Avoiding Voldemort Or Not, a.k.a AVON
Author: ♥ LilyHeartsJames ♥
Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns all Harry Potter characters, places and things. Becky is owned by LilyHeartsJames. All One Tree Hill scenes are owned by Mark Schwan, who writes them. The plot also belongs to LilyHeartsJames.
Dedication: I dedicate this to my mum, who does everything for me. Without her I don't know where I'd be. Uneducated of course because I wouldn't get up in time for school if it wasn't for her. So, yes I dedicate this chapter to my mum.
Notes: Well, I really, really appreciated ALL of the reviews! I was SO happy to get them all I was just smiling through EVERY single one. So thanks to you guys I decided to put this next chapter up quicker.
Also, Friday will be my last day of Year Nine. ARGH! Then I'll be in Year Ten and I'll have to do my school Certificate and yeah. Scary stuff! But even better I'll be out of school in a couple of days and then it'll be HOLIDAYS! So more time for updating. You should be very happy.
Also, I accomplished my fear of snakes!
I TOUCHED ONE! It was today, and don't worry it was tame and it didn't bite me. But I was eyeing it the whole time and to tell you the truth, it felt like rubber. I'm still a little afraid but I still touched one. But if someone tried to get me to hold it or put it around my neck, then I'd have to get violent and kick 'em in the balls, no matter what their gender is. So be warned.
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Chapter 6:
"You know what we can do tonight?" Becky asked as the three girls walked upstairs into Lily's room.
"What?" Emm asked grinning.
"Pranks on next door"
All three girls wore identical looks, looks of pure evil.
"You know, if Becky didn't come tonight then it wouldn't have been as fun, no offence Emm" Lily said wrapping an arm around her happy friend who shrugged.
"No offence taken. 'Cause I kinda agree"
"Well how about we chuck our stuff in you're room and then go hang out at the mall?" Becky asked happily.
"It's six thirty" Emm told her as if she was a little slow.
"So?" Lily and Becky said at the same time.
Emm put her stuff next to the door and Becky chucked her things on Lily's bed, which always happened when they had sleepovers at the Evans' house. Emm's gear on the floor and Becky's on the bed.
"Well would you're mum allow it?"
Lily frowned. "I don't know. Maybe"
"Let's ask"
The girls went back downstairs and found Mrs. Evans in the kitchen making chocolate chip muffins.
"What're you three up to?"
The three shrugged and then Lily asked; "Mum can we go to the mall?"
Emm gave her a look, and Lily hastily added; "Please".
Her mum sighed and appeared to be thinking.
"Well all right, but be home at eight"
Becky hugged Mrs. Evans and then ran over to the door.
Lily and Emm thanked her and hurried after their best friend.
"Whoa, hold up there speedy!" Lily called out and Becky slowed but made gestures for them to hurry up.
"C'mon! Quick we have to get there!"
"It's like a ten minute walk from here to there, we'll be there in no time" Emm replied and Becky groaned.
"I have to get there on time"
"Why?"
"Well the stores will close soon won't they?"
The two chuckled and followed their friend who was still in the lead.
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"Wow, look at these trackies! They look totally awesome!" Becky said holding a dark blue pair up to her and checking herself out in the mirror.
"They are so you" Emm said coming up behind her.
"Where's Lily?" Becky asked and Emm rolled her eyes.
"Men's section looking at baggy t-shirts"
Becky chuckled.
"Well what are you gonna buy?"
"Lip gloss"
"OH MY GOD!" Becky said loudly, causing people to look over in alarm.
Emm scowled, Becky was always loud even when she didn't mean to be (A/N: Kind of like me…).
"Shhh!"
"Sorry, but what is it with you and bloody lip gloss? You're like obsessed!"
"What is it with you and trackies or you and Quidditch?"
"Oooh burn" Lily said walking over.
"Touché" Becky said, smirking at her friend and Emm smirked too.
"What'd ya get?" Becky turning to the red head.
Lily smiled as she showed her best friends her grey shirt which had white writing on it and it read: 'SARCASM is one of the services I offer'.
Becky nodded approvingly.
"That is very true"
Lily shook her head and smiled as she remembered saying that very sentence to James a few nights ago, she'd seen that shirt and loved it straight away and then saved up for it.
