A/N: Hey guys, so sorry for the long wait, I hope you like this chapter more than I liked writing it. I'm suffering from too much homework and writers block. Sorry guys, hope you like it anyway.. enjoy!

Chapter 7

Summer Begins

The last day at Hogwarts had rolled around and now Lily found herself glumly packing her trunk. The end of a year never pleased Lily very much because it was her favorite place to be so she wasn't very happy on this foggy evening. Although leaving Hogwarts would make it easier for her to avoid James ( even though all she wanted was to be friends again and forget everything in the past ), she still wasn't looking forward to seeing her sister and that Vernon guy snogging in the living room the minute she walked in.

Lily closed the lid to her trunk, jumped on top of it and locked it shut. She had so much stuff forced in there that she was sure it would explode any second so she scrambled off down the halls to meet up with the rest of her friends.

A few minutes later Lily was seated in the Great Hall across from Mallory, Amanda and their boyfriends. Unfortunately she had been forced to sit next to James so she was trying her best not to look at him, otherwise she might loose control of her mouth and find herself drooling over him as she did so often. Lily giggled aloud at the thought of the expression on her face when she was consumed in " Jamesie Land".

Mallory sent a curious glance at Lily and reached over to pat her friend's hand, " I see you've forgotten to take your 'sane' pills and instead took your 'in-sane' pills today, that's alright Lily, you'll be okay."

Lily looked at her friend and smiled, Mallory started laughing and soon Amanda, Sirius, Remus and James were too.

" Shut up Mallory, you git," Lily snapped jokingly, kicking at her from under the table.

Mallory grabbed her leg and burst out laughing, " Ow, Lils, you vicious little shit!"

Lily started to say something but was interrupted by the clinking of Professor Dumbledore's spoon on his golden goblet. The Great Hall went silent as he stood up from his seat and opened his arms to his many students.

" I am sorry to say that the end of yet another year has come to a close, but with every ending there is a new beginning. For some it may be buying a new house and getting a job, while for others it may be returning to Hogwarts for yet another wonderful year. Either way, I wish you all the very best of luck.

" Now as you all know at the end of every year every houses' points are counted and a winner is declared receiving the House Cup. The winner of this year is..." Dumbledore said raising his arms and making the blank flags above the many students change to the winning houses colors, " Slytherin!" Everyone sitting at the Slytherin table cheered loudly, tossing their hats into the air and doing little jigs every now and then, while the Gryffindors boo-ed as loud as they possibly could.

Lily's shoulders slumped and her hopes of winning the Cup were ran over by a million Hippogriffs as she watched Professor McGonagall shake Professor McClerk's hand half-heartedly. McClerk of course had to shake the other professors' hands but it was McGonagall who he had glared at as he shook her hand.

Dumbledore cleared his throat loudly and the Great Hall fell silent once again as he continued his speech.

" Yes, yes, congratulations to Slytherin! Now, I do believe that is about it, other than, study over the summer, don't get into trouble and never use magic outside of school! Have a wonderful summer, and let the last feast of the year begin!" he shouted cheerfully as the four tables filled themselves will plates of overflowing food.

Lily looked over at her friends and sighed heavily, losing was never a good feeling. After many minutes of awkward silence between the six of them Mallory slammed her fork onto the table and began fuming.

" How did they win! By cheating!" she said, her face turning red.

Amanda shrugged and continued to eat her food.

" I really honestly think they did! I mean how could they possibly win! Didn't we get highest scores on the O.W.L's!" Mallory shouted, now flailing her arms around as if she were mad.

Sirius grabbed Mallory's hands and said, " Mal, it's alright, it really isn't that big of a deal."

" Yeah, I mean they probably did cheat," James piped in.

Remus nodded, " How else could they have beaten us?"

Amanda snorted, " They probably put a spell on the teachers so that they would give out points consistently!"

Lily lifted her head from the plate and looked at Mallory, trying to put on a reasurring face, but inside she was cooking as well, " Just don't let it bother you too much, I'm sure we only lost by like one point ninety-nine points."

