Lily sat in her kitchen on the morning of Christmas Eve. Peaceful snow was falling outside. The phone rang and Lily grabbed three sugar cookies as she got up to pick up the phone.
"Evans residence. Lily speaking." Lily said calmly into the phone.
"Why do you always answer the phone like that?" Faiths voice asked.
"Because." Lily said smiling to herself and sitting down. Lily heard Faith heave a sigh.
"Dad brought home 3 more telephones." Faith said and Lily laughed.
"Oh and the Weaselys came over yesterday."Faithsaid.
"Third time since Winter break started." Lily laughed taking a bite out of her sugar cookies. Suddenly a tapping noise came at the window.
Faith had a slight tapping at her window too. She groaned as the removed her feet from the table and opened the window. A white owl came swooping in and landed on her table.
"I gots a letter." Faith said walking to the owl. (Yes, I meant to put 'gots')
"Yeah me too." Lily's voice said.
Faith raised and eyebrow and grabbed the letter. She turned it over and saw a fanciful P seal.
"You've got to be kidding me."She said ripping the letter open.
"Does yours have a P on the back too?" Lily asked.
"Yeah. Odd." Faith said reading through the letter.
Faith read it aloud
Mr. Dave Sloom and Miss. Faith Sloom
are cordially invited to:
The Potter's New Years Eve Party
Date:Dec. 31st –Jan. 1st
Time: 6:00 pm- whenever everyone drops.
Fromal Attire.
Another owl swopped in and landed on her table. This one was from Sarah.
"I just got a letter from Sarah." Faith said into the phone.
"Whats it say?" Lily asked anxiously. Faith took the letter from the owl ad it was off. Faith opened it and instantly saw Sarah's tiny writing.
"Did...you just get an owl from the Potters?" Faith said reading the letter aloud.SDhe scribbled 'Yeah' on the note and whistled for her owl. She attached the letter and it was off.
"What do you suppose this is all about?" Lily asked taking a bite out of another cookie.
"Well Lils, it appears we have been invited to the Potter's New Years eve party." Lily heard Faith say.
"Mine's inviting my whole family though. Can you really see Petunia at one of those parties?" Lily said grabbing more cookies and a glass of milk. Faith laughed.
"She would die of misery...better bring her along then." Faith said jokingly.
"The parties in 7 more days...what do you think?" Lily said.
"Might as well...I'll have to get a dress though." Faith muttered.
"Yeah me too." Lily said sighing.
"Well..I'm going to send this to my father and see what he thinks." Faith said.
"Yeah catch you later." Lily said.
"Bye." Said Faith before hanging up.
Lily ran a hand through her hair and sighed. Her mother came into the kitchen, and saw the invitation on the table. Her mother picked up the invitation and quickly read through it.
"Oh honey that sounds lovely." Mrs. Evans said. Lily looked at her mother in shock.
"Why don't you write them back." Her mother said handing her back the invitation. Lily took the invitation and set it on the table. Her mother turned around and grabbed a cookie.
"I'll take you to buy a dress tomorrow if you'd like." Mrs. Evans said sitting down.
"That'd be nice." Lily said softly and started to write out that she would come. Lily couldn't even believe what she was doing.
Faith sat at her table, feet propped up on it again. She moved her feet back and forth nervously. The ticking of a clock began to pry on Faiths nerves and she decided to wrap the presents she had gotten for her father. Although Faith was wrapping a toaster, a typewriter and a pencil sharpener her thoughts were still on the invitation.
Faith's light brown owl, whos name is Brownie, swooped in and landed on the pencil sharpener that Faith had just wrapped. Faith took the letter tightly wrapped around her foot. Faith quickly read through the note and saw her fathers loopy signature that veered to the left (where as Faith's moves to the right).
A New Years Party. That sounds great. –Dad
Faith nodded and began writing out a reply to the Potters invitation. She sent it off and sighed. Picking up the phone she called Lily.
"Lily?" Faith asked.
"Yeah?" Lily said.
"I'm going." Faith said running a hand through her hair.
"Great. My mom is taking me to get my dress today. Wanna come with?" Lily said excitedly.
"Sure let me owl Sarah and she can meet us." Faith said and with that she hung up. 'I still can't believe we're going.'