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Chapter 7 -- Pettigrew
Lily picked up a quill and started to reply to the letter, as the owl wouldn't stop poking her if she didn't.
Jenn,
Congratulations on your engagement, I'm so happy for you. James is too. Next time, can you get this bloody bird to leave me alone; he won't stop poking me! James is being nice, and we go to Diagon Alley later today. Maybe I'll see you then and Harry and Si can go with James, get to know him.
Petunia would say, 'Oh my God, what will Vernon think. You're such a freak, a splotch on the face of the Earth!' Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit, but she hates us, and she would hate that thought. Did you know Vernon refers to us as, 'our lot'?
I broke things off with Rob. He was a wizard, but Si had this bruise, and I got worried when she got a mysterious scratch. He hated squibs, too, and…he hated Si and her books. They celebrated when I told them I broke up with him. Being a single mom is hard, especially when you're living with your ex for a week.
Did I mention James' girlfriend is coming for supper tonight? James' is cooking, what a disaster. Well, you never know, maybe he learned something over the past few years. I hope Ama had a good honeymoon, and is enjoying married life.
As to your question of how we got out of the marriage, wizard laws didn't marry us. Remember James coming to my sister's wedding, much to her dismay? He loved the ceremony, and insisted on a muggle ceremony. Actually, we didn't want you guys to know, so I told him about eloping, so we eloped. We were planning a wizard wedding…but…Jessica came. I freaked out and we divorced. I'm so happy we weren't joined forever, no matter what. Maybe it would have been a good idea…
Lily
PS James says hi to Remus.
"Lils?" James asked as Lily tied the letter to the owl's leg. Her cal, Grace, meowed as James came in, and Lily smiled at him, sending the owl off. "Can we talk about…what happened? What's next?"
"Sure." Lily said, sitting on her bed. "I saw you and Jessica in our room, sleeping together."
"Do you trust me?"
James is incapable of lying to you…
"Somewhat. James, I saw you, with my own eyes. I felt so…betrayed and heartbroken I just took Harry and Silence and went. I couldn't stand the thought. You can't honestly say you didn't when I saw you."
"I can. Lily, it wasn't me. Maybe it was Snivellous, or that jerk Marc, from Hufflepuff, but it wasn't me."
"You think Jessica would touch Snape." Lily asked, laughing, and James smiled. "I don't know what to believe, James. It hurt so bad to see you—or what looked like you…I just don't know." Lily admitted.
"It hurt me when you left the next morning without an explanation, Lily. I loved you, I wouldn't intentionally hurt you." He said, but was interrupted by a scream.
"Silence!" Lily shouted, racing out of the room and down the hall. "Si, what?"
"That…thing was a rat!" She shouted, pointing at a man. "Mommy, he was a…a…a rat! I promise I'm not lying!"
"Peter!" Lily exclaimed, grabbing Silence's arm and dragging her out of the room as James raced in, wand drawn. "I'll call the ministry, James."
"Good. Azkaban will do Wormtail good. Take Silence downstairs, okay? Glory, go with Lily." James said as Lily raced downstairs and summoned the Ministry, who said they could come in a few hours. Lily had told James, who led Peter downstairs and forced him to transform before putting him in Caitlin's owl's cage.
"There, Glory, watch him." James said, quickly changing his mind. He put a spell on the cage so he would know if Peter was trying to escape. "Harry! Caitlin! Front Room!" He bellowed upstairs, and the twins came down.
"What?"
"Kids, get your cloaks. We're going to Diagon Alley." James said, careful to put the cage in a closet and lock the door. The children raced upstairs, and Caitlin, Glory, and Harry got their lists. Sidelong apparation was difficult, but they managed, and appeared outside Flourish and Blott's. "Lils, can I talk to you?" James asked, pulling Lily to the side. They murmured as Silence helped Glory and Harry find their books, and James approached Silence. "Silence, why don't you come with me while we get Glory's animal?"
"Sure, I'd love to." Silence said, and the three left the store. They crossed the Alley to the pet store, where Silence spotted a small, pitch-black kitten. "What animal do you want, Glory?" She asked as Glory walked over to the cats and looked at them, slowly lifting a grey tabby.
"This one."
"What about you, Silence?" James asked. "Your mum says you should get one, too."
"Really?"
"Yeah. She suggested a cat, though. You don't really need an owl so young."
"This one." Silence said, lifting the tiny kitten from its cage. "Are you sure, though? Mum said it was okay?"
"I asked her myself." James confirmed, paying for the cats and led the girls out of the shop. "Lily!" He called as Silence carried the cage with her kitten she had named Night proudly.
"Hey Glory, Si. Do you like your new pet, Silence?"
"Yes, mum! Thank you so much!"
"Thank James. It was his idea, so you won't get lonely this year with Harry at school. We don't want you moping around like last year." Lily laughed, and hugged her daughter. "Come on, Glory needs robes, right? How about I take her and you can take Harry to get Potion ingredients?"
"Perfect." James agreed, and him and Harry went to get the three student's ingredients as Lily and the girls went to get robes for Glory.
"Night!" Silence called the next day. "Night?" She called the kitten; she was afraid the black ball of fluff had gotten hurt. A soft meowing answered her second call and Silence opened the closet, and a small, round man jumped out, almost stepping on Night's tail.
Silence screamed, and James appeared, hexing Peter Pettigrew and summoning the ministry, who apologized about forgetting to come. Silence was comforting the distressed kitten, and the official disappeared with Peter. "Is Night okay?" James asked, kneeling down.
"I think so. Thanks, Dad." Silence said, shocking James as she hugged him. Silence was adjusting to James being her father, unlike Harry. Caitlin still called her a 'filthy squib', but was punished for it, and Silence and Glory's relationship was growing rapidly.
The one thing that wasn't going well was Lily forgiving James completely.
That is how James and Lily got out of marriage, I am sorry, Four and Twenty Blackbirds, for not sending this to you, I read it over and fixed some stuff. I think it's okay, though. The rest of you, enjoy. Tell me what you think.