Current poll standings (I am going to keep reminding you!) It is a while before he will make another appearance so you have till them
a) No romance… we hate him1
b) No romance, just a friend0
c) Romance with Cheryl4
d) Romance with Hermione0
e) Romance with Schlen1
f) Romance with Bethany1
g) Other
Crush on Holly (think of Ron's reaction remembering he likes her) 2
You can still change this!! Every vote counts but as I forgot to say before I am perfectly open to any ideas at all these can be on plot, characters, ships etc. Just remember to include such ideas into your reviews.
James: Interesting. I suggest that Peter needs a girlfriend
What are you doing here? This is my note!
Sirius: I invited him
I don't know how you got here in the first place
James: Blame the God of Randominity
Sirius: Hail, God of Randominity!
Well next time can I have Lily or Remus? Someone sane?
James: I am sane
Sirius: Me too!
Anyway getting on with it…
James: What about Peter?
He does eventually
Sirius: Yea!
I am sorry for all the delays… I went on holidays and then had the School Certificate (fun)
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General POV
Harry was overly happy with his grouping, sure he wasn't with Ginny but this was a perfect opportunity to get to know his parents.
Once everyone else had congregated in their little groups Lily started "We have the middle of Australia to explore and ther isn't very much so…"
"Who cares about the rules?" James said "I don't want to go to a desert, let's invade the East Coast and go theme- parking!"
Bethany grinned "I agree besides they'll never know I heard they were going to Tasmania, which is south and we are going north"
Schlen who sat cross- legged on the couch said "Yeah, they're doing something that involves chocolate"
"But I'd be hypocritical" Lily pouted
"Please Lily" whined James puppy dog eyes out pulling one of Lily's hands into his lap massaging it.
Harry smirked at James, he could do better. He sat himself right beside Lily and resting his head on her lap caught her emerald green eye as he whined "Please… Mum?"
Between the two of them Lily broke.
"Fine" she said flustered
"Yes!" They leapt to their feet high- fived and ran upstairs to get their swimmers.
The girls exchanged looks before going upstairs to change into their bathing suits under their clothes.
"Where first?"
"Wet and Wild Water world"
Lily raised an eyebrow
"It is hot" consoled Schlen
They all wore just plain board shorts and tank tops over their swimmers. Lily was all in green, white and yellow, Schlen in pink and black and Bethany in blue and black. The boys were much the same and looked almost like twins opting for a very Gryffindor red, gold and black. However James seemed far happier to wear skin tight clothing than Harry.
Lily eyed James and Harry curiously before pulling at James' necklace
"Since when do you boys have matching shark tooth necklaces?"
"Since James conjured them up" said Harry
James winked suggestively at Lily "Don't they make us look manly"
Lily rolled her eyes while the other two girls giggled.
Bethany smiled "I can do better" with that she transfigured a trio of beautiful shell necklaces from pieces of paper with a grin.
James looked like he was about to retort when Schlen stopped him.
"I suggest you don't, she is very competitive. She and Holly are at it all the time, they are our transfiguration buffs"
"Are we leaving or what" quipped Harry
They appeared in the water park soon after and with help Bethany and James soon picked out the most thrilling water rides in the entire park, found in the H²O Zone.
"Come on!" yelled James as he shot to get into line "Lets do the Cyclone first"
The Cyclone was a ride shaped like a funnel on its side with a tunnel leading from a very high platform. People climbed the many stairs up the platform hauling the strange four leaf clover shaped floats to be launched down the steep tunnel into the funnel. They would rock a couple of times and then slide into the splash down pool through the hole in the funnel.
Lily stood stock-still she did not seem as enthused by the ride as her boyfriend was. You could physically see the blood drain from her face.
"You're not scared Lily, are you?"
"Nnnno" she stuttered "But we will be a five and the rafts only hold four, oh well, I'll just sit out then" she shot quickly
Harry shot her a disbelieving look "We'll just get two then"
"Uhhh"
James who had stared unbelieving her looked resolved "You're coming! No future Mrs. Potter is scared"
Lily glared at him, but he didn't back down and when she didn't move he lifted her cleanly over one shoulder like a bag of potatoes.
"Let me go you big prat! I never should have dated you! Let me down!"
But he kept strong carrying her with the two rafts being rolled up by Bethany, Schlen and Harry.
They made it to the top with her wailing the entire way.
"Potters first" puffed James dropping Lily in the seat between him and Harry.
Bethany noted he still clasped her hand to prevent her fleeing the situation.
The guy looked weirdly at the shaking pale Lily before pushing the three down the tunnel.
The ride was a blur to Lily, the surging water and the climatic drop before her and that feeling like she was about to tumble out of the float.
The adrenaline rush that followed however was like no other; the air caused by the boys leaning was fantastic. Her initial scream dissolved into maniac laughter as her red hair whipped around her face and water splashed around her.
"Lets do that again!" she pleaded to her pale boyfriend who it seemed had not enjoyed the drop as much as he made it out to be.
After Lily had satisfied her thrill for adrenaline and was talking with Schlen about some red- head related thing when Bethany noticed Harry and James heads together away from Lily sending wary glances in her direction.
"Ok what's up?" she asked
After a furtive glance at James, Harry said "We're planning a tourist hunt? You up for it?"
