A/N: Wow, I didn't update for over two months! That's horrible! Well, I'm very sorry for that, I've been struggling with friend, family, and school issues lately. Thanks for the great encouraging reviews everyone, and I hope you all enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 8

A Girls' Day Out...?

"Lily sweet heart, its time to wake up! Breakfast is ready," Rose could be heard tapping lightly on her bedroom door.

" Alright mum, I'll be down in a sec." Lily mumbled as she sat up and wiped off the drool that had dripped down her face during the night.

Lily, being the uncoordinated person that she was got up from her bed and tripped over her slipper, falling flat on her face and making a vase that was sitting on the edge of her night stand tip and shatter on the ground.

Her mother burst in through the door and shrieked, " Lilikins are you alright dear?"

Lily then rolled over, tears flowing heavily down her face... from laughing.

" Oh, my! What a complete git! Yes, Mum I'm fine." Lily said as she clumsily took her mother's out reached hand to help her stand up.

" You take after me for sure! I don't know how many times I've done that," Rose laughed along with her.

As she walked over to her wardrobe and picked out clothing for the day Rose began to walk out of the room.

"I'm just going to take a shower and I'll be down for breakfast, okay mum?" Rose smiled and nodded, and then turned to leave.

Lily walked into her bathroom and shut the door just as her mom walked in again.

" Oh, and I forgot to tell you, you have two letters that were dropped off by owls. The first owl was a sort of tawny looking owl and the second owl was a dark brown color."

She smiled, " Mallory and Amanda, okay thanks mum," she replied energetically.

Rose smiled and nodded again and this time actually left.

Taking a quick shower she stepped out five or six minutes later smelling like fresh apple blossoms in the spring. It was another one of her favorite scents. Lily pulled on a blue tank top with a pair of loose jeans and hurried into the kitchen. She didn't bother to blow dry her hair and since she was still 16, to her misfortune, that meant she definitely wouldn't be able to do it with magic.

Lily was happy to be home, but as everyone knows there are certain things that can just ruin your happy days and twist them around so that they are one of your worst days. This "certain thing" happened to be sitting in the kitchen snogging was her gag-rific devil of a sister and her walrus-like boyfriend. Neither her mother or father were in the kitchen at the moment, they were off doing who knows what, but if they would've seen Petunia and Vernon going at it like that they would've ripped off their faces, if the other hadn't already.

" Petunia dearest why don't you and your pig of a boyfriend go eat each other's faces somewhere where I don't have to watch... unless you would like me to get a video tape and show it to mum and dad when they get back."

As she sat down at the table and started to eat the food that her mother had left out for her, Petunia and Vernon stopped kissing for a second making a disgusting suction-like noise sound through out the kitchen. Lily rolled her eyes and stared long and hard at her eggs trying to ignore the make out sound effects.

" Lily why don't you move your bloody arse into another room, we were here first." Petunia said in a hissing sort of way.

" Now you know mum doesn't like it when we don't eat in the kitchen, shame on you!" said Lily in fake shock.

Petunia stuck her nose in the air and grabbed Vernon's fat plum-like hand together they stormed out of the room. As she passed Lily she pretended to accidentally walk into her, knocking Lily out of her chair and sending her plate all over her head.

" Bitch," she mumbled as her sister snickered and walked out of the room giggling alongside her boyfriend.

Unable to finish her breakfast, which was now in her hair and most uncomfortably down her shirt, she ran back upstairs after cleaning up the mess in the kitchen and took another shower. When she came back downstairs she realized that she had completely forgot about the letters from Mallory and Amanda so she picked them off of the window ledge and then climbed the stairs once more. Her room was the only private spot she had in the entire house and she would rather not have her sister reading the letters over her shoulder.

Sitting cross legged on her soft carpet she opened the first letter who was from Mallory.

Hey!

