Shidarezakura - Chapter 2
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When Lily was a child, she had a best friend named Calista. Actually in Lily and Calista's case the term "best friend" was an understatement. They had been inseparable since the moment that they had met at the young age of 2 when the Evans had moved into the house next door to Calista's family. One of Mr. Evans' favorite stories to tell was about this time.
Mrs. Evans had in an attempt to make friends with their new neighbors had invited Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh over and took them to the kitchen for some tea. The kitchen really was the only room so far that had enough furniture to do any sort of entertaining since most of their belongings had not yet arrived at the new house.
Mr. Evans had wanted to get away from the chaos for a while so he offered to take Lily, Petunia, and the Raleigh's daughter, Calista into the living room to play. Coincidentally Calista was almost exactly the same age as Lily, with only a three days difference between their birthdays. Petunia, who was the eldest of the children and obviously too mature to play with the babies, opted to stay in the kitchen with her toys. The two toddlers, on the other hand, were swept up and away to the other room where they could explore.
The only piece of furniture in the living room was a worn leather chair and although it really wasn't that large, it could easily fit both of the young girls on it comfortably. Lily and Calista sat on it together, facing each other curiously. Two year old Lily would never have been found without her oversized purple pacifier stuck in her mouth and was unsurprisingly sucking on it happily. Calista on the other hand did not look very pleased with the situation.
She raised her little hand cautiously towards Lily and plucked the pacifier right out of Lily's mouth and then quickly into her own. Lily stared in shock at the nerve of this tiny human across from her before stealing the pacifier right back for herself. Mr. Evan's had watched this exchange and waited for the tantrum that the girls were likely to throw, but none of the waterworks came. In fact both girls giggled happily and their little game of theft began all over again.
From that day on Lily and Calista shared everything from colds to birthday parties. They had found a relationship that Lily and Petunia would never have. Poor Petunia would eventually turn bitter about being excluded and jealous of the friendship. This caused a new distance to form between the sisters and ruined any chance that Lily and Petunia ever had of getting along.