Disclaimer: I have resigned to the fact that I shall never own Harry and co.
Chapter 4: Surprise Visitors and Markets
After my incident with PCP, compared to that, the rest of the summer past uneventful. James and I went out, on average, sometimes once every two days.
I hated to admit that the summer was nearly over, as my feelings for James had grown enormously ever since he had saved my life.
On my last week of work, James and I spent every single day together, because we both knew we would probably never see each other again once he left.
I didn't tell him that I was moving to England the day after he left as I didn't want to get my hopes up because I knew, deep down that we would probably end up on opposite sides of Britain.
"Mmmmmm what are you thinking?" James asked me as we lay on a towel on the beach opposite the resort.
"Nothing. Just wishing we had more time together," I said, snuggling up next to him.
"Don't say that. We will have forever," he said, stroking my hair.
"James, we have to deal with reality. Long distance relationships hardly ever work!" I exclaimed, sitting up.
"Look, I'm sorry Lily. But I don't want to let you go that easy. You can't blame me for that," he said, sitting up also and making me stare into his gorgeous brown eyes.
"James I- I just want to remember what we had, rather then drawing it out and wondering where it went," I said and I saw his eyes well up in sadness.
"Lily, if that's what you want, I won't stop you. Its just, Lily, I love you. And truthfully, I don't want to move on,"
"James, please. Lets just enjoy ourselves. We always knew this would come, we just didn't know how hard goodbye would be. So lets forget that tomorrow is the last day we have together, okay?"
"Okay," James said, grinning and pulling be back down onto the towel…
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Bring! Bring bring! Bring!
'Merlin, whoever is ringing me on my mobile at-' I looked over at my alarm clock 'at 8 o'clock in the morning!'
I was given a mobile when I turned 13 to use when I was home for the summer. I picked up my phone and pressed the talk button.
"Hello?" I said groggily into the phone, before realizing it was upside down. "Hello?" I repeated into the right end of the phone.
"Lily?" the voice asked.
"Yeah, hello. I'm here!"
"Lily, its Penelope. What were you planning to do today?" Penelope asked.
"Umm, I guess I'll be with James. Why do you asked?"
"Because we've planned a farewell party at the resort and as we're throwing it for you, you have to be there. Of course you can bring James, but you have to come!" she squealed over the phone.
"Penelope, it's a little early for me to remember anything, but okay, I'll come," I said, much to her delight.
"Awesome! Well, it's at the hotel reception at 7 o'clock. I'll see you there! Bye!" once that last word came through the phone line, I was met with the dial tone.
'Great' I thought as I clicked the end button and dialed in James's hotel room number.
"Hello?" I was greeted with a groggy voice that must have been what I sounded like to Penelope.
"James, it's me?" I said into the phone.
"Sirius! Finally mate, you've learnt to use the telephone!"
"Who the bloody hell is Serious?"
"Woops!" was the only reply I got.
"James?"
"Yeah, I'm sorry Lily. I'm still half asleep and you sounded a little like my best mate. Anyway, how did I get the honor of this phone call?"
"Penelope rung and said they are throwing a party at the hotel tonight and said that I had to be there so I was wondering if you wanted to come with me?"
"Of course. As long as I get to spend the rest of the day with you all to myself," he replied.
"You will and you know it!" I said and laughed.
"Okay, I'll see you in an hour," he said
"You will?"
"You bet!"
"Okay! I'll see you then. Bye."
"Bye!"
Click
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After answering Lily's phone call, I resigned to the fact that I needed to get up for two reasons.
1. I said I would meet her in an hour
2. It was our last day together.
I pulled away the covers and carefully stood up out of bed so my head wouldn't spin. I opened the top draw of the bedside table and took out my wand. I gave it a flick and my bed was instantly made.
I was about to walk over to the cupboard to get my clothes out (I didn't do everything by magic) but I heard a knock echo from the door.
I headed over to the front door and looked threw the peep whole and couldn't believe my eyes. I unlocked the door and pulled it open.
"SIRIUS! What the bloody hell are you doing here?" I asked.
Sirius started looking me up and down and I realized I was only in my boxers.
"I was bored so I apparated here. You know, without you over the summer, it's been quite dull. Peter is very protective of his new girlfriend you know," Sirius announced, pushing past me and plonking down on the couch.
"Ah, Sirius. You can't apparate," I told him, walking back into my bedroom to get changed.
"Meh, so what. I made it here, so I must be able to apparate even if I don't have my license yet," he said, conjuring up an apple and taking a bite out of it.
"Okay? But what I don't get is, I'm catching one of those muggle 'Aeroplanes' home tomorrow. Why couldn't you wait another day?"
"Like I said, I was bored," he said, taking another bite.
"And?" I prompted him as I returned from the bedroom, fully clothed.
"And my mother invited Bellatrix to stay," he added, finishing off his apple.
"Oh I see. And she was going to make you suffer?" I asked, sitting down next to him.
"Look, its not my fault I didn't know she was my cousin so I kissed her in the Entrance Hall in front of everyone!"
"Aha. Well, you can hang out here for the day then. I'm leaving in a few minutes," I said, summoning my backpack over to me.
"Why? Where are you going?" Sirius asked in bewilderment.
"Believe it or not, Sirius, I do have a life," I replied, standing up.
"Ahhhhhh the famous Lily Evans…" Sirius sighed, lounging back onto the couch.
"How do you know her last name was Evans?" I asked him suspiciously.
