A/N: Yo yo yo guys! The reviews were lovely last chapter. Yuuuck I have exams in approximately one week so I am speeding to try and get this out before I have to lock myself in my room and study tell me brains melt.

Disclaimer: Bah humbug it's all JK Rowlings.

Chapter 11 of After the Quidditch Game

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Lily opened her eyes up blearily and she felt a hand stroking her forehead. She winced at the looming headache in the back of her eyes as she struggled to push herself up.

"Lily." James said and he helped her slide up and rest against the cushions of the couch. He looked at her with concerned hazel eyes and she gave him a small smile.

Cynthia came rushing out of the kitchen with a glass in her hand. "Oh Lily I'm glad you're up. Drink this, it will clear up your headache." She said and she handed the glass to Lily. Lily looked up at her with a grateful smile and then wondered inwardly how Cynthia knew she had a headache.

She took a gulp and scrunched up her nose at the pungent taste the drink was. Immediately though when it slid down her throat her headache lessened and her eyes seemed to clear up.

"Lily dear I'm sorry to ask you so soon but did you know someone at the daycare who was killed?" Cynthia asked with worry in her eyes and she took Lily's hand. Lily swallowed thickly as cold fear gripped inside herself as she remembered what she had read in the article. It had said that countless children had been murdered but also many parents of the children had been injured.

Lily had to get to Surrey that evening to find out if her sister was okay. She had found out that her sister had gotten married a few years ago and she knew that Petunia had always wanted children. She needed to know even if her sister wouldn't be exactly happy to see her.

"I need to get there as soon as possible, I need to see if my sister is okay." Lily said thickly and Cynthia held her hand a little more tightly.

"I'm sorry hunny but it's late, don't you think you should wait until tomorrow morning?" Cynthia asked.

"I need to know how Petunia is." Lily repeated in anxious voice and she stood up quickly looking at James and then Cynthia. Cynthia looked at James uncertainly for him to back her up.

"Lily, we can both go tomorrow morning together." James said in a quiet voice.

Lily felt for her wand in her pocket and then flicked it. She jacket came flipping out from nowhere and it quickly threw itself on her. Before James or Cynthia could utter a word she nodded at them and then turned, apparating to her old town.

Lily walked steadily into the crisp snow that had just finished falling. The sky was dark and clear like a smooth piece of black glass and Lily's breath rose in the air as she walked briskly to the sidewalk. She knew James would be angry with her by disappearing out of nowhere but he wasn't her boss.

Lily tried to ignore the nerves streaking through her stomach as she began to jog down to her old house. She had a feeling Petunia might be living someplace near their old childhood home or maybe in the same house. Lily ran the last few streets down and then walked up the driveway to the old house.

She looked around with squinted eyes to see if anyone could see her. Deciding it was safe she whispered, "Alohomora" and the front door opened and in she went.

Lily blinked back the sudden familiarity of the home she had lived in with her parents and Petunia. It seemed almost exactly the same except it was much cleaner. Petunia always had been obsessive when it came to keeping things clean and tidy. She walked down the hallway and into the kitchen and felt her stomach relieve some tension as she saw her sister in the kitchen scrubbing the counter repeatedly even though it looked quite clean.

"Petunia?" Lily asked in a nervous voice, as she wasn't quite sure what her sister would say to her. They hadn't spoken in 5 years and Petunia hadn't responded to any of her letters Lily had written.

Petunia whirled around with a wild look in her red-rimmed eyes. She narrowed her eyes with malice and said in a voice filled with hatred, "What are you doing in my house? Did you just barge in you despicable piece of trash?" Lily winced at the coldness in Petunia's voice.

She swallowed thickly before saying, "Pet I was worried. I heard there had been an acc-"

"Oh so YOU know that it happened. It must mean that the bastards were from your world. I knew it! I knew they were those freaks of nature you claimed to belong to!" Petunia shrieked out in a loud voice.

