A/n: This is my first Harry Potter fic so I you all enjoy it. Squeals- I've been wanting to do this for sooooo long. I feel ashamed for not updating on my other stories. This is a Lily James fic- for those of you who haven't figured it out yet.
Brotherly Love, Sisterly Hate
By:cleomethrift
Prolouge
The sun was shining, the sky was a memorable baby blue and the clouds were like bits of cotton candy roaming the open air. It was the type of day kids would frolic in the fields, play soccer, chase each other till the point of exhaustion and many did but there was one…
A sixteen year old girl who had the fortune of being named Lily was rather distraught. Lily Evans sat atop her overly fluffy orange bean bag hugging her plush brown teddy bear, lip stuck out shamelessly in an overly exaggerated pout. It wasn't her fault that she was in such a foul mood on such a sunny and beautiful day and it definitely wasn't her fault that she was no longer going to be a single, coddled, overly spoiled little girl. Well actually she wasn't all that little but that was besides the point. The fault lay entirely on the creature whom she had afore deemed mentally stable but now was an insane, psychologically proven bipolar meany a.k.a her mom. She didn't want another sibling. They would steal her candy, clothes, her underwear, food-the list went on, oh the horror. She had stories from her friends who had been cursed with siblings she had been sympathetic. Now not only would she be sympathetic, she'd be empathetic as well. And then there was the fact that she'd be sharing her bathroom which was small enough as is, her current entertainment room would also have to be vacated for the nasty little bugger. Lily's mouth was now a mixture of a pout and an outright scowl.
What'd she ever do to deserve this harsh and uncalled for treatment? Lily asked herself truly befuddled. I probably had some truly bad Karma in my last life. But she went to church every Sunday even when there were perfectly good places other than the church to hear monotonous old men ramble on about…well she didn't' really know.
Lily turned her head, resting her cheek on top of her stuffed animal more comfortably looking out the window to see the afternoon rays touch the red rug that inlaid her bedroom floor. It illuminated the gold embroidery beautifully but Lily was to angry to notice.
"Life is soooooo unfair." Lily mumbled into her stuffed animal. She was a good girl, got top grades, cleaned her room, did community service, helped family. There was no possible way that she disserved a sibling- the horrid things. But if it had been her fault, which it definitely wasn't, she told herself righteously, that it might have been the time she had accidentally spilled milk on her charge while babysitting but that had been an accident which meant it was totally not her fault. Or the time she had done community service at the preschool and gotten in a fight with an obtuse three year old which had ended up with her glueing him to his seat, or the time she dropped her niece on her head while...let's not go into that. But besides the number accidents she was an angel, a gifted, considerate, and exemplary angel. A gifted, considerate, exemplary, helpful (and any other good adjectives that ever existed) angel that didn't disserve a sibling pulling it down form its angelic duties, yes that must be it Lily decided.
Through her sulking, moping and self pitying state she hadn't noticed the curt knock on her bedroom door. It squeaked opened to reveal…that creature a.k.a mom. The Creature, who had wonderful locks of straight red hair, a pert nose, and a strong chin walked over and sat down on her chair and placed a soft hand on the small of her back. If it were possible Lily's pout became even larger, her arms bringing the pulverized teddy bear even closer to her chest turning away.
"It won't be that bad honey, we have enough room and he is such a nice mannered boy." The Creature said in what lily assumed was supposed to be her soothing motherly 'don't worry I'll fix everything' voice. But right after her line was finished Lily loosened her hold on her teddy bear and whipped around to face her mother gaping.
"It's a boy? A bloody boy?" Lily spluttered, "this is horrible and cruel. How can you be doing this to me? I'm your daughter!" Lily wailed in despair. Mrs. Evans winced as Lily's voice raised in pitch and volume. She patted her trying to calm down the girl so determined to be in a fit of hysterics. It wasn't working.
"It's only adoption Lily, and he's not a criminal or some animal left in the streets ok? He's such a sweet boy." A criminal? Lily hadn't thought of that. What if he tried to murder her in her sleep? A psycho killer bent on hogging all the affection from her mom-that'd be quite unfortunate. Ms. Evans had it was a mistake the moment criminal slipped and Lily's eyes had widened. Trying a new tactic she sat up a bit straighter.
"Come on Lily, it won't be that bad. You can ignore him if you want and we really need the money. But please do try to cooperate. It really is hard for those children." Lily's face softened at this her mouth went slack but still retained some semblance of a pout. They did need the money and the orphanage was willing to pay for all his expenses and a good deal more. The orphanage was having enough trouble concerning space as is and were willing to pay if some parents were willing to take an extra child. Lily sighed, it wouldn't be that hard and he'd probably only be some naughty six year old that had wiggled his way into her mom's good graces. She could handle that, if all fails she'd just lock him in a closet. She almost giggled at the thought. She'd play the part of the evil step sister so well except for that she wasn't the step sister that imposed on Cinderella, she was being imposed on so therefore her actions were justifiable.
"Will you make quiche, pizza, and your home made marble cake today if I agree to be a good girl and cooperate?" Lily whined, putting on her 'pity me I'm so distraught' look. There was a hint of a smile tugging at her mothers face.
Mrs. Evans gave her a final pat.
"Of course I will. And also if he doesn't like it here or we can't handle him he'll be sent back. It's only temporary." She should have been expecting this. Lily and food were practically synonyms. Stupid of her for not winning over her daughter's heart with food before. Getting up to leave she walked out the door reminding herself to clean the entertainment room that night for there new seventeen year old male family member.
Lily watching her mother leave grinning like a Cheshire cat.
"And let operation 'scare little step brother out of house as quickly as humanly possible' begin." Lily murmured evilly into her stuffed animal and laughed. Throwing her blankets off her she jumped up stretching briefly before skipping off already formulating a plan in her head.
So let the mayhem begin and may the best sibling win.
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