-1Title: One In A Million

Written By: Naveah :)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything…except for a few characters and the plot. The setting and main characters belong to the lovely J.K. Rowling!

Preface: It is said that Love is all about making sacrifices for the one you love, about fulfilling their happiness to its' utmost potential. Because the only reason to make you complete is just the fact of that person being happy, whether or not you are. Just seeing them happy is all you need to make yourself happy, even if you're not the reason for their happiness. Because that's what Love is. It's all about unselfishness. Giving more than everything without the expectation of gaining anything in return. To see their happy face, their smiling face is enough to live, it's enough to make you complete and if not happy in itself.

Summary: It is said that Kenneth Potter's vineyard was the birthplace of the best wine available in all of England. Many often wondered what was it that made the grapes so sweet? Kenneth Potter's famous answer was the perfect blend of ingredients, the perfect calculations of brewing, and love. Legend says that the sweetness of the grapes relies on the kind of love that a brewer couple manning the vineyard shares. When Kenneth Potter suffers a fatal heart attack, his grandson James Potter is forced to return to the vineyard and learn to attend to it.

It's the summer before Seventh Year and all James Potter wanted was the summer of a lifetime with mayhem and mischief shared with the rest of the Marauders. But instead finds that his summer is consisted of accompanying his Grandfather, learning the family business. He unwillingly undergoes the job of wine-brewing, much to his distaste that he tries and make everyone as miserable as he is. What happens when the his Grandfather unintentionally hires a young girl who happened to be none other than his long-time rival Lily Evans? The two are forced to work together, learning not only about the "perfect foundations of wine-brewing" but about each other, and most importantly about love. With just a little bit of faith and a few prying friends, the two could bring together the greatest love the world has ever seen, and along the way finally make the Legend come true. A love like theirs' can be found only once in a lifetime for a love like theirs' is one in a million.

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They say that good things take time

But really great things happen in a blink of an eye

Thought the chances of meeting somebody like you

Were a million to one

I can not believe it

You're One in a Million

All this time I was looking for love,

Trying to make things work

That wasn't good enough

Till I thought I was through,

Said I was done

Then stumbled into the arms of the one

CHAPTER 2:
An Offer

Lily Harper Evans rolled over onto her stomach, groaning as the sun's peeking rays shone through the blinds. It was officially the first day of summer holidays and already she was prepared to stay in bed for as long as it was possible; which in this case it seemed impossible to do so. Her mother had walked in an hour ago to drop off some laundry as quietly as she could but nonetheless Lily heard for she wasn't at all a hard-sleeper. Petunia had banged around in her room next door as long as she could, blasting her radio as she got ready for probably another date with the pork of a guy she called her boyfriend. Her dad found it necessary to tap on her door to tell her that it was half past twelve and that she was missing the day. To her distaste she found it extremely hard to catch up on the sleep she lacked so much from school.

Lily rolled over onto her back and let out a small sigh. There was no way she was going to get any more sleep than she had already gotten. It was a surprise to her that her family, namely her mother, had actually let her sleep that late. She glanced at the clock on the windowsill and realized that it was definitely way past the day. The clock read two o'clock; she was tired which was expected after the ride from Hogwart's and dinner with her whole entire family the night before.

She slowly sat herself up as she rubbed her eyes, trying desperately to shake off the feeling of tiredness. She did a few stretches as she finally rose out of bed and headed for the bathroom to take her normal routine shower.

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Thirty minutes later, after taking a nice, hot shower Lily emerged from her bedroom and ran downstairs. The shower definitely did some good for she felt refreshed and ready to get the rest of the day started. That was the best part of the day for Lily, taking a hot shower gave her the chance to wake up or better yet a chance to clear her mind and think when things were just too much to handle. It was like her own little getaway place that no one could invade for it was her happy place, a place where she could regain herself and in fact find herself when she felt lost.

Lily ran down the spiraling staircase for her new destination of the kitchen. Walking in, she could smell her mother's wonderful cooking. She stood at the doorway just allowing the sweet aroma of her mother's cooking insert her nostrils. Her mother, Vivian Evans, was at the stove stirring something in a pot.

