My One and Only by PhoenixTearz

Rating: R
Genres: Romance, Humor
Relationships: Lily & James
Book: Lily & James, Books 1 - 4
Published: 19/01/2004
Last Updated: 29/01/2006
Status: Paused

James Potter and Lily Evans are best friends. In their 7th year at Hogwarts, their friends take
it amongst themselves to change that. Rated R for conversations and sexual situations later on.




1. The Unexpected Guest
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My One and Only

Chapter One- Unexpected Guest

I was lying on my bed trying to get to sleep. It was only three in the afternoon, but I figured
the most boring day of my life deserved a nap. I’d spent the entire summer hanging out with my
three best friends, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. Today, every one of them had
their own plans. I had spent it hanging around my house. Yes, it was a HUGE house, but it wasn’t
any fun without people to enjoy it with.

Then the doorbell rang. I ran down four huge staircases (my room was the only one on the
5th floor) and opened the door. Standing on my porch was an average height, emerald
eyed, auburn red haired beauty. My good friend: Lily Evans.

“Lily! What are you—” I asked. Then I noticed her face was wet and tears were streaming from her
lovely eyes. “What *happened*?” She broke down into huge sobs and bigger tears. I’d never seen
her like this. Lily was usually the girl who helped the Marauders with our next prank, and was
always the one for a dirty comment or nasty comeback. I picked up her gigantic bag that was sitting
next to her and guided her inside. We sat down in my living room on her favorite couch and suddenly
I was engulfed in a humongous hug from the girl I knew to be so strong that she could take any
pain.

“My-my…” she stuttered.

“Petunia?” I asked knowingly. She nodded and nuzzled her face into my neck. I calmly stroked her
hair until she was ready to talk. When Lily pulled back from my grip I couldn’t help but notice
that she still looked beautiful even when her eyes were so puffy and bloodshot.

“How about a game of Foosball? Then I’ll tell you,” Lily suggested. I wiped the tears away from
her cheek and nodded. She smiled back at me. Then all of the sudden we were up and sprinting to the
Games Room on the 4th floor, closest to my room. This was a little game Lily and I play.
We never have to count, we just know when the other is going to, and then run to wherever we’re
supposed to.

I took the stairs three at a time, I had long legs and was very tall. When I would go to Muggle
grocery stores total strangers would ask me if I played basketball… whatever that was. Lily says
it’s a game with two teams and you put a ball through a hoop. Sort of like quidditch, but there’s
no bludgers trying to give you a concussion. Muggles have it made, I tell you!

Lily, being shorter than me could only take them two at a time. She was faster running than I
was. We each reached the door at exactly the same time and scrambled in. We both struggled to keep
the other from getting to the Foosball table first. I pushed Lily down and she grabbed my leg. Then
we were crawling, grasping for a piece of the table!

She reached for it but I grabbed her arm and all of the sudden I was laying on top of her. There
was a moment’s silence and I smiled. She raised her eyebrows questionally. Then I lunged for the
table and grabbed a post before she even had time to react.

“That wasn’t fair!” she shrieked. I smirked.

“You’re just pissed because I didn’t let you win. Sorry Chick, rules are in this house, that
there’s no mercy.”

“Fine. C’mon James, let’s play. I’m gonna whoop your big Potter arse!” she challenged.

“Language Evans, language,” I said while wiggling my pointer finger back and forth at her. “and
my arse isn’t that big.” She rolled her eyes and laughed. Then we played… I lost.

“Oh would you stop!” I said to Lily as she continued her victory dance.

“”Not until you admit that I’m better at Foosball,” she exclaimed with a laugh.

“You sound drunk.” I pointed out, sitting down on my favorite royal blue chair and gazing out
the window. The chair sagged where Lily sat. She snuggled into me. This was a normal thing; we were
very close friends. We could touch each other, unlike most people, but there was no extreme
physical interaction, such as kissing or sex. We held hands sometimes though, and I could kiss her
forehead or cheek.

“What are you thinking about?” she said softly. I didn’t answer. “She kicked me out.” My
attention was there again.

“What?”