Emm saw her face and said in a sing/song voice; "Somebody's in lala land".
Lily shook her head again and sighed.
"Got what you want?"
"Uhuh I got-"
"Cherry Lip Gloss. AGAIN!" Becky said interrupting her.
Emm rolled her eyes.
"Well she's getting trackies AGAIN!"
"Look who's the loud one now" Becky commented as people stared at the three girls.
They all laughed, when suddenly a couple of guys walked over.
"Hey" A brown haired one said to Becky who raised her eyebrows.
"No I don't think so. Dude, when I reject you, you're going to go off with you're little friends, laugh this off, get wasted and then go home. But when you do arrive home, don't go dreaming about me because even you're fantasy of me doesn't want you"
The guy looked taken aback and muttered; "Sorry I just came over to say 'hi' and stuff".
Becky snorted. "Yeah… right.
The black haired one looked at Emm.
"How you doin?"
"Fine" she replied sighing.
"Wanna get a drink?"
"No. Sorry to crush you're dreams but I'm actually engaged"
"A fox like you? Wow, that's impressive, a little fast though don't you think?"
"Dude you're like totally missing the message. She doesn't want you" Lily said staring at him.
He looked at her.
"Cute shirt, I have one the same, you got it from the guys section"
"Cute jeans, I swear I got the same pair, from the girls section" Becky said smirking.
The guy blushed furiously.
"Well… I got these from the guys!"
"Well, why don't you prove it?"
"How exactly can I do that?"
"You can't, and that's the good thing. You see, you can't prove it and I can continue thinking that you wear girl's clothes!"
"But they aren't girl's clothes!"
"Well, are you gonna prove it?"
"No because I don't exactly think that it's any of you're business"
"Right, well then what Lily wears is none of you're business"
He stared at her as the three went and paid for Emm's lip gloss and left the stores, laughing about the little situation.
"I have a fantasticness idea" Lily said suddenly.
"What?" Becky asked excitedly.
"Let's get hotdogs!"
"With mustard!" Emm added, at the same time as Becky.
"No way! NO!" Lily shouted and they shook their heads.
"Ever since you were two-"
"I've hated it! And yeah, I'm allowed to! I mean… all I did was tell Petunia to stop complaining, and crying, and whining and whatever else she did and I got mustard on my tongue and dad had to scrape it off with a blunt knife because I couldn't spit it out and it burnt my tongue! I've hated it ever since!"
"You make it sound so innocent! You told her a lot more then just to quit complaining" Becky said, a smirk evident on her face.
"Okay… so maybe I said a few choice words which I will not discuss with you but… what the heck, its cheese and sauce for me" Lily said, and then ordered, paid, and waited for her friends whilst taking a bite.
"Mmm, you two don't know what you're missing out on" Lily said teasingly, taking a slow bite and looking as if she was in heaven.
"Haha, quick! Someone get me a blunt knife! My tongues burning!" Becky said loudly and the girls laughed as they walked over to a seat.
When they finished eating, a song started to play and Lily suddenly squealed.
"Do you guys know what song this is?"
Becky and Emm sat there listening before screaming loudly.
"It's our graduation dance song! AHHH!" Becky screamed and she and Lily got up and started dancing.
Emm laughed, and shook her head. She looked at passersby who frowned at her two crazy friends.
"I don't really know them, they poisoned me and practically made me hang out with them!" she said and the person hurried away.
"EMM! Come dance!"
"Yeah bitch; you don't know what you're missing out on! This is FUN!" Becky screamed waving at Emm to come over.
"Oh, what the hell!" she ran over and joined in with the dancing.
Flashback-
"Hey Lily! Come dance with us! This is the last dance of the night and you've been dancing with my cousin for the WHOLE night! We know you two are crazily in love, which we would never have believed last year but anyways come dance with you're best friends who you love so much!" Becky said holding out her hand.
Lily turned to James.
"Do you mind?"
He smiled and winked.
"Not at all. Go be crazy"
She laughed and took Becky's outstretched hand and danced with screamed when the song came on.
"I know this song" Becky and Emm said, and Lily looked at them.
"I love this song!"
