coming summer, like a certain redhead with emerald eyes.

Lily sat staring out the window letting the sun warm her face. Her trunk had been longed packed, unlike her roommates who were just starting to pack. She still didn't know where she would go this summer, since all of her friends couldn't take her in because they were going away, even Sierra.

Lily looked at her friends and foes that were busy packing. She sighed quietly and headed for the door. No one was in the common room when she entered, except for James who had just entered. He spotted her and smiled warmly at her. She returned the gesture and quickly descended the stairs and sat on the couch.

She felt James sit down beside of her. She looked at him and saw that he looked lost in his thoughts. She turned her attention away from him, and also began to think. Her thoughts found their way back to her up coming summer and what it was bound to be like.

"Where are you going to stay this summer?" James asked her suddenly.

Lily shrugged and played with the hem of her green shirt. "I don't know." She answered softly.

James looked at her. "Can't you stay at one of your friends house? What about Sierra?" He asked.

"They can't. They all have something to do this summer. Sierra's going to a family thing in Italy, all family no friends." She explained softly.

James frowned. "What about your sister? She's an adult, why can't she take you in?"

Lily pulled a letter out of her pocket and held it out for him to take. James took it and opened the folded letter to read what the contents said.

Dear Freak,

I can't believe you would lie about something like that!!!! Our father is in jail now because of you!!!! You bitch! What were you thinking?!!!!!!! You couldn't stand that you weren't the special one anymore, the favorite one anymore, so you had to go and lie that our father was molesting and abusing you!!!!!!! Well guess what you freakish little whore you have nowhere to stay! No one to take you in! Because I'm sure as hell not taking you in to live with my darling husband Vernon, and me. You got yourself into this Lily, now you get to pay the price!!! You deserve what happens to you now!! Your the reason mom died and you're the reason my father, who is innocent, is in prison! You're not my sister Lily! I don't have freaks for family... Goodbye.

The one who despises you,
Petunia Dursley

James couldn't believe Petunia. Who could she write such horrible things to her sister? His hands shook with angry. He looked at Lily and saw a single tear running down her cheek. He suppressed his anger and wiped the tear away from her cheek.

Lily looked at him. "Don't cry Lily. She doesn't know what she's talking about. She had no right to say any of those things." He told her. "She doesn't deserve to be your sister."

Lily shrugged and sighed. "Doesn't matter." She said. "What are you doing this summer?" She asked, changing the subject, which didn't go unnoticed by James.

"The same thing I usually do." He told her.

An uncomfortable silence surrounded the two, until finally James broke it. "You know, you could always you know come and stay at my place for the summer." James said a bit nervously.

Lily looked surprised by the offer and her cheek turned a slight shade of pink. She pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. "I-I wouldn't want to impose. I-I mean your family probable has something to do this summer. A-And doesn't your f-friends usually come over. I don't want be a p- problem." Lily quickly said.

James looked slightly taken aback. How could she ever think she would be a problem? James didn't know.

"You wouldn't impose or be a problem. How could you ever think that? As for my friends... I don't know. Peter I know won't be coming over his parents are to overprotective. Besides my parents absolutely love you. Especially my mom, she adores you." James told her with a grin.

Lily bit her lip and fidgeted in her seat. "Are you sure?"

"Positive. If you don't believe me, I'll ask her when we get back right in front of her." James said. "So are you coming to my place?"

"I suppose." Lily mumbled, extremely grateful for James at that moment.

James' grin became even wider. "See how hard was that." He joked.

"Anyways I have to go and finished packing my things." He said getting up from the couch. Lily nodded and watched James head up to the boy's dormitories.

(Kings Cross Station- London)

Lily stood with Sierra saying her goodbyes to the rest of her friends. Sierra's parents were already in their car waiting for Sierra to get in, so they could go straight home and then to the airport. Sierra turned to Lily and embraced her a huge hug, which Lily returned.

"I'm really sorry you can't come over. Bloody Family reunion." Sierra said.

Lily snorted. "Don't worry about it."

They separated and Sierra sighed regretfully. "At least Potter offered you a place, that gives me a little comfort."