“Petunia. She kicked me out of the house…said it was my fault my parents are dead. She made me
leave…gave no money.” I simply nodded. Lily’s sister was a total and complete bitch to her. The
people who supported the rising Dark Lord, Voldemort, had killed their parents when Lily was away
at Hogwarts last year. Why they had attacked the Evans’ was unknown to everyone. “James…” she again
said softly.

“What?”

“Uh…never mind,” she said nervously. I let go of her slightly and held her back.

“What is it?” she sighed.

“Can I stay here with you for the rest of the summer?” I pretended to think about it for a while
while I rubbed my chin thoughtfully.

“Well, of course!” I said cheerfully. She sighed once more. “Oh, did you *really* think I
was going to say no?”

“Well, I wasn’t entirely positive.”

“Actually, it will cost you I suppose,” I said slyly as I moved my hands down to her waist.

“What do you want, Potter?”

“Oh, you know what I want,” I grinned. She slapped my hands, then my face. “Shit Lily!”

“What was that?”

“I was *joking*. I meant I wanted a snack!”

“Oh.”

“That’s right, oh,” I fumed. She was always one to jump to conclusions.

“I’m so sorry James,” she gently touched my cheek where I knew a red mark from her hand was
going to be. “Does it hurt?”

“Like hell.” she kissed me softly on the cheek and brushed her hand over it again.

“Are you okay?”

“Uh—” *Wait, weren’t you just mad at me?*

“Let’s go get that snack shall we?” she said smiling widely and hopping up from the couch. I
muttered a short,

“Girls,” before following after her.

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I tied a bright orange apron around my white shirt that said, ‘We all have issues, mine are just
more important than yours’ and my blue, low rise, hip huggers. I loved the color orange. Whenever
people would call me a ‘redhead’ I’d correct them by saying my hair was orange. Now that I’m almost
seventeen, I’ve accepted the fact that no one would take me seriously if I told them to call me an
‘orange head’.

“What’re you thinking about?” James Potter’s voice asked from behind me. I realized that I had
been gazing, glassy eyed out of the window and shook my head, and then I turned around to see one
of my best friends. His messy jet-black hair was sticking up everywhere, except one tiny piece that
fell into his piercing hazel eyes.

“Oh, nothing.”

“That orange head thing again?” I gave him a confused look.

“How did you do that?” He shrugged.

“It’s a gift.”

“Oh, I see.” I said sarcastically. “Now, what do you want? Macaroni and cheese with hotdogs in
it, I presume?” He nodded guiltily. I giggled, always the same exact thing. James had become
infatuated by Muggle foods, Mac and cheese with hotdogs being the best in his mind.

I walked over to the refrigerator after starting the macaroni and pulled out a package of
hotdogs. I’d only been to the Potters’ house a few times, but I always felt like I belonged there.
The very first time I had stayed for a three-day weekend. By the time I left, I already knew here
everything was in each room. It was not getting lost trying to find the room that was the
trick.

I carefully cut the hotdogs into equal pieces and tossed them in the pan. I always added the
cheese last so it would seep into the hotdogs. I started stirring it when two strong hands grabbed
me by the waist. It was James of course. He kissed my cheek.

“Thank you.”

“No problem—” I started but was cut off by a loud voice from behind us saying,

“Oh Lily! You didn’t actually fall for the Potter charm did you? I thought you were stronger
than that!” This was Michael Potter, James’ dad. James jumped away from me as I turned around.

“Actually, no. I didn’t. Nice to see you again Mike.”

“Jeez James, little jumpy today. Hello Lily. You too. How long will you be staying with us?”

“The whole summer Dad. And I’m not jumpy. You startled me,” James said, finishing in an annoyed
voice, which Mike and I laughed at. We’re always ganging up on James when we get together, his
parents are so much fun!

“Yep, I believe you son,” his blue eyes twinkled.

“Here James,” I said, handing him a bowl with my freshly made goods.

“Lily, could I—” Mike was cut off when I shoved a bowl in his hands also, “Thanks. How did you
do that?”

“She’s gifted Dad. Spooky isn’t it?” James said through a mouth full of food.

