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CHAPTER 3: THE HORRIBLE SUMMER

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Lily sighed and looked down at the open book propped open in front of her. She rubbed her eyes sleepily, and glanced at her digital clock. The bright red numbers read 8:00, and they still hadn't eaten dinner yet. As she thought this, her stomach gave a loud growl, as saying that she'd better eat soon.

She had been home for a grand total of three or four weeks, and her summer was the usual. Petunia was fowl, as always, but after the first couple weeks you got used to the constant insults. You learned to expect it. Although, this summer was somewhat better then the others, because Petunia had a new boyfriend.

Lily, however, personally thought that her new boyfriend was an ass hole. Whenever he came around he made sure to kiss her parent's butt, to get them to like him, and when they were gone, he was just as horrible as Petunia was, calling her a freak, and making her feel as little as she'd come to believe she was. But, he kept Petunia away from the house. So she endured him. If it kept Petunia away from her, it was worth it. It's not like she had to see him often, she made sure that she was always with her parents when he was around. That way, abuse came less often.

She thought Petunia, and Vernon were perfect for each other. Both decidedly unattractive, so they probably would have trouble finding anyone if they hadn't found each other. They were both angry, and mean, the perfect fit.

Suddenly her bedroom door swung open, bouncing off the wall with a loud bang, echoing down the stairs.

"I'm taking your red skirt." Petunia stood in her doorway. She took one look at the book propped on her bed, and growled. "Freak," she mumbled.

Lily's face reddened with anger, but not because of being called a 'freak,' she was used to that. What she didn't like was that her sister was demanding that she give up her favorite skirt. Petunia knew that was her favorite skirt, Lily had begged her mother to get it for her for Christmas that year. "You are not taking my skirt!

"It looks better on me anyway, and I have a date with Vernon tonight," she said coldly.

"Why would you want anything that I had touched anyway?" Lily said bitingly back.

Petunia looked thoughtful for a moment. "You know your right, I wouldn't want to touch anything that you touched. I guess I'll just have to wash my hands later." She walked over to her wardrobe, and picked up the red material.

"Don't touch it, Petunia." Lily growled.

"Why not?" She fingered the material, and grinned at Lily evilly.

"Put it down." She got up from her position, and crossed the room quickly.

"I don't think I will."

Lily grabbed a handful of the material, and tried to tug it away from her.

"Give it to me you...you..you horrible Muggle!"

"What does that mean?" Petunia shouted, tugging at the skirt harder.

"Wouldn't you like to know." Lily shouted back, trying to dislodge the material from her sister's grasp.

There was a loud, long, slow tare. Lily closed her eyes afraid to open them. She heard Petunia let out a loud cold laugh.

Lily opened her eyes, and her favorite skirt was ripped in two. Her eyes filled with angry tears.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! YOU BITCH!" Lily shrieked.

"LILY MARIE EVANS!" her father's angry voice rang from the living room. Up the stairs into her small room.

Lily stared at her ruined skirt, and clenched her fists tightly. She looked up. Petunia was smirking at her.

Lily fumed, 'how dare she!' Then, something happened, that Lily had never expected to happen, Petunia spit in her face.

"You deserved it, you dirty rotten scum, I hate to say that you're my sister, all you are is a huge embarrassment." She sneered, turning on her heel, and flying out of the room.

Lily reached over to get a tissue from off her dresser, and whipped the offending slim off of her right cheek. She had never been so insulted. She was so angry; she flung the ruined material of her favorite skirt on the end of her bed, and sat down on the side of her bed. She pounded her pillow, until she burst into an angry torrent of tears, and curled into a ball around her pillow. She cried, 'How could Petunia?' She was used to insults, but to ruin her favorite property, and spit on her, it was a most unpleasant change.

Lily was like that for a long time, she didn't know exactly how long, but it must have been at least a half an hour. She'd stopped crying, but she just sat on her bed, curled around her pillow, drowning in her own self- misery. It was no time before her mother called her down for dinner. Her tears had dried, only leaving the tear streaks running down her pale cheeks. She ran to the bathroom, and whipped her tear stained cheeks with a wash cloth until she looked as good as new.

She walked unhappily down the long staircase into the dinning room. She could smell her favorite dinner pasta, and fresh bread. She smiled, she loved the smell of fresh bread, it always made her feel better.

