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Chapter twenty
James hadn't had a chance to meet Lily's parent's properly yet, as they had gone out for dinner the previous night.
"So, how was your year at school?" Lily's dad, Jakob Evans, was trying to find out as much as possible about Lily's new boyfriend.
"Well, if it weren't for my exam results, I think I probably would have been expelled. Sirius and Remus and I had a lot of fun this year!" James replied. "OUCH!"
Lily had kicked him under the table. James blushed and tried to make amends under Lily's stern look.
"But I made Quidditch captain for Gryffindor! I play Seeker for the team."
Lily rolled her eyes at the mention of Quidditch, but her sister looked simply horrified.
"You. . . You're a wizard?" She spat.
"Um, yeah?" James sounded a little confused. "What else would I be?"
"So. You're a freak like her, then." Petunia was quite irate. "Hmph. If you ask me, your parents deserved to die."
Silence prevailed as Petunia looked triumphant, and the rest of the Evans' looked shocked. James' face turned very white, and he struggled to keep himself from cursing Petunia.
He whispered his reply through gritted teeth. "My parents died protecting your world from death-eaters: people who torture and kill muggles for fun. If it weren't for people like them, your world wouldn't even exist!"
There was another uncomfortable silence, before Petunia spoke again. "Well, if it weren't for freaks like you, there wouldn't be a problem in the first place!"
"That's enough, Petunia," Jakob said quietly, but forcefully.
Petunia smirked at Lily and James, but she obeyed her father. The questions soon started again, and became increasingly specific. Lily kept her head down through most of it, not really listening to what was being said, but one question caught her attention.
"Have you had a girlfriend before?"
The question took James completely by surprise, and it showed on his face. Lily stifled a giggle, but she was curious to hear how James would respond to such a personal question. To her surprise, he blushed and muttered a monosyllable response.
"Yeah."
Lily's parent's exchanged glances, and her mother asked him to continue. James shot Lily a confused look before obeying her mother.
"Well, I've gone out with a few girls, but no-one I was really serious about."
This seemed to please Petunia, but it obviously distressed Rose (Rose is Mrs Evans).
"So, what about Lily?" Rose demanded.
James could have drowned in his embarrassment.
"I. err." he lowered his voice as if he didn't want Lily to hear, his face bright red. "I really like her."
Petunia spent the next few minutes trying to insult James' parents without attracting the attention of her own parents. When her father frowned at her, she switched back to insulting Lily. After five minutes, James was ready to burst with anger. Lily was perfect! How dare Petunia insult her like this? He tried to control his temper, but. . .
"PHBT!!!"
The bowl of mashed potato that had been sitting in the middle of the table flew up into the air, and landed, up-side-down, on Petunia's head.
Petunia screamed and pulled at the bowl on her head, as Lily laughed uncontrollably. Her parents were obviously torn between amusement and anxiety at the situation.
James was upset that he'd let his temper get the better of him, and apologized profusely to Jakob and Rose. Jakob and Rose wouldn't hear of it and, when Petunia was out of earshot, Jakob actually congratulated James on shutting her up without hitting her. James was quite bewildered.
"But I. . . It was an accident!" He spluttered.
Lily just laughed even harder at this, and Rose patted James on the shoulder, apologising for Petunia's behaviour towards him. After that, James decided that he quite liked Lily's parents.
The rest of the week passed uneventfully with Lily and James finding themselves quite unable to get a moment alone with each other. This frustrated James to no end, and he vowed to find a room, Lily, and an hour, before the holidays finished.
On the last day of the week, Rion came to get James. He got quite annoyed at James when deliberately dawdled, in an attempt to buy more time with Lily.
"Hurry up, James! I don't have all day!" He said wearily as James ran back to the room he'd been staying in, saying he'd forgotten something.
"What's your rush?" Questioned James, walking back into the living room where Rion was standing.
"I've got to get back to work before next year!" Rion huffed.
"Again? Who's gonna play quidditch with me? You said you'd play today!"
"I know what I said, and I'm sorry, but work is very busy at the moment. I just don't have time! We'll play next week, alright?" Rion pleaded. He didn't want an infamous 'James Potter explosion'.