"Well, it's nice of you to finally come down and join the rest of the world." Vivian said with a slight chuckle in her voice. Lily gave a small sigh as she realized that her mother wasn't at all annoyed or angry with her for staying in bed almost the whole day.

"It feels so good to finally be able to sleep in." Lily said as she walked over to the cupboard to start setting the table. Vivian turned around and gave her a warm smile.

How much Lily missed that smile, more importantly her whole family. As much as she loved Hogwart's, no matter how much she considered Hogwart's her second home, no place could replace the feeling she had whenever she was home with her family. The feeling of warmth, love, and most importantly the atmosphere of being with people who accept you no matter what.

"After six years of going to that school you'd think you would be used to it by now." Vivian said as she got a bowl out of the cupboard and poured in red sauce from the pot that she had been stirring.

"Oh, are we having spaghetti?!" Lily asked enthusiastically as she finished setting the table.

"Of course, your favorite food in the entire planet!" Vivian laughed at the look of happiness on her daughter's face.

"I would give any day to have your homemade spaghetti! House-elves just don't have the same touch of sauce like yours'!" Lily exclaimed filling the glances with water from the refrigerator. Vivian gave Lily a small peck on the cheek before walking back over to the stove.

Lily immediately plopped down in her chair-farthest to the door, giggling madly as Vivian placed the spaghetti sauce in front of her. Sure, Hogwart's food was in fact the best she had ever had but it was still not like her mother's. Vivian's recipes had a touch of something that no house-elf could ever add nor could any house-elf food compare to. Her mother's food was the best in all of England but that was her opinion; which in most cases everyone who got a chance to taste her cooking agreed so too.

"Petunia won't be joining us but I guess judging from your table setting you already knew this." Vivian stated rather than asked. Lily gave a small blush but her mother knew that Lily loved it whenever Petunia wasn't around.

"She woke me up this morning banging around the house like she was Queen of Sheba! Besides it's not my fault she'd rather spend the day with her pig boyfriend Vern-pork instead of her family!" Lily scowled glaring at nothing in particular.

"Lily! Don't be so rude. I'm sure deep down Vernon has a good side to him that only Petunia can see." Vivian gave her a small wink before bustling around the stove.

It was common knowledge to everyone in the family except Petunia that Vernon, her boyfriend of almost two years, was not a very likeable her person to say the least. He was rude and not only to Lily but to the rest of the family; he had the air of arrogance even though he held no remarkable talent or wealth, he contained no social graces, he remarkably resembled a pig in more ways than the appearance, and he was by far as obnoxious as Petunia herself. All in all, Lily thought that the two were a match made in heaven. They were both judgmental and disliked anything that was not normal; which in this case was the Evans' youngest child, Lily. Lily had no problem accepting Vernon for what he was because he was much like Petunia and as far as she was concerned the two could fall off the face of the planet and she would not even shudder a tear; not that she would ever tell her mother that she detested her sister.

It wasn't always like that though. Petunia was just two years older than Lily; back in their younger days before Lily had received her Hogwart's acceptance letter, the two were inseparable. The sisters were joined at the hip, doing everything and anything together. But all that changed once Lily had gotten her Hogwart's letter. Everything about Lily Petunia started to hate, not just hate due to jealousy but hate completely with a passion. One that would never bring the two girls close again but instead ruin everything that they once had and shared.

"Where's dad at?" Lily asked changing the subject. As much as she tried to hate her sister she knew that deep down she couldn't completely hate her like Petunia did with her. Because Petunia was still her sister, her blood, and at one point her very close best friend. She would dare take a bullet for her now; do anything for her even if she didn't ask. But one could do so much to try and be civil. Petunia always pushed her away, gave her every choice to be a complete and total bitch to her, still Lily tried.

Vivian placed a plate of pasta next to the spaghetti sauce and another plate filled with homemade garlic bread. After that, she plopped herself down gracefully on the chair across from her daughter's and began filling her plate. Lily did the same except with much more food, overly excited about getting another home-cooked meal. It had been seriously way too long since she had gotten her mother's cooking.