Lily nodded her head. "You'd better go, or you'll miss your flight." She said.

Sierra nodded and gave Lily a quick hug. "I'll write, and if I find out you're depressed or Potter's not behaving himself I'm on the quickest flight back to England to hex him in to the century."

Lily laughed a little and watched Sierra get in the car. She waved goodbye to her best friend, until she pulled out of the station and was gone from her view. Lily looked around her scanning her eyes over the crowd looking for James, without much luck. She was starting to get immensely uncomfortable, and she couldn't see James or his parents anywhere.

She bit her lip and gripped her trolley handle tightly, and heard some body call her name from behind her. She turned and saw James making his way toward her. Relief washed over her, for a spilt second he had thought James had left her.

"I've been looking everywhere for you. Come on Mum's overjoyed that you'll be staying this summer." He told her taking her trolley from her and leading the way over to a black haired blue eyed woman leaning against her car.

When Penny spotted Lily and James a huge smile appeared across her face. She stood up straighter and greeted Lily and James with warm smiles and hellos. Lily smiled back and said hello to Penny politely.

"Lily, its wonderful to see you again." Penny beamed.

Lily blushed slightly, which went unnoticed by Penny, but not her son. "Mum." James hissed. "You're embarrassing her."

Penny looked at her son and rolled her eyes. "Well come along dear, you must be exhausted." She said gesturing inside the car. "Besides if we want to make good timing we had better hurry up. James put Lily's things in the trunk and then get in." Penny instructed.

James did as he was told and got in the backseat with Lily, putting her and his owls in the floor. "Your room is already for you, Lily. Suzi, you remember the house elf a real dear she is, anyways she helped me fix it up. I hope you like it, we can go shopping for things to make it more you later on in the summer. And we can go and shop for a new wardrobe, would you like that?" Penny gushed.

"Um, sure." Lily said glancing at James who was rolling his eyes.

Penny smiled even wider. "Splendid."

That trip to James house was exactly like that, manly Penny talking to them about things that they could do over the summer and events that had happened while they were away for school. When they passed Lily's old house, that looked dreadfully still and quiet she shivered. The memories of the things that happened flooded her mind.

She felt James lay his hand over her own and looked at him. She smiled softly at him, and pushed the unwanted memories away, and didn't look back at her old house.

When Penny parked the car at the Potters house, she ushered Lily and James out. They went to the back and got their trunks out, which Penny levitated inside the house. Lily looked around the entrance hall and noticed everything looked the same.

"Just leave your belongings here and they will be taken up to your room, and if you want you can let the owls out. I'm sure they could do with some fresh air and to stretch their wings." Penny said taking off her thin jacket and hanging it up.

"I'll show you wear your room is Lily, and then I'll let James show you around." Penny said.

"Mum, why don't you just tell me where her room is and then I'll show her." James suggested.

Penny looked at her son for a moment before sighing. "It's the fourth one down from ours on the right."

James nodded his head and walked away from his mother, beckoning Lily to follow him. Lily followed James up until they reached the third four on the east wing. He led the way down a long hallway, with a deep scarlet carpet.

"That's my room." He told her pointing the sixth room on the left. Lily nodded and followed him four doors down until he stopped in front of the fourth one on the right. "And this is your room."

He opened the door and let Lily walk in first. Lily eyes grew as wide as saucers; the room was huge. She couldn't believe it. She turned to James amazed and he grinned.

"Yup all ours." He said walking past and to the large canopy bed and sitting down on it. "You got your own bathroom over there, walk in closet, desk, own little personal library, fireplace, the works." He said in a bored tone.

"Now come on, I still have give you the grand tour of the place and that could take a while. This place is bigger then what it looks." He explained getting off the bed and walking toward the door. He grabbed Lily's hand- she was still in wonder- and pulled her out the door.

"Lily, hello." James said snapping his fingers in front of her face. "You might want to snap out of now, your you might get lost."

Lily looked at him, her cheeks turning a hint of pink. "Right. Well lead the way." She said, and followed James for the grand tour of the Potter's Mansion.

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