I just wanted to let you know I got back safely as well and that I did receive your letter. We should get together sometime soon. Oh, and over the span of the school year your mother and father have some how convinced both my mother and father and Amanda's to get a teletrone, or whatever it is, I really don't know. Anyway, here is my number 7-881-0916. Call me sometime, I have to learn to use this confuddling thing.

Mallory

Lily grinned, teletrone? Honestly her friends had some serious problems. She put that letter down and picked up the one from Amanda.

Lils,

Hi, I got your letter. Also heard that you and James are getting along now, that's great! I'm sure you've already got Mal's letter so here is my felitone number 7-102-3078. Mallory and I were talking about all of us getting together sometime soon, so give me a call! Well, mum needs the owl so I have to hurry, talk to you later!

Amanda

She was now laughing out loud and rocking back and forth, " Oh, so first it's teletrone and then its felitone, what a creative way of saying telephone,"

Lily set the two letters on her desk and decided to call Mallory, since Amanda was probably over there anyway. She dialed the number quickly and waited for her friend to answer.

( Bold is Mallory/Amanda, normal is Lily )

Hello?

Mal?

Lily?

Hi! How are you?

Oh, I'm fine, it's so good to hear from you! It seems like we haven't talked in years... but it's only been

A day.. I know. So I got the letters, is Mandy there with you?

Yeah, she's right here. ... Mandy, you wanna say hi? distant talking and rumbling

Hi, Lils! How are you? I miss you!

I'm good, I miss you guys too! So, what do you girls think about going to Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade for a bit? And maybe you two could stay the night, that would be fun!

Oh that sounds great! Lemme ask Mal,... talking in background. Yeah, Mal's up for it too, we will talk to Mal's parents and call you back in a little bit okay?

That sounds good to me! I'll tell my parents too, you guys going to floo here if you can come?

Uhh, mmm... yeah that sounds good, floo should be alright.

Okay then, talk to ya later! Tell Mal I say bye!

Okay, bye!

Lily hung up the phone and walked out of her room to tell her parents about their plans. She found her mother in the kitchen cleaning the floor with a muggle device called a mop.

" Mum, would it be alright if Mal and Mandy floo-ed over through the fireplace and stayed the night?" she asked innocently.

" Yeah, that sounds okay to me, when are they coming?" Rose asked, placing the mop in the bucket and resting on the handle.

" Well, they're going to call me back after they ask they're mum and dad. Oh, and we were planning to go out for the night so do you think I could pull out my old car?" Lily asked again smiling sweetly.

She looked hesitant at first but then nodded, " I suppose. I remember when I was a teenager, so I'll let you go."

" Thanks mum!" Lily hugged Rose and then started off towards her room, but before she could even reach the stairs her mom called back to her.

" Lillian get back here,"

" Coming,"

Her mom looked at her sharply and said, " Now, if you are going to go out you have a curfew to follow, no later than one, understood?"

She smiled and started walking off, " Loud and clear!"

Lily sat in her room and wrote in her diary for the next thirty minutes waiting for the phone to ring, and when it did she locked her diary and picked up the phone.

Hello?

Hey, is this Lily?

Nope she died.

Ha ha ha, real cute. Well, sorry it took so long but we had to pack!

squeal

So, you can come then?

No, we just packed for fun! Yes, of course you dolt!

Alright, when are you coming?

Um, now! Duh. Your on a roll today Captain Obvious! laughing We'll be over in your living room in about... fifteen seconds!

Okay, see you then!

Can't wait.

Lily hung up the phone and ran out of her room and down the stairs, knocking over the on coming devil... a.k.a. Petunia, and skidding into the living room. She plopped down in an arm chair and waited for their arrivals.

She drummed her fingers so hard on the soft blue material that she was sure her neighbors would be able to hear, but Lily couldn't resist. Her friends would be here any second! And it didn't matter to her how long they hadn't seen each other, which just so happened to be that one lingering day, but she still missed them.

Suddenly a pop was heard and Mallory slid out of the large white-brick fireplace, coughing and covered in a greenish dust.

Lily rushed over to her friend and lended her a hand" Mallory! It's so good to see you!"

