AVOIDING VOLDEMORT OR NOT!
Author: It should be obvious, but to those who don't know who the author is I'd suggest looking back on the other chapters, but why do that when you could just read it right here? Well, hi I'm LilyHeartsJames.
Disclaimer: Well I JUST told you I'm LilyHeartsJames (which is true) so therefore I am NOT JK Rowling and no, not even in disguise. And NO I did NOT create the characters of Harry Potter. NO I did NOT create the places in Harry Potter. And NO I did NOT create ANYTHING to do with Harry Potter so therefore I am DEFINATLEY NOT JK ROWLING! I know, it hurts doesn't it?
Dedication: Keith Scott. Hehehehe I didn't dedicate it to him last chapter so this chapter is dedicated to Keith.
Notes: OH MY GOD! Thank you SO much for the reviews guys! I LOVED them!
In places no one would find
All you're feelings so deep inside
It was then that I realized
That forever was in you're eyes
The moment I saw you cry
This is 'cry' by Mandy Moore just so you guys know because a reviewer asked about it so yeah. There you go. I got it from 'A Walk to Remember'.
OH MY GOD! The One Tree Hill season FOUR DVD box set is coming out soon! ARGH, I can't WAIT! I missed number four but now I'm gonna see it FINALLY!
Uh, yeah. Well I decided to get the next chapter up quicker then normal (for a change) and I hope you guys like it!
You know what? One of the teachers at my school asked this dude who also goes to my school what time the one thirty bus leaves…
COME ON! It's the 1:30 bus god dammit! As if you could be any stupider!
MISTAKE!!! I accidentally said that Lily's birthday was the day after they went to the pool. My bad! Just pretend it was Sunday and not the day after they went to the pool. Tiny-winy mistake. Sorry :)
CHAPTER 3-
"So you danced with my father, you danced with you're father but you haven't yet danced with a sexy thing like me?" James asked grinning.
"Actually I was going to ask if Vernon's totally hot cousin would like to dance with me" Lily pointed over James' shoulder and he turned. Vernon's cousin, who was large and beefy just like him, was busy stuffing his face with doughnuts from the snack table.
He had blonde hair, plastered ALL over his fat head and had a bum chin and very little neck.
"Oh haha you're so funny" James replied turning back to her.
"You know it's a crime not to dance with a sexalicious thing like me right?"
"Oh no! Did I break the law? I am ever so sorry how can I ever repay you Mr. Potter?" Lily asked playing along.
"Well, you could always dance with me"
"No, I don't think so"
"It'll go on you're permanent record Evans"
"I wouldn't think so Potter"
"Well I do think so!"
"There's no other choice is there?"
"Well you could dance with fatty over there but he'd probably squash you're toes"
"Meanie" Lily said laughing and they began to waltz around the dance floor.
"You're laughing so that makes you a meanie too" James replied and she grinned.
"Touché Potter"
-
Lily sighed. These memories wouldn't go away, they wouldn't leave her alone.
And right now, she just wanted to be alone. But it's hard being alone when nothing leaves you alone. She didn't want to think either. But not thinking is pretty hard. How could you not think?
Today was her eighteenth birthday. She was now officially eighteen, and she was of age in the Muggle world. Finally.
But she didn't like being in the Muggle world. She didn't like being without her friends.
Her old friends.
They had a fight on Wednesday and it was now Sunday, Lily's birthday. She hadn't heard from them since.
And today her father was going to take her out to do the things they used to do together.
Eating fish and chips by the wharf, eating ice cream at the ice cream store and sitting in their favourite booth, going to the lookout and lying on the roof of her dad's car and watch the stars, wish on a falling star…
Lily loved the times when it was just her and her dad and they would talk, tell each other everything and not care about anything.
And truthfully, Lily was excited.
She couldn't wait to spend the day with her father.
But he'd have to get her out of bed first…
-
"Lily we're home!" Mrs. Evans called up the stairs and Lily hurried down. She put on a smile and helped pack away the groceries.
"I bought two tubs of ice cream, since you ate one whole tub on Thursday" her mother told her and she smiled sheepishly.
"Oh and I bought some food for Chum. Can you go feed him please?"
"Sure" Lily replied and grabbed the food from the supermarket bag.
"Special Lose Weight Dog Food?" Lily said reading off the box.
"Yes… he's getting awfully fat Lily and-"
"He isn't fat! He's just big-boned" Lily said cutting off her mother.
"Lily… he's fat"
"He is not fat! He's just built that way that's all!"
"Lily you do remember when we bought him right?"