Lily wondered whether she should just leave and not work up Petunia anymore but she said, "Petunia they are the bad people from my world. I don't belong to that kind of a group. It's like the murderers and rapists in this world, you don't belong to that kind of a group. They're just here, the dark side of the good."

"Oh don't you tell me any of this dear Lily! Look at what has happened. All I ever wanted was a normal life, but no this had to happen. My husband is in the hospital in critical condition because he tried to kick off those bloody bastards off of my child but he didn't get there in time. My poor baby boy is gone!" Petunia said and she began to sob as she clutched her face in a pitiful manner.

Lily walked over to her to give her a hug but Petunia suddenly pushed her away ferociously.

"Don't TOUCH me! It's your entire fault that my boy is dead and that my husband is near death. It was your kind that killed them! I will never forgive you for that Lily Evans. I thought I could get over the fact of my parents death but this is the breech. Get out of my house, I don't ever want to see you again!" Petunia sobbed out, sudden rage over taking her posture.

"Petunia I swear that I'm not apart of them. I'm in a group who fights the men who were at the daycare. We're trying to stop them from murdering anymore." Lily said in a choked voice.

"Always the saint Lily. You're nothing but a deceiving little bitch. Get away!" Petunia said and she suddenly grabbed a sharp kitchen utensil.

Lily's eyes widened in fear as Petunia lunged at her with the object. She dodged her and than ran down the hallway and out of the house. Petunia walked out to the front of the door and then yelled in a maniacal voice, "Don't ever darken my doorstep again!"

Lily began to sob quietly as she jogged down to the bench on the sidewalk. She collapsed on it and began to cry, sobs wracking her body and stealing the air from her lungs. She lay there for awhile just crying and looking into the sky with unseeing eyes.

All of a sudden she heard feet running and a shout from beyond. Lily looked up and saw a familiar face running towards her and was surprised to see that it was Sirius.

"Lily! We've been looking all over for you- but bloody hell what happened?" Sirius asked in a shocked voice as he pulled her up and put a warm arm around her.

Lily shook her head because she didn't trust herself to speak yet. Sirius nodded and than said seriously, "James is gonna have his nut if we don't go back to him. He's down the other street."

They two of them walked back down to the street and than Sirius hollered out for James. James came running out with his eyes wide and then he sprinted over to Lily. He grabbed her roughly by the arms and than said in a gruff voice, "Don't ever sneak out like that again! D'you know what could've happened? Death Eaters are still roaming around this joint and if they had of found you-"

"Prongs give her a rest. I daresay she found out what she was looking for and it wasn't spectacular. Lets go home." Sirius said in a final voice and Lily looked at him with big eyes. He squeezed her hand in response and then nodded for them to get home.

James looked at Sirius and than shut his mouth, instead putting a hand protectively around Lily. She looked out in the distance as they walked about to find a safe place to apparate so nobody would see them. She felt considerably stupid to have caused all the trouble. She probably looked like quite the drama queen who was flouncing about everywhere.

They found a dark alley way and the three of them concentrated to getting back to the Potter's place. One moment the three of them were standing there, one was troubled and the other two were worried. Then the darkness swallowed them and there was just empty space.

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Lily waved to them and then ran up the staircase and into the privacy of her room. She shut the door and then slid down clutching her arm as she buried her face into her knees and cried. She felt INCREDIBLY stupid. The three of them had gotten into the living room and there was Cynthia and John fretting over them wondering where they had been and so on.

James had managed to smooth it over and told them that Lily wasn't feeling good so she could leave. She felt embarrassed that Sirius and James had found her like that in her old town. Oh well, what's done is done and I'll just have to deal with it tomorrow when they decide to ask questions Lily thought to herself.

Sniffing softly she brought her small hand to her face and wiped at her eyes and closed her swollen eyes. She suddenly saw flashes of Petunia yelling at her with hatred fixed all over her face. Lily's eyes flew open and she stifled a sob and slowly crawled towards her vanity.