When she entered the dinning room her mother and father looked up at her, frowning.

"Lily dear, did you and Petunia fight earlier?" Her mother asked.

"Yes, Mother." Lily said sitting down at her place at the large round oak table.

"What ever about?" she asked, looking at her redheaded daughter in concern.

"Or better yet, why did you find the need to shout the B word so the whole neighborhood could hear your harsh words to your only sister." Her father said. "I thought we raised you better than that." Mr.Evans said disappointed in his daughter.

'Oh so the whole fight was her fault? If only they knew that their oldest daughter was a heartless wench, oh well.'

"No reason Dad, just she did something.look can we forget it?" Lily asked, with hope swimming in her eyes.

Her father opened his mouth to say something, but Mrs. Evans waved her hand at her daughter. "It's over and done with, and besides, Petunia is out with Vernon tonight, so I believe she's over it. Let's eat."

Lily scooped some pasta onto her dish, and began to eat her pasta quietly. She wanted to get back upstairs to finish her homework. She wanted to get it over with, and not have to worry about it later. It also gave her something to do for the time being.

When she was finished, she excused herself, and took her plate into her kitchen for her mother to clean, leaving it on the counter.

She trudged up the stairs to her room on the second floor. Her cat Floyd was lying spread out on her potions book, and she had to smile. He looked up and gave her a weak meow.

"Hey, Flo." She said, as she walked over and sat on the edge of her bed, to stroke his soft black and white fur. She loved her cat very much, he was always there when things didn't go right, and an added bonus was that he didn't talk, so she would spill her problems to him, and he would just stare at her with his big yellow eyes. The reason why she didn't take him to school was her mother said that once you put a cat in an environment, you can't take them out, or they'll get depressed. She didn't really understand that, but she wasn't about to argue with her mother. Even though she missed Floyd dearly while she was away at school.

Just then there was a pecking on her window. It rang loudly against the storm glass of the windows. She looked up to see a familiar brown owl pecking repeatedly at the window, to get her attention. She stood up, opening the window quickly, and letting the familiar owl fly into her small room.

Floyd stood up abruptly and arched his back at the intruder. He gave a low hiss staring intently at the bird.

"Oh stop it, Flo." She picked up her stubborn cat, and placed him on the other side of her door, shutting it tightly after her him.

She went back to the owl.

"Hey, magi!" Lily said stroking his feathers. Magi was May's owl, and Lily was overjoyed to hear from her friend.

She untied the burden from his foot. She ripped the letter open eagerly and began to read.

Dear Lily,

I'm so sorry that I have to write you this. I know that you were looking forward to spending the next month at my house, but my grandparents decided to go to the states for Vacation. We're going to Florida. I'll be back a week before we go back to school. I'm sorry that you have to spend your summer with your dratted sister. I promise that when I come back, you are coming here, and we'll go to Diagon Alley together. Please don't be too depressed! And remember to eat! I know you too well.

So sorry, remember: SMILE! ( It'll make you feel better,
May

Lily frowned, but folded the letter back up, and placed it in her desk. She walked back to the owl, giving him a treat before letting him back outside to fly back to May. She shut the window, and tured toward her bed.

She was a little disappointed, but she was otherwise fine. She walked over to her bed, and pulled back the warm comforter, crawled in, and was asleep the minute her head hit the pillow, forgetting about her homework. She had enough time to finish it, since she wasn't going to May's.

The next morning Lily woke up with a her head face down in her pillow, her hair tangled around her face, and a raging headache.

She sleepily rubbed her red eyes, and sat up. She stretched and put her hand to her aching head, before pushing her covers off of her. She yawned, breathing in the smell of cooking bacon. She stood up, and slipped her cold feet into her warm fuzzy pink slippers, that her father had given her for her fifteenth birthday, two years ago.

She opened her door wider, and the delicious aroma was stronger. She began to pad down the hallway to the stairs. Upon hearing a shriek of excitement, and a delighted laugh, she immediately halted on the stairs. She thought about going back upstairs, and crawling back into bed. She didn't want to deal with Petunia right now, not ever. However, she bit her lip, and began her way down the stairs.

"He asked me mother! I'm so excited, I get to go to his college homecoming, oh my God, what am I going to wear?" She heard Petunia ask.

