Chapter Seven:Friends At Last.
Lily wasnt let out of the hospital wing until fifteen minutes after the students were told to board the Hogwarts Express. She was told that Raven had packed all her belongings, so all Lily had to do was get on the train. As she boarded the train she heard a few Hufflepuffs talking about something. As she passed their open compartment they immidiately became silent. In fact that happened to her as she passed any compartment with a female in it.
She finally got to the end of the train and reached the last compartment. From the other side of the door Lily could hear Peter laughing as Raven cursed Sirius out. Lily opened the door as quiet as humanly possible she saw Raven looking for something to throw at Sirius. "Such a dirty mouth for a girl." Sirius said, mocking the way that Raven was shaking from anger. Peter was sitting near the scene laughing at the two. Lily looked around the compartment and found James and Remus in a corner talking quietly about something serious.It wasnt until her pet cat Midnight meowed that everyone noticed her......
During the train ride everyone was having a great time talking, laughing, and just joking around. At one point sirius sneaked a dung bomb and some filibusters fireworks into the hair of a slythrin girl with distgustingly thick hair. Everything was going great except the fact Lily and James hadnt spoken a syllable. No one was even sure if they knew the other was there. "How am I supposed to thank that boy that I have hated my entire life for saving me from fallingto my death." Lily thought to herself when she wasnt being spoken to. She remembered what happened last time she had tried to thank him and didnt feel like going through that again.
"How am I supposed to thank the girl that I have hated my entire life for saving me from dying in the hand of some unknown wizard."
James thought to himself. As he thought this he immidiately thought back to the couple of hours that they were all in the hospital wing. Madame Taylor was running around the room giving everyone potions for their diffferent conditions. The marauders had to take a lot of some poition that would quicken the process of regaining all the blood they lost. Raven and Simone were the only one's who werent hurt. They were cured with a simple spell. James remembered looking at the red head in the bed next to him, the only one who didnt awake.(She was given a sleeping drought to help rest to regain her energy.)But he didnt see the girl that he always took pleasure inteasing and torturing. Instead he saw some one completely different, if it wasnt for her, he wouldnt be alive.......
So the entire train ride went by and James and Lily never said anything to each other. As the train pulled up Every one said their final good byes to Tricia, Brynn and Warren who were all transferring to other wizarding schools.Brynn was transferring to a wizarding school in Switzerland,Brynn was moving to America and would continue her chooling there,and warren was moving to Germany......
As they stepped through th barrier the six friends were immidiately attacked with hugs from Mrs.Potter.(Peter's parents were waiting next to the train) When Mr. Potter finally pulled her off of them aloowing them to breathe, he asked everyone how they were doing. Then he turned to Lily and hugged her.
"Lily thank you for saving their lives. I dont know what i would have done if I lost either of my kids." Mr. Potter whispered in her ear.
"It was nothing." Lily said, hoping that he would let it go.
Mr. Potter quickly srtaightened himself up.
"Lily your parents couldnt find parking her so they are parked across the street.They are waiting for you in their car, I insisted that we could take you home but since it being your first year, they wanted to pick you up. Sirius your parents couldnt come get you so you will use the floo network from our house to get home."
"What a shocker." Sirius said sarcastically.
And with that the group separated. Simone found her parents in the crowd and left, promising to write. Remus spotted his mom and dad who had obviously not yet seen him, and said that he would see them during the break.....
Lily quickly found her parents and Petunia who had not seen her d walked as fast as she could to the curb, which wasnt very fast. She didnt realize how many things she had until now. Just as she was about to attempt to cross the street she heard a familiar voice behind her.
"Do you need any help?" Sirius asked with a grin on his face from watching Lily attempting to carry all of her stuff.
"Please." She said gratefully, not looking at James who was with him. When they made it to the car Mr.Evans hopped out apologizing for not seeing Lily with her things. James and Sirus quickly rejoined the rest of the Potters and left. During the ride home Lily told her family about everything that happened this year. By the time that she was done they had reached their home which was forty-five minutes away...
When Lily got home her dad unloaded her things and said that he would put them in her room for her to unpack. As she stood on her spacious lawn she took a look at her house. She didnt realize how much she missed it.
"Hey Lily welcome back." Lily wheeled around to her disgust to find Jeff Williams her annoying neighbor walking towards her.