Lily looked at her disheveled reflection grimacing. Her hair was sticking up in all directions and her normal creamy complexion was now red and blotchy. She wrinkled her nose in disgust and than dug her hairbrush through her hair.

Lily sat there for a while just brushing her hair and looking back into her reflection. She finished with her hair and then looked at her wristwatch. It read one forty seven in the morning. Lily fingered her cross necklace as she bit her bottom lip in thought. She wanted to go talk to James but she wasn't sure if he still would be up.

Grabbing her purple slippers and housecoat she pushed open her door quietly and tiptoed down the hallway to James room. She was almost there when she stepped on the floor and a loud groan came beneath it. She froze and looked around as she held her breath.

Deciding that no one heard her she finished tiptoeing to James room and than slid into the room, closing the door behind her quietly. Lily walked over to his large bed and sat at the edge of it watching him as he slept peacefully. His face was sideways on the pillow and his body was half sprawled on the bed.

Lily took in his boxers and noticed he wasn't wearing a shirt. Her eyes rove against his slender yet muscular physique and she blushed slightly. She looked over to his face and noticed that his face was twisted in a scared look. She went to put a hand on his forehead when he suddenly said, "No! Don't take her! Take me instead. Please!"

Lily pulled her hand back and felt her insides churn nervously. What was he dreaming about?

"Get back! Let them take me!" James said in an anxious voice and he twisted violently.

Lily put her hand on his forehead and than started whispering his name in a soothing voice as she stroked his head. He twisted once more and than awoke. Lily looked at him with worried eyes and he opened his eyes blearily. "Lily." He said in a hoarse but relieved voice.

"I'm here James. You can go back to sleep." She said in a quiet voice.

"I'm glad you're okay Lily." James said and than he closed his eyes and fell back asleep.

Lily pulled the blankets over his sleeping form and than went to leave the room and go back asleep herself.

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Lily awoke the next morning to the feeling of two big lumps that had just jumped on her bed. What is going on she thought to herself as she opened her eyes tiredly and then sighed to see that it was just Sirius and James.

"It's Christmas morning Lillllly wake up!" Sirius drawled out in an excited voice.

"It's time to go eat and then open gifts." James chimed in the other side and Lily rolled her eyes at the two young men looking at her with excitement in their eyes.

"Okay, okay I'm getting up already. Wait a minute…what time is it?" Lily asked suspiciously as she pushed herself out of bed and pulled on her fleecy purple robe.

"We let you sleep in since it's your first time with us for Christmas. It's eight." James said nonchalantly.

"Eight in the morning!" Lily asked as she whirled around to look at them.

"No, it's bloody eight in the evening." Sirius said sarcastically and Lily glared at him and said dryly, "Har har."

"We're wasting precious time. C'mon let's go downstairs." James said and he grabbed Lily's arm and marched her out of the bedroom and down to the kitchen with Sirius following closely behind.

In the kitchen they found Cynthia and John seated at the table with a plate stacked with delicious looking golden pancakes. Lily felt her mouth water at the smell and the three of them took their seats at the table. James pulled the silver pitcher of syrup towards him and he soaked his pancakes with the sauce.

"How're you feeling this morning Lily?" John asked politely as he wiped his mouth with a napkin.

"Much better thank you." Lily said with a smile and she too drizzled the sauce over her pancakes and than passed it to Sirius who was impatiently waiting for it.

"That's good dear." Cynthia said in a kind voice

Lily ate her food in silence as she listened to John tell James and Sirius about the teams who were most likely going to be qualifying for the World Cup that was approaching rapidly in three months. Lily watched James as he excitedly told the rest of them about how they were going to qualify for it and play Bulgaria for their first game.

After breakfast all five of them headed into the living room where the tree was and the many colorful gifts that lay underneath it. Lily slid into the loveseat with James and Sirius strung himself into a big leather chair next to them. John and Cynthia sat next to the tree in a burgundy loveseat.

For the next three hours there was countless ripping and tearing. Lily was astonished when she found out that James parents had gotten her something. They had given her a beautiful leather bound book filled to the brim with complex and interesting Charm spells. Lily's face glowed as she ripped off the wrapping of it and she gave them each a hug.

