They all stood on the train platform. Lily stood between James and Remus, while E.J stood between Sirius and Peter.

"Question." E.J said. They all looked at her. "What are we waiting for?" The guys looked around, then their eyes lingered on E.J and Lily.

"Well- we're waiting for you two to make up." Remus said, as he pointed between E.J and Lily. The two girls looked at each other at the same time, then looked away.

"I'll apologize, if she does it first." Lily said. E.J scoffed.

"Oh- I apologize… I have to move. I can control that." she said sarcastically. Lily turned and glared at her.

"You can!" she yelled.

"So… I'm supposed to leave my mother, to stay with you guys." E.J said sardonically.

"The least you could've done was give us fair warning that you'd be leaving the continent!" Lily yelled.

"That is true, E.J." the guys chorused. E.J looked at each of them for a second.

"So- we're ganging up on me?" she asked. "Wow- I never thought I'd say this… but- I'm going to my father's house." Then she walked off, before any of them could stop her. She just walked off, without her trunk, without anything… she walked off. For a moment, no one said anything. They all just stood silent, until James was tackled by the same black haired girl from the train.

"Cutie, I wanted to give you an extra special goodbye." Kay said, before she planted her lips on his own. When she pulled back, she grinned devilishly, then walked away, swinging her hips from side to side. James didn't even look at her, he just looked at the rest of the group, as soon as she left.

"What are we gonna do about E.J?" he asked.

"Why don't we just go to her house?" Sirius said.

"Um- sure." James said.

"Where does she live, anyway?" Lily asked.

"You want to come?" Lily shrugged then nodded.

"She's… obviously going through something serious." she said. "I mean- we usually brush stupid things off… and- I don't know. I know that something isn't right."

"Guys- my mum is here." Peter squeaked, as he ran to the opposite direction. They didn't spend more than a second watching him go.

"So- we're going to her house?" Remus asked. James nodded, then sighed. "Where does E.J live?"

"Potter Manor." James said.

"Where's her father's house?" Sirius asked.

"Potter Mansion." They all looked at him weirdly. "What? I didn't come up with it."

"Whatever. Where does she live?" Remus asked.

"In…Wales. Lets just apparate to my house first, then we can go to her house."

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When they got to James's house, Lily just stood and stared. His house was an old mansion that looked like it belonged on Mount Olympus. There were white marble columns, bordered with gold before the big beautiful front door. James pulled Lily along with them, as they approached the house. When James knocked on the front door, a small house elf answered. The elf looked tidy and cute. Lily could tell that it was a female, because she had a small burgundy velvet bow on her left ear. She was also wearing a matching dress. She stuck her hand out, directed to Lily.

"Hello, I'm Rosie." she said in a small voice. Lily shook the elf's hand and smiled.

"Hi Rosie, I'm Lily."

"Nice to meet Jamesie's lady friend." Lily and the others laughed, while James blushed.

"I am sort of James's lady friend… but- I'm not his lady friend." Lily said. Rosie nodded, and stepped aside. The inside of the house was possibly nicer than the outside, with the shiny white and golden marble floors. Lily looked around and saw that all of the house elves wore nice clothes. She looked at James. "You have very-"

"I know. We think of them as family." James said. "So- they have working hours, and they have time to themselves." Lily smiled.

"Nice." she said. "I like that."

"Mum! Dad! I'm home." James yelled, as he walked through the house. A few seconds after he yelled this, a woman who was in her fifties walked down the stairs. She was wearing elegant everyday clothes, and a smile. She had warm honey colored eyes, and graying hair. She walked to James, Sirius, and Remus, and gave them each a hug. James picked her up when he hugged her, and Sirius and Remus gave her kisses on the cheek. Lily smiled shyly, when she walked to her.

"Hi." James's mother said.

"Mum, this is Lily. Lily this is my mother." James introduced. Mrs. Potter nodded and smiled.

"Oh- E.J's friend." she said. "And my baby's crush." Again, Lily and the others laughed, while James gave an annoyed groan, and blushed. "I'm James's mother, obviously- but, you can call me Mary or Marilyn. Or- if it'll make you more comfortable… you can just call me Mrs. Potter."

"Thank you, Mrs. Potter." Lily responded with a small smile.