"Crap, I forgot all about him." Lily muttered to herself. "Okay try to be nice."
"Hey there stranger. Where have you been?" He asked.
"School." Lily simply replied and turned to leave.
"What's the name of the school?" He asked following her.
"You wouldnt know it. Its quite far." Lily said wlking faster.
"You know those Potters just got back." Jeff said quickening his pace.
Truly getting aggrivated Lily reached her door and turned around.
" I know, we go to the same school."
And with that Lily opened the door and went inside, quickly closing the door behind her before he could ask anything else.....
Lily and Raven became closer than ever, they were practically sisters. And so far Lily and James had yet to speak to each other....
Knock, Knock "Lily are you done?" Petunia asked from the other side of the door. Today was Raven and James' birthday, and the Evans were invited to their home for their party.
"Yeah I'm ready." Lily yelled from the other side, giving herself a final look in the mirror......
"Welcome Everyone, we would like to thank you all for coming to our home to celebrate the birthdays of our two children, James and Raven." Mr. and Mrs. Potter said in unison.
And with that everyone moved into the massive dining room, where two hundred of their closest friends from the wizrading world were dining quite comfortably. Out of habit Lily went straight to the Library which always open to her. But to her surprise some one else was in there.
"Oh I'm sorry I didnt someone would be in here." Lily said apologetically.
"No, actually I was waiting for you." James said hesitantly and uncomfortably, but then he continued.
"I know you always come in here when there's a party. Um Lily I just wanted to say thank you, you know for everything." James said walking closer until he was right in front of her.
"Here." He handed here a large box wrapped in a metallic silver paper, with her name magically appearing all over it.
"James you didnt have to get me something." Lily said earnestly. That was the first time she spoke to James like that and actually meant it.
"Well I wanted to get you something."
"Can I open it now?" Lily asked turning the package over curiously in her hands.
"If you want." James said quietly.
Lily walked over to a desk in the corner of the room followed by James and opened the package.
"Oh wow I love it, thank you." Without thinking Lily hugged James but quickly backed away.
"Geez Evans you get that excited over a book?" Lily turned to see Sirius and Remus standing at the doorway with identical smirks on their faces.
"This isnt any book." Lily said .
"Oh how did you get a hold of this book James?" Lily asked. But with out waiting for his response she continued.
"Sirius this book isnt just any book. It has every spell known to man and it's charmed so that the book says the spell so you can learn it quicker. Oh I have been looking for this book since I went shopping for my school supplies. Thank you so much James." Lily said while flipping through the book.
"So I take it you like it." James said watching her.
"I love it., but why isnt it heavy? There's at least two thousand pages."
"My mom put a charm on it." James said simply.
As James walked towards the door Lily sat on one of the couches in the room and opened the book.
"Uh Lily?" Remus said.
"What? " Liy asked without looking up from her new book.
"Umm, we kind of came looking for both of you, it's time to eat, which means you have to put the book down." Sirius said wth a grin on his face.
"Oh right." Lily said slightly embaressed
Before they entered the dining room Sirius blocked the doorway.
"Sirius, what are you doing I'm starving." Remus said impatiently.
"Hold on a sec, would you?" Sirius said, now turning his attention to Lily. He then pulled out "Every Spell, Incantation,Hex and Charm"(the book that James gave to Lily)
"Sirius how did you get that? Give that back right now!" Lily said while Sirius was holding it up in the air keeping it of her reach.
"Slow down there sparky." Sirius said, while lowering his arm. He placed the book in front of Lily and began to speak in a would-be official voice.
"What is he up to know" Remus whispered to James.
"I dont know." He whispered back.
"Would you please place your wand hand on the book.Do you Lily, whose middle name I havent found out but dont worry I will, promise that you will not direct any magic towards the following people:Remus Julius Lupin, James Byron Potter and your truly Sirius. That includes throwing any type of silverware towards the mentioned parties. If you break this agreement I burn your book do you accept?"
Remus and James were laughing hysterically behind them.
"Oh shut up Byron and Julius." Lily threw out at them,effectively silencing them.
"Oh f#$% off."
"Of course madam" Sirius said bowing so low that James and Remus erupted in laughter again. After Lily left James asked,
"Hey how come you said our full names but you didnt say yours?"
