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Chapter 2: A Lot of Advice and Some Help
"You ready?" a voice whispered behind me into my ear. I swung around and knocked the person in the nose. I glanced down to see who it was and gasped.
"Oh my God! James I'm SO sorry!" i said, leaning down to help him up off the ground.
"Don't worry. Second time round i was getting use to it!" he said, trying to make a joke.
"Oh Merlin! Why am i such a cluts!" I asked the sealing.
"Merlin?"
I whipped my head around, jinxing my neck, only to see a confused look on James's face.
"Um, you know Merlin. He was King Arthur's wizard..." I said, desperately trying to cover up my slip of the magical world
"Yeah I know who he is. I was just surprised that you were talking to him. Most people say 'God'" he answered
"You know, I was never much of a good Christian. I always liked to believe in the supernatural so I guess I turn to Merlin for advice instead," I said, hoping that he would believe it and drop it.
He grinned.
"Mmm, a cluts and believes in the supernatural. I like it!" he announced, standing up by himself. I looked up, expecting to see blood dripping down, but found it looking as normal as a normal nose should look.
"I thought I broke your nose!" I squealed
"No such luck. I have a pretty strong nose from playing... soccer all these years!" he reassured me. "You ready to head off to the movies?"
"Sure!"
We walked down the hotel's driveway and I saw a limo waiting at the bottom. I decided to make a wide birth around it so as I couldn't possibly scratch it or harm it in any way. James just laughed.
"I'm walking around it so I don't smash it into a thousand pieces," I told him. He laughed so I didn't have the heart to tell him I was serious.
"Why are you walking around our ride to the movie theatre?"
I stopped dead in my tracks. Did he just say what I thought he just said?
"We're taking...that?" i asked shakily, pointing my finger at it.
"Yes, why wouldn't we be?" he asked me suspiciously.
"It's just that, I thought they were only for weddings and for celebrities and for-"
"For rich people?" he asked, finishing off my sentence. "Yes, I suppose they are, so that's why we're taking one," he said, opening the door to let me in. I cautiously stepped inside and he followed, shutting the door.
"So which one are you?" I asked as the driver pulled away from the curb.
"Which one what?" he asked
"Well, do you have a limo because of a wedding or are you a celebrity or you rich?" I prompted him
He didn't answer.
-:-
She kept looking at me questioningly. Ok, so my family is rich, but only because my mother use to be a famous singing on the Wireless Witch Network. So how am I going to explain that?
"James, are you ok?" she asked me, with a little look of concern on her face.
"Yeah I'm fine. Um, my grandfather was a poet who earned a lot of money with his pieces and we inherited his money," I said, praying that she wasn't a poetry buff.
She seemed satisfied with the answer and didn't say anything else on that subject.
"How old are you?" she asked me. Now this was a question I could answer!
"Seventeen, nearly eighteen."
I swear I saw her choke or something but she stopped as suddenly as she started.
"You alright?" I asked her
"Yeah, of course!" she said, smiling brightly and I relaxed.
I really love her smile.
"So how old are you?" I asked
"Oh i just turned seventeen," she said airily.
"Awesome!" I answered as the driver slowed down outside the movie theatre.
I got out first, and then helped her out just like the perfect gentleman should do. She let out a little giggle before taking hold of my hand and letting me pull her out of the car.
"So what movie do you want to see?" I asked her as we walked into the movie theatre.
"I'm not sure..." she replied, looking up on to the board with the list of movies on it.
"What type of movie do you feel like seeing?" she asked, turning her head towards me
"Honestly, I don't mind. You choose," I replied and she smiled
"Ok then, how bout 'The Aristocats'?" she asked
"'The Aristocats'? Isn't that, like, a cartoon kid's movie?" I asked her, a bit confused.
"Yeah, you got a problem with that?" she asked, turning her face towards me with a sly grin on her face. Oh, I like this girl!
"Nope! Come on, I'll buy the tickets"
-:-
"He what?!" Penelope exclaimed the next day when we were both working in the pool. Rihanna had confidently taken over the stand again to even her complexion, not that we minded as the water was nice and cool.
"He got a limo to take us to the movies," I repeated and laid down on top of the water.
"Figures. First day here and you pick up a hot, rich guy!" she said and laid down on top of the water next to me.
"Am I going to finish explaining the date, or are you just happy dreaming about limos?" I smirked and she shot me her evil stare.
"Okay, continue"
"Well, when we arrived, he came over to my side of the limo, opened my door and helped me out (A gasp issued from Penelope). When we went into the movie theater, he let me choose the movie and I choose the Aristocats,"
"Oooooo 'The Aristocats'! I want to see that movie! Is it good?"