" I know! That whole day was just horrible! What are we going to do with ourselves? This is crazy."

She giggled and hugged her as another pop sounded and Amanda stepped out of the fireplace very skillfully and without a speck of dust on her.

Amanda smiled and ran over to Lily, rapping her in a rib busting hug, " I'm so glad to see you!"

She grinned, " I know, this is great we're all back together,"

Amanda turned to Mallory and snorted, " What happened to you? Did you fall into a pile of dirt or something? You look like you just stuck your finger in a socket!"

Mallory turned and scowled at her, " You're just as sweet as lemons aren't you? No, you git, I am not exactly a major in floo travel!"

She looked taken aback, but then smirked and turned to Lily, " Must be pms-ing," she whispered, Lily covered her mouth and had to turn around to keep from laughing.

" What was that?" she hissed viciously.

Amanda laughed and hugged Mallory who was so angry that she didn't know how to respond.

" Mal, I'm only fooling with you! You look fine, but goodness child I must give you some tips on floo travel!"

Her face lightened a bit but she still looked angry, " I'm going to go change,"

Amanda and Lily giggled and nodded.

" When you get back we'll head off to Hogsmeade!"

" Alright,"

" Hurry!"

XxxxxX

The three of them had just arrived in Hogsmeade and were eager to go shopping, so purses ready, and shoes secured they basically flew out of Lily's red mustang and into the crowded streets.

They were all together, and were going shopping, Lily didn't think it could get much better than this, but later her idea would turn on her and something totally unexpected would happen.

Lily, leading the pack, turned onto the sidewalk and began looking for clothing shops. Her favorite one was nearby, it was called ' Perfection'. All of the outfits would automatically fit to whatever size you were and made you look almost... well.. perfect!

" Oh, here it is, come on guys let's go in here, they have the coolest outfits!"

Mallory jumped up and down and clapped her hands like a little six year old with a box of chocolate frogs, " I love this shop! My mum used to take me here every year for my birthday!"

They stepped into the store and inhaled the wonderful smell of clothing. With one look at each other they smiled and ran off in opposite directions.

Lily went to the far left side of the store where all of the halters and tanks were. Just as she started to get into it she heard the clicking of heals behind her.

Behind her stood a plump woman with white wispy hair and rosy cheeks. " Would you like any help holding your things?"

Lily looked around the shop, grinned madly and nodded.

Fifteen Minutes Later

Anyone who would've seen that plump lady following Lily would've felt extremely bad for her.. if they could even see her under the large mass of clothing that was towering in her arms.

Lily was now taking every item out of her arms and placing them on the counter to be checked out. It took ten minutes to fully empty the womans arms. Feeling bad for her Lily opened her purse and pulled out a galleon and handed it to her.

" Thank you so much for helping me!"

The woman smiled and nodded, as she walked away she could be seen rubbing her shoulders and mumbling to herself.

Lily giggled and waited patiently for the woman to finish ringing up the items. A few minutes later Lily picked up her three stuffed bags and walked out of the store only to find Mallory and Amanda waiting for her, each with three bags or more as well.

They began to make their way down the path some more but then stopped, " Hey do you want to go to Tina's Ice Cream Shop?" Lily asked.

Mallory shrugged and nodded, " Yeah, that sounds good to me, what about you Mandy?"

" Sure," she replied.

With that they all turned around and walked into Tina's. Mallory was the oldest of the three and could legally use magic outside of school so she pulled out her wand and sent their bags back to Lily's room, with the flick of her wrist. They all stared at the menu debating what to get, but soon they had spotted their favorite ice cream of all time, Pixie Swirls. It was the best kind around, it was bright blue with whitish swirls that would remind anyone of a cloud and it just seemed to slide right down your throat.

All of the sudden a teen age girl appeared from a small door behind the counter. She had bright pink spiked hair with purple highlights and she was blowing and popping bubbles continuously. Her long hooked nose and beady watery eyes made her appearance very intimidating.