"Are you kidding that just embaressing." Sirius said.
"Gee thanks." James replied.
"Any time buddy." Sirius said enthusiastically, clapping James on the back.
"Okay everyone please follow me it is now time for the birthday boy and girl to open their gifts." Mr. Potter announced. Raven and James took turn opening gifts, after which they would thank the sender. Raven was now done with her pile, more than content with her gifts (Lily had given her what Raven thought was the best gift ever, a full expense paid invitation to go with her to what was said to be the best muggle spa for an entire weekend.). James on the other hand had two left. One was a long oblong box.
"Gee, if this is a casket I promise I will clean my room." James joked.
"We could only be so lucky." Almost everyone thought jokingly. But low and behold it was to his delight the latest broom, the 'Sonic Star'. They were now second years which meant... well duh it meant Quidditch !!!!!!
"Wow thanks mom and dad, this is what I really wanted!" James practically shouted since his parents who were in the back of th room.They never forgot about the prophecy, and they were standing in the back of the room watching who they knew with all their might would be their daughter- in- law."I'm gonna go to Diagon alley tomorrow, and get a cleaning kit for it."
James then picked up the last box, he turned it over only to find no name. Without asking who it was from he tore it open. He open the box, only to discover it to be empty. Just as he looked up questioningly at the crowd one of his cousins by the name of Elizabeth gasped "James look." As everyone crowded around him a certain redhead appeared on the exact same broom that James had just received. He watched in curiosity as she flew around the box. After a few seconds the miniture Lily stopped flying and reached in her robes and pulled out a box.
"Hey Potter this is for you." The miniture Lily said. After staring for a few seconds the miniture Lily got tired of holding the package which the size of a cottonball.
"Hey my arms arent made of steel oh smart one."
"Oh uh okay." James, for the first time since he opened the gift looked towards Lily who simply mouthed take it. As soon as he took the tiny package It instantly grew to the size of a pillow. Miniture Lily then disappeared into thin air while singing 'Happy Birthday' Everyone then clapped and turned towards Lily saying that was an excellent gift.
"Well James open it." Sirius said impatiently.
As James opened the box he half gasped.
"Lily how did you know?" James asked while pulling out the very same kit that he was planning on buying the next day. Everyone then turned to Lily waiting for an answer, especially the Mr. and Mrs. Potter.
"Well while I was in the hospital wing I simply bewitched the miniture me to give you something dealing with whatever gift that you like the most. And than I bewitched the mini me to come out dressed in something relating to the topic."
"Wow ..... Thank you." James said suddenly aware of the fact that everyone was now watching him.
Later that night after everyone had left, Mr. and Mrs. Potter were in their room discussing Lily's gift.
"That was a very good gift, I certainly would have never thought of that, and I am his mother." Mrs. Potter stated quite happy.
"Yeah, and I am sure that you noticed they didnt argue once this evening, that is quite an improvement." Mr. Potter said while taking his glasses off.
" Oh Anthony, Lily has to be the girl in the prophecy, she just has to be. I will cry if she isnt.
"You know what Mona, I think I will too." He said jokingly.
"Oh Anthony, you still dont think it's her ?" Mrs. Potter asked.
"It's not that I dont think its her, its just I dont want to get my hopes up and find out that its not Lily."
"I understand." Mrs. Potter said gently, and on that note they fell asleep.
Down the hall from their bedroom, James was sitting at his desk looking at all of his gifts until he landed on the one that was from the girl whose bedroom window was right across from his.Everytime his eyes fell on Lily's now dark window he thought about all of the hard work that she must have put in for his gift. "I'll just make sure that her birthday gift is just as good." He thought to himself. What ever the gift would be, he would have only a few weeks to produce it.....
As Lily lay in bed waiting for herself to fall into a peaceful slumber she kept thinking about the huge grin that was on James's face, when he watched her gift perform. "You know, if he worked out a bit James would be kind of cute." Lily thought to herself, but she quickly pushed that thought out of her head....
"Lily are you ready?" Mrs. Evans called from her bedroom.
"Been ready for like fifteen minutes." Lily yelled from their family room which was downstairs.
Today was Lily's birthday and they were off to 'Heaven's Garden' which was rumored to be the best spa in the muggle world.
