:: Chapter Two the Persuasion

Time had flown by and it was soon Wednesday. Everyone was tremendously eager to go to James beach house. Everyone except for Lily who's parents weren't quite sure if it was the best idea. "Three young men and no chaperons, it just isn't practical," Lily's father had said the night before. Lily decided that desperate times come for desperate measures so she decided to owl James to get him to come and help.
James, I have a bit of a dilemma, when I asked my parents if I could go they said they would think about it. It isn't a good sign when they say they will "think about it". It practically means that it is a no. When you get this owl, please Apparate to my house (that is if it isn't too late) and help me convince them to let me come.
Love Always,
Lily Evans
P.S. I've enclosed a picture of my bedroom so you can Apparate here.

Lily tied the letter and the picture to her owl Luna's right leg. "Be swift with this one Luna, it is extremely important." Luna flew out of the opened window and into the night sky. She watched her beloved owl fly away and decided she needed to think a little bit on what was happening. Lily's bedroom was on the second floor and whenever she needed to think she always would climb out of the window and onto the roof of the first floor.
Flash Back:
It was July 31; she had just gotten a letter on an owl accepting her to a wizard school called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At first she had thought that it was her best friend playing a trick on her, but who carries their post by owl? She had hopped out of her room onto her favorite thinking spot. 'There can't be such thing as magic, can there? It's impossible! Maybe I'm just in a dream.' She then pinched herself, 'Ow, definitely not in a dream.' She pulled her Hogwarts letter out of her pocket and reread it for what seemed to be the hundredth time. It had said that a man named Hagrid was going to come the next day and pick her up to get all of her school supplies.

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Lily was brought back to earth by a noise she had heard so much at the end of her sixth year.
"Lily, I came as soon as I got your letter. What can we do? You have to come with us!! That's the only reason why I wanted to go because you are going to be there."
"Yes I know, but how do we get my mom and dad to let me go? I mean, oh I just don't know!"
"We have to go persuade them NOW!" James pulled her arm, through the door open, ran down the hall, and then ran in to Petunia, Lily's sister.
"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING, oh, who are you? You're kind of hot. What is a hot guy like you doing with a FREAK like Lily?" Petunia stared into James' eyes pensively.
"Potter HOT!?!?! He's anything but hot, an annoying git, yes, but never hot!" Lily was shocked at what her sister had said. She was so strict with guys; she hadn't had a single boyfriend for like… ever! Well except for the elephant of a 'boyfriend' she had now. Vernon was his name.
"Oh come on my pet, you know you think I'm sexy! You've thought that since you first laid your pretty green eyes on me our first year at Hogwarts. Do you remember that Lils? But come on now we have no time to waste! I told my parents that I would be home in an hour, and it could take longer than that." James once again grabbed Lily's arm and took off running down the stairs.
"Um, don't you think it'll be kinda weird when my mom and dad see a guy with his hand on my arm both of us out of breath standing in the doorway?" Lily said kind of joking, kind of serious. It was hard not to joke around when James was around, she could almost be herself, not the brainy bookworm everyone thought she was.
"Well, it's an important thing we are talking about, so I don't really care!" James stopped and looked around, "Is it THIS door?" He walked in and found they were in a room full of coats. "Well… isn't this lovely, I presume that this isn't your living room then is it."
"If you don't mind, I'd kind of like to get out of my family's coat closet and get on with this thing we have to do!" Lily turned toward the now closed door and went to open it.
"Wait before we go, what do I get out of helping YOU with your summer plans?" James had a mischievous smile on his face.
"You, James, will get the joy and pleasure of being with me for a whole summer." Lily had figured that James would want something, but THAT EWW!!
Lily opened the door and walked out of the closet. James followed still rather astonished that he actually was in a closed in space with Lily and she didn't even yell at him. 'Finally, I'm actually doing something right!'
They walked down the hall and into the living room, "Mom, dad, this is James Potter. He was bored so he decided to come over."
"Pleased to meet you James. Are you a friend from school?" Mrs. Evans politely said because Lily very seldom had guys over the house and this one was kind of cute…
"Can we get you anything to drink?" Mr. Evans looked up from his newspaper.
"I'm fine, but thank you. The real reason I came here was because I think that you guys should let Lily go with us to the beach. Why don't you want her to go? Is it because you don't trust her with three guys?"
"Well…" Mrs. Evans started to say
"Because she wouldn't do anything stupid, she's too smart for that. Did you know that she is the smartest witch in our generation? Or could it be that there are now chaperones going? Because I was thinking that for a weekend we could get everyone's parents to come to our beach place."
"Um…" Mr. Evans was getting kind of embarrassed.
"And, if you need to know no one will harm Lily in anyway when she's there because I will look out for her." James had a triumphant look on his face because he thought he had put up a good fight.
"Well, if you will wait one moment Mr. Evans and I will go discuss it in the kitchen." Mrs. Evans had made up her mind, so it wouldn't matter what Mr. Evans said, but she was going to be nice.
In the Kitchen:
"I think that she should be able to go. She will just mope around here if we don't let her. Plus, I can't deal with her and Petunia fighting all summer." Mrs. Evans said.
"I agree with you one hundred percent! James seems like a good enough guy. I was surprised when I saw him, he's very good looking." Mr. Evans said actually agreeing with something Mrs. Evans had said for once.
"So, let's go tell Lily!" Mrs. Evans jumped towards the door and went out of it.
Back in the Living Room:
"Lily, your mother and I have decided that you can go to the beach with your friends."
"Oh thank you mom and dad!!! Ya'll are the BEST!! And, I'm not just saying that because you let me go." Lily was jumping for joy over her newly won case.
"WHAT?!?!? LILY CAN GO TO THE BEACH WITH THREE GUYS AND YOU WON'T LET ME GO WITH THREE OF MY GIRL FRIENDS TO THE MOUNTAINS?!? THAT'S NOT FAIR!!! YA'LL ARE THE WORST PARENTS IN THE HISTORY OF PARENTS!!!!!" Petunia yelled from the top of the stair case. "I'M THE OLDER ONE! THE MORE RESPONSIBLE ONE!! THE SMARTER ONE!!! BUT YOU STILL WON'T LET ME GO!!!!!
"Petunia honey, you've got actually got something to do here for the summer. Have you forgotten about you job at my attorney's office?" Mr. Evans reminded her about her job at her dad's work. "Or, what about Vernon, he would be all alone for the summer, plus who knows he could get another girl by the end of the summer." He knew that that last sentence would get her to stay and be quiet about it; Petunia and Vernon Dursley were going to get married the summer after they finished college.
"Well, I guess your right." Petunia pouted.
"Mr. and Mrs. Evans, thank you so much for letting Lils come with us. But I'm sad to say that I must go. Nice meeting you." James smiled and walked out of the room, into the kitchen and pop he was gone.