Her mother just chuckled. Lily then heard running foot steps turn the corner. Lily was making her decent of the staircase, when Petunia came boaling up the stairs at top speed a wide grin on her face. She spotted Lily, and shoved her hard with her shoulder as she passed her. Lily fell hard against the railing. The railing dug into her side, and Lily cried out in pain.

"Oh did I do that? So sorry sister dear. Let me make it better." Petunia said sarcastically. She then shoved her hard, making her fall against it again, but this time Lily caught herself before letting her side sink into the railing.

"Get lost, Pet." Lily said coldly, and began walking calmly down the stairs, leaving a smirking Petunia on the stairs.

When Lily made it into the kitchen her mother looked up and smiled at her youngest daughter.

"Oh Lily, this letter came for you today, but owl." Her mother said sweetly. Lily gave a huge yawn as she took the parchment from her mothers, finely manicured fingers.

It had the Hogwarts crest on it. She ripped it open, and read it quickly.

Miss Lilian Evans,

It is a pleasure to announce to you that you have been chosen to be this years head girl. You will take this postion along side James potter also of Gryffindor, you have my utmost faith in you that you will do an excellent job.

There is also enclosed the nessessary materials that you will need this year, The year begins September the first, at Platform 9 and three quarters.

Sincerely yours,
Albus Dumbledore.

Lily stared at the parchment in awe. She didn't want to be head girl. She didn't even like to be a prefect, but she was roped into that as well. But that wasn't as bad as this, when she was a prefect she still managed to be conspicuous! Now she was in charge of the prefects, what did she do to deserve this? All she wanted was to be unnoticed. This was one of those rare moments that Lily wished that her grades weren't as good as they were, or that she was such a nice person.

But then another thing just occurred to her, she'd be working along side James Potter! She couldn't do it!

Her mother looked at the panic etched on her daughters face.

"Lily dear, what is it?" her mother asked in concern.

Lily looked down at her feet for a moment, before looking at her mother in the eyes.

"I was made Head girl," she said quietly.

"WHAT! WELL, THAT'S GREAT!" She looked at her daughters face. "Isn't it?" she asked, puzzled by her daughters lack of enthusiasim.

Lily shrugged. "I guess," she turned,and trudged up the stairs to her room. When she got there she was surprised to see an owl taping on her window. The owl wasn't familiar, it was snowy white, and very beautiful. She walked over, and opened the window. A burst of warm summer air caressed her face, making her hair dance around her shoulders. The beautiful owl flew in, and perched on her desk chair. It held a piece of parchment on it's leg, and Lily took it, and tearing it open.

Dear Lily,

Hey how's your summer. I know your wondering who's sent this to you, so look down to the signature.

She did, and visibly stiffened, upon seeing who had signed the common wizarding parchment. It was signed 'James Potter.' Why was he writing her? She shiffed her eyes to the top again.

Congradulations on making Head Girl! I can't wait to work with you, and get to know you better. I think we'd make a good team. Ok, well, I'm running out of things to say, so if your ever bored, and wanna talk, feel free to owl me, I'll always be here! I would enjoy writing too you. In case you want to get a hold of me, I'll be at Sirius's house for the last two weeks of vacation, feel free to owl, or, we'll be in Diagon Alley, probably sometime the last week of summer vaca, maybe I'll see ya there? Well I'll let you go.

Sincerely,
James Potter

She felt awkward, she never expected James Potter to actually want to befriend her, and to be honest she was terrified. What if this is all some kind of cruel joke? He wouldn't do that would he? No, it didn't sound like him. She knew that she should write something back, but what would she say? She's never been in a situation like the one she was currently in.

Lily sat down at her desk, and took a quill from the pencil holder. She unscrewed her container of ink, and dipped the tip into the container. She placed the tip on a clean piece of parchment, thinking of what she was going to say to him. She started out with:

Dear James,

Hello

She needed more.

Dear James,

Hello, My summer is the usual, how's yours? Also, Congradulations on making Head Boy! I'm also looking forward to working with you. I am very sorry about the whole train thing, I'm just really embarrassed. I hope Malfoy's nose is better, I didn't mean to break it, it just sorta happened.

Sincerely,
Lily Evans

That was good enough she thought, she tied it back onto the owl's leg, and sent it out the window, watching it disappear, before closing her window again to keep moths out.