"Well while you are waiting can you go next door and get Raven, while Petunia and I finish getting ready."
"Okay mom, I'll be right back."
Today was Lily's birthday, and instead of having a party Lily decided to do something different. She always wanted to go to this spa so decided to do it on her birthday. Mrs. Evans was very appreciative of this decision, for she had been swamped with work for the past four weeks and seriously needed a break from the anxiety of the fashion world.
As Lily walked towards the Potter's door she immediatelybegan to think of something that had been troubling her for the entire summer. "Where was Peter the night the attack happened at Hogwarts? I know I saw him fly up to the roof with James, Sirius, and Remus.Her thoughts were soon interrupted, by James who had just opened the door.
"I didnt even ring the door bell." Lily said aloud, more to herself than to James.
"Well actually I was on my way to give you your gift since your not having a party this year." James said, quite uncomfortable.
"Well you didnt have to get me anything, saving my life was quite enough." Lily grinned nervously. That was the first time Lily ever smiled at James for anything in her life. After her seeing her smile at him, all of James seemed to relax from the uncomfortable state that he was in. For the first time he felt like he could talk to Lily Evans.
"Well that didnt stop you from getting me anything for my birthday." James cautiously gave a smile back.
"Maybe, just maybe we can be friends." Lily thought to herself.
"Maybe just naybe we can be friends." James thought to himself.
As soon as they went inside, James went to go get Raven, who was still getting ready. He came back to find Lily curiously turning over the two packages that he had just given to her.
"You know, you can open them. I mean I didnt buy them so that they could stay wrapped up."
"Oh, well I didnt know that I could open it now." She replied with a slight defensive tone in her voice, but all the mean while having a slight smile on her face. As it turned out James had bought her a 'Sonic Star' of her own with her name engraved in black lettering, it went really nice against the the cherry wood that the broom was made from. The second gift was a music box that had a bewitched ballerina dancing around the box to an enchanting tune.
"I didnt know what to get you so I thought to myself what would you want? And then I realized that you were a tom boy but at the same time you can be as girlie as Raven. So I got something that fit both sides. The music box magically changes to fit with the season."
"James they're both wonderful, thank you."
For the second time in their lives Lily hugged James, but shockingly enough he hugged her back. As soon as they separated Raven came walking through the door.
"Hey Lils. Happy Birthday." Raven said as she handed Lily a package. "This is from mom and dad, they had a wedding in Austalia to go to. I dont think they will be back for a week." Raven said, while trying to pick up her bag that until now she was dragging. "I'll give you your gift when we get to the spa." Raven said winking.
"So your going to be here alone." Lily said, turning her attention to James.
"Yeah." James said.
"Yeah its no biggie, he's been left alone since he was seven." Raven said in a hurried tone.Raven had been giving the two of them suspicious glances ever since she entered the room.
"What's going on with these two ?" Raven kept thinking to herself. Maybe its some sort of spell effect. "Cuz I know these two arent friends. But maybe just maybe what me and Simone discussed in the dorm room is actually gonna happen. I wouldnt be surprised if it did. Actually it would be kind of nice, She would be good for him. But what an I talking about? I cant even be sure that they are even friends yet. I'll just have to discuss this with Sirius, Remus, and Simone ASAP."
As Raven picked up one of her bags Lily went to go pick the other two up, before she could even make one step James picked took both bags out of her hands and headed to the car which now had a waiting Petunia and Rose Evans.
"That's one thing about James that surprises even me, and I'm his twin." Raven whispered to Lily since they were right behind him.
"What ?"
"He maybe a complete idiot at times, but when ever its necessary he's a complete gentleman."
"Like how ?"
"Well like now, you could have easily just taken the bags. But instead he takes them to the car himself."
"Thats true, they were'nt even heavy."
As they stood Behind James, Lily took into consideration what they had just talked about. When he placed he bags in the trunk he turned around and grabbed the one that was in Raven's hand before she could even make a step forward. Raven waved good bye as she got into the car. Lily on th eother hand ran into her house to put down her broom but chose to take the music box with her.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
I coulnt find a better title for this chapter..... See the thing with Lily and James is that they are not friends they just understand each other. And
I know the
story is kind of going at a slow pace, but I promise that t
things are gonna speed up soon.
