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Author's Note: Thanks to Desolation Lily, Monkey Gurl1, james' girl, SlythrnSecret822, SevenPeach, angrypickle, gatoriris, black and potter, lOvEiNhEaVeN, moony128, J.E.A.R.K Potter, and madison for reviewing! It means so much to me to hear what you think of it!

Lily landed with a 'pop' in front of James' house. She couldn't believe her eyes when she saw it; it was huge. She knew the Potters were one of the oldest, most respected, and richest families in the magic world, but she still gasped when she saw the house.

It was a huge, Victorian style house. There were three floors to it, and one area turned into a dome. Along the second and part of the third floors, there were balconies, making the house look even more elegant. Lily was amazed already, and she had only seen the front of the mansion.

James took Lily's bags in one hand, and with the other, he guided her into the house. Once Lily entered, she realized that the house extended backward, giving it an even more spacious feeling.

"James! Where have you been? I've had Lula search the whole house!" A woman with brown hair, and James' hazel eyes yelled. Lily thought that she must be James' mother.

"Mum, I'd like to introduce you to Lily Evans," was all James said, his voice was calm.

"Oh, my, forgive me dear. It's so nice to finally meet you, I'm James' mother, Linda," the woman told Lily.

"It's nice to meet you too, Mrs. Potter," Lily responded.

"Now, James, did you go to Lily's house?" her voice was kind and soft.

"Well, yes, you told me that I should invite her to come up, so I did," he explained. Lily had a feeling that James' mother hadn't really meant for Lily to come, but she wasn't about to make her leave.

"Well, I'll have Lula bring her stuff up to one of the rooms, and make up the bed. James, take her on the tour of the house, we don't want her to get lost," Linda pleasantly replied.

With that said, Linda left to go find Lula, leaving the couple behind.

"So, James, who's Lula?" Lily asked.

"Oh, she's just one of the house elves," he replied casually.

"You have house elves?" Lily asked.

"Yeah, I think there are five of them, or maybe four. I can't remember."

"You can't remember! James that's horrible," Lily told him.

"No, I just wasn't sure if one died yet or not," James explained.

"What? James, that's even worse." Apparently, he should have held his tongue at the last remark.

"Lils, let's stop talking about the elves, and I'll show you the grand tour," James told her.

Lily followed him into the dining room. It was truly gorgeous. In the middle was the table, which Lily could have sworn seated fifteen people. On the walls were paintings of who she was guessing, were James' family.

"Okay, this is the dining room. You can come down here anytime you're hungry, Fitz, another house elf, will pretty much always be in here," James told her.

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Once Lily was given the grand tour of the house, which consisted of the dining room, kitchen, two living rooms, a ball room, her bedroom, her own bathroom, and James' room. James decided not to take her to the other bedrooms or bathrooms. Lily was very tired from walking around the house, and James hadn't even gotten the chance to show her the outside yet!

Lily and James sat in the first floor living room, talking more about how each of their vacations had gone.

"Hello, you must be Lily," Lily heard a man say as he entered the room. As soon as Lily saw him, she knew that he was James' father. He had the same messy, black hair as his son. His built was similar as well, in fact, the only difference besides age that Lily noticed were the eyes. James had hazel, his father's were blue.

"Hello," Lily responded.

"I am James' father, Gerald," he told his son's girlfriend. "We are so glad that you could join us for the remainder of the break, and especially glad that you could make it to the party."

"Party?" Lily questioned.

"Oh, yes. Didn't James tell you about his mother's New Years Eve party?"

"No, but I'm sure that it will be delightful," Lily answered.

"Um, yes. Well, I'll leave you two alone, I've got plenty of things to do," Gerald told them. And with a smile on his face, he left the room.

"New Years Eve party?" Lily asked James, an expecting look on her face.

"Yes," he said shyly.

"And when were you planning on telling me about this?" Lily asked, trying her best to remain calm.

"Tomorrow," he answered.

"But James, tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I can't believe you didn't tell me, I didn't bring anything to wear. At least not for something that would satisfy the fanciness of your house!"

"I'll find something," he replied.

"I still can't believe you didn't tell me, you can be such an ass sometimes."

"You know what, why don't I get you something to drink," James offered, trying to find some reason to get out of the room.

James hurried out the room, and into the kitchen. He gathered up two glasses and filled them with butterbeer. On his way out, he saw his father standing there, a grin on his face.

"She's quite a catch you've got there son," Gerald remarked.

"Yeah, she's one of a kind," James replied. "Dad, why on earth did you have to bring up the party? I didn't tell her yet."

"I noticed that."

The two men stayed in silence for a little while, unsure of what to say next. But James soon broke the silence and said, "I really like her."

"I know you do. I can tell by the way you look at her."

"Really?" James asked.

"Yes, well that and the fact that you apparated over to her house, stayed there for dinner, managed to get her parents to allow her to come, and invite her here without asking your mum. Oh, and making your mum go crazy with worry about you while you were gone," Gerald replied with a smile.

James thought about what his father had just said and he too smiled. Never in his life had he done anything remotely similar for any girl before.

"I'd better get going back," James told his father. Gerald smiled, and James left the room to return to Lily.

Author's Note 2: Okay, compared to my last chapter, this one is really, really, short. Sorry about that! Anyways, please review! Oh, and here's a picture of James' house. I found it online and fell in love with it! (Okay, it won't let me put the website on this page, so I put the link in my profile- under Loving You)