Sirius had given her an Ireland quidditch team jersey much to the dislike of James. Lily pulled it on over her pajamas and James gave her a pout.

Sirius had laughed when he opened Lily's gift and he pulled it on his head. He looked quite handsome in it and so did James when he pulled on the dark green scarf she had given him. She smiled at him softly as he took her hand and pulled her out of the room.

"Thanks for the scarf. I'll wear it with my Quidditch robes as a good luck charm." James said and Lily squeezed his hand.

Lily looked at him with big eyes as he slowly leaned towards her. Their lips met and Lily felt an explosion go up behind her as she felt the electricity slip from his body to hers. She held his kiss and then they broke apart.

j"C'mon, I want to give you my gift." He said in a hoarse voice and Lily nodded to him, following him back into the room.

When they got back in Sirius raised his eyebrows at them but didn't say a word though Lily could tell by the small smirk forming on his face meant he knew what had just happened.

James walked over to the tree and than stuck a hand in the back. He fished out a medium sized box wrapped in bright paper and a big red bow on the top. He handed it to her and Lily noticed that there were holes poked in on the side of the box. She raised an eyebrow at James and than cautiously slid the top of the box off.

Lily suddenly heard a 'meow' and she let out a laugh as she peered into the box already knowing what it was.

"Oh James!" Lily breathed as she picked up the gorgeous little kitten from the inside of the box and she placed it on her lap. It had been sleeping so it let out a few kitten yawns and than peered up at Lily with bleary eyes. Lily's own eyes widened as she saw the color if its eyes.

"Bloody hell, its eyes are the same color as yours Lily!" Sirius said as he walked around to get a closer look.

"Sirius, watch your language!" Cynthia scolded lightly and she smiled as he patted her hand.

"D'you like her?" James asked in an anxious voice and Lily smiled at him. "She's wonderful. I love her."

"Well you need to give her a name." Sirius said in a matter of fact voice and Lily grinned at him.

James however looked at them all with sudden nervousness and said sheepishly, "Well you know…she already answers to one name. It was being lazy one day so the cashier called it a name and now the cat wouldn't answer to anything else."

"What is it than?" Lily asked interestedly as she watched James squirm.

"Dopey." James said with the air of embarrassment.

"James!" Four choruses of voices than said.

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Lily, James and Sirius sat out in the 'sunroom' upstairs. It was originally the sunroom but became the starlight gazing in the winter. There were some comfy couches and chairs in there and the walls and sides were all enclosed glass so they could look in the sky.

Lily was sitting on a round chair with her new kitten on her lap. She had dubbed the kitten Doe for short because she really didn't want to call it Dopey. She grinned at that morning's events and knew she would never forget it as long as she lived.

James's parents had left again that evening to go into the Ministry. There were some shifty characters that had entered the building that afternoon and they wanted Cynthia and John to come down and check on them. James and Sirius were also spread out in round chairs and they both were gazing into the sky in silence.

"So did you have fun with us Lily?" Sirius asked as he stretched out his body and than put his arms behind his back in a sign of comfort.

"Yep. It was pretty crazy." Lily said contently.

"You're right." James said from the other chair.

Lily sat back in her chair unknowing to her that this time might be one of the last where she would be with her two friends, enjoying each others company and not worrying about …other stuff.

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A/N: Bahahha I actually got it out way faster baby! And oh man I was supposed to be studying for my Biology exam. I did get two hours of math tonight though so I'm thinking I deserved this time to just type. So big stuff is about to begin next chapter. It shall be interesting.

Oh and I know that Petunia didn't have a child before Dudley (or that we know of) but I couldn't of even injured Dudley because Dudley and Harry came around about the same time. It's gonna be a little while longer before Lily even begins to think about that kind of stuff..especially with dear Jamsie

Anyways pleeeeeeeeease REVIEW! I'll love you forever.