"Dunno, i wasn't really paying attention..." That last statement sure shut her up.
"SPILL!"
"Haha. Well, he insisted on buying the tickets, so I offered to buy the popcorn but he refused to let me pay for anything. When we went into the cinema, we were the only people there as it was kind of a children's movie and most of the kids would have probably been in bed."
"So? That's not detail! Sure, Bruce could take a couple of lessons from him, but get to the juicy stuff!" she exclaimed, sitting up and standing on the bottom of the pool.
"Bruce?"
"My on again, off again boyfriend. Stop getting of the subject!"
"Um, well ok. We were in the cinema and James reached to get some popcorn but it slipped and it flew over and hit me instead. I thought he was fooling around so I picked up a piece and threw it at him. So that was the start of our popcorn fight which only lasted about ten minutes as the guards came in and told us off, which was pretty funny in itself. After the movie, we went back into the limo which drove me home. The end," I finished.
"Come oooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn! Share the end of the night details!" Penelope pleaded, getting on her knees under the water and I watched bubbles issuing from her mouth.
"Ok ok! Well, he walked me up to my front door, and I told him that I had a really great time tonight, and he said he had too and he kissed me goodnight," i revealed.
"Oh, HOW romantic!" a voice said sarcastically from behind us. Penelope and I turned around and found a ten year old boy being an annoying pain behind us.
"Don't you DARE diss romance!" Penelope yelled and hurled herself at him. I swear that poor kid will be scared for life.
-:-
"And yeah, that's it," I said, after finishing my story to my mirror.
"Gee James, she seems nice, but remember, she's a muggle," my best friend Sirius Black answered from the mirror.
"But the thing is Sirius, if I told her that I was a wizard, I reckon she would believe me," I said slowly
"How do you figure that?"
"Well, I think she believes in the supernatural. She wasn't like most muggles because you know how they say 'Oh God!'? Well, she said 'Oh Merlin'" I replied
"You know James; I've only heard our kind of people say that. You don't think she could be a witch, and is hiding it from you just like you're hiding it from her?"
"I dunno mate," I said sadly
"Well, look on the bright side. You have about 1 ½ months to be with this chick. Go out and have fun. I'm sure you would prefer to go and hang out with Lucy then with your parents," he advised
"Yeah. And her name is Lily!" I replied angrily to the mirror. Sirius just laughed.
"You really like this girl, don't you?" he said sadly
"You know Sirius, I think I do. She's really nice, quirky sense of humor, great to be around with and" his voice went lower "and a great kisser"
Sirius let out a large yelp.
"WHAT! You've already kissed her!"
"What? It's not like you never kissed a girl on your first date?" I smirked
"Yeaaaaaahhhh, but that's... different!"
"Whatever Padfoot. Besides, it was only a kiss goodnight,"
"Well that's okay then!" Sirius said brightly
"I'm glad you approve mother," I said dully
"Father James, I'm glad you approve FATHER!"
-:-
"Favourite colour?" James asked me as we were talking in the pool while I was working.
"Ummm Sky Blue? And Yellow as well I guess. Favourite food?" I asked.
"Where do I begin!" he exclaimed and I laughed. "Well, most probably it would have to be...CHOCOLAT!" he exclaimed, pronouncing the last word with a highly amusing French accent. "How long have you lived in France?"
"Since I was three. I was born in England but my dad's job transferred him here to Nice so that's where we have been ever since. Favourite season?"
"Winter. Snow is awesome!" he said with a cheesy grin on his face.
"I love snow! You can have snow ball fights; make snow men and snow angels..." I said, counting them on my fingers.
"I didn't think it snowed in Nice?" he said, with a confused look on his face.
"Ah, no it doesn't but-" I tried to come up with and explanation that was closest to the truth. "I, ah, go to boarding school,"
"Really? Which one," James asked me
"Umm, this one in France. Anyway," I said, hurriedly, trying to change the subject.
"What are you doing tomorrow night?" he asked
"Well, I'm not working if that's what you mean," i answered
"Awesome! There's this nightclub in town for 16-18year olds. I wanted to go check it out. Do you want to come?"
Uh oh. A bar for SIXTEEN to EIGHTEEN year olds! Fifteen isn't included in that group!
"Sure, I would love to," I replied, a little shakily. Thankfully he didn't notice.
"Cool! Well, my parents are making me join them for lunch today, so I better be going. Will i see you tomorrow?"
"No, I'm not working tomorrow," I replied.
"Okay, then I shall be seeing you tomorrow night!" he said, pulling himself out of the pool and grabbing his towel from a near by chair.
