II

Since we had first met, we were always seeing each other. Generally, she went to the park alone, without the muggle girl. Lily didn't know much about the wizard world, neither did I, but the few knowledge I had, I shared with her. We spent afternoons long talking about Hogwarts, spells, Diagon Alley (I had been there once then, with my mother), and all the kind of things.

"Why can't my sister do these things, like me?" she questioned curiously.

"Because she is a muggle".

"Don't be so rude, Sev" she laughed.

"But that's true. This is how we call non-magical people".

"I think it is very rude" she replied.

"It's not. There are really bad… hum… Things that can offend a wizard".

"Really?" she asked turning to stare my , I wasn't prepared to face her so suddenly… I wasn't habituated with those green eyes, as green as shining and precious emeralds, flabbergasted with any new information about that whole new world.

"Yes, there are" I said avoiding to look at her.

"Could you tell me them?" she asked with a malicious smile.

"No Lily, we can't say bad words. What would our parents say?", but she positioned her body in front of mine, and held my shoulders with her hands, shaking them softly.

"Oh, please, please Sev! I promise I will never tell anyone about it! Please, please!" I tried to push her; softly I put my hands on her arms, near her elbow. It was like touching the most pure silk, I would never forget about that.

"Ok Lily. I tell you one, if you tell me one too" I provoked.

She opened her eyes "Me? But I don't know how to offend a wizard Sev…".

"But I bet you know how to offend a muggle".

"I never offended anyone, Sev. I am a lady" She said smiling.

"Well, I knew a young sweet girl like you wouldn't know any name calling…" I provoked turning and giving her my back.

For my surprise, Lilly ran and stopped in front of me again. Her eyes were angry, provocative, and I could swear they were darker. She approached herself to my body, pressing her body against mine. She stood on tiptoes and whispered in my ear "Bitch" Then, she glanced my eyes back, with an evil smile on her face, than she stood back on her tiptoe and said in my other ear "Fuck".

I got red, green, purple; I think I got all the rainbow colors together. She laughed and said "Don't be ashamed, Sev. You are rosy!" I could barely breathe, but I had to say something.

"Ok Lily. I am going to tell you the worst name you can call a wizard. It is so bad, but so bad that a wizard kill you if you dare…" She jumped and held me again, but my knees were weak, so we fell down on the grass, both laughing a lot. So, I put her hair apart and getting close to her ear, I whispered "mudblood". I felt a little back, because mudblood was really offensive, and not a bit attractive as her two names.

She sat beside me "What does it mean?" How to explain a mudblood that she was a mudblood? Hard. "Well, it is when a muggle-born turns into a wizard. He or she doesn't have any previous magical bloodline. It is very offensive".

"So am I a mudblood?" she asked.

I gasped "No, no, no Lily! You are very sweet and nice, and…".

"And my parents are muggles".

"Lily, please, I…".

"Why are you nervous, Sev? I am not upset with you. I asked to know a bad word, and you gave it to me. You are a good friend, Sev." Then, she kissed my cheek. "I need to go, it is late, and my parents will be upset if I get home late. Bye-bye Sev, and remember, this is our secret!"

I cannot say how I arrived home that afternoon.