"Oh my gosh," Lily said after the owls had brought the daily letters and packages from home.
"What is it?" James asked warily. Lately, Lily had seemed distant, so James wanted to make sure everything was okay.
"I got a letter," Lily said in shock. "From Petunia."
"Who does that ghoul think she is, sending you letters after constantly calling you a freak?" James said outraged.
"She's my sister!" Lily said forgivingly. Lily pretty much didn't mind that Petunia thought she was weird. After all, Lily thought she was weird. Petunia was just more upfront about it.
"You're right, of course," James said, desperately hoping it was the right thing to say. It seemed as if he almost never did anything right anymore.
"It says…oh gosh!" Lily said as she read it.
Dear Lily,
I wish to inform you that you are not to talk to Freddy Cooper, whom I'm sure you have found, is Vernon's brother. If he approaches you, you should remind him that his brother (my fiancée) sent him a similar letter to him to prevent him to talk to you. Please abide my wishes, or you may not find yourself seated at my wedding.
I hope you are enjoying your school. (Mum made me put that, don't think that I like that you are a freak. Vernon doesn't either.)
Your darling sister,
Petunia Dursley"She's even using his last name already!" Lily said. "They're not even married yet! How tacky."
"Tacky? You're started to sound like your sister," Sirius said jokingly. Lily laughed and punched him not so softly. 'How come Sirius can make a joke like that and I can't?' James thought.
"Holy Merlin!" Freddy shouted from down the table.
"I got one, too," Lily shouted down, waving her letter. Freddy walked down and showed Lily his letter, which was not as politely cruel.
Little Freak,
Who the bloody hell do you think you are, upsetting Petunia? Don't you ever tell your freak friends that we are related ever again, or else! You're just a weirdo, sick bastard! Don't ever talk to Rose Evans again!
-Vernon
"Well, at least mine was a bit polite. You think he could have gotten my name right, though," Lily said smiling weakly at Freddy. Freddy smiled back happily. Interesting…
"Vernon," Petunia asked her fiancée sitting down at the breakfast table that same morning. "Did you send your letter to your brother?"
"Of course, Petunia dear," Vernon said from behind his paper. Petunia sighed, wishing for better conversation.
"You did send it the normal way, of course," Petunia said.
"How else would you send it?" Vernon asked gruffly, still reading his paper.
"By…by owls?" Petunia said, actually making a reference to her sister's world.
"Don't mention that! They are freaks!" Vernon said loudly, putting down his paper. There was anger in his eyes. "Did you send it by owl?"
"How else would you send it?" Petunia said cynically.
"Petunia!" Vernon yelled. He stopped, closed the shades to avoid the neighbors from seeing them. It was bad enough they lived with the Evans, he shouldn't be yelling with them. How tacky.
"I wanted to make sure she got it, Vernon," Petunia reasoned. "I had to send it the…the freak way." Petunia was still getting used to calling her sister a freak. She never did before she met Vernon. She desperately wanted to please Vernon. So she called her sister what he called his brother.
"Oh yes, you had to! You couldn't send it the normal way! Would that take too long?" Vernon said. "How can she think you think she is a freak if you adapt to her ways?"
"So you didn't send it by owl?" Petunia asked crossing her arms.
"Of course not," Vernon said putting his paper up again.
"You should have!" Petunia said. "It gets there faster with owls. The faster they get it, they sooner they stop talking to each other. Do you want Fredrick to talk to Lily?"
"Her name is Lily?" Vernon asked weakly.
"Of course it is! What sis you think it was?" Petunia asked.
"Well, I knew it was a flower. I put down 'Rose' okay? Is that so horrible?" Vernon asked rolling his eyes. Hoe could Petunia be so passionate about her freak sister?
"Yes!" Petunia said. "An owl would remember better than you."
"Apparently not," Vernon mumbled reading his paper again.
"What was that?" Petunia asked.
"Nothing, darling," Vernon said, still hiding behind his paper.
"No, Vernon, you said something!" Petunia said as she pushed down the paper. "Did you send your letter by owl?"
"Yes, all right?" Vernon said. "I did it for the same reason you did. I forgot her name, so I asked the owl."
"Vernon! Aren't you afraid that we'll 'adapt to their ways'?" Petunia asked. "How can you yell at me when you did the same? And since when do owls talk?"
"Well, they are…err…" Vernon leaned in and whispered, "Magic."
"Vernon!" Petunia gasped. They were perfectly normal, thank you very much! They did not say…magic. They had no affiliation with…magic. Magic was for freaks or people pulling rabbits out of their hats. It was not for them. "How can you say that…that word?"
"Saying the word won't make us…you know…freakish," Vernon said.
"I hope not!" Petunia said getting up and walking out. Vernon sighed and went back to his paper. Petunia walked back in.
"And another, thing! My sister is not a freak!" Petunia said, finally defending her sister.
"Since when?" Vernon said. "All of them are freaks, Petunia dear." Petunia gave Vernon a "Well-then," snobby kind of look and walked out/ Vernon rolled his eyes and went back to his paper. Petunia walked back in.
"And another thing!" Petunia said. "When are we getting married?"
"For the last time, Petunia: we're not engaged!" Vernon said. Petunia gave Vernon a teary-eyed "Well-then" look and walked out again. Instead of getting up and talking to Petunia like Vernon should have done, he went back to his paper mumbling, "Crazy woman. Must be that time of the month again." Don't you just hate it when men say that?
"Lily Evans, please report to the Main Hall immediately," the Headmaster's voice said in the middle of Lily's charm's lesson. Everybody started whispering. Lily gave them a death glare and walked to the Main Hall.
'Oh, you have got to be kidding me, right?' Lily thought as she entered the hall, filled with suitcases and more coming. The person at the center of the mess was shouting, "Be careful with that, you freak!"
(Thanks for your reviews! Sorry this has taken so long, my Internet is down! Grrrr! Who was in the Main Hall? Why was that person there? When is the wedding? Please review!!!)
