Chapter 8: Petunia's Amazement
They spent a couple of hours four in fact in muggle London. Petunia had found the perfect dress and bought it, Lily had bought a whole new wardrobe full of clothes. They then made their way into Diagon Alley. Severus was not in the pub so they made their way into the street.
Petunia was amazed by all the different shops. They went to Gringotts so Petunia could change some of her money, as she wanted to buy some things. She bought some parchment, a couple of quills and some ink. They went into all the shops along the street before going into Flourish and Blotts were Lily bought some new books for extra reading and she also bought a book for Petunia called Understanding a Witch or Wizard and their World.
At five o'clock they sat out in the sun eating ice-cream from Florian and Fortescues ice-cream parlour. Sev turned up a couple of minutes later kissing Lily and asking if he could join them. He sat down and started asking Petunia questions about what she did, about everything really. She preferred Severus to James, Severus was quiet and gentlemanlike whereas James was a troublemaker.
Remus appeared about half an hour after Severus, making polite conversation to Lily and Petunia whilst recognising Snape with a nod. He offered to take Petunia to the Leaky Cauldron for a drink, an offer which she accepted knowing that her sister wanted her to give her some time with Sev.
Lily and Severus began to talk about what had been happening in the wizarding world overnight. Fifteen people had died during an attack on a muggle town, seven wizards/witches and eight muggles. Lily was shocked to hear that her two friends who shared her dorm had lived in the muggle town and were murdered along with family and friends.
Remus on the other hand was telling Petunia all about the wizarding world. Dementers and all. They had a pleasant time while he told her all about Hogwarts from Albus Dumbledore's words of wisdom to the giant squid. Petunia was on the edge of her seat her sister had never told her anything like this.
When they all met up again in the Leaky Cauldron, Lily kissed Sev goodbye and hugged Remus. To her surprise Petunia hugged Severus and then Remus holding the hug for a longer amount of time than necessary. Lily and Severus exchanged quick looks before smiling at Remus.
On the way home on the train Petunia questioned her as to why she'd never informed her of her life. "You never seemed like you wanted to know you shunned me so I shunned you, simple", Lily replied. "I – I never meant to, I was scared, scared of the unknown", Petunia replied. The girls had never got on this well not even before Hogwarts.