:Avoiding Potter… Or Not:

Author- magical.harlz

Summary- Lily/James. When James moves in next door to Lily she does everything she can to avoid him. Too bad their parents are good friends, and they want to get Lily and James together! How can Lily get out of this when they both HATE each other?

Disclaimer- If I'm the creator of HP characters/places etc then pigs can sprout wings and fly. In other words, I only imagine I'm the creator of the magical world we all love so much. :cries:

Chapter 1

"Lily! Are you going to come down and meet the new neighbors?" mum shouted up the stairs.

I groaned. "It's seven o'clock in the bloody morning! Can't it wait until 12?" I shouted back.

"Sweetie! They are new! They deserve a proper welcome!" she said walking into my room.

She turned on the light and immediately I put my head underneath my doona.

"Yeah and I deserve a proper sleep in!" I grumbled.

Mum laughed. "Lily, they might have a son" she said. Even though I couldn't see her face, I knew she had a mischievous glint in her eye.

"I don't care!" I said grumpily.

"Alright, you leave me with no choice" she said. And she yanked my doona of me and I shrieked. "MUM!" She smiled. "Now get up and put on something nice, and a little bit of make up, it'll make a good first impression" she said dragging my doona out of my room. I groaned. I guess I'll have to get up now that she's taken my doona away from me. My poor poor doona.

I dragged myself out of bed and went and grabbed some clothes. I got dressed quickly and brushed my hair. I flicked my wand and it was in two braids. I sighed and put on eye liner and mascara, there I don't have to out do myself.

I looked at my image in the mirror. My dark blue trackies matched my deep blue conversers. My lime green tank top brought out my emerald green eyes. I sighed. I glanced at my bed and immediately wished I was still lying in there, sleeping peacefully, dreaming of little fairies… ok maybe not the whole dreaming of fairies part but the rest is fine. I gazed longingly at my bed when mum shouted "LILY! If your not down here in 3 seconds I'm burning your doona!" mum screeched up the stairs.

I sighed again and took my time coming downstairs, I knew that she wouldn't really burn my doona… or would she?

I walked slowly, passing my sister Petunia's room. She poked her head out of the door and sneered at me. "Where are you going?" she asked.

"Not that it's any of you're business but I'm going to meet the neighbors" I said and with a huff she closed the door. I smirked and walked down the stairs and went into the kitchen. I grabbed a glass of orange juice and started drinking when Petunia came bounding downstairs.

I choked and spat my drink out into the sink.

"What's wrong? Jealous?" she asked.

"Why the HELL would I be jealous of a hooker?" I asked her wiping my chin.

She glared at me, but unfortunately for her she didn't inherit the good old Evans glare, one which I did inherit. Hehe.

"I am NOT a hooker!" she said indignantly.

"Sure you aren't, and I can fly" I said. I know perfectly well that if I wanted to I COULD fly, I'd just work my magic and I'd floating around the ceiling, but then I'd get expelled and I'd rather stay at Hogwarts then live here with her.

"Shut up! At least I can get guys!" she said smirking.

"If you're counting Vernon the whale then you're insane. He weighs about a hundred tones and eats like a pig that has a blonde wig on top of his head."

"MUM!" Petunia screamed and mum looked up from the stove where she was cooking eggs.

"Now Lily be nice" she said frowning.

I started laughing. "I'm only telling the truth" I said glaring at Petunia.

"Lily" mum warned. I rolled my eyes and saw my doona on the couch. I went over and grabbed it and took it upstairs and made my bed. I turned around and came back downstairs where the table was set. I sat down and immediately started eating my eggs.

"Honestly! And you call Vernon a pig!" Petunia explained.

I laughed, accidentally on purpose spraying her with bits of egg. "EWWW!" she screeched.

"Sorry" I said, not meaning it at all.

"You think I'm a pig? Ha! You haven't seen they guys at Hogwarts eat! They're like a bunch of bloody human vacuum cleaners! They basically INHALE their food!" I told her and she glowered. I was talking about Potter and Black, two of the four Marauders at Hogwarts.