A week past, and there was still no reply from James, she guessed that he was either to busy, or he didn't want to talk to her anymore. She didn't let it get to her, she knew he wasn't serious about being her friend anyway.

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Towards the end of the week, Lily's parents were rarely seen, being at work, or shopping. This was unfortunately when Petunia decided to spend a lot of time at home, from having Vernon over at night, and harrassing Lily during the day. Lily couldn't count the times she was run into her bedroom out of shame or embarassment.

However a savior finally showed up, one sunny afternoon when she was being pushed up against the refrigerator by Petunia. An owl flew through the kitchen window, and saved her from anymore insults, or painful pinches.

Petunia shrieked like the coward she was, and tore out of the kitchen like the devil was hot on her heels.

Lily noticed that it was Jame's owl. She walked over to pet the bird's feathery head. "You saved me there. I'll have to thank James."

The owl nodded it's head, as if it understood what she was saying.

Lily took the letter from the owl's talon, opened it, and began to read.

Dear Lily,

It was great to hear from you! Sorry I took so long to answer your letter, I was at Remus's house w/ the group, you know how it is. Sorry I didn't tell you I was going there, because I didn't know myself until the day I left. Oh, and you have NOTHING! To be sorry about! And as for Malfoy's nose, let it be broken, the git. See ya soon!

James.

Lily sighed. His letter seemed more friendly, and less formal. She was a little uncomfortable about that, but let the thought go as quickly as it came. She knew he was going to be her friend during the summer, but would he be her friend in school? She wasn't so sure. She knew that he was the nicest guy she'd ever met, but he also had a reputation to uphold. So she didn't let thoughts of friendship invade her common sense. She didn't want to be hurt when they were back at school, and he was back to ignoring her. She folded the letter, and put it in her pocket.

She stroked the owl's head, before giving it a bit of toast from the kitchen counter, and watching it as it took flight out of the still open window.

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MY GOD PETUNIA! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOU!" Lily shrieked.

It was toward the end of summer, and Lily had had enough. The two angry siblings stood in the middle of the living room, staring challengingly at each other.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO ME? YOU'RE THE ONE THAT WENT OFF TO THAT FREAK SCHOOL!" Petunia retorted.

"YOU ARE SO IMMATURE!"

"I'M IMATURE? AT LEAST I'M NOT A FREAK! AT LEAST I HAVE FRIENDS!

"OH, RIGHT! VERNON? HE'S A FRIEND? HE'S A JOKE!" Lily laughed harshly in her face.

"WELL, AT LEAST I HAVE SOMEONE THAT CARES ABOUT ME, BESIDES OUR PARENTS!"

"OH YEA? WELL SO DO I! REMEMBER MY NOTE TO YOU DURING MY FIRST YEAR? REMEMBER THAT? WHEN I WAS ALONE, AND SCARED AT A NEW SCHOOL? REMEMBER HOW I WROTE TO YOU, BECAUSE I KNEW YOU'D BE THERE FOR ME? I THOUGHT, WELL AT LEAST I HAVE A SISTER WHO CARES! AT LEAST SOMEONE CARES ABOUT ME! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I VALUED YOU AS A SISTER! YOU WERE ALL I HAD! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT CRUSHED ME TO LEARN THAT YOU WERE A BITCH? WELL, I'M PROUD TO SAY, I HAVE A BEST FRIEND, WHO RIVALED ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE CALLED FRIENDSHIP. SHE'S BETTER THAN YOU WILL EVER BE! I HOPE YOUR HAPPY! I HOPE YOUR REALLY HAPPY! YOU LOST THE BEST FRIEND THAT YOU COULD HAVE EVER HAD!" Lily could feel the tingling sensation of tears behind her eyes, but she held them there, and stared at Petunia defiantly.

"HA!" Petunia shrieked in her face. "You're a freak."

"I wouldn't make fun of me if I were you," Lily said warningly in a lower tone.

"Really? Why?"

Lily reached into her pocket, and pulled out her wand, waving it in Petunia's face.

Petunia hid her fear by laughing uncertainly. "You wouldn't touch a hair on my head," she said vemomously.

"Are you so sure?" Lily asked taking a step closer. Petunia backed up, looking around, probably to see if her parents were back from the mall yet to see Lily in the act.

