*6 years later*

When Lily woke up it was just like any normal Thursday morning apart from the fact that James and Albus were home from Hogwarts and that she had a really bad hangover, but she deserved it for getting extra smashed at Zoe's birthday party. James and Albus had gotten back whilst she was still at school so it was a huge shock for her to enter the kitchen to get herself an apple only to see her brothers staring at her. Of course James being 21 wasn't a student anymore, he was the flying instructor for first years and Albus had decided to stay for the eighth year that was optional to students. Of course her parents were so proud of him when he made that decision, didn't stop talking about him for weeks even after he had gone back to Hogwarts.

"Lily, get out of bed, the family is coming round at 10" she heard her mum yell

Lily sighed. Her mum had evidently forgotten that Hogwarts finished at least three weeks earlier than her school did.

Lily didn't even dignify her mother with an answer. She glanced at the clock opposite her bed, it was half-past 6 so that meant Lily had enough time to get ready in able for her to leave the house at eight.

Lily spent half an hour in the bathroom doing her normal routine, moisturized, put on her underwear, then her school uniform which was a black skirt (that she had cut to mid thigh), a white shirt, a blue tie and a blazer that had the crest of her school. Lily then started to apply her makeup; her eyeliner, mascara and a little bit of lip-gloss and then she decided to leave her red hair in its curly state. She picked up her messenger bag, which she had packed the night before and venture down the two flights of stairs; Lily had the attic, after he father had done a loft conversion she had begged to have that room and the en-suite bathroom.

"Lily, hasn't your school finished yet?" asked Ginny in surprise as she saw her daughter enter the kitchen and grab a granola bar and some paracetamol.

"Mum, private schools finish next week but most schools, including St Peters finishes in three weeks." Putting the tablet in her mouth and washing it down with some water.

"Oh ok, see you when you get home from school then."

"Ok, and dad, Uncle Dudley is going to Tenerife with his family and he invited me and the of Tom's friends as well. Is it okay if I go?"

"Um...yeah. Sure" Harry was slightly confused as to why his daughter had a better relationship with his cousin then she did with him. Even Petunia and Vernon adored her, they spoiled her to bits. Harry was quite disgruntled by that fact, just because that Lily wasn't a witch, his family loved her.

"Bye!" Lily yelled as she ran out of the house to the bus stop to meet her best friend Louisa.

Louisa Hastings was her best friend and had been since reception. Ever since they had been paired together by the teacher to walk across the road to the field opposite their primary school, they had remained fast friends.

Louisa was breath-taking; she was gorgeous, with pale ivory skin, long lustrous black hair with deep blue eyes. She was just a bit shorter than Lily, but she made up for that by always wearing heels whenever she could, Louisa also had all they boys lusting after her, well all the boys that didn't go after Lily. But their attention was wasted, all Louisa wanted was fun, she wasn't in it for the relationship.

"Hey girl," Lily said as spotted Louisa leaning against the bus stop pole.

"Shh, don't talk to me." Louisa put her hand over Lily's mouth, effectively stopping her from speaking "You're too loud."

Lily laughed in spite of her own pounding headache, and it resulted in a smack from Louisa. They boarded the bus, went up the stairs and headed straight to the back.

There they would meet up with the rest of their friends; Tom Dursley who had blonde hair styled into a quiff, he always ran his hands through it, and warm brown eyes as he was always happy and laughing. Danielle Hall an African-American girl who moved from America to England when they were 7 and although she had lost the accent she still considered herself an American at heart and of course it helped as she could imitate any accent she heard! Rachel Thomas was the sweet girl of the group with her blonde hair, green eyes and olive skin tone but you had to be careful because once she gets drunk she is a devil in heels. The last person in their group is Jack Henton; girls literally dropped their panties for him. He was half Arab on his mother's side and half English so he had a nice olive skin tone, thick black hair and brown eyes.

Lily and Jack were a one and off couple and right now they were off. There was a lot of tension between those two, whether it was sexual or not it was clear that between now and sometime next week they were going to jump each other's bones and get back together.

Once everybody was on they had 5 more stops until they had to get a tram two stops then walk down to their school. St Peters secondary school for both boys and girls.

The school journey was filled with them trying to remember what had happened the night before and then glaring at people who they thought were talking to loudly.

In the end, before first period started they decided to ask Zoe as the party was held at her and her boyfriend's house or check their snapchat stories or Instagram's to try and decipher what had actually happened.

The day passed quite quickly, and at the end of the day they had a free period. They were outside on the field, on either Instagram or Facebook, laughing at pictures of them and other people from the night before. Right now they were laughing at a picture of Jack and Lily snogging on the couch with Jack's hands going places they shouldn't be going in public, because the two of them weren't even supposed to talking to each other.

"So guys, are you excited for Tenerife?" Lily asked desperate for a change in subject, she was blushing from all the teasing that her friends were putting her through.

A chorus of "Yeah," "Of course" and "who wouldn't be" filled the air.

"So Tom, where are we staying?" asked Rachel

"All I know for sure is that one; we're staying there longer than my family. Two; we won't be in the same hotel and three; Zoe and Xander will be joining us like two weeks before the end."

"Fuck yeah. Away from the adults!" Danielle said "I wish my parents were as lenient as yours."

The rest of the period passed in a blur, their hangovers were gone so the journey home was a lot more fun, being loud and creating havoc.

As soon as Lily got home, she went straight upstairs ignoring everyone who in the kitchen and started skyping Danielle and then after a moment's hesitation, Jack. They decided to get back together and they also did their homework together, and on a spur of the moment action Jack decided to act like a true boyfriend and asked her on a date. All this was before dinner.