"He's off to find you a summer job, at least till you have to go back to Hogwart's." Vivian replied.

Lily dropped a spoon full of pasta and looked up at her mother. Sure, she had been expecting her mother and father to try and help her find a summer job but she didn't figure that the day she got back would be the start of job-hunting. Lily found herself a little put out, thinking that her parents were somewhat trying to get rid of her.

"What? Where?" Lily exclaimed not sure she was as hungry as she thought. Vivian saw the sudden change in her daughter's tone and felt slightly guilty for almost forcing a summer job on her.

"Your father's boss is friends with a very wealthy businessman who needs help this summer and is willing to hire teenagers for numerous jobs. He's offering good pay…" Vivian started but was interrupted by her husband, Demetrius Evans, walking into the kitchen with a smile on his face. Lily glanced up at her father's smiling face and realized that as much as she hated the thought of having to work this summer, the look of happiness on her parents' face just took away all of the anger and reluctance out of her.

The Evans lived in a nice suburban home with higher middle-class people such as themselves. The suburban houses were like from fairy-tale books; consisting of two-story houses all alike on the same subdivision with little white picket fences surrounding each house and gardens laid out in perfect positions, and bright well-cut grass placed on every lawn. The subdivision was what one would call normal, too perfect, with prying neighbors. Lily hated the community but nonetheless thankful that her family had money and lived a highly good life.

Demetrius Evans worked as the Vice-President of some big corporation that was in charge of making and processing toys all over the country. Demetrius Evans made a lot of money but never once let his successes in life get his ego on the rise but instead he stayed a humble man. Vivian Evans was a retired author of thriller books from back in her younger days known as Kathleen Griffith. She had given up writing once Petunia was born but was often times found in a corner writing short stories or poetry. And often times those short stories and poetry would be published in newspapers, magazines, and sometimes in books consisting of other author's short stories and poetries.

"Plus, he is one of the nicest man you will ever meet Lils! Why, he earned his money through hard work as a young teenage like yourself…" Demetrius told his daughter as he sat down on the chair next to Lily's. Vivian gave him a small wink and took a bite off of her garlic bread.

"How soon do I have to start?" Lily asked grumpily, twirling the spaghetti noodles around her fork. Vivian glanced at Demetrius and gave him a small nod.

"Well, Kenneth Sr. said as soon as you would like to start."

"What will I be doing there anyways?"

"Kenneth Sr. owns the Grapeseed Wine Industry…"

"Wait-you mean the Grapeseed Wine?" Vivian exclaimed throwing her hands in the air. Lily glanced up at her mother and raised an eyebrow.

"You know who he is?"

"Why, he owns the best wine in all of England, I mean in the world! It's authentic! People travel from all over just for a chance to taste his famous sweet Grapeseed Wine! I have several bottles down in the basement I've saved for years!" Vivian started rambling on and on about Kenneth Sr.'s famous wine. It was weird hearing her mother go on about wine, for Vivian never drank except at Christmas parties or other small celebrations Demetrius' job threw.

"I take it he's pretty well-known." Lily said, her eyebrow still raised.

"Of course he is. His wine is the only wine used in expensive and classy places. No other winemaker has ever compared to Mr. Kenneth Sr.'s wine. He started his vineyard just at the age of thirteen much like his Great, Great Grandfather who had bought the land and began the wine-brewing business himself. It has grown into quite a big industry now. In fact, making millions and millions of money ever since his first invention of wine with grape seeds actually mixed in it. Anyways, it is sad to say that he has recently suffered a very severe heart attack and hasn't been quite his usual wine-brewing self. He has been posting job offers all over England for the past month. John says that he likes hiring teenagers because of their sufficient and hard work. I told him that you were coming home for the summer and needed a job, which in turn Kenneth Sr. is looking for an assistant to help him man the vineyard." Demetrius explained as Lily listened intently.