"Yep, sure! Looking forward to it!" I said, sticking a smile on my face. He grinned back and walked out of the pool area. I turned around and slapped my forehead and dropped down to the bottom of the pool. Once I ran out of breath, and broke the surface of the water, I found myself screaming
"PENELOPEEEEEEE!!"
-:-
"And so now, he'll find out I'm only fifteen while he is on the verge of turning eighteen!" I finished, plopping into the water.
"Just get a fake id," she suggested
"Where the hell do you get a fake id in NICE!!!"
"I can make one,"
"WHAT!"
"All you need is a laminator," she said, as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Really?"
"Yeah, come over to my house tomorrow morning. We can make it then. I live at 5 Chelsea Rose Crescent," she said, as three life guards came out of the changing rooms and walked over to the pool to relieve them.
"Great! Is 2:00 alright?" I asked her, hoisting myself out of the pool.
"No! We have to make you look 17, then take the photo, make your id then laminate it and wait for it to set!" she exclaimed as she walked up the stairs out of the pool.
"Okay. How bout ten?"
"Great!" I laughed and she grinned.
-:-
Ding Dong!
Chimed Penelope's doorbell the next morning, as I waited on her front porch. The door was opened by a middle age woman, with an apron round her middle and a wooden spoon in her hand.
"Hello! You must be Lily. Come in, come in! I'm Mrs. Hunter. Penny's waiting upstairs for you so go right on up!" Mrs. Hunter said, ushering me into the house and pointing up the stairs to Penelope's bedroom for me.
I walked slowly up the stairs, my hand trailing along the railing, until I reached the door at the top of the stairs. I pushed it open and found myself in a large room, with a bed in one corner, and a large desk in another, with a computer and a printer sort of machine next to it.
"Hey!" I said, walking into her room. Penelope turned around on her chair to face me.
"Finally!" she exclaimed, jumping up and headed over to me, grabbed my hand and dragged me over to her bed and sat down.
"Okay, first of all, we have to put some make-up on you so you look two years older" She announced, pulling out a draw from her bedside table to reveal a draw full of make-up and facial products.
"Make-up? God, do I have to?" I complained, remembering to use the 'God' expression, to escape the Merlin questions.
"Yes Lily. Make-up. If you want to look seventeen, you'll need a little make-up. Now, are you going to trust me or not?" I groaned
"Yes,"
"Good. Now let the transformation begin!"
-:-
"I wonder what she's doing at the moment?" I asked my mirror
"Dude, you're seriously in over your head here," Sirius said sadly, shaking his head sadly
"What?"
"Prongs, she's a muggle! After the summer is over, you'll probably never see her again!" he exclaimed
"Maybe, maybe not,"
"Prongs," Sirius said in a warning voice
"Oi, my parent's are reenacting their honeymoon, so I'm allowed to have a romance too! For God's sake! I'm in France, the country of love! I AM going to have this romance!"
"Good for you mate! You keep thinking that and you'll go great!" I stopped and did a double take.
"Wow, I'm actually asking YOU for romance advice!"
"Glad I can help," he said, placing his hands down in front of himself, imitating Professor Dumbledore.
"But you didn't! I decided to do it all by myself!" I exclaimed
"You can think that but I know that you know that I know that you know deep down that it was all me!"
"In your dreams mate. In. Your. Dreams. Need I remind you about 'The Bellatrix's Incident'?"
"Nope" Sirius replied in a strangely unnatural high pitched voice.
"I wonder want she's doing now,"
"Gee mate, you're doing it again!" Sirius complained
"Bellatrix"
"Shut up!"
-:-
"And that's the final touch! A little bit of mascara does wonders" said Penelope, putting down the mascara and handing me a mirror.
"Oh my GOD!" I screamed, catching sight of myself in the mirror.
"Lily, you look fantastic! I'm a total artist with a brush, that is if I do say so myself!"
"I look so, so, so different!"
"Lily, you look a little older, and a little hotter!"
"Do I really?" I asked her, peeling my eyes away from the mirror to look at her.
"Yes Lily! James is really REALLY lucky. Even if it's only for the summer, it's your last summer in France! Go out and get them! But first, let me take your photo for your id!"
"Oh right, that's why we did this, wasn't it?"
"Yes Lily, yes it was,"
A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry about the long wait for this chapter but I had my first week of school and it was rather a LITTLE hectic! Also, did you know that 'The Aristocats' actually came out in 1970? Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Yay! 13 pages long! Oh and a BIG BIG thank you to: Isolde Eris, CASOCCERCHIC02, rohosluvsrolos, coreagurl, Mad Over Mooney, piggy396 and lilalex13 for REVIEWING! It means a LOT. Congratulations to MissyBlackk also for being the lucky reviewer number 1!