Dominique/Lily

Prompt: Lies

Lies

February 28, 2013

It was exceptionally lonely at the Burrow that day. Bill and Fleur had decided to visit Granny and Grandpa and since Victoire and Teddy were at Hogwarts, and Louis was off playing with James, so Dominique was left by herself. She decided to spend the day outside, annoying the garden gnomes and humming to herself. She was used to being by herself on days like this, especially since school had started back after the Christmas holidays.

Suddenly, she heard a shriek of laughter and turned around to see a very happy, very dirty, Lily Potter sprinting up the hill. She was covered head to toe in a thick layer of mud and her ginger hair was plastered messily across her face. She froze when she saw Dominique and her wide grin faltered.

"Where have you been?" Dominique asked with a smirk.

Lily put her hands behind her back and rocked on her heels. "Nowhere," she drawled, rolling her eyes to the sky. Dominique snorted.

"Rubbish. Don't lie to me, Lils," she winked. "You were swimming in the lake again, weren't you?"

Her eyes grew wide and she nodded hesitantly, biting her lip. "It's Lorcan and Lysander's birthday, today," she explained in a nervous squeak. "We were playing hide and seek. I hid in the river."

Dominique chuckled and shook her head at her youngest cousin. "Oh, Lily. You're lucky I found you, and not Auntie Ginny."

"No!" she screamed in a whisper, shaking her head furiously. "Please Dommie, don't tell Mummy. I got in so much trouble last time."

Dom held out her little finger and locked it with Lily's. "I pinky-swear I won't tell. But she's going to find out anyway, isn't she? I mean, you're all covered in mud, Lily."

Lily frowned as she tried to think of a solution. Suddenly, Ginny poked her head out of the window.

"Dominique, darling. Have you seen, Lily? She was meant to be back from Luna's an hour ago."

Lily froze and Dom quickly told her to hide behind a bush.

"No, Auntie Ginny," she lied. "I haven't seen her at all."

"Okay, thank you. I must call around to Luna's later." She withdrew her head and Lily crept out from behind a bush. She eyed Dominique in awe and rushed at her, enveloping her in a wet, muddy hug.

"Thank you, Dom," she cried in delight.

Dominique shrugged nonchalantly. "Off you go, kiddo. You don't want your mum to see you, do you?"

Lily shook her head, splattering Dom with flecks of mud from the end of her hair and skipped back down the hill towards the lake. Dominique smiled as she watched her cousin retreat, before she realised that she was now covered in mud. Groaning a little, she headed back inside and up to the bathroom. Ginny noticed her appearance and stopped her.

"What happened to you, Dominique?' she asked, eying her muddy clothes suspiciously.

Dom shrugged. "Garden gnome," she lied. Without pressing the matter further, Ginny turned back to talk to Fleur and Dominique smirked to herself. She really needed to teach Lily how to lie properly.

A/N: The last of Dominique's prompts. Something a little fluffy for you. Ages: Dom (11), Lily (5)

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