There was a long pause to which Lily sat thinking about it. Vivian and Demetrius would glance at each other every so often then back at Lily but never once said a word. The three sat there eating silently for a few good long minutes before Lily finally made a decision. She knew that she had to get a job, especially since this coming year was going to be her last and she would finally reach the legal age. She knew that she could not depend on her family forever and that even though she wasn't sure where life would take her, she knew that money would be involved. Even if she chose not to go to the magical world for a job she would be forced to work in the Muggle world.

If she chose to find work in the magical world she knew that she would either be an Auror or a Healer, all of which required training and of course money. If she were to choose the Muggle world, she would most definitely go to a University for a doctorate degree. But no matter what it came down to, she needed money. This was a good opportunity like her mother had said and if anything it was just for the summer.

So much for hanging out with the girls, Lily thought but shook it out of her mind. She knew that she would still be able to hang out with her best friends, Peyton Bernard, Phoebe Kingston, and Gwendolyn Joince.

"I'll take it." Lily said as she took another bite of spaghetti. Her father reached over the table and gave her hand a small squeeze while her mother gave her the biggest smile.

"Good, good Lils! Oh this is going to be so exciting! Working at a vineyard, not just any vineyard but the very birthplace of the best wine in England!" Vivian exclaimed smiling so big Lily found that she had to smile herself.

"Besides, if you want to go to Oxford you're going to definitely need a big bank account." Demetrius encouraged, getting up and placing his dishes in the sink.

"Sure, dad." Lily agreed and gave him a soft smile. It had always been her father's dream for her to go to Oxford University; not like it wasn't her dream too, but Oxford was a very prestigious university that any one who got a chance to study there would be very blessed.

"Oh, Lils, the best part is that you can stay at the grand estate mansion with Mr. Kenneth Sr. himself and the rest of the employees! You actually get to live there this summer!" Demetrius exclaimed clapping his hands together to look at his daughter, who's face had just drained all color.

"What? Stay there?" Lily exclaimed in a less enthusiastic tone than her father.

Lily hated staying at other people's houses; which is probably why she never accepted going to slumber parties when she was younger. The thought of staying, much more living, in someone else's house was just not her forte. She felt like she was an intruder being in a house that she was not used to, in fact she always felt put out. She felt like a stranger hanging around and she found that she somehow always felt like she couldn't be herself at all when she was at other people's house.

"Well, of course Lils. The vineyard is several acres long, in a very guarded area that only Mr. Kenneth Sr. and his worker or family is allowed in. It's security is very close knit. It doesn't just let anyone in or out. It's also all the way in Wales. That will be way too much driving for me or your mother to take you every day and then have to get you." Demetrius explained showing her a brochure of the place itself that was used for advertisement purposes.

Lily flipped through the brochure and saw the most beautiful place ever. The pages were consisted of pictures of green pastures filled with grapevines of all different types, gardens with small fountains and little waterfalls, picnic areas, and everything was just so picturesque. This was the very place that was like a heaven on earth for her. She loved the outdoors more than anything, in fact more than writing. She had gained her mother's love for writing and places shown on the brochure was much like the places she longed to visit, places where she felt free to write whatever she wanted. Lily felt a small smile creep on her face. Sure, this was going to be a summer to which she would have to work as an assistant at a vineyard but it was no ordinary vineyard but the vineyard.

"Well, I guess it wouldn't be so bad." Lily smiled as she continued to flip through the brochure.

"That's my girl! I'll tell John to tell Mr. Kenneth Sr. that you accept the offer and will be willing to start any moment!" Demetrius ran almost immediately out of the kitchen and into the parlor to call up the President of his corporation to tell his friend that his daughter had accepted the proposal.

This was going be a long summer but it was going to be a good summer. Lily promised herself that, while she began helping her mother clear the table and wash the dishes. Vivian kept telling Lily how proud she was for taking the job and reassuring her that she would still have fun and would be welcome to come back over the weekend to stay with them. Lily just kept nodding and smiling, knowing that if she really thought about it the whole idea would just make her scared, if not angry at herself for taking the offer.

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Author's Note: Oooh! Thank you guys so much for Reviewing! I really appreciate it & I'm so glad that you guys all like it! Please keep R&R ;)