And
so we talked all night about the rest of our lives
Where we're
gonna be when we turn 25
I keep thinking times will never
change
Keep on thinking things will always be the same
But when
we leave this year we won't be coming back
No more hanging out
cause we're on a different track
And if you got something that you
need to say
You better say it right now cause you don't have
another day
Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down
These
memories are playing like a film without sound
And I keep thinking
of that night in June
I didn't know much of love
But it came
too soon
And there was me and you
And then we got real
blue
Stay at home talking on the telephone
We would get so
excited and we'd get so scared
Laughing at ourselves thinking
life's not fair
And this is how it feels
[1
- As we go on
We remember
All the times we
Had together
And
as our lives change
Come Whatever
We will still be
Friends
Forever
So if we get the big jobs
And we make the big
money
When we look back now
Will our jokes still be funny?
Will
we still remember everything we learned in school?
Still be trying
to break every single rule
Will little brainy Bobby be the
stockbroker man?
Can Heather find a job that won't interfere with
her tan?
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on
thinking it's a time to fly
And this is how it feels
[Repeat 1
La,
la, la, la:
Yeah, yeah, yeah
La, la, la, la:
We will still
be friends forever
Will we think about tomorrow like we think
about now?
Can we survive it out there?
Can we make it
somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And
suddenly it's like we're women and men
Will the past be a shadow
that will follow us 'round?
Will these memories fade when I leave
this town
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on
thinking it's a time to fly
[Repeat 1 (3x)
Lily wrapped her arms around her best friends. She would remember this night for the rest of her life…
-End of flashback
-
"Whoa! That was totally awesome! Did you see that old dude who joined us?" Becky asked an hour later as they longed around lazily on Lily's bed.
Well, Lily was on her bean bag but the other two were lying on their tummies and facing her.
"I know! He like used his stick to keep him standing and almost whacked me over the head!" Lily said laughing along. Emm smiled and sighed, looking troubled.
Lily noticed the look and said straight away; "What's troubling you Emmy?"
"Don't you mean, soon to be Mrs. Remus Lupin?" Becky asked teasingly.
"Er, actually you two had better get up in time, and also um… have good dresses which are actually clean… right Becky?"
"Righto Captain!" Becky said saluting her but Lily frowned even more.
"What for?" she questioned and Emm looked down at the floor and then back up at her friends.
"Remus and I are getting married tomorrow"
There was a deadly quiet silence before the two hyper girls burst out laughing.
"Yeah right!" Lily said straightening up.
"No, guys I'm serious. We're getting married tomorrow, at ten thirty, and you two had better be ready, and don't laugh this time" Emm said glaring at them.
"Oh my god" Lily said, staring at her.
"Emmy! Tomorrow? Why? How?" Becky asked sitting up and staring open mouthed at Emm.
"Tomorrow at ten thirty, why, because we can't get married because the Ministry wouldn't let us anyway, and how, we have a Minister, five fabulous guests attending and er… Remus and I will be there and-"
"Emm this is bizarre! You, getting married? What happened to waiting and what do you mean by, 'the Ministry won't let you two get married', you two are perfect for one another!"
"I know; but Remus is a well… He's a werewolf"
The atmosphere was stony, Lily had frozen and looked a bit nervous, and Becky looked confused.
"Okay, so care to fill me in? Remus is a werewolf?"
Emm nodded and glanced at Lily.
"Not a surprise to you though is it?"
Lily stared at her best friend and opened her mouth to say something but then shut it, and resembled a fish.
"It's okay, you were doing Remus a favour, and I know you Lily and you're not one to spread people's secrets, so it's okay" Lily nodded slowly and Becky said; "wait, how did Remus become one, and how the HELL do you two know?"
"Er… Remus told me two nights ago and Lily well… was a smart cookie and figured it out".
"Oh, so I don't have to pretend that I don't know anymore?" Becky asked and both girls stared at her, surprise written all over their faces.
"You know? For how long?" Lily asked feeling confused.
"You didn't answer my question" Becky replied smirking.
"He was bitten as a little boy. Now how long?" Emm asked; a deep frown upon her face.