"So- what's goi- where's E.J?" Mrs. Potter asked.

"We're about to go pick her up." James said. "Where's dad?"

"Oh- he's on assignment." James nodded. "So- how are you getting there?"

"Oh- we're flooing."

"And they know that you're coming?" James nodded.

"Yeah-"

"E.J told us to come, because she has something that she wants to get." Lily lied. Mrs. Potter smiled and nodded.

"Okay- the floo powder is by the fire place. Just makes sure you're home for dinner. Daisy and I made all of your favorites." she said. The guys nodded. "Um- Lily, are you staying for dinner?"

"Oh-um- I-" Lily stuttered.

"Yeah." Sirius finished for her.

"Okay, I'll get Daisy to set an extra place." Mrs. Potter said, before she walked through a grand archway. James and the guys walked to the fireplace, and lined up.

"Remember," he reminded them. "Its Potter Mansion." They all nodded.

When they got to E.J's house, the gateway where they came was in a beautiful, yet empty room. James looked at all of them.

"Okay- I didn't want you guys to… I didn't want you guys to back out, but-" he started.

"Spit it out, Prongs." said Sirius. James took a deep breath.

"You know how E.J is seemingly understanding, and she's cool? You know how she isn't into the regular prejudices of the typical pureblood families?" he said. They all nodded. "Yeah, well… her dad, and Erica aren't like that." Then he started to lead the way. James walked up some stairs, and finally got to a room, that was occupied by E.J and a sobbing woman. She was rubbing the woman's back, and whispering words in Spanish. When she saw them, she rolled her eyes. "E.J, come on." As soon as James said this, the sobbing woman sat up. She had chocolate brown eyes, and chocolate brown hair. She looked a mess. A sad smiled came to her lips and she wiped her eyes.

"Um- hello." she said, with a mild Spanish accent.

"Hi Aunt April." James greeted. She smiled at him.

"Hi Jamie. You're getting so big. And so handsome." she said. "Oh- well… would you guys like anything to drink?" They all gave her a kind smile, and a 'no thank you'. "Nonsense… I'll see what I can find." And with that, she trudged out of the bed and left the room. As soon as she left, E.J's look hardened a great deal.

"What?" she asked. No one said or did anything, until E.J suddenly walked out of the room. They followed her, as she ran to the kitchen. In the kitchen were two women. One woman had blonde curls and light blue eyes. The other woman had dark hair, and dark brown eyes. The blonde girl was known as Erica, E.J's sister, and the other woman was Aphrodite. Aphrodite was speaking speedily, while E.J's mom looked at her.

"I did it, because this is what I want, April. And if you can't understand that, then you never understood me, okay?" Aphrodite yelled in Spanish. E.J's mom gave a slow nod, and wiped her eyes again. "You're weak, and pathetic. Its no wonder he came running for me."

"You were my best friend… I took you in when you were nothing. I took you in when you had nowhere else to go- when your mother kicked you out, who did you stay with? Me! Who did you stay with, Diana? When your family couldn't afford to send you to school, who paid for you? My mother! You were my sister, Diana… my husband? Not how, but… why? I get that you're cheating with a married man… that's your style. I just don't understand how it's my husband. I don't get why you'd sleep with my husband." The guys, Lily and Erica watched, clueless. E.J walked up to her mother, and pulled her away from Aphrodite.

"You can't have it all, April. You grew up rich, then you married rich. I cravethis, April. A family- a rich husband… happiness. I did what I had to do, to make sure that's how my life turned out." (A/N; Bold, is a different language. Usually Spanish.)

"You need help, lady. You think Eric is going to make you happy? Where's he now? The office? Sure" E.J said sardonically. "Know this; you're living in my house. And you're so lucky that you're pregnant- otherwise I'd fuck you up, then bury you alive."

"Mi hij-"

"What the hell? I'm not your daughter." E.J said.

"I wanted you to be my maid of honor." E.J laughed.

"I'll say this for my mother… sod off." she said.

"Eris, you really shouldn't talk to your new mummy like that." Erica said, as she read Witch Weekly. E.J looked at her.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" she asked calmly.

"I don't like you or your bitch of a mother." Erica said simply. They all looked at her, once she said this. "My father was smart enough to leave that one, and soon… he'll leave this one too."

