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Chapter 2 Meeting Lily Evans

James and Sirius met up a week later at the Leaky Cauldron so that neither of their parents would have to face each other. Sirius helped James with his trunk as they walked out of the pub.

"I bet your parents just love living on the Muggle village," James laughed.

Sirius also laughed, but his expression then turned very serious.

"Well, he's still recruiting, isn't he," he asked.

James's eyes grew as Sirius looked down.

"Vol…" he began before he found Sirius's hand covering his mouth.

"Shhh, please. If you don't mind, try not to call him by his name while you're here," Sirius said.

James nodded as Sirius let his hand down.

"I understand," he said.

Sirius cleared his throat, causing James to get come back from his thoughts.

"Anyway, like I said. He's still recruiting. Next is Snape. That's why we moved last summer. They've been trying to convince him to join," he said.

"I forgot," James admitted.

James looked down.

"It won't be long now. If he doesn't make up his mind here soon, they'll give up. Mind you, they still have to wait until he comes of age before…" Sirius began.

James's head shot up.

"You mean kill him," he asked.

James gasped when Sirius nodded.

"Probably. I try not to act interested," Sirius said.

James sighed as he got glimpse of the Black's house.

"As much as I hate that greasy git, I'd never wish murder on him," he said.

Sirius breathed in heavily as they reached the door.

"I know what you mean," he said.

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The next day, the two were deciding on what to do for the day.

"Want to go to the park today," Sirius suggested.

James turned from making his bed and laughed.

"The park," he asked.

Sirius rolled his eyes. He knew the idea sounded childish to James.

"Oh, come on. You know we can't use magic outside school yet, and I know you don't want to be in this house all summer," Sirius said, tying his shoes.

"Alright, but why can't we go to Diagon Alley or fly or brooms," James asked.

Sirius looked down and laughed. James however, didn't look amused.

"One, great as Diagon Alley is, I'm pretty sure you'll get tired of it after a while, and as for the brooms… well, there really isn't a safe place to not be seen now, is there," Sirius asked.

James gave up and nodded. There was indeed no place in the village where they could ride their broom without being seen.

"When did Remus die and declare you the logical one," James asked.

The two began to laugh.

"James, when are you going to figure out the difference between Hogwarts and your home," Sirius asked.

"Guess you'll just have to wait and see," he said.

With that, they started towards the park. It was only five minutes away to James's relief. When they got there, a girl on the swings jumped off and ran towards them. Sirius smiled as James looked terrified. He had no idea why he was feeling this way. Was it her red hair… her infectious smile?

"I wondered when I'd be seeing you again, Sirius," the girl said.

James glanced over at Sirius, who didn't seem to realize he was looking at him

"Hi, Lily," Sirius smiled.

Sirius wore terrified look on his face too, but James figured their reasons were different as Lily turned and looked at him for the first time.

"And who's this?" No, let me guess. Glasses… messy, black hair. You must be James Potter," Lily said.

James gave a nervous laugh as he extended his hand to her. What else had Sirius said about him?

"Nice to meet you, Lily..." James began before realizing he didn't know her last name.

Lily bit her lip and smiled.

"Oh, how silly of me. It's Evans. Lily Evans," she said.

All this time, Sirius was glancing back from James to Lily in shock.

"Hopefully Sirius hasn't told you anything too bad about me," James said.

Sirius opened his mouth as James looked at him, but nothing came out. The sound of Lily's laughing had distracted them.

"Of course he hasn't. So, Sirius, does this mean I'll finally get to meet Remus and

Peter," Lily asked.

"Afraid not. Peter's with his parents in France and Remus's parents don't really let him stay with me because of the distance," he explained.

It was true that Peter was on holiday with his parents, but Remus was a werewolf and didn't feel comfortable staying over at anybody's house.

"I see. Well, I hope I'll be seeing more of you, James. It was nice meeting you again," Lily said.

James waved as Sirius fought out a laugh.

"You too. Bye," James said.

Sirius let his laugh come out when Lily was no longer in sight.

"I'd never thought I'd see this," he continued laughing.

James turned, confused.

"See what," he asked.

Sirius smiled and put a hand on James's shoulder.

"You, my friend, are falling for a Muggle," he said.

James looked down as he felt his cheeks get warmer.

AN:

I have finals coming up, so I'm sorry to say that I won't be updating that often.