Lily laughed loudly, before backing away from Petunia. "Don't come near me, ever again Pet. This is my last year at Hogwarts, and after I leave again, I don't ever want to see you again." She said, and walked calmly up the stairs, pocketing her wand as she went.

Lily was overjoyed when she saw Magi perched on her pillow, his chest puffed out proudly. May must have sent her a letter inviting her to her house for the last week of vacation. She petted Magi tenderly.

"Hey, boy, what do you have for me?" she asked, taking the parchment from his talons. She ripped open the note, and broke into a wide grin.

She ran crumpled the note, throwing it into the trash bin in the corner of her room, and began to flit around her room, packing all the essential items that she would need for the coming year. Her trunk filled with robes, potions, quills, parchment, and books. She made sure that her bag of galleons was firmly in place in her truck, before closing it tightly.

She heard the door down stairs slam shut, and her father's voice announcing that they were home, drifted into her room.

Lily shrieked happily, and ran downstairs to her parents, dragging her trunk behind her.

"I'm going to May's house for the remainder of the summer. Is that ok Mum?" she asked, when her parents came into view in the hall. Her mother smiled.

"That's fine," she said giving her daughter a one armed hug, while the other was clutching a JC Penny's bag.

When she released her daughter, Lily ran to her father and hugged him.

"Bye, Daddy," she said hugging her father.

"Bye sweetie, have a good year." He kissed the top of her head.

"I will, bye."

She kissed both her parents before dragging her trunk into the living room. She went to her hidden bag of floo powder behind a proclien pig, so she could floo to May's grandparent's house.

Change in setting:

For the next two days Lily was exceptionally happy, something very rare. She was free of Petunia, FOR GOOD! Could it get any better? She hadn't written to James since the last one James had written, and she was somewhat relieved that he hadn't written again. Maybe he had forgotten about being her friend. She could only hope. She hadn't told May either, what would she say?

So for the week, Lily didn't think about the letters at all, totally forgetting about him, or at least trying to, until the one day that they went to Diagon Alley, it was of course the day that the Marauders decided to go as well.

May and Lily walked into Quality Quidditch supplies, to look at the new brooms, she liked to fly, and brooms facinated her, they were unique, and the newest broom the Comet 360 was the fastest one yet, it intriged her.

Out of the corner of her eye she saw someone with dirty blonde hair that was walking in there direction. When his face came into view, Lily gasped, it was Remus Lupin. She pulled May behind a display of quaffles.

"What are you doing?" May asked puzzled.

Lily pointed her finger in the direction of the blonde.

"Oh."

He didn't seem to notice them, and kept walking toward the broom.

"Hey Si! Come ere! Look at this is the new one."

Sirius Black was at his side then, smiling happily at the sight of the polished handle, and the finely cut twigs. "Wow.That.I'm speechless."

Remus chuckled.

"How much is it?"

"Probably a mini fortune." Remus answered.

"Robbie! Stop! Get back here now!" a frantic voice shouted close to May.

The brown haired woman holding onto a little boy's hand knocked into May, who fell into Lily, who fell into the display. Lily tripped over her feet, and fell into the mass of falling boxed quaffles. The bright blue boxes carrying the quaffle fell on top of Lily, burying her in the boxes.

Lily heard giggles, one a feminine laugh, and the other a little voice.

"Robbie!" The woman shrieked. "I am so sorry, Miss!" The woman pleaded, bending down to pick up some of the fallen boxes. She tried to help Lily up, but it was no use, she was completely buried. "No! Robbie! Stay here!" The woman shrieked. She said one final 'I'm sooo sorry!' to Lily before scampering off after her hyperactive child.

Lily could hear May's howling laughter, she couldn't remember May ever laughing that hard. She pushed the boxes that were covering her face off, and tried to sit up.

"What the." Remus and Sirius came into view.

"May?" Sirius asked. "What happened?"

May was laughing so hard all she could do was point. When the two boys looked down at her, they burst into laughter. Lily flushed crimson in embarrassment, and tried to push the boxes off of her. Just then, someone else came into view, and she wanted to take all the boxes, and bury herself farther into the pile.

"Padfoot! Moony! There you are, I was looking everywhe." He spotted May laughing, and looked confused.

"Hey, May," he said with a confused expression.