Lily wasnt let out of the hospital wing until fifteen minutes after the students were told to board the Hogwarts Express. She was told that Raven had packed all her belongings, so all Lily had to do was get on the train. As she boarded the train she heard a few Hufflepuffs talking about something. As she passed their open compartment they immidiately became silent. In fact that happened to her as she passed any compartment with a female in it.
She finally got to the end of the train and reached the last compartment. From the other side of the door Lily could hear Peter laughing as Raven cursed Sirius out. Lily opened the door as quiet as humanly possible she saw Raven looking for something to throw at Sirius. "Such a dirty mouth for a girl." Sirius said, mocking the way that Raven was shaking from anger. Peter was sitting near the scene laughing at the two. Lily looked around the compartment and found James and Remus in a corner talking quietly about something serious.It wasnt until her pet cat Midnight meowed that everyone noticed her......
During the train ride everyone was having a great time talking, laughing, and just joking around. At one point sirius sneaked a dung bomb and some filibusters fireworks into the hair of a slythrin girl with distgustingly thick hair. Everything was going great except the fact Lily and James hadnt spoken a syllable. No one was even sure if they knew the other was there. "How am I supposed to thank that boy that I have hated my entire life for saving me from fallingto my death." Lily thought to herself when she wasnt being spoken to. She remembered what happened last time she had tried to thank him and didnt feel like going through that again.
"How am I supposed to thank the girl that I have hated my entire life for saving me from dying in the hand of some unknown wizard."
James thought to himself. As he thought this he immidiately thought back to the couple of hours that they were all in the hospital wing. Madame Taylor was running around the room giving everyone potions for their diffferent conditions. The marauders had to take a lot of some poition that would quicken the process of regaining all the blood they lost. Raven and Simone were the only one's who werent hurt. They were cured with a simple spell. James remembered looking at the red head in the bed next to him, the only one who didnt awake.(She was given a sleeping drought to help rest to regain her energy.)But he didnt see the girl that he always took pleasure inteasing and torturing. Instead he saw some one completely different, if it wasnt for her, he wouldnt be alive.......
So the entire train ride went by and James and Lily never said anything to each other. As the train pulled up Every one said their final good byes to Tricia, Brynn and Warren who were all transferring to other wizarding schools.Brynn was transferring to a wizarding school in Switzerland,Brynn was moving to America and would continue her chooling there,and warren was moving to Germany......
As they stepped through th barrier the six friends were immidiately attacked with hugs from Mrs.Potter.(Peter's parents were waiting next to the train) When Mr. Potter finally pulled her off of them aloowing them to breathe, he asked everyone how they were doing. Then he turned to Lily and hugged her.
"Lily thank you for saving their lives. I dont know what i would have done if I lost either of my kids." Mr. Potter whispered in her ear.
"It was nothing." Lily said, hoping that he would let it go.
Mr. Potter quickly srtaightened himself up.
"Lily your parents couldnt find parking her so they are parked across the street.They are waiting for you in their car, I insisted that we could take you home but since it being your first year, they wanted to pick you up. Sirius your parents couldnt come get you so you will use the floo network from our house to get home."
"What a shocker." Sirius said sarcastically.
And with that the group separated. Simone found her parents in the crowd and left, promising to write. Remus spotted his mom and dad who had obviously not yet seen him, and said that he would see them during the break.....
Lily quickly found her parents and Petunia who had not seen her d walked as fast as she could to the curb, which wasnt very fast. She didnt realize how many things she had until now. Just as she was about to attempt to cross the street she heard a familiar voice behind her.
"Do you need any help?" Sirius asked with a grin on his face from watching Lily attempting to carry all of her stuff.
"Please." She said gratefully, not looking at James who was with him. When they made it to the car Mr.Evans hopped out apologizing for not seeing Lily with her things. James and Sirus quickly rejoined the rest of the Potters and left. During the ride home Lily told her family about everything that happened this year. By the time that she was done they had reached their home which was forty-five minutes away...
When Lily got home her dad unloaded her things and said that he would put them in her room for her to unpack. As she stood on her spacious lawn she took a look at her house. She didnt realize how much she missed it.
"Hey Lily welcome back." Lily wheeled around to her disgust to find Jeff Williams her annoying neighbor walking towards her.