"I have my sources…" I stared at him. "and you might have mentioned it a couple of times."
Typical.
"Anyway, as long as you're here, you can offer me your opinion. The ring?" A ring appeared on my left hand. It was made of white gold with a single diamond imbedded in the middle, "Or the bracelet?" which was also made of white gold and had a special engraving on the inside which appeared on my right hand.
"Bracelet," Sirius said, without looking up.
"Why do you say that? You haven't even looked at them!" I exclaimed. He just shrugged.
Finally looking up he said, "Look mate, the ring has a diamond on it," I stared at him blankly.
"So?"
"So, it looks like an engagement ring, not a farewell present."
"Oh, well that makes the decision a little easier," I said, the ring disappearing and the bracelet disappearing also, though coming back seconds later neatly gift-wrapped.
"Okay, well I better be going," I said, carefully slipping the present into my backpack.
"And what am I suppose to do all day?"
"Look, its your own fault you're here on your own. Just spend the day here. Don't leave this room!" I said, emphasizing the last word.
"And what am I suppose to do in this room?" he demanded, still lounging on the couch.
"Watch T.V."
"Watch what? Is a T.V. some pet you bought Lily and you want me to baby sit? I refuse!"
"No Sirius, its that black box over there that shows cartoons 24 hours a day. Doubt you'll get bored anytime soon," I said, pointing at the T.V.
"Ooooooooo!" Sirius said in fascination.
"That thing, on the coffee table, is a remote. You press that red button up the top to turn it on and you press those buttons to turn the volume up and down. Okay?"
Sirius didn't reply. He grabbed the remote and pressed the red button. Instantly, a cartoon called 'The Rugrats' flashed onto the screen.
"Babies?" Sirius asked me in confusion. "This is a baby's show?"
"Don't worry Sirius, just watch and enjoy. Oh and before I forget. At 7 o'clock tonight, there is a staff party on at the reception. I'll rescue you then. I'll see you later," I said and left him watching a toddler braking out of his playpen.
I locked the door behind me, slung my backpack over my shoulder and headed off towards the pool, as that was our special meeting space.
Sure enough, when I arrived there, I found Lily there lounging on a banana chair, facing the ocean.
I walked around it until I was standing behind her, lent forward and kissed her gently on the lips.
"Hello" she whispered after I pulled away.
"What do you feel like doing today?" I asked her as I walked around the chair and sat down at the end of it.
"As long as we're together, I don't mind," she said softly.
"Well, I just remembered, on the way to the resort, I saw a market in the town. Do you want to go there and look around?"
"Sure," she replied as I pulled her off the chair and we walked towards the entrance.
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"Would you believe, in all the time I've lived here, I've never been to these markets?" Lily told me as we reached the markets.
"Wow, that's a little sad," I said and she punched me in the arm.
"OWW!" I complained, rubbing where she punched me.
"You wuss. You know I can't hit for shit!" she joked and hit me again for good measure.
"Do you want to start here and work our way down?" I suggested and she nodded.
We spent the two hours till lunch walking through the first half of the markets. By lunchtime, we were a little tired from walking so I took Lily to a café across the road called 'Café Clementine'.
"So, ummm," I sort of said after we ordered.
"Cat got your tongue?" she joked, handing her menu back to the waitress.
"No, I just couldn't think of anything to say,"
"Really? That's a first" she smirked and I smirked back.
"Okay, fine. Do you like cheese?"
"Do you like American movies?"
"I asked you first!"
"Yes, but my question has something to do with yours!"
"Ah hem."
We turned and saw a distraught looking waitress standing there with our toasted sandwiches on white china plates, waiting for us to take them.
"Oh, sorry," I said, taking both the plates and placing one in front of Lily and the other in front of myself.
We dug in hurriedly and our dispute on muggle movies and cheese was soon forgotten.
"I like cheese," she said, finishing off her sandwich.
"Yes! Finally an answer!" I said, punching my hand into the air.
"Well, in a way I guess it was, but I didn't intend on it to be," she said, dabbing the corners of her mouth with her serviette.
"Huh?"
"I had a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich and I was mealy commenting on how it was very nice cheese," I just stared at her.
"Shut up," she said as we got up to pay for lunch. I just laughed.
"Oooooo a sunglasses shop!" I exclaimed, once we had paid and had walked back into the market. I ran over and grabbed a heart shaped pair off the rack and slipped them on.
"What do you think?" I asked, turning round to face Lily. "Ta Da!"
"Haha how …retro!" she laughed and put on a pair of star shaped ones on.
"How bout this?" she asked and made a pose.
"I'm star struck!" I joked and we laughed.
"These two pairs of sunnys my dear man!" I said to the guy at the cash register who I swear thought we were a little loony and placed the money in front of him before skipping out with the man shaking his head in disbelief behind us.
A/N: Hey everybody! Thanks for reading this chapter. I've decided that I will be updating this story once a week and the chapters will be around 10pages each (Like this one) as my GPA dropped at the end of last year and I have to get my marks back up! But if you're lucky, you might get two a week! Oh, a bit of trivia. Disco Butterfly is a real nightclub in Nice, and PCP, for those who didn't know, is a real drug, though more commonly known as Fairy Dust. Special thank to: Mad Over Mooney, Truth in the Moon, firewalker32, Isolde Eris, coreagurl, piggy396, SinnerxXxAmoungxXxThexXxSain…, and my lovely editor Grey Mustang.