"Fine." James said grumpily, as Lily walked into the room with her parents.
"I trust he wasn't too much trouble?" Rion asked Rose and Jakob. "Well, judging by the fact that your house is still intact, he behaved himself better for you than he does for me!"
James punched Rion. "You're just jealous 'cause I'm a better prankster than you."
"That was below the belt." Rion replied, reaching for his wand.
James whipped out his own wand, and he had disarmed his brother before any damage could be done to him.
"Put that away, you're underage!" Fumed Rion.
"That never stopped you!"
Rion chose to ignore James from that point onwards. Again, he turned to Lily's parents.
"Excuse us. That was rude.' He said to the laughing couple. "Thanks again for having him."
"Don't mention it. He's welcome back any time." Jakob replied.
Rion, looking dumbfounded, demanded to know whether they were talking about the same James, and, if so, what James had done to get the Evans' to go along with this 'good behaviour story' This earned him a hard kick in the shin from James.
"Actually, he really did behave himself this week. I've got no idea what could have made you think otherwise, Rion." Said Rose, breaking up the glaring competition taking place between the two brothers.
Lily giggled and whispered something to her parents, who both became very wide-eyed very suddenly.
"Well," said James, blushing. "I do have a bit of a reputation." He looked at Rion. "I thought you had to get back to work?"
"Oh, great Merlin, I forgot! Ori's agreed to take you, Sirius, and Remus to Diagon Alley today, so I'll take you straight to his place."
"Awesome!" James exclaimed. "Hey, Lily, how are you getting to Diagon Alley?"
Lily looked at her parents, who said that they hadn't made plans to go into London yet.
"Can she come with us then?" James asked Rion.
"If she wants to, and if Rose and Jakob don't mind."
Lily's parents agreed, and Rion and James explained portkeys to them.
Rion gave James and Lily a small silver chain, and, after the two of them had left, he disapperated out of the muggle house.
A/N Hey guys! Another chapter! Thanx to everyone who reviewed, and we will have more up soon. We don't have your names here, but we will thank you personally next chapter. R/R!!!
Chapter twenty
James hadn't had a chance to meet Lily's parent's properly yet, as they had gone out for dinner the previous night.
"So, how was your year at school?" Lily's dad, Jakob Evans, was trying to find out as much as possible about Lily's new boyfriend.
"Well, if it weren't for my exam results, I think I probably would have been expelled. Sirius and Remus and I had a lot of fun this year!" James replied. "OUCH!"
Lily had kicked him under the table. James blushed and tried to make amends under Lily's stern look.
"But I made Quidditch captain for Gryffindor! I play Seeker for the team."
Lily rolled her eyes at the mention of Quidditch, but her sister looked simply horrified.
"You. . . You're a wizard?" She spat.
"Um, yeah?" James sounded a little confused. "What else would I be?"
"So. You're a freak like her, then." Petunia was quite irate. "Hmph. If you ask me, your parents deserved to die."
Silence prevailed as Petunia looked triumphant, and the rest of the Evans' looked shocked. James' face turned very white, and he struggled to keep himself from cursing Petunia.
He whispered his reply through gritted teeth. "My parents died protecting your world from death-eaters: people who torture and kill muggles for fun. If it weren't for people like them, your world wouldn't even exist!"
There was another uncomfortable silence, before Petunia spoke again. "Well, if it weren't for freaks like you, there wouldn't be a problem in the first place!"
"That's enough, Petunia," Jakob said quietly, but forcefully.
Petunia smirked at Lily and James, but she obeyed her father. The questions soon started again, and became increasingly specific. Lily kept her head down through most of it, not really listening to what was being said, but one question caught her attention.
"Have you had a girlfriend before?"
The question took James completely by surprise, and it showed on his face. Lily stifled a giggle, but she was curious to hear how James would respond to such a personal question. To her surprise, he blushed and muttered a monosyllable response.
"Yeah."
Lily's parent's exchanged glances, and her mother asked him to continue. James shot Lily a confused look before obeying her mother.
"Well, I've gone out with a few girls, but no-one I was really serious about."
This seemed to please Petunia, but it obviously distressed Rose (Rose is Mrs Evans).