"YES! They were all so cute but I liked him the best and-"
"Lily he was fattest out of all of them" her mother said cutting into her daughter's rant.
"Yeah, so?"
"And he was the runt"
"Okay so maybe he was shorter then the others but gee, saying he was the fattest? That's a little harsh!"
"Well he was! All the other puppies were off playing with each other and he stuck by the food bowl and ate and ate and ate and even when you picked him up he tried to eat you're ear and then when you put him back down he went straight back to the food bowl"
"Well he was just… maybe he was hungry!"
"Oh Lily! He must've been very hungry because in the fifteen minutes we were there he'd already eaten five bowls the size of you're whole hand"
"Oh well. He was super hungry!"
"Lily… please just go feed him"
Lily shrugged and walked out the back door, her father smiling and shaking his head.
"Here you go Chum! Don't worry, I like you the way you are… you know what mum's like! If she wasn't so worried about being rude, she'd give Vernon Dursley some exercising tips"
Lily heard someone laugh and she straightened up, expecting to see James but instead it was Sirius.
She stiffened a bit, looking worried.
"Hey Lily…" Sirius said climbing over the fence and patting Chum.
"Hi" Lily replied looking away.
There was silence for a few seconds until Sirius broke it.
"Are you pissed at me?"
"WHAT?" Lily shrieked loudly, startling both Chum and Sirius. Chum ran away and hid behind the tree.
"Well, you know it was my fault you's had a fight! I mean you's were fighting over the fact that I loved Becky and you were there trying to get her to understand that and she thought you were on my side and maybe if I was there-"
"She still would have thought I was on you're side! But I'm not, I'm not on any"
"So… are you still mad at me?"
"Sirius you ding dong I was never mad at you!" Sirius grinned and hugged her.
"How could I be mad at my big brother?" she asked chuckling.
He smiled.
"You know James is at home"
"That's nice" she said looking over at Chum, who was cowering.
"And he'd really like to see you"
"Well if he did, he'd be over here seeing me. Well maybe not me but the door after I've slammed it in his face but-"
"Lily, you don't understand. Carly kissed him. She took him by surprise. He meant to push her away but he was just really shocked and didn't think she'd actually stoop that low and-"
"James told you to tell me this didn't he?"
"No… he just told me and I thought if I told you then maybe things would be okay between you two"
"Right… there's still the fact that he lied Sirius"
"Lily, he loves you he really does"
"If he really did, he'd be over here telling me that himself. And he'd be groveling and showering me with a hundred white lilies. He'd stand outside my door in the pouring rain, soaked from head to foot and telling me how sorry he is and how much he loves me"
"Geez, you don't want much" Sirius said smiling.
They both laughed.
"Lily? Are you ready to go?"
"Oh, that's my cue. I'm spending the day with dad so…"
"Happy birthday by the way" Sirius said grinning.
"Thank you" Lily said and hugged him.
"I've got you a present but… it's kind of at home. How about you come over and I can give it to you and then you can come back and go"
"Haha nice try Sirius. I'm not stupid you know"
"No, I don't know that" Sirius said jokingly and Lily pinched his arm. "OW!" he said loudly and rubbed the spot where she got him.
"Well I better-"
"Hey"
Lily froze. James had walked over to the two, and stood there.
Lily glanced at him and turned back to Sirius.
"I have to go" she said and turned back to go inside.
"Happy birthday Li-"
The back door slammed and James sighed.
"Great" he muttered.
Sirius patted him on the shoulder. "Don't worry mate, you are so lucky I'm you're best friend"
"I am?" James asked gloomily as they began to walk home.
"Yep"
"Why?"
"Because Lily told me that the only way for you to get her back is to… never mind. I'll let you figure that one out"
"SIRIUS!" James yelled and ran after him and jumped on his back, trying to tackle him to the ground. The two boys hurried inside laughing, unaware that Lily was watching them from the kitchen window.
-
"What flavor ice cream?" Mr. Evans asked smiling.
"Rainbow" Lily said grinning.
"With chocolate sauce?" her father prompted.
Lily nodded. "Please"
"Okay I'll order you get our seat"
"Okie dokie" Lily said walking off and found their booth. She smiled. She hadn't been here with her dad in years, but all that was about to change.
Lily sat down in her favourite spot, next to the window and amused herself with reading the menu.
Her father came over five minutes later, carrying two bowls of ice cream.
"Here you go" he said passing Lily hers and then he sat his on the table and slid into the seat opposite his daughter.
"Thanks dad" she said grinning and he nodded and they sat there eating their ice cream and just talking.
