Lily finished unpacking and now was settled down with a good book from the Potters Library. The Care And Use Of Magical Water Weeds. It takes a person like Lily to really understand the importance of this book.
The Potter Manor was very quiet for a Thursday afternoon. She hasn't heard a single noise since James stopped playing his flute. I wonder where everyone is, Lily thought. And she was becoming hungry so dinner must be soon.
There was a knock at the door.
"Come in," Lily was hoping that it was James but to her dissapointment it wasn't.
"Mizz Evanz? Dokey iz my name. Dokey is a houze-elf to the Potterz, Mizz. Young Mazter Jamez told Dokey to tell Mizz Evanz that dinner will be ready zoon. Come Hungry, Mazter Jamez zaid," Dokey said. Lily was still transfixed by the house-elf. He looked very young. His clothes looked as though they have been washed too many times and the colors began to fade, the cloth rip, and a few stains were scattered about.
"Thank you, Dokey. Would you please tell James that I will be down shortly," Lily said as Dokey bowed out.
What do I wear to dinner, Lily wondered. She could wear a sundress. No no, too fancy. Maybe a skirt and nice blouse. No. She didn't know what to wear so she just put on some clean jeans and a t-shirt with the Gryffindor crest on it. She brushed her hair and gave herself a quick check over. "This is as good as its going to get," Lily said out loud. She walked out into the hallway to the steps and worked her way down to the dinning room.
"Ballons... check. Cake...check. Sign..." James pulls out his wand and levitates a banner that says "Happy Birthday Lily" to the ceiling. "Check. Presents...uh. Where are those presents! Oh, here." James was very nervous. After reading the letter where Lily states that her own family forgot her birthday, James has been planning to throw her a party. His parents were gone so it would just be the two of them.
The door to the dinning room swung open. James' heart began to race. Oh, no! I'm not ready yet, he thought. Just then, Dokey the house elf appeared.
"Young Mazter Jamez...Mizz Lily will be down zortly. Dokey juzt wanted to make zure that Mazter Jamez knew," Dokey said.
"Thank you, Dokey. I was worried for a second that you were Lily. I'm not done with the decorations yet," James said looking at the rest of decorations in a pile.
"Mazter Jamez should hurry, zir. Mizz Lily walked right after Dokey to the end of the zaircaze and zopped. Dokey does not know when Mizz Lily will arrive."
"Thank you, Dokey. I will hur-" James was interupted by the sound of creaking of the floor boards down the hall way. Oh no! James thought as he hurried to put up the other decorations. Then he hid and turned off the lights. Dokey snapped his fingers and dissappeared. The foot steps stopped right before the door. The doorknob slowly turned. The door swung open and all James could see was an outline of a figure. Paniked he could only do one thing
"SUPRISE!" James yelled. But the figure was not the one he was waiting for.
"A suprise party for me, mate! You shouldn't have. I just got back from vacation," a voice said. It certainly was not Lily, James thought. Remus Lupin was standing in the door way.
"Remus, what are you doing here?" James was annoyed that Remus would just drop in like that. But he was unpredictable.
"Well, Prongsie. I thought that you would be happy to see me. And I was wondering if i could stay here until the full moon is over. Whose this party for any-" Remus stopped. His eyes got really big. "Evans? Lily Evans is here? Geeze mate. How did you get her to agree to come to your house? A charm? An Unforgivable curse? How?"
"She had no choice. Her family was being mean to her. She wrote to me this summer. And in every letter, her situtation seemed to get worse. I offered for her to come here. Remus," James' tone became hushed, "they forgot her own birthday. So I'm throwing her a party."
"That's terrible, mate. When did she get here?" Remus' attitude changed.
"She took the Night Bus to Diagon Alley last night. I flew there. Then we stayed with Sirius. And she kissed me as a thank you. On the cheek though. I think that she was tired. Then, my parents came and got us this morning. And now, as you can tell, I'm throwing her a birthday party."
"Thats so nice mate. Well I should be going. To give you and Lily some-" Remus was interupted.
"Nonsense, Remus. You can stay. Lily would love to see you," James was only trying to be nice. But, then again, James thought, maybe Remus' presence may make this evening go smoother.
Then, the two boys finished decorating for the party.
I'm sorry that it took me so long to update. I have been very busy lately and it was hard to find time to sit down and write another chapter. Don't expect me to update anytime soon. Keep reviewing -Ink