“Chew with your mouth closed will you? And don’t talk when you have food in your mouth,” I said
sternly, “and what’s with the spoon?” I hate when people eat Mac and cheese with a spoon, it’s a
pet peeve of mine. James instantly dropped his utensil in the sink and grabbed a fork from the
drawer, and then he muttered an apology, which was soon followed by whipping noises from Mike.

“C’mon Lils,” James said walking out of the kitchen. Instead of following him I decided to
straddle one of the kitchen chairs and look at Mike.

“So, how have things been lately?” I asked.

“What *things*?”

“You know, *order* things,” I said slyly. Mike grinned.

“He tells you everything, doesn’t he?”

“Yep.”

“He’s whipped. Bloody brilliant Lily, I tell you.” I laughed. “Okay, so here’s the things, we’ve
been trying to gather evidence that suspected Death Eaters are Death Eaters. Unfortunately, we’ve
only been able to get the *cleared* ones. So far we’ve got Cahontic, Barns, Malfoy—”

“Wait, Malfoy is *cleared*?” The slimy git was two years ahead of James and I at Hogwarts.
He tried to hex me my very first day because I was Muggleborn.

“Yeah, there was nothing against him. Shame really, but there’s nothing I can do,” Mike
shrugged.

“Lily! What’re you doing?” James called from the living room. I rolled my eyes at Mike who
shrugged again, waved me off, and reached for the newest edition of the *Daily Prophet*.
Getting up I walked into the living room. It was large with cream-colored walls, pictures of the
Potters’ everywhere, blue furniture, a mega stereo, and a very wide screen television. For the
Potters’ to be a Pureblood family they sure knew a lot about Muggle appliances and technology.
Mostly because of me, but never the less, it worked.

James was lying on my favorite couch, right in front of the telly. I stood behind it, just
looking at him. Then, out of nowhere he reached out his arms and grabbed my waist, and pulled me
over the couch and top of him. After this he situated us so that I was on the inside on my side and
he was on his back on the outside. A bit of me was on him, as was my left arm, which was wrapped
loosely around his neck and my head was in between his shoulder and chest. His right arm was
holding my waist as the left one started to play with my hair.

“Okay. So, whaddya wanna watch?” he said, grabbing the remote.

“Don’t care. I’ll probably fall asleep anyway.”

“Okay,” he clicked to a channel where a movie neither of us knew the name of was playing. I was
right, ten minutes later I was asleep.



2. Sirius and Remus
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**Reviewers:**

¤Katie – I know what you mean, I was getting tired of reading all those fics, that I decided to
write a Lils and James were best friends first fic. Hee hee

¤Heaven – The reason the Potters have a TV is because Lily persuaded them to get one, she’s
practically like a daughter to them, and maybe Michael has an infatuation for muggles like Arthur
Weasley does. *Shrugs*

¤Patrioticangel – thanks so much or that advice from your English teacher. It will help me in
the long run.

¤Jess131346 – I highly doubt their closeness will change when they start dating. I’m glad you
think James’ dad seems nice, that was the point I was trying to get across. His parents are
basically the parents anyone would like to have, or at least, I would like to have – my dream
parents, hee hee. I’m sorry if it was confusing for you. When the ~¤~~¤~~¤~~¤~~¤~~¤~ thing comes
up, it means to point of view is switching, if anyone else is confused, I’ll just start saying :
“James POV” or “Lily’s POV”

¤Greeneggsandham – Nope, I haven’t forgotten about it...

¤Everyone – Thanks so much for reviewing, I thrive on nice comments like these and I really
appreciate when people like my stuff. I never really let people read it, but I figured, “Hell, it’s
the internet, I’ll probably never meet these people, and if I do, they won’t know it’s me.” Hee
hee.

A/N: I’m so sorry I haven’t posted at all. I actually stopped writing this story soon after I
posted it here, I think. I have 5 chapters posted on another site, though. So I’ll continue posting
them here. I’m not sure when I’ll get back to writing this fic, it’s not like there hasn’t been
time, what with it being summer and all, but I really haven’t been in the mood. It could be writers
block because I don’t have any more ideas for it and my muse is not being very helpful. I started a
new fic, one that I can’t post here because it’s Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione based, but I have a
lot of ideas formulating for it, so that’s my first priority. I’m really sorry, but maybe you can
check it out, it’s called The Real Life, and I’m going to be reposting it on fanfiction.net
soon...so if you use that site, too, look out for it!

