As promised the next chap!

*The beginning of the end*

Home Sweet Home

The scarlet train pulled into King Cross Station, students were reunited with their parents. People were shouting promises across the platform. Most 7th years were crying; that was their last train ride on the Hogwats express.

Lily jumped onto the platform and helped her friends get their trunks out of the train.

Once they were all out, Alice threw her arms around Lily's neck "I'll see you soon! Don't forget to write!"

"When have I ever forgotten, Al?" Alice laughed

Lily stepped back, but before she knew what was going on she was attacked by Willy.

"Will, can't breathe!" Lily chocked out

"Think of it as pay back" she laughed "We have to meet up!"

Lily smiled "Owl me"

Next Marley was trying to kill the poor redhead "I'm not going to let go till you promise you'll write!"

"I promise, I promise!" Lily squeaked. Marley finally let Lily go. "See you guys over the summer!" Lily called as she watched them walk away. All their parents were friends which meant they normally all went home together. Lily couldn't help but feel slightly left out at that moment, but shook it off it wasn't their fault.

Lily saw her parents near the wall/entrance/exit, grabbed her trunk and her cat cage and headed towards them.

The trunk was bloody heavy, Lily could barley shove it along. She was a petite girl and she wasn't very strong.

Lily wasn't exactly paying attention to where she was walking; she was looking round at all the students. Parents hugging them like there was no tomorrow, siblings fighting but in a playful loving way.

Lily spotted Severus trudging through the crowd, Lily automatically wanted to shout out to him but bit her lip instead.

Lily was still watching him when she knocked right into something, well someone. "I'm so sorry" Lily looked up to see James smiling down at her "Oh, it's you. I'm not as sorry now"

"But your still slightly sorry, which means you care" he laughed at her expression. He nodded at her trunk "Need any help?"

"No, I can manage" Lily said crossly, but James and Sirius took no notice and each picked up one side of the trunk.

"Where're your mum and dad?" James asked

Lily glared at him, Remus looked at her with pleading eyes "Just let them, it makes them happy"

Lily rolled her eyes, "Over there, follow me" she started weaving her way through the crowd, the four boys following. She stopped in front of her parents, James and Sirius put the trunk on the floor next to Lily. Remus and Peter seemed to have hung back.

"Lily!" Lily's mother cried throwing her arms round her youngest daughter.

"Where's Tuney?" Lily asked, looking at her dad

"She – she didn't want to come"

"Oh, right," Lily looked at the floor "we should be getting home then"

"Who are these two?" Lily's mum asked looking straight at James and Sirius.

"James Potter" James said reaching to shake Mr Evans hand, he took it.

Lily's dad nodded in approval "Firm handshake" he always judged people on their handshake. Good handshake equals good person. Bad handshake equals bed person.

If only life was really that simple!

"Sirius Black" Sirius said, mimicking James, Lily's dad shook his hand as well.

"Good handshake" Sirius smiled in triumph. Like he had won some sort of contest.

"We should go then" Lily said trying to get her parents away from the two biggest idiots in the school.

"Okay" Lily's mum said "We'll see you boys over the summer, I'm sure"

"We will" said James and Sirius together.

"Bye, Mr Evans and Mrs Evans!" James said, throwing his signature smile

"Please call me Rose" Lily's mum answered "Mrs Evans makes me feel old"

Lily grumbled something under her breath. Whilst Rose hit her husband "What?" he asked "I like being called Mr Evans, makes me seem important!" James and Sirius laughed.

"Just call him Dave" Rose smiled at the two boys.

"Let's go!" Lily cried

"God, Lily! What's wrong with you? Anyway where's Severus? Aren't we taking him home this year?" Lily's mum asked

"No! Not this year. He's – he's making his own way home" Lily said quickly.

Rose frowned but didn't push the subject.

"Good, I never liked that boy" said Dave

Lily saw Remus, waved at him before running through the barrier.

Rose pulled the old ford escort into the driveway. Lily smiled as she saw her childhood home, sure it wasn't fancy like Marlene's or grand like Alice's or big like Willow's but it was home all the same.

It was a three bed, two bathroom, two storey house, with a rather small garden. It had a bright blue front door because Rose had gotten bored of the boring white three years ago.

Dave got Lily's trunk out of the car as Lily ran to the door, her mother opened it for her.

Lily stepped into the hallway and took off her shoes. To her left was a door which lead to the kitchen, it was a small kitchen, but Rose kept it spotless; in the kitchen was a breakfast table.

To Lily's right was a second door, this lead to the dining room, which they only used on special occasions.

Straight ahead at the end of the hall was yet another door, this lead to the living room. This had two comfy red sofas, a fireplace, a black TV, a coffee table and many pictures of Lily and Petunia through the years.

Lily walked into the living room, plonking down on one of the coaches.

"Look whose back" Petunia sneered "How was the freak school?"

"Great!" Lily said happily, choosing to ignore her sister's snide comments "In fact, Tuney –"

"Don't call me that!"