Their group has four people; James Potter –the ringleader-, Sirius Black –the womanizer-, Remus Lupin –the MOST trustworthy one whose obsessed with chocolate- and little Peter Pettigrew –the shortest, fattest and dumbest of the Marauders-.

I know I might come across as mean, but honestly you CANNOT deny it if you've met him.

Let me start with the leader shall I?

Well James David Potter and I have been enemies since day one at Hogwarts. Ever since the boat ride to Hogwarts. The stupid prat pushed me into the lake and ever since then we've been at war which is almost very likely every single day.

Anyway he has the MESSIEST hair I have ever seen! Honestly it's bloody untamable and NEVER EVER lies flat. Its jet black and it's really really really all over the place. But what really annoys me about his hair is when he runs his hands through it to make it look windswept. Like he just got off his broom. Like he never wants it to lie flat, but when he's nervous about something he tries to flatten his hair, which doesn't work unfortunately.

His eyes? Well they're a sort of Chocolaty colour. Chocolate Hazel coloured. Sometimes when we glare at each other during at argument I find myself thinking he has nice eyes and I feel like I could get lost in them. But then I mentally kick myself and mentally threaten to send myself to the insanity ward in St Mungos. That always works. His eyes are behind a pair of round glasses. I wonder what he looks like without them… hmm I could steal them and then I'd see. Hehe. Even the thought of him blundering around the castle helpless is a pleasant thought to me. I mean not HIM just him… without his glasses and bumping into walls and… and… hehehe ACCIDENTALLY falling into the lake. Hehehehehe. Evil laugh. Ahem yes getting on…

He has the worst attitude of anyone. He's arrogant, egotistical, annoying, irritating, a bullying toerag, an idiot, irresponsible, disrespectful and a Ladies man, just like Sirius.

Which brings me to the Womanizer and Potter's best friend, Sirius Orion Black. Well I don't get along to well with him but I can stand him better then that idiotic Potter who I swear I will kill and- getting back to the topic. Sirius has long black hair which he loves. If one strand of it gets messy he will obsess over it. If his friends like Potter for instance (the stupid jerk who will die a slow and painful death and- never mind) ruffles his hair he will scream repeatedly until its fixed up. Honestly sometimes I want to just strangle him just to shut him up!

He has stormy grey eyes which aren't as nice as Potter's I will admit and oh my god what am I thinking? Anyway he is just as irresponsible and disrespectful as Potter. He's annoying and egotistical but not as much as Potter. He ran away from home when he was sixteen and he now lives with Potter. Poor thing, I dunno how he can stand living with that THING but then again they are best friends, brothers more like, they're practically joined to the hip!

The there's Remus Lupin. The prefect. He's the MOST responsible one out of the WHOLE group. He's the nicest one and I get along really good with him, that's why we're friends. He has mousy brown hair that is pretty short (so is Potter's, I just forgot to mention it that's all) and it falls into his eyes. His eyes are honey brown and they really suit his personality, they make him look innocent even though he is the mastermind behind some of the pranks the Marauders do.

Remus is studious and LOVES chocolate. Trust me he does. Once on the train in fourth year I had bought a load of chocolate frogs when that stupid Potter and his gang came in and Remus snatched one of my chocolates and ate it, I forgave him though.

I'm surprised he doesn't try to poke Potter's eyes out and eat them he's that obsessed. He writes on his parchment things like; "Touch the chocolate and die" or "Chocolate will be mine" or "I am taking over the world with my army of chocolate".

I find it really weird but he told me he can't help it just like I can't help going a whole day without having an argument with Potter. And I agree, I really do.