"Crap, I forgot all about him." Lily muttered to herself. "Okay try to be nice."
"Hey there stranger. Where have you been?" He asked.
"School." Lily simply replied and turned to leave.
"What's the name of the school?" He asked following her.
"You wouldnt know it. Its quite far." Lily said wlking faster.
"You know those Potters just got back." Jeff said quickening his pace.
Truly getting aggrivated Lily reached her door and turned around.
" I know, we go to the same school."
And with that Lily opened the door and went inside, quickly closing the door behind her before he could ask anything else.....
Lily and Raven became closer than ever, they were practically sisters. And so far Lily and James had yet to speak to each other....
Knock, Knock "Lily are you done?" Petunia asked from the other side of the door. Today was Raven and James' birthday, and the Evans were invited to their home for their party.
"Yeah I'm ready." Lily yelled from the other side, giving herself a final look in the mirror......
"Welcome Everyone, we would like to thank you all for coming to our home to celebrate the birthdays of our two children, James and Raven." Mr. and Mrs. Potter said in unison.
And with that everyone moved into the massive dining room, where two hundred of their closest friends from the wizrading world were dining quite comfortably. Out of habit Lily went straight to the Library which always open to her. But to her surprise some one else was in there.
"Oh I'm sorry I didnt someone would be in here." Lily said apologetically.
"No, actually I was waiting for you." James said hesitantly and uncomfortably, but then he continued.
"I know you always come in here when there's a party. Um Lily I just wanted to say thank you, you know for everything." James said walking closer until he was right in front of her.
"Here." He handed here a large box wrapped in a metallic silver paper, with her name magically appearing all over it.
"James you didnt have to get me something." Lily said earnestly. That was the first time she spoke to James like that and actually meant it.
"Well I wanted to get you something."
"Can I open it now?" Lily asked turning the package over curiously in her hands.
"If you want." James said quietly.
Lily walked over to a desk in the corner of the room followed by James and opened the package.
"Oh wow I love it, thank you." Without thinking Lily hugged James but quickly backed away.
"Geez Evans you get that excited over a book?" Lily turned to see Sirius and Remus standing at the doorway with identical smirks on their faces.
"This isnt any book." Lily said .
"Oh how did you get a hold of this book James?" Lily asked. But with out waiting for his response she continued.
"Sirius this book isnt just any book. It has every spell known to man and it's charmed so that the book says the spell so you can learn it quicker. Oh I have been looking for this book since I went shopping for my school supplies. Thank you so much James." Lily said while flipping through the book.
"So I take it you like it." James said watching her.
"I love it., but why isnt it heavy? There's at least two thousand pages."
"My mom put a charm on it." James said simply.
As James walked towards the door Lily sat on one of the couches in the room and opened the book.
"Uh Lily?" Remus said.
"What? " Liy asked without looking up from her new book.
"Umm, we kind of came looking for both of you, it's time to eat, which means you have to put the book down." Sirius said wth a grin on his face.
"Oh right." Lily said slightly embaressed
Before they entered the dining room Sirius blocked the doorway.
"Sirius, what are you doing I'm starving." Remus said impatiently.
"Hold on a sec, would you?" Sirius said, now turning his attention to Lily. He then pulled out "Every Spell, Incantation,Hex and Charm"(the book that James gave to Lily)
"Sirius how did you get that? Give that back right now!" Lily said while Sirius was holding it up in the air keeping it of her reach.
"Slow down there sparky." Sirius said, while lowering his arm. He placed the book in front of Lily and began to speak in a would-be official voice.
"What is he up to know" Remus whispered to James.
"I dont know." He whispered back.
"Would you please place your wand hand on the book.Do you Lily, whose middle name I havent found out but dont worry I will, promise that you will not direct any magic towards the following people:Remus Julius Lupin, James Byron Potter and your truly Sirius. That includes throwing any type of silverware towards the mentioned parties. If you break this agreement I burn your book do you accept?"
Remus and James were laughing hysterically behind them.
"Oh shut up Byron and Julius." Lily threw out at them,effectively silencing them.
"Oh f#$% off."
"Of course madam" Sirius said bowing so low that James and Remus erupted in laughter again. After Lily left James asked,
"Hey how come you said our full names but you didnt say yours?"