"Okay so a girl actually fluttered her eyelashes at you?"
"Yeah it was scary actually! She always winked and asked for my number and I just took our ice cream and left!"
Lily shook her head. She wanted to punch this girl but she also found it funny.
"What did she look like?" Lily asked out of curiosity.
"Well, she had blue eyes… honestly they were the colour of ice"
Lily's stomach clenched.
No, it couldn't be! She thought worriedly.
"She had blonde hair"
Her stomach tightened even more.
Okay, just calm down! It's probably not even her!
And it was curly too"
BITCH!
Lily jumped up and walked up to the counter, her dad frowning.
"LILY! Where the hell are you going?" Lily didn't answer and looked around for her.
"What are you doing, Lily stop!" her father said following her.
"Lily-"
"You bitch! He's my dad and you'd better stay away from him!"
Carly Wade turned around and looked surprised.
"Um, do I know you?"
"Yeah, you do! Stay away from me, stay away from my dad!"
"Fine… If I knew he was you're dad I definitely would've ignored him!"
"Yeah well next time you even think of coming onto my dad or my friends, I'll give you a reason to get plastic surgery for you're nose!"
"Hmpf… Get out" Carly said putting her hands on her hips.
"Fine I will but don't think you won't see me around because you will!"
Her father grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the shop and she was breathing heavily.
-
"So are you going to tell me what that was about earlier?" Mark asked his eighteen year old daughter.
They were driving, and were on their way to the look out because it was pretty late and Lily was just sitting there, her arms crossed over her chest and was pouting.
"Nothing" she mumbled and her father sighed. He stopped the car at the look out and they both got out of the car and got up on the roof and lay down.
"Tell me Lily" he said softly as they watched the stars. "We used to tell each other everything"
"Dad… she was the one, the one who kissed James at the pool"
"Oh" he said a look of understanding on his face. He wrapped his arm around her and she leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Sometimes I can still see her kissing him, in my head I mean. I just… I keep replaying what I saw and I try to make an excuse for it but it just doesn't work out"
"Maybe you didn't see what you thought you saw" her dad said quietly and she looked at him.
"I saw what I saw, they were kissing"
"You don't know the full story though"
Lily shrugged. "I know enough"
…
…
…
"Lily I never thought I'd say this since you are my little girl and everything but-"
"Daaad!" Lily exclaimed and he smiled.
"I think you should talk to James. I mean I know you were hurt but… I think there may be more to it then you think. And this coming from me means something because a part of me is screaming; "No don't talk to him about it!" because I personally think you're too young to date and-"
"Dude, you were seventeen when you proposed to mum and ended up getting married secretly not long after and then you like… nearly got killed by grandpa… but he forgave you"
"Yes well… that's different! But Lily you're my little girl and I hate seeing you hurt! And you being away from James like this is hurting you, I can see it every time I look at you but you're trying to hide it"
Lily sighed.
"You just won't give up will you?"
"Nope"
Lily smiled and looked at the sky.
"Falling star" Lily said softly and her dad sat up.
"Make a wish Lily"
Lily closed her eyes and so did her dad. She sat there, making her wish and thinking of nothing but the wish for three times. She counted to ten and then opened her eyes. That was always how her and her dad used to do it.
Her father opened his own eyes a few seconds later and he smiled.
"What'd you wish for?" Lily asked.
"Can't tell you… otherwise it won't come true. But you know that you're a big fan of that. Whenever I asked what you used to wish for you'd bash me up"
Lily chuckled. "Yeah okay"
He smiled. "Ready to go home?"
Lily looked back up at the sky. She nodded slowly.
"Okay, c'mon let's go"
-
"Hey guys! Have fun?" Mrs. Evans asked as Lily and her father walked into the kitchen later on.
"Yeah we did actually. Lily almost punched this girls head off her neck… it was pretty funny" her dad said kissing her mother's cheek.
"Hi Lily" Heather said smiling as she came back from the toilet.
"Hiya Heather" Lily replied hugging her.
"Oh, I missed you today Lils!"
"Yeah… sorry"
"That's alright! But here's you're present from me and Danny, he's in the lounge room with the boys playing you're x-box I hope you don't mind"
Lily shook her head. "I don't mind"
"Awesome" she heard her father say and he went into the lounge room.
"You didn't have to get me a present" Lily said as Heather handed her a rectangular shaped present.
"Of course I did! I couldn't not give you one! That's like an insult!" she was smiling and Lily smiled too.
