DISCLAIMER: I do not own of JK Rowlings wonderful work. Only the characters that you may not recognize from the original story.
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Days whizzed by. It felt like every second was longer then the one before it. Lily wanted oh so badly to return to school. It was more of her home, then where her parents were. In the magical world, she was home. More at ease, then she had ever felt before.
Soon July turned into August and Lily knew that soon she would be able to return to the wizarding community. She also knew that on the seventh of August she would be going over to James' for a pool party. Deep down she truly was excited to see what James looked like. Every summer since first year he had returned to look more grown up and it had secretly fascinated Lily. She had always thought that James was very good looking, but was just too stubborn to give in to the pressure of dating him.
But things changed, so did people. Is what Lily told herself over and over again as she dressed to get ready for James' "house party". Lily had told her mum and dad that she would be at Marcy's house for the next few days, just in case. Lily was excited and ready for anything.
She had to be considering that she was going to Potters and Blacks place. They were exactly known for their kindness. But deep down Lily knew that they were both sweet hearts. So was Remus, she wasn't so sure about Peter. He never really said anything. So she couldn't judge him, since she really didn't know who he is.
Lily looked over her stuff. She had packed four different bathing suits. All bikinis. Her mom had boughten them for her just a few weeks before and Lily loved them. Normally she didn't like to show herself off, but for some reason she felt confident in these bikinis. Her favorite was the black one. It brought out all her features perfectly.
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Soon Lily found herself ringing the door to Marcy's. She could hear her best friends running to the door. Marcy swung it open and she and Kela came crashing out the door to hug her. Lily was so happy to see them. They were truly the best friends anyone could ask for. The three really felt like sisters.
"I got away from the munchkins for FOUR days!!" Kela exclaimed. "CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?!"
Lily was happy for Kela, since she had six younger siblings, and her parents expected Kela to help out without any complaining. They would be having a lot of fun in the short little time they had together.
"We have to leave for James' house in twenty minutes." Marcy told her friends as they went in the front door and up the stairs to Marcy's room. Marcy only had one older brother that had moved out when the girls in their fourth year, now it felt as if Marcy was an only child.
Lily dropped her bags to the floor. "Are we supposed to bring all of our stuff? Or our we just coming back here?"
"I don't know. Well it really depends on what's happening tonight..." Marcy bit her lip. "I think just in case we should bring some pajamas with us. Cause you never know, right?"
The girls agreed and soon, they were ready and heading out the door, down the street to where the infamousable James Potter lived.
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James paced back and forth in his room. Lily was going to be there, in his house in less then fifteen minutes and his stomach was full over butterflies.
Never had he expected for the girls to say 'yes' to coming over. Sirius had been very surprised too. But Remus wasn't since he was now going out with Marcy. And he unlike the other two, were actually friends with the three girls. He and Lily had become friends from doing patrolling together for the last two years. They had gotten to know each other really well, and he considered her his sister. He was able to tell her anything, well maybe not anything, she wasn't exactly the boys.
James looked at himself once again in the mirror, frustrated with his hair. It never seemed to want to lie down properly, like Sirius' did. His was always perfect and fell easily back in place.
He ran down the stairs heading to where his best friends were lounging around.
"The girls are going to be here in ten minutes. Is everything ready?" James asked.
"Yes! For the bloody billionth time, James. Everything is ready. Jeeze, you need to sit down for a minute." Sirius commented, pushing James to sit down. "Or better yet, have a shot of the lovely fire whiskey."
James studied the bottle. "I think that we should save that for later tonight. You know when everyone's here or something."
Remus looked up from the 'Daily Prophet'. "How many people are coming exactly?"
James and Sirius exchanged looks. "We only invited people from fifth year and up. And no Slytherins. And none of the creepers."
All of the boys knew what Sirius meant when he said 'creepers'. They were the girls that were totally obsessed with the boys. They always followed the marauders around. At first it was neat to have 'followers', but now it was just weird and creepy.
Remus looked at his friends, eyes bulging. "Ok, so that's like a hundred or so people." The two friends shock their heads. "ARE YOU BLOODY NUTS?? THEY'LL TRASH THE PLACE!! YOUR PARENTS FOR SURE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT!! WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT MUCH FOOD. ARE YOU TWO BLOODY INSANE??"
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Lily, Marcy and Kela walked up to the Potters front door. It had taken a few minutes for them to touch the doorbell since, all three of them were in a trance of how big and beautiful this house was. It was so amazing, being built over a century ago. Almost four to be exact.
"...ARE YOU BLOODY NUTS?? THEY'LL TRASH THE PLACE!! YOUR PARENTS FOR SURE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT!! WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT MUCH FOOD. ARE YOU TWO BLOODY INSANE??"