She seemed hesitant for a few seconds but then nodded, " I guess you guys are right, I dunno, I just don't think Snape's house should get the Cup."

Lily smiled, " Well, none of us do, but we can't act like it bothers us because then Snape would definitely make it clear that his house won, now wouldn't he?"

Mallory sighed heavily and nodded, " Guess you're right then."

The six of them continued to talk and on occasions made fun of Snivellus, and everyone knows that time flies when your having fun, so before she knew it Lily was dragging her trunk through the aisles of the Hogwarts Express, looking for an empty compartment. Amanda and Mallory had went to sit with Remus and Sirius so she was left all alone, which made her good mood disappear quickly.

Lily pulled on her trunk as hard as possible as she peeked into the last compartment on the train. She heaved a relieved sigh as she stepped into the empty compartment; pulling out her wand she muttered a spell and made her trunk float up to the storage rack.

She flopped down onto the soft seats thankfully and rested her head against the wall. No longer than three minutes and she heard a quite knock and the sound of the compartment door opening. Lily looked up to see who it was and could've just shit her pants at that moment.

" Hey," James said smiling sheepishly at her. " could I sit with you?"

She gaped at him for a few seconds but then cleared her throat and nodded, " Yeah I guess so." she said as calmly as she could.

He sent her his heart melting smile and then began to put his trunk away, " Thanks a million, I've been all over this train and this is the only compartment left! If you wouldn't have let me sit in here with you then I would be stuck standing in the halls!"

It took a lot of self control for her not to drool over him, it seemed that no matter what he did she thought he looked amazing; at that moment she would've given anything to be friends again.

" Uh, yep," she said focusing on the frost that was forming on the window, she checked her watch, 6:55 P.M. She would be arriving home in about two hours... two hours of not talking to him would be very difficult.

James sat down across from her and stared at her, she was about to ask him if she had something on her face when a calm voice came over the loud speaker.

" Thank you for choosing the Hogwarts Express today!" said the voice in a fake cheery matter, " Not like you really had a choice, eh!" it said sarcastically, " Sorry boss... anyway the Hogwarts Express will be leaving in five minutes! Have a nice day,"

Lily laughed at the silly announcement, she knew the person who had to do that and felt sorry for the young girl. She absolutely hated her job.

Glancing at James she noticed that he was still staring at her, and now it was starting to get annoying.

" What? Is there something on my shirt? In between my teeth? What?" she asked picking at her teeth subconsciously, Lily definitely would feel stupid if she looked like an asparagus was stuck between her two front teeth; especially being around him. It was hard enough to talk to him with out keeling over, much less talking to him with green fuzz growing out of your teeth.

James shook his head and turned towards the window. " Uh, no sorry, I was just thinking."

Lily shifted in her seat slightly, " What about?"

He looked at her sadly and said, " This may seem like a dumb question, but,... do you hate me? You always seem to avoid me, and run from me every time I get near, and I really don't understand why."

She looked down at her feet and mumbled, " No, actually just the opposite."

" Sorry, what was that? I couldn't hear you."

She lifted her head and shook it, " No, I don't hate you. I could never hate you,"

James sighed heavily and then did something she never expected to happen. He reached over and took her hands in his, " Lily, please, I am sorry for whatever I have done to make us... grow apart, as we have. I don't like it one bit that we don't talk anymore, or laugh like we used to. We were friends before... close friends and now we don't even say hi to each other. I'm really sorry, please forgive me."

For a second she was in a state of shock from the fact that she was holding James Potter's hand but soon came out of it and smiled; this was what she had been waiting for.

Lily pulled her hands from his and frowned, James' smile disappeared and was replaced by a look of sadness again, that is until Lily threw her self upon him in the tightest hug he had ever received.

" Of course I forgive you! I was stupid to avoid you for so long!" she said happily in his ear.