"Thanks" she said and opened it and inside was a…
X-box game…
"Danny's idea… its car racing" Heather said watching her closely.
Lily grinned and hugged her. "THANKYOU!"
They laughed. "What'd you're mum get you?"
"A new dress. She said that she's having a party down at the pub on Thursday so yeah…"
"Oh, it would look lovely!"
"Are you coming?"
"She was the first invited" Lily's mum answered and Lily grinned.
"Well I'm gonna go beat the guys at this car racing game"
"You go girl" her mum said and Lily shook her head.
"Kick their arses" Heather whispered taking Lily by surprise. Since when did Heather swear?
Lily headed into the lounge room and Sirius and James were racing each other.
"Hey" Lily said kneeling beside Danny who wrapped an arm around her and kissed her head. "Happy birthday Lily"
James paused the game and turned around.
"Hey, happy birthday Lils"
Lily nodded. "Thank you"
Sirius jumped up and danced her around the room.
"Oh my gosh! Lily you silly um… dilly! You're the youngest and the last of us to turn eighteen, oh!"
Lily laughed.
"You said that last year!"
"Yeah I know, I just had to say it again!" he said and continued to dance her around. Danny and Mark took over from the boy's game and James stood up, glanced at Lily and Sirius and walked into the kitchen.
"Hey baby!" Heather said kissing him on the head.
"Mum, I'm eighteen I'm not a baby!" James whined. Heather smirked.
"Oh, I wouldn't be so sure about that Potter" Lily said walking past him to get a can of soft drink from the fridge,
James shook his head. "Trust you to say that Evans"
She grinned and chucked him a can and then Sirius walked in and she gave him one.
She shut the fridge and smirked evilly. She had a plan…
Without anyone noticing she shook up her can and walked past James and opened it and sprayed it into his face taking him by COMPLETE surprise.
James shook his head and Lily laughed.
"Right, that's it" he shook his up and they chased each other around the house spraying each other with their cans and Sirius shook his head as he watched them.
"Am I the ONLY mature one in this whole house?" he asked and Jane snorted.
"Oh yeah definitely" she said sarcastically but Sirius thought she meant it.
Lily and James ran past the three, still squirting each other. Just then James stubbed his toe on the kitchen counter.
"OW! SHIT!" he cursed and Lily laughed.
"You idiot Potter what the hell did you do?" she asked walking over.
"Stubbed my toe" James admitted.
Lily rolled her eyes.
"You are a baby"
He stuck his tongue out at her and Jane sighed. "Lily grab him a band aid from the cabinet would you please?"
"Yes mam, right away mam" Lily said saluting and walked down the hallway, James hopping along behind her and they heard her call him a baby again and he retorted with; "You're the baby, not me!"
Lily grabbed a band aid from the cabinet and took it out of its packet.
She patted the bathtub and James sat on the side and she kneeled down in front of him and put his band aid on for him.
She straightened up and he smirked.
"You know I could have put it on myself"
"No you couldn't, babies aren't allowed" she replied throwing the rubbish from the bad aid in the bin.
"Haha. You are one infuriating chick you know that Evans?"
"Yeah I do, you've told me like a billion times!"
He smiled. "Good"
"And Voldemort told me too when I annoyed him"
James chuckled.
"That's my line!"
"Correction; it was you're line"
James mumbled something about being annoying and she laughed.
"Whatever Potter, whatever"
They walked out, laughing and talking and Sirius looked up and smiled.
"At least their talking" he muttered to Heather and Jane who were also watching them.
"Hey mum, since I am eighteen and I'm old enough to drink I was wondering if-"
"NO!" they heard her father shout from the lounge room.
"YOU'RE TOO YOUNG!" he added and Lily smiled and grabbed two cans out and passed one to James.
"You're not gonna squirt me again are you Evans?"
"I might" she replied and opened her can and drank from it.
James relaxed and did the same.
Jane and Heather got up and said something about watching their husbands and left.
Lily, Sirius and James sat in a comfortable silence.
"Well, you should open you're presents Lils" Sirius said and she smiled.
She held her hands out for it as he passed the present he'd chosen for her and she took it and unwrapped it.
"Oh wow Sirius! New army shorts! Wicked! Thank you!" she said and kissed his cheek.
James held out his and she took it from him.
He stuck out his tongue and she repeated the gesture.
She opened it and inside was a… movie voucher ticket for two, (He'd won that over the radio and never went to the movies so he figured she should use them) and a t-shirt that said; "Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them" it was green and it matched her eyes. When she read it she laughed and balled up her wrapping paper and threw it at him.