"I want you to think about this." E.J said. "You're a twenty seven year old woman. You're too old to be such an asshole, who still craves to be on her daddy's lap. Its not healthy, Erica. So go see your wizard shrink, and get that Electra complex checked out."

"You think you're so spec-"

"I don't want to hear it, Erica. You don't have to see me anymore… I'm gone." E.J said, as she walked to her mother and the rest of them. "Can we just go? How'd you guys get here?"

"We're flooing back." James said, as he slung his arm over her shoulder. Just as she did this, a medium height man with a mustache walked into the kitchen, and kissed Erica on the cheek, then Aphrodite. Their kiss was long and too disgusting. E.J rolled her eyes, as her mother choked down a sob. As they started to walk to floo, E.J felt her mother resisting. She stopped and turned to her mother.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"I don't want to say goodbye to him." April Potter responded.

"I didn't expect you to. You're not going to sayanything to him."

"Jazzy- its not that- we can work it out."

"Okay- go tell him that." E.J said sardonically. "Because, if you can tell me that you want to get deeper in unnecessary drama with that man, then I might as well stay in Hogwarts, regardless of if you move or not. If you're gonna degrade yourself like that, and go back to him- just, don't expect me to throw my life away so that you can kiss his ass. I'm giving up a lot to follow you to- why the hell are we even leaving? This is my house. I pay for it. But- I'm still picking up and walking away to live with you. Just know this; its him or me." E.J's mom nodded, then walked right back to E.J's father. She raised her hand, and slapped him hard across the face. When she turned around, she looked like ten years had been wiped from her face. She gave a small smile, then sauntered to E.J. Sirius and all of them flooed before E.J and James. They walked back to the kitchen together. When they got back inside, Eric stared at them.

"If you're moving with your mother, then you'll stay here for Christmas." he said. E.J rolled her eyes.

"Why?" she asked.

"Because we're a family. Your mother can't take all of your time- I want to see you too. I want you here for Christmas, and your next birthday." E.J laughed.

"You didn't want me when I was living here, but you want me now? Oh-," she said as if she'd made some big discovery. "It's because when I was living here, I didn't know that you were screwing mummy's best friend in your bed."

"Eris, you wi-" her father started to shout, before she cut him off.

"You know, you have some nerve. First of all, you act like I give a damn whether you want me here, or not. Guess what; I don't. Secondly, you can ask me, and I'll consider wasting my time with you and your new family. Thirdly, I might be busy with Uncle Harry and the others, I'll have to ask to be excused first."

"You listen to me, Eris Aphrodite Potter! You're my daughter. You go to school that I pay for you to go to. And you're wearing the clothes that I buy you. You will never talk to me like that in my house again. And I never want to hear you choose Harry over me, that man doesn't give a damn about you!" Eric yelled. E.J nodded.

"You're probably right… but, if so… I would hate to know how you feel about me." she said.

"Eris Potter, you are coming here for Christmas dinner. You will spend the week here, you will respect your new mother, and you will be pleasant when you stay in this house."

"My house. And you're damn lucky I don't kick you, your wife and you pathetic daughter out on your asses."

"Don't you dare take that tone with me!"

"Okay- so you're going to act like an prat, but I can't call you on your bullshit? That makes you seem like even more of an asshole."

"You'd better be here for Christmas dinner, and you'll say all the right things to the Prophet's people." Aphrodite said. E.J looked at her.

"Like I said; I'll see if I can make it." she said, before she and James walked away.

"That was brilliant." James said, as they got to the fireplace. E.J nodded, and went before him.

It took until an hour before dinner for April Potter to stop crying, and E.J to stop being angry. When she joined her friends, they were all in James's den/common room.

"Are you guys getting used to the idea of being without me?" E.J asked, as she sat in her chair. They all looked at each other.

"That's gonna be tough." Lily said. "Not having you here."

"You'll get past it. I mean, I wasn't a good friend anyway." E.J attempted to lighten the situation. They all laughed.

"No- you're the best friend." Lily said, before she wiped away a single tear.

"Oh mate- don't cry, honestly… if you cry, then I'll get misty- and you don't want me to get misty." E.J said. They all laughed. "So- um what are we doing on my last day?"