Chapter Two- Sirius and Remus

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My best friend was truly beautiful! I clicked off the telly and shut my eyes slowly; finally I was
getting that nap. All of the sudden I heard someone jump out of the fire and I opened my eyes
swiftly.

It was Sirius Black, my very best friend. Sirius had medium length black hair and dark eyes. He and
I, along with our other best friend Remus Lupin, were the heartthrobs at Hogwarts. In mere seconds
Rem was standing beside Sirius. He had shaggy brown hair and blue eyes.

"Hey Moony, Padfoot." I said using our Marauder names. That's what we called our
group; there were four of us: Sirius, Remus, Peter Pettigrew, and Me. Also known as Padfoot, Moony,
Wormtail, and Prongs.

Remus was werewolf, so to keep him company during full moons the others three of us became
Animagus. I turned into a stag; Sirius, a dog; Peter into a rat. Hints all the nicknames. We called
ourselves The Marauders, known for pranks and causing trouble wherever we go. And trust me, if Lily
and her girls had been boys, they would be Marauders too. But they had their own group, The
Spirits. The didn't have cool nicknames like us though.

"What're you doing here? You said you had other stuff to do." I said. Sirius shrugged
and looked at Lily.

"How long has she been here?" He said, sitting down on the nearest chair.

"A few hours I suppose." The guys, well, everyone was really good about Lily and
mine's friendship. They didn't care how close we were. Yes, they thought it was odd and
they always made jokes and tried to get us together, but no one ever said anything else about
it.

"Petunia, I guess?" Remus enquired.

"Yes." I spoke coldly. Lily shifted in her sleep and mumbled something incoherent. Sirius
looked at me strangely.

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I heard voices; Sirius and Remy were there. Then I slowly opened my eyes. Siri was staring at James
with an odd look on his face and Remus looked really tired. The full moon was just a few days
ago!

None of the boys noticed I was awake until Sirius looked down at me and I smiled. He gave me a
cheesy grin. Remus smiled too.

"Hey boys." I said in still sleepy tone.

"Boys! No, no, no dearest Lily, we've turned seventeen! We're of age! Which means
we're men!" Sirius said boastfully.

"Talk about conceited." I pretended to mutter, loud enough so they could hear me.

"Now, now, I'm seventeen too. You're just to young to understand." James said
brightly. I turned seventeen a month after we returned to Hogwarts, on October 3rd.

I got off the couch, purposefully kneeing James in his 'manly parts' in the process. He
gasped and I grinned mischievously.

"Ow." He squeaked. Remus laughed as I headed upstairs to change into better
clothes.

I walked into James' room. It was a typically wizard boys room with dark blue walls and
quidditch posters hanging everywhere. My bag was on his bed and I carefully chose a khaki mini
skirt with cargo pockets, a teal tank top, and a short sleeved, button up, over shirt.

I quickly dressed and pulled my hair into a perfect half ponytail, letting two pieces fall into my
face on each side. I made my way to the bathroom and washed my face with a new wizard product
I'd found in my last Hogsmeade visit of 6th year. Then I brushed my teeth and headed
downstairs.

On the way from the 4th to 3rd floors I saw Melanie Potter carrying towels to the bathroom.

"Lily! How are you? You'll be staying for a long time, yes? Wow! It's so good to see
you!" She said as she gave me a huge hug.

"Hi Melanie. I'm fine. I'll be staying for the rest of the summer, if it's alright
with you."

"Oh, of course it is, Dear! This is just as much your home as it is Sirius'!" This
was saying something, because Sirius had lived with the Potter's during break in 5th and 6th
years because he had left his home. This summer he bought a flat all to himself with the help of
his Uncle Alphard giving him a few galleons.

"Thank you. Do you need any help?" I asked gesturing to the towels she was still
holding.

"No, no! I'm fine! Go along! I'll see you!"