He grinned and she took all three of them by surprise and hugged him.
"Thank you!"
"No problemo Evans"
Just then there was a knock at the door. Lily frowned, and got up.
She walked over to the door and opened it and outside was a man dressed in a bird costume.
"G'day there! I heard it's ya birthday!"
Lily knew that voice.
"Hi Remus"
"I aint Remus, I'm the birthday bird! I've got some flowers here for you from a Mr. P.Rongs"
Lily smiled and four vases which had twenty-five water lilies appeared out of nowhere.
There were cards on them as the bird walked in holding them.
"A hundred times…" Lily said reading off the first card.
She grabbed the second one. "…More beautiful…"
She grabbed the third card, "…Then a…"
Sirius grabbed the last one. "…hundred white lilies" he said and grinned Lily glanced at James who was sitting there watching her closely.
"And I got them from a Mr. P.Rongs… do you guys no anyone that goes by that name?" she asked looking pointedly at James who smirked.
Sirius shrugged. "Beats me" he said and Lily almost laughed.
"Well, the birthday bird needs to go now but he wishes a Miss. Lily Evans a happy birthday and may she have many more"
Lily grinned. "Excuse me Mr. Birthday Bird who is really my mate Remus Lupin, but would you like to stay for some cake?"
"The birthday bird would love to" and with that Remus took the costume off and thank god he had clothes on underneath.
Lily smiled.
"I wish I knew who Mr. P. Rongs is, I'd tell him he was very sweet and I would like to thank him" she said and glanced at James who winked.
After many helpings of birthday cake which Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Potter had baked, they were ready for bed. Remus went home, even though Jane had told him he could stay the night because James and Sirius were. But Remus said he needed to go take care of business.
He had given Lily a new pair of all stars which were red.
He decided to go, even though they tried to persuade him to stay.
So he left saying 'happy birthday' and that he'd see them all soon.
-
That night Lily, Sirius and James were sleeping in the lounge room. Heather and Danny had gone home, Lily's parents were in bed and the three eighteen year olds were sleeping in sleeping bags and all had doonas (Lily's demand) and they were lying there happily.
Lily was in the middle of the two boys.
"Potter" she whispered and he rolled over and looked at her.
"Evans?" he whispered back.
"Thank you… for the flowers and the shirt and the tickets"
He smiled. "No problemo Evans, no problemo"
She grinned. "Well, I had fun tonight"
"Me too" he said staring at her.
"Is Sirius asleep?" James asked a little louder.
"No he is not and he can hear you two whispering" Sirius said loudly and Lily and James cracked up laughing.
Sirius groaned.
"Sirius is grumpy" Lily said teasingly.
"He will be grumpy in a minute if you two don't shut up and go to sleep" he said rolling over.
Lily and James waited a few minutes before they looked at each other.
"I saw Carly tonight" I whispered softly. James' eyes darkened at the mention of her name.
"She was at the ice cream store and she hit on my dad"
"Ew… he's heaps older then her" James whispered back and Lily glared at him.
"And she is a humongous slut and sleeps around with everyone"
Lily smirked. "I felt like punching her"
"I feel like punching you both" Sirius mumbled and James and Lily glanced at each other.
"The next time I see her I will though" Lily said, as if there was no interruption.
"Yeah and I'm gonna be screaming; "Go Lily! Kick her up the arse!" James replied and Lily burst into giggles.
Sirius groaned again. "Can you's please get to sleep?"
"Okay… Goodnight Sirius" Lily said.
"Goodnight" Sirius replied.
"Nighty-night Padfoot" James said and Lily giggled.
"Night" Sirius mumbled.
"Nighty-night Lils"
"Night James"
"Night Mr. Snuffles" James said and he and Lily burst out laughing.
"Night Mr. P.Rongs"
James made stag noises and this time Sirius joined in on the laughter.
"Goodnight Chum" All three said at the same time.
"Night" they said again.
Then, one by one they fell asleep. Sirius first, then Lily and then James after he watched her sleep for a bit.
He smiled and snuggled down into his sleeping bag and pulling the doona up more.
"I love you James" Lily mumbled in her sleep and he looked at her and smiled. She was smiling in her sleep a little bit as well.
"Love you too Lily" James replied and drifted off to sleep…
A/N: Wow, I think I'd better hit the sack!
I just couldn't have things bad between Lily and James anymore! They aren't together but they are friends again so that's one step closer. But don't give up yet.
And there will be more Becky and Emm in the next chapter (Hopefully).
Well Audios Amigos!
Goodnight, nighty-night!
LilyHeartsJames