"– I got you a present" Lily continued. Petunia's pasty grey eyes narrowed. Lily reached into her pocket "Here" she handed her sister a small bag. Petunia began opening the bag cautiously.

"What is it?" Petunia asked "Is it from your freak school? Will it hurt me?"

"Just open it!"

Petunia opened the packaging very slowly, she pulled out a sugar quill.

"What does it do?"

"It's kinda like a lollypop, that looks like a quill" Lily smiled

Tuney looked down at it before throwing it on the floor and storming up to her room. "I don't want anything from your freak world!" Petunia screamed. Lily sighed; just once she wished she and Tuney could have a nice conversation, just once.

Sooty jumped onto Lily's lap, she laughed picking up her cat Lily head up the stairs to her room.

Her trunk was already in her room. She placed Sooty in her cat basket and looked round it. A single white bed with red sheets was in the far corner, with a white side table next to it. On the side table was a red lamp, an alarm clock and a picture of her, Tuney and their parents.

On the opposite side of the room was a wardrobe and a desk, Lily dumped her school books on the desk as she did she couldn't help but look at the pictures. Her and Severus eating ice-cream last summer. Her, Marley, Willy and Alice last year by the lake. Both magical pictures. Then there was a picture of her and Tuney from when they were so much younger, before magic and witches.

Lily sighed looking at the picture of her and Severus; it was going to be a long summer.

123

"Ha! Did you hear that? Lily-bean's dad doesn't like Snivellus anymore then we do!" Sirius cried. He and James had just met the famous Mr and Mrs Evans whilst helping Lily with her trunk.

James laughed along with his best friend. James thought Lily's parents had seemed nice; her mum had her eyes, exactly her eyes. The thought itself made him smile.

Remus started to walk beside James "Haven't even had your first date with Lily, but you've already met the parents!"

"And made a good impression, I might add" James added "How'd you get Evans to smile and wave?"

"My handsome face and charm" Remus replied

"If it's a handsome face and charm Lily-flower wants she would love me!" Sirius said

Remus rolled his eyes and James punched him in the arm. "Padfoot, you staying at James' all summer?" Remus asked

"Yup, anything to get me away from that venom taunting twisted troll of women!" snarled Sirius.

"Your mother?" asked Remus

"Who else?" Sirius replied.

The four boys walked to where two women stood talking. One had long auburn hair, hazel eyes and a warm, motherly air about her. She was older than most of the other parents on the platform, but her eyes shone as though she were still in her youth.

The other woman had brown hair which was tied in a quick up do. Her blue eyes kept darting across the station warily, as though something would jump out at her at any given moment.

James moved towards the older of the two "Mum!" he said happily, kissing her on the cheek.

"Dorea!" Sirius cried, kissing James' mum on the check and giving her a hug. They both smiled respectfully at the other women, but didn't want to scare her so they stayed back.

"Hello, mum" Remus said to the second women, she smiled at him weakly.

"We'll be going then, come on Remus" Mrs Lupin said. Remus followed her after quickly man-hugging (A/N sorry didn't know what to call it) his three best friends.

"Peter, is your mum here?" Dorea asked Peter.

"Um – yes, over there" Peter said, before quickly scuttling off towards his mother. A short, plump woman with a stern look about her. She seemed angry at everyone and everything.

"Well then my darling son and darling newly adopted son, lets go home!" said Dorea happily.

"Yes, Prongs, you darlingly newly adopted son, let's go!" Sirius cried, running towards the barrier.

But Dorea stopped him, and instead chose to talk to a beautiful woman. She had very dark, almost black curls that stopped just before her chin, her brown eyes soft and sweet. This was Dorea's best friend, Mrs Prewitt, Alice's mum.

The two women engaged in a quick conversation whilst the three teenagers stood chatting about meaningless stuff.

"So, Alice, in your opinion how's the best way to ask Lily-bean out?" Sirius asked after a moment.

James' eyes snapped up and he listened intently. But Alice just laughed "Why would I tell you?"

James huffed grumpily.

"Merlin, James! Grumpy doesn't look good on you" Alice snapped

"Honey, anything looks good on me" James replied, back to his normal self.

"Alice, darling lets go" Mrs Prewitt said to her daughter "Come over for dinner in the holidays" she said to Dorea.

"Yes, yes, I'll owl you!" Dorea called as she walked towards the barrier.

Dorea had to use side long apparition three times to get both boys and their entire luggage back to the Potter manor.

The Potter manor was huge. It was gleaming white with big windows at the front. It had many rooms, including an indoor pool. Out back were acres and acres of green lawns. With a proper sized Quidditch pitch in the far corner, away from Muggle view surrounded by trees.

Sirius and James both grabbed their brooms and ran into the house.

"HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU? DON'T FLY IN THE HOUSE!" screamed Dorea after them.

But the two boys didn't hear, or they did and didn't listen. Instead they swooped up and down, in and out, round and round.

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