"Bye." I went down the rest of the stairs and slid down the last banister, landing in the
living room in front of James, Sirius, and Remus who were talking. They all clapped
enthusiastically as I bowed. Sirius stared at me.

"Yes Siri, my breasts have gotten larger. Snap out of it you prat!" I said. He choked and
shook himself out of his reverie. James and Remus rolled their eyes; I laughed.

"Sirius Black, you'll never change." I stated.

"Would you want me to Lils'?" He said in a seductive voice as he gave me a hug.

"Is there a right answer to that question, Padfoot?" Remus said with a chuckle.

"I asked Lily, not you." Sirius said in an annoyed voice. James glared at him as Remus
gave me a huge hug.

"It's good to see you Lils'." He whispered in my ear.

"You too Remy. How's life" He sighed and shrugged.

"Could be worse, I suppose."

"Hey! Look on the bright side! We could get Celia and the others to come over and we could
have a little party!"

"Jeez, you act like this is your house." James commented.

"What? It isn't?" I exclaimed. They all laughed.

"Fine, fine. Let's owl 'em." Sirius got some parchment from the study and we sat
down to write letters to our friends. I wrote to Valerie, Alice, Isabella, and Sarah, while Sirius
and James owled Frank and Peter. That left Celia to Remus, at his request.

Soon we were waiting impatiently by the fire for our friends to show up. Suddenly, it turned green
and Celia Greenfield walked out. Celia is about my height with short, dark brown hair and big brown
eyes. She hugged everyone, ending at Remus.

"I especially liked your letter Remy." She whispered, handed the note to me and kissed
Remus hello. James and Sirius whistled at them as I laughed.

'Celia Greenfield,
Get your fine arse over to the Potter Place because I miss you.
-Remus'

"Nice Rem, nice." I said, patting him on the shoulder. The fire turned green again and
there was Valerie McPherson, my best friend. She was tall and had waist long blonde hair and pretty
gray eyes. We both shrieked and hugged.

"Okay, Lily. Stop! Get off my girl, I wanna piece." Sirius said as he stole Val into a
passionate kiss.

"Jeez! Siri, Val! Get a room would you!" Came a playful voice from behind me, I turned
around to face Sarah Matthews. She had changed her appearance since the last time I saw her. Now
she had maroonish colored hair and was wearing a black mini skirt, a black shirt was fish net
sleeves and the boots she had on made her about two inches taller than me. She still had the same
almost lavender eyes.

"Wow!" Is all I managed to say before Isabella McCabe hopped out of the fire and right
behind her came Peter Pettigrew.

Isabella had long black hair and blue eyes, while Peter was a blonde hair, watery blue-eyed boy.
The boys attacked the 4th Marauder and right away started planning a prank.

After less than five minutes Frank Longbottom and Alice Thomson arrived. They had been dating since
5th year. Sirius and Val had only gotten together the last week of 6th year, and Celia and Remus
had been a couple since the beginning of it.

"I say we have too many couples in this group of ours." I stated. Everyone shrugged and
the girls continued to hug their last Spirit.

"Okay, so what're we gonna do?" James asked looking at me.

"Well..."




3. Truth, Dare, and More Truth
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Chapter Three- Truth, Dare, and More Truth

"I can't believe we're playing truth or dare!" Sarah groaned. We all
laughed.

"Fine Sar, since you're so cheerful, how about you start?" Sirius suggested.

"Whatever. Celia, truth or dare?"

"Uh, truth I suppose." Celia said nervously.

"Okay then. Have you and Remus done it yet?" The couple looked at each other.

"What do you mean it?" Celia said slyly.

"You know perfectly well what I mean!" Sarah said; throwing a couch pillow at her
friend.

"Well, there are many it's! Don't you think? Let's see, kissing, French kissing,
necking-" Cel counted off on her fingers.

"Have you and Remy had sex then?" Sarah pushed.

"Oh, well that's all you had to say. Jeez! Beat around the bush why don't you!"
It was clear she had already known what Sarah meant.

"So-"

"Yes." Celia said in a matter-of-fact tone. James, Sirius, and I let out whistles and cat
calls, causing Remus and Celia to blush slightly.

"Truth or dare Lily." Celia said.

"Truth."

