Summer of Love
Lily Evans and her best friend Athena Asimokopoulos head for a vacation in Athena's homeland—Greece. Lily expects a great summer, filled with lazy days on the beach, checking out hot Greek men and eating bizarre Greek food. However, the best part of the entire trip would be NO JAMES POTTER!
James Potter, however, is stunned when he is told he has to go to Greece for his cousins' engagement party. He doesn't want to go at all, but with some persuasion from his mother and Sirius Black, they're off.
Lily is outraged when she sees her worst enemy, James Potter in Greece! She thought she could get rid of him! James, meanwhile, is thanking himself repeatedly for deciding to come to Greece after all.
James is desperate to make Lily fall in love with him before the summer is over, but the question is—can he?
Chapter 19—Sweet Revenge
Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter, do you think I'd be writing this? (Didn't think so). I only own Athena Asimokopoulos, her grandparents, Eileen, Stella and other characters you may not recognize.
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Athena ran back home as fast as she could. She needed to tell Lily what was going on.
Absolutely had too.
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Lily, on the other hand, was enjoying her time away from Athena. The house was quiet and Lily, after giving herself a manicure and pedicure, relaxed on her bed, writing a note.
Suddenly, the door opened with a smash—causing Lily to look up.
"Athena!" She said in alarm, seeing tears track down her best friend's face. "Athena! What's wrong?"
Athena collapsed onto the bed, face down to muffle her cries, but Lily could still hear the sobs.
"Athena!" Lily said, shaking her friend. "What happened? What did Black do? Did he make fun of you? Did he hurt you?"
Not hearing an answer from Athena, Lily assumed that Athena was agreeing.
"I'm going over to James' house and going to murder Sirius right now!" Lily stood up to leave but it was Athena's small voice that stopped her.
"It wasn't Sirius. It was Niko."
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"He did WHAT?" James roared.
It was fifteen minutes later, and Sirius had arrived back to tell James what had just happened.
Sirius gave a glum nod. "Yes. That idiot was spying on us and threatened to tell Athena's grandparents unless she persuaded Lily to ditch you."
James clenched his fists as she saw red. How dare Niko try to get in-between him and Lily! They weren't even going out!
"I'm going to find Niko and hex him to pieces!" James said angrily, forgetting that he wasn't seventeen yet.
Sirius was all for it until he remembered that if he and James did one more bit of underage magic, they would be expelled from Hogwarts.
"Uh, mate—that's not a good idea."
"And why not?" James growled. "I have every right to it!"
"Remember that notice we got when we were fourteen? If we did any more underage magic we would be expelled."
"Oh," James looked sheepish. "I forgot." Just as sudden, James' face turned angry again.
"Well, what am I supposed to do to that idiot? I already beat the crap out of him!"
"And your face is still healing." Sirius sniggered, talking about the various bruises and faded cuts on James' face.
James glared. "Shut up, Sirius! We need to think of something that will get Niko not to tell Athena's grandparents and for Lily to not go with him!"
"Yeah, but what are we going to do?" Sirius said miserably.
James had no answer for him.
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"He wants WHAT?" Lily shrieked.
Athena nodded. "He wants you and right now, he's going to major costs to get you."
"Since when does he think I'm his?" Lily demanded. "I'm not his! I'm J—" She paused there, turning red. After all, James hadn't asked her out yet.
"I don't know why!" Athena cried, tugging on her hair, not realizing what Lily had just said. "All I know is that he's doing everything in his power to get you and I'm part of it!"
"What are you going to do?" Lily asked.
"I don't know," Athena said miserably. "I don't know."
"Well, you better think of something fast," Lily pointed out, looking out her window. "Because your grandparents are coming back right now."
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Lily,
We need to do something about this. Athena, Sirius—, and Niko.
—James.
James,
What can we do? Athena's grandparents still don't know.
—Lily.
Lily,
I was hoping you would have a plan.
-James.
James,
You are hopeless—but I do have a plan.
-Lily.
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"It's simple." Lily said to a shocked Athena. "Give me directions to Niko's house, I'll meet him there—alone and pretend to flirt with him. After a few minutes, I'll go for the kill."
Lily grinned at her sheer brilliance and looked at her best friend, hoping to see a similar look, but all she saw was a look of horror and doubt.
"Lily," Athena said in an awed voice. "You're making a huge mistake."
"The only mistake he made was trying to get between me and James," Lily grumbled. "And you and Sirius. No, this is revenge. And revenge is sweet."
Athena shook her head. "I hope this works," she said, "because this time, Niko's gone too far."
