A Moment

Chapter 2-

As Lily was thinking ways of removing dirt from her small nails she thought about the friends she had.

Lily Evans had many friends. All of them were good but none of them were her best friends. She couldn't trust them with her secrets or her intuitions. She had a best friend

but after the 5th year he was forgotten.

Severus Snape had been Lily's best friend. They had known each other since the age of 8.They shared everything. He told her about his family problems and she pitied him. He was , in fact the first person who told her about the magical world. When they went to Hogwarts ,they were sorted into different houses. From this point the problems grew.

He went to the dark side and got involved in Dark Arts and she hated him for that. He

used to act overprotective and used to become very suspicious. But after he called her

'Mudblood', she called an end to their friendship. He apologized many times ,but she wouldn't listen to him at all.

Mary was the first friend Lily made at Hogwarts. They were the best of friend. They could talk about anything and hardly cared about anyone else. Mary was trustworthy and had a good heart even if she was behind in studies. Lily thought their friendship was perfect. But in 3rd year Lily made new Fiends. By 4th year Lily knew Mary and her wouldn't ever be the same again. Finally the grew apart and both realized that they were meant to be just like that.

Alice could be described as Lily's best friend .They were very similar. The could understand one another .Lily would always go to her with her problems. Alice was very clever but very shy. Dorcas was her other friend .She was clever, loud, funny and the best friend anyone could ever get .She was complicated by nature. Whenever she sulked

she would not talk or bother anyone. Lily admired her as she was the first girl to be the part of the Griffindor Quidditch team. These two were her friends in need. Sometimes she thought Alice and Dorcas were closer to each other than she could be ever closer to them.

Lily had a sister Petunia .She never liked to talk about her. There was a time when the y could chat and laugh for hours and forget the world. But when Lily came to know about the magical world from Severus, Petunia instead of feeling happy for her ,became jealous and stopped talking to her. Then came a time when Petunia openly proclaimed the she hated her. That day all the bonds of sisterhood broke.

Sirius was Lily's on-off friend. She befriended him in the middle of the 6th year when had to do detention with him. Surprisingly, she had enjoyed his company and found him funny and charming rather than an idiot. Sometimes he was very friendly called her his 'snog buddy' and other times he used to ignore her and didn't even acknowledge her.

However many friends Lily had she just couldn't understand the complicated bond of friendship. No one remained a friend for long because either the people kept changing or times changed. She wanted to tell Mary that she couldn't forget her.

When she used to wave at her she wanted to say that she had a special place for Mary in her heart. She wanted to become closer to Alice and Dorcas. She wanted to thank Sirius for making her life brighter. She wanted to tell Severus that she had forgiven him and that things are fine the way they are. She also wanted to tell Petunia that she missed talking to an older sister who used to be her role model before. Lily didn't want to think about the bond between people.