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After school ends, our relationship gets more serious. In school, we always had to be careful. If we got caught, that would be the end of it. We wouldn't be able to fool people again, we'd have to stop seeing each other. We never said it, but we know it's true. It's one of those things that doesn't have to be said, and just fills up the room, squeezing us down.
But none of this matters over the summer. We do all the things we used to, but it's a summer of new things too. We swam in the lake, and sat under the trees, but we also left the neighborhood. We saw shows, met new people, went to dances. All muggle things, but with her it was somehow fun.
I stay with her, since, well, I don't have anywhere else to go now. Her family don't mind, they are very sympathetic, and they let me stay in the guest room, right next to Lily's. On a lot of nights she knocks on the wall, and I know she wants me to come in. Sometimes we just curl up together and read, and other nights, she's more in the mood for some fun.
The thing is, doing physical things with Lily doesn't feel scary. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't know how or what to do. But we figure things out together, and can laugh about it later. It feels so natural, so right, that it just reassures me that she's the one, the only one.
And finally, I think she feels the same way. Because I've never seen Lily be herself around anyone else. And no matter how jealous I get, I can always think, I'm the only one who really knows her. I'm the only one who's been her friend from the start, before she turned out to be such a talented witch. No one else loves her for all of her. She's always been beautiful to me.
Today, we both got our Prefect badges, and her parents are so proud. And not only of her, of me too. I'll never stop being grateful for her, for all of them, for taking me in. I loved my family, and I'll never forget them, but until now I've never been loved. Lily's parents love me, and Lily loves me.
Sometimes all you need is a bit of love.
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