"Er, well you see I kind of… heard James and Sirius talking about it one summer. In our fourth year and I didn't want anyone to know, and Remus doesn't even know that I know"
"Jeez, you'd think they'd be a bit more careful" Lily said rolling her eyes.
"Yeah… okay what the heck, back to the wedding. Emm are you out of you're mind? What're you're parents gonna say?" Becky asked incredulously.
"I don't know, but this is what I need to do, I want to"
Lily nodded, understanding.
"You're going to make a beautiful bride Miss. Vance"
Emm smiled and hugged her, and whispered her thanks.
"And you're going to have the best bridesmaid!" Becky said smirking.
Lily coughed but Becky ignored this.
She coughed again, and again.
"And Lily will be the best flower girl" Becky added and they all laughed. "She can throw little lilies down the aisle"
"OKAY! Leave my name out of this Rebecca!"
They laughed again and then Emm, who was the first to stop said; "What about you and James?"
Lily stared at her for a second, thinking quickly and then went with the only thing she could think of saying:
"What about us?"
Emm glanced at Becky who was biting her nails and watching Lily at the same time with interest.
"Well… you two have been pretty close lately, and on top of that you two have been eyeing each other, and not to mention the secret snogging sessions the two of you share" Emm said happily, watching Lily squirm.
"What? I don't know what you're talking about woman" Lily said, laughing nervously.
"Sirius caught you two the other day, in James' room snogging"
"Okay! So what of we were snogging, I mean it's not a crime right?"
"Oh my god! Argh! So you're dating him now right?"
Lily blushed and looked away.
"Yes, I am. And I'm happy, and it's different then before because-"
"Oh my golly gee goshness Lilian Jane Evans! You totally slept with James! My cousin!" Becky yelped and dived off the bed and landed on top of Lily and they both laughed.
"Becky get off of me! And no… I didn't sleep with him…"
"Oh, don't lie to me little girl! I'm one of you're bestest best friends ever! If I didn't know you then I would totally pass this off and not care, but since I just happen to be then I can not pass it off without you answering. Did you do it?"
"Do what?" Lily asked, trying to play stupid.
"Argh! Jesus-"
Emm glared at her and then Becky sighed.
"Did you sleep with my cousin?"
"Would you kill me if I did?"
"No… now answer the god damn question! Did you or did you not, have sex with James Potter?" Becky and Emm were staring at her with such curiosity that she couldn't help but annoy them a bit more.
She started fake coughing and got up.
"I need a drink, I'm a bit parched"
She continued fake coughing as she left her room.
"Oh no Lily do not fake cough us!" Emm said as the other two girls followed her downstairs.
She grabbed three cans, past one to each of them and kept one for herself and went back upstairs.
"Lily… Lilian… Oi Evans! Please tell us! Come on! I'll tell you about when I slept with that creep who wouldn't leave you alone" Becky said in a pleading voice.
Lily shut her door and sighed.
"Yes, I slept with him… twice"
She went so red it was impossible to tell where her hairline was.
"Lily! Little Lily! With my cousin? Oh god! Was he good?"
The other two stared at her, looking disgusted.
"He's you're cousin" Emm emphasized.
"Oh yeah… so was he? I'm just asking you what you thought about him"
"Well… he's the only one you know so… I dunno! But it was kinda…"
"She loved it" Becky and Emm said in unison.
"Okay… a promise is a promise. Spill the beans beatch" Lily said sitting on the mattress that was on the floor. It was the one either Becky or Emm would sleep on.
"Well… it was a couple of days after you dumped him and he wanted you still and he kept following you and creeping you out a bit. So… I went up to him one day and told him that if he left you alone then I'd do it with him. And he agreed. So I did, and I didn't like it but I was doing it for my little Lily. So I didn't complain to anyone. But he didn't keep his end of the bargain. And Remus knew about what I did and then went after him and yelled at him and hexed him. He spent the night in the Hospital Wing. But he still wouldn't leave you alone, hence the whole 'Astronomy Tower' incident and yeah. You were safe after that. And I was proud of myself for protecting you"
Lily stared at her friend, and few tears slipped down her face.
"But why didn't you tell me Becks? Why'd you keep it a secret?"
