Explanation (Lily, G)
Title: Explanation
Author: crescent_gaia
Rating: G
Prompt Set: 100.2
Prompt: #47 - Fortune
Word Count: 651
Summary: Lily explains to her parents James' actions.
Warnings: None.
Notes: I don't own these characters, JKR does. This is based off of ladylostris's most recent James Sr/Lily fic of Galleons
Lily just watched James walk away before looking down to the bag that he had given her. She still looked puzzled as she pocked the bag. “Um...sorry,” she says to her parents.
“Don't worry about it,” her mother said. “But we should go. Petunia's waiting with the car.”
“She came?” Lily asked. It seemed today was full of surprises.
“We weren't going to just let her sit at home,” her father said. “She just got back yesterday from school.”
“yes but - okay,” Lily said as she dragged her trunk behind herself as she followed her parents. This was a bit of a bonus. She usually didn't get to really see her sister, but that was Petunia's choice and not hers. She would love to have more time with her sister and her good fortune seemed to be growing. They got out to the car and she put her trunk in the back. Petunia got out and Lily hugged her sister. “hi!” She said happily.
Petunia hugged back, but barely. She had been ordered to behave, her bad fortune that she had been home when her parents were leaving. Another bad fortune to be persuaded strongly, if not nearly ordered, to get in the car to go pick up her sister at the train station. “hello,” she said, a bit flatly.
Lily decided to ignore it and be happy that her sister came. “How was your school year?” She asked as she gets into the back of the car.
“The same that school has always been,” Petunia replied a bit coolly. She wasn't about to give her sister the satisfaction of a conversation to try to mend what happened.
“Oh. Well, that's good then,” Lily replied. “I didn't have to take one of my exams this year.”
“Why?” Their mother asked, looking back at Lily as the father drove.
“There was a competition this year in potions. The prize for my year was not having to take the end of year exam,” Lily said with a grin. “I beat out Severus and...well, the boy who gave me the pouch.”
“What's his name?” Her mother asked. “He looked like a nice young gentleman.”
Lily repressed a snort. James Potter...a gentleman? Well, her mum didn't know the entire story about the prat, but that was alright. He was true to his word about the wager, which you forgot, a nagging little thought reminded Lily. She sighed. “He's James Potter. He's in the same year that I'm in, well going to be in. He was a finalist as well but I don't think he had to give me the pouch. It was a wager we had.”
“What was the wager?” Her mum asked. “Even though you shouldn't have been betting.”
“It was a small wager. And that we would both do better than Severus did,” she said quietly as she took the pouch out of her pocket. She opened it and looked down at the small fortune she won, thinking.
Petunia looked over. “Its such strange money and such a strange wager. I thought you were friends with that weird boy.”
Lily sighed, but decided not to explain why she wasn't friends with Snape anymore. She didn't want to have to explain more of a hurtful memory. “I'm just not,” she snapped at her sister, closing the bag tightly and looking out the window. She held tightly to the small leather pouch, the small fortune that it had that she did not break down yet again at the hurt that came from thinking about him. She focused a bit on James, someone that she would call a prat, and started to rethink what she really thought about him. It didn't bother her to not fully explain it to the rest of her mind that rebelled against the thought of James, but stay in the part of her mind that understood.
Author: crescent_gaia
Rating: G
Prompt Set: 100.2
Prompt: #47 - Fortune
Word Count: 651
Summary: Lily explains to her parents James' actions.
Warnings: None.
Notes: I don't own these characters, JKR does. This is based off of ladylostris's most recent James Sr/Lily fic of Galleons
Lily just watched James walk away before looking down to the bag that he had given her. She still looked puzzled as she pocked the bag. “Um...sorry,” she says to her parents.
“Don't worry about it,” her mother said. “But we should go. Petunia's waiting with the car.”
“She came?” Lily asked. It seemed today was full of surprises.
“We weren't going to just let her sit at home,” her father said. “She just got back yesterday from school.”
“yes but - okay,” Lily said as she dragged her trunk behind herself as she followed her parents. This was a bit of a bonus. She usually didn't get to really see her sister, but that was Petunia's choice and not hers. She would love to have more time with her sister and her good fortune seemed to be growing. They got out to the car and she put her trunk in the back. Petunia got out and Lily hugged her sister. “hi!” She said happily.
Petunia hugged back, but barely. She had been ordered to behave, her bad fortune that she had been home when her parents were leaving. Another bad fortune to be persuaded strongly, if not nearly ordered, to get in the car to go pick up her sister at the train station. “hello,” she said, a bit flatly.
Lily decided to ignore it and be happy that her sister came. “How was your school year?” She asked as she gets into the back of the car.
“The same that school has always been,” Petunia replied a bit coolly. She wasn't about to give her sister the satisfaction of a conversation to try to mend what happened.
“Oh. Well, that's good then,” Lily replied. “I didn't have to take one of my exams this year.”
“Why?” Their mother asked, looking back at Lily as the father drove.
“There was a competition this year in potions. The prize for my year was not having to take the end of year exam,” Lily said with a grin. “I beat out Severus and...well, the boy who gave me the pouch.”
“What's his name?” Her mother asked. “He looked like a nice young gentleman.”
Lily repressed a snort. James Potter...a gentleman? Well, her mum didn't know the entire story about the prat, but that was alright. He was true to his word about the wager, which you forgot, a nagging little thought reminded Lily. She sighed. “He's James Potter. He's in the same year that I'm in, well going to be in. He was a finalist as well but I don't think he had to give me the pouch. It was a wager we had.”
“What was the wager?” Her mum asked. “Even though you shouldn't have been betting.”
“It was a small wager. And that we would both do better than Severus did,” she said quietly as she took the pouch out of her pocket. She opened it and looked down at the small fortune she won, thinking.
Petunia looked over. “Its such strange money and such a strange wager. I thought you were friends with that weird boy.”
Lily sighed, but decided not to explain why she wasn't friends with Snape anymore. She didn't want to have to explain more of a hurtful memory. “I'm just not,” she snapped at her sister, closing the bag tightly and looking out the window. She held tightly to the small leather pouch, the small fortune that it had that she did not break down yet again at the hurt that came from thinking about him. She focused a bit on James, someone that she would call a prat, and started to rethink what she really thought about him. It didn't bother her to not fully explain it to the rest of her mind that rebelled against the thought of James, but stay in the part of her mind that understood.