It was summer, the best time of year. Lily sits on a white porch chair outside in the sun, a slice of seedleess dark red watermelon in her hands.
She truly wished it was summer all year-round.
No school. No homework. No professors.
All day. All fun. With Petunia.
Lily shakes her head clear of these thoughts, remembering that Petunia still hadn't said one word to her since she arrived at King's Cross.
No Petunia.
It was the end of seventh year. The seventh year in a row that Lily and Petunia hadn't spoken more than one sentence to each other.
Red juice dribbles down her sun-kissed hand, and as try as she might-she can't get the juice fully off her wrist.
It would stay there until Lily washed her hands.
The application to become an Auror would stay there until it was thrown away, or sent to the academy.
Instead of sitting at home all day and enjoying the fruits of life, she became an Auror and died.
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I tried my hand at something short, but I'm not sure if it worked well or not! For those who are wondering what I'm still doing on this site instead of studying for the SSAT (that'll take place Saturday morning), I can't seem to concentrate-wish me luck! I'll need it.
NOTE: I revised chapters 2, 3, and 4 (based on blueberry's reviews). I hope the new versions are better than the old! To blueberry, thanks so much for pointing out what I needed to fix-I hadn't meant to snap at you :-)
ETA: I tried to rewrite this chapter, but I'm not too sure whether it's better or not...It still feels a little choppy but I'm not sure what to do about it? Reviews are appreciated, thank you to Madelynn and lilyjames_461 (Jackie) for all the constructive critiscm!