Last but not least, little Peter Pettigrew. He's not exactly well, Gryffindor material. He isn't brave and bold. He's a scared little boy who hides behind Potter and Black as if they're his saviors or something. He follows them everywhere and I always wonder why they don't tell him to shove off, but then again they lap up every single bit of attention they get the stupid attention seeking prats. Oh anyways, Peter has blonde hair that's plastered onto his head and its really short. He has no fringe whatsoever. He has watery baby blue eyes and they make me think of little babies crying all the time.

And funnily enough, every time we have a test in class he has a cold, I'm not sure why but you can ALWAYS hear him sniffing. It takes a lot of will power for Becky to sit their and not throttle him.

Oh yeah I almost forgot. Becky, or Rebecca Taylor is one of my two best friends. She has jet black hair and violet coloured eyes. Her hair isn't as untamable as Potter's, on the contrary her hair is naturally straight and long. Oh yeah I forgot to mention that she is Potter's cousin… When I found out I started laughing but when I realized she wasn't laughing I knew she was being serious. She always smiles and laughs and when she doesn't laugh, you know there's something important going on.

She's a tom boy and plays Quidditch. She's a keeper for the Gryffindor team and I forgot to tell you that Potter and Black are on the team as well. Potter is a seeker and Black is a beater. Plus Potter is the Quidditch captain. She trains almost every night and is as obsessed as the boys. Its uncanny.

She always sticks up for her friends. Like the time my boyfriend Josh wanted more then what he got (if you know what I'm saying, wink wink) and said he'd break up with me if I refused, which didn't worry me one bit so I broke it off first. There is no way I'm giving my virginity away to him. Anyway as I was saying about Becky sticking up for her mates; she dangled him off the Astronomy Tower and embarrassed him infront of everyone. She told him to tell me he was sorry and he did, after he refused once and Becky almost dropped him and he screamed; "OH GOD I'm SORRY! LILY I'm SORRY!" and everyone laughed including Potter and his friends, who've never liked him anyway. Then she made him say "No means NO" and he did, after another refusal and she dropped him but stopped him from hitting the ground at the last second and he went flying back up to her screaming like a girl and said "NO MEANS NO!". It was quite funny actually and he never spoke to me again. Unfortunately for Becky Professor McGonagall was watching and took 50 points from Gryffindor and gave her three weeks detention. I felt bad but she told me she was happy because it made Sirius and James (I mean Black and Potter) jealous because they had NEVER gotten three weeks detention in one go. Ha, you should have seen the looks on their faces.

Then there's Emmaline Vance, who prefers to be called Emm. Well she is just like Remus, studious, Prefect, responsible, caring and respectful. Me and Becky reckon she secretly likes Remus but she would never admit it, (yet). Doctor Evil laugh

Emm has strawberry blonde hair and brown eyes. Her hair, like mine is wavy and she normally wears it in a messy bun, but she leaves it out on occasions and I swear I've seen Remus secretly staring at it. I think Potter has as well because every time I've caught him I see Potter glancing at me and I look back at him and its as if we understand each other silently. Sirius doesn't look as he's busy copying of Potter's essays.

Becky said she's seen Remus smiling whenever he's around her and she said he went red one time when Emm commented that he had nice eyes, but then they both blushed because they are BOTH shy.

She said that sometimes Remus offers to help carry Emm's books and helps her pick them up whenever she drops them because she has tones of books she borrows from the Library, I think she lives there!

Emm's the shyest of the group. If someone's picking a fight with us she's the one we always look after first. We always step infront of her so she's blocked from view. Especially when the Slytherins such as Malfoy and Snape pick on us.

As I was thinking of my lovely friends (and acquaintances aka the Marauders) an owl flew in through the window and Petunia started shrieking. She screamed so bloody loud that the owl gave a disgruntled hoot and as soon as I detached the letter it flew straight back out of the window. Poor thing, I know how it feels!

I looked down at the letter and realized it was from Emm. I grinned; I was dying to hear from her about her trip to Australia, Canberra.