"Because I knew that if you found out then you'd blame yourself. And I knew it wasn't you're fault and I didn't want you to blame yourself about the choice I made. I wanted to protect you Lils. From that jerk, from being hurt, and from you blaming yourself. Because I did it for a reason, and it was to look after my little sister"
Lily smiled and hugged her tightly, her tears falling thick and fast.
"Emm also kinda slapped him twice. And then punched him… but after kicking him in the groin" Lily stared at Emm in bewilderment.
"Emmy? Oh my god! You used violence against that creep? Wow… Guys I feel so loved!"
They smiled as Emm squeezed her hand.
"Anything for my bestest best friends"
They all smiled at each other happily.
-
"So Lily, how surprised was James when he saw you at the Ministry for Auror Training?" Becky asked smirking.
Lily chuckled. "Well since I deliberately didn't tell him that we'd be working together sort of he was pretty surprised. First he yelled at me for not telling him about it and also because it was too dangerous and-"
"Wait… he does realize that he's doing Auror stuff too right?"
Lily chuckled for a second time in the past two hours.
"I did tell him that, but he just said that it was beside the point"
Becky snorted and Lily smiled. Emm walked back into the room and Becky wolf whistled. "Love the pjs"
Emm blushed a bit and looked down at them.
They had little fluffy puppies on them, such as Pugs, Border Collies and Labradors.
Lily grinned. "I'm totally wearing my frog ones!" she jumped up, grabbed the mentioned pajamas and ran out into the bathroom.
When she got back Becky and Emm were laughing about something.
"What's going on buttchooks?" Lily asked, earning a couple of glares.
She shrugged at their expressions.
"We were discussing James' little spaz at the Ministry" Emm replied and Lily groaned.
"Little? After he yelled at me he told me to go home and find a job in which I wouldn't get hurt in. Like house cleaning. So I told him that just because he was a macho man and I was a woman didn't mean I couldn't protect myself"
The other two shook their heads sympathetically.
"But then he finally agreed to let me stay, and that the only reason he didn't want me to be an Auror was because he was afraid of me getting hurt on a mission, or losing me. So I told him that he'd never lose me. He cooled down after that"
They grinned. "Did he tell you that on your own or in front of everyone?"
"The two of us were discussing it in the café place" Lily replied shaking her head.
"Right… discussed things my ass. I bet you ten hundred galleons they got it on right in that café" Becky said and Emm frowned at her.
She shrugged and Lily said; "Yeah okay so we kissed, but then we had to hurry back before Moody discovered us. Apparently there can't be any inter office dating"
"Damn. That sucks" Emm said sadly and Lily nodded.
"But that's why we made out when we were alone"
They all giggled and then Becky said; "guys there's something wrong with Sirius".
Emm and Lily paused, staring at her and noticing the concern she had on her face.
"What do you mean exactly?" Emm asked, sounding confused and worried.
"Well he's just not himself. He's depressed" (Lily raised her eyebrows and Becky added) "Okay maybe not depressed but he's just so down lately. Ever since he stuck up for me against that idiot what's his face Russell he's been… yeah"
"Okay… well you's hung out after that. But did you's do anything?" Lily asked nosily.
Becky's eyes widened. "No! Well I was drunk and… oh my god! Maybe I kissed him! Argh! What if I did? Maybe I ruined our friendship! Oh god! I am such a bad friend and-"
"Whoa! Becks calm down! Maybe nothing happened at all, but there's a possibility" Emm said reassuringly.
"But I only want to be his friend. I might've given him a mixed signal and-"
"Maybe he knew you were drunk, you tried to kiss him, he pushes you away and says he doesn't want to harm you're friendship or whatever it is that the two of you have and now he just feels awkward" Lily suggested quickly so that the other two stared at her with confusion.
"Um… I don't think so. Oh my god! What if I did kiss him?"
"Well… was he a good kisser?" Lily asked teasingly.
"Not fair!" she said slapping Lily's leg and it went red.
"Hey! No fair Beckles!"
"Oh it is on now girl!" Becky grabbed her pillow and whacked Lily with it, who grabbed hers and whacked her friend in return. Emm stood up and Becky and Lily both charged at her, and she fell on the floor and grabbed her pillow and shouted; "PILLOW FIGHT! Get off me bitches! This isn't fair, you're cheating!"