"So, what about Lily?" Rose demanded.
James could have drowned in his embarrassment.
"I. err." he lowered his voice as if he didn't want Lily to hear, his face bright red. "I really like her."
Petunia spent the next few minutes trying to insult James' parents without attracting the attention of her own parents. When her father frowned at her, she switched back to insulting Lily. After five minutes, James was ready to burst with anger. Lily was perfect! How dare Petunia insult her like this? He tried to control his temper, but. . .
"PHBT!!!"
The bowl of mashed potato that had been sitting in the middle of the table flew up into the air, and landed, up-side-down, on Petunia's head.
Petunia screamed and pulled at the bowl on her head, as Lily laughed uncontrollably. Her parents were obviously torn between amusement and anxiety at the situation.
James was upset that he'd let his temper get the better of him, and apologized profusely to Jakob and Rose. Jakob and Rose wouldn't hear of it and, when Petunia was out of earshot, Jakob actually congratulated James on shutting her up without hitting her. James was quite bewildered.
"But I. . . It was an accident!" He spluttered.
Lily just laughed even harder at this, and Rose patted James on the shoulder, apologising for Petunia's behaviour towards him. After that, James decided that he quite liked Lily's parents.
The rest of the week passed uneventfully with Lily and James finding themselves quite unable to get a moment alone with each other. This frustrated James to no end, and he vowed to find a room, Lily, and an hour, before the holidays finished.
On the last day of the week, Rion came to get James. He got quite annoyed at James when deliberately dawdled, in an attempt to buy more time with Lily.
"Hurry up, James! I don't have all day!" He said wearily as James ran back to the room he'd been staying in, saying he'd forgotten something.
"What's your rush?" Questioned James, walking back into the living room where Rion was standing.
"I've got to get back to work before next year!" Rion huffed.
"Again? Who's gonna play quidditch with me? You said you'd play today!"
"I know what I said, and I'm sorry, but work is very busy at the moment. I just don't have time! We'll play next week, alright?" Rion pleaded. He didn't want an infamous 'James Potter explosion'.
"Fine." James said grumpily, as Lily walked into the room with her parents.
"I trust he wasn't too much trouble?" Rion asked Rose and Jakob. "Well, judging by the fact that your house is still intact, he behaved himself better for you than he does for me!"
James punched Rion. "You're just jealous 'cause I'm a better prankster than you."
"That was below the belt." Rion replied, reaching for his wand.
James whipped out his own wand, and he had disarmed his brother before any damage could be done to him.
"Put that away, you're underage!" Fumed Rion.
"That never stopped you!"
Rion chose to ignore James from that point onwards. Again, he turned to Lily's parents.
"Excuse us. That was rude.' He said to the laughing couple. "Thanks again for having him."
"Don't mention it. He's welcome back any time." Jakob replied.
Rion, looking dumbfounded, demanded to know whether they were talking about the same James, and, if so, what James had done to get the Evans' to go along with this 'good behaviour story' This earned him a hard kick in the shin from James.
"Actually, he really did behave himself this week. I've got no idea what could have made you think otherwise, Rion." Said Rose, breaking up the glaring competition taking place between the two brothers.
Lily giggled and whispered something to her parents, who both became very wide-eyed very suddenly.
"Well," said James, blushing. "I do have a bit of a reputation." He looked at Rion. "I thought you had to get back to work?"
"Oh, great Merlin, I forgot! Ori's agreed to take you, Sirius, and Remus to Diagon Alley today, so I'll take you straight to his place."
"Awesome!" James exclaimed. "Hey, Lily, how are you getting to Diagon Alley?"
Lily looked at her parents, who said that they hadn't made plans to go into London yet.
"Can she come with us then?" James asked Rion.
"If she wants to, and if Rose and Jakob don't mind."
Lily's parents agreed, and Rion and James explained portkeys to them.
Rion gave James and Lily a small silver chain, and, after the two of them had left, he disapperated out of the muggle house.
A/N Hey guys! Another chapter! Thanx to everyone who reviewed, and we will have more up soon. We don't have your names here, but we will thank you personally next chapter. R/R!!!