Dearest Lily,

Wow! Australia is so amazing! I never knew people could be so kind! When I first got there these really cute guys came up to me mum and dad and said; "G'day mate, welcome to Australia!" They had Australian accents! Just think of that Lily! Australian accents! They prefer to be called Auzzies though

When I got to Canberra me mum and dad went and got a hotel and unpacked. There was LARGE swimming pool there! I wanted to go for a swim straight away but mum said we could do that another time, we had exploring to do!

Oh Lily! You would have loved it here! First we went to the War Memorial and the Gift shop was AMAZING! I saw all the machines they had, the army tanks, the videos they displayed and all the pictures and there were these Chinese guys out the front having an argument! You couldn't understand what they were saying but they were having a go at each other, as Becky would put it! Becky would have been in hysterics if she had been there! You know how she is!

Anyway back to my wonderful journey!

Next we went to Parliament House and I met the Prime Minister! (Insert prime ministers name here) was really nice! We toured the whole place and saw the Senate room and we saw a drinking thing and the cups were SO tiny! They were cute! We drank from it and dad accidentally filled his over the brim and some went onto the floor toe goofball. He was so excited about all the Muggle things, you should have seen him! He was pointing at this and that and yeah. Mum wasn't as excited but then again she is muggleborn!

Well I better leave it here and hope against hope Petunia isn't getting you down! It's only been two weeks into the holidays and I really hope you don't crack and turn her into a beetle. You're not seventeen for a couple of week's missy! I promise to be home for your birthday and don't forget the party plans, or as you refer to it, partay! Lol. Missing you lots,

Love ALWAYS,

Emm. Xoxoxo

P.S: I really miss you heaps and will be home soon! Even though Canberra is a blast it isn't much fun without my best friends there! Xxx

I grinned. Knowing Emm this would be exciting. She is a travel freak. She loves traveling and has plenty as souvenirs. I remember on the first night of Hogwarts seven years ago when she tried to cheer me up by showing her stuff she had collected from everywhere she had been to; Africa, Europe, France, Italy, Scotland etc. Maybe that's why she got on so well with our Scottish teacher in third year. We had a teacher named Professor McPherson and he was really stupid and he thought he was funny and cool… but he wasn't!

Anyway, mums waiting for me to get off my arse and hurry up. She has her basket of goodies for the neighbors in her arms.

"Hang on I need to reply to Emm" I said dashing upstairs, causing Petunia to groan and tap her foot.

I grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill and scribbled:

Dear Emm,

I just got your letter! Thank god it came right now! I'm supposed to be meeting the new neighbors who moved in next door. Australia must be fun, but I hope those Aussie guys haven't made you forget your dear 'Friend' Remy-bear. Lol just kidding 

Anyway I better go before Petunia rips her hair out in boredom. She's dressed as a hooker just to go next door while I'm in trackies and all stars and a tank top. Honestly Petunia and I are NOT related.

I can't wait till you get back and I haven't forgotten my birthday plans… how could I forget? I'm turning 17 for crist sake lol! ARRRRRGH! 17! I'll finally be of age and be able to turn Petunia into a fish so her dear old boyfriend Vernon can eat her! Hehehe

Anyways, love you lots Emmsy-wemmsy!

Love forever,

Lils. Xoxoxo

P.S: I can't wait until my PARTAY! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!  As you can tell I'm excited! XXX

"Lilian Jane Evans if you're not down here in-"

"I'm coming!" I shouted as I attached the letter to my snowy white owl Freckles (she has tiny brown spots ALL OVER her) and she nibbled my ear affectionately.

"Safe flight then Freck" I said saluting her. She blinked twice and took off out of my window and off to Australia. God I hope she doesn't die from the journey.

I hurried downstairs and grinned. "Ready" I announced and Petunia glowered. "Finally" she said grumpily.

"Easy there Hooky, take it easy" I said hurrying out the door so she couldn't hit me.

She screamed in frustration and I laughed.

"I am NOT a HOOKER!"

"Whatever yah reckon Tuna" I said grinning.