She was right, both girls were whacking her over the head, Becky yelling; "Ding dong the witch is dead!" and Lily shouting; "Somebody get water! She's a witch, she's supposed to melt!" and they just all laughed while bashing each other over their heads or their backs or anywhere on their body. They let Emm up and the three had a full blown pillow fight.
-
"Yo fellow Marauders check this out! The girls are having a pillow fight!" Sirius said beckoning the boys over.
James glanced over and grinned at the sight.
"Wanna go over and have a guys against girls fight?"
"Well that's totally unfair since there's four of us and only three of them" Peter pointed out logically.
"You could always join their team if that's a problem Petie" Sirius said smirking.
"Ha ha!" Peter said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"How about we just go over, climb the window James uses so much and surprise them?" Remus suggested and the other three boys looked at him.
"Why is it that the innocent dude of this group gets the best ideas?" Sirius asked grumpily.
"Probably because I'm not all that innocent. Don't let the halo fool you, it's being held up by devil's horns" Remus said and the boys laughed.
"Let's get over there and show them who the king of pillow fights is"
"Who's the king?" Peter asked stupidly.
"Marauders" the other three answered and hurried over, bringing their own pillows along.
-
When Lily woke up the next morning it was to find that feathers were all over the place, and that some were in her mouth. She spat them out and saw that someone was missing. Sirius was sleeping next to Peter, who was next to Becky who was lying next to the bedside table. Remus lay close to Emm, and their hands were inches from each other.
Lily checked the clock and saw it was seven o'clock.
Then she noticed that James was the one missing.
She got up and went downstairs and found him sitting with her father at the kitchen tale sipping coffee and talking.
When Lily entered they looked up and smiled warmly.
"Good sleep?" her father asked drinking from his cup.
Lily nodded tiredly and sat next to James and yawned.
"Oh ah, that reminds me. I have to go to work in an hour and you're mum left early to go visit her mother and father. And I'll be joining her after work. I would invite you to tag along but because you don't get along with them because they hate the fact that you're a witch then I thought you could stay with James… and his family. In a guestroom"
Lily smiled at her dad.
"Okay. That's fine with me"
The phone rang the moment she finished her sentence and she stood up and answered it.
"Hello?" she asked, frowning.
"Hi freak, get me mum" Lily rolled her eyes. Her darling sister.
"I'm terribly sorry Petunia but she's gone to see Nan and Pop. You know, the ones you turned against me. But dad's here"
"Well get me him then" Petunia's voice sounded bossy as always and Lily handed their father the phone.
"Who?" he asked frowning.
"You're other daughter who loves me so much" Lily said sarcastically.
He sighed and walked into the lounge room with the extension.
"Hungry?" Lily asked and James glanced at her and smiled.
"Starving"
"Good. But I'm not letting you anywhere near the stove. Remember last time? Almost killed me"
"Mhmmm… you left you're present from Becky and Emm. I'll bring it round later"
"Oh! I forgot about leaving it at you're place!" Lily said grabbing out a frying pan.
"That's okay. So did I until I found it a couple of days ago"
Lily smiled and he walked over and leaned against the bench.
"Specking of a couple of days ago, are you sure you want to join the Auror team? I mean it's highly dangerous and-"
"James David Potter if you ask me that one more time I'm gonna kick you in the butt"
"Do it then, go on. I dare you" Lily did it and then he smirked and said; "You could use you're hand"
She rolled her eyes as she put the pan on the stove and cooked the eggs and bacon in it.
James came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his head on her shoulder.
"I'm just worried about you. Voldemort and his Death Eaters are bad guys… they could hurt you and I can't let that happen"
She smiled softly.
"James… I'm really glad that you care about me. But I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself. Besides, those Wizards might be bad but… I can take them on. I took on Voldemort"
He smiled too, and sighed. "I know. But I want to know that you're safe. And I can't know that until you're in my arms"
He kissed her head and she sighed. "You're distracting me"
He chuckled. "I'm good at that aren't I?"
"Yes you are. Now hush before-"
"What's Voldemort? And what the hell are Eath Deaters?"
Lily and James sprang apart and stared at her father.