May managed a weak wave, before doubling over in laughter. Lily's face was a tomato, but she was turning angry really fast. They were ignoring her! And she needed help. They were laughing at her!

"EXCUSE ME HERE! YES, ME THE ONE IN THE PILE THAT YOU ALL ARE IGNORING, NOT THAT I'M IN THE LEAST BIT SURPRISED! YOU R PRABABLY TAKING PLEASURE IN MY PAIN! CAN I HAVE A LITTLE HELP HERE PLEASE!" Lily shouted angrily.

James whipped his head in her direction, and his lips curved upwards to form a grin. She wanted to scream.

"Lily! Funny seeing you here, how are you? What are you doing in a pile of quaffles?" He asked politely.

"NOW! PLEASE!" She burst.

"Jeez, no need to get angry." James teased.

"FINE!" she huffed, and began to push the boxes off her, but there were a lot.

The four others managed to stop laughing to help get the boxes off Lily.

When Lily finally extracted herself, she turned to the four, and smirked. "Thanks, it took you a minute or two to react!"

They all smiled.

"Where's the woman that knocked into you May?" Lily asked.

"I don't know, she ran after her kid." She giggled then, but stopped herself, and turned it into a cough when Lily shot her a glare that could have cut through glass.

The manager then ran up, and shrieked, clutching his face.

"What happened here!"

"I.We.She." May stammered pointing everywhere, looking terrified at the short angry balding man in front of her.

"Some woman knocked into her, who knocked into me, who fell into the display," Lily said.

"Well, you're cleaning it up! I will not have teenagers mess up what took my emplyees hours to do!"

Lily nodded. The short balding man huffed angrily away, muttering something about irrisponsible teenagers.

Lily sighed and got no her hands and knees beginning to pick up the fallen boxes. May followed her example. The boys stood behing them smiling. 'Who would have thought that Lily Evans, and May Delfin would cause so much trouble, It made them seem more human.' Lily and May felt them staring, and turned to look at them.

"You can go, you don't have to stay." May said.

"We know, hey, do you wanna meet us in an hour for icecream?" Sirius asked.

Lily and May looked at each other. Lily shrugged, and turned back to lifting the boxes, and arranging them in the pretty display it had once been. May turned back to the boys.

"Sure." Then she turned back to help stack the quaffles.

The boys stood there for a moment. Just looking at them, they were truly amazing, they didn't worship the ground they walked on. If they had asked any other girls to join them for icecream, they would have jumped at the chance. They liked this much better, it made them feel more human.

"Great, see ya then." James smiled, and turned with Remus and Sirius.

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An hour later. Lily and May were done stacking the quaffles, and were making there way to meet the Marauders. Lily was a little worried. Why were they, the most popular boys suddenly interested in her and May? It didn't feel right.

When they got there, they found the boys easily, they were laughing at one of the tall tables, there were two empty seats, that they assumed were saved for them. Lily was immediately on her guard. They walked up to them causiously. When they spotted them, Remus waved them over.

Lily sat down between Sirius and Remus, she was a little afraid of James. May sat down on Sirius's other side, and next to James.

"So, how was it?" Remus asked smiling at Lily.

Lily smiled back.

"It was horrible," she admitted.

They chuckled.

When they finished their icecreams, Lily had gotten mint chocolate chip, May got strawberry, James got chocolate moose, Sirius had gotten coffee,and Remus had ordered vanilla, they talked, well more like Sirius, Remus, and James talked, and May and Lily listened. But they were ok with that, it was interesting to listen to the Marauders talk, they always had a funny story to tell. Right now they were tell how they had gotten Malfoy to admit to having his period one day in potions, and complaining to all the girls about how horrible menstrale cramps were.

May had laughed hard at that, trying to hide her quickly reddening face behind her hand, while Lily smiled, with a guilty underlining looking in her green eyes. James noticed this, and caught her eye. He smiled, and winked at her. She smiled back, and began to laugh with May.

Later that night, when Lily was getting ready for bed, May and her had talked about the odd behavior of the boys. She was as unsure as Lily was, but she wasn't that worried. Lily still didn't mention the letters that her and James had sent to each other, but she did confess to May that she had had fun that day. When Lily said this, May blushed.

"I agree," She whispered with a small smile on her lips, "they aren't that bad."

That night Lily went to sleep wondering what that blush and smile were about.