Lily Evans and Amy Potter were sitting on the couch in the Gryffindor commonroom. It was the last day of their sixth year at Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry.
"You should come to my house this summer!" Amy exclaimed.
"That would be so fun!" Lily exclaimed.
"Yeah! You should totally come over!" James Potter, Amy's twin brother, said in a high-pitched girlish voice, coming up behind them.
"Oh yes!" his best friend Sirius black joined in, adopting that same girlish voice. "We'll have a jolly time!"
"And we'll have sleep-overs and stay up really late and talk about boys" James continued on.
"James!" Lily exclaimed. "I didn't know you felt that way!"
James scowled and sat next to Amy.
"So Sirius, are you coming over this summer?" Amy asked. Sirius nodded. James face seemed to darken at this last question, but only Lily noticed.
She shot James a questioning look, but turned to Amy and said, "I'd love to come, and I'm sure my so called parents won't care if I even come home." Her voice had hardened when she said "Parents".
Only Amy knew about Lily's parents. They were her foster parents and treated her like she was a piece of dirt. They only became her foster parents because they got something deducted off of their taxes. Lily's real parents had been killed in a car crash.
"What's wrong with your parents?" Sirius asked.
"I'd rather not talk about it," Lily said, her voice sounded cold.
"Anyway, I'll write Mum and Dad, but I'm sure they won't mind." Amy said
"Yeah" James told Amy. "Mum already said Remus and Peter could come over so I'm sure she won't mind having Lily."
"I'll write anyway" Amy said. "You want to come with me Lily?" Amy asked.
"Sure" Lily replied, following Amy up the stairs to the girls' dorms.
"Done!" Amy proclaimed. She tied the letter to Cliodhna's (her owl) leg.
They watched Cliodhna fly for a few minutes before Lily said, "Do you want to play gobstones or something?"
"Ok" Amy responded. They played gobstones until the carriages arrived to take them to the Hogsmead train station.