James hugged her back and remembered what he had read in her diary about her feelings for him, and he couldn't help but wonder if she still liked him like that; but, thinking wisely, he figured he would ask her about her feelings for him later. At the moment he would like to be no where else, in a compartment on the Hogwarts Express being hugged by Lily, was his life time dream just then.

She pulled away from the hug and smiled at him again, Lily couldn't possibly be happier than to be friends with James again.

" I'm so sorry for being such a jerk," Lily said looking out the window with a disgusted look plastered to her face.

" You weren't being a jerk, you probably had all the reason in the world to be mad at me. I can be quite the git sometimes,"

Lily laughed at this which made James smile. Being friends again made the trip back home much easier for both of the teens, especially Lily because she knew that being friends first meant that much more would come in the future. When the train pulled into the station she sighed unhappily and looked in his direction sadly.

" Well, I guess I'll see you next year," he said extending his hand.

Ignoring his hand she gave him a light hug, " Sorry, for everything James. I hope you have a great summer." with that she pulled away and kissed his cheek lightly.

James eyes widened and his heart began beating heavily in his chest, had Lily Evans just kissed him?

" Make sure to owl me, James," she grinned.

He nodded and smiled back nervously.. wait since when does James Potter get nervous!

She smiled at him and waved her wand, her trunk and owl cage now on the ground next to her, she picked up the cage and trunk and headed out into the chaotic halls of the train.

Once she had successfully found her way off of the Hogwarts Express she waited until she noticed her parents. Lily sat down her luggage and ran to her mother who was squealing and holding her arms out to her.

" Lily! I've missed you so much!" her mum said, giving her a tight squeeze.

" I missed you too mum,"

Lily then let go of her mother and turned to her dad. " Hey dad, I missed you loads too!"

" I'm so happy to see you again Lilikins!"

She winced as her father said her most dreaded nick-name, letting go of her dad she then turned to Petunia. She began to give her a hug but quickly decided against it, this was the sister she hated, the sister that tormented her, she wasn't getting anything but scowls from Lily.

Petunia glared at her, ignoring Lily's evil stare," Hello freak, I was hoping that you'd fall off the edge of a cliff and never return, but to my misfortune you didn't. What a shame..."

Lily laughed sarcastically, " Funny actually, I was hoping the same would happen to you."

With that she turned on her heal and picked up her bags, following her mother and father out of the train station. This was going to be one hell of a summer.

They drove home in silence, except for the few times Mr. and Mrs. Evans would ask Lily a question about school. Lily and her sister stayed as far away from each other as humanly possible, both staring out of the car windows with such intensity that it seemed as if they were studying the fibers in the glass.

After a half hour drive of consistent silence Lily got out of the cramped car gratefully. There stood her beautiful home. It was just as it had been the moment she left it, grass freshly cut, flowers and bushes all trimmed neatly. The yellow paint on the walls of the two story home shining in moonlight.

Lily smiled to herself and walked to the back of the car to get her bags, grabbing them she then walked into the house and plopped her bags down. She loved her home, it was cozy, clean, and always seemed to have a loving heir. If only Petunia would just go away everything would be perfect.

" Welcome home sweetheart!" Lily's mum said, giving her a light hug.

Her father walked in and smiled, " Do you need help getting your owl and trunk up to your room, Lilikins?"

" No, thanks dad, I can handle it." Lily then picked up her bags and walked over to the steps.

'I should have shrunk these bags, but then I couldn't reverse the spell because I can't do magic until my birthday!' She thought to herself.

When she finally got to the second floor she bent over and tried to catch her breath.

" Aw, is poor Willikins tired? To bad!" Petunia said, pushing Lily to the ground.

Lily scowled at her sister, throwing invisible daggers at her, " You just wait Petunia, when I turn 17 I will be able to do magic out of school and you'll be my first victim bitch!" growled Lily as she stood up from her spot.

" Oh, no you won't, I'll have Vernon go after you if you do,"

she laughed, " Oh what's poor wittle Verny going to do to me, while all I have to do is flick my wand and he's on the ground moaning? Hmm?"

