The next morning was, to say the least, a complete and utter disaster. Lily had in fact packed her bag the night before and was prepared, as most years, to board the train at Kings Cross that very morning. But just packing her bag wasn't good enough for her Mother. The bag had to be checked and checked again to see if every single necessity was packed and ready for Lily to use. It didn't help that she was still half asleep. The early wakeup call from her mother at 6 o'clock left her with only 3 hours of sleep. And, if the constant bag checking from her mother didn't help, her adoring sister refused to get out of bed, all attempts from her father to get her out of bed had failed.
Storming into her sister's bedroom she violently pulled of the covers from her sleeping sister and shouted directly in her ear.
"PETUNIA, STOP BEING HORRID AND GET OUT OF BED!" Taking a breath slightly and stepping back Lily continued her quest to persuade Petunia to leave the bed she adored this time in the morning. "Come on, I'm going to miss the train and I will blame you if we miss this." The brunette was still curled up in the middle of the bed shaking slightly in her thin pyjamas.
Looming in the door was her father looking over the commotion and checking to make sure no one was trying to kill anyone "You're bloody nightmare Petunia." She kicked the girl, hard, and barged past her father in the doorway. "Why the hell does she even have to come?" Lily paused to ask her father, who clearly didn't hear and he went back into Petunia's room and once again tried to convince her to move from the state she was in.
When Lily reached the doorway of the house, to wait patiently for her mother to finish checking her bag, it appeared she had already been beaten to it. Not only was the bag in the hallway but so was her mother, smiling nervously and waiting for the rest of the Evans family to meet her at the doorway. The two of them leant against the separate walls of the narrow hallway, silently waiting for the rest. No words were exchanged during this time, except for a nod when Lily entered the hallway.
With her rage dying down Lily slowly lent her head back and closed her eyes trying to calm herself down and avoid the thought that she could possibly miss the train the this rate. The time she had leaning against the wall was cut short as the sound of her father telling everyone to get a move on and to get in the bloody car. His voice echoed against the walls of the hall and behind her father walked a sleep walking Petunia, she stared long at Lily long and hard, her eyes burning into her skull.
The car ride was surprisingly short and, frankly, incredibly dangerous as her father had to drive at a magnificent pace to make it to the station on time and make sure she got on the train. It was still a mad rush when they reached the station. Her father pulled the luggage out of the trunk and practically dragged Lily into the station. Petunia stayed in the car ignoring Lily the same as she did all summer and every summer since she got accepted into Hogwarts.
The goodbye was brief, just a quick kiss on the cheek and Lily was sent on her way and she stepped onto platform 9 3/4 where Lily was greeted with the most beautiful smell that she was so accustomed to, the smell that she longed for all summer and was met by familiar faces boarding the train that was five minutes from leaving.
AN- yo yo, I hope you enjoyed that rather short chapter and the chapters in the future will be longer
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