"Dad! I'm um making breakfast! See? And don't worry I won't burn the house down and-"
"Lily answer my question"
Lily sighed. "I think we should sit down"
Her father did so, and so did she. James stood by the stove and listened as Lily explained to him.
"Well dad you see, not all Wizards and Witches are good. Some are bad. Like this Voldemort person and his followers, who are called Death Eaters and they go around hurting people, and even worse killing them and-"
"Does he have anything to do with you're training?" Her father asked softly.
Lily glanced at James who gave her a look that said; "don't look at me".
Lily looked back at her dad.
"Yes, it does. I'm being trained, along with James, to defeat him, and Death Eaters. I'm trying to make the world a better place and-"
"Lily I hope you can understand when I say that I don't want you to continue working for the Ministry"
Lily stared at her father, her face resembling shock.
"Dad I can't! I'm in! I'm helping my world, and you're world!"
"How can he attack 'our world'? It has nothing to do with him!"
"He hates Muggles and Muggleborns. I'm doing this job so that I can protect the people that I love. You and mum are two of those people I'm doing it for. Even Petunia. We may not be best friends but she's still my sister. And for everyone else. My world, you're world… our world. They're all rolled into one. Muggles, Wizards and Witches. The only difference is that Wizards and Witches have magical powers, whereas Muggles don't. But I'm trying to protect you dad. I love you too much to see something bad happen to you"
Mr. Evans closed his eyes for a moment or two before reopening them.
"Alright. But promise me this: You will be careful and look after yourself. Understand?"
"Completely. I swear, I promise" Lily said nodding and smiling at her father.
"When were you going to tell me about being taken hostage by this Voldemort fellow?"
The atmosphere in the kitchen had grown deadly quiet.
"How'd you know about that?" Lily asked finally, breaking the silence.
"James' father filled me in. And that's why I'm afraid of you doing this. I'm afraid of losing you"
Lily smiled, and remembered James saying that same thing. He was afraid of losing her too.
"You won't lose me. I promise. Cross my heart"
Her father sighed and hugged her.
He turned to James.
"You'll look after her for me?"
"Of course I will. You can count on it"
He smiled at James.
"You're a good man James. Just make sure you locate our front door from now on. And ask before sleepovers. And for the record, I never believed for a second that sweet innocent little Freckles was going feral"
Lily chuckled.
"Ah… that's kind of because he wasn't going beserk at all"
"I know. Be careful you two" he said with a smile and went back upstairs.
"He's right you know" James said from the stove.
Lily walked over and wrapped her arms around his neck. He stood facing her, his back to the stove.
"About what?"
"Freckles isn't a feral thing. He's the most innocent thing on Earth"
She laughed.
"That's true"
Meanwhile…
Freckles flew around, twittering and bouncing off the walls of his cage, hooting loudly and going absolutely crazy.
Next to the cage was a half eaten Chocolate Frog, sitting on a wrapper and Freckles was flying around like a hyper crazy weird bizarre owl.
Sirius threw his shoe that was lying on the floor and it hit the desk, making a loud bang and fell back to sleep almost instantly.
"Idiotic owl" Becky murmured in her sleep.
"HE ATE MY CHOCOLATE FROG!" Remus shouted and everyone was awake after that, hitting him with a pillow.
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"The foods burning" Lily said looking at it and before any damage could be done, James lifted the pan off of the stove and Lily turned it off. He sat it back down and smiled at her.
"I love you, you know that?"
"Yep. I know"
He stared at her, waiting and she grinned.
"What?"
"Aren't you going to say it back?"
"I was just debating about whether I should slap you or not"
"Ha sodding ha" James said kissing her passionately.
"Just because I gave you two permission doesn't mean I want a front row seat" her father grumbled walking in. They pulled away, grinning at each other and the three sat down and ate breakfast were not long after they were joined by everyone else, and they all had a happy breakfast despite needing more chairs, but with a flick of Lily's wand there were plenty.
A/N: Okay so it's a little late for a Christmas present but my brother's been down so I decided to hang out with him a lot. I still updated at night though! Oh and also I'm BACK! I'll be back for awhile. Thanks for the reviews guys, I definitely appreciated them. A bunch!
♥ always and forever
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