Lily and James: Their Summer of Love

Disclaimer: I. Own. Everything….Psyche!

Authors Note: Hey yall. Sorry it took me so freakin long to get this chapter up. After all yalls reviews I could not figure out who I wanted the guy to be. I knew at first…but then I had second thoughts…it was very weird. Anywho. On to the story.

Chapter 16: Who?

"Cass?" Lily asked, flabbergasted.

The seventeen-year-old boy—her long time friend, once boyfriend—was standing in front of her, a grin across his lips. Curly dark brown hair atop his head and piercing blue eyes were gazing at her, mischief alight in them. She had known him since they were six years old. They used to live beside each other until he moved away to somewhere in Greece when they were 13 years old. He was the only person besides her family that knew she was a witch and she had always trusted him with it.

With a squeal she through herself at him, hugging him tightly round the neck. "Oh my god! Cass, when the hell did you get here? What are you doing here? I haven't seen you in years!" she practically screamed, so surprised to see him again after four years.

"I—can't—breathe!" his now deep voice spluttered as she squeezed him tighter.

Lily let go of him, her eyes laughing. "Sorry—" she said as she grinned widely at him. He looked so different—he had grown taller, his voice was deeper…she'd missed him so much!

"Soooo?" she pressed as he rubbed his throat, his grin never failing. He looked at her for a moment before picking her up and swinging her around, producing a squeal from her end.

He ended by giving her a sloppy, wet kiss on the cheek as she laughed loudly, causing the storekeeper to glare at them.

"How've you been?" Lily asked once more as he set her on the ground.

"I've been good! Greece was great and everyone was so nice there! Though it wasn't better than living next to you-" he answered readily.

Lily grinned shyly. "I haven't seen you in almost four years!" she said with slight amazement. Cass nodded, a sigh escaping his lips.

"I just decided to stop by the other day after I was already here for the summer." He explained. Lily bit her lip, trying to keep her smile under control. "Well, I'm glad you did at any rate! I'm staying at James Potters house for the summer-" she started, her stomach giving a kind of flip when she mentioned his name. "You can stay there with me. I'm sure he won't mind. His parents are in France for the summer anyways. We can catch up there."

"Hey, isn't that the guy you used to hate?" he asked, his dark eyebrows furrowed, but a slight twinkle alight in his eye.

Lily sighed, two words passing her lips as they walked out the door, the bell jingling: "Long story."

"So—let me get this straight. You hated him—he invited you over for the summer--you went out with him—you got in a fight—he told you he loved you and you thought HE had done the whole lily thing!" Cass choked out through amused chuckles, which soon turned into full-blown laughing.

Lily gave him her most famous glare, not having been as amused by the story as he had. "Well, excuse me for having ever told you anything—remind me not to again in the future." She said huffily, crossing her arms over her chest.

He held up his hands in surrender, as they reached the Potter Mansion. "Okay Lils. I'm sorry for laughing at you." He said as sincerely as possible, before convulsing into another set of laughter.

Rolling her eyes, she opened the door to the mansion, though a slight smile was on her face. "For Merlin sakes it wasn't that funny! And shut up, I don't want him to hear you!"

"You wouldn't happen to be talking about me, wouldya?"

Of course who's voice could this be, but the extraordinarily idiot voice of James Potter Throwing him 'a look' she responded, "No Potter, I was NOT talking about you, seeing as how my world doesn't revolve around your existence…" She startled both herself and James by her icy tone. Hadn't it been she who just twenty minutes ago was so excited at the thought of James doing something as sweet as lilies and poems? Yes, she recalled, that was her.

James, his eyebrows raised with surprise backed off, though not before asking, "Who the hell are you and what are you doing in my house?" This was directed at Cass, who hurried to introduce himself, holding out his hand.

"I'm sorry to intrude like this, but Lily said it'd be alright if I stayed here for awhile. My name is Cass McKinnon and me and Lils here have been friends since…six it was?" he asked her still holding out his hand for James to shake.

James didn't shake it though, instead looked at it then back up to Cass's face. "I didn't ask for your life story, just your name. You can stay in the guest room down the hall." He said coldly, pointing to the said destination. Cass dropped his hand, nodding.

"Er—thanks." He said nervously, running a hand through his curly hair. "I'll just—go put my stuff down then…" he said, and then with another look around, awkwardly walked down the hall and through the door just as Sirius walked in. "Who was that, mate?" he asked, jabbing a thumb in Cass' direction.

He got no answer though as Lily rounded on James, her eyes flashing. "What the hell was that about? You throw insults at him as soon as he walks through the damn door! He has been my friend since as long as I can remember and he used to be my boyfriend, so I swear if you aren't polite to him I will personally hex you into obliviation!" she ranted at him, furiously.

It was James' turn to be angry. "What about you? You just bring the bloody prat home like some stupid, stray dog," (this receiving an offended 'Hey!' from Sirius.) "and expect me to welcome him with open-arms? Bloody hell, and now you're telling me he used to be your boyfriend! What the hell are you on about?"

"Home? This isn't my home, it's yours so go ahead and turn him away if you want to, but you can be guaranteed that if you do I'll be going right along with him!" Lily yelled, getting the last word in as James stood there speechless and with a slightly opened mouth.

Stalking past him, Lily went down to the room she knew Cass was staying, leaving a stunned James next to Sirius who clapped him on the back.

"C'mon mate, cheer up. He can't compete with you…I mean his names Cass, probably short for Casper. I mean bloody hell what's the worst a friendly ghost can do?"

Oh my goodness! This chapter took like three weeks, and I'm sick so it sucks! I didn't get all I want in this one but the next chapter will be AWESOME and I'll try to get it up by tonight cause I'll have a full 4-5 hours to work on it! There will (of course) be tons of SIRIUS/RILEY (whoot!), Remus/Payton, James/Lily, and (sigh) Lily/Cass possibly. Lils will come to her senses soon enough, so no worries! I know it's short so PLEASE forgive me! Love yall a ton! Review Review Review! Oh and I am happy to say that my last chappie got the most reviews out of all of them!

xoxoxo

Riley