"Are you kidding that just embaressing." Sirius said.
"Gee thanks." James replied.
"Any time buddy." Sirius said enthusiastically, clapping James on the back.
"Okay everyone please follow me it is now time for the birthday boy and girl to open their gifts." Mr. Potter announced. Raven and James took turn opening gifts, after which they would thank the sender. Raven was now done with her pile, more than content with her gifts (Lily had given her what Raven thought was the best gift ever, a full expense paid invitation to go with her to what was said to be the best muggle spa for an entire weekend.). James on the other hand had two left. One was a long oblong box.
"Gee, if this is a casket I promise I will clean my room." James joked.
"We could only be so lucky." Almost everyone thought jokingly. But low and behold it was to his delight the latest broom, the 'Sonic Star'. They were now second years which meant... well duh it meant Quidditch !!!!!!
"Wow thanks mom and dad, this is what I really wanted!" James practically shouted since his parents who were in the back of th room.They never forgot about the prophecy, and they were standing in the back of the room watching who they knew with all their might would be their daughter- in- law."I'm gonna go to Diagon alley tomorrow, and get a cleaning kit for it."
James then picked up the last box, he turned it over only to find no name. Without asking who it was from he tore it open. He open the box, only to discover it to be empty. Just as he looked up questioningly at the crowd one of his cousins by the name of Elizabeth gasped "James look." As everyone crowded around him a certain redhead appeared on the exact same broom that James had just received. He watched in curiosity as she flew around the box. After a few seconds the miniture Lily stopped flying and reached in her robes and pulled out a box.
"Hey Potter this is for you." The miniture Lily said. After staring for a few seconds the miniture Lily got tired of holding the package which the size of a cottonball.
"Hey my arms arent made of steel oh smart one."
"Oh uh okay." James, for the first time since he opened the gift looked towards Lily who simply mouthed take it. As soon as he took the tiny package It instantly grew to the size of a pillow. Miniture Lily then disappeared into thin air while singing 'Happy Birthday' Everyone then clapped and turned towards Lily saying that was an excellent gift.
"Well James open it." Sirius said impatiently.
As James opened the box he half gasped.
"Lily how did you know?" James asked while pulling out the very same kit that he was planning on buying the next day. Everyone then turned to Lily waiting for an answer, especially the Mr. and Mrs. Potter.
"Well while I was in the hospital wing I simply bewitched the miniture me to give you something dealing with whatever gift that you like the most. And than I bewitched the mini me to come out dressed in something relating to the topic."
"Wow ..... Thank you." James said suddenly aware of the fact that everyone was now watching him.
Later that night after everyone had left, Mr. and Mrs. Potter were in their room discussing Lily's gift.
"That was a very good gift, I certainly would have never thought of that, and I am his mother." Mrs. Potter stated quite happy.
"Yeah, and I am sure that you noticed they didnt argue once this evening, that is quite an improvement." Mr. Potter said while taking his glasses off.
" Oh Anthony, Lily has to be the girl in the prophecy, she just has to be. I will cry if she isnt.
"You know what Mona, I think I will too." He said jokingly.
"Oh Anthony, you still dont think it's her ?" Mrs. Potter asked.
"It's not that I dont think its her, its just I dont want to get my hopes up and find out that its not Lily."
"I understand." Mrs. Potter said gently, and on that note they fell asleep.
Down the hall from their bedroom, James was sitting at his desk looking at all of his gifts until he landed on the one that was from the girl whose bedroom window was right across from his.Everytime his eyes fell on Lily's now dark window he thought about all of the hard work that she must have put in for his gift. "I'll just make sure that her birthday gift is just as good." He thought to himself. What ever the gift would be, he would have only a few weeks to produce it.....
As Lily lay in bed waiting for herself to fall into a peaceful slumber she kept thinking about the huge grin that was on James's face, when he watched her gift perform. "You know, if he worked out a bit James would be kind of cute." Lily thought to herself, but she quickly pushed that thought out of her head....
"Lily are you ready?" Mrs. Evans called from her bedroom.
"Been ready for like fifteen minutes." Lily yelled from their family room which was downstairs.
Today was Lily's birthday and they were off to 'Heaven's Garden' which was rumored to be the best spa in the muggle world.