"Lily come down to dinner," Ginny paused a moment before shouting "Now!"

As Lily entered the kitchen, she saw her Uncle Ron, Aunt Hermione and her cousins Rose who was 19 and Hugo who was 17.

Lily hated Rose with a deadly passion. Before she found out that she was a squib, the two used to be closer than sisters but the summer after Hogwarts, Lily kept trying to speak to Rose but Rose then blew up saying that she was a disgrace to the family, that she would rather her be in Slytherin or be dead than for her to be a squib. She thought that Lily was a good for nothing squib who would never succeed in life. Let's just say, since then they haven't gotten along very well.

They all sat down at the table and Ginny brought out the food. They began to eat and talk, Lily ignoring them, she was on her phone, knowing that they were talking about some magical mumbo jumbo that she couldn't relate to.

"Lily!" Ginny exclaimed whilst Rose kicked her." Hermione asked you a question."

"I asked if you're excited about your AS results coming this summer."

"Um, I'm more nervous than excited, I found biology really hard and I think that I flopped on one of the papers but French and psychology I found alright. For the uni I want to go to I need A A B." Lily sighed and shook her head, " All the teachers want me to go for like the Oxbridge uni's cos I got an A* A* A in my mocks but I don't really know"

Hermione looked very impressed at that. Ron, Rose and Hugo just looked confused.

"What she got there is the equivalent of O, O and E" Hermione explained.

Then they all looked impressed, apart from Rose she just looked jealous, because she only got 1 O in her NEWT'S.

"So, Lily, anything exciting happen today at school?" Harry asked, in an attempt to stop Hermione taking over the conversation by lecturing her children how good paying attention in school is.

"Um, I got back together with Jack and Uncle Dudley is paying for my friends and me to go to Tenerife with his family."

"Who's Jack?" Rose asked, she was 19 and she had never had anything to do with anybody, well except Scorpius but she wouldn't exactly call him her boyfriend. More like friends with benefits. Her mum is always telling her that if she continues that way, that she was going to end up like her great grandma Muriel.

"Jack is her on and off boyfriend; technically they have been together since she was 15." Harry answered, flashing a smile at an amused Lily.

A text message alert made them all jump.

Lily picked up her phone, "Louisa's coming over. Is that alright?"

"Yeah that's fine." Ginny answered, "Is she going to be staying over as well?"

"I don't know, I'll tell you later." Casting a furtive glance at Rose. "Depends on how quickly she left the house."

Lily, walked to the door and walked outside to the bus stop. Two minutes later Louisa got off the bus, she ran to Lily and started crying. "I can't take it Lily, I really can't. All we do is argue, we can never agree on fucking anything! He wants me to get a job, but then he wants me to stay in and study. I think I hate him, I think I hate my dad. I mean what has he done for me, he's never there. He's always swanning off to some next country and either leaving me by myself or dumping me at my nans. Just- arghhhhh" Louisa screamed into her hands.

Lily just kept quiet and let Louisa rant it out, as she finished crying, Lily whipped out her mascara and fixed her makeup so she looked kind of like she did when she got off the bus.

"Let's go inside."

They entered the kitchen, where everybody else was still talking.

"Hi Harry, hi Ginny." Louisa said, giving them both a hug.

"Hey Louisa," Ginny said. To the both of them, Louisa was a second daughter. She had stayed over enough times that she practically lived in the house. "Sit down, we were just having dinner."

"Thanks Ginny."

The two girls started talking quietly about their plans for Tenerife and what they were going to do after they came back.

Hugo was talking to his mum and dad whilst Rose was just staring at Louisa, she was jealous over how she still looked gorgeous in her school uniform and after she had clearly just been crying.

Rose looked down at what she was wearing, a strappy spaghetti top with jeans and a cardigan. Louisa was still wearing her blazer and her skirt was so much shorter than Rose had ever dared to wear. Lily on the other hand was wearing a white lacy crop top with a denim blue skater skirt. It was clear that she was going out later.

After the dinner, Lily dragged Louisa upstairs and made her tell the full story.

"Well, I came home from school to find him gone, again. He promised that he wouldn't leave me until I finished year 13 and I was in uni, so when my 18th birthday comes, I'm going to move out to that really cute apartment on Bridle Road, remember when we looked at that, I already put down a payment for it. As soon as I want it, it's mine. Here is my question. When you turn 18, would you like to live with me in there?"

"Are you kidding me, of course I would like to, but on the condition that-wait I have no conditions. Anyway, Lou get dressed and meet me downstairs, we have to meet the others."

Lily went downstairs and ran straight into her mum, "Care to tell me what's wrong with Louisa?"

"Her dad left again, even though he said he would stay and support her through her A-levels as they're like the most important exams in our lives. So she said that as soon as she turns 18 that she is going to move into the flat in Bridle Road that we went to look at, and she asked me to move in with her, when I turn 18. Is it alright if I do?"

"Yeah sure, it means that next year your father and I have the house to ourselves. Also as long as you promise to visit regularly then yeah, I think that it's fine. And don't worry, I'll talk to your father but even then you won't really be using it unless you stay in London for university and if you don't you can still rent it out so you can get some money coming in during your time at university."

"Thanks mum, you're the best, and yeah I think we'll do that it makes sense to have that kind of money coming in." Lily said as she wrapped her mum into a hug. "Oh, and we're going out now, we're meeting up with everybody at the park."

Louisa came running down the stairs wearing denim ripped shorts and a black crop top, with black converse. Lily put on her white vans and they were out.