The girls looked at one another.
"Are you sure you wanna do this?" Lily asked. But said it to late, since Marcy had already rung the door bell.
They could hear galloping to the door. Actually stomping. The front doors swung open to reveal four smiling teenagers.
"Hello Ladies." Sirius smiled. "We've been waiting for you, for like EVER! I'm so bored with these three. They just aren't the same as having you three around."
Lily snorted. "Who says that we're here to see you. We're here to see and be seen." She helped herself in the front door, winking at Sirius, telling him that she was just joking.
Remus grabbed his girlfriend and kissed her something that he hadn't been able to do for a very long time. She smiled up at him. "Hello, to you too."
They grabbed each others hands and headed in after their friends.
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"So who exactly is coming and when?" Kela asked as the group settled themselves outside on James patio beside the swimming pool.
"We told them to be here at six o'clock. And we honestly don't know whose coming at this point." Sirius told the girls. "But its people that we know, that we invited."
Lily shook her head. "Good to know."
Kela looked around bored. "So what are we going to do, until then?"
The boys looked at one another. "We could go in the pool."
Lily bit her lip knowing that they were planning something. "All right. Just show us somewhere to change into our suits."
James got up and lead the girls back into the house, into a hallway, which lead to a bathroom, where the girls could change. He ran back outside, already in his trunks and took off his t-shirt.
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"Are you sure these bottoms don't make my butt look big?" Marcy asked examining herself in the mirror. She saw Lily come out of the change area where her black bikini. "Oh, I like that Lils'."
Lily smiled. "You do? Ok. Me too. Does it look all right?"
"It looks fabulous. Now lets get outside before the boy's start without us." Kela said grabbing her best friend's arms and dragging them behind her.
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The boys sat on the water's edge. "Ok, first to go in gets a gallon and the last has to take five shots of fire whiskey tonight, right in a row without arguing." Sirius said as he saw the girls heading down toward them. He let out a whistle.
James turned his head to see Lily. He gulped. She looked amazing. Her cream, milky skin looked so soft and touchable. The black bikini just tugged on her curves perfectly. He shook his head trying to regain his composure.
"So did you hear what Sirius said. And the standards. We start at the deck and race down. It's a tradition we've had forever." Remus explained.
Lily walked over to where James stood at the waters edge. "Do you not what would be funnier to do?"
Everyone looked at her. She ran up closer and pushed James into the water. Only he was to fast. He grabbed her arm and she went flying in after him.
"Why I must say, I never expected for Miss Lily Evans to do something so vulgarly." Sirius said in a Professor McGonagall tone. Everyone laughed and jumped in. Well everyone except Marcy who was laughing and didn't realize what was happening.
"Oh Marc. You have to do the shots!" Kela laughed.
Lily waded over to her. "Do you see how fit the guys are?"
Kela giggled. "Tell me about it. I bet you loved touching dear Mr. Potter over there."
Lily blushed. And splashed her friend.
"Oh no you don't"
Soon everyone was in a full out water fight.
Lily laughed so hard. She kept trying to block the water and get the others. But it was hopeless. You just ended up getting water in your own face. She swam over to the deeper end to get away from all the splashing water. "AHHH!" James came up behind her holding her foot.
"How ticklish are you?" James asked smirking. He knew that Lily was very ticklish and couldn't stand anyone to tickle her.
Lily bit her lip. She knew that he knew that she was ticklish. "James don't"
"Don't what?" He smiled. He slowly ran his finger up her foot. "Do this?"
She began to squirm around. "James!" Lily laughed.
"What wrong Lils'? Are you ticklish?"
"YES!"
"Haha, too bad. I got you and I'm not letting go."
Lily looked into James' eyes. What he said had some how taken a deeper meaning. They looked deeply at one another. Moving closer to one another. Lily could feel James' leg rub up against hers. He was less then an inch away...
SPLASH
"DID YOU SEE HOW BIG THE WAVE WAS??" Sirius asked.
The two quickly separated, blushing from what might have happened.
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The clock now read five fifteen. The girls stood in the bathroom that they were in earlier doing their hair and make-up.
"So you and James seemed very comfy this afternoon in the pool." Marcy began.
Lily's face went crimson at what the girl was implying. "Oh that... I..I had a cut on my foot and James was making sure that it was alright."
Marcy and Kela exchanged looks. "Sure you did."
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A/N: Here's chapter three!! Hope you enjoyed it. The next chapter will be when everyone else comes and they PAR-TAY!! Haha. So what did you think?? Like it, Love it or Hate it?? Hmm... And remember to always REVIEW!!!