"I have a date with Kay." James lied.

"I have a family dinner." Remus said.

"Me and Petunia have to go to the lawyers." Lily said.

"Its just you and me for Diagon Alley." Sirius said to E.J. She looked at James.

"Kay? You mean that rude bitch with the eye and attitude problem?" she asked.

"Also known as my girlfriend." James said.

"Big-sodding-whoop. I don't like her… you're telling me that you're choosing Archaelas over me?"

"You're not leaving until midnight. I'll be back by then." E.J rolled her eyes.

"Whatever."

"You guys fight too much." Remus said. E.J and James shook their heads.

"No we don't." E.J said.

"Um- I- I don't know- its going to be weird in school without you." James said. E.J nodded.

"I don't- you guys know that I don't want to leave. But I ha-"

"You don't have to explain yourself to us." Lily said kindly.

"I want to." E.J said. "I mean- my mum… this is the best that she's been. I can tell. I mean- I-"

"No explaining." Sirius said. E.J nodded.

"Okay. Um- I'm gonna go pack my stuff." she said, getting up and leaving. They all watched her go.

"Is this what its going to be like?" Sirius asked. They all looked at him and nodded. Lily sat next to him and slung her arm around his shoulder.

"Its okay, Sirius. I mean…" she started. Lily couldn't continue, because she had no idea what to say. All of her walls were crumbling down also.

"Do you think that if she knew, she'd stay?" Sirius asked.

"Knew what?" said Remus. Sirius didn't say anything.

"Nothing, Moony." he replied after a while. "Call me when dinners ready."
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After dinner, they all sat in James's bedroom. They were all sprawled out on his bed.

"I can't believe he left her for that… woman." E.J said. "I mean- granted, she looked better than my mum at that moment. But- April Santos, when she cleans up- is a catch." They all laughed. "I-" E.J didn't continue her sentence, because James's door knocked.

"Come in!" James yelled. In walked a man in his fifties. He was wearing a cloak and a smile. He had a gray goatee and a full head of gray hair. "Hey dad."

"My boy." Mr. Potter said. He and James gave each other the manly hug. When that was over, Mr. Potter looked around. "Where's my girl?" E.J stood up, and gave him a playful scowl.

"What am I, second fiddle? Because I do not do second fiddle." she said. They all laughed, but Mr. Potter gave her the best bear hug that an old man could. "So- are you going to love Erin more than me, or what?" Mr. Potter nodded jokingly.

"Probably." he said. They all laughed.

"Well- we only have a week together, old man. You might want to use that time to try and beat me in chess. Otherwise- well… I don't know what else to say." E.J said.

"Imagine teaching someone something- and them beating you as soon as you finish teaching them." Mr. Potters said to the rest of them. "Its because she cheats."

"You say the same thing about Quidditch, old man. You might as well get over it, Uncle Harry." E.J said. Mr. Potter laughed, then walked to Sirius with his hand extended.

"Did you think I wouldn't see you?" he asked him. Sirius laughed and shook his head.

"Never, Mr. P." he said. Mr. Potter looked at Lily questioningly, then looked at James.

"Uh dad, this is Lily. Lily, this is my father." James introduced. Mr. Potter shook Lily's hand, then winked at James obviously.

"Nice to meet you, Lily." he said. Lily smiled.

"Its nice to meet you too, Mr. Potter." she said. Finally, he walked over to Remus.

"Remus, how are you?" he asked.

"I'm good, Mr. Potter. And you?" Moony asked.

"Very good. Very good." He looked at the door, then back at them. "Enough wasting my time with you guys. I have to go eat leftovers." he said jokingly. They all laughed. "Very nice meeting you, Lily."

"You too, Mr. Potter." Lily responded. And with that, Mr. Potter left.

"I love that man. Why couldn't I have been born into your family, Prongs. Parents that aren't psychotic. Friends that love you." E.J teased.

"Ah Jazzy, I love you." Lily teased. E.J looked at her as soon as she heard the nickname.

"Jamie! You told her?" she asked. James looked around.

"Who? Me? Never, E.J." he said.

"Um- I have to go." E.J said, as she got up.

"What, because of this?" Sirius asked. E.J shook her head.