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Lily flicked her hair back as she quickly walked to the café where Niko promised to meet her.
As she walked there, she started to feel a bit guilty but once she remembered the pain Niko caused to her friends and to her, the guilt turned to anger.
He is going to get what he deserves. Lily thought triumphantly.
Walking to Pegasus, the café that she would meet Niko at; Lily sat down in an outside table and waited.
After five minutes, she heard a shout of, "Lily!"
Turning around she saw the dark haired, dark eyed boy of her nightmares.
Mustering up a smile, Lily smiled at him. "Hi Niko, I'm so glad you showed up!"
Niko grinned and sat down in a seat across from Lily. "I'm glad you invited me."
How did I ever like him? Lily shuddered.
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Athena was counting down the minutes until Lily would come back home.
She knew that this was a risky plan but Lily was always up for risks.
Athena nervously bit at her thumbnail—a habit she had long forgotten—until now.
She looked at the clock in desperation again. If the plan worked, then Niko would leave Athena, Sirius, James and Lily alone. If it didn't—
Well, Athena didn't want to think of that.
C'mon, Lily. Hurry on home.
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"So, Lily." Niko said patronizingly, "You never told me why you wanted to meet you."
Lily smiled sweetly, resisting the urge to bash his brains out. "Do I need a reason to visit such an irresistibly hot boy?"
Niko grinned arrogantly. "No, I don't think so."
Lily inwardly scowled, but kept her composure. "Athena told me everything that happened on the beach."
Niko raised an eyebrow. "She did?"
Lily nodded. "Yup—she did. And once she told me everything, I realized something, I don't need James Potter. I need you."
Niko grinned widely. "Well, I'm glad that's all cleared up. Now, on to more important matters—"
"Oh," Lily said in her sweet voice. "Can you promise me something?"
"Of course, Lily."
"You know how you—ah—threatened Athena? Will you promise never to repeat it to anybody else? Not even for revenge?"
"I promise." Niko promised.
Lily smirked in triumph. What Niko didn't know was that he made a promise with a witch. And once you did that, you could never repeat it again. It was sealed inside of you forever.
Lily checked her watch. Athena must be getting worried now.
Standing up, she prepared to leave but Niko's voice stopped her.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"Home." Lily replied. "And as far away from you, you scumbag."
Niko blinked in surprise but then said, "Don't you call your boyfriend that, Lily."
Lily laughed. "Since when are you my boyfriend?"
"You agreed to it, didn't you?"
Lily smirked and shook her head. "I never did."
"Yes you did!" Niko exploded.
"Oh yeah?" Lily raised an eyebrow. "Prove it."
Niko struggled to think back, but he knew that Lily never said that he was her boyfriend.
Finally, he thought of something.
"You said that you got rid of that messy haired boy! You realized you needed me!"
Lily laughed again. "You actually believed that? There's something called acting."
Niko's eyes widened in horror as he realized what Lily had just said.
"You blew it Lily." Niko exclaimed, his eyes narrowing. "Now, I'll go tell my grandparents about Athena and that boy!"
"Really?" Lily raised an eyebrow. "Pray tell—what did Athena and that boy do?"
"Athena and that boy—" Suddenly Niko stopped in shock. "What's going on? I can't seem to say what happened!"
Lily shook her head. "Poor dear." She said unsympathetically. "Must have forgotten."
"I haven't!" Niko exclaimed. "I know what happened! It's racing through my mind right now! I just can't say it!"
Lily smirked. "Well," she said, picking up her purse and sliding her aviator sunglasses over her face. "Then I guess you have nothing to hold against me or Athena, do you? If you can't say it."
"Then I can write it!" Niko grabbed a pen from his pocket, took a napkin and started to write but he suddenly stopped.
"I can't write it down!" He cried. "What's wrong with me?"
"There's nothing wrong with you." Lily said smoothly. "Maybe you just became brain dead? Why do I care? I'm leaving."
"You come back here!" Niko cried. "I'm not through with you yet."
"Hasta la vista, scumbag." Lily laughed, walking down the path away from the café.
"You come back here!" Niko called again.
Revenge is sweet. Lily thought to herself in triumph.
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Ha! There you go! Niko finally got what he deserved!
WOOT! I'm ungrounded from my computer! That means I can throw myself into my story again! o-O
Yes, yes, I KNOW I promised Lily/James action in this chapter but I realized that Niko needed payback so Chapter 20 will have all the L/J romance! This time I PROMISE.
--Greekchic.
P.S. Chapter 20 is NOT the last chapter!