"I would love to" she grinned evilly
"Ok, lets see most points after 10 tourists pranked: 20 for a faint, 10 for a dropped food stuffs, 1 for a scream and 57 for a pant wetting episode. Minus points for laughing by said subject and even more if they are a wizard and get you back. Agreed?"
"Yes"
"Yep!"
"Why 57? Why not an easy number to add?"
"I like 57"
They crept slowly away from the other girls and set out on the hunt. James started with a well placed hair colouring charm causing the subject to scream when they passed the pool and dropped their drink in the pool, the coke bleeding in the clear water.
"Not bad only a 11 though" James stuck his tongue out at her
Bethany spotted a young female target "Watch this"
The girl walked past the pool and was admiring her skinny frame and preening like a pigeon. 'Plastic' though Bethany.
She charmed it so she appeared fat in her reflection; the girl promptly screamed and fainted. She grinned at Harry and James "21, I do believe"
"I can beat you both" smiled Harry and walked over to a group of sleeping sunbathers, he placed a cooling charm on a simple 50 cent coin.
Placing the coin on the man's forehead, Harry stepped aside as a wet pack spread on his trousers.
"Works just like running water" he bragged "and even a muggle can do it"
"57 to Harry then" James sighed
"That's not magic though" Bethany whined
"So? Harry is my son and I say it counts"
"Count this!" Bethany shot five muggles around her with charms which made them wet their pants. Harry's jaw dropped
"Five times 57, I do believe is 285"
"Not fair" James said and lunged at her
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!!!!" Lily seemed had found them.
"Uh Lily…hi?"
"JAMES POTTER WHY ARE YOU PRANKING INNOCENT MUGGLES!! AND LEADING YOUR OWN SON INTO IT WITH YOU!!"
"James I suggest you run" Schlen noted
He didn't need to be told twice and took off at top speed with the surprisingly fast redhead in hot pursuit.
After Lily had calmed down (a lot) the girls took her away from the boys for a nice peaceful time together.
"I'm exhausted" sighed Schlen as she and the other two girls floated around the large gentle loop of Calypso beach, the boys having gone to for the Cyclone again.
"Me too" said Bethany splashing her.
Schlen noticed Lily seemed to be drifting into a thoughtfully depressed silence.
"What's up Lily?"
"Oh" Lily looked up "I'm just processing what's happened in the last couple of days. Its hard waking up one day and discovering you're a mother and a wife"
"Think of it this way," said Bethany "You missed all the messy baby stuff"
"You can come back to that" piped Schlen
"I know but…well it's a lot of responsibility to be pushed on me now"
"Harry is a big boy, he can look after himself you know"
"Yes, but…"
"So he needn't be such a responsibility"
"And" added Bethany "He is from what I heard everything anyone could wish for in a son: brave…"
"Handsome…"
"Loyal"
"And an all around nice guy"
"Not to mention the saviour of the wizarding wor-" Schlen was too late to stop what had just slipped out of Bethany's mouth
"What?!" screeched Lily in a very Petunia- like way before her sudden movement sent her plummeting off the raft.
She came up seething "My son is…"
"We weren't supposed to tell you that and if we explain any further it will mess up your future"
Lily sighed "Has it go anything to do with the lightning scar?"
Neither girl replied but by the look in their eyes she could tell that it did.
"I won't tell anyone what you said"
"Thank you" sighed Bethany "You have no idea what mess that could make to the space- time continuum"
"How very Sci- Fi of you Bethany"
Through the rest of the ride giggling could all that was heard
"Girls and giggling I will never get" sighed Harry
James nodded.
The rest of the day continued in much the same way, no one but those three girls knew what had been divulged in that small mistake.
The next couple of days continued in the same way, sightseeing in groups. All of them grew closer. However Holly continued to dodge Ron's advances no matter how the girls worked to get them together even though her defences seemed to be slowly eroded away with each show of cute affection and the constant supply of red roses and chocolate. Alyssa and Sirius went round in circles she made up with him and he infuriated her yet again, for Remus to reconcile them yet again.
The Potters became a three unit pack with Lily relaxing and seeing that, no she didn't have to be too responsible for her boy who was probably more mature than her husband to be. Lily had been noticing Harry seemed to have been receiving a lot of mail lately. He got it two to three letters a day through his beautiful snowy owl. She wondered if they were from her or James, until when with Cheryl one morning found one on the coffee table.
"Are you going to read it?" asked Cheryl
She looked at her eyes glowing softly in the light "Would it be an invasion of privacy?"
"He is your son"
"I wish people would stop reminding me that"
"Its true" she pointed out as Lily opened the letter which had two hand writings through it:
Pup,
Everything will turn out ok. I am still trying to control P; you have no idea how miserable he is. It was particularly bad when you visited Grimmauld place with Alyssa; I had to lock him upstairs the poor lovesick puppy.
I am not lovesick!!
Wondered when you would arrive
Just hold out there pup, some bad stuff will happen but it'll bring you kids closer together
Kids? All of them are adults by Wizarding standards; I know you wouldn't appreciate being called a kid. Write back about what's going on. We are always here for moral support, even if P. is an idiot
Am not!
Bye Pup,
Bye Harry and don't listen to a thing M. says
I'll pretend I didn't read that
With love
M and P, the best
Cut it out!!
Lily smiled as she read the letter by the style of writing she had a vague guess who was writing but couldn't be certain.
"Any ideas?" asked Cheryl
"I do"