"Well while you are waiting can you go next door and get Raven, while Petunia and I finish getting ready."
"Okay mom, I'll be right back."
Today was Lily's birthday, and instead of having a party Lily decided to do something different. She always wanted to go to this spa so decided to do it on her birthday. Mrs. Evans was very appreciative of this decision, for she had been swamped with work for the past four weeks and seriously needed a break from the anxiety of the fashion world.
As Lily walked towards the Potter's door she immediatelybegan to think of something that had been troubling her for the entire summer. "Where was Peter the night the attack happened at Hogwarts? I know I saw him fly up to the roof with James, Sirius, and Remus.Her thoughts were soon interrupted, by James who had just opened the door.
"I didnt even ring the door bell." Lily said aloud, more to herself than to James.
"Well actually I was on my way to give you your gift since your not having a party this year." James said, quite uncomfortable.
"Well you didnt have to get me anything, saving my life was quite enough." Lily grinned nervously. That was the first time Lily ever smiled at James for anything in her life. After her seeing her smile at him, all of James seemed to relax from the uncomfortable state that he was in. For the first time he felt like he could talk to Lily Evans.
"Well that didnt stop you from getting me anything for my birthday." James cautiously gave a smile back.
"Maybe, just maybe we can be friends." Lily thought to herself.
"Maybe just naybe we can be friends." James thought to himself.
As soon as they went inside, James went to go get Raven, who was still getting ready. He came back to find Lily curiously turning over the two packages that he had just given to her.
"You know, you can open them. I mean I didnt buy them so that they could stay wrapped up."
"Oh, well I didnt know that I could open it now." She replied with a slight defensive tone in her voice, but all the mean while having a slight smile on her face. As it turned out James had bought her a 'Sonic Star' of her own with her name engraved in black lettering, it went really nice against the the cherry wood that the broom was made from. The second gift was a music box that had a bewitched ballerina dancing around the box to an enchanting tune.
"I didnt know what to get you so I thought to myself what would you want? And then I realized that you were a tom boy but at the same time you can be as girlie as Raven. So I got something that fit both sides. The music box magically changes to fit with the season."
"James they're both wonderful, thank you."
For the second time in their lives Lily hugged James, but shockingly enough he hugged her back. As soon as they separated Raven came walking through the door.
"Hey Lils. Happy Birthday." Raven said as she handed Lily a package. "This is from mom and dad, they had a wedding in Austalia to go to. I dont think they will be back for a week." Raven said, while trying to pick up her bag that until now she was dragging. "I'll give you your gift when we get to the spa." Raven said winking.
"So your going to be here alone." Lily said, turning her attention to James.
"Yeah." James said.
"Yeah its no biggie, he's been left alone since he was seven." Raven said in a hurried tone.Raven had been giving the two of them suspicious glances ever since she entered the room.
"What's going on with these two ?" Raven kept thinking to herself. Maybe its some sort of spell effect. "Cuz I know these two arent friends. But maybe just maybe what me and Simone discussed in the dorm room is actually gonna happen. I wouldnt be surprised if it did. Actually it would be kind of nice, She would be good for him. But what an I talking about? I cant even be sure that they are even friends yet. I'll just have to discuss this with Sirius, Remus, and Simone ASAP."
As Raven picked up one of her bags Lily went to go pick the other two up, before she could even make one step James picked took both bags out of her hands and headed to the car which now had a waiting Petunia and Rose Evans.
"That's one thing about James that surprises even me, and I'm his twin." Raven whispered to Lily since they were right behind him.
"What ?"
"He maybe a complete idiot at times, but when ever its necessary he's a complete gentleman."
"Like how ?"
"Well like now, you could have easily just taken the bags. But instead he takes them to the car himself."
"Thats true, they were'nt even heavy."
As they stood Behind James, Lily took into consideration what they had just talked about. When he placed he bags in the trunk he turned around and grabbed the one that was in Raven's hand before she could even make a step forward. Raven waved good bye as she got into the car. Lily on th eother hand ran into her house to put down her broom but chose to take the music box with her.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
I coulnt find a better title for this chapter..... See the thing with Lily and James is that they are not friends they just understand each other. And
I know the
story is kind of going at a slow pace, but I promise that t
things are gonna speed up soon.