I woke up the next morning and remembered what had happened the night before. I got up, put on some fresh clothes and decided to head down to breakfast. I made sure to avoid sitting anywhere near Remus. Quidditch practice was today and I had to do my best to avoid the Marauders at all costs. Remus would have told all of his little friends by now.
Even Lily didn't know about my "cry session". I build a wall up a long time ago to hide my emotions to outsiders. I was going to tell Lily some day, but it seems like she will find out soon enough. I made sure to have Lily with me at all times so that the Marauders have no way to torment me. Thats right, when I got to Hogwarts the Marauders(mostly Glasses and Dog Boy) would bully me, until Lily stepped in and pulled me away from them.
Anyway, I walked up to the Gryffindor table and sat down next to Lily. Thankfully she was nowhere near the Marauders. "Are you okay?" she asked, looking concerned. "Can I talk to you in private for a minute?" I asked. "Of course." she answered. I walked her to the lake and I sat down. Lily sat on the ground next to me and waited for me to say what I needed to say.
I took a deep breath and started to explain everything. "When I was nine years old my house caught on fire. When I finally got out of the house I didn't see my parents or my little brother anywhere. When the firefighters finally arrived they ran into my house and came out looking really sad and when they walked over to me I didn't know what was going on because I was only nine. The fireman explained to me that the fire started in my parents room and my brother ad been in there with them. He said that I was the only survivor of the fire."
I could tell that Lily had pity for me now. "I was then put into foster care. When I was 10 I was adopted by a great family, but I always felt out of place. I ran away when I turned 12 and I have been living by myself ever since. I go to school on normal days at normal times and then I work at night and on the weekends for money to support myself."
I had two last things to tell Lily so I decided that I would tell her and then demonstrate. I pulled a flower out of the ground and held it in my hand. "Lily," I said, "there is two more things I have to tell you. The first is that I still hurt so once a month I come down to this lake and I let the tears come. Last night was the last time that I did it and unfortunately Remus Lupin saw me. The other thing that I have to tell you is that I can levitate objects with my mind. I'll show you." I set the flower on the ground and held my right hand up to it. When I lifted my hand the flower followed. I looked over to see that Lily was staring at me like her brain just exploded. I guess my whole life story is a lot to handle.