Present II

538 23 25
                                    

Lily had finally gotten a boyfriend. Even Henry, who did not support any boys coming near his baby, was getting worried for her. He had half a mind to report that annoying Potter prat to the police over the harassment his daughter was facing.

That boy has a one minded crazy obsession over Lily. It's sickening, but kinda romantic, thought Rose. But you didn't hear that from me. Oh wait! I'm thinking this. Rose shook her head.

Henry noticed this. "Are you okay?" he asked softly, his fingers brushing hers as they took a break from cleaning the house for their visitors.

Rose understood his signal and wrapped her hand around his. "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just a little nervous about meeting Lily's boyfriend," she replied.

"Well, you didn't act like that, running around the house screaming the names of your three hundred grand-kids." said Henry with a smirk.

Rose smacked his arm, before leaning her head on his shoulder and sighing. "It's just the way I deal with stress. You should have seen me before our first date. Panic attack does not even begin to describe what I was like," she said with a faint smile as she reflected on their past.

Ding! Dong!

"Oh! Here they are!" Rose screamed, her energy back in full-swing. She ran to the front door and threw it open to two people who looked incredibly flustered, as if they were caught post-makeout sesh.

Henry shuddered at the thought while he scrutinized the boy who had stolen his daughter's heart.

He was lean and tall, with raven black hair and twinkling hazel eyes framed behind a pair of square glasses. His eyes revealed a mischievous and fun loving personality.

"Hi mum. Hi daddy. This is James," said Lily as she clung to the arm of the seventeen year old.

"Oh, James!" Rose said, hugging the raven haired boy. "Welcome to the family!"

Lily and James turned a red worthy of Godric Gryffindor.

"Oh, well. Um, uh... we're not..." the couple stuttered.

"I see, I see." Rose said winking at James. "Waiting for the right moment. Don't take too long dear. Weddings take quite a while to plan, you know."

Henry, James, and Lily all paled to a nearly headless Nick white.

"Now, now Rosie. You're scaring the poor boy," said Henry quickly. And me.

"What? I'm just... suggesting" Rose said, wiggling her eyebrows mischievously.

"James, this is Petunia. Lily's sister." Henry introduced, trying to save the boy from any more embarrassment.

"Hello Petunia," James greeted politely to the horse-faced, blonde girl.

"Hello," Petunia replied, standing rigidly. "Great. The freak brought another freak with her," she said under her breath.

James stiffened, his fists clenching together tightly. "What did you just call Lily?" he asked in a low growl.

"James, it's okay. C'mon." Lily whispered, putting her hand on his chest, holding him back.

Rose and Henry could see how much James truly loved Lily, and how much she loved him back.

"What! What did I miss?" a huge whale, sorry person, came lumbering into the hall, holding a huge pan of pie. He was huge, no ginormous, and had a bushy mustache with bits of apple pie stuck on it.

"Vernon! You ate our dessert!" cried Rose in annoyance.

"I'm sorry, but I work for a famous drill company, Grunnings, they handpicked me you know. Anyway, my mum says they don't feed me well enough, 'Big bones need more food!' and I am a growing boy." Vernon said proudly.

The Annoying Potter Prat || Jily || ✔️Where stories live. Discover now