Over the next few days the weather was warm but rain poured down from the sky, Lily had spent half of the first day of the rain standing outside in the garden and hoped that it would wash away the sadness and wash away all the nightmares that she was having every time she laid down to sleep. Every time Lily closed her eyes to sleep, since the funeral, she would see the images of the car crashing; hear her mother and father screaming then a deathly silence. Other dreams were worse, it was after the accident and now they were all in hospital and her father walks into her hospital room and tells Lily that it is all her fault that they must die, and how Petunia was right, Lily was a freak.
After being soaked through and Lily's tears had mixed with the rain she went back indoors to dry off and sit in a bay window, and look out at the rain as it came pouring down. Lily had barely spoken to her Nan since the funeral, Pat was keeping herself busy and burying herself into tiding up her house and sorting through the piles and boxes of items where were all over the house in order to have room for all of Lily's belongings that at the moment were mostly in the garage. As where Lily's new day time activity was to sit and watch the rain, or look through the old photographs that Pat had hung up all over the house. Most of the photos were of Petunia, Rose, Sam and Lily, unlike the magical ones that Lily was now accustomed to looking at where the people would walk in and out of the frames and talk to you, these ones just remained still, with Lily wishing that they would move, wave or acknowledge her in some way or another.
Lily was disturbed from her thoughts when an owl started tapping at the window with a letter tied to its leg. Lily instantly opened the window to let in the wet owl and untied the letter as the bird held out its leg, before the owl gave a hoot and flew back out of the window and out into the rain.
Lily took her seat looking out of the bar window and opened the letter knowing full well that it would be from Isabel.
"Lily,
I can't believe that this has happened to you, I mean I loved your parents, they were always so kind, caring and loving towards me each time that I came round to stay. I'm in shock I really have no words to describe how shocked I am, and I'm really, really, really sorry that I couldn't be there with you at the funeral. But if you need me for anything, ANYTHING Lily owl me and I'll come straight home to be with you, and I'll even remember to quickly pick up your kola before I rush back.
Nice to know that Petunia is being her nice old self, but Lily do not listen to a word that she says. You know it's not true. You're 100 times better then she is and she doesn't like it! There I said it! As for this with James Potter you are soooo going to have to fill me in on that one, the guy that you despise, the same guy that you told was the most self conceited, egotistic, big headed person alive and that there was more chance of you going on a holiday with Snape and date the giant squid then EVER date him or be in the same room for longer then need be?
Again I am sooooo sorry Lily for your loss but please keep your head up and remember them for the wonderful people they were, and not the way that they left this life. I know they wouldn't want that!
Love and Big Hugs
Issy XXXXXXXX "
After reading the letter from Isabel Lily knew that she was right, her parents wouldn't want her to remember them for how they left this life, they would indeed rather she remembered the fun that they had and all the happy memories. Isabel was the only person who Lily confided everything too, the only person other then James Potter that had ever seen her cry and the only person other then James who could make her laugh, with on simple look. Thinking about it there was a lot of similarities between the friendship that Lily had with Isabel and the friendship that had quickly grown between Lily and James. Something that Lily would never in a million years would have expected, but now that she was a friend with James she would never change it for the world.
Now shaking her head from the thoughts that were running through her head Lily noticed that the rain had stopped pouring down and the day had now gone into the late evening. After noticing the time Lily's stomach gave a startling growl and Lily got up from her seat and made her way into the kitchen to find something to eat. It had been a shock to Lily that her Nan hadn't been cooking her usual large amounts of mash potatoes and large quantities of chocolate éclairs. This had meant that Lily was mainly eating pasta or sandwiches, not being in the mood to cook dinners. Lily took her ham sandwich to her room and sat down, picking up a random book and started to read. But before long Lily knew it her eyes were dropping and she fell asleep slumped over her book, and for the first night since the funeral Lily had a night of light nightmares.
The next morning Lily woke up with a pain going down her neck, she felt stiff from falling asleep over her book and slowly rubbing her neck Lily looked out of the window and up at the morning sky. The sun was starting to rise, and not a rain cloud in site. Getting up from her seat Lily headed off to the shower hoping that the hot water would take away some of the stiffness of her neck and shoulders, which Lily had noticed once she had begun to walk to the shower. 10 minutes later Lily was showered and getting herself dried and dressed ready for another day of sitting looking out of the window to the world around her. She hadn't sent an owl to James since the funeral, he had done so much for her already that it felt the right thing to let him be, and have fun with his friends. In Lily's mind he must have more important things to do then sit around with an emotional, boring person.
Lily finished getting dressed pulling on a black pair of shorts and an emerald green t-shirt, before walking down into the kitchen to pour herself a bowl of corn flakes and sat down at the table looking around at the kitchen thinking how it was the cleanest that she had ever seen it before in her life. But Lily was once again pulled out from these thoughts by a tapping at the window. Looking up quickly from the kitchen, to the window and heaved herself out of the chair before opening the window and letting the brown owl fly into the kitchen and sit down on the table, holding out its leg for Lily to take the letter which was tied to it.
Sitting back down Lily took off the letter and tore open the seal.
"Hey Lils,
What ya up to today? If you are free and willing how would you like to come over for lunch and I dunno play a game of chess or something. Send a reply back with Lusina so I can let Winki know she's got company coming or not.
Yours,
James
X"
Lily quickly grabbed a piece of paper, which was lying on the kitchen table and wrote a note to James.
Hey James,
I would love to come to yours for lunch and hangout with you. I shall see you soon.
Lily x
After completing the letter lily rolled it up and tied it onto the awaiting birds leg before going back to her cornflakes, and observations of the kitchen.
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Well there's chapter 6, sorry it's a short chapter but I needed it to link the previous with the next chapter.
Lorna
