Chapter 4: Troubles

The next few summers I saw Lily less and less. She was always at her friend's house or I just simply ignored her. My grandmother constantly fed me information about Lily's type. I didn't like them. Was it natural to be able to produce light out of a stick. No. Not really.

The summer after her sixth year, we got into quite the fight.

"Petunia have you seen my green shirt?" Lily asked me as she came into my room. I lay on my bed reading a magazine about the latest celebrity gossip. Lily's friend that I hadn't seen for awhile was with her. I almost didn't recognize her. She had gotten a figure other than her gangly stick like appearance she first had. Her lips looked like something only models had and she had one of those bright smiles. She had definitely changed from that ugly girl I had seen so long ago.

"No." I said flatly.

"Are you sure?" Lily asked. I had heard quite enough of Lily's voice this summer. All she could talk about were the boys at Hogwarts. She mentioned that James Potter boy and how she hated him so much. She never did fail to mention that he thought she was stunningly beautiful and asked her out constantly though. Typical Lily. Always trying to bring attention to her beauty. It made me sick. She talked about Sirius a lot, and the other boys that attended her freak school.

"Yes Lily. I'm positive." I said in response.

"Only fools are positive." Lily's friend said in reponse.

"Oh how witty." I replied with a roll of my eyes.

"You don't have to get an attitude about it Petunia." Lily said rolling her eyes.

"I'm getting an attitude!" I asked in shock.

"Just because you took my favorite shirt, and I caught you, doesn't mean you get the right to be a bitch about it." Lily said with a tone that made my blood boil.

"What are you talking about! I didn't take your blasted shirt!" I roared at her.

"Whatever." Lily said rolling her eyes and getting that tone in her voice.

"Don't get that tone in your voice with me." I snapped at her.

"Your not my mom!" She screamed at me.

"That's right! I'm not! Mom isn't here because you killed her!" I screamed at her. There was a silence that hung in the air. I then pushed past her and stormed out of the house. I walked away from the house in a huff. My blood was boiling and my head felt numb from my anger. In a short while I had managed to walk to a small park. I sat down on a park bench to attempt to cool off.

"Lovely day." A man said as he sat on the bench with me.

"Yes. I suppose it is." I replied. And that is how I met the love of my life. His name was Vernon Dursley. He agreed with me on the unnaturalness of Lily's kind. We actually spent quite a bit of time together while Lily was at school that fall. That Christmas he asked me to come home with him for the holidays and meet his family.I said that I would and that he could pick me up Christmas Eve at 9. Turns out Lily was going to have a little party that Christmas Eve. Freaks clouded out house on Christmas Eve as I got ready to go with Vernon.

"Petunia!" a voice called out as I crossed through the kitchen for a glass of water. I turned and saw Sirius Black. He waved at me and came over to talk to me. He had gotten quite handsome. His hair was a bit longer and his eyes were still the same stunning blue color. I almost had the breath stolen out of my lungs, but then I remembered what he was.

"Hullo Sirius." I replied flatly.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Getting ready to leave actually." I said trying to leave him. He stuck his arm out and blocked my path.

"Whoa. There isn't any hurry. Stay and talk to me." He said getting close. His breath reeked of alcohol.

"Oh but I really have to be going." I said turning my head. I was fully prepared to duck under his arm if Lily hadn't walked into the room. She was talking and laughing with her friend when she entered. As soon as she saw me up against the wall and Sirius hovering over me, her laughter stopped. Her face went white and her lips pursed tightly together. Sirius took a step back away from me and opened up his arms drunkenly to Lily.

"Lily!" He shouted.

"Jus' having a talk with yer sister." He said. I didn't wait for any more words to be passed between them. I simply ducked out of the room. I was grateful when I saw Vernon's car pull up into my driveway. I hurried down the stairs and out to the car. On my way out though I saw Lily flirting heavily with James Potter. Funny…she hadn't paid any attention to him at the beginning of her party.

I wondered if this had anything to do with Sirius.