"I AM NOT A HOOKER!!!" she screamed even louder.

I started laughing again and mum sighed. "Girls please. You're going to scare away the new neighbors"

"Yeah with Lily's ugly face they'll scream" Petunia said.

"Yeah and once they see you in those clothes they'll have to be checked into the insanity ward at St Mung-"

"Don't say that in broad daylight!" She hissed angrily. I just cackled and started to sing the Hogwarts theme:

"Hogwarts Hogwarts Hoggy Warty Hogwarts

Teach us something please

Whether we be old and bold

Or young with scabby knees

Our heads could do with filling

With some interesting stuff

For now they're bare and full of air

Dead flies and bits of fluff

So teach us things worth knowing

Bring back what we've forgot

Just do you best we'll do the rest

And learn until our brains all rot"

I cackled with more laughter as she screamed and mum shouted; "SHUT UP!" and we both shut up, even though it was difficult to stop myself from laughing I managed.

We went up to the front door step of the house next door and mum knocked. A few minutes passed by and the door opened and I gaped.

"Ooh! Look Prongsie! Food for us how thoughtful!" Sirius Black said taking the basket from my mum and giving her a charming smile. He didn't notice me but Potter surely did. His eyes widened and I stared at him.

"Oh no! Not you!" I said stepping backwards. He gaped at me.

"What the HELL are you doing hear?" he asked thunderstruck.

"The question is what the HELL are YOU doing hear!" I said glaring at him.

"Oh my God. Bless my Soul its Lily Evans!" Sirius said cackling.

I groaned. My next door neighbors are Potter and Black? God shoot me now! Someone, anyone!

Just then it began to rain and Potter and Black ushered us inside.

"Great" I muttered grumpily. We all walked into the kitchen and Mr. and Mrs. Potter looked up. Well I'm assuming its them anyways.

"Hello! We're from next door" Mum said brightly. Mrs. Potter walked over and smiled. "I'm Heather and this is my Husband Daniel" she said pointing towards the man sitting at the table. He grinned and waved.

"Nice to meet you" he greeted, "And these are James and Sirius, James is our son and Sirius is our other son" Mrs. Potter said grinning.

My mum grinned back. "Well I'm Anne, this is Petunia and Lily. They are my daughters and my husband Mark is at work".

Mr. and Mrs. Potter glanced at me when mum said my name.

"Lily Evans?" Daniel asked frowning.

I nodded shooting a glare at James and Sirius.

"We've heard a lot about you!' he said smirking at James' direction. I nodded, not knowing what to say.

"We brought you a food basket" Petunia said in a falsely sweet voice. Heather looked at the basket in Sirius' arms and snatched it from him. "You can wait until lunch" she said glaring at him. Sirius gave her the puppy dog look and she smiled. She put the basket on the bench and turned around.

"Thank-you" she said.

"Its almost lunchtime. Would you like to join us?" she asked grinning.

"NO!" Me and James both said at the exact same time. Everyone looked at us and we glared at each other.

"We'd be intruding-" mum started glaring at me but I was still glaring at James who was still glaring at me.

"Of course you wouldn't! Join us please! Don't mind James!" she said glaring at James as well.

"Ok" mum said smiling. I tore my glare from Potter.

"What?" I said, knowing perfectly well what mum had said but wanting to know whether it was.

"We're staying here for lunch Lily" mum said coldly.

"Oh, gee I'd really really love to and everything but I promised a friend I'd meet up with her and oh would you look at the time! I'm five minutes late!" I said starting for the door.

"I didn't think you had friends" Petunia said.

I glared at her. "I'm meeting up with… Becky" I said.

"But isn't she in Paris?" James said.

I glared at him.

"Oh yeah, bugger I totally forgot!" I said glaring at him and he smirked.

"Lily…" mum said glaring at me. I rolled my eyes and sighed defeated. Heather smiled and showed us to the table.

God get me out of this…

A/N: well hope you like it! 