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Post by James Potter on May 19, 2006 10:51:39 GMT -5
James ran into the common room, barely managing not to run over a second-year. "Sorry," he mumbled, staggering over to a chair and throwing himself into it. He looked at the letter again. He hadn't opened it yet, but he unfortunately had a pretty good idea of what it was.
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Post by Lily Evans on May 19, 2006 10:56:40 GMT -5
Lily ran into the common room and saw James. "James." She ran over to him. "What happened?"
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Post by James Potter on May 19, 2006 11:33:22 GMT -5
He glanced up at her and handed her the letter he had opened right before she came in. "My dad... he was an Auror... he got killed in a raid."
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Post by Lily Evans on May 19, 2006 11:43:20 GMT -5
Lily's green eyes softened. "I'm so sorry James. I'm here for you if you want to talk or anything."
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Post by James Potter on May 19, 2006 11:45:32 GMT -5
He shrugged. "I don't think I'll be wanting to talk to anybody for a while. But thanks."
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Post by Lily Evans on May 19, 2006 11:46:55 GMT -5
Lily smiled. "That's fine. My mom died right before I came to Hogwarts. I was a wreck."
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Post by James Potter on May 19, 2006 11:50:51 GMT -5
Another owl flew through the window and dropped a letter on James' lap. "This one's from mom..." he said quietly, turning over the letter and opening it.
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Post by Lily Evans on May 19, 2006 11:51:45 GMT -5
"What does it say?" Lily asked. She hoped it wasn't more bad news.
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Post by James Potter on May 19, 2006 11:56:42 GMT -5
James read over it quickly. "Says she wants me to come home for the funeral and that Sirius can come too if he wants." He handed it up to her. "He probably will... I need to go find him and tell him what happened."
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Post by Lily Evans on May 19, 2006 11:59:45 GMT -5
"Ok." Lily said. "And James, if you need anything I'm here. I know what you're going through."
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Post by James Potter on May 19, 2006 12:05:20 GMT -5
James halfway managed a smile. "Thanks, Lily. Thanks a lot." He left to find Sirius.
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Post by Lily Evans on May 19, 2006 12:11:48 GMT -5
Lily sighed. Poor James. At least he has his mom. When mom died, dad was anything but supportive. She shuddered at the thought and looked at the bruised on her leg. Tears started to stream down her face. Lily didn't want anyone to see so she put a book in front of her face and cried silently to herself.
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Post by James Potter on May 19, 2006 12:17:48 GMT -5
James, halfway down the corridor, remembered that the letters were still in the common room. Knowing that Sirius would want proof, he went back to get them. As he stepped through the portrait hole, he could hear crying. Worried, he looked in. "Lily?"
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Post by Lily Evans on May 19, 2006 12:23:50 GMT -5
"I'm fine." Lily replied wiping the tears from her eyes. James has enough to worry about without him worrying about me.
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Post by James Potter on May 19, 2006 18:54:21 GMT -5
"No you're not." He sat down on the arm of the chair she was in. "What's the matter?"
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