I hadn't realised it had gotten so late until the sun went down, I looked at my watch, it read 10:00, mother would be furious at me, I had missed dinner. I could picture her in my mind saying, "Lily Evans, I am ashamed at you, I sit here slaving away, making you dinner, and what thanks do I get? You not turning up to eat the dinner I have made for you, that's what thanks I get" I could picture the disappointed look on her face, and the way her voice goes up an octave when she's angry, I'd probably have to go to bed without supper, I thought as my stomach gave a groan. I realised that I should have gone home and spent as much time with my family as I could and then make my decision, I had chatted with the boy all evening, he seemed to know so much about witches and wizards. I got up and walked along the path, the boy called after me " wait, Lily, my name is Severus Snape, will you meet me back here tomorrow at midday?" I didn't see why not, Severus seemed to be quite a nice guy, but I wondered whether I would be allowed out tomorrow, I might be grounded, so I just said to him " we'll see" and with that, I ran off down the path, unaware that Severus was staring in my direction, dazed, for quite a few minutes, before he turned and headed home himself, wondering what he had done wrong. When I got home my mother sure enough was angry, but she seemed to get over it pretty quickly as at that minute, an owl flew through the open window in the kitchen, my mother screamed and ran out the door, all the way up the stairs before collapsing onto her bed. Yes, she was scared of owls. I noticed that the owl had a letter in its beak, I went over to it and removed the letter, opened it and screamed myself, Severus was right, I had been accepted into Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry! I ran up the stairs, clutching the letter in my hand, I stumbled a few times but eventually made it to my parents room where I found my mother hyperventilating on her bed. She looked at me for a few minutes then squeaked "is it gone?"

"What, oh yeah, it's definitely gone" I lied

" are you sure?" she asked uncertainly, at that minute, the owl flew up the stairs, I heard it and slammed the door. "Yes, I'm sure, now Mother, the owl had a letter in it's beak, and well... I've been accepted into a school of magic, I'm a witch"

my mother simply fainted.