"I- my mum." she said. "I have to go take care of her. I'll see you all later."

"E.J, come on. You can stay a few more minutes." Sirius said. E.J sighed, then lied back down. Sirius started to cuddle up to her.

"So… how do you think you'll do when N.E.W.T's come around?" Remus asked E.J.

"You lot make it seem like I'm the person of the hour." E.J said.

"Well- we might not see you anymore." Sirius said, as he wrapped his arms around her.

"I- we'll write. I know that I will… whether you guys write back, is up to you."

"Well- write when I could just send howlers?" James said. "Why would I waste the time?"

"Well now I know who I won't write to." E.J said. They all laughed. "Where's Peter?"

"He couldn't come."

"Oh- I'm gonna miss him. I just- I think he's still miffed at me."

"Why would he be?" Sirius asked, as he wrapped his arm around her waist.

"A month or two ago, he asked me to Hogsmeade and to be his girlfriend. And I told him that he was like a brother to me, and that I didn't feel that way about him. So- he tried to kiss me, and I moved… then- he ran back into the room before I could talk to him. He hasn't really spoken to me since then." E.J said. Sirius moved back and they all looked at her.

"So- Pete liked you?" James asked. E.J shrugged.

"I guess. I don't know." she said. "He just- he won't talk to me."

"Were you mean?" Lily asked. They all looked at E.J when that was asked.

"Were you?" James asked.

"I told him that he was like a brother to me, and that I didn't think of him that way. I wouldn't reject him in a harsh way- but, its weird. I don't see how he could like me like that, when I see him and treat him like a brother." At this, Sirius moved away from her. "I mean if I flirted with him a bit, I could see how he'd think that, but I've never flirted with him." This made Sirius move closer to her, and put his hands back. "But sometimes, even flirting is nothing." Sirius moved away again.

"Well- maybe he thought that you were giving him signals." Lily suggested.

"What are the signals?" Sirius asked E.J, as he raised his eyebrow.

"I don't know what Lily is talking about." E.J said. "But what about your signals?"

"What are you taking about?" Lily asked her.

"Do you remember what we talked about when you first lost weight?" Lily's eyes widened.

"Do not." she said. E.J laughed.

"Whatever." she said, as she rolled away from Sirius. "I'm gonna go show Lily my room."

"Are you coming back?" Sirius asked. E.J looked at him.

"Um… spend the night in my nice big bed, or wake up with your drool on me." she said, using her hands as a balance.

"So- you'll come back." Sirius said. E.J rolled her eyes and nodded.

"Yeah, pretty much." she said, as she dragged Lily away. When they got far enough from the room, E.J looked at her. "What the bloody hell is going on with you and Jamie?" Lily shrugged.

"I have no idea." she said. "He is so… gorgeous. And he's sweet and smart, too."

"Yes. Too bad he has a girlfriend." E.J said. Lily nodded and pouted.

"I know." she whined.

"And you rejected him."

"I know." Lily whined again.

"And I don't have enough time to make him dump her."

"I know."

"But I know how you can make it work." E.J said. Lily watched her intently. "Okay… I know this is all cheesy and really clichéd."

"What?" Lily asked desperately.

"Well- do you really like him?"

"I've always liked him. I just- I… okay, you remember how I was fat and you were the pretty friend-"

"Wait, were?" E.J joked. Lily laughed and pinched her arm, as they suddenly started walking.

"Anyway… I just- he only really started to pay attention to me, when I lost the weight. And I just thought that he was one of those horrible jock guys that only went for the pretty girls, and that made me angry. Especially when I saw him making fun of Snape."

"Oh- he did that for me." E.J said. "Snape told me that I- he said that if I failed, I'd have to go back to Puerto Rico and prostitute."

"Yeah, he told me." Lily said. "Now I just feel so stupid. I really just didn't want to get involved with a guy that was like that, you know?"

"Yeah, I know." E.J said, as she walked into a room that had her name on the door. Lily followed, and gasped when she saw the room. There were moving pictures of all of them all over the wall, on the dresser, everywhere. The moving photos were neatly organized.

"E.J- what am I going to do?" Lily asked, as she threw herself onto the bed.

"You're going to sleep over." E.J said.