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A/N: I'm Sticking With You's next part. The not so sequel but series thingamabobber

"Thanks for breakfast Mum. Do you want any help with the dishes?" Lily offered as she downed the last of her orange juice.

"Sure Lils," her mother turned from the sink and smiled at her.

Petunia scowled, "Could you be any more of a suck up?"

"Petunia did you want to help?" their mum asked as she continued to wash the dishes and Lily began to dry.

"No," Petunia said with disgust. "I just got my manicure done yesterday."

"Do you think you could finish these Lily? I have some ironing to do," Lily nodded yes and her mother smiled at her before leaving the kitchen.

"Wow Lily," Petunia said with scorn. "You've only been here a week and you're already playing Mum's favourite."

Lily frowned but didn't even turn to look at her sister. "She loves you just as much as me."

Lily hoped that ended the conversation. Otherwise it would be their fourth argument that morning.

"Just as much?" Petunia repeated. "You're a freak; it's amazing anyone could love you."

Lily turned Well here's fight number four. And number twenty eight this week.

"That's not true," Lily said.

"I can't wait until Vernon and I get married," Petunia spoke coldly. "Then I won't even have to share the same last name as you."

Vernon? What would still live knowing it had to marry that walrus of a man?

"Well at least you can take care of Mum and Dad in their old age. Seeing as no one will ever marry you," Petunia put on a look of disgust and Lily shook her head.

James...

"Petunia why?" Lily threw the dish rag into the sink. "Why do you keep trying to pick a fight?"

"You're a freak that's why!" Petunia shouted.

"I'm not a freak I'm a witch," Lily clenched her teeth and pulled out her wand. Petunia visibly jumped back and Lily shook her head at her and used her wand to dry the dishes.

"See?" Petunia cried. "Normal people don't have wands. Normal people just use dishrags Lily."

"So? You're just jealous you don't have a wand," Lily told her.

"Jealous? You left Mum and Dad and me to go to that freak school. You don't even care about this family. What are you even doing here?"

"I do care," Lily told her, tears threatening to spill down her cheeks. "I send letters every other week-" you just don't care enough to read them.

"By a bloody bird!" Petunia interrupted. "Just go back to whatever unplottable place you came from!"

"Can't you just accept me for who I am?" Lily tried to keep her voice even as she spoke to her sister.

"Lily, get this through your head," Petunia screeched as she stood from the kitchen table and faced Lily. "You're a freak. We may have the same parents but I'm not your sister, or your friend. Just stop trying."

"Stop calling me that!" Lily screamed. "This is supposed to be home. Tuny you're supposed to be my big sister."

Petunia raised a hand and slapped her sister across the face. "You don't call me 'Tuny'. And I told you, I'm not your sister."

She stormed out of the kitchen. "Tell Mum I went to Vernon's," she yelled as she slammed the door behind her.

Lily let the tears fall freely now that her sister had left. She ran upstairs to her room and waited for the tears to stop before she got ready and washed her tearstained face. She went into her Mum and Dad's room and found her mother ironing a pair of her father's trousers.

"Mum?" her mother turned and smiled at her.

"Yes?"

"Petunia-Petunia asked me to tell you she went to Vernon's," she said. "Um, I think I'm going to go visit a friend if that's alright."

Mrs. Evans nodded, "That's fine Lily. As long as you're back before eleven. And be careful."

"Of course Mum. Can you just let Daddy know where I went?" Lily asked.

"Okay," Lily kissed her mother's cheek and gave her a hug before apparating to the first friend she could think of. James Potter.

It was a good thing she had taken the course on apparition before she graduated from Hogwarts. It made getting around so much easier.

After the pop and uncomfortable feeling that came with the transporting spell she opened her eyes to see a...well a mansion.

This is where he lives?

It had huge white gates that were at least ten feet tall. The long pathway leading up to the house behind the gates had varying shades of flat gray stones and the house itself was beautiful.

It was blue-gray stone and had white pillars going along one side with a long porch. There were windows almost every few feet and a huge field off to the left side of the house as far as Lily could see.

Suddenly two boys came zooming around the side of the house to the gates where Lily stood.

"Lily?" James face split into a smile.

"Evans!" Sirius grinned.

James jumped off his broom and called back over his shoulder, "Wanda! You can open the gates!"

Lily jumped back as he yelled and James and Sirius stepped back so the gates could swing open.

James pulled Lily through the gates and into a hug which Sirius decided to latch onto as well. James shot his friend a look and pushed him away as he leaned down and kissed Lily sweetly on the lips.

The gates slowly began to close and James wrapped an arm around Lily's shoulders as he led her back around the side of the house Sirius and James had came flying from.

"Lily, not that I don't want you here...but what are you doing here? I thought you were at your parents' house," James looked down at Lily and she sheepishly looked up at him.

"I'm sorry, I guess I kind of invited myself over...it's just...home isn't really home anymore," Lily explained. "I'm sorry. I can go..."

"Don't be silly Evans!" Sirius exclaimed a few feet...above them on his broom. "We're not doing anything important."

"Yeah," James agreed. "You can stay as long as you want."

Lily grinned, "Thanks."

"You hungry?" James asked.

"Starving!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Not you Padfoot! Lily."

