"Um, Mary?"asked Lily.
"Mmm?"
"I need to ask you something..."
"Yeah, what?"
"Are you doing anything over the holidays?"
"Nope, but my brothers and their friends have taken over the house, and I so don't want to stay in a house with a group of unattractive, smelly, teenage boys. Can I come over to your house?"asked Mary
"Um, yeah, I gotta tell you something..." she said quietly.
"Lily? What is it?"
"Um, something happened to my parents in January."
"Yeah?" asked Mary cautiously.
"Um, they died, in a car crash." Lily said, her eyes swimming with tears, her voice barely audible.
Mary's jaw dropped, she looked horrified, "Oh my God, I'm so sorry!" she whispered. Putting an arm around her.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I found out the day I collapsed."
"Wow, your parents die, then James embarrassed you in front of the whole school! No wonder you collapsed!"
"And there's another reason I collapsed," said Lily quietly.
"REALLY?" asked Mary gobsmacked.
"Yes, my sister, you know Petunia?"
"Yes."
"Well, she took the house and got rid of all my furniture. She said she never wanted to see me again. That's why I have nowhere to stay for the holidays," said Lily.
"Oh my God, you poor thing! I can't believe it, what a stress overload!"
"There's another reason I collapsed aswell..." said Lily even more quietly.
"YOU POOR CHILD!" shrieked Mary.
"When I ran out of the Great Hall, I ran into a room with a mirror in it."
"And?"
"When I looked in it..."
"Yes?"
"I saw..."
"Yes?"
"I saw ..."
"Yes?"
"I saw James with me, and I was holding a baby!"
Lily was almost hysterical.
"Oh my God, I wonder what that means."
"Yeah. But just don't, just don't tell anyone. OK?"
"Yeah, OK."
"Thanks," Lily smiled. She felt so much better now that she'd got that of her chest.
"Are you going to tell the boys you have no where to stay?" asked Mary curiously.
"I don't think so, only if I really have to."
They packed up their books from the library and headed towards the Gryiffindor common room
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"Um, something happened to my parents in January."Sirius turned to see Lily having a whispered conversation with Mary McDonald.
"Yeah?" asked Mary cautiously.
"Um, they died, in a car crash." Lily said, her eyes swimming with tears, her voice barely audible. 'Oh my god!' thought Sirius.
Mary's jaw dropped, she looked horrified, "Oh my God, I'm so sorry!" she whispered. Putting an arm around her.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. I found out the day I collapsed.""James, why did you have to choose that day to sing to her? Why?"
"Wow, your parents die, then James embarrassed you in front of the whole school! No wonder you collapsed!"
"And there's another reason I collapsed," said Lily quietly.
"REALLY?" asked Mary gobsmacked. Sirius pressed his ear closer to the boskshelf he was hiding behind.
"Yes, my sister, you know Petunia?"
"Yes."
"Well, she took the house and got rid of all my furniture. She said she never wanted to see me again. That's why I have nowhere to stay for the holidays," said Lily.
That was too much for Sirius. He sprinted to go and find James, and the other Marauders.
--
"James, JAMES!" yelled Sirius.
"Bloody hell Sirius, I'm just here! What do you want?"
"James, I was just in the library and I -"
"WHAT?" the three of them cried in unison.
"I said, I was in the-"
"Yes we heard you! You were in the library? Wow!" said James.
"Yeah, you owe me 5 galleons James!" said Remus.
"Oh yeah, that bet we made in first year! I'd forgotten about that!"
"SHUT UP! When I was in the library I heard -" started Sirius.
"I still can't believe it," muttered Peter.
"God, me neither!" sighed Remus.
"Our little boy is growing up!" said James in a mock baby voice.
"Oh - my - God," said Sirius starting to get really annoyed, "just listen!"
"Fine, fine, what is it?" asked James.
"When I was in the library, I overheard Lily say to Mary that the day you sang to her, she found out that her parents had died, and that her sister had taken the house and sold all her furniture, so therefore she has nowhere to stay in the holidays," Sirius said in a rush.
"Oh my..." whispered James.
"Wow, Sirius said therefore! What does therefore even mean?"
"Shutup Peter, do you know what this means? I can invite her over for the holidays!"
"Good way to make her go out with you!" said Sirius.
"Sirius, James values their frienship way too much to ask her out again, don't you James?" asked Remus.
James remained silent.