" Yeah, may I help you?" the girl asked rudely as she examined her long curving green nails.

Lily resisted the urge to retch right then and there, she was about the ugliest person that she had ever seen, but Lily was polite so she forced a smile and nodded.

" Yes, we'll have three of the Pixie Swirls,"

" Cone or cup?"

" Um, ..."

The girl sighed heavily and widened her eyes, " Look lady I don't have all day,"

Lily raised her eyebrows at the girl and said " Cones, please,"

" That'll be seven sickles and four knuts, be with you in a minute."

With that she turned on her heal and stomped through the door back into what must've been the kitchen.

Mallory sighed, " Well, she had good manners,"

" I know, her parents must be very proud," Amanda added sarcastically.

Lily just shook her head and laughed, " Someday it'll come back and hit her in the face."

" Yeah, I should do it now. That's what I wanted to do, but that wouldn't have exactly been polite," Mallory mumbled obviously annoyed at the girl.

Lily was about to respond to that but the door behind the counter busted open and out came the girl with a tray in her hands cutting the conversation short. She slammed it down on the counter, took the money from Lily and said "Have a good day," without any signs of emotion, she then went back to popping her gum and examining her nails.

Mallory took the tray and turned, but she didn't walk on, she stopped abruptly and stared ahead of her. Curious as to why she stopped so suddenly the two walked up next to her and followed Mallory's eyes to the other side of the room where, three boys with three cones of ice cream sat, smiling and laughing. The three boys' names just happened to be, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and James Potter, the three very boys that none of the girls expected to see.

Mallory squealed and roughly handed the tray over to Amanda, but the tray didn't stay in her possession very long because as soon as Mallory had made contact with Sirius, Remus was up looking over the shop for Amanda. So there Lily stood alone with a tray of ice cream that she and her friends were supposed to be eating together, but no! They saw their boyfriends and now all of that was just a memory, sure just ditch Lily.

Lily walked over to the table and slid into the booth, since Mallory was sitting pretty much on top of Sirius, and Amanda was sitting next to Remus she had to sit by James, which wasn't at all minded but still, she would've rather sat by one of her friends.

Since the four love birds were so deeply in conversation with each other, that once again left her to talk with James. But she liked that.. in a way.

James looked over at her and smiled, " Hey, how's everything going?"

She smiled back and scrunched her nose up, " Alright I guess, found my sister making out with her gay boyfriend in the kitchen though."

" Oh, man, that stinks I bet you were ready to hurl."

She giggled and nodded, " Yup," Lily picked up her ice cream cone and began to lick it.

" How's everything with you?"

He shrugged, " Okay I guess."

" Just okay?" she asked.

He opened his mouth to answer but was interrupted by Mallory, " Hey, Lils?"

She turned her attention to her friend and smile, " Yup that'll be me,"

" Would you mind if we went out with Sirius and Remus for awhile?" Mallory asked as innocently as possible.

Sure she would mind, it was supposed to be a 'Girls Day Out'! But that was already ruined.

" Nah, that's okay, just meet up at my car by twelve thirty," she looked at her watch, " that gives you about four hours."

Her face brightened and she leaned over to hug Lily, " Thanks Lils," she whispered in her ear, " your the greatest."

She just nodded as the four of them piled out of the booth, " See you later Lils," Amanda said as she took Remus's hand and walked out.

" Bye,"

James looked at her and grinned, " Well, what to do now, we're all alone."

Lily eyed him suspiciously, " Don't pull anything Potter,"

At first he looked surprised but then laughed when he noticed her smirking.

" So, you want to go for a walk or something, it's pretty nice out." he offered.

She nodded, " Sure that sounds good." Any time she had alone with him was great... now that she faced the fact that she was pretty much in love with him.

A/N: Okay, I have to end it here, the next chapter will probably be all about those four hours that they are alone with each other. So, give me loads of reviews and I'll post that as soon as possible! Thank you to all of my faithful reviewers who put up with my slow updating, I love you all!

Lissa