Not-So-Secret Admirer -A Jily Story

Part 14- Lily

I GOT DRESSED FOR MY DATE WITH JAMES. After six excruciating years he finally wore me down and I was finally dating him. I wore a purple dress that came till mid thigh with a dark purple belt.

"Looking good Evans," Marlene teased.

"Shut up," I said, trying very hard not to smile. 

"Just have fun okay," she said.

"Not too much fun," Dorcas said. I rolled my eye and left I had enough of them for a while. I headed to the astronomy tower. James was staring out at the evening sky.

"The Astronomy tower, nice place" I said. James got startled and he yelped. I started laughing.

"It's not that funny," he said.

"I'm sorry," I said, still laughing.

"If you could be anywhere in the world right now where would you be?" he asked.

"Anywhere?" I asked.

"Anywhere," he repeated "At anytime? Past? Present? Future?"

"Hmm... If it could be anyplace at anytime then I choose, Yellowknife, Canada, 4th may, 1965," I replied. My dad got a promotion at work so we decided to take a family trip to Yellowknife, Canada to see the northern lights. I got sick the night before so Dad and Petunia went while Mum stayed with me.

"Your wish is my command," he said. He pulled out a small white crystal from his pocket and placed it in the centre of the Astronomy tower. He pointed his wand at it an said 'transvectio'. The room started spinning and soon the ground was covered in snow. There was a small fire in front of us where James had kept the crystal. There was a small cabin a few kilometers behind us. I looked above an streaks of green and blue and purple decorated the inky blue night sky.

"How is this possible?" I asked. We couldn't have apparated anywhere because you can't apparate to or from Hogwarts and you certainly can't apparate to the past.

"It's not real," James said "It's very close to reality. It's a simulation crystal.. My grandmother invented it and she gave one to me when I was twelve. It can take you anywhere anytime, real or fictional. Since I cast the spell, I control the simulation. You can also conjure people." James waved his wand and Professor Slughorn appeared next to him. With another wave and he was gone.

"That's amazing," I marvelled.

"Glad you like it," he said. He waved his wand a picnic blanket appeared on the ground. I sat down and help James lay out the food.

"It's all your favorite foods," he said, sitting next to me.

"This is amazing," I said, taking a bite of lobster ravioli "It's like actually eating food in real life!"

"That's because you are eating real food in real life," he said, chuckling a little "I made all this all by myself."

"Really?" I said, raising an eyebrow.

"Okay fine, I paid the House-elves to help me," he admitted. I smiled and kissed him.

"It's perfect," I said and I put my head on his shoulder. We ate dinner together in silence and walked back to the dorms together. James gave me a small peck on the lips and he disappeared behind his door. I opened to door to my room only to be ambushed by Dorcas and Marlene.

"How was the date?" Dorcas asked "Where did her take you? What did you do?"

"Did you snog him?" Marlene asked "You totally snogged him!"

"The date was really wonderful and yes I did snog him but I did that before we went on a date," I replied "We went to the Astronomy tower and we had dinner together and you two need to leave my room."

"Fine, only because it's getting late and we have classes tomorrow," Dorcas said "But we will get more details!" Marlene closed the door behind her.

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I opened the owl I got today. I was puzzled when I saw the handwriting on the envelope. Only my sister dotted her i's with a square. It was a weird habit she picked up at some point of time. I opened it and read the letter.

Dear Lily,
I know it has been a long time since I have written to you but I have been busy. I met someone a year ago and we have been happy together. His name is Vernon Dursley. We are getting married soon. I would like to invite you to have dinner with my fiancé on Christmas. The place where mum and dad usually go for their anniversary, at seven. Don't be late.
-Petunia

It was odd hearing from her after a very long time. Even if we lived in the same house we weren't very close.

"Hey love," James said entering my room "What's the matter?"

"Nothing, um... Petunia's inviting us for dinner on Christmas," I said. The letter said me but I assumed she also wanted me to bring my boyfriend, if I had one. "We don't have to go if you don't want to."

"No, let's go," he said "She is your sister after all. And it'll be nice to meet her. You don't talk about her very much." 

"That's because I don't like her very much," I said sourly "She always called me a freak."

"You are not a freak," James said, holding my hand "Hell, you even make the rest of us look like freaks." I smiled.

"Okay I'll let her know that we are coming," I said. I got a quill and a piece of parchment and started writing.

Dear Petunia,
It was lovely to hear from you and I accept your invitation. I will be bringing a plus one if you don't mind. Like you, I have also started seeing someone recently. His name is James Potter. I'm sure you must remember him. He's the bloke who sent me the thousand lilies that one summer when I was fourteen. Anyway, I look forward to meeting you and your fiancé. See you on Christmas!
-Lily

I gave the letter to James' owl and he flew off into the night sky.

A/N: I think I built up waaay to much hype for the first date and I feel like I ended up disappointing everyone so any tips on how to improve it please let me know!! Like always, vote, comment, and check my spelling and grammar!!