"What you don't care about me anymore?" Sirius leaned down from his broom, "Evans comes along and poof goes Sirius. Man, thanks a lot Evans."

Lily laughed and answered James question, "Actually I just finished breakfast before I came here."

"Oh alright then. We were just playing quidditch," James grinned lopsidedly, "care to join us?"

"Um, no," Lily declined. "I'd prefer to keep my feet on the ground thank you very much. I'll just watch."

"Well we'll only be a few minutes. We just need one more goal to break the tie," James shrugged.

James mounted his broom and kicked off to be about six feet in the air, his feet hanging in Lily's face. Lily stepped away.

"Evans!" Sirius called. He dropped the quaffle so it landed in front of her feet. "Do us a favour and toss that up...this way Evans."

"Shut up Padfoot," James kicked Sirius and his broom off to the side and called flew up higher "Throw it straight up Lily! Preferably not to Sirius."

Lily gave them a confused look but tossed the quaffle into the air anyway and James caught it easily as it flew right past Sirius's face.

"Thanks Lils!" James flew over to goalposts and threw the ball straight through the middle hoop.

Both boys landed back on the ground and Sirius glared at Lily.

"You're terrible at throwing," he commented.

Lily shook her head and smiled "You're just terrible at catching."

"Come on Lily," James waved her over to the huge glass doors that led inside the house.

Lily went over with Sirius to where James was and they all went inside. "James! Sirius! What have I told you about opening those gates without permission! It's danger-"

"Dangerous," James finished for his mum and then pulled Lily to stand in front of him. "Mum, this is Lily Evans."

"Hello Mrs. Potter, sorry I came unannounced," Lily apologized.

Mrs. Potter gave Lily a hug and James watched uncomfortably.

Merlin Mum. Please don't scare her away. Please don't scare her away. Please don't scare her away.

"It's Helen, dear," Mrs. Potter corrected. She looked Lily up and down, "James was being subtle when he said you pretty."

Lily blushed and James looked down.

"Can I get you anything? Something to drink, eat?" Mrs. Potter offered.

"Can I have a sandwich Mum?" Sirius asked with a hopeful grin.

Mrs. Potter looked at Sirius. "Didn't I feed you an hour ago?" she laughed and before Sirius could say anything she said it for him. "I know, I know, growing boys need their food and all."

Mrs. Potter left the room and James gestured for Lily to sit down on one of the stools in what appeared to be a breakfast bar. Lily sat down and James ran a hand through his hair. "Well I'm going to go get ready," he said and then added. "You should too Sirius."

Sirius shook his head and hopped onto the stool next to Lily "I'm going to wait for my sandwich."

James rolled his eyes and then he left the room as well.

"So," Sirius turned to look at Lily, "why are you here?"

Lily raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean? I came to see you guys."

"You came to see James? That's it?" Sirius asked. "I don't believe that. I guess a better question is why'd you leave home?"

Lily stared at Sirius, "I didn't leave home. I just came here to visit."

Sirius just gave her a questioning look and Lily sighed. "I just needed to get away from it. My sister hates me and we were fighting, that's all we were ever doing was fighting. And...I guess I was just tired of it."

Mrs. Potter came back into the room with a plate filled with sandwiches.

"Wanda?" Sirius guessed.

Mrs. Potter nodded, "She just gave me the tray. Thank heavens for house elves."

Sirius smiled as Mrs. Potter gave him the plate, "Thanks Mum."

"You're welcome Sirius," Mrs. Potter smiled warmly at Sirius and then said she'd be in the library if they needed anything.

"You were saying?" Sirius prompted through a mouthful of bread, lettuce, tomato, and ham.

"My sister has...problems with me being a witch," Lily continued.

"That sucks," Sirius swallowed. "Prongs!"

A minute later James came back into the room messing up his wet hair.

"Yeah?"

"Evans has family problems," Sirius stated bluntly.

Lily's mouth dropped open, "I do not have family problems."

"Yes she does," Sirius said- his voice more...well serious. "Her sister drove her out of her home."

"Petunia didn't drive me out of anywhere," Lily protested.

James looked at Lily concerned, "Lily, honestly, what'd your sister do to you?"

Lily put a hand to where her sister had slapped her earlier. And it was then that James realized her cheek was turning purple. It was bruising.

He pulled her hand away from her cheek and gently touched it himself. "Lily, your sister...?"

"She slapped me," a hint of anger was in Lily's voice as she remembered the sting.

"That-" Lily shot James and Sirius both a look and they closed their mouths.

"Why?" James demanded.

"She hates me," Lily stared down at her hands in her lap. "We got into another argument. You know, it's kind of ironic in this world I worry about people judging me because I'm of muggle blood and at home I worry about my sister yelling at me for owning a wand. I just can't win."

"You can stay here," James suggested.

"What?" Lily asked incredulously.

"Stay here," James repeated. "That way you don't have to deal with Petunia."

"I can't leave my parents. I only went home so I could see them in the first place," Lily said.

James thought about this. "Well didn't you say that Petunia was going on vacation with her boyfriend in a couple weeks or something?"

Lily nodded, "She's going to France with him and his family."

"Right. So why don't you stay here until she leaves?" James offered.

Well that would keep me away from Petunia...I'd still see my parents before summer ends...and I'd get to see James...

Lily smiled, "Do you really think it'd be okay with your parents?"

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