Petunia continued to scowl at her sister with hatred, but figuring she had lost this battle she stuck her abnormally large nose into the air and stomped off childishly to her room. Lily snickered and picked up her bags again, continuing to her room.

When She walked into her room she was flooded with a heavenly scent, her favorite smell, apple cinnamon. She inhaled the lovely smell deeply, and pounced onto her bed.

Lily's walls were a deep red color with a silver and white border going all along the top and bottoms of her walls. Her carpet was a yellowish tone with a Gryffindor rug in the middle. She had a beautiful red oak canopy bed that was set off to the side next to a door that led into her large bathroom.

Lily was glad to be home, but she wished that her friends were there, she hated being alone.

She wondered if her friends would even come over at all over the summer, usually they did but now that they both had boyfriends it would all be different. Lily rolled over until she got to the edge of her bed and then hopped off and walked over to her freshly polished desk. She sat down and pulled out her pink quill and some parchment and began writing letters to her friend, letting them all know she was back.

Hey,

I just wanted to let you all know that I arrived safely and everything. Make sure to either owl me or call me on the telephone, that is if you have one. My number is: 7-437-3013, don't forget about me!

Lily Evans

After Lily had made four more copies of the letter, to send to everyone, she dropped her quill and walked over to her brown and white speckled owl. She attached the five letters to Stella's leg and patted her on the head lightly.

" Send these letters to Mallory, Amanda, Sirius, Remus and James for me Stella,"

Stella pecked her on the arm as a sign of understanding and then soared out of her open window and out into the starry sky. Lily watched her until she faded off into the horizon, she left her window open for Stella's return, by then Lily figured she would already be asleep.

Lily flopped down on her bed again and sighed, just as she began to get relaxed a knock was sounded at her door.

" Who is it?" She grumbled from underneath a pillow which she had covering her face.

" It's me," Rose Evans sounded cheerfully from the other side of her door.

" Come on in mum, door's open." Lily mumbled sleepily again, taking the pillow from her face.

Rose walked in clothed in a light blue nightgown with her long auburn hair flowing down her back. The nightgown hugged her curves and was a bit low cut in the front, showing a little, very little, bit of cleavage. Lily admired her mother's beautiful figure more than anything else in the world, she could only hope that one day she would end up just like her mother.

Her mum walked over to the bed and sat down next to Lily, stroking her hair lovingly.

" I just wanted to see if you were hungry, I saved you some roast chicken and potatoes if you want any."

Lily smiled up at her mum, " Nah, that's alright mum, I already ate at Hogwarts. You know, we always have feasts at the beginning and ending of every year so I'm stuffed. Thanks though."

" Oh, that's right, well you know me, Miss Forgetful I guess it's because I'm getting old," Rose laughed.

" You're not old mum! You still look like your twenty! It's fine everyone forgets"

Her mother smiled and kissed her daughter's forehead, " Aw, your so sweet thank you dear! Well, your father and I are off to bed, if you want anything just come get me. Love you, Lilikins, g'night."

" Night mum, love you too," Lily sat up and hugged her mum.

Rose smiled again and walked over to her door, " We'll be right down the hall!"

" Okay, night mum." with that her mother shut the door behind her and she could be heard shuffling down the hallway, into her own bedroom.

Lily looked over at the clock, 9:53, she yawned and got off of her bed, walking towards her wardrobe. She picked through the clothes until she found a pair of pink pj's with polar bears on them. Slipping out of her day clothes and pulling on her pajamas she then shuffled over to her bed, yawning widely again and slid under her warm fluffy feather quilt and fell fast asleep.

A/N: Okay, this chapter took forever to type as well as was pointless. I will try my VERY HARDEST to get out the next chapter soon. I'm sorry once again for the extremely long wait, don't give up on me guys! I try to update I really do! Please please review! I will update faster with more reviews Thanks guys!

Love,

Lizz