Free time(Lily&Open) }{ Since it's summer

[london kale]

Diagon Alley was always alive. The streets weren't exactly gold, but who would really be able to tell with the crowds of wizards and witches swarming around certain shops? London had just spent the past fifteen minutes listening to a bunch of middle-aged men argue about who was going to be in the Quidditch World Cup. One of the men, from Belgium, swore that it would be the Irish and the French. She could hardly believe that. The Irish would have had a good chance, but not the French. It seemed that so much talent came from Ireland that it was almost impossible to beat them. She just figured that the Irish had some sort of awesome power bottled up and that was good enough for her. She tuned the men's conversation out when she reached into her bag and pulled out her Quidditch World Cup tickets. She only had four, and they were hell to get. She just needed to know who she was taking. Lily crossed her mind but she was unsure whether her friend would enjoy a game of Quidditch where everyone would be shouting and acting barbaric over their favorite precious little team.

London was also sure that Lily wouldn't want to go because she was planning on inviting James Potter and Sirius Black. They were avid fans, seeing as they all played Quidditch and they could all get competitive. So, maybe in some sort of alternative to Lily maybe she could find someone who loved Quidditch but didn't really hang out with her group so often. Though, she was hoping that Lily would actually get over her hatred for James and soon start realizing that they could have some chemistry between the two of them. But London wasn't exactly the perfect person to get those two together. But she could probably get some help from Sirius who was tired of hearing James groan and complain about how Lily turned him down AGAIN. This made her sigh. It would take a mastermind to get those two in some sort of situation that required them to work together constructively. Her head shook in a way that would clear her head, she was not going to get someone to help her to get Lily to fall madly in love with James Potter. It just wasn't ever going to happen this year.

London paused, looking around her before she started to head towards The Leaky Cauldron. She was working there, but not today. She figured a bit of relaxing might do her some good, she might even get to see someone so she wasn't so bored for the day. As she made her way down the streets she caught so many smells and sights that it was almost as fun as it was walking through Hogwarts. She could smell faint love potions to her right. The smell of the Quidditch Pitch, pumpkin juice, and a murky smell filled her senses. She loved love potions for the smell only. No one had ever tried to slip her one. Now that she thought about it she guessed it would be amusing if someone gave her love potion. Although she would probably get pissed after it wore off and then would kill the person who gave it to her. It was a very funny thought nonetheless. About ten more steps and London saw the Leaky Cauldron. It looked just as dark as it always had and she couldn't love it any other way. She hoped that it would always stay the exact same.

Once inside London looked for a table and then looked over at Tom. He nodded, knowing that she just wanted a Butterbeer. With that she sat down. She grabbed her tickets from her bag again and looked at them quizzically. Who was she going to take? She had to find a replacement for Lily for the game. She still had a month to go but then again they had to plan to get there early for good camping spots and such. The World Cup was a hastle but in the end it would always be worth the tremendous hard work. Her butterbeer floated over to the table, which was unlikely even for the Leaky Cauldron. She looked up and a grin broke out. "Hey," She started "I was wondering when you would show. You want to go on a vacation?" She asked, knowing that her friend would be the last person to think of Quidditch as a vacation. "So, How has your holiday been so far? I think we need to hang out or something. I'm becoming bored as hell all alone. Although I can just come here and see something different everyday." London grinned cheekily, taking a drink.

[lily evans]

Lily was rather fond of Diagon Alley. It had been her first real view of the magical world. The hustle and bustle had been a little frightening at first, but in a way it was sort of comforting to her. The witches and wizards didn’t look that different from people without magic. Other than the fact some of them were dressed funny and carrying owls and broomsticks. It wasn’t until Hogwarts when she found out just how different, and how similar, the two worlds were. Sure, in the muggle world you couldn’t do magic, but pretty much everything else was the same just in a different context.

The book lists didn’t come for another week or two (the news about Head Girl, but the Gryffindor was trying not to think about that) and Lily didn’t need any supplies, but she had to get out of the house. Petunia was driving her crazy. Petunia had just gotten engaged and even though they weren’t getting married for eleven freaking months she was going crazy with wedding plans. Catalogues and pictures were all over the living room and most of the kitchen. Petunia would screech at anyone who tried to move something even a little bit. This had possibly been her worst summer ever so far. It was definitely in the top two. Hopefully she would be able to redeem it.

Lily was determined today would be good. She had gotten up before Petunia. She had breakfast at a little café near their house and then she had spent all morning shopping in London. She had gotten new summer clothes and way more books then she needed from a muggle bookstore sending her bags home as she went along. After lunch she decided it was time to go to the Diagon Alley. She stepped into a dark alley and when she was sure no muggles would see her she apparated onto the doorstep of The Leaky Cauldron. She was really hoping London would be working. It would really help make her “get away day” better. Being around someone (other than her parents) who didn’t hate her would be fabulous.

She looked at the bar and saw Tom and Daisy, the other girl who worked their when London wasn’t working. Damn. She glanced around for somewhere to sit and broke into a grin. Apparently London still came to work on her day off. What a nerd. She walked over to the table grinning the whole way. “Hey Lon,” she said setting her purse on the table and sitting down in the chair across from her best friends. The two had been close since first year. They argued a lot, but they balanced each other out nicely. “Are you really here on your day off?” she said chuckling. “I would absolutely love to go on a vacation. I’ve been plotting ways to go get out of the house for any reason at all. Petunia has gone completely mental. What did you have in mind?”

She wrinkled her nose. “Break has been meh. I’ve already gotten most of my homework done. I hardly ever leave my room except when I leave the house. Darling Petunia is getting married,” Lily said in a mocking tone rolling her eyes. “So what have you been up to my Dear? Seen your gorgeous brothers lately?” she said waggling her eyebrows a little bit with a teasing look in her eyes. Lily had joked for years that she was going to marry one of London’s brothers so that they could be real sisters.

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