Written for: Simply Supernatural Boot Camp by Smeagolia
Prompt # 20: Angel
Title: Expectations
Pairing/Character(s): Lily Luna Potter, Lily Evans Potter
Genre: Family/Angst
Word Count (sans this): 247
A.N.: I wrote this a while ago and thought about how Lily L. had her grandma's name.
"Grandma, can you hear me?"
It was a normal night for her.
"I want to talk to you."
To stare into the night sky which glistened with white stars and pale moonlight.
"I wish I could have met you."
It glistened like the tears streaming her flushed cheeks.
"I wish I had a different name, Grandma."
It was a sad beauty to her.
"I wish I didn't have a life planned out for me."
The wind blew into her face, making her shiver.
"I wish I could be my own person."
She blew into her hands to warm them, but they stayed ice cold.
"If I could choose, my name would be something else."
The crescent moon silently asked her to continue.
"Something like Penelope. Or Tessa."
She leaned on her hand and sighed.
"If my parents found out about it, they'd kill me."
She pulled up her left sleeve to reveal a pair of hearts, one black and one white, inked into her skin.
"That's how I feel, Grandma. You're the white one."
She pulls it back down and rubbed her arm through the thick fabric.
"Why'd you have to save him, Grandma?"
She knows the answer though.
"Its been so hard being 'The Daughter of Harry Potter', 'The Sister of James', 'The Dirty Gryffindor'."
The stars twinkle in response.
"I'm so tired of it, Grandma."
She glared at the moon.
"I'm sick of trying to be like you."