What's wrong with dares!" Sirius whined.

"Shut up you! Now Lily, have you and James ever kissed?" Celia asked.

"Yes." I stated.

"On the lips?" She squealed.

"I answered your question, now, Isabella, truth or dare?" Lily said, ignoring the
annoying whines from everyone as James winked mischievously at me and we both laugh.

"Dare." Isabella said, which was followed by a soft "Finally" from
Sirius.

"Kiss Frank."

"No!"

"Why not?"

"Well, for one thing, he's dating Alice! And it's pretty well set they'll be
getting married! Absolutely not, I refuse!" Bella explained.

"You gotta if you wanna keep playing." I told her.

"Bella, I have no problem with it. I know Frank wouldn't do it in his choice, go
ahead." Frank looked slightly shocked that Alice would agree to it. Bella sighed and leaned
over to kiss for five seconds as counted by me.

"Alright, Alice-"

"Truth."

"What're you most scared of about leaving Hogwarts?"

"That's simple! Voldemort of course! That guy is a psycho, isn't he? And almost half
of us are training to be Aurors!" Alice said. Frank put a reassuring arm around her.

"Siri, dare I presume?" Sirius nodded like a little kid. "Okay, snog
Peter."

"There is no way in hell!"

"Fine, Remus."

"No way! I'm out. That's revolting." He shuddered as everyone laughed.

"Ah, c'mon Padfoot! I thought you loved me!" Remus said in a would-be hurt
voice.

"Fine then, James?"

"I ain't kissing no guy. Got that Alice?" Everyone laughed again at his
bluntness.

"Oh really-" Alice started slyly.

"Truth!" He said in a slightly panicked tone, but then finished calmly, "I pick
truth."

"Where have you kissed Lily?" We both rolled our eyes.

"What is up with all of you and Lily and I today? Jeez!" He exclaimed. "But, the
cheek.forehead, pretty neutral spots-"

"Neck? That's a pretty neutral spot for me." Sirius implied.

"No, and silence from the losers please." James held up his hand in a girly way.

"Is that all?" Celia whined.

"Yes." I answered defiantly.

"Valerie, dare?"

"Why of course!" And this was followed by a "That's my girl-" and then a
quick "Sirius! Shut up!" from everyone else.

"The first time you had Padfoot in bed was he any good, to you?" Sirius choked.

"Honestly? He was okay."

"Hey!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Hey yourself! This is truth or dare, you gotta be honest. Besides, your better
now-"

"Oh please spare us the details." James moaned.

"Pete, truth or dare?"

"Dare, I guess-" He spoke nervously.

"Go to Mrs. Potter, start crying, tell her you didn't get your afternoon snack and get her
to make you some of that yummy 'Puppy Chow' she whips up." Puppy Chow was Mel's
specialty. It was some kind of cereal covered in powered sugar. Peter got up and soon they heard
loud sobs coming from the kitchen.

He came back, carrying a large bowl full to the rim and smiling happily.

"James, truth or dare?"

"He just went!" Sarah protested.

"Dare." James said ignoring her.

Snog Lily until we," he gestured to everyone else in the room, "decide you're
done." James looked at me.

"Are you okay with this?" I knew he wanted me to say yes, he never backs out of a
dare.

"Yeah."

"Bloody brilliant Pete. Never thought you had it in you." Sirius whispered as James
leaned down and our lips connected. I felt a shock, which startled me.

James must have felt it too because he pulled away and gave me a questioning look.

"C'mon you two! We don't have all day! Remus said impatiently; grabbing a handful of
'Puppy Chow'.

"Let's get this over with, shall we?" I asked as I put my hand behind his neck and
pulled him down. His lips were gentle. After a few seconds I heard Val say,

"That ain't a snog! C'mon guys!" I smiled, some best friend she was. James moved
his tongue across my lower lip and I let him enter my mouth. I could hear catcalls and barks.
(Probably from Sirius.)

He had his hands around my waist by now and mine were around his neck. I was playing with the hair
on the base of it. I had no clue how long we'd been at it. He was being careful with his
tongue, as to not go to far